CN213163065U

CN213163065U - Mould for radially righting static ring of sliding bearing

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Publication number: CN213163065U
Application number: CN202021208231.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵红梅
Original assignee: Beijing Chunlun Petroleum Technology Development Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Chunlun Petroleum Technology Development Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-28
Filing date: 2020-06-28
Publication date: 2021-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-28

Abstract

The utility model provides a radially right mould of slide bearing quiet ring, this mould includes: the core die comprises a core die and a base body coaxially sleeved outside the core die, wherein the base body is in an annular shape with a central hole, and an annular gap for arranging a wear-resistant piece is formed between the outer wall of the core die and the inner wall of the base body; the material of wearing parts includes: cemented carbide or/and polycrystalline diamond; the base body is provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite, the height of the first end is higher than that of the core mold, a cover plate is arranged at the first end of the base body, and a containing space for placing a positioning layer, bonding alloy and fluxing agent is formed among the cover plate, the core mold and the base body; the second end of the base body is in sealing fixed fit with the core mold to form a sealing end. Utilize this application can make the radial bearing static ring of rightting that satisfies actual drilling downhole tool needs, can not only improve finished product base member material hardness and radial bearing's of rightting working life, can reduce the machining degree of difficulty and manufacturing cost simultaneously, the facilitate promotion is used.

Description

Mould for radially righting static ring of sliding bearing

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a drilling is with metalworking of downhole tool makes technical field, especially relates to a rotatory guide system radially rights manufacturing mould of slide bearing quiet ring.

Background

The radial centralizing sliding bearing is a vulnerable part of a drilling downhole tool, and when the downhole tool is repaired, the replacement of the radial centralizing sliding bearing is one of main working contents. At present, radial centralizing sliding bearings of downhole tools are basically radial centralizing hard alloy sliding bearings (TC bearings for short), wear-resistant materials of working surfaces of a static ring and a moving ring are strip-shaped hard alloy blocks, although the hardness of hard alloys is high (HRA 89-92), due to the fact that drilling fluid contains a large number of solid-phase particles (such as iron ore powder, quartz sand and the like), the micro-particles can cause serious abrasive wear to the wear-resistant materials of the friction working surfaces of the static ring and the moving ring of the bearing when passing through a centralizing working gap of the bearing, and the service life of the TC bearings is only 150-200 h (the higher the solid-phase content of the drilling fluid is, the shorter the service life of the bearing).

In the aspect of manufacturing process, the TC bearing is made into domestic development after being introduced into China from the end of the last 90 th century. Due to the reasons of technical confidentiality and economic benefit, key technologies of various domestic development units related to the mold, the manufacturing method and the like of the TC bearing cannot be mutually exchanged, and related literature reports do not exist, so that the mold and the manufacturing process of the TC bearing are various, the rejection rate is high, and the method is mainly characterized in that: the hardness of the base material of the static ring and the dynamic ring finished product cannot reach HRC 32-36 (generally only HRC 25-30) required by the parts of the downhole tool; impurities (shown as black holes with different sizes) exist in the adhesives of the tungsten carbide cast by the static ring and the moving ring and the copper-based alloy, the bonding strength between the hard alloy wear-resistant material and the tungsten carbide cast is low (less than or equal to 60MPa), and the service life of the sliding bearing is short; secondly, when the cast tungsten carbide is too much, turning is difficult (turning cannot be performed), the manufacturing cost is high, the cost performance is low, and the requirement of an actual drilling downhole tool cannot be met.

Therefore, there is a need for a new mold for radially centering the stationary ring of a plain bearing in order to produce a bearing that meets the needs of a practical drilling downhole tool.

It should be noted that the above background description is only for the sake of clarity and complete description of the technical solutions of the present invention, and is set forth for facilitating understanding of those skilled in the art. These solutions are not considered to be known to the person skilled in the art merely because they have been set forth in the background section of the present invention.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a mould of the quiet ring of slide bearing is right radially for the quiet ring of bearing that the manufacturing satisfies actual drilling downhole tool needs has improved finished product base member material hardness and has radially right slide bearing's working life, can reduce the machining degree of difficulty and manufacturing cost simultaneously, and the facilitate promotion is used.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions.

A die for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing, comprising:

a core mould and a base body coaxially sleeved outside the core mould,

the base body is in a ring shape with a central hole, and an annular gap for arranging a wear-resistant part is formed between the outer wall of the core mold and the inner wall of the base body; the material of wearing parts includes: cemented carbide and/or polycrystalline diamond;

the base body is provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite, the height of the first end is higher than that of the core mold, a cover plate is arranged at the first end of the base body, and a containing space for placing a positioning layer, a bonding alloy and a fluxing agent is formed among the cover plate, the core mold and the base body;

and the second end of the base body is in sealing fixed fit with the core mold to form a sealing end.

In a preferred embodiment, at least a first inner cylindrical surface and a second inner cylindrical surface are formed on the inner wall of the base body from the second end to the first end, the inner diameter of the first inner cylindrical surface is larger than that of the second inner cylindrical surface, and a first lower limit part is formed between the first inner cylindrical surface and the second inner cylindrical surface; the outer wall of the core mould at least comprises a first outer cylindrical surface abutting against the first inner cylindrical surface and a second outer cylindrical surface matched with the second inner cylindrical surface, and the annular gap is formed between the second inner cylindrical surface and the second outer cylindrical surface; the outer diameter of the first outer cylindrical surface is larger than that of the second outer cylindrical surface, a second lower limiting portion is formed between the first outer cylindrical surface and the second outer cylindrical surface, and the first lower limiting portion and the second lower limiting portion are matched to form a limiting mechanism.

In a preferred embodiment, the mandrel has opposed upper and lower ends, and the upper end of the mandrel is formed with a centrally high, circumferentially low annular tapered surface.

In a preferred embodiment, the core mold is a solid cylinder, and the mold further comprises a bottom plate, the core mold is installed in the base body, and the base body is welded and fixed with the bottom plate.

In a preferred embodiment, the core mold is a hollow cylinder, the lower end of the cylinder is an open end, and the periphery of the lower end of the core mold is welded and fixed with the second end of the base body.

In a preferred embodiment, a third inner cylindrical surface is further formed on the inner wall of the base body, the inner diameters of the first inner cylindrical surface, the second inner cylindrical surface and the third inner cylindrical surface decrease in sequence from the second end to the first end, and an annular gap formed between the third inner cylindrical surface and the annular tapered surface is used for accommodating the positioning layer.

In a preferred embodiment, the second inner cylindrical surface is provided with a groove.

In a preferred embodiment, the cover plate is provided with air holes.

In a preferred embodiment, the second outer cylindrical surface is further provided with a positioning part for positioning the wear-resistant part.

In a preferred embodiment, the material of the substrate is 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA.

In a preferred embodiment, the mold further includes a compensation ring, the compensation ring is sleeved outside the core mold and abuts against the boundary position of the first outer cylindrical surface and the second outer cylindrical surface, and the compensation ring and the core mold are matched for forming the second lower limit portion.

The utility model discloses embodiment provides a brand-new mould of radially rightting the quiet ring of slide bearing, this mould of radially righting the quiet ring of slide bearing is used for making the quiet ring of bearing that satisfies actual drilling downhole tool needs, and practice proves, the quiet ring of finished product that should obtain have not only improved finished product base member material hardness and radially righting slide bearing's working life, can reduce the machining degree of difficulty and manufacturing cost simultaneously, and the facilitate promotion is used.

Specific embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in detail with reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings, which specify the manner in which the principles of the invention may be employed. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not so limited in scope.

Features that are described and/or illustrated with respect to one embodiment may be used in the same way or in a similar way in one or more other embodiments, in combination with or instead of the features of the other embodiments.

It should be emphasized that the term "comprises/comprising" when used herein, is taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps or components.

Drawings

The drawings described herein are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way. In addition, the shapes, the proportional sizes, and the like of the respective members in the drawings are merely schematic for helping the understanding of the present invention, and do not specifically limit the shapes, the proportional sizes, and the like of the respective members of the present invention. The skilled person in the art can, under the teaching of the present invention, choose various possible shapes and proportional dimensions to implement the invention according to the specific situation. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a radial-righting plain bearing stationary ring as it is being manufactured by the present application;

FIG. 2A is a schematic longitudinal section of a die assembly for a radially-centered plain bearing stationary ring according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2B is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the stationary ring base in FIG. 2A;

FIG. 2C is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the core mold of FIG. 2A;

FIG. 2D is a schematic view of the mandrel of FIG. 2C after the second outer cylindrical surface has been expanded in a circumferential direction;

fig. 2E is a schematic cross-sectional view of the mandrel of fig. 2C after the wear-resistant member is adhered to the second outer cylindrical surface of the mandrel;

FIG. 2F is a schematic view of the mandrel of FIG. 2E after the second outer cylindrical surface has been expanded in a circumferential direction;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another radial-righting plain bearing stationary ring as it may be manufactured in accordance with the present application;

FIG. 4A is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of a die assembly for a radially-centered plain bearing stationary ring according to a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4B is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the core mold of FIG. 4A;

FIG. 4C is a schematic view of the longitudinal cross-section of the mandrel of FIG. 4B after the wear-resistant member is adhered to the second outer cylindrical surface of the mandrel;

FIG. 4D is a schematic diagram of the compensating ring of FIG. 4B in longitudinal cross-section;

FIG. 5A is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of a die assembly for a stationary ring of a radially-centered plain bearing according to a third embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5B is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the core mold of FIG. 5A;

FIG. 5C is a schematic view of the longitudinal cross-section of the mandrel of FIG. 5B after the wear-resistant member is adhered to the second outer cylindrical surface of the mandrel;

FIG. 6A is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a die assembly for a stationary ring of a radial-centering sliding bearing provided in a fourth embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6B is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the core mold of FIG. 6A;

FIG. 6C is a schematic view of the longitudinal cross-section of the mandrel of FIG. 6B after the wear-resistant member is adhered to the second outer cylindrical surface of the mandrel;

fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a method for manufacturing a stationary ring of a radial-centering sliding bearing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a substrate; 11. a first inner cylindrical surface; 12. a second inner cylindrical surface; 13. a third inner cylindrical surface; 14. a groove; 15. a first lower limit part;

2. casting tungsten carbide;

3. a wear part;

4. a core mold; 41. a first outer cylindrical surface; 42. a second outer cylindrical surface; 43. a conical surface; 44. a positioning part; 45. a second lower limit portion; 46. a compensation ring; 47. a cylinder bottom;

5. a binder alloy;

6. a positioning layer;

7. a base plate;

8. fluxing agent;

9. a cover plate; 91. and (4) air holes.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions in the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

In view of the above problems in the prior art, the inventor proposes a radial-righting sliding bearing provided with a hard alloy or polycrystalline diamond wear-resistant piece to replace the existing TC bearing according to the related scientific research experience of the last thirty years. The radial-righting sliding bearing comprises a static ring and a dynamic ring which are matched. In the present application, the manufacturing technique of a radial-righting plain bearing stationary ring is mainly described.

