Turbocompressor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing turbocompressors require multiple components that need to be matched and assembled, including a separate bearing assembly for the thrust bearing, leading to complexity and potential misalignment issues.
Innovation Solution
An axial or radial turbocompressor with an integrally formed diffuser and clamping ring, which simplifies the construction by integrating the diffuser and clamping ring as a single unit, allowing for a unified thrust bearing assembly and reducing the number of parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate bearing assembly is used for the thrust bearing, then the bearing functions can be provided, but the device complexity increases due to multiple components that need to be matched and assembled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the diffuser and clamping ring into a single integral component. The clamping ring, which previously was a separate part for mounting the thrust bearing, is now merged with the diffuser structure. This integration reduces the total number of components while maintaining the thrust bearing mounting function, directly resolving the contradiction between providing bearing functions and reducing device complexity
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple separate components are used, then each component can be optimized independently, but the manufacturing cost increases due to multiple parts needing to be produced and assembled
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the diffuser and clamping ring into one integral component, the patent reduces the number of parts that need to be manufactured and assembled. This single-component approach simplifies production processes, reduces manufacturing costs, and eliminates the need for precise matching and assembly of multiple separate parts
3Ease of operation
If separate components are used for diffuser and clamping ring, then assembly flexibility is maintained, but assembly precision decreases due to potential misalignment issues
Solution Approach 1:
The integral design of the diffuser and clamping ring ensures that these components are manufactured as a single precision unit with built-in concentricity. This eliminates alignment errors that would occur during assembly of separate components, guaranteeing precise concentric alignment of the thrust bearing with the impeller shaft while maintaining assembly simplicity
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AI summary
A turbocompressor with an impeller rotatable about an axis of rotation for conveying a fluid, a diffuser downstream of the impeller in terms of flow, and a clamping ring for fixing a thrust bearing axially mounting the impeller in a bearing receptacle. The diffuser and the clamping ring are formed integrally and in a single piece with each other as a unit.