REVIEW ARTICLE


Optimal Design of Tolerance Ring in Double-Decker Catcher Bearing System



Zhu Yili*, Zhang Yongchun
Department of electrical engineering, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213002, P.R. China.

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2015
Volume: 9
First Page: 618
Last Page: 623
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-9-618
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01509010618

Article History:

Received Date: 17/2/2014
Revision Received Date: 21/3/2015
Acceptance Date: 9/6/2015
Electronic publication date: 16/9/2015
Collection year: 2015

© 2015 Yili and Yongchun

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Abstract

In an active magnetic bearing (AMB) system, the catcher bearings (CBs) are essential to protect the system in cases of AMB failure. On the basis of the former researches of double-decker catcher bearings (DDCBs), a tolerance ring is proposed to further improve the performance of DDCB. Firstly, the support model of DDCB supported by tolerance ring is established. Then numerical simulations are carried out to determine the design parameters of tolerance ring. Finally, the tolerance ring is manufactured according to the obtained parameters and relative experiments are carried out to verify the theoretical analysis results. Both theoretical and experimental results validated that proper tolerance ring is beneficial to reduce the following impact forces and vibrations after rotor drop.

Keywords: Active magnetic bearing, catcher bearings, double-decker catcher bearing, rotor drop, tolerance ring.