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BALANCING PROCEDURE
The measuring units have to be switched on some time before starting the machine
so that they reach working temperature (approx 15-30 min)
BEARINGS
The pedestals have to be fixed to the bed at correct distance from each other
as well as from the drive. If necessary lubricate the sliding surfaces with oil before
displacing the pedestal. Height adjustment of the roller bearing has to be performed
in accordance with the journal diameter of the rotor.
DRIVE
Place rotor on to the bearings.
Close counter support
Adjust roll or hold-down so that the journals just don’t touch the rotor.
ELECTRONIC UNIT
Set electronic unit in accordance with rotor dimensions, balancing speed and mode
of compensation.
Apply black and white marking to the rotor.
Set photo scanning head.
Switch on driving motor.
AUXILIARY SHAFTS
Rotor without own shaft are either placed on an auxiliary shaft or connected to
intermediate flanges unless balancing on a vertical machine is preferred.
In order to keep in actual operation the fine condition of balance achieved on the balancing
machine, the accuracy of the auxiliary shaft has to be frequently ascertained. The closed fit
with respect to the mating portion of the rotor of the cylindrical seat or the centering
shoulder of the auxiliary shaft, as well as therate of eccentricity of the same shown by the
amount of radial beat, have to be checked at regular intervals. Notwithstanding an accurate
balancing on the machine, an excessive radial beat could cause the rotor to display in
actual operation an unbalance, the magnitude of which depends upon the rate of
eccentricity of the mating surfaces of the auxiliary shaft.
Should for instance the cylindrical seat of the auxiliary shaft be affected with a radial beat
of 12 µ (0.00047 in) measured by means of a dial-gauge, a rotor balanced “up to zero” on
such a shaft would still display with respect to its geometrical axis an unbalance by
eccentricity of the center of gravity of 6 µ (0.00024 in). The accuracy achieved on the
machine was merely seeming!
For this reason the auxiliary shaft have to be handled with care and kept from shocks,
concussion and falls.
The accuracy of balancing depends also upon the tolerances of the fit between the mating
portion of the auxiliary shaft and the rotor. The corresponding allowance has to be
considered in the expected magnitude of the accumulative unbalance limit along with the
similar tolerances originating from the eventual assembly of the finished mechanical unit.
Should for instance the maximum permissible variation of the center of gravity amount to
5 µ (0.0002 in) the sum of the following partial tolerances would still be acceptable \
Should the radial beat of a carefully ground tapered seat amount for instance to 6µ
(0.00024 in) a rotor balanced “up to zero” by means of this shaft would still be affected
with an eccentricity of the center of gravity with respect to the geometrical axis amounting
to 3µ (0.00012 in). Increased by the residual unbalance of 2 µ (0.00008 in) which might
have been allowed in order to speed up the balancing procedure, this would result in
accumulative limit value of 5µ (0.0002 in). This amount has to be increased by the
tolerance due to the eventual assembly. Should the total value lie above the unbalance still
permissible for the rotor involved, it would have to be reduced, cutting down the
component values which would allow for a convenient improvement.
Furthermore for disk like rotor fastened to a flange of the auxiliary shaft a possible uneven
position of the rotor causing a wobbling motion has to be considered. The effect would
increase in direct proportion to the ratio of the rotor diameter to the size of the flange. A
rotor accurately balanced on such an auxiliary shaft would subject the bearings the
bearings to an additional “dynamic” unbalance.