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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Kazufumi Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazufumi Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 1/00 (2006.01); F16C 17/00 (2006.01); F16C 21/00 (2006.01); F16C 43/00 (2006.01); F01M 5/00 (2006.01); F03D 7/02 (2006.01); F03D 11/00 (2006.01); F16N 29/02 (2006.01); F16N 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 29/02 (2013.01); F61N 39/02 (2013.01); Y02E 10/722 (2013.01); F03D 7/026 (2013.01); F05B 2260/20 (2013.01); F16N 2270/20 (2013.01); F03D 11/0008 (2013.01); F61N 2270/56 (2013.01); Y02E 10/726 (2013.01); Y02E 10/723 (2013.01); F16N 2210/14 (2013.01); F16N 2250/08 (2013.01); F16N 39/04 (2013.01); F16N 2210/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A starting method is provided for a rotating machine which includes a main shaft, a main bearing rotatably supporting the main shaft and a main bearing lubricant pump circulating lubricant through the main bearing. The starting method includes steps of: rotating the main shaft to raise a temperature of the main bearing in a state in which the main bearing lubricant pump is not operated; and operating the main bearing lubricant pump to start supplying the lubricant to the main bearing after the step of raising the temperature of the main bearing.