COMBINED SUPPORT Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; rotary machines requiring development of high speed and repeated starts/stops. SUBSTANCE: proposed combined support has housing with anti-friction and sliding bearings arranged inside it; mounted on inner surface of shaft are flexible metal plates which are deformable under action of centrifugal forces and are used as mounting and fastening members for outer race of anti-friction bearing during starts and stops and working surfaces of sliding bearing at main operating modes. EFFECT: increased service life and enhanced reliability of "rotor- supports" system due to separation and duplication of functions of anti- friction and sliding bearings. 1 dwg