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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.r.l, Florence, IT;
Gianni Orsi, Florence, IT;
Alberto Babbini, Florence, IT;
Aigbedion Akwara, Florence, IT;
Federico Sorgona′, Florence, IT;
Stephen J. Waymeyer, West Chester, OH (US);
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.R.L., Florence, IT;
Abstract
Described herein is a packing box for mounting on a machinery shaft. In accordance with one aspect, the packing box housing defines a central opening for insertion of a movable machinery shaft with a hollow passageway surrounding the central opening to form a path for the flow of a fluid coolant. The passageway is provided with a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port opening onto the outer surface of the packing box housing, and it is formed by a single conduit or by a plurality of conduits obtained through additive manufacturing process and connected in series or in parallel to wound around the central opening.