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Put the seal in the shaft, the seal will assume the position showed in the picture.

Shaft End Labyrinth Seal Clearance Checking

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At that point we will set the dial gage to zero. Now we are going to lift the seal and we will read the radial clearance directly on the dial gage.

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Dc

We read directly the diametral Clearance in the gage.

This procedure is also valid for the balancing drum labirint seal.

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Masure internal bearing diametre by an internal dial gage.

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Calculate the measure average using the following formula.

a i 1 i 5

a5

a2

5
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Repet this operation for all Bearing pad. At the end we will have 5 b values. Calculate the b measure average by the following formula:

b B 5

5 i 1 i

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Using the following formula it is possible to know the internal average diametre colled C
B A

C A 2 B

C B

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.so using the followign formolu:

Dc C D
It is possible obtain the diametral clearance

Dc D

.be careful Dc is the diametral clearance and NOT the radial one
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.so if the clearance is out of tolerance we must put some shim plate under the pad, but the pads work radially. We are going to put shim under the pad having a thickness egual to half diametral clearance. In fact the shim plate works in radial way.
For example: After all our mesuraments we find out that the diametral clearance Dc has a voule of 0.30mm. To look at the clearance data sheet it is possible to see that the Journal bearing diametral clearance must be between 0.11 and 0.15 mm. So to work in the middle of clearance rang (0.11+0.15)/2 =0.13mm we have to remuve 0.30 0.13 = 0.17mm.

The shim plate will have a thickness of 0.17/2 = 0.085mm

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We are going to put the shim rings between the bearing casing and the light blu ring

Ring to be machined

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Special tool to move the shaft

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To check and adjust the Thrust bearnig axial clearance the following procedure must be perform.
Active side
The shaft is centred in the diaphargm bundle, so it is in the normal working condition. Install the dial gage in discharge side shaft end and set it to ZERO. Move the shaft in discharge direction for about -0.2 mm ( the dial gage read negative value if it is compressed), in this way we will not have problems enstalling the external bearing casing. Take the shaft back up to obtain the phisical contact with the active side of the bearing. Read the dial gage, if it is still reading a negative value, disassembly the bearing casing and by turning remuve the right amount of metela, if the dial gage reads positive value the whole shim disc must be replaced with a new one having an higher thickness. Repet the procedure.

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Non Active side
The shaft thrust collar is in contact with the thrust bearing active side pads and the dial gage is reading ZERO. Move the shaft in towords discharge side up to obtain the mechanical contact with the thrust bearing non active side. Read the dial gage and check the amount of clearance. The designe clearance must be between 0.25 and 0.35 mm, so if the dial gage reads a value in the range, OK. If the value is out of the range we need to install the right amount of shim rings under the bearing casing in way to obtain the correct clearance.

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Thrust Collar Assembly

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