Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Atlas Copco Airpower

Philippe Ernens

Bjorn Verrelst

Björn Verrelst

Karolien Kempen

Guy De Greef

Joost Goris

Wouter Ceulemans

Florian Fettweis

An element for compressing or expanding a gas including a rigid housing () containing an internal chamber; a rotor () situated in the internal chamber and comprising a rotor shaft (); one or more bearings () in which the rotor shaft () is bearing-supported, wherein the rotor () with its rotor shaft () is rotatably mounted with respect to the housing () by means of these bearings (), wherein the rotor () is mounted with one or more clearances with respect to a wall () of the internal chamber, and the element () is provided with a separate yielding component () which is positionally adjustable with respect to the housing () in such a way that at least one of the clearances can be acted upon, wherein the separate yielding component () is not directly attached to the rotor ().

Element for compressing or expanding a gas and method for controlling such element

A liquid-injected compressor with at least two cooperating compressor elements (2 and 3) is provided. The compressor elements are mounted in a housing (1). At least one of the compressor elements is rotatable and is bearing-mounted with a shaft end (7, 8, 13, 14) in the housing (1). The compressor is provided with an inlet (22) and an outlet (17-18-19) which are connected to the inside of the housing (1). The shaft end (14) of the rotatable compressor element (3) is situated in the outlet (17-18-19) in the housing (1). At least one body (20 or 41), made of material which is permeable to gas, is fixed on this shaft (14), forming a filter which practically entirely seals the outlet (17-18-19) and only lets the compressed gas through.

Liquid-injected compressor with at least two cooperating compressor

A device is provided for sealing a rotor shaft supported on a bearing mounted in a housing of an appliance for compressing or expanding a fluid containing, apart from the housing, at least one rotor mounted therein. The sealing device is situated between the rotor and the bearing around the rotor shaft and includes at least two zero contact or frictionless seals. The sealing device successively includes between the rotor and the bearing a first zero contact seal; a double, reverse lip seal with two lips; and a second zero contact seal. The two lips are partly directed towards one another and partly directed towards the rotor shaft along their backsides. An entry for fluid under pressure opens between the lips, whereby the lips, depending on the pressure between them, are in contact with to the rotor shaft or are lifted from the rotor shaft.

Device for sealing a rotor shaft and screw-type compressor provided with

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