In the embodiment of the application, the static ring of the radial-righting sliding bearing to be manufactured can be adaptively designed according to the requirements of specific assembly environments.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, a schematic cross-sectional structure of a stationary ring of a radial-centering sliding bearing is shown, where the stationary ring includes: the wear-resistant material comprises a hollow matrix 1, wherein cast tungsten carbide 2 is arranged on the inner surface of the matrix 1, and a plurality of wear-resistant pieces 3 are arranged in the cast tungsten carbide 2. The static ring structure provided in fig. 1, in which the height of the cast tungsten carbide 2 is the same as that of the matrix 1, is suitable for a drilling tool of a downhole part, such as a turbine drilling tool, a screw drilling tool, or the like.

As shown in fig. 3, which is a schematic cross-sectional view of another radial-righting sliding bearing stationary ring, the stationary ring includes: the wear-resistant material comprises a hollow base body 1, wherein cast tungsten carbide 2 and a compensating ring 46 are arranged on the inner surface of the base body 1, and a plurality of wear-resistant pieces 3 are arranged in the cast tungsten carbide 2. The static ring structure provided in fig. 3, in which the height of the base body 1 is greater than that of the cast tungsten carbide 2, i.e. both ends of the base body 1 are coated with the cast tungsten carbide 2, is suitable for most of the scenes of radial righting of the sliding bearing.

Preliminary practice proves that the service life of the novel radial centralizing sliding bearing static ring can reach more than 300 h-600 h, the hardness of the matrix 1 is HRC 32-36, and the bonding strength among the wear-resistant part 3, the cast tungsten carbide 2, the compensating ring 46 and the matrix 1 is more than or equal to 60MPa, so that the requirement of practical drilling downhole tools is met.

In order to manufacture the above-mentioned radial-righting plain bearing which meets the requirements of a practical drilling downhole tool, the present application provides a method for manufacturing a stationary ring of a corresponding radial-righting plain bearing.

Before the actual manufacturing, a manufacturing mold is required to be obtained. As shown in fig. 2A or fig. 4A or fig. 5A or fig. 6A, the mold for radially centering the stationary ring of the sliding bearing provided in the embodiment of the present application mainly includes: the mold is used for a base body 1 serving as a stationary ring base and a core mold 4 serving as a mold main body.

As shown in fig. 2B, the substrate 1 has a ring shape with a central hole. The outer wall of the core mold 4 and the inner wall of the base body 1 form an annular gap for arranging the wear-resistant piece 3. The material of the substrate 1 can be alloy steel containing manganese element. Specifically, it may be 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA. The inventor finds that: the 40CrMnMo or 40CrMnMoA has good mechanical properties after air cooling, particularly hardness which can reach HRC 32-36, and avoids the use of the traditional heat treatment process of high-temperature quenching and low-temperature tempering to improve the hardness, so that the manufacturing process is effectively simplified, and the manufacturing cost is greatly reduced.

The wear-resistant part 3 is made of the following materials: cemented carbide and/or polycrystalline diamond. The two materials are wear-resistant materials with extremely high hardness, in particular polycrystalline diamond materials which can be used as blades of metal cutting pieces or drill bits and teeth and the like. After the wear-resistant part 3 is made of the materials, the service life of the wear-resistant part 3 can be greatly prolonged. Since the service life of the radial centralizing slide bearing mainly depends on the degree of wear of the wear-resistant part 3, after the service life of the wear-resistant part 3 is prolonged, the service life of the bearing is ensured to be longer. However, it is a technical difficulty in the art how to reliably fix the above-mentioned wear-resistant material with extremely high hardness, particularly polycrystalline diamond material, on the substrate 1. That is, at present, no process method with high efficiency, reliability, low cost and market popularization prospect exists.

The base body 1 has opposite first and second ends in an axial direction of the base body 1. The first end has a height greater than the height of the core 4. A cover plate 9 is arranged at the first end of the base body 1, and a containing space for placing the positioning layer 6, the bonding alloy 5 and the fluxing agent 8 is formed among the cover plate 9, the core mold 4 and the base body 1. The bonding alloy 5 may be one or a mixture of any of copper-based alloy, nickel-based alloy, cobalt-based alloy and zinc-based alloy.

The material of the positioning layer 6 comprises any one or combination of the following materials: tungsten powder and iron powder. On the whole, the material of this locating layer 6 can choose for use melting point and density all to be higher than tungsten trioxide, and the material of easy machine tooling.

During subsequent fabrication, the assembly height of the cast tungsten carbide 2 is difficult to control accurately, i.e., the amount of cast tungsten carbide 2 used prior to sintering is difficult to determine accurately. Specifically, if the cast tungsten carbide 2 is added in an amount up to the design height, the inventors found that: the upper end surface of the cast tungsten carbide 2 is often deposited with some impurities (most of the impurities are oxides, such as yellow tungsten trioxide). The impurities form a yellow structure with holes at the upper end of the cast tungsten carbide 2, which not only affects the performance of the product, but also affects the appearance of the product and is difficult to meet the requirements of actual products.

To address the situation where impurities are present at the top, one theoretically possible way is: the dosage of the cast tungsten carbide 2 is increased in the early stage, namely the height of the added cast tungsten carbide 2 is higher than the design height, and then impurities and redundant cast tungsten carbide are removed. However, when the cast tungsten carbide 2 is added and then machined, the hardness and wear ratio of the sintered cast tungsten carbide alloy are particularly high, the turning removal is very difficult, and the cost is high.

