How to change and fix the slewing bearing of port crane.

First, introduction

During the loading and unloading operation of the door machine, it is inevitable that accidental centrifugal force and stress concentration will occur during the simultaneous operation of turning and lifting, resulting in damage of the large rotating bearing (the bearing type used in the 40-ton door machine described in this paper is 132.50.1500.03K5). Since the bulk cargo terminal in the Huanghua Port area is in the form of a water surface support beam, the carrying capacity is 8 tons/m2, and the replacement of the slewing bearing requires the upper and lower halves of the door machine to be separated before the bearing can be taken out. The upper part of the door machine weighs about 350 tons.

If a large crane is used, it will exceed the load capacity of the wharf. If the use of offshore floating cranes requires at least 1,000 tons of floating cranes, the rental cost will exceed one million yuan. The most economical solution is at the door. The heavy-duty jacks are placed at the four brackets under the slewing bearing, and the replacement of the slewing bearing can be realized by lifting the height to the height at which the bearing can be pulled out.

However, in this way, the upper part of the door machine is in suspension state, and it needs to be fastened to ensure safety, and it is very important to prevent wind and solid. The jacking process requires four jacks to be lifted at the same time to avoid offset dumping. To meet the above requirements, a strict construction management plan and a scientific replacement repair process must be established.

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Second, safety preparation before construction

The risk of this maintenance operation is mainly: the upper part of the door lift and the falling process are suspended and unconnected, so the weather influence factor is large, it is necessary to check the local accurate weather forecast, and choose sunny and windless weather to ensure the sudden rise during the jacking process. In the case of strong wind or other bad weather, the safety of the operation must be properly prepared and emergency prepared. The windproof emergency plan must be prepared before the maintenance work can be carried out. The power transmission must be confirmed before the power transmission can be implemented to avoid power consumption. In the event of a safety accident, the jacking process must be carried out at a wind level below 5.

The maintenance process should clarify the responsibilities of each management personnel. It is necessary to organize the relevant technical management personnel and maintenance units of all departments of the company to participate in the maintenance equipment meeting, and make detailed arrangements for the machinery, tools and related procedures required during the maintenance operation. The division of labor makes detailed arrangements.

Third, the slewing bearing replacement repair process

1. Welding work and other preliminary work

(1) Under the plane. The maintenance area is remotely isolated before the operation. The ground is made of 24# channel steel splicing door-shaped frame, the middle beam is used to weld the hoist to disassemble the bearing. The bottom of the machine is welded and the bottom and the diagonal are slotted steel and angle steel fixed support, to ensure the replacement of the bearing frame level, so as to avoid When the bearing is tilted, the cutting and angle of the base are too large to be easily grooved.

(2) On board. The jacking support needs to cut the large lifting lugs, smooth and smooth, and the lower part is welded and supported by the base with the same thickness and long ribs. Three single lugs are welded to the disassembled bearing frame. Two lifting lugs are welded on the tail weight of the door machine, and the second rear support lifting lugs are used for diagonally pulling the 10-ton chain hoist.

(3) Inside the center slip ring. After the high-voltage power failure, remove the center slip ring and each control circuit, seal the joint with thick waterproof tape, and mark it with the mark paper. The center slip ring is wrapped with asbestos cloth to prevent electric welding and gas cutting Mars damage the line. Internal front, rear, left and right 4 points welded monolithic lifting lugs for adjusting the radial position of the new bearing. The slewing anchor is removed and sealed with iron plates. Remove 24 concentrated lubricating oil pipes and fold them up. Cut the upper and lower ladders along the bearing to support the rear upper and lower center slip rings (can be replaced by moving ladders). Check whether the other positions of the center slip ring are completely removed or the bearing is pulled out, and it is removed and fixed in time.

(4) Positioning. Move the door machine to an anchor position that does not affect the loading and unloading position, connect the windproof cable and anchor, and drop the windproof iron wedge. Adjust the amplitude to a position of up to 43 meters, with the boom facing the shore (positioning position during installation, while the wind direction of the pier is parallel to the boom, reducing the wind on the door machine). Disassemble the oil-saving plate of the large rotating bearing and clean the oil pan and bearing grease.

2. Lifting insurance and testing

(1) Use of the top lift insurance bolt. Remove 80 sets of inner and outer fixing bolts. Because the pre-tightening force is too large, the gas-cut longitudinal cutting nut can be used and removed twice. For the first time, remove the inner and outer two-thirds of the fixing bolts. Wait until the maintenance site has no wind. Prepare to remove the remaining one-third of the bolts before lifting. When removing the outer bolt holes, wear 1/3 safety bolts (M42×680). The front jack test.

(2) Because the jack plays an important role in the jacking process, a total of six 320-ton jacks are required, of which two are reserved. Place the bottom of the jack flat on the top lifting point of the jacking support and align it with the top lifting seat. After all the fixing bolts and the upper and lower connections are removed, use 4 jacks to test pressure at the same time to ensure that each jack is strenuous and lift at the same speed, otherwise replace the spare jack.

3. Lifting process

Since the wind will cause certain risks during the jacking process, it must be ensured that the jacking is completed once in the shortest time of downloading when the wind is small enough.
The lifting process is unified by the construction manager and the password is commanded and kept in sync. One measuring person is set inside and outside, and each measurement is carried out at a height of 50 mm to ensure that the error is within 5 mm. The height of the top plane is kept uniform by adjusting the jack separately. At the same time, the position of the jack cylinder and the crescent plate are used for pressure relief protection, and the length of the safety bolt is adjusted after jacking. After the upper plane is adjusted, the next jacking is performed. Tighten the upper nut during the jacking process, leaving a 50 mm clearance between the lower nut and the large ring gear, and at a height of 40 mm per jacking, loosen the lower nut until the jacking reaches the required height of 282 mm.

After the support and the block are supported on the inner side of the jacking support to the upper rib position of the door machine, the gap of 3 mm is reserved, and the jack is relieved according to the unified password of the commander. After the four points are stabilized, the block is added at the bottom of the jack. Keep the minimum stroke of the jack. Continue to rise and repeat the first jacking process after the jack is struggling. During the jacking process, the upper part of the door machine should be kept stable, and the four-point personnel should be uniformly lifted or released to ensure that the measurement error does not exceed 5 mm after each jacking.

Insurance process: After lifting up again to 282 mm in one reverse gear, stop the jacking, and finally measure the height of the four-point position, and adjust the same with the anti-pressure pressure crescent pad to ensure that the jacking pad reaches 3 mm gap. Simultaneously. The jack pressure is released, and the rigid support is used instead of the oil pressure to make the door machine rigid support. Then measure the height of the upper and lower support bases with a tape measure, and cut the same length of 24# channel steel welded on the side of the jack for longitudinal extension insurance. The front side of the door machine is slanted with ∠100 × 100×8 angle steel for two-way diagonal pulling, as a rigid anti-friction insurance to prevent the door machine from rotating to produce shearing force; the rear side of the door machine is inclined by two 10 ton chain hoists. As a flexible insurance to prevent rotation, to absorb part of the vibration force. There is enough space at the frame to allow for the removal of large bearings.

