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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Werner Bosen, Cologne, DE;
Inventor:
Werner Bosen, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Atlas Copco Energas GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/041 (2006.01); F16C 17/06 (2006.01); F01D 3/00 (2006.01); G01L 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbomachine has a housing and a rotor mounted radially and axially in the housing. The rotor has a shaft and at least one impeller attached to the shaft. Two tilt-segment bearings having tilt segments, which bearings act in opposite directions, are provided for axial mounting of the rotor. The bearings interact with an assigned contact surface of the shaft. At least one of the tilt segments has a force measurement device for direct detection of the axial force acting on the assigned tilt segment. The force measurement devices are connected with an electronic control device.