GB2423364A - A laser oil level setting kit - Google Patents

A laser oil level setting kit Download PDF

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GB2423364A
GB2423364A GB0503282A GB0503282A GB2423364A GB 2423364 A GB2423364 A GB 2423364A GB 0503282 A GB0503282 A GB 0503282A GB 0503282 A GB0503282 A GB 0503282A GB 2423364 A GB2423364 A GB 2423364A
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William Keith Price
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/30—Parts of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C33/66—Special parts or details in view of lubrication
    • F16C33/6637—Special parts or details in view of lubrication with liquid lubricant
    • F16C33/6659—Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles
    • F16C33/6674—Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles related to the amount supplied, e.g. gaps to restrict flow of the liquid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D21/00—Shutting-down of machines or engines, e.g. in emergency; Regulating, controlling, or safety means not otherwise provided for
    • F01D21/003—Arrangements for testing or measuring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F01D25/18—Lubricating arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
    • F01M11/00—Component parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M9/00
    • F01M11/10—Indicating devices; Other safety devices
    • F01M11/12—Indicating devices; Other safety devices concerning lubricant level
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/60—Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling
    • F04D29/62—Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling of radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/622—Adjusting the clearances between rotary and stationary parts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/60—Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling
    • F04D29/62—Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling of radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/628—Mounting; Assembling; Disassembling of radial or helico-centrifugal pumps especially adapted for liquid pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
    • F16C33/30—Parts of ball or roller bearings
    • F16C33/66—Special parts or details in view of lubrication
    • F16C33/6637—Special parts or details in view of lubrication with liquid lubricant
    • F16C33/6659—Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles
    • F16C33/667—Details of supply of the liquid to the bearing, e.g. passages or nozzles related to conditioning, e.g. cooling, filtering

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Abstract

A laser oil level setting kit comprising: a vee block which is attached to a rotating shaft via a chain and bracket arrangement. A square cross-sectioned rod is attached to the vee block and extends away from an end thereof a further bracket being clamped to the square-cross-sectioned rod, the bracket being able to be clamped to the rod in any position by a grub screw. An additional calibrated cylindrical rod extends from the same movable bracket at 90 degrees to the square cross-sectioned rod, the bracket being clamped to the cylindrical rod in any position by a further grub screw. The cylindrical rod is calibrated in millimetres and has a laser pointer positioned at its bottom end and accurately transfers the oil level inside the casing of a bearing of the shaft onto the bearing casing.

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DESCRIPTION
This invention is for setting oil levels in pumps with roller and ball bearings with sumps and the level is maintained at V2 a ball or roller usually topped up by Denco' constant oiler.
The petrochem or water industry have vast numbers of o hung and double ended centrifugal pumps the vast majority of which have a wet sump with the oil level set at V2 a ball or roller on the smallest DIA bearing so the BRGS are actually lubricated by running in oil if the level is set wrong failure of the bearing occurs rapidly at great cost and downtime, setting of the oil level at the moment is very difficult to do accurately usually involving u tube manometers' or actually trying to measure them with rules and spirit levels. My idea uses a calibrated arm that is clamped to the pump shaft with a movable arm that holds a laser beam to transfur the level on to the pump casing or oiler.
This operates on measuring from the centre line of shaft to /2 ball or whatever oil level required. It takes the guess' work out of setting oil levels accurately and could save huge amounts of money through premature BRG failure due to incorrect oil levels, I have made a prototype and it does work well. I want to approach someone like Pruftechnic' to see if they want to make it or maybe someone like Optilign' sorry the drawings are basic as I have done them myself.

Claims (2)

  1. A vee' block that is attached to a shaft or other round surface by use of a chain, with a square rod attached in the same plane as the vee block, along the square rod runs a bracket that can be clamped to the rod in any position with a grub screw.
    At 900 to the square rod and in the same bracket that runs along it, is a further round rod that moves up and down and can be clamped with a grub screw. This rod is calibrated in milemetres and on the bottom end of this rod is a laser pointer.
  2. 2. A bracket as described in one that when the vee block is clamped to the shaft of a typical single o, hung centrifugal pump behind the coupling, the square rod is set level with a small spirit level, the round calibrated rod can be set to a prescribed height of oil wanted in the sump of the pump and the laser can be activated to accurately mark that level on the outside of the pump casing. 2:
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7845813B1 (en) 2007-08-14 2010-12-07 Beck Lewis H Positional setting tool for use in an oil sump lubrication system
GB2471384A (en) * 2009-06-22 2010-12-29 John Frayn Ewans Rowing-Boat measuring gauges

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7845813B1 (en) 2007-08-14 2010-12-07 Beck Lewis H Positional setting tool for use in an oil sump lubrication system
GB2471384A (en) * 2009-06-22 2010-12-29 John Frayn Ewans Rowing-Boat measuring gauges
GB2471384B (en) * 2009-06-22 2012-05-30 John Frayn Ewans Rowing-boat gauges
US8407910B2 (en) 2009-06-22 2013-04-02 John Frayn Ewans Rowing-boat gauges

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