4. Disassembly and assembly of large bearings

(1) Disassembly process

After the door lifts are secured, use two 5 ton chain hoists to suspend the lifting lugs on both sides of the bearing frame, and the other end of the bearing bolt holes on the cap bolts to see the gap between the two sides to adjust and stretch. Before the stretching, use a screw jack to carry out the lifting and then pull out. During the stretching process, adjust the bolt hole suspension bolt position to fit the gap between the two sides and the pinion gap for pulling out. After pulling the half-position, suspend the special rope buckle for lifting, and pull the large bearing to the frame to lift the position, then command the door driver to hang the bearing.

(2) Installation of new bearing process

Before installation, pay attention to clean the new bearing first, fill up the grease, and block the oil passage cavity with the oil filler hole. Lifting 200mm from the ground before lifting to adjust the horizontal position to keep the large bearing in a horizontal position, so as not to be placed on the bracket and then slipped. To avoid shearing the base, apply a small amount of lubricant to the base. After stretching in place, adjust the position of the large bearing with the four lifting lugs inside the cylinder. After the bolt holes are aligned, prepare the mounting surface for machining.

5. Bearing mounting surface processing cleaning

Clean the upper and lower flange faces before installing new bearings. The measurement process is to select the highest point on the diameter of the diagonal wire ropes for each of the diagonal personnel, and use the feeler gauge to measure the amount of depression at other points on the same line. If you do not touch the wire, you can put it into the gap. The maximum size of the feeler is the amount of depression. At least two points of vertical line are measured.

New bearings can be installed after measurement. If the upper flange surface is first processed after the new bearing is in place, the relative flatness of the upper joint surface and the upper flange surface of the bearing should be adjusted, and then the output gear of the rotary motor should be adjusted. The pinion tooth surface is combined with the large ring gear tooth surface. 3 can be. If the two pinions interfere, one of the pinions can be removed, the high voltage is sent to the door, and the first gear is rotated to see if there is radial movement or turbulence. A small knife holder can be installed after smoothing. The flatness of the tool holder and the flatness of the bearing need to be extremely accurate, and the precision of the upper flange surface can be ensured within the accuracy of 0.2 mm. In the processing, it is important to ensure the bearing joint surface, the upper plane of the tool holder and the upper flange surface are parallel. The bearing surface is the reference, and the other two planes are guaranteed to be parallel to the reference surface. The flatness and finish should be within 0.2 mm after turning.

6. Remove the insurance decentralization process

After machining, the bearing frame is cut, as well as windproof insurance. After cutting the channel in the reverse position, it must be polished with an angle grinder to place the reverse support. The door machine decentralization process is the reverse operation of the jacking process. The operation process must be listened to by the same commander, and each measurement is adjusted within 50 mm each time to ensure that the 4-point error is within 5 mm. After one reverse gear The door machine can be lowered. Perforate the bolts in place before fully placing them in position and adjust the bearing position so that the bolts are not subject to shear forces.

7. Tightening bolt process

After the bearing is completely placed in place, the studs can be put up and down by hand to ensure that at least 3 buckles are exposed above and below, and a strong flat pad is placed under the nut. Spring pads are strictly prohibited. After the bearing is adjusted and positioned, use a torque wrench to separate the low, medium and high 3 preloads, and tighten them symmetrically in the direction of 180°. The sequence of steps is in accordance with the instruction manual. Finally, the pre-tightening force of the mounting bolt is 70% of the bolt yield strength, that is, the pre-tightening force of the 10.9 bolt is 665 kN.

8. Test run test

Install the bearing and the center slip ring for electrical and centralized lubrication, and after connecting the oil pan, pinion and other accessories, test the large bearing for refueling test. Use the 1st speed rotary test to check the meshing of the tooth surface, whether there is any abnormal sound when listening to the rotation, and measure whether the radial runout clearance of the pitch circle is less than 0.7 mm, and whether the clearance between the bearing and the flange surface is less than 0.2 mm. Then carry out the 2nd and 4th gear tests to confirm that there is no abnormality in the left and right and the maximum and minimum amplitude rotation. After the test run is stable and noiseless, it can be restored to normal use.

Design and manufacture of wind power slewing bearing

The guarantee of wind power slewing bearing quality is mainly reflected in the design and manufacture. It integrates domestic and foreign enterprises and institutions to design and manufacture wind power slewing bearings. We have made key technologies for the design and manufacture of wind power slewing bearings. Research, a brief introduction, I hope to be able to help related companies and designers.

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First, the design of wind power slewing bearing

The selected slewing bearing generally has a single-row four-point contact ball type, a double-row four-point contact ball type, a cross-roller type, a three-row type of roller type, etc., wherein the single-row four-point contact ball type slewing bearing has a low cost, and The comprehensive performance is high; the double volleyball type slewing bearing has long service life, strong carrying capacity, small turning resistance, large wear amount, low requirements on the mounting base, but low motion precision; high precision of the cross roller type slewing bearing Long service life and high dynamic load capacity, but high requirements on the rigidity and precision of the pedestal, and the edge effect is easy to occur when the roller and the raceway are in contact, resulting in the edge actual stress being much larger than the design stress; three-row roller type Slewing bearings generally have a very high static load carrying capacity.

Second, the manufacture of wind power slewing bearing

Wind power slewing bearings, especially the choice of pitch slewing bearings, many large multinational companies are still studying, from the current installed use situation, the pitch slewing bearings mostly use double-row four-point contact ball slewing, The yaw slewing bearings are mostly single-row four-point contact ball slewing bearings, and a small number of cross-roller slewing bearings or other forms. Although the domestic standard specifies the structural form of pitch and yaw slewing, it does not give a reasonable explanation.

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1. Life calculation The wind power slewing bearing has a large size and low rotation speed. The life evaluation criteria of ordinary bearings are not applicable to the slewing bearing in many cases. At present, there are usually two methods for solving the life of a slewing bearing: one is the slewing bearing capacity curve method, and the other is the equivalent dynamic load method.

2. Carrying capacity curve method Using the slewing bearing capacity curve method to solve the life of the slewing bearing, firstly, the intersection of the axial force and the overturning moment should be marked in the bearing capacity curve as the slewing bearing specification is selected, and the coordinate origin and intersection point are connected. Extending, the extension line and the bearing capacity curve are intersected to obtain the moment and axial force of the intersection point, and the ratio of the load to the actual load on the curve is solved, and the actual life is the curve rated life multiplied by a coefficient related to the ratio.

