CA1210616A - Compressor drive arrangement and a method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement - Google Patents

Compressor drive arrangement and a method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement

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CA1210616A
CA1210616A CA000429786A CA429786A CA1210616A CA 1210616 A CA1210616 A CA 1210616A CA 000429786 A CA000429786 A CA 000429786A CA 429786 A CA429786 A CA 429786A CA 1210616 A CA1210616 A CA 1210616A
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compressor
gear
gear wheel
gear box
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Michel A.J. Van Hee
Axel G. Berle
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Atlas Copco AB
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01CROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01C17/00Arrangements for drive of co-operating members, e.g. for rotary piston and casing
    • F01C17/02Arrangements for drive of co-operating members, e.g. for rotary piston and casing of toothed-gearing type
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04BPOSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B35/00Piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids and characterised by the driving means to their working members, or by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors, not otherwise provided for
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C29/00Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
    • F04C29/0042Driving elements, brakes, couplings, transmissions specially adapted for pumps
    • F04C29/005Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of the pump, e.g. clutches, couplings, transmissions

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Applications Or Details Of Rotary Compressors (AREA)
  • Compressors, Vaccum Pumps And Other Relevant Systems (AREA)

Abstract

A b s t r a c t:

A compressor drive arrangement and a method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement are disclosed. One or more compressor stages (4) are mounted in fixed positions on a gear box (3). A driving gear wheel (15) connected to a drive motor (1) and cooperating with a driven gear wheel (17) on the compressor stage is journalled in bearings (12,13) mounted in mounting plates (9,10). The mounting plates are mounted on the gear box. The mounting positions of the bearings are adapted to the chosen gear ratio.

By exchanging the driving gear wheel and/or the driven gear wheel and journalling the driving gear wheel in new mounting plates the speed of each compressor can be changed. Possible misalignmeant between the gear wheels can be decreased by moving one of the mounting plates relative to the gear box.

Description

~2~,~6~6 , A compressor drive arrangement and a method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement.

The present invention relates to a compressor drive arrangement and method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement. The invention is particularly applicable to gas compressors. The term gas compressor as used in the present application and elsewhere refers to a compressor for the compressing of gases other than air within the process industry.

There are two major problems involved in the design and operation of gas compressors. First, the dellvery time for a complete gas compressor installation, including silencers, coolers etc., is very long because each installation is more or less unique. Second, the time required for inspection of bearings, seals etc. is quite long because there are many conduits t~at must be disconnected and later reconnected.

Because the gas involved often is both aggressive and dangerous one must check the tightness very carefully before starting operation again. The time required for inspection and possible replacement of parts may be of the order of a couple of weeks. During this time the process served by the compressor must be stopped. In many process industries such stops cause very substantial losses. Another problem is that the capacity of the compressor must be adjusted after the installation has been made. The reason is that the leakage in the system depends on the molecular weight of the gas.

Since extensive tests cannot be performed with compressors intended for unique applications, which furthermore may change from one year to the other, the capacity mostly must be adjusted after delivery. There is no good prior art solution to that problem. Furthermore, after some years there may be a desire to change the capacity of the whole process. This has hitherto meant a complete redesign of the compressor installation.

~t ~Z~ 6 The present invention, which is defined by the subsequent claims, presents a concept in which the delivery time of a complete operational installation is substantially reduced, the stop time for overhaul and maintenance can be substantially reduced and the capacity of the compressor can be adjusted within a wide range to take care of changing demands for compressed gas.