In order to reasonably control the amount of the cast tungsten carbide 2 to achieve an ideal height (i.e. a designed height) without excess, and simultaneously achieve impurity isolation, an ingenious mode is adopted in the embodiment of the application. The method comprises the following steps: during the filling of the material, cast tungsten carbide 2 is first added to a designed height, and then a positioning layer 6 of a predetermined height is added above the cast tungsten carbide 2.

In one embodiment, the positioning layer 6 may be formed by iron powder. In the case of high-temperature sintering, the cast tungsten carbide 2, which contains tungsten as a main component (about 95.58%), is easily oxidized to form yellow tungsten trioxide and forms impurities in excess tungsten that is not carbonized under high-temperature aerobic conditions. The specific gravity of the tungsten trioxide is 7.16g/cm³The specific gravity of the iron powder is 7.8g/cm³Since the density of impurities floating from the gaps of the cast tungsten carbide 2 powder is less than that of iron, the impurities are not accumulated on the upper end surface of the cast tungsten carbide 2 but accumulated above the iron powder, so that the subsequent machining is facilitated. And removing all or part of the iron powder in the annular gap during machining. In order to prevent the liquid loss of the molten bonding alloy 5 during the subsequent sintering, the bottom plate 7 and the second end of the substrate 1 can be welded, sealed and fixed together in a welding mode after the powdered cast tungsten carbide 2 is compacted or put into iron powder.

The iron powder can ensure that the height of the cast tungsten carbide 2 reaches the design height, and impurities are isolated, the iron powder is low in price and easy to purchase, and after sintering, the iron powder gaps are filled with the bonding alloy 5, so that the iron powder can be well bonded with the matrix 1, has certain tensile strength and shearing strength, and is easy to machine.

In another embodiment, the positioning layer 6 may also be selected from tungsten powder, which not only has a high melting point, but also does not introduce new impurities.

In particular, the height h of the positioning layer 6 may be at least 3 mm. The inventor proves that: the positioning layer 6 is able to meet the above performance requirements when its height h is greater than or equal to 3 mm. The alignment layer 6 may be removed in whole or in part in subsequent machining. The thickness can reliably ensure that impurities floating from gaps of the cast tungsten carbide 2 (powder, namely powder) during high-temperature sintering are not accumulated on the upper end surface of the cast tungsten carbide 2 but accumulated above the positioning layer 6, so that the impurities can be conveniently removed by machining in the subsequent process.

In this embodiment, the first end of the base body 1 is provided with a cover plate 9 for preventing transitional oxidation of the binder alloy 5 during high temperature sintering. Specifically, the cover plate 9 may be a circular steel plate having a certain thickness. For example, the cover plate 9 can be made of a 15# or 20# steel plate with a thickness of 4-6 mm, which is convenient for material selection and easy for machining.

The cover plate 9 may be fitted to the first end of the base 1 in a non-sealing manner, so as to leave a certain gap for exhausting the internal air during high-temperature sintering. In addition, in order to ensure that the internal air can be reliably discharged during high-temperature sintering, and avoid safety accidents caused by gas expansion due to high-temperature heating, the cover plate 9 can be further provided with air holes 91.

In this embodiment, the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core 4 is used to locate the wear part 3. The mandrel 4 has opposing top and bottom surfaces, the top surface being a tapered surface 43 with a high middle and low periphery. When the top surface of the core mold 4 is an annular tapered surface 43 with a high middle portion and a low periphery, on one hand, the amount of the bonding alloy 5 can be saved, and on the other hand, the melted bonding alloy 5 can be guided uniformly into the annular gap along the circumferential direction. Specifically, the taper angle of the taper surface 43 may be between 90 ° and 150 °.

In this embodiment, at least a first inner cylindrical surface 11 and a second inner cylindrical surface 12 are formed on the inner wall of the base body 1 from the second end to the first end, the inner diameter of the first inner cylindrical surface 11 is larger than that of the second inner cylindrical surface 12, and a first lower limit portion 15 is formed between the first inner cylindrical surface 11 and the second inner cylindrical surface 12. In particular, the first lower limiting portion 15 may be in the form of a limiting shoulder.

The outer wall of the core mold 4 at least comprises a first outer cylindrical surface 41 abutting against the first inner cylindrical surface 11 and a second outer cylindrical surface 42 cooperating with the second inner cylindrical surface 12. The annular gap is formed between the second inner cylindrical surface 12 and the second outer cylindrical surface 42. The outer diameter of the first outer cylindrical surface 41 is larger than the outer diameter of the second outer cylindrical surface 42. A second lower limit portion 45 is formed between the first outer cylindrical surface 41 and the second outer cylindrical surface 42. The first lower limit portion 15 and the second lower limit portion 45 cooperate to form a limit mechanism. The second lower limit portion 45 may also be in the form of a limit shoulder. When the first lower retainer 15 and the second lower retainer 45 are engaged with each other, the core mold 4 and the base 1 are positioned relative to each other in the radial direction, and can be retained in the axial direction so as not to move any further relative to each other.