The slewing bearing used in wind power generation equipment is a kind of extra large bearing, which is mainly used for pitch and yaw system. The load is complicated and the disassembly and maintenance is very difficult. Therefore, the design and manufacture of wind power slewing bearing are strict. The slewing bearing is the core component of the wind turbine and is widely used in the pitch and yaw systems of wind turbines.

The pitch bearings are used to connect the wheel and the blades, and the yaw bearings are used to connect the tower and the unit. Due to its large size and difficult installation and disassembly, the wind power slewing bearing is very difficult to repair, and once the slewing bearing fails, it will directly affect the working performance of the wind turbine and even cause downtime. Therefore, the wind power slewing bearing is required to have high reliability and long service life, and at least to reach the service life of the wind power generator, that is, 20 years.

China Wind Energy Association:Analysis and Suggestions on the Problem of “Running Circle” of Wind Turbine Bearings

First, the status quo of the bearing “running circle” problem

The so-called bearing “running circle” is that the outer ring of the bearing and the bearing seat or the inner ring and the shaft have a relative movement. The planetary gear of the gearbox has a running ring that will cause irreparable damage to the gearbox.

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Since the beginning of 2015, the running wind turbines have gradually exposed the problem of gearbox bearings “running circles”. According to incomplete statistics, in recent years, more than 100,000 units installed in China have suffered from “bearing running circle” failures, accounting for more than 10%. Not only are the double-fed motor units with more bearing applications, but also the main drive system bearings. Similar failures occurred in fewer direct-drive units, and the total number exceeded 1,000. According to a team of power equipment research institutes who recently measured the results of a group of operating units, the vibration spectrum showed a fairly high percentage of the unit’s running problems (according to what they say is almost 100%). Some units of foreign manufacturers also have bearing running problems. From the overall situation of the found bearing “running circle”, the high-speed end of the gearbox has a higher proportion, and the proportion of the planetary gear bearing “running circle” is lower. However, in the products of several manufacturers, the proportion of “running circles” of planetary gear bearings is relatively high, and batch failures occur.

The loss caused by the bearing running circle will greatly increase the operation and maintenance cost of the wind turbine, and may also affect the insurance company’s premium rate in the future.

At present, most of the domestic manufacturers, developers, and insurance companies that have bearing running circles do not understand this situation. The faults are handled by the gearbox factory itself, and the customer’s transmission is not truthfully told. In this case, this high-risk, high-cost failure has become a huge potential risk in the wind power operation and insurance industry.

Most of the handling of the “running circle” failure of the high-speed end bearing of the gearbox is solved by inserting or using a polymer binder after the fault is discovered. These two methods have relatively mature experience in ground equipment, but for the high-speed end bearing of the wind turbine gearbox, whether it can guarantee long-term use after repair, there is no mature experience.

For the planetary gear bearing “running circle”, there is no mature technology that finds the “running circle” fault in advance in China, and the difference in the spectrum of the bearing “running circle” due to the difference between the unit form and the operating environment, so most planetary gears Bearing “running” failure is confirmed after the transmission is damaged.

For the main bearing running ring of the direct drive unit, if no obvious damage is found in the bearing, the method of adjusting the bearing clearance is adopted; if the bearing is damaged, the main bearing is replaced.

Second, the analysis of the problem of bearing “running circle”

It is fundamentally due to improper bearing selection, improper structural design and load design, improper process control during manufacturing, improper adjustment of bearing clearance, improper bearing lubrication, improper storage or transportation of equipment, etc., resulting in bearing roller and bearing raceway. Severe sliding semi-dry friction occurs, eventually leading to the bearing “running circle”.

1. Spindle bearing

(1) The main shaft bearings of MW-class wind turbines with double-row spherical roller bearings are subjected to axial and radial loads at the same time, and the probability of failure is high. This is because the double row spherical roller bearing has a large clearance, and the bearing on the upwind side bears a small load. Most of the radial load and the axial force are received by the downwind bearing, causing excessive roller slippage. Poor lubrication causes the material to change from pitting to sticking, the seat ring and the roller and the cage are deformed unevenly, which changes the coordination between the race and the bearing seat, and causes common faults such as “running circle” and jamming.

(2) When designing the new transmission system, the spindle bearing has rarely used the self-aligning bearing. It is recommended to use the tapered roller bearing. The radial and axial bearing capacity is strong. The roller can be evenly loaded by pre-tightening, and the roller is not easy. Produces sliding friction. However, due to the high installation and technical requirements of the assembly process, improper adjustment of the bearing clearance can still cause semi-dry rolling friction, and then run-loop failure.

(3) The bearing assembly adopts the hot charging method. Since there is not enough heating device, the local heating method is used, and the heating is uneven, resulting in bearing deformation.

(4) During the transportation process, the unit’s damping measures are improper, or a part of the bearing is bearing for a long time, causing local deformation of the raceway.

(5) There are two main lubrication methods for the main shaft bearings of wind turbines currently in operation: grease lubrication and pressure lubricant lubrication, in which the lubricating oil with a higher proportion of lubrication is generally 10-20 rpm, which is low. The rotational speed of the spindle bearing and the planet carrier support bearing is often difficult to form. If the thickness of the oil film is insufficient to separate the two metal surfaces, the lubrication does not achieve the predetermined effect, the bearing will wear out early, the material peeling damage will occur, and the semi-dry sliding friction will occur, which in turn will cause the bearing to run. The pressure lubrication method is very beneficial to improve the working condition of the bearing. In addition to forming the oil film to protect the rolling roller in time, it can also take away heat and abrasive grains to prolong the service life. It is recommended that the spindle bearings be lubricated with pressure oil if conditions permit.

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2. Transmission bearing

The ratio of the running ring of the high-speed shaft-side bearing in the gearbox is higher than that of the planetary gear bearing, and the reason for the difference is different.

3. High speed shaft side bearing

(1) The matching tolerance of the bearing and the bearing housing is unreasonable, resulting in insufficient interference. Since the external environment in which the wind turbines operate varies greatly, it is very likely that the standard tolerance zone will not be able to adapt to the operating conditions.

(2) The process control during assembly is not strict, which results in the matching of the limit deviation between the bearing and the bearing seat and the deviation under the limit. At the assembly site, it has actually been found that the assembler selects a bearing with a small amount of interference for fitting.