The basic idea making the above mentioned advantages possible is that the present invention uses a gear box in the drive system with the compressor stage mounted in a fixed position on the gear box. A driving gear wheel connected to the drive motor is journalled in bearings which are mounted in mounting plates provided on the gear box. The fixed compressor stage position makes it possible to have fixed positions for all conduit connections to the compressor. In this way it is possible to start the designing of the conduit system, including silencers, coolers etc., long before 'the compressor stage has been defined. This reduces the delivery time of a complete operational compressor installation substantially. The use of separate mounting plates in which the driving gear wheel is journalled makes it possib1e to change the gear ratio by exchanging one of the gear wheels and mounting the driving gear wheel in new~ inexpensive, mounting plates where bearing positions adapted to the new gear ratio have been provided. A further advantage with separate mounting plates is that a possible misalignment between the axes of the driving gear wheel and the driven gear wheel on the compressor stage can be reduced by moving one of the mounting plates relative to the gear box so that the cooperation between the gear wheels is improved. A further advantage with the present invention is that the gear box may be provided with access openings through which bearings and seals may be`inspected and/or replaced without removing the conduits from the compressor. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention the size of the . , ~lZl~Çil~;
c 3 mounting means, e.g. flanges. on the gear box for the compressor stage is the ~ame for several sizes o~ compressor stages. It is also possible to provide said access openings with mounting flanges for compressor stages so that the same gear box can be used for an extensive range of compressor stage sizes. It is of course possible to use virtually any type of compressor stage with the present invention.

The in~ention is exemplified below with reference to the 10 accompanying drawings in which fig 1 shows a compressor plant. Fig 2 shows a section through a gear box in fig 1.
Fig 3 shows a second embodiment of the gear box. Fig 4 shows a section through the gear box of fig. 3. Figs-5-7 show the~
gear box with compressor stages mounted in different 15 configurations.

The compressor plant shown in fig ~ comprises a drive motor 1, which by means of a coupling 2 is connected to a gear box 3. A compréssor stage 4 having an inlet ~ and an outlet 6 is 20 attached to the gear box. Gear box 3 comprises a lower part 7 and an upper part 8. The gear box is provided with mounting plates 9, 10 in which a shaft 11 is journalled by means of bearings 12, 13. A driving gear wheel comprising a hub 14 and a gear ring 15 is mounted on shaft 11 and is thus 25 connected to drive motor 1. Gear ring 15 is secured to hub 14 by means of screws 16. Compressor stage 4 is provided with a driven gear wheel 17 which is mounted on a shaft 38 through which the compressor stage is driven. Shaft 38 is journalled in bearings 18 and provided with seals 19.
Compressor stage 4 is mounted on mounting means 34 which comprises the rim of a hole having the same reference numeral. ~he rim may be provided with a number of threaded holes for receiving screws by means of which the compressor stage is secured to the gear box. Opposite mounting means 34 the gear box is provided with a mounting means or access opening 33. Mounting means 33 is during operation of the compressor plant covered by a cover plate 20.

~Z~ 6 The gear box shown in figs 3 and 4 comprises a lower part 27 and an upper part 28 which are joined at a dividing plane 29. Mounting plate 9, and mounting plate 10, is secured both to part 27 and to part 28 by means of screws 30. As seen in fig 4 the driving gear wheel 15 cooperates with two driven gear wheels 24, 25. The corresponding compressor stages are mounted on mounting means 32, 33 which have fixed positions on the gear box. The gear ratios determining the speed of each compressor stage is selected by selecting gear wheels 24, 25 and/or gear wheel 15. In order to make up for the chosen gear ratios the position of shaft 11 is chosen by positioning bearings 12 and 13 in such positions in mounting plates 9, 10 that acceptable cooperation between the gear wheels is obtained. Because the driving gear wheel is journalled in simple and inexpensive mounting plates the speed of the compressor stages can easily be changed by changing one or more gear wheels and replacing the mounting plates with new mounting plates having the new bearing positions. It is also easy to decrease possible misalignment between the driving gear wheel and a driven gear wheel by moving one of the mounting plates relative to the gear box, e.g. by rotating the mounting plate. The latter method works only when shaft 11 is in an off-center position in the mounting plates.
Fig 5-7 show some possibilities of mounting compressor stages on gear box 27. The gear box is provided with a number of mounting means 31, 32, 33 and 34. Of these, mounting means 32 and 34 have the same size. Mounting means 31 and 33 are shown with sizes which each differs from the size of mounting means 32, 34. Mounting means 31 and 34 are provided on a first side 36 of the gear box and mounting means 32 and 33 on a second opposite side 37 of the gear box. Compressor stage 4 of fig 5 is provided with a driven gear wheel 17. Holes 31, 32 are covered by cover plates 20.
In fig 6 the gear box is provided with compressor stages 21, 6~6 are mounted on the second side 37 of the gear box.
~ompressor stages 22, 23 of fig 7 having driven gear wheels 25, 26 are mounted on the first side 36 of the gear box.
During operation all mounting means or access openings are covered either by a compressor stage or a covering plate 20.
Since the size of the mounting flange and the positions of the inlet and outlet are the same for several sizes of compressor stages, i.e. stages with different capacities, it is possible to use the gear box for an extensive range of compressor capacities. It is also possible to design the conduit system before the actual compressor capacity is determined and to reach bearings and seals on the gear box side of the compressor stage without removing any conduit.

