The present invention relates to an inserting and removing device for a compressor and a method of inserting and removing a bundle.
In general, in a vertical separation type compressor, an approximately columnar bundle in which product parts such as a rotor or a stationary part are built can be inserted into the inside of a cylindrical compressor casing or can be extracted from the compressor casing.
For example, PTL 1 discloses an inserting and removing device for inserting and removing a bundle of a compressor with respect to a compressor casing. The inserting and removing device disclosed in PTL 1 includes a plate-shaped member which is attached to an end portion on a side opposite to an insertion side in an insertion direction of the bundle with respect to the compressor casing, and a puller rod which is screwed to the plate-shaped member and is inserted into a hole of the compressor casing.
[PTL 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2012-177337
In the technology disclosed in PTL 1, the puller rod which is longer than the entire length of the bundle in the insertion direction of the bundle with respect to the compressor casing is required. An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized inserting and removing device for a compressor and a method of inserting and removing a bundle using the same.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an inserting and removing device for a compressor, including: an intermediate supporting portion which supports a bundle before being inserted into a compressor casing formed in a tubular shape about a horizontal axis in a direction of the horizontal axis, from an outer peripheral side of the bundle at a position closer to an insertion side than an end portion on a side opposite to the insertion side of the bundle; a moving portion which can move the intermediate supporting portion and the compressor casing relative to each other in the direction of the horizontal axis; a threaded rod which extends to be parallel to the horizontal axis, has a distal end fixed to a fixing hole formed on an end surface on the insertion side of the compressor casing, and is inserted into a through-hole formed in the intermediate supporting portion; and a nut which is attached to the threaded rod so as to come into contact with the intermediate supporting portion from a side closer to the end portion of the bundle than the intermediate supporting portion.
According to the inserting and removing device for a compressor of the aspect, it is possible to use the threaded rod which is shorter than the entire length of the bundle in a direction of a center axis of the bundle in a state where the center axis of the bundle is in the direction of the horizontal axis. Accordingly, the size of the inserting and removing device for a compressor is reduced.
The inserting and removing device for a compressor of the aspect may further include an end support portion which has a through-hole which is coaxially formed with the through-hole of the intermediate supporting portion and into which the threaded rod can be inserted, and supports the end portion.
In this case, the threaded rod can be easily replaced from the intermediate supporting portion to the end support portion, and it is possible to move the bundle to a specified position inside the compressor casing using the threaded rod and the nut or it is possible to move the bundle from a specified position inside the compressor casing using the threaded rod and the nut.
The intermediate supporting portion may include a curved plate which is formed in a curved shape following a shape of an outer periphery of the bundle, a first support plate which includes the through-hole, extends in a direction orthogonal to a center axis of the through-hole, and is fixed to the curved plate, a second support plate which extends to be parallel to the first support plate at a position separated from the first support plate in the direction of the center axis of the through-hole, and has a second through-hole which is coaxially formed with the through-hole and into which the threaded rod can be inserted, a seat plate which connects the first support plate and the second support plate to each other, and a rib plate which connects the first support plate and the second support plate at a position separated from the seat plate.
In this case, since the first support plate and the second support plate are reinforced by the seat plate and the rib plate, the weight of intermediate supporting portion is reduced and rigidity thereof increases.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of inserting and removing a bundle, including: a step of connecting a position of an outer peripheral surface of a bundle closer to an insertion side of a bundle inserted into a compressor casing than an end portion on a side opposite to the insertion side and the compressor casing to each other by an intermediate supporting portion which supports the bundle and a threaded rod which is inserted into the intermediate supporting portion, extends in an insertion direction of the bundle with respect to the compressor casing, and can be fixed to the compressor casing; and a step of moving the bundle and the compressor casing relative to each other in the insertion direction by rotating a nut screwed to the threaded rod around a center axis of the threaded rod in a state where the nut abuts on the intermediate supporting portion.
According to the method of inserting and removing a bundle of the aspect, since it is possible to use the threaded rod which is shorter than the entire length of the bundle, it is possible to insert and remove the bundle with respect to the compressor casing in a space where the bundle and the compressor casing are arranged in the insertion direction of the bundle.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a small-sized inserting and removing device for a compressor and a method of inserting and removing a bundle using the same.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An inserting and removing device 1 for a compressor (hereinafter, referred to an “inserting and removing device”) of the present embodiment is a device which is used so as to assemble and disassemble the compressor 31. First, a configuration of a compressor 31 which is assembled and disassembled by the inserting and removing device 1 of the present embodiment will be described.
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Next, the configuration of the inserting and removing device 1 of the present embodiment for inserting and removing the bundle 32 of the compressor 31 with respect to the casing 34 of the compressor 31 will be described.
