US 2013064646 A1 abstract a steam turbine having a mechanical power rating of up to 500 kw for powering a generator having a shaft a steam inlet and an open radial flow wheel which is torque resistantly connected to the shaft and can be impinged with steam by the steam inlet application_number US 201113697483 A description fig1 shows a schematic side view of a steam turbine according to the invention with an apparatus according to the invention for supporting a shaft the steam turbine comprises a housing of which fig1 only includes a representation of one half of the housing 1 fig2 which will be explained in connection with fig1 and 3 shows a section through the steam turbine of fig1 wherein identical reference symbols in fig1 to 3 represent identical or similar parts herein and are not necessarily repeated for each description of a figure fig2 also shows a sectional representation of the housing half 1 wherein the section of fig2 extends through the lower region of the steam turbine of fig1 furthermore fig2 shows a second housing half 2 that is connected to the first housing half 1 by a flanged connection fig1 contains moreover as a schematic top view a first inlet screw 5 which is part of a steam inlet for impinging a first radial flow wheel 6 the radial flow wheel 6 is only partially depicted in fig1 visible are parts of the radial flow wheel 6 through an outlet pipe 7 the outlet pipe 7 is used as a steam outlet in order to remove axially flowing off steam of the first radial flow wheel 6 the first radial flow wheel 6 is supported by a shaft 10 wherein a second radial flow wheel 12 is disposed on the opposite end of the.