EP0133847A2 - Reflektor für Infrarot-Strahlungsöfen - Google Patents

Reflektor für Infrarot-Strahlungsöfen Download PDF

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EP0133847A2
EP0133847A2 EP84850241A EP84850241A EP0133847A2 EP 0133847 A2 EP0133847 A2 EP 0133847A2 EP 84850241 A EP84850241 A EP 84850241A EP 84850241 A EP84850241 A EP 84850241A EP 0133847 A2 EP0133847 A2 EP 0133847A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F27D99/0001—Heating elements or systems
    • F27D99/0006—Electric heating elements or system
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/22—Reflectors for radiation heaters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B3/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat
    • F26B3/28—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun
    • F26B3/30—Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by radiation, e.g. from the sun from infrared-emitting elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/30—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to furnaces of these types
    • F27B9/36—Arrangements of heating devices

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  • the present invention refers to a reflector structure for infrared radiation ovens, hereinafter referred to as IR-ovens, intended for heat treatment of objects and incorporating an oven chamber through which objectcs to be treated are conveyed and which is provided with radiation sources constituted by infrared heating tubes, hereinafter referred to as IR-tubes, and having reflectors provided behind said infrared tubes.
  • IR-ovens a reflector structure for infrared radiation ovens
  • IR-ovens intended for heat treatment of objects and incorporating an oven chamber through which objectcs to be treated are conveyed and which is provided with radiation sources constituted by infrared heating tubes, hereinafter referred to as IR-tubes, and having reflectors provided behind said infrared tubes.
  • IR-ovens of this kind are used for a plurality of different heat treatment purposes, such as drying of painted objects, food preparation, hot treatment etcetera.
  • the overall efficiency of an IR-oven is dependent of the combination of IR-tubes and reflector.
  • the oven chamber in which the IR-tubes are located is designed as a reflector room, wherein the the secondary radiation from the IR-tubes hits the objects to be treated via the reflectors, and the objects are thus subjected to a maximum of radiation energy.
  • the reflector room is generally built from a high reflecting material such as gold coated or aluminized sheet steel or the like.
  • the reflector surface of the oven chamber is coated by a burnt-in layer or impurity, the origin and composition of which can vary but which most often consists of dust, powder particles, grease and the like.
  • This coating absorbs an ever bigger part of the radiation energy emitted from the IR-tubes and the efficiency of the IR-oven becomes lower, whereby a large portion of the radiation energy from ther IR-tubes are instead used for heating the reflectors.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide a reflector struvture for IR-ovens of the kind defined in the preamble. which entails that the reflector surfaces of the oven chamber are subjected to a continouos cleaning, whereby the the efficiency of the IR-oven will be high and above all even, which will guarantee an even heat treatment result, and this has been achieved in that the reflector structure has been given features defined in the accompanying claims.
  • Figure 1 shows in cross-section a reflector disc 1 provided with retainers 2 for a number of IR-tubes 3 of any proper type.
  • the reflector disc 1 is a self-supporting ceramic fibre plate, preferably based on alumina and which has the the property of reflecting the bigger part of the radiation whereas a smaller part thereof is absorbed by the surface of the reflector material.
  • the temperature of the reflector surface thereby will increase rapidly to high values, whereby organic impurities are burnt away from the reflector surface, and the reflector has hereby become a self-cleaning reflector 1.
  • Such a ceramic fibre plate which is available on the market under the trade name TRITON KAOWOOL, as an insulating plate, has unexpectedly proven itself to give the desired effect as a self-cleaning reflector disc. whereby it at the same time has an insulating effect against its side turned away from the reflector.
  • the material which contains 43 - 47 X A1 2 0 3 and 57 - 53 % SiO 2 has the ability of withstanding temperatures up till 140 0 0 C, i.e. temperatures which are more than sufficient in order to allow contaminations such as dust, paint particles or grease to be incinerated.
  • the reflector disc 1 of this material reflects about 85% of the infrared radiation whereas 15% is absorbed and thereby is used for keeping the reflector clean. It is to be understood that also other similar materials can be used for the same purpose.
  • Figure 2 shows in cross-sectioncorresponding to Fig. 1, a box-shaped unit 4 incorporating an insulating reflector disc 1 with retainers 2 which project from one side surface thereof and carry IR-tubes 3, whereas on the opposite side of the disc is fitted a sheet metal housing; consisting of a sheet metal frame 5 and a covering sheet 6.
  • the housing can contain a not shown discharge blower and it is for this purpose provided with a connecting socket 7.
  • FIG. 3 which shows the box-shaped unit according to Fig. 2 in planar view from the side surface thereof provided with the IR-tubes 3, it can be seen how the retainers 2, which carry the IR-tubes are located one adjacent each end of the different IR-tubes.
  • the unit is also provided with mounting holes 8 for mounting of the unit into an IR-oven.
  • perforations 9 intended to introduce cooling air from the sheet metal housing to these connections.
  • the self-supporting reflector disc according to Fig. I can be adapted after the current requirements and it can be mounted in existing oven chambers without the necessity of changing the oven shell in appreciable content.
  • the unit according to Figs. 2 and 3 is it possible to make a mounting in an oven chamber having an arbitrary design, and if neither of the designs shown in Figs. 1 or 2,3 is suitable is it possible to adapt the combination IR-tubes/reflector to any type of oven.
  • Fig.4 shows as an example an application of the invention at a powder heat treating oven for melting and setting of plastic material layers applied on objects, e.g. by means of electrostatic coating.
  • the IR-oven incorporates i.a. an oven chamber in two hingedly connected halfes 10,11 which are articulated about a shaft arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction of the oven. Each one of the halves being connected to actuators 12 by means of which the oven can be opened such as intimated in dash lines.
  • the oven may alternatively be provided with a laterally hinged openable doors.
  • the two oven halves 10,11 form an oven space 13 through which objects to be treated are conveyed.
  • the oven space 13 is provided with an internal wall confinement, which in the sloping roof and bottom regions 14 and 15 resp. have through-holes or perforations.
  • the inner vertical walls 16, however, have no perforations, but they are at their walls facing the center of the oven chamber designed as reflectors, which carry a number of IR-tubes 17.
  • the sloping roof and bottom regions 14, 15 can of course be designed as reflectors.
  • the reflector surfaces 16 are designed in the manner described hereabove in connection to Figs. 1,2 and 3.
  • the surfaces 14,15 may, if they are formed as reflectors, be made from ceramic fibre material, but the self-cleaning effect can hardly be obtained on these surfaces as the reflector must be arranged rather close to the IR-t 4 be for reaching a sufficiently high temperature.
  • each oven half there is arranged radial blowers 19 for circulation of the oven atmosphere through the perforations in the inner roof 14 of the oven and via ducts 18 between the reflectors 16 and the outer, insulated, vertical oven wall to the bottom of the oven, where the atmosphere again is introduced into the oven chamber through the perforations in the bottom regions 15.
  • the cross-section of the oven chamber is hexagonal, and only the vertical walls are used for supporting the IR-tubes, in order not the risk the tubes being damaged by falling objects.
  • the IR-tubes can alternatively be mounted separately on a supporting structure freