Patent ID: 9074987
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: F16C,G01M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A lubricant distribution acquisition device comprising: an alignment device that has a supporting base that supports a bearing, and that adjusts the direction of a main axis of the bearing by turning the supporting base; an electromagnetic wave converting device that receives a neutron beam that has been transmitted through the bearing from the direction of the main axis thereof, and converts it into an electromagnetic wave; and an imaging processing device that, by receiving the electromagnetic wave emitted from the electromagnetic wave converting device and using the electromagnetic wave to form an image, acquires lubricant distribution data that shows the distribution of a lubricant inside the bearing, wherein an alignment target whose projection shape changes when it is turned is able to be installed on the supporting base; there is provided a control unit that controls the alignment device based on the shape of the alignment target which is contained in the imaging data acquired by the imaging processing device; the alignment target is a rod-shaped component; and the control unit determines that the adjustment of the direction of the main axis being performed by the alignment device is complete when the shape of the alignment target which is contained in the imaging data reaches its smallest size.