New 22,000-lb electrodynamic balancing machine recently installed at Cowes, Isle of Wight, shipyard includes twin vectormeter indicating head; instrument automatically indicates angular position and amount of unbalance in 2 planes of rotor under test; 50 hp driving motor is directly coupled to 4-speed gearbox with output shaft designed to take up to 4000 lb end-thrust; deceleration of rotor is provided by regenerative braking, and it can be brought to rest within 1 min.


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    Title :

    Quick rotor balancing at Isle of Wight Shipyard


    Additional title:

    Australasian Engr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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