In order to reach bearing 18 and seal 19, fig 1, for maintenance and possible replacement upper part 8 of the gear box and cover plate 20 are re~oved. Screws 16 are removed so that gear ring 15 can be lifted somewhat. After removal of driven gear wheel 17 bearing 18 and seal 19 can be reached through access opening 33. If the gear box is of the type shown in figs 3 and 4 screws 30 securing the mounting plates to the lower part 27 of the gear box are removed so that upper part 28 of the gear box can be lifted together with the driving gear wheel journalled in the mounting plates 9, 10. Bearing 18 and seal 19 are then reached in the same way as in the fig 1 embodiment. In fig 4 the driving gear wheel is shown as having a hub 14 and a gear ring 15. In this case a gear wheel mounted directly on the shaft 11 can be used instead.

Claims (7)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A compressor drive arrangement comprising a drive motor, a gear box incorporating a driving gear wheel connected to the drive motor and a compressor stage mounted on first mounting means on the gear box, said compressor stage having a driven gear wheel for cooperation with said driving gear wheel, characterized in that said first mounting means has a position on the gear box being independent of the gear ratio between said driving and driven gear wheels, that the gear box is provided with mounting plates having bearings in which the driving gear wheel is journalled, said bear-ings being positioned such in said mounting plates that said gear ratio between the driving and the driven gear wheels is obtained.
2. A compressor drive arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the gear box is provided with second mounting means for a further compressor stage, the position of said second mounting means being independent of the gear ratio between said driving gear wheel and a driven gear wheel on said further com-pressor stage.
3. A compressor drive arrangement according to claim 1 characterized in that the size of said mounting means on the gear box is the same for several sizes of compressor stages.
4. A compressor drive arrangement according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the gear box comprises a first part and a second part, that said mounting means is provided on said second part and that said first part together with said driving gear wheel can be separated from said second part to give access to details on the compressor stage mounted on said mounting means, for maintenance of said details.
5. A compressor drive arrangement according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the driving gear wheel comprises a hub and a gear ring mounted on said hub and that said gear ring can be separated from the hub and displaced relative to the hub to give access to details on the compressor stage mounted on said mounting means, for maintenance of said details.
6. A method of adjusting driving characteristics of a compressor drive arrangement, characterized in that at least one compressor stage is maintained in fixed position on a gear box, that a driven gear wheel on the compressor stage and/or a driving gear wheel journalled in bearings in mounting plates on the gear box is exchanged and that new mounting plates having bearing posi-tions adapted to the new gear wheel combination are mounted on the gear box.
7. A method according to claim 6, characterized in that one of the mounting plates is moved relative to the gear box in order to decrease possible misalignment between the axes of the driving gear wheel and the driven gear wheel.
CA000429786A 1982-06-07 1983-06-06 Compressor drive arrangement and a method of adjusting driving characteristics of such an arrangement Expired CA1210616A (en)

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SE8203504A SE443625B (en) 1982-06-07 1982-06-07 VEXELLADSHUS
SE8203504-9 1982-06-07
SE8203503 1982-06-07
SE8203503-1 1982-06-07

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