4. Planetary wheel bearing

(1) The maximum power of the wind turbine gearbox in actual use may reach more than 3 times of the nominal power. Especially in the case of growing blades, the moment of inertia of the wind turbine is greatly increased, and the impact load on the drive train during the start and stop of the unit is increased. It also greatly increased the domestic unit to increase the blade on the basis of the prototype, and did not redesign the gearbox accordingly, resulting in the case of the gearbox planetary shaft system and the intermediate shaft system with relatively poor rigidity. The load increases the occurrence of bearing stress concentration, which in turn causes the bearing to run.

(2) The planetary gear train structure design is weak. The national standard GB / T19073 wind turbine gearbox specifies that the thickness of the planetary gear hub should not be less than 3 times the modulus, in order to ensure that the gear race has sufficient rigidity to resist the deformation caused by the gear force. The deformation of the planetary gear is one of the important reasons for the bearing running circle. The gearbox failure of the planetary gear bearing in the domestic gearbox factory occurs precisely because the design does not meet the thickness requirements of the gear hub proposed by the standard.

For the planetary shaft system, the floating planetary gear shifting mechanism is adopted abroad to achieve the purpose of uniform loading. However, such structures are more complicated in gearbox assembly and adjustment.

Aiming at the situation that the planetary gear structure size is difficult to meet the rigidity requirement due to the space limitation of the wind turbine, the solution of integrating the planetary gear with the bearing outer ring and the integrated flexible pin scheme similar to Timken (see Figure 1) are proposed abroad. Several gearboxes have been trial-produced by the domestic Hangzhou Gear and the South High Gear with integrated structure and integrated flexible pin structure. Since the planetary gears are machined, heat treated and tested in the gearbox and bearing factories according to the machining process, the cost of the gearbox is greatly increased. Domestic wind power machine enterprises are difficult to accept under the current market price. Foreign machine companies have adopted gearboxes of this type in batches.

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Suggestions based on current realities:

1. From the current situation reflected in all aspects, it is imperative for the wind turbines that have been put into operation to find the harbinger of the bearing running circle in time before the destructive accident. This can eliminate the accident in the bud. However, due to the different structure of the wind turbine, the operating environment is different, the bearing positions are different, and the vibration characteristics of various types of bearing running rings have not been mastered technically. What can be done at present is to collect the vibration monitoring records of wind turbines that have already had accidents, organize professional teams to analyze them, find out the regularity items as soon as possible, and then verify and promote them in the running wind farm. There are already a number of manufacturing companies, development and operation companies and research institutions expressed their willingness to participate and provide verification conditions.

2. The analysis in front of this report is based only on previous theories, experiences and available cases. The current large number of accidents have not yet been fully grasped. In order to conduct an accident analysis, each gearbox manufacturer should no longer use the pretext of keeping the so-called “trade secrets” as an excuse to refuse public accidents. The result of this can only cause deeper damage to China’s wind power industry. Only by thoroughly grasping the real situation of the accident in the industry and thoroughly analyzing the possible causes can we find the root cause of the defect and take effective measures to solve it. At the same time, provide basic data for mastering accident monitoring and early warning technology. It is recommended that all enterprises involved in similar accidents should truthfully provide accidents to the whole machine enterprises, development and operation enterprises and research institutions.

3. Bearings should be equipped with sufficient tooling to prevent invisible damage during assembly. The assembly with interference fit is preferably to uniformly heat the bearing by a closed heating device. The heating temperature should not be too high, and it is in a positive clearance state during the heating process, and does not squash the roller and deform. When conditions permit, it is recommended to assemble the bearing by means of a freezer shaft. The lubrication of the bearings should be highly valued. In addition to ensuring adequate lubrication, adequate measures must be taken to ensure the cleanliness of the fluid.

4. In the selection of bearings and their cooperation, the host and components and the bearing supply unit should work closely together, timely exchange and feedback, and reasonable selection of bearings and cooperation. The shaft and hole of the bearing of the device should be selected according to the tolerance of the diameter of the bearing ring, and the tolerance range should be properly tightened to ensure the interference of the fit.

5. Strengthen the training and training of professional and technical workers to ensure that the assembly and clearance adjustment of the bearings meet the technical requirements.

6. During the assembly process, the shafting should be centered repeatedly to mitigate the effects of additional loads.

7. Strengthen the processing of gearbox, the technical procedures of the assembly site, the process hygiene management, ensure the processing of the gearbox, and the assembly process is carried out under strict process conditions.

8. Prepare technical guidelines related to the transportation and storage of wind turbines and main shafts to prevent deformation of the lower end raceways and rollers of the main shaft bearings due to the large gravity of the main shaft during transportation and non-operational stages.

9. Enhance the rigidity of the wind turbine frame to prevent abnormal eccentric load of each bearing caused by deformation.

10. Strengthen the daily maintenance of wind turbines, strictly abide by the safe operating regulations, and have sufficient countermeasures for the impacts of different processes such as starting, braking, stopping, and deactivating the unit.

11. The wind turbine should be equipped with relevant detection devices to perform instantaneous monitoring of the vibration and temperature of the transmission system, analyze the measurement data, accurately find the cause, and issue an early warning to avoid downtime due to failure.

12. Strengthen the design research of wind turbines. Based on the reliability analysis, the system analyzes the impact of the abnormal transient load on the key parts of the transmission system for the severe working conditions of the unit, and compiles the load spectrum that is more in line with the actual working conditions. Fully guarantee the safety margin of the system and components. Improve the layout and structure of the drive system to reduce the effects of transient anomalous shock loads.

13. Reasonably select the structural form of the unit transmission system on the basis of accumulated experience, and adopt the mature and proven transmission form as much as possible. The new transmission form and structural arrangement should not be easily adopted without demonstration.

14. The original bearing life calculation theory has been difficult to meet the requirements of modern wind turbine gearbox bearing calculations. The relevant information manufacturer of the new bearing life calculation method proposed by the international famous bearing company is generally less public. At present, the calculation of bearing life is generally estimated based on the life calculation method proposed by each bearing manufacturer. Bearing life calculation methods are numerous, the influencing factors are complex, the load data is scarce, and the complex load processing methods are imperfect. The processing of transient loads, braking loads, ultimate loads, etc., which are often encountered during the use of the unit, is estimated empirically. In addition, the linear cumulative damage theory used in the process of variable load processing does not truly reflect the actual damage, which will lead to an increase in the gap between design calculation and practical application. To this end, it is recommended to strengthen the research on the theory of domestic bearing life in combination with the actual needs of wind turbines.

15. It is recommended to strengthen the research on bearing design, materials, technology and inspection technology in the special field of wind power high load capacity, high reliability and long life as soon as possible. The bearing industry and wind turbine manufacturing enterprises, wind power transmission equipment manufacturing enterprises jointly carry out research work, accumulate experience for the design and manufacture of wind power bearings, and strive to make breakthroughs as soon as possible.

