To provide a turbo compressor supplying an appropriate amount of lubricating oil depending on operational statuses.
In the turbo compressor, a rotational shaft is rotatably supported by a housing through rolling bearings and is variably rotated by a driving source, and at least one end of the rotational shaft is provided with impellers. The rolling bearing is an under-raceway lubrication type rolling bearing in which lubricating oil is supplied into the bearing along an inner ring by a centrifugal force. The rolling bearing is provided with an oil supply mechanism adjusting a supply amount of lubricating oil to be supplied into the bearing. The oil supply mechanism is controlled to supply a very small amount of lubricating oil smaller than the lubricating oil amount supplied into the rolling bearing by the centrifugal force, when a revolution number of the rotational shaft is not more than a first revolution number N1.
NISHII KENICHIRO
JPH0351517A | 1991-03-05 | |||
JP2004076783A | 2004-03-11 | |||
JPH11166549A | 1999-06-22 |
Kunio Ueda
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