An Approach to Improve on Stiffness for Aerostatics Bearing

The pocketed orifice structure for the air-nozzles of an aerostatic bearing is usually a particular pocketed orifice. This structure can not help the shaft to reach high stiffness in working process, so the applicability of the aerostatic bearing in machines with large centrifugal or horizontal force is not focused. A common pocketed orifice structure for the air-nozzles of the aerostatic bearing to meet the demand of high stiffness of the journal shaft has been developed.. Experimental results show that the stiffness of the aerostatic bearing increases, the eccentricity is only about 0.03 mm at a pressure of 2 to 2.5 bar compared to the structure of particular pocketed orifice. Besides operating at high pressure, a common pocketed orifice structure does not suffer from air congestion (blockage) as in a particular pocketed orifice structure. This results in reducing vibration and avoiding damage inside the aerostatic bearing.