Analysis of slewing bearing raceway and rolling element damage

Due to incorrect installation of the slewing bearing raceways and rolling elements, overload operation, poor heat treatment, unreliable sealing devices, etc., premature failure of the slewing bearing raceways and rolling elements. The typical damage symptoms are listed below and the main causes of the damage and the effects on the slewing work are described.

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1. Slewing bearing raceway peeling off

The slewing bearing raceway is also called the raceway erosion. This phenomenon is generally caused by poor heat treatment. Usually, the surface hardness of the raceway is too high and the hardened layer is relatively thin, and the interface layer of high hardness and low hardness is caused by the alternating stress. It is characterized in that the exfoliate is in the form of a sheet. This damage can also occur at the junction of the raceway tempering soft belt.

2. Slewing bearing raceway and roller damage

(1) If the roller is skewed or the axis of the race is skewed, it will cause raceway scratches.

To avoid scratching the raceway at the end of the roller, the length of the roller in the slewing bearing of the cross roller is usually shortened by 0.5-1 mm from its diameter. If the roller is excessively shortened or the upper and lower races are separated due to slack of the connecting bolt, the gap between the end face of the roller and the raceway is increased. The skew of the roller increases the skew angle between the end face of the roller and the raceway. If there is a defect in the raceway (low hardness, unevenness, etc.), the roller edge is damaged due to the increased skew of the roller. In addition, if the roller is stuck in the diagonal direction, the end face chamfer in the diagonal direction of the roller is damaged, and even the slewing bearing is braked.

(2) The surface of the slewing bearing raceway is insufficient in quenching hardness, which may cause partial raceway scratches.

(3) When the slewing bearing is assembled, if the slewing bearing is inadvertently impacted, the roller is skewed and the force applied during assembly is too large, the raceway of the raceway may be damaged.

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3. Slewing bearing raceway wear

There are several reasons for the wear of the slewing bearing raceway:

(1) Due to dust, sand, dirt and other particles mixed in the lubricating oil, the abrasive acts on the raceway and the rolling element, causing invisible metal peeling or peeling, which can be felt in severe cases. Degree. In order to prevent such wear, the support should be provided with a reliable sealing protective device to prevent external media such as dust, dirt and moisture from intruding into the raceway.

(2) When the lubricating oil is lacking in the slewing bearing or the lubricating oil is insufficient, under the action of heavy load, the raceway wear will be intensified due to the dry friction or semi-dry friction of the rolling element and the raceway.

4. The reason for the slewing bearing raceway to produce the grain

(1) The material itself is defective or improperly heat treated.

(2) When the rolling element and the raceway rotate, the contact fatigue stress is large and fatigue cracking occurs.

5. Wear of the slewing bearing rolling elements

The cross roller slewing bearing has a plurality of sliding friction surfaces, the end faces of the rollers and the friction between the outer rollers and the raceway surfaces. The latter type of friction is often point contact at the beginning, the unit contact pressure is high, and it is in dry friction and semi-friction state, resulting in wear, but as the contact area increases, the unit pressure decreases, and the lubrication condition of the contact surface is improved. , so that the degree of wear is controlled. After this stage, a 2, 4 mm wide wear band is formed on the outer circumference of the roller, which does not impair the working ability of the roller and the support.

6. Slewing bearing steel ball fragmentation

Steel ball fragmentation may occur due to defects in the material or heat treatment of the steel ball, as well as improper holding or use of foreign objects. This can be judged from the sudden increase in the rotational resistance of the support and the abnormal sound at the time of turning. If it is not eliminated in time, the broken steel ball can scrape off the large metal of the raceway, and even the thickness of the raceway is reduced. The head of the fastening screw on the support moves down to the fixed frame, causing the machine to lose the turning ability. In addition, sometimes the broken steel ball is embedded between other steel balls and theraceway, which also causes the machine to lose its ability to turn.

Marine crane slewing bearing

With the development of offshore oil rigs, there is an increasing demand for large lifting equipment for platform installation and maintenance.

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1. The requirements of basic function parameters are continuously improved. The lifting capacity of a single machine is basically above 1000t, the maximum working range can reach nearly 100 meters, and the lifting height of 2000 meters can be achieved, and the crane can be fully rotated.

2. Higher requirements are also placed on the effective working area of the lifting ship deck. Users often require lifting equipment to occupy a smaller deck area as possible.

3. In addition, there are also users who request to reduce the radius of the tail slewing and set the driving mechanism inside the rotating column. In order to reduce the external dimensions of the crane, it is not allowed to reduce the tipping moment by adding a balance weight.

In short, the development of offshore engineering cranes requires more and more superior performance and more and more compact forms. These requirements put a severe test on the design and manufacture of crane slewing bearings. To meet these requirements, the slewing ring is usually of the rotary column type and is installed below the deck of the ship.

The current rotary slewing bearing is usually composed of a set of upper rollers and a bottom radial thrust bearing. The upper roller is subjected to the horizontal force generated by the tilting moment, and the bottom radial thrust bearing is subjected to both horizontal force and vertical force.

The maximum lifting torque of a large-tonnage slewing crane can reach more than 100,000 Nm. In this case, the horizontal and vertical forces of the slewing bearing are relatively large, and the load can reach more than 3000t.

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For the upper roller, there is great difficulty in the design of the single roller. The bearing capacity of the single roller is limited. In order to achieve the bearing capacity, the method of increasing the diameter and the number of the roller is adopted, which causes the roller to occupy too much deck space, which is unacceptable to the user; The friction coefficient is large, and the generated rotational resistance is correspondingly increased, resulting in an increase in the rotational drive power.

For the bottom radial thrust bearing, bearing horizontal force and vertical force bidirectional load, under the existing industrial conditions, it is not possible to design and manufacture a radial thrust bearing that can meet the above bearing capacity requirements. In the existing rotary slewing bearing form, the radial thrust bearing is also decomposed into a radial spherical bearing and a self-aligning thrust bearing, and the two bearings are respectively subjected to horizontal force and vertical force, so as to ensure automatic positioning, The center of the two bearing spheres coincides with one point. It is usually suitable for applications with small loads and sizes, and machining can guarantee accuracy.

After the size becomes larger, due to machining capacity limitation, manufacturing and installation errors, and structural deformation, it is impossible to achieve concentricity of the two bearings, which may easily cause the bearing to be partially stuck during operation, and cannot be rotated, resulting in early damage of the bearing, and the consequences are quite serious.

In view of the problems in the prior art mentioned above, it is necessary to study and design a new type of slewing bearing device for a marine ship-borne crane, thereby overcoming the problems existing in the prior art.

How to choose machine tool spindle and turntable bearing.

