Analysis of the influence of radial clearance in a bearing on its operating modes, taking into account mass and magnetic imbalance of the induction motor rotor
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https://doi.org/10.31891/2079-1372-2025-116-1-19-26Keywords:
Bearing internal clearance, Induction motor, Unbalanced magnetic pull, Mass eccentricity, Bearing vibrationAbstract
The article studies the problem of the journal motion of a three-phase induction motor rotor in a bearing. A simplified model of the journal motion is studied at the moment of journal separation and transition from the pendulum mode of journal motion to the impact mode. In this case, the elastic-damping properties of the bearing and the final rigidity of the rotor are ignored. The model takes into account the eccentricity of the rotor mass and the radial internal clearance of the bearing. In addition, the forces of unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP) caused by the magnetic eccentricity of the induction motor rotor, which is caused by the radial clearance of the bearing, are taken into account. It is analytically shown that the forces of UMP cannot be ignored, since even the rated clearance of bearings of low- and medium-power motors causes an unbalanced force commensurate with the force caused by the eccentricity of the mass. It is shown that without taking into account the UMP, an increase in the radial clearance leads to a decrease in the critical separation speed.
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