US 11,897,055 B2
Balance adjustment method for rotor and turbocharger
Kazuki Matsushita, Sagamihara (JP); Hideyuki Kumagai, Sagamihara (JP); and Hiroyuki Kadono, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara (JP)
Appl. No. 17/762,531
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Sagamihara (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/044300
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095118, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339738 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 26/36 (2014.01); B23K 26/082 (2014.01); F01D 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 26/36 (2013.01) [B23K 26/082 (2015.10); F01D 5/027 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A balance adjustment method for a rotor in which a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel are connected via a rotational shaft, comprising:
an imbalance acquisition step of acquiring imbalance position and amount of the rotor after a first balance correction step of correcting balance of the rotor by cutting at least one of the compressor wheel and a nut member connecting the compressor wheel to the rotational shaft;
an excision target section determination step of determining, based on the imbalance position and amount of the rotor acquired in the imbalance acquisition step, an excision target range including an imbalance correction position of the turbine wheel and a removal amount in the excision target range;
a second balance correction step of correcting the balance of the rotor by repeatedly irradiating the excision target range determined in the excision target section determination step with laser light from a laser marker device to remove by the removal amount from the turbine wheel; and
an excision condition determination step of determining, with reference to at least one piece of unit excision information where an irradiation frequency of the laser light and a scan speed of the laser light of the laser marker device are associated with a unit removal amount which is a removal amount per unit area, the irradiation frequency of the laser light and the scan speed of the laser light in the second balance correction step from the excision target range and the removal amount determined in the excision target section determination step,
wherein the at least one piece of unit excision information includes a plurality of pieces of unit excision information each having the different scan speed with respect to the same unit removal amount, and
wherein the excision condition determination step includes determining, as the irradiation frequency and the scan speed in the second balance correction step, an irradiation frequency and a scan speed of unit excision information with the highest scan speed among the plurality of pieces of unit excision information.