As the core component of the machine tool spindle and turntable, the bearing plays a decisive role in the performance of the machine tool. This paper mainly describes the selection of spindle bearings and the selection of rotary table bearings.

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As a key component of the machine tool, the spindle directly affects the parameters such as the rotation accuracy, rotation speed, rigidity, temperature rise and noise of the machine tool, which in turn affects the machining quality of the workpiece, such as the dimensional accuracy of the part and the surface roughness.

Therefore, in order to maintain excellent machine tool processing capabilities, high-performance bearings must be used. The accuracy of the bearings used on the machine tool spindle should be ISO P5 or higher (P5 or P4 is the ISO accuracy level, usually from low to high is P0, P6, P5, P4, P2), and for high-speed CNC machine tools, machining centers, etc. For high-precision machine tool spindle bearings, ISO P4 or higher accuracy is required; spindle bearings include angular contact ball bearings, tapered roller bearings, and cylindrical roller bearings.

Among the above types of bearings, precision angular contact ball bearings are the most widely used. We all know that the rolling element of an angular contact ball bearing is a ball; because it is a point contact (distinguished from the line contact of the roller bearing), it can provide higher speed, smaller heat generation and higher rotation. Precision. In some ultra-high-speed spindle applications, hybrid bearings with ceramic balls (typically Si3N4 or Al2O3) are also used. Compared with the traditional fully hardened steel ball, the ceramic ball material itself gives the ceramic ball bearing the characteristics of high rigidity, high rotation speed, high temperature resistance and long service life, so as to meet the demand of high-end customers for machine tool bearing products.

In terms of the contact angle of the angular contact ball bearing, the contact angles of 15° and 25° are currently popular; usually the contact angle of 15° has a relatively high rotational speed performance, and the contact angle of 25° has a high axial direction. Carrying capacity. Because the choice of preloading has a great influence on the application of precision angular contact ball bearings, for example, in high load bearing and high rigidity, medium or heavy bearing preloading is generally used; for some high speed and high precision applications. In the early selection of bearings, we need to pay attention to choose the appropriate preload, generally light preload is more common. Preloading is generally divided into three types: light, medium and heavy. In order to facilitate the use of customers, several major bearing manufacturers in the world generally provide pre-grinded bearing end faces and preloaded bearings, which is what we usually call universal matching precision. Angular contact ball bearing form. This type of bearing eliminates customer preload regulation and saves installation time.

Precision tapered roller bearing

In some machine applications with heavy loads and speed requirements – such as the forging of forgings, the wire machine of oil pipelines, heavy duty lathes and milling machines, the selection of precision tapered roller bearings is an ideal solution. . Because the roller of the tapered roller bearing is designed for line contact, it can provide high rigidity and load to the main shaft. In addition, the tapered roller bearing is a pure rolling bearing design, which can reduce the bearing operation. Torque and heat to ensure spindle speed and accuracy. Since the tapered roller bearing can adjust the axial preload (play) during installation, this allows the customer to better optimize the bearing clearance adjustment throughout the life of the bearing.

In addition, in some high-speed applications where the inner ring rim speed is greater than 30 m/s, some specially designed tapered roller bearings can also meet the requirements, such as TSMA bearings or Hydra-Rib hydraulic floating rib bearings. The rib of the TSMA bearing has a plurality of lubricating oil holes in the axial direction, which can be lubricated by circulating oil or oil mist. The centrifugal force can distribute the oil to the contact area between the roller and the rib, so that the bearing can be more fully lubricated and the bearing can be improved. Rotating speed. The Hydra-Rib hydraulic floating rib bearing is designed to optimize the preload of the spindle system. The bearing has a floating rib that is in contact with the large end of the roller, unlike the common bearing with a fixed inner ring rib; The floating rib is positioned by the “pressure” system, which ensures that the bearing will perform at its best under all conditions and has been successfully used in domestic customers.

The rotary table commonly used in CNC machine tools has an indexing table and a CNC rotary table. When machining certain parts of CNC machine tools, in addition to the linear feed motion of the three coordinate axes X, Y, and Z, sometimes there is a need for circular motion around the three axes of X, Y, and Z. For A, B, C axis

The CNC rotary table can be used to achieve a circular feed motion. In addition to the circular feed motion, the CNC rotary table (referred to as the CNC rotary table) can also complete the indexing movement. The function of the indexing table is to transfer the workpiece to the surface, and the automatic tool changing device can be used together to realize the multiple installations of several surfaces in one installation of the workpiece, thus greatly improving the working efficiency. The shape of the CNC turntable and the indexing table are not much different, but the structure has a series of features. Since the CNC rotary table can realize the feed motion, it has much in common with the feed drive mechanism of the CNC machine. The difference is that the drive mechanism realizes the linear feed motion, and the CNC rotary table realizes the circular feed motion.

The rotary table is widely used in various CNC milling machines, boring machines, various vertical cranes, and vertical milling machines. In addition to requiring the rotary table to withstand the weight of the workpiece well, it is also necessary to ensure its rotation accuracy under load. The turntable bearing, as the core component of the turntable, not only has a high load carrying capacity during the operation of the turntable, but also needs to have high rotation precision, high anti-overturning capability, and high rotational speed capability. In the design of the rotary table, the types of bearings used are roughly divided into several types:

Thrust ball bearing + cylindrical roller bearing

Thrust ball bearings can withstand certain axial forces, so the bearings are mainly used to bear the weight of the workpiece; cylindrical roller bearings are mainly used for radial positioning and external radial forces (such as cutting force, milling force, etc.) . This type of design is widely used and relatively inexpensive. Since the thrust ball is a point contact bearing, its axial bearing capacity is relatively limited, and it is mainly used in small or medium-sized machine tool rotary table. In addition, the lubrication of the thrust ball is also difficult.

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Hydrostatic bearing + precision cylindrical roller bearing

A hydrostatic bearing is a plain bearing that supplies pressure oil externally and establishes a static pressure bearing oil film in the bearing to achieve liquid lubrication. Hydrostatic bearing always works under liquid lubrication from start to stop, so there is no wear, long service life and low starting power. In addition, this bearing also has the advantages of high rotation precision, large oil film stiffness, and can suppress oil film oscillation. Precision cylindrical roller bearings have good radial bearing capacity, and thanks to the use of precision bearings, the rotary table’s rotation accuracy is also well guaranteed.

The rotary table designed with this type can withstand high axial forces. Some workpieces weigh more than 200 tons and the turntable has a diameter of more than 10 meters. However, this type of design also has some shortcomings. Because the hydrostatic bearing must be equipped with a special oil supply system to supply the pressure oil, the maintenance is complicated and the cost is relatively high.

