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Comp Crosshead Guide 7

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Master Rod

&
Crossheads
• Split tri-metal bearings
• Drilled passages for lube oil to flow
from crankpin to crosshead pin
• Crosshead pin clamped in eye of
connecting rod
• Crosshead pin bolt accessible through
opening in top of crosshead shoe
• Diagram
– 1) Crosshead shoe
– 2) Access
– 3) Retaining cap screws
– 4) Crosshead pin
– 5) Crosshead
– 6) Shims
• Crosshead Guide
– Supports and guides the crosshead
– Installed, adjusted and doweled to the
frame at the factory
• Crosshead
– Converts rotating motion of shaft to
reciprocating
– One of the limiting factors in rod load
limitations
• Crosshead bushings
– Provide protection to the crosshead
– Bronze or steel backed aluminum
– Interference fit
– Receives lubrication through a bore in the
connecting rod
• Crosshead pin
– Transmits connecting rod force to
crosshead bushing
– Held in place by a special radius cut bolt
– Secured by set of drake nuts
– Torque per general data or drawing
– Align lubrication port
• Shims
– Adjusts elevation of compressor rod
centerline
– Top and bottom of crosshead assembly
– Recommended clearance per general data
• Shoes
– Actual riding surface
– Jack bolts provided for shim adjustment
– Aluminum or cast iron
– Babbitt faced
– Lubricated by oil thrown off crankpins
Questions???

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