Abstract:
An X-ray tube comprises a substantially cylindrical rotor having an anode target fixed thereto, a substantially columnar stationary shaft coaxially arranged inside the rotor with a bearing gap, a dynamic slide bearing having helical grooves and formed between the rotor and the stationary shaft, and a metal lubricant supplied to the grooves and to the gap. An axial bore is formed in the shaft in a manner to extend in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, and an insertion rod is inserted into the axial bore such that a space extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft is formed between the inner circumferential surface of the axial bore and the outer circumferential surface of the insertion rod. The space acts as a lubricant reservoir for storing the metal lubricant.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a rotary anode type X-ray comprising a substantially columnar stator, a cylindrical first rotor coupled around the stator, at least one hydrodynamic slide bearing region including a spiral groove, and arranged in the coupled portion between the stator and the first rotor, and a cylindrical second rotor arranged coaxial with and outside the first rotor with a gap for the heat insulation and bonded directly or indirectly to a anode disk, the second rotor being bonded to the first rotor in an open edge region positioned remote from the anode disk in terms of the heat transmission route, wherein a plurality of slits extending substantially along the axis of rotation are formed apart from each other in the circumferential direction in the open edge region in which the second rotor is bonded to the first rotor.