Further, a third inner cylindrical surface 13 is formed on the inner wall of the cylinder, and the inner diameters of the first inner cylindrical surface 11, the second inner cylindrical surface 12 and the third inner cylindrical surface 13 decrease gradually from the second end to the first end. The annular gap formed between the third inner cylindrical surface 13 and the annular tapered surface 43 is used to accommodate the positioning layer 6.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2D, the second outer cylindrical surface 42 is further provided with a positioning portion for positioning the wear-resistant member 3. The positioning portion 44 may be a reference line which is arranged on the second outer cylindrical surface 42 according to a preset arrangement scheme by coating, pasting, and the like. The maximum distance between the wear-resistant pieces 3 is usually 2-5 mm, and must be smaller than the width of the wear-resistant pieces 3, and the coverage area of the wear-resistant pieces 3 on the friction surface is usually 70% -80%. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2E and 2F, the wear-resistant member 3 may be rectangular as a whole, and the shape of the wear-resistant member 3 is not limited to the above shape, and may be other shapes, which is not limited herein.

At the position where the third inner cylindrical surface 13 and the second inner cylindrical surface 12 meet, an upper positioning portion is formed, which can be used for positioning and fixing the cast tungsten carbide 2 and the binder alloy 5. In addition, the inner diameter of the third inner cylindrical surface 13 is smaller than the inner diameter of the second inner cylindrical surface 12, which is also beneficial to reducing the volume of the positioning layer 6 and reducing the waste of materials.

Further, the second inner cylindrical surface 12 may be provided with grooves 14 to increase the bonding surface area of the bonding alloy 5, thereby greatly improving the bonding strength between the sintered cast tungsten carbide 2, cemented carbide or/and polycrystalline diamond wear-resistant piece 3 and the substrate 1. In particular, the form of the recess 14 may comprise a helical or annular groove. Of course, the form of the groove 14 may be other forms, and the present application is not limited thereto.

In this embodiment, the second end of the base 1 is in sealing fixed engagement with the core mold 4 to form a sealed end. The sealing and fixing fit can be achieved by direct welding or can be achieved by welding after being connected by an intermediate transition piece (such as the bottom plate 7).

As shown in fig. 2A, 2C, or 4A, 4B, the core mold 4 may have a solid columnar structure; as shown in fig. 5A and 5B or fig. 6A and 6B, the core mold 4 may have a hollow inverted cylindrical structure. The present specification explains different embodiments depending on the structure of the core mold 4.

Referring to fig. 2A to 2F in combination, a first embodiment of the present application provides a mold 001 (shown in fig. 2A) for radially centering a stationary ring of a sliding bearing (shown in fig. 1). In this mould 001 of radial righting slide bearing stationary ring, this mandrel 4 can be solid columnar structure, and the material of this mandrel 4 can select for use high strength graphite, and in addition, the material of this mandrel 4 can select for use tectorial membrane sand. When the core mold 4 is made of precoated sand, the cost is low, and the core mold 4 made of the precoated sand can be directly knocked off before the static ring blank is machined, so that the core mold 4 does not need to be machined again. The mould for radially centralising the stationary ring of the slide bearing further comprises a base plate 7, which base plate 7 is adapted to carry the core mould 4 and the lower surface of the base body 1. Specifically, the bottom plate 7 may be a circular thin plate welded to the second end of the base 1, and the bottom plate 7 may be made of 15# steel or 20# steel and may have a thickness of 4 mm.

Referring to fig. 4A, 2B, 4B, 2D, 4C, 4D and 2F in combination, a second embodiment of the present application provides a mold 002 (shown in fig. 4A) for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing (shown in fig. 3). In the die 002 of the radial righting sliding bearing stationary ring, the core die 4 can be in a solid columnar structure, the material of the core die 4 can be high-strength graphite, and in addition, the material of the core die 4 can also be precoated sand. When the core mold 4 is made of precoated sand, the cost is low, and the core mold 4 made of the precoated sand can be directly knocked off before the static ring blank is machined, so that the core mold 4 does not need to be machined again. The mould 002 of the radially centralising static ring of the slide bearing further comprises a bottom plate 7, which bottom plate 7 is adapted to carry the core mould 4 and the lower surface of the base body 1. Specifically, the bottom plate 7 may be a circular thin plate welded to the second end of the base 1, and the bottom plate 7 may be made of 15# steel or 20# steel and may have a thickness of 4 mm.

Referring to fig. 5A, fig. 2B, fig. 5B, fig. 2D, fig. 5C, fig. 4D and fig. 2F, a third embodiment of the present application provides a mold 003 (fig. 5A) for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing (fig. 3). In the die 003 for radially centering the stationary ring of the sliding bearing, the core die 4 may have a hollow inverted cylindrical structure, and the material of the core die 4 may be low carbon steel (carbon steel having a carbon content of less than 0.25%). Overall, low carbon steel is inexpensive, has good machinability, and also has good heat transfer properties. Because the core mould 4 of the structure has heat conduction performance, namely good heat radiation performance, the mechanical performance (particularly the hardness) of the static ring matrix 1 can meet corresponding technical requirements after pressureless dipping sintering is finished and the static ring matrix is taken out from a high-temperature electric furnace for cooling. The strength and hardness of the low-carbon steel are low, so that the core mold 4 is convenient to machine, and the core mold made of the low-carbon steel has good plasticity, toughness and weldability, has good telescopic performance in the subsequent sintering process, and is not easy to crack; when the core mold 4 is removed by subsequent machining, the removed material is less, and the abrasion to the lathe track and the environmental pollution are not easy to cause.

