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Categories: Rotor balancing basics

General terms

Rotor

A rotor is a body that is held in rotation by its bearing surfaces in supports.

Unbalance

Is a rotor condition characterized by a mass distribution which, during rotation, causes alternating loads on the rotor supports and bending.

MASS ECCENTRICITY

Position vector of the center of mass in question relative to the axis of rotor.

UNBALANCE

A vector quantity equal to the unbalanced mass multiplied by its eccentricity.

MASS ECCENTRICITY

Position vector of the center of the mass in question relative to the axis of the rotor.

UNBALANCE VALUE

Numeric value, equal to the the unbalanced mass multiplied by its eccentricity module.

UNBALANCE ANGLE

Angle determining the position of the unbalance vector in the coordinate system related to the axis of rotor.

CORRECTION MASS

Mass used to reduce rotor unbalance

CORRECTION PLANE

Plane, perpendicular to the axis of rotor, in which the center of the correction mass is located.

UNBALANCE ADDUCTION PLANE

Plane, perpendicular to the axis of rotor, in which the value and the angle of unbalance are set.

UNBALANCE MEASUREMENT PLANE

Plane, perpendicular to the axis of the rotor, in which the value and the angle of unbalance are measured.

INITIAL UNBALANCE

Unbalance in the plane, perpendicular to the axis of the rotor, before correcting its masses.

RESIDUAL UNBALANCE

Unbalance in the plane under examination, perpendicular to the axis of the rotor, which remains in it after correcting its masses.

ACCEPTABLE UNBALANCE

The biggest acceptable residual unbalance in the plane, perpendicular to the axis of the rotor.

SPECIFIC UNBALANCE

Ratio of the main unbalance vector modulus to the rotor mass. Specific unbalance determines eccentricity of center of mass of the rotor.

ACCEPTABLE SPECIFIC UNBALANCE

The biggest appectable specific unbalance.

MINIMUM ACHIEVABLE RESIDUAL SPECIFIC UNBALANCE

The smallest value of the residual specific unbalance that can be achieved on the machine while balancing the control rotor by method determined in the instructions for this machine.