Screw compressor

• US 10,947,976 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Issued: 03/16/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kobelco Compressors Corp. (Kobe Steel Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kobe Steel Limited
• Inventors: Yano, Yoshio, Miyatake, Toshiyuki, Kikuchi, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Comley, Alexander B
• Application Number:
  US16/060,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20180355867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 418 9, 418 10, 418197, 418205
• CPC Class Codes: F01C 21/007 General arrangements of parts; Frames and supporting elements
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/16 with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type for non-parallel axes of movement F04C18/48
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2210/1005 Air
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2270/12 Vibration
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 23/001 of similar working principle
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/005 Means for transmitting movement from the prime mover to driven parts of the pump, e.g. clutches, couplings, transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/0085 Prime movers

Abstract

The screw compressor includes a first-stage compressor main body and a second-stage compressor main body for compressing fluid with screw rotors, a motor for driving the first-stage compressor main body and the second-stage compressor main body, and a gear box. The gear box is connected to the first-stage compressor main body, the second-stage compressor main body, and the motor; transmits a driving force of the motor to the screw rotors, and includes a first attachment hole for attaching the first-stage compressor main body and a second attachment hole for attaching the second-stage compressor main body; and is provided with an annular rib surrounding both of the first attachment hole and the second attachment hole. In the screw compressor, the vibration of the natural vibration mode which is most burdensome and should be reduced can be efficiently reduced.

Claims

1. A screw compressor comprising:

a first-stage compressor main body and a second-stage compressor main body respectively configured to compress fluid with screw rotors;

an electric motor configured to drive the first-stage compressor main body and the second-stage compressor main body; and

a gear box connected to the first-stage compressor main body, the second-stage compressor main body, and the electric motor, and configured to transmit a driving force of the electric motor to the screw rotors of the first-stage and second-stage compressor bodies, the gear box including a first attachment hole for attaching the first-stage compressor main body and a second attachment hole for attaching the second-stage compressor main body, and being provided with an annular rib surrounding an entire contour of the first attachment hole and an entire contour of the second attachment hole,

wherein the annular rib includes;

a first rib region being a portion provided around the first attachment hole,

a second rib region being a portion provided around the second attachment hole, and

a third rib region being a region between the first rib region and the second rib region,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a first rib portion constituting the first rib region is a first space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a second rib portion constituting the second rib region is a second space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a third rib portion constituting the third rib region is a third space,

wherein the third space is not more than the first space and not more than the second space,

wherein a central upper rib being a rib on an upper side of the third rib portion is arranged above an imaginary center line connecting a center of the first attachment hole and a center of the second attachment hole, and

wherein a central lower rib being a rib on a lower side of the third rib portion is arranged below the imaginary center line, and

wherein the screw compressor further comprises, between the central upper rib and the central lower rib, an additional rib portion extending along the central upper rib or the central lower rib, or extending along the central lower rib within a range of an angle formed between the central upper rib and the central lower rib.

2. The screw compressor according to claim 1, wherein a plate thickness of the gear box between the central upper rib and the central lower rib is larger than an average value of plate thicknesses of other portions of the gear box.

3. The screw compressor according to claim 1, wherein a part of the first rib portion is integral with a side wall of the gear box.

4. The screw compressor according to claim 1, further comprising an additional rib portion connecting the first rib portion and a side wall of the gear box.

5. The screw compressor according to claim 1, wherein a part of the second rib portion is integral with a side wall of the gear box.

6. The screw compressor according to claim 1, further comprising an additional rib portion connecting the second rib portion and a side wall of the gear box.

7. The screw compressor according to claim 1, wherein a part of the first rib portion, a part of the second rib portion, or a part of the central upper rib is integral with a top plate of the gear box.

8. The screw compressor according to claim 1, further comprising an additional rib portion connecting the first rib portion, the second rib portion, or the central upper rib and a top plate of the gear box.

9. The screw compressor according to claim 1, wherein a height of the annular rib is larger than an average value of a plate thickness of the gear box.

10. A screw compressor comprising:

a first-stage compressor main body and a second-stage compressor main body respectively configured to compress fluid with screw rotors;

an electric motor configured to drive the first-stage compressor main body and the second-stage compressor main body; and

a gear box connected to the first-stage compressor main body, the second-stage compressor main body, and the electric motor, and configured to transmit a driving force of the electric motor to the screw rotors of the first-stage and second-stage compressor bodies, the gear box including a first attachment hole for attaching the first-stage compressor main body and a second attachment hole for attaching the second-stage compressor main body, and being provided with an annular rib surrounding an entire contour of the first attachment hole and an entire contour of the second attachment hole,

wherein the annular rib includes;

a first rib region being a portion provided around the first attachment hole,

a second rib region being a portion provided around the second attachment hole, and

a third rib region being a region between the first rib region and the second rib region,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a first rib portion constituting the first rib region is a first space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a second rib portion constituting the second rib region is a second space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a third rib portion constituting the third rib region is a third space,

wherein the third space is not more than the first space and not more than the second space,

wherein a central upper rib being a rib on an upper side of the third rib portion is arranged above an imaginary center line connecting a center of the first attachment hole and a center of the second attachment hole, and

wherein a central lower rib being a rib on a lower side of the third rib portion is arranged below the imaginary center line, and

wherein the screw compressor further comprises;

a fourth rib portion connecting a connection portion between the first rib portion and the central upper rib and a connection portion between the first rib portion and the central lower rib,

a fifth rib portion connecting a connection portion between the second rib portion and the central upper rib and a connection portion between the second rib portion and the central lower rib, and

a sixth rib portion connecting an outer periphery of the first attachment hole and the first rib portion or the fourth rib portion.

11. The screw compressor comprising:

a first-stage compressor main body and a second-stage compressor main body respectively configured to compress fluid with screw rotors;

an electric motor configured to drive the first-stage compressor main body and the second-stage compressor main body; and

a gear box connected to the first-stage compressor main body, the second-stage compressor main body, and the electric motor, and configured to transmit a driving force of the electric motor to the screw rotors of the first-stage and second-stage compressor bodies, the gear box including a first attachment hole for attaching the first-stage compressor main body and a second attachment hole for attaching the second-stage compressor main body, and being provided with an annular rib surrounding an entire contour of the first attachment hole and an entire contour of the second attachment hole,

wherein the annular rib includes;

a first rib region being a portion provided around the first attachment hole,

a second rib region being a portion provided around the second attachment hole, and

a third rib region being a region between the first rib region and the second rib region,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a first rib portion constituting the first rib region is a first space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a second rib portion constituting the second rib region is a second space,

wherein a maximum space in a vertical direction between an upper portion and a lower portion of a third rib portion constituting the third rib region is a third space,

wherein the third space is not more than the first space and not more than the second space,

wherein a central upper rib being a rib on an upper side of the third rib portion is arranged above an imaginary center line connecting a center of the first attachment hole and a center of the second attachment hole, and

wherein a central lower rib being a rib on a lower side of the third rib portion is arranged below the imaginary center line, and

wherein the screw compressor further comprises;

a fourth rib portion connecting a connection portion between the first rib portion and the central upper rib and a connection portion between the first rib portion and the central lower rib,

a fifth rib portion connecting a connection portion between the second rib portion and the central upper rib and a connection portion between the second rib portion and the central lower rib, and

an additional rib portion connecting an outer periphery of the second attachment hole and the second rib portion or the fifth rib portion.