摘要 |
The capacity of a centrifugal compressor having an overhung rotor with a plurality of separate stage impellers is changed by machining the free curved edge of each impeller blade by an equal amount for each impeller along the entire curved edge length from the radially extending axial flow edge to the axially extending radial flow edge. Additional separate shrouds are provided that differ in diameter from the shrouds supplied with the impellers before machining by an amount equal to the diametric change occurring during machining. Further, separate annular diffusers are provided, with each diffuser having integral blades with free terminal edges lying in a common plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and engaging the adjacent shroud, so that these radially extending diffuser blade edges may be machined by an amount equal to the axial component of machining on the corresponding impeller blades.
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