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The traveling plate 5 is a curved plate having a curved shape following the shape of the outer peripheral surface 32a of the bundle 32 shown in
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The second support plate 7 is a plate-shaped member which extends to be parallel to the first support plate 6 at a position separated from the first support plate 6 in the direction of the center axis of the first through-hole 6a formed in the first support plate 6. A second through-hole 7a which is coaxial with the first through-hole 6a of the first support plate 6 is formed in the second support plate 7. The second through-hole 7a is a hole having an inner diameter into which the traveling rod 12 can be inserted.
The seat plate 8 is a plate-shaped member which is fixed to each of the first support plate 6 and the second support plate 7 by welding or the like in a state where each of the first support plate 6 and the second support plate 7 is disposed.
The moving portion 10 can be attached to the seat plate 8 by screwing or the like.
The rib plate 9 is a plate-shaped member which connects the first support plate 6 and the second support plate 7 to each other at a position separated from the seat plate 8. The rib plate 9 is a reinforcing member which prevents distortion of the first support plate 6 and the second support plate 7.
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In addition, the moving portions 10 further include bogies 11A which travel on the rails 3 of the bundle stand 2 so as to move the end support portions 14 and the casing relative to each other in the direction of the horizontal axis L1 of the casing 34.
In the present embodiment, since the direction of the bundle stand 2 is positioned with respect to the casing 34 such that the longitudinal direction of each of the rails 3 and the horizontal axis L1 of the casing 34 are parallel to each other, it is possible to move the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 and the end support portions 14, and the casing 34 relative to each other in the direction of the horizontal axis L1 of the casing 34.
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The first nuts 13A are used for the movement of the bundle 32 in the insertion direction of the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34. The second nuts 13B are used for the movement of the bundle 32 in the insertion direction of the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34. It is not indispensable that the first nuts 13A and the second nuts 13B are simultaneously attached to the traveling rods 12. For example, when the bundle 32 is inserted into the casing 34, the second nuts 13B may not be provided as long as the first nuts 13A are provided.
In addition, if the first nuts 13A and the second nuts 13B are simultaneously attached to the traveling rods 12, either the first nuts 13A or the second nuts 13B are used as desired nuts 13, and the bundle 32 can be easily inserted and removed with respect to the casing 34.
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An end side through-hole 14a which is coaxial with the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a of the first intermediate supporting portion 4A is formed in the first end support portion 14A. The traveling rod 12 can be inserted into the end side through-hole 14a. In addition, the bogie 11A can be attached to the first end support portion 14A, and the first end support portion 14A is movable along the rail 3 of the bundle stand 2.
Next, a method of inserting and removing a bundle using the inserting and removing device 1 of the present embodiment will be described along with effects of the inserting and removing device 1.
First, an installation worker transports the bundle stand 2 for placing the bundle 32 to an opening which is formed on the end surface 34a on the insertion side of the casing 34 (refer to
Next, the bundle 32 is placed on the bundle stand 2 using a known crane or the like. In addition, the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 and the pair of end support portions 14 are attached to the bundle 32 (Step S1 shown in
Continuously, the installation worker attaches the traveling rods 12 and the first nuts 13A to the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 disposed on the rails 3 of the bundle stand 2, and the installation worker screws the distal ends 12a of the traveling rods 12 to the fixing holes 34b of the casing 34 to fix the distal end 12a to the fixing hole 34b. When the bundle 32 moves in the casing 34, the first nuts 13A are attached to the side closer to the rear end portion 32d of the bundle 32 than the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 (Step S2 shown in
Subsequently, the installation worker rotates the first nuts 13A around the center axes X1 of the traveling rods 12 (Step S3 shown in
Since the center axis L2 of the bundle 32 is approximately coaxial with the horizontal axis L1 of the casing 34, the bundle 32 is inserted from the distal end portion 32c into the casing 34 as shown in
If the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 reaches a position close to the casing 34, the installation worker removes the traveling rods 12 from the casing 34, and the installation worker removes the first nuts 13A from the traveling rods 12 (Step S4 shown in
After the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 is removed from the bundle 32, the bundle 32 is supported by the casing 34 and the pair of end support portions 14. In this state, the installation worker fixes the traveling rods 12 to the fixing holes 34b of the casing 34 again, and the traveling rods 12 are inserted into the end side through-hole 14a of the pair of the end support portions 14 (Step S6 shown in
After the installation worker attaches each of the first nuts 13A to the rear end 12b (refer to
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Accordingly, the insertion operation of the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34 ends.
When the bundle 32 is extracted from the casing 34, although it is not shown in detail, the procedure is approximately opposite to that of the insertion operation.
