Thermal Growth Influence on the Shaft Alignment of Centrifugal Pumps

16th International Research/Expert Conference ”Trends in the Development of Machinery and Associated Technology” (TMT 2012) 2012
Andris Priževaitis, Ēriks Geriņš, Dmitrijs Ļitvinovs

The value of thermal growth has an important index for the shaft alignment of pumps. If parts of the pump unit (pump and electromotor) are heated identically, then thermal growth is evened and not taken into consideration. But usually a pump and electromotor have different coefficients of thermal growth and it is very important. In the article temperature growth influence on the shaft alignment of centrifugal pump unit is examined.

Keywords
Laser alignment, machine reliability, algorithm

Priževaitis, A., Geriņš, Ē., Ļitvinovs, D. Thermal Growth Influence on the Shaft Alignment of Centrifugal Pumps. In: 16th International Research/Expert Conference ”Trends in the Development of Machinery and Associated Technology” (TMT 2012), United Arab Emirates, Dubai, 10-12 September, 2012. Dubai: 2012, pp.115-119. ISSN 1840-4944.

Publication language
English (en)