Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balance test indexing tool for balance-testing a rotor
- Patent Title (中): 用于平衡测试转子的平衡测试分度工具
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Application No.: US12900755Application Date: 2010-10-08
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Publication No.: US08539831B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: George I Allen, IV , Anderson S Leveille
- Applicant: George I Allen, IV , Anderson S Leveille
- Applicant Address: US VT Stowe
- Assignee: Moscow Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Moscow Mills, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VT Stowe
- Agency: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC
- Main IPC: G01M1/02
- IPC: G01M1/02

Abstract:
A balance test indexing tool for use in a balance testing machine to assist a user in testing unbalance in a rotor. The tool includes a rotor mount face disposed on the rotor being tested. The rotor mount face may be machined in a surface of the rotor or provided in a separate rotor mount temporarily fixed to the rotor. The tool also includes a rotor mount receiver configured to receive the rotor mount face in the balance testing machine. The rotor mount face and rotor mount receiver are configured to provide an indexing coupling that allows the rotor to be readily indexed to any of a plurality of index positions for unbalance testing in the testing machine. The tool allows multiple balancing runs to be made with relatively little effort needed to re-index the rotor. In some embodiments the tool includes a kinematic coupling that provides highly accurate and repeatable indexing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110252885A1 Balance Test Indexing Tool for Balance-Testing a Rotor Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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