First, the installation worker positions the bundle stand 2 on the opening side of the casing 34 and fixes the pair of end support portions 14 to the bundle 32, and the installation worker connects the end support portions 14 and the casing 34 to each other by traveling rods 12 in a state where the second nuts 13B are positioned between the end support portions 14 and the casing 34.
The installation worker rotates the second nuts 13B around the center axes X1 of the traveling rods 12 such that the second nuts 13B move toward the rear end 12b sides of the traveling rods 12, the second nuts 13B press the pair of end support portions 14, and the bundle 32 fixed to the end support portions 14 is pulled out from the casing 34.
If the attachment holes 32b formed on the outer peripheral surface 32a of the bundle 32 are exposed to the outside of the casing 34 in a state where the side rollers 33 are positioned inside the casing 34, the installation worker temporarily removes the traveling rods 12 from the pair of end support portions 14 and the casing 34, attaches the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 to the attachment holes 32b, and disposes the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 on the rails 3 of the bundle stand 2.
After the installation worker disposes the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 on the rails 3 of the bundle stand 2, the installation worker attaches the traveling rods 12 to the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 and the casing 34 again, and the installation worker rotates the second nuts 13B around the center axis X1 of the traveling rod 12 such that the second nuts 13B move toward the rear end 12b sides of the traveling rods 12. Since the second nuts 13B rotate around the center axes X1 of the traveling rods 12, the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 is pressed using the second nuts 13B, and the bundle 32 fixed to the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 is completely extracted outside from the casing 34.
As described above, according to the inserting and removing device and the inserting and removing method of the present embodiment, it is possible to move the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34 from the state where the bundle 32 completely comes out from the casing 34 to the state where the bundle 32 is installed at the specified position inside the casing 34 by traveling rods 12 which are shorter than the entire length of the bundle in the direction of the center axis of the bundle. Accordingly, a working space required for inserting and removing the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34 does not largely protrude from the space occupied by the bundle 32. As a result, if there is a working space enough to arrange the casing 34 and the bundle 32 in the direction of the horizontal axis L1 of the casing 34, it is possible to insert and remove the bundle 32 with respect to the casing 34.
In addition, since the first through-holes 6a and the second through-hole 7a of the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 and the end side through-holes 14a of the end support portion 14 are coaxial with each other, the fixing holes 34b for fixing the distal ends 12a of the traveling rods 12 can be used for both the connections between the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 and the traveling rods 12 and the connections between the end support portions 14 and the traveling rods 12.
In addition, since each of the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 has the first support plate 6, the second support plate 7, the rib plate 9, and the seat plate 8 and deformation of the first support plate 6 and the second support plate 7 due to the pressing forces generated by the first nut 13A and the second nut 13B is prevented by the rib plate 9 and the seat plate 8, the weight of the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 is reduced and rigidities thereof increase.
Next, a modification example of the above-described embodiment will be described.
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The first piece 41 and the second piece 42 include semi-cylindrical depressions 6a1 and 6a2 which are combined to each other so as to be first through-hole 6a, and semi-cylindrical depressions 7a1 and 7a2 which are combined to each other to be the second through-hole 7a.
In a state where the first piece 41 and the second piece 42 are combined to each other, the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a becomes the hole into which the traveling rod 12 is inserted, and in a state where the first piece 41 and the second piece 42 are separated from each other, each of the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a is divided into two in a state of having the semi-cylindrical depression 6a1 and the semi-cylindrical depression 7a1 in the first piece 41 and the semi-cylindrical depression 6a2 and the semi-cylindrical depression 7a2 in the second piece 42.
In the present modification example, since the first piece 41 and the second piece 42 are separated from each other in the state where the traveling rod 12 is inserted into the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a shown in
Hereinbefore, the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configurations are not limited to the embodiment, and design modifications or the like within a scope which does not depart from the gist of the present invention are included in the present invention.
For example, instead of the configuration disclosed in the modification example of the embodiment in which each of the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a can be divided into two by the first piece 41 and the second piece 42, a side path extending in a direction intersecting the center axis of each of the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a may be provided in each of the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a such that the insertion and removal directions of the traveling rod 12 with respect to the first through-hole 6a and the second through-hole 7a coincide with the movement directions when the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 is attached to and detached from the bundle stand 2. In this case, although the attachment and detachment directions of the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4 with respect to the bundle stand 2 are limited, it is unnecessary to divide the pair of intermediate supporting portions 4.
The present invention can be used in a jig for moving a heavy article in a narrow space.
1: inserting and removing device
2: bundle stand
3: rail
4: pair of intermediate supporting portions
5: traveling plate
6: first support plate
7: second support plate
8: seat plate
9: rib plate
10: moving portion
11, 11A: bogie
12: traveling rod
13: nut
14: end support portion
31: compressor
32: bundle
34: compressor casing
35: casing stand
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