ring-type

Updated: May 3, 2025

The ring-type emergencies are now all adjusted so that they normally run concentric with the shaft, but weighted so that the center of gravity is slightly displaced from the center. The centrifugal strain due to this is balanced by helical springs.

Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins - Steam Turbines: A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of: the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers