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MEMBER IN THE NETHERLANDS, WE CARE, THAT'S WHY

WE TRY HARDER By Tom Valken, Quality Manager of TurboNed Service B.V.

We care, that’s why we try harder

Turboned is in the possession of ultra modern balancing In fact, a balancing machine is a measuring instrument reading
equipment. vibrations with a frequency that corresponds with the balancing
We use Schenck balancing equipment comprising the follo- rotational speed. Depending on the measuring system used, either
wing modules and specifications: the vibration path or the force on the bearing support is measured.
Vibrations are more or less regular sequences of deviations round a
H 1 module condition of rest. The form and course of vibrations can differ
Suitable for rotors up to 10 kilograms with a diameter of 360mm enormously.
and bearing face of 5 – 50mm. Its maximum sensitivity is
0.05gmm. This balancing module is in particular suitable to balan-
ce rotors taken from small Turbochargers.

H2 module

Reference provider
This module is used to balance rotors with a diameter up to
Vibration absorbers
800mm, a maximum weight of 40 kilograms and bearing journal
diameters of 8 – 50mm. This module has a sensitivity of 0.50gmm
and is in particular suitable to balance VTC and TPS / TPL
Frequency selection
(through TPL65) rotors, in short indispensable in our daily work.
Plane separation
Calibration
H40 module
The heavy-weight of the three modules, rotors with a diameter up Unbalance indicator
to 1600mm, a maximum weight of 3000 kilograms, 4gmm sensiti-
vity and bearing journal diameters of 15 – 120mm are no problem
for this muscleman. How to balance
1.Rotors with outside bearings
In combination with the renowned computer controlled CAB690 The correction planes, indicated with r1 (compressor side) and r2
measuring instrument, known throughout the world for years, it is (turbine side), are located at the inner side of the bearing supports
possible for us to handle all types of turbocharger rotors overhau- of the balancing machine.
led by us.
With frequent maintenance scheduled in advance we can always be This type of rotors must be balanced "as a whole”, meaning inclu-
of service, as is required in the shipping industry. For more infor- ding the separation. The compressor wheels do not need to be
mation please refer to our website www.turboned.nl or you pay us disassembled after balancing.
a visit when your rotor is being balanced.
Diagram of dynamic balancing of rotors with outside bearings.
Why balance…… A B C
Balancing is becoming more and more important.
Not only quality requirements are gradually tightened, but also the
Turbochargers rotational speeds in operation increase more and
more.
r1 r2
Due to these factors the admissible unbalance becomes lower and
lower.

rotational speeds in operation

2.Rotors with inside bearings.

The correction planes, indicated with R1 (compressor side) and R2
(turbine side), are located outside the bearing supports of the
balancing machine.
admissible unbalance
Diagram of dynamic balancing of rotors with inside bearings.
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
A C

Vibrations in Turbochargers, caused by, for instance, unbalance, r1

have a disadvantageous effect on the useful life of the ball bearings, B r2

oil pumps and other parts. Parts not balanced properly often result
in early bearing damage, which may cause malfunction (therefore
standstill) and unnecessary costs. It is therefore of great importan-
ce to balance rotors of Turbochargers extremely accurately after
any repair or overhaul. Nowadays ultra modern machines are used
for this purpose.

We care, that’s why we try harder

 Various forms of unbalance
Ton Valken,
Quality Manager
1. Static unbalance TurboNed has been granted
the ISO 9001 certificate, for
Also referred to as centre which Ton Valken is responsible.
He makes sure that procedures
of gravity fault, because of and quality are observed at
parallel moving of the axis TurboNed.
of inertia of masses, whe- He is also the responsible
person in the fields of environ-
reby moving equals the mental legislation, Health and
eccentricity of the rotor Safety regulations etc.
centre of gravity for both
end planes.
For this the compressor wheel must be dismounted and the thick
2. Unbalance torque balance disk must be replaced with the thin balance disk.
Now the wheel will have turned 180 degrees.
The central axis of inertia Now the rotor can be placed back on the balancing machine and a
of masses runs out of true second reading can be made. Now, initially, a starting value (first rea-
under an angle. The centre ding) will be indicated and the value after the 180-degree change.
of gravity of the rotor is After the Enter key is pressed, the values to be corrected will be
located on the rotation projected on the screen.
axis. The cause is two The influence of the auxiliary axis (bladed shaft) on the compres-
equally large unbalance sor wheel will also become visible, however this is only a data and
forces, aligned oppositely. must not be used for correction purposes.
The unbalance in the compressor wheel can now be corrected at
3. Dynamic unbalance the designated places.

In case of two unbalance If all the correction planes are within tolerance the rotor can be
forces aligned at random, removed from the balancing machine.
or two opposite unbalance After dismounting of the compressor wheel the auxiliary bearing
forces of unequal size, an and can be mounted on the rotor.
angle of torsion of the axis The wheel can be put back on the shaft and secured with the
of inertia of masses will required tightening moment.
occur as well. Thereby the The rotor will be placed back on the balancing machine and the
point of gravity will also computer must be set at a dynamic unbalance monitoring of the
move in relation to the entire rotor.
rotation axis.
The entire rotor must now be within tolerance and must not be
The method used for balancing corrected in any manner whatsoever.
TPL rotors is referred to as change balancing. If the rotor is not within tolerance the index balancing must be
First the bladed shaft is balanced with the use of the carried out again.
Static/Moment option, which must be carried out with the thrust
bearing and the bearing bush already mounted. It will be obvious that this is an extremely exact and time-consu-
If the bladed shaft is within tolerance it can be used as an auxiliary ming activity that can and must only be carried out by qualified
shaft to balance the relatively large compressor wheel dynamically. personnel.
For this, two specially manufactured precision grinded balance Ton Valken
disks are used, which differ in thickness in relation to each other.

The compressor wheel is mounted and the balancing machine can

be set in the index balancing mode.
The correction points R1 and R2 are set in components and pola-
rities mode, respectively. The components side is set in the apply
materials mode and the polarity side is set in the remove material
mode. The reasoning behind this index balancing is to determine 2
unknown quantities (unbalance shares) in the wheel by way of two
readings between which a defined change occurs.
When everything is set correctly and the necessary safety measures
have been taken, a first measurement can be made. It is of great
importance that the correct index angle is known and applied.
After the first reading, shown on the screen of measuring instru-
ment CAB690, the wheel must be turned 180 degrees.

For further information on this article or the total services provided by TurboNed Service B.V, please contact them at the telephone
number, fax number or e-mail address given in the Centre Page Spread of this Edition of I.S.E.S. News or visit their website:
www.turboned.nl

We care, that’s why we try harder