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System and method for automatically compensating for unbalanced resistance forces

US6974362B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by

16References

20Claims

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Assignee

SKF Autobalance Systems AB · SE

Inventors

Hans Lindell · Säve, SE
Joakim Jonsson · Onsala, SE
Volker Wendt · Thomashof, DE
Paul Wierzba · Swan Hills, CA

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2003
Grant date	Dec 13, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16F15/36
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A balancing method and apparatus is used for dynamically balancing an out of balance condition in a rotating body caused by resistance forces acting tangentially to the body. A device having a rotatable component and automatic or dynamic balancing includes a housing, a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, the shaft supporting the component near one end of the shaft, at least one counterweight fixedly mounted on the shaft and at least one automatically adjusting balancer mounted on the shaft. The automatically adjusting balancer includes one or more compensating masses contained to move about a path relative to the shaft to compensate for variable imbalanced forces acting on the component.

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