Crossed roller bearing

The application of crossed roller bearings on the turntable is also relatively common. Crossed roller bearings are characterized by two raceways in the bearing and two rows of rollers arranged in a row. Compared with the traditional thrust bearing + radial centering bearing combination, the cross roller bearing is compact, compact and simplifies the table design, thus reducing the cost of the turntable.

Introduction about the process of slewing bearing processing

1. Inspection of forging blanks

First understand the material of the blank and the state after forging before processing. Secondly, it is necessary to check whether the blank has defects such as lamination and cracks.
Measure the dimensions of the blank. Including the inner and outer diameter of the blank, the height dimension, calculating the machining allowance, and estimating the number of times of turning in the turning process more accurately.

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2. Turning processing

Roughing: Roughing according to the turning process drawings, the cutting speed and cutting amount are strictly in accordance with the process regulations (the general cutting speed is 5 rev / min. The cutting amount is 10mm ~ 12mm).

Rough aging: After the roughing of the bearing parts is completed, the three-point support is adopted, and the flat parts are not allowed to be stacked. The aging time is not less than 48 hours before the finishing of the car can be carried out.

When the precision bearing parts are finished, the cutting speed is 6 to 8 revolutions per minute, and the cutting amount is 0.3 to 0.5 mm.

Forming Finishing Car: When the bearing parts are finally formed into the finished car, in order to prevent the parts from being deformed, the fixed clamping device of the parts must be loosened, so that the parts are in a state of no force, the turning speed is 8 revolutions per minute, and the cutting amount is 0.2 mm.

Cross, three-row roller slewing bearing inner ring special process: In order to prevent crossover, the inner ring of the three-row roller slewing bearing is deformed after heat treatment. In the turning process, it is necessary to carry out pair processing, that is, the raceway back-to-back processing, no cutting before heat treatment, and cutting after heat.

After finishing the heat: After the heat treatment of the inner and outer rings of the bearing, the finishing process is carried out.

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3. Heat treatment

Quenching surface quenching: The bearing raceway surface is medium frequency quenched, the hardness is not less than 55HRC, the hardened layer depth is not less than 4mm, the soft belt width is less than 50mm, and the “S” mark is marked at the corresponding position.

After the heat tempering treatment: After the intermediate frequency quenching of the inner and outer rings of the bearing, it must be baked at 200 °C for 48 hours. To ensure the disappearance of internal stress.

4. Rolling and milling

For the slewing bearing with internal and external teeth, the hobbing process should be carried out before the grinding process, strictly in accordance with the process requirements, and the accuracy level should reach 8 or above.

5. Drilling

Marking: After measuring the dimensions of the parts, the lines shall be scribed according to the specified dimensions of the drawings. The positioning process shall not differ by more than 3 inches.

Drilling: Check the size of the scribe line against the drawing to ensure the correct size and then carry out the drilling process. The mounting hole of the slewing bearing of the inner body should be combined and processed, and the error of the hole distance of the 180C degree between the soft belts should not exceed 5‰.

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6. Grinding processing

Rough grinding: It adopts medium corundum, soft three-grain degree is 36 degrees, and the atmospheric hole resin grinding wheel is used for grinding. The line speed is controlled at 1500 rpm to prevent the raceway burn. The maximum grinding depth must not exceed 1 mm.

Fine grinding: Grinding with a particle size of 46 degrees or 60 degrees resin grinding wheel, the grinding amount is less than the rough grinding process, and the finish should reach the level specified in the drawings.

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7. Other parts

Rolling element: self-processing or steel ball roller of fixed-point manufacturer, the accuracy grade should meet the requirements of the drawings, the rolling elements are less than 5% of each other, and the surface magnetic particle inspection and ultrasonic flaw detection should be carried out before the bearing assembly, and the flaw detection report is issued.

Retainer: The retainer manufactured by the fixed-point manufacturer shall be used to meet the requirements of the drawings, and strict inspection shall be carried out before assembly and use, and a test report shall be issued.

Sealing ring: Sealing strip produced by fixed-point manufacturers. Strict testing should be carried out before assembly and inspection records should be issued.

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8. Assembly

Preparation clearance: After the grinding process, the test assembly shall be carried out in order to measure the preliminary clearance. According to the calculation data and the test clearance, the final grinding process shall be carried out, and the final drawings shall be used to define the clearance.

Parts inspection: After the clearance is completed, the final part inspection shall be carried out and recorded accordingly.

Demagnetization, cleaning, packaging and issuing a certificate.

 

Cross cylindrical roller slewing bearing

Definition and operation principle of crossed cylindrical roller slewing bearing

Definition: Cross-roller type slewing bearing consists of two races. It is compact in structure, light in weight, high in manufacturing precision, small in assembly clearance, high in installation accuracy, and 1:1 cross-arrangement of rollers. The force, tipping moment and large radial force are widely used in lifting and transportation, construction machinery and military products.

Cross cylindrical roller principle: Cylindrical rollers are arranged at right angles to each other at intervals between the inner and outer rings of the bearing. They can withstand loads from all directions (such as axial, thrust or momentum loads). The internal structure of the crossed roller bearing is arranged at 90° perpendicular to each other by rollers, and spacers or spacers are arranged between the rollers to prevent the inclination of the rollers and the friction between the rollers, thereby effectively preventing the rotational torque. increase.

In addition, the contact phenomenon or the locking phenomenon of the roller does not occur, and since the inner and outer diameters are divided structures, the gap can be adjusted, and even if the preload is applied, a high-precision rotational motion can be obtained.

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Application field of cross cylindrical roller slewing bearing

Cross cylindrical roller bearings have a split inner ring, a split outer ring, and an integral inner and outer ring from the outer structure. From the internal structure, there are full roller type, metal window cage and so on. Therefore, it is widely used in various occasions: joint parts or rotating parts of industrial robots, rotary tables of machining centers, rotating parts of robots, precision rotary tables, medical instruments, measuring instruments, and IC manufacturing equipment.

Use cases and technical analysis of crossed cylindrical roller slewing bearings in the robot industry:

Industrial robots typically use an articulated mechanical structure. The drive motor is independently installed in each connector, and the power amplifier circuit of the drive unit is controlled by a computer to realize the operation of the robot. The structure of an industrial robot is a closed loop system. Through the motion controller, servo drive, robot body, sensor and other components, the key products of the functional robots that people need are completed: welding robot, handling robot, painting robot, transmission robot.

The development of modern industrial robots tends to be lighter, and the bearings must be installed in a limited space that must be small and lightweight, ie lightweight. At the same time, the robot has high load, high rotation precision, high running stability, fast positioning speed, high repeatability, long life and high reliability. The required robot bearings must have high load capacity, high precision and high. Rigidity, low friction torque, long life and high reliability. Lightweight and high performance is a contradiction.

