Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering

Aalto ARotor Lab

The ARotor laboratory is a full scale rotor laboratory with facilities to manufacture and investigate rotors of up to 25,000 kg. In close cooperation with our industrial partners, we have a history of large rotating machinery related research projects from three decades. Our activities include rotordynamic design, modelling and simulation; rotor manufacture; rotor geometry and rotor dynamics measurement in full scale; condition monitoring; and bearing and sealing systems.
ARotor laboratory

ARotor laboratory research projects

This page summarizes the research projects at ARotor laboratory.

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arotor adjustable stiffness test setup

Latest publications

Frequency domain solution method for electromagnetic influence analysis on torsional vibrations

Sampo Laine, Urho Hakonen, Hannu Hartikainen, Raine Viitala 2025 Journal of Sound and Vibration

Behavior of marine thruster lip seals under typical operating conditions

Omar Morad, Raine Viitala, Vesa Saikko 2025 Tribology International

Paradigm shift in mechanical system design : toward automated and collaborative design with digital twin web

Riku Ala-Laurinaho, Juuso Autiosalo, Sampo Laine, Urho Hakonen, Raine Viitala 2024 SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING

Roundness error stacking in assembled spherical roller bearings and its impact on rotor subcritical vibration

Lorenzo Giorio, Raine Viitala, Eugenio Brusa 2024 Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Integrated capacitive measurement of air gap height in aerostatic bearings

Petteri Haverinen, Mikael Miettinen, Luke Harding, Valtteri Vainio, Onni Leutonen, René Theska, Raine Viitala 2024 European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Conference Proceedings - 24th International Conference and Exhibition, EUSPEN 2024

Etching-Based Measurement Error Compensation for Eddy Current Displacement Measurement

Kalle Kinnunen, Raine Viitala 2024 I2MTC 2024 - Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Active support stiffness tuning for vibration mitigation in rolls

Sampo Laine, Sampo Haikonen, Samuli Rytömaa, Mikael Miettinen, Raine Viitala 2024 TAPPICon 2024

Rotor resonance avoidance by continuous adjustment of support stiffness

Sampo Laine, Sampo Haikonen, Tuomas Tiainen, Raine Viitala 2024 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Mechanized adhesive applying for porous aerostatic bearings

Onni Leutonen, Valtteri Vainio, Luke Harding, Petteri Haverinen, Mikael Miettinen, Raine Viitala 2024 European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Conference Proceedings - 24th International Conference and Exhibition, EUSPEN 2024

A Statistical Model to Assess the Softness of Hygiene Tissue Paper Containing Alternative Fibers

Ronald Marquez, Isabel Urdaneta, Ramon Vera, Fernando Urdaneta, Keren Vivas, Jorge Franco, Yefrid Cordoba, Ryen Frazier, Stephanie Gongora, Guylaine Harbec, Jessica Carette, Raine Viitala, Hasan Jameel, Joel Pawlak, Ronalds Gonzalez 2024 TAPPICon 2024
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