BEARING PAD FOR TILTING PAD BEARING, TILTING PAD BEARING, AND ROTARY MACHINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent plastic flow of a bearing surface of a tilting pad bearing.SOLUTION: A bearing pad for a tilting pad bearing includes a first member having a bearing surface, and a second member provided on a back surface side of the first member. A recession for forming a cavity between the first member and the second member is provided on at least one of the back surface of the first member and a surface of the second member confronting the back surface of the first member. Preferably, the bearing pad for the tilting pad bearing further includes a support member which is provided on a back surface side of the second member and supports the first member and the second member in a tiltable manner. The recession is formed over at least a part of an installation range of the support member in a plane view of the bearing pad.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3