clearance on tilting pads on generator

[uhpo]

I got a 600 mm bore bearing with 8 segments, and measuring the clearance forcing the shaft against the pads with a jack with 1 Tn pressure, the values are out of clearance, the clearance is 0,50 mm for a speed 1270 rpm... i know there is a correction number to correct the value you read.. does somebody know this number for 8 segments tilting pads.... and if you know some document i could read to get more info?

 

[byrdj]

I'll Assume you are measuring journal lift. as the number of pads increase, the closer the lift measured is the bearing clearance.

3 Pad .667
4 Pad .707
5 Pad .894
6 Pad 1

this info is provided in

http://www.waukbearing.com/Files/KnowledgeBase/ItemDownload/en/wbc-us-tpj-instructions.pdf