Referring to fig. 6A, 2B, 6B, 2D, 6C, 4D and 2F in combination, a fourth embodiment of the present application provides a mold 004 (shown in fig. 6A) for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing (shown in fig. 3). In the die 004 for radially righting the static ring of the sliding bearing, the core die 4 can be in a hollow inverted cylindrical structure, and the material of the core die 4 can be low-carbon steel. Overall, low carbon steel is inexpensive, has good machinability, and also has good heat transfer properties. Because the core mould 4 of the structure has heat conduction performance, namely good heat radiation performance, the mechanical performance (particularly the hardness) of the static ring matrix 1 can meet corresponding technical requirements after pressureless dipping sintering is finished and the static ring matrix is taken out from a high-temperature electric furnace for cooling. The low-carbon steel has lower strength and hardness, so the low-carbon steel is convenient to machine.

In the above embodiment with different core mold 4 structures, the overall steps of the manufacturing method of the radial-righting sliding bearing static ring are substantially the same, and there are only some differences in detail. As shown in fig. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to a die 001 for radially centering a stationary ring of a sliding bearing, in which a core die 4 is a solid structure.

As shown in fig. 7, the method for manufacturing a radial-righting plain bearing stationary ring (as shown in fig. 1) provided in the first embodiment of the present application may include the steps of:

step S10: obtaining a static ring manufacturing mold, wherein the static ring manufacturing mold comprises a core mold 4, a base body 1 coaxially arranged outside the core mold 4, and a cover plate 9 arranged at the upper end of the base body 1, an annular space is formed between the core mold 4 and the base body 1, and a containing space is formed among the core mold 4, the base body 1 and the cover plate 9;

step S12: setting a positioning reference, including setting a reference line on the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mold 4 according to a preset arrangement mode, for positioning the wear-resistant part 3; the wear-resistant part 3 is made of the following materials: any one of cemented carbide or polycrystalline diamond;

step S14: cleaning the part to be bonded, including cleaning the outer cylindrical surface of the core mold 4, the inner cylindrical surface of the base body 1 and the surface of the wear-resistant part 3;

step S16: attaching the wear-resistant members 3, including attaching the wear-resistant members 3 to the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mold 4 based on the above-set reference line according to the predetermined arrangement;

step S18: assembling filler, pouring powdered cast tungsten carbide 2 into a residual gap of an annular space between a core mold 4 and a substrate 1, putting positioning powder above the cast tungsten carbide 2 to form a positioning layer 6, then putting a certain amount of bonding alloy 5 in proportion, uniformly spraying a certain amount of fluxing agent 8 on the bonding alloy 5 in proportion, and covering a cover plate 9;

step S20: sintering, namely placing the assembled and filled mold into a high-temperature sintering furnace to be sintered by adopting a pressureless dipping process, and obtaining a static ring blank after sintering;

step S22: and machining, namely taking the static ring blank out of the sintering furnace, performing air cooling, and machining the static ring blank after the temperature is reduced to the room temperature to ensure that the size of the static ring meets the design technical requirement.

Specifically, before the method for manufacturing the static ring of the radial-righting sliding bearing provided by the application is carried out, some preparation work needs to be firstly carried out. These preparation works include:

obtaining the required specifications and quantities of a core mold 4 (for example, the material can be high-strength graphite or high-temperature-resistant casting precoated sand), a base body 1 (for example, the material can be 40CrMnMo or 40CrMnMoA), a cover plate 9 (for example, the material can be 15# or 20# steel), a bottom plate 7 (for example, the material can be 15# or 20# steel), a bonding alloy 5 (for example, the material can be copper-based alloy), and a fluxing agent 8 (for example, the material can be anhydrous sodium tetraborate Na₂B₄O₇) A wear resistant element 3 (cemented carbide and/or polycrystalline diamond), a binder (e.g., latex may be used), etc. On the outer wall of the core mold 4, specifically, on the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mold 4, a sticking reference line is drawn according to the arrangement pattern of the wear-resistant members 3.

Then formally entering a preparation stage. During the manufacturing process, it is first necessary to perform a cleaning step, specifically, cleaning the core mold 4, the base body 1 and the wear-resistant member 3, to ensure the cleanliness of the desired bonding position. Specifically, the positions to be bonded include: the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mold 4, the second inner cylindrical surface 12 of the base body 1 and the surface of the wear-resistant part 3, thereby ensuring that the above positions have no dirt and impurities which affect the adhesion performance.

After the cleaning is finished, executing a pasting step: according to the arrangement scheme of the wear-resistant pieces 3, referring to the marked pasting reference line on the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mould 4, the cleaned hard alloy wear-resistant pieces 3 are pasted on the second outer cylindrical surface 42 of the core mould 4 one by using an adhesive, the wear-resistant pieces 3 are lightly compacted and flattened by fingers, and whether the wear-resistant pieces 3 are firmly pasted or not is checked.

After the above-described attaching step is completed, the mold may be assembled as shown in fig. 2A. Specifically, the base body 1 is first placed coaxially outside the core mold 4. On the basis, the corresponding filling step is carried out.

In the filling step, a proper amount of powdered cast tungsten carbide 2 is poured into the residual gap of the annular space between the core mold 4 and the substrate 1, and a small amount of iron powder is put above the cast tungsten carbide 2 after the cast tungsten carbide is compacted by the vibration machine. The height h of the iron powder in the annular void between the mandrel 4 and the matrix 1 may be at least 3 mm. In the high-temperature sintering, the cast tungsten carbide 2 (e.g., recovered cast tungsten carbide powder for secondary use) whose main component is tungsten (about 95.58%) is easily oxidized at a high temperature under an aerobic condition to form yellow tungsten trioxide, which is an impurity. The specific gravity of the tungsten trioxide is 7.16g/cm³The specific gravity of the iron powder is 7.8g/cm³Since the density of impurities floating from the gaps of the cast tungsten carbide 2 powder is less than that of iron, the impurities are not accumulated on the upper end surface of the cast tungsten carbide 2 but accumulated above the iron powder, so that the subsequent machining is facilitated. And removing all iron powder in the annular gap during machining. In order to prevent the liquid loss of the molten bonding alloy 5 during the subsequent sintering, the bottom plate 7 and the second end of the substrate 1 can be sealed and fixed together in a welding mode after the powdery cast tungsten carbide 2 is compacted or the powdered cast tungsten carbide is put into the substrate.

