Automatic Balancing
Automatic Balancing
Automatic Balancing
Automatic balancing
Typical applications:
Grinding machines
Washing machines
Propellers
Centrifuges
Separators
Pumps
CD and DVD players
Etc
Benefits
Suitable applications for the technology are where
the unbalance in the machine varies or where it is
impossible or to costly to rebalance after every
change of the unbalance.
Contact
Hans Lindell, Phone +46 (0)31-706 60 02
[email protected]
Swerea IVF AB
P O Box 104
SE-431 22 Mlndal
Sweden
www.swereaivf.se
Argongatan 30
SE-431 53 Mlndal
Sweden
MK 081105
The technology
The principle is working for machines that are running
above the supercritical speed, which almost
all machines do or can be modified to do. In order
to fulfill this demand there needs to be a weakness
between the rotating unbalance and the surroundings.
A very common misunderstanding is that it is only
machines with slender shafts that run supercritical
but this is certainly not the case. The weakness can
consist of the human arm that are holding a hand held
grinder or the rubber feet that a fan is standing on.
The principle is just as simple as it is ingenious.
In its simplest execution two balls are placed in a
circular enclosure. The ring is centered on the shaft
that is going to be balanced. The center of the ring
is marked with a square in the graph. When the
machine is rotating supercritical the center will strive
to rotate around its center of mass marked with
an X.
By adding two balls to the ring the resulting force of
the normal force and the centrifugal force will move
the balls away from the center of mass. The balls will
experience a downward slope and will start rolling.
At the same time the center of mass will follow the
balls toward the center of the ring since the balls are
a part of the total mass.
In stage 3 the center of mass coincides with the
center of the ring and the machine is well balanced.
The balls do not experience any downward slope
since the centrifugal and normal force cancels each
other.
1
2
3