STIRRING DEVICE

To provide a stirring device that can extend a life span of a shaft by suppressing abrasion of the shaft.SOLUTION: A stirring device 10 comprises: a stirring tank 12; a stirring blade, arranged in the stirring tank 12, which rotates in the stirring tank 12; a shaft 14 acting as a rotating shaft for the stirring blade; a driving part, connected to the shaft 14, which drives the shaft 14 around the rotating shaft; and a bearing 36 that rotatably bears the shaft 14 at a part to be borne at an opposite side of the driving part with respect to the stirring blade. The bearing 36 comprises a housing 42 fixed to the stirring tank 12 and a bush 40 arranged between the shaft 14 and the housing 42, where a groove 48 through which slurry is flowed from the driving part side toward the bearing side is formed on at least either of an inside surface and an outside surface of the bush 40.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】シャフトの摩耗を抑えることでシャフトの寿命を延ばせる撹拌装置を提供する。【解決手段】撹拌装置１０は、撹拌槽１２と、撹拌槽１２内に配置され撹拌槽１２内で回転する撹拌翼と、撹拌翼の回転軸をなすシャフト１４と、シャフト１４に接続されシャフト１４を回転軸周りに駆動させる駆動部と、シャフト１４を、撹拌翼に対して駆動部とは反対側の被支持部で回転可能に支持する軸受３６とを備え、軸受３６は、撹拌槽１２に固定されたハウジング４２と、シャフト１４とハウジング４２との間に配置されるブッシュ４０とを備え、ブッシュ４０の内側面又は外側面の少なくとも一方には、駆動部の側から軸受の側に向けてスラリーを流す溝４８が形成されている。【選択図】図２