After the iron powder is put, a certain amount of bonding alloy 5 is put in proportion, and a certain amount of fluxing agent 8 is uniformly sprayed on the bonding alloy 5 in proportion. The fluxing agent 8 is a substance capable of reducing the melting point of the substance, and the fluxing agent 8 is most commonly applied to metallurgical technology, so that the metal can be smelted, welded and the like at a lower temperature. In metallurgy, its main role is to combine with impurities in minerals to form slag and separate from metals for smelting or refining purposes. In the present application, the flux 8 lowers the melting point of the binder alloy 5 to sufficiently melt the entire binder alloy, and the molten metal liquid decreases in viscosity with an increase in temperature and flows more easily, so that the molten metal liquid is more likely to enter the gap between the cast tungsten carbide 2, the wear-resistant material 3, and the base 1.

Specifically, the fluxing agent 8 may be anhydrous sodium tetraborate (chemical formula of Na)₂B₄O₇). The anhydrous sodium tetraborate is also referred to as metal cleaningThe agent can clean the cast tungsten carbide 2, the wear-resistant part 3 and the matrix 1, and improve the bonding strength between the melted bonding alloy 5 liquid and the materials needing to be welded.

Specifically, the cast tungsten carbide 2, the bonding alloy 5 and the fluxing agent 8 are in percentage by weight: 1000:1200:1. Since the weight of the cast tungsten carbide 2 is the basis for the calculation of the amounts of the binder alloy 5 and the flux 8, the weight of the cast tungsten carbide 2 must be recorded clearly before and after the filling of the cast tungsten carbide 2 in order to calculate the actual use weight of the cast tungsten carbide 2.

Specifically, the binder alloy 5 is one or a mixture of any of copper-based alloy, nickel-based alloy, cobalt-based alloy and zinc-based alloy. For example, the formula (Ni-Mn-Cu-Zn) of a certain columnar small block bonding alloy 5 and the weight percentage content thereof are as follows: 8.0%, 5.0%, 52.0%, 35.0%.

In the sintering step, the sintering temperature is 960-1100 ℃, after the bonding alloy 5 to be melted is soaked into the pores among the cast tungsten carbide 2, the wear-resistant part 3 and the matrix 1 in the annular gap from the core mold 4 and the positioning layer 6 in sequence, the temperature is kept for 40-120 minutes, and then air cooling is carried out to prepare a static ring blank; after sintering, the bonding strength among the cast tungsten carbide 2, the wear-resistant part 3 and the matrix 1 is more than or equal to 60 MPa.

Of course, the time for the heat preservation is not limited to the above example, and is mainly determined by the number of the workpieces in the furnace and the volume of the workpieces. Generally, the larger the number of workpieces and the larger the volume of the workpieces, the longer the heat preservation time is. And after the heat preservation is finished, taking out the blank for air cooling to obtain the static ring blank.

After the sintering step is completed, a machining step may be performed. Specifically, when the machining step is executed, the static ring blank to be sintered is taken out of the sintering furnace and air-cooled to normal temperature, and then the static ring blank is machined, so that the actual size of the static ring meets the design technical requirement.

Specifically, the machining comprises the following steps: rough turning (commonly called as a raking block) is carried out, rough machining is carried out on a static ring blank, and certain machining allowance is reserved for each subsequent machining step; grinding, namely grinding the inner surface of the stationary ring by using a diamond grinding wheel to ensure that the surfaces of the wear-resistant parts 3 are in the same cylindrical surface and the surface roughness is reduced; and thirdly, finish turning, namely processing all dimensions of the stationary ring to the design requirements according to the technical requirements by taking the surface of the wear-resistant part 3 as the reference.

In the second embodiment, a different mold is used from the first embodiment. Specifically, the core 4 of the mold is a solid cylindrical structure having a compensating ring 46. The material of the compensation ring 46 includes: 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA. The inner cylindrical surface of the compensation ring 46 and the outer cylindrical surface of the core mold 4 are connected together by transition fit to form a whole. The first embodiment provides a mould 001 for producing a radially centred plain bearing stationary ring as shown in figure 1, whereas the second embodiment provides a mould 002 for producing both a radially centred plain bearing stationary ring as shown in figure 1 and a radially centred plain bearing stationary ring as shown in figure 3.

In the third embodiment, a different mold is used from the second embodiment. Specifically, the core mold 4 of the mold is a hollow inverted cylindrical structure with a compensation ring 46, and one end of the cylinder close to the positioning layer 6 is a closed end. The material of the core mold 4 includes: low carbon steel. The material of the compensation ring 46 includes: 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA. The inner cylindrical surface of the compensation ring 46 and the outer cylindrical surface of the core mold 4 are connected together by transition fit to form a whole. The third embodiment provides a mould 003 for producing both a radially centred plain bearing stationary ring as shown in figure 1 and a radially centred plain bearing stationary ring as shown in figure 3. This embodiment is suitable for mass production, since the blank of the core mold 4 can be produced by lost wax precision casting, the mold production cost can be reduced to the maximum extent.

