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Axial and Thrust Bearings
What is the difference between axial and thrust bearings?
franksma
- Nov 18th, 2010
Both are same, when a shaft is rotating there will be two loads. One is radial load and another is axial or thrust load.Inorder to keep the shaft in exact location of rotation, we require Radial and A...
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Thrust Collar
The thrust collar provided at steam end of steam turbine rotor why we not provide it at exhaust end.
Tarik
- Feb 16th, 2016
There is higher pressure at steam end so it will push the thrust collar in oppsite of exhaust end, rotor axial force is towards exhaust end because of pressure diffrence so thrust collar will balance the axial movement by steam pressure.
franksma
- Nov 18th, 2010
It is not compulsary that the thriust collor should be in Steam inlet end,The thrust collor locations can be set on exhuast side also, it is all purely depends on the design of the steam turbine and the driven unit.
