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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ingersoll-rand Company, Davidson, NC (US);
Inventor:
James Christopher Collins, Moorseville, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/16 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01); F04C 29/02 (2006.01); F04C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 18/16 (2013.01); F04C 15/0038 (2013.01); F04C 29/0092 (2013.01); F04C 29/02 (2013.01); F04C 2220/12 (2013.01); F04C 2230/91 (2013.01); F04C 2240/56 (2013.01); F04C 2240/605 (2013.01); F05C 2225/04 (2013.01); F05C 2251/14 (2013.01); F05C 2253/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compressor system includes a compressor having a rotor; a bearing supporting the rotor, wherein the bearing is disposed in a bearing cavity; and wherein the bearing has a near frictionless coating; and a purge gas system in fluid communication with the bearing cavity and constructed to purge air from the bearing cavity and supply the bearing cavity with the purge gas during operation of the compressor. The purge gas can be nitrogen and the near frictionless coating can be a near-frictionless diamond-like carbon coating.