In the fourth embodiment, a different mold is used from the third embodiment. Specifically, the core mold 4 of the mold is a hollow inverted cylindrical structure with a compensation ring 46, one end of the cylinder close to the positioning layer 6 is a closed end, and the closed end is formed by welding a circular cylinder bottom 47 with the thickness of 4-6 mm on the hollow cylinder. The material of the core mold 4 includes: low carbon steel. The material of the compensation ring 46 includes: 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA. The inner cylindrical surface of the compensation ring 46 and the outer cylindrical surface of the core mold 4 are connected together by transition fit to form a whole. The fourth embodiment provides a mould 004 for manufacturing both the radially centralised static ring of a plain bearing as shown in figure 1 and the radially centralised static ring of a plain bearing as shown in figure 3. This embodiment is mainly suitable for small batch manufacturing.

Because the static ring blank prepared by pressureless dipping and sintering can not be subjected to quenching and tempering heat treatment. The applicant found that: the hardness of the substrate 1 after high-temperature sintering and air cooling and the time for cooling the temperature of the mold to the normal temperature (10-30 ℃) after the mold is taken out of the high-temperature (960-1100 ℃) electric furnace influence the final hardness of the material of the static ring substrate 1. When the core mold 4 is of a hollow structure, the cooling speed of the high-temperature mold is high, and the final hardness of the matrix 1 is high, so that the required technical index HRC 32-36 can be achieved; if the cooling rate is low, the final hardness of the base 1 is low, and the required index may not be achieved, and the finished product may not be satisfactory. On the whole, because the core mould 4 adopts a hollow cylinder structure, the heat dissipation performance is good, the mechanical performance (particularly the hardness) of the base body 1 after the pressureless dipping sintering is finished and the base body is taken out from the high-temperature electric furnace and cooled can meet the corresponding technical requirements (has higher hardness), and the rejection rate is greatly reduced.

For specific steps of the manufacturing method of the radial-centering sliding bearing static ring provided by the present embodiment, reference may be made to the detailed description of the above embodiments, and details of the present application are not repeated herein.

Through verification, the brand-new manufacturing method for the radial centralizing sliding bearing static ring is provided in the embodiment of the application, the hardness of the material of the finished product base body 1 and the service life of the radial centralizing sliding bearing can be improved, the machining difficulty and the manufacturing cost are reduced, the use requirement of a modern drilling downhole tool can be better met, and the popularization and the application are facilitated.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and for distinguishing similar objects, and no order is shown between the two, and no indication or suggestion of relative importance is understood. In addition, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The above description is only for the embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes or modifications to the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention according to the disclosure of the application document.

Claims

1. A mould for radially righting a stationary ring of a plain bearing, comprising: a core mould and a base body coaxially sleeved outside the core mould,

the base body is in a ring shape with a central hole, and an annular gap for arranging a wear-resistant part is formed between the outer wall of the core mold and the inner wall of the base body; the material of wearing parts includes: cemented carbide or/and polycrystalline diamond;

2. The die for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing according to claim 1,

at least a first inner cylindrical surface and a second inner cylindrical surface are formed on the inner wall of the base body from the second end to the first end, the inner diameter of the first inner cylindrical surface is larger than that of the second inner cylindrical surface, and a first lower limiting part is formed between the first inner cylindrical surface and the second inner cylindrical surface;

the outer wall of the core mould at least comprises a first outer cylindrical surface abutting against the first inner cylindrical surface and a second outer cylindrical surface matched with the second inner cylindrical surface, and the annular gap is formed between the second inner cylindrical surface and the second outer cylindrical surface; the outer diameter of the first outer cylindrical surface is larger than that of the second outer cylindrical surface, a second lower limiting portion is formed between the first outer cylindrical surface and the second outer cylindrical surface, and the first lower limiting portion and the second lower limiting portion are matched to form a limiting mechanism.

3. The die for radially centering a stationary ring of a plain bearing according to claim 2, wherein said core die has opposite upper and lower ends, said upper end of said core die being formed with a centrally high and circumferentially low annular tapered surface.

4. The die for radially centering a stationary ring of a sliding bearing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said core die is a solid cylinder, said die further comprising a bottom plate, said core die being mounted in said base, said base being welded to said bottom plate.

5. The die for radially centering a sliding bearing stationary ring according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the core die is a hollow cylinder, the lower end of the cylinder is an open end, and the periphery of the lower end of the core die is welded and fixed to the second end of the base body.

6. A die for radially centering a sliding bearing stationary ring as claimed in claim 3, wherein said base body further has a third inner cylindrical surface formed on an inner wall thereof, said first inner cylindrical surface, said second inner cylindrical surface and said third inner cylindrical surface having successively decreasing inner diameters from said second end to said first end, and an annular gap formed between said third inner cylindrical surface and said annular tapered surface for receiving said positioning layer.

7. A die for radially centering a static ring of a plain bearing according to claim 2, wherein said second inner cylindrical surface is provided with grooves.

8. A mould for radially centralising a static ring of a plain bearing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover plate is provided with ventilation holes.

9. A mould for radially centralising a plain bearing static ring as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second outer cylindrical surface is further provided with locating portions for locating wear parts.

10. A mould for radially centralising the stationary ring of a plain bearing according to claim 1, wherein the material of the basic body is 40CrMnMo or 40 CrMnMoA.

11. The die for radially centering a sliding bearing static ring of claim 2, further comprising a compensating ring, wherein said compensating ring is fitted over said core die and abuts at a position where said first outer cylindrical surface and said second outer cylindrical surface meet, and wherein said compensating ring cooperates with said core die for forming said second lower retainer.