A pump includes: a rotor; a magnetic bearing supporting the rotor by a magnetic force; a drive mechanism rotationally driving the rotor; a pump mechanism including an impeller attached to the rotor; and a control unit controlling the magnetic bearing which includes: a bearing rotor member in the rotor formed from a magnetic material; and a bearing stator member facing the bearing rotor member, the bearing stator member has: a core formed from a magnetic material; and a coil wound around the core, the drive mechanism includes: a driven member adjacent in a radial direction to the bearing rotor member; and a drive portion facing the driven member in the radial direction, and magnetically coupled to the driven member to drive the rotor, and the control unit corrects rotational position of the rotor based on a detection signal from a first sensor portion capable of detecting displacement of the rotor.

A thrust magnetic bearing includes a stator having a coil, and a rotor. The stator includes main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. The rotor includes main and auxiliary rotor magnetic-pole surfaces facing the main and auxiliary stator magnetic-pole surfaces. When an electric current flows in the coil, an electromagnetic force in an axial direction is generated between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces, and an electromagnetic force in a radial direction is generated between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces. When the rotor is displaced in the radial direction, a radial force that acts on the rotor between the auxiliary stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction of the displacement, and a radial force that acts on the rotor between the main stator and rotor magnetic-pole surfaces is increased in a direction opposite to the direction of the displacement.

To provide a turbo compressor rotatable at high speed that is capable of being downsized, and of being suppressed in performance deterioration at low speed rotation. A turbo compressor includes a housing, a rotating shaft, a motor, a compressor mechanism, and a support section. The support section includes at least three rollers on the rotating shaft, roller shaft portions on the rollers, and a roller bearing portion for supporting the roller shaft portions. The rollers and the rotating shaft respectively have a drive transmission portion for drive transmission from the rotating shaft to each of the rollers, and the drive transmission portion of the rollers has a diameter larger than a diameter of the drive transmission portion of the rotating shaft.

A bearing housing includes a hollow shell with opposite ends having coaxial openings for at least one bearing element at each end thereof. The shell between the openings has, when assembled in position for use, a bottom with a bottom surface, the bottom having an oil outlet and the bottom surface having an oil outlet opening. The cavity for impurities is arranged below the bottom surface of the shell, and the cavity is arranged in flow communication with the oil outlet and the oil outlet opening.

A system includes a drive shaft and a diffuser positioned around the drive shaft to transmit a flow of fluid. The system also includes an impeller that is rotatable with the drive shaft to induce the flow of fluid through the diffuser. Additionally, the system includes a tapered thrust bearing positionable to receive a downhole force from a pumping stage. The tapered thrust bearing includes a flange sleeve positioned around the drive shaft. The flange sleeve includes a tapered mating surface. The tapered thrust bearing also includes a stationary bushing positioned around the flange sleeve. The stationary bushing includes a tapered receiving surface to receive the tapered mating surface of the flange sleeve.

An active magnetic bearing apparatus for supporting a rotor of a rotary machine comprises an axial magnetic bearing unit and a radial magnetic bearing unit mounted directly to one another. One of the axial magnetic bearing unit and the radial magnetic bearing unit is mounted to a support for attachment to a housing of the rotary machine.

A rolling bearing having a sealing arrangement, preferably as a compact bearing and seal for water pumps, is proposed having two axially adjacent rolling-element rows between an outer ring and a shaft bearing section, and a wet-side shaft seal and a dry-side shaft seal. A lubricant reservoir with a substrate that is porous in at least some sections is arranged circumferentially in a radial contact to the shaft section and the outer ring; wherein the lubricant reservoir in pores of the substrate, includes a lubricant insoluble in water, and a volume of the lubricant reservoir and a volume of a lubricant filling with the lubricant take up a total volume of spaces between the wet-side shaft seal and the dry-side shaft seal.

A compressor assembly is provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to compressors used in chiller air conditioning systems for indoor spaces. The disclosed compressors have magnetic bearings that support rotating components. In one embodiment, the compressor comprises a partially segmented thrust bearing stator core. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

A tilting pad journal bearing is arranged such that a circumferential relative position of an opening portion of an oil feeding hole to supply lubricant oil to a sliding portion of a bearing pad with respect to the bearing pad differs depending on the position of each bearing pad. For a bearing pad under a rotary shaft which supports the load of the rotary shaft, the circumferential position of an opening portion of an oil feeding hole with respect to the bearing pad is set toward an upstream side of a space between pads in a rotating direction of the rotary shaft. For a bearing pad above the rotary shaft, the circumferential position of an opening portion of an oil feeding hole with respect to the bearing pad is set toward a downstream side of a space between pads in the rotating direction of the rotary shaft.

An electrical submersible pumping system includes thrust bearings and radial bearings fabricated from a micro-grained polycrystalline diamond compact (“USPDC”) material that is ultra-strong; and where the USPDC is produced using a catalyst free process. In examples, all components of the bearings are formed from the ultra-strong USPDC material. Pads are in the bearings that have a contact surface, and the pads selectively tilt about a tilt member in response to variations in an opposing contact surface. The tilt members are attached to or otherwise associated with the pads, and are in contact with a resilient member that improves tilting response of the pads. The resilient members are encased in jackets that cover surfaces of the resilient members not in contact with the tilt members. The jackets are set in channels formed in structure of the bearings.