Technology: Industrial robots with thin-walled bearings not only have to ensure sufficient capacity, but also require precise positioning and flexible operation. Therefore, bearing design analysis determines the main parameters, not just the dynamic rated load as the objective function, and the rated motion Load, stiffness and friction torque are used as objective functions for multi-objective optimization design. At the same time, the finite element analysis method of thin-walled bearings based on ferrule and frame deformation is adopted.

The reason why the slewing ring/bearing is not working properly and the solution.

With the advancement of technology, the application of slewing bearings in construction machinery is more and more extensive. If we find that the slewing bearing can’t move, how can we deal with it? The following methods can help you to eliminate this problem.

1. The newly purchased products are not flexible. Please check the production date of the slewing ring. If the time is long (such as more than half a year) and the weather is cold, there may be impurities such as salt spray in the raceway, which may cause malfunction (cold area, winter is more prominent). Remedy: If you can work after the afterburner and no other abnormalities can be used normally.

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2. The operation is not flexible during use. The sealing strip is damaged, causing foreign matter to enter the raceway if the working condition is poor, the dust is immersed in the raceway, etc.); check the meshing of the large and small gears, whether there is any foreign matter or broken teeth.

3. The operation after installation is not flexible. It may not work well with the mounting surface of the mainframe and the mounting surface of the slewing bearing. As a result, the axial clearance of the slewing bearing after installation cannot compensate the deformation of the slewing bearing. The slewing bearing is in the negative clearance state, and the rolling elements are in the raceway. Difficulties in operation (sometimes accompanied by abnormal noise); or poor meshing of large and small gears; or foreign objects in the large and small gears.

Remedy: Rework the main machine installation plane so that the installation plane meets the requirements; re-adjust the gear meshing backlash according to the requirements, especially pay attention to the gear runout position; check to ensure that the large and small gear meshing position has no foreign matter; exchange a slightly larger slewing bearing .

This is a common situation in which the slewing ring can not be turned. In fact, it is far more than just these. In fact, as long as we install it correctly and regulate the operation, many problems can be avoided.

Maintenance of slewing ring (bering) in high temperature operating environment.

1. Which carriers use slewing rings to operate in high temperature environments

The slewing bearing of the ladle turret has a relatively poor working condition and is subject to high axial load and overturning moment. These loads are transmitted and received by the ring gear, the raceway of the raceway and the gear, so the slewing bearing is on the selected material. It is necessary to consider the tensile strength, compressive strength and fatigue strength of the material to be high and have sufficient toughness and wear resistance. The single-row four-point contact slewing bearing can simultaneously bear radial force, axial force and overturning moment, and is widely used.

In view of the bearing capacity of the slewing bearing in high temperature environment, based on the thermal stress analysis of the slewing bearing, the contact angle, the rolling element radius r, the raceway radius R and the rolling element radius r ratio, the hardened layer depth and Five aspects of the raceway hardness are proposed to improve the bearing capacity of the slewing bearing. Orthogonal test analysis is carried out for these factors, and the optimal combination of parameters is found to reduce the contact stress on the slewing bearing raceway and improve the slewing bearing at high temperature. The bearing capacity provides a theoretical basis for the structural optimization of the high-temperature single-row four-point contact slewing bearing.

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2. Precautions for slewing bearing high temperature operation

The slewing bearing is a new type of mechanical parts that has gradually emerged in the world for nearly forty years. The slewing bearing is a mechanical force transmission basic component that needs relative rotation between the two parts and simultaneously receives axial force, radial force and overturning moment. Its basic function is to fix it on the upper and lower supports of the mechanical equipment by bolts. The force transmission and transmission realize the relative rotation between the two parts of the mechanical equipment. The domestic slewing bearing market was originally mainly in the construction machinery industry.

The largest single-row four-point contact ball slewing bearing accounted for more than 95% of the total market share, and the diameter of the raceway was between Φ500 and Φ1500mm. Most of them have a small processing difficulty, a broad market, and low equipment cost. With the continuous development of engineering machinery, wind power industry, heavy-duty vehicles, metallurgical machinery, petroleum industry, military industry, etc., slewing bearings have been more widely used, and are also required to have more and better performance, one of which is the requirement With high temperature resistance, bearing raceways, cages, seals and lubricants can withstand certain high temperatures and maintain their performance.

High temperature slewing bearings for specific applications, in addition to withstand the alternating pressure, also withstand alternating temperature changes, which will produce fatigue, creep and their interaction. In order to ensure the mechanical properties and life of the product, higher requirements are put forward from material selection, machining process, heat treatment process, to corresponding tooling equipment and testing instruments.

3. How to maintain the slewing ring running in high temperature environment

The slewing ring is rolled to the inside with a small amount of grease. The activation allows the user to refill the new grease according to different working conditions.

The slewing bearing raceway should be filled with grease regularly. Generally, the ball support is refueled once every 100 hours of operation, and the roller type support is refueled every 50 hours. The special working environment, such as tropical, humid, dusty, large temperature difference and continuous operation, should shorten the lubrication cycle. New grease must be added before and after the machine has been shut down for a long time. For each lubrication, the raceway must be filled with grease until it seeps out from the seal. When filling grease, slowly turn the slewing ring to make the grease fill evenly.

The tooth surface should always be cleaned of debris and coated with the corresponding grease. There should be a lot of comprehensive work factors, and users can also choose the best grease according to specific requirements.

After the slewing bearing has been running for the first time for 100 hours, the pre-tightening force of the bolts should be checked. After every 500 hours of operation, the pre-tightening force must be maintained. Pay attention to the operation of the slewing bearing during use. If noise, shock and power suddenly increase, stop the machine immediately, check the fault, and dismantle it if necessary.

4. Quality requirements for slewing bearings in high temperature environments (blanks and accessories)

There are many manufacturers of slewing bearings, and the quality and price are also uneven. However, the factors affecting the price are mainly the product quality. The product quality gap is also mainly reflected in the quality of raw materials. The price of raw materials and the price of non-tempered products differs by 1000. Multivariate/ton, because the hardness of the material that is not tempered is only 140-170HB and the hardness of the material after quenching and tempering is 207-262HB, which is the biggest gap.

Secondly, the hardness of the raceway also affects the quality of the product. The hardness of the raceway of the Xuzhou Wanda slewing bearing is ≤3mm, and the depth of the hardened layer of the raceway quenching affects the service life of the product.

Once again, the precision control of each process in product processing, our products in the process of processing more than two other processes to ensure that the product is flexible, does not cause jamming or shaking.

Quality is the foundation of an enterprise’s survival and the soul of its development. Therefore, Luoyang Hengguan slewing bearing will provide you with the most cost-effective products. Quality products will also make us go further and further on the road in this industry. Getting better and better.