US 12,135,259 B2
Compressor system, compressor, and refrigeration cycle apparatus
Toshiki Imanishi, Tokyo (JP); Yuji Takamura, Tokyo (JP); and Kohei Tatsuwaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/767,584
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/050134
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124557, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152185 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 13/045 (2019.01); F04B 49/10 (2006.01); F04B 51/00 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 13/045 (2013.01) [F04B 49/10 (2013.01); F04B 51/00 (2013.01); F04C 29/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compressor system comprising:
a compressor including a bearing, the bearing supporting a rotating shaft;
a sensor configured to measure an index value correlated with a movement of the rotating shaft, the movement of the rotating shaft being made while the compressor is in operation; and
a controller configured to detect a degree of wear of the bearing based on the measured index value obtained by the sensor,
wherein the bearing is a plain bearing, and the bearing includes a cylindrical backing metal part and a cylindrical alloy part provided on an inner side of the cylindrical backing metal part and has a plurality of air gaps provided in an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical alloy part of the bearing and arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the bearing such that the degree of wear of the bearing changes a positional relationship between an inner circumferential surface of the bearing and the plurality of air gaps and eventually changes a shape of the inner circumferential surface of the bearing, and
wherein the controller is configured to detect the degree of wear of the bearing based on a change in the measured index value that is caused by a change in the shape of the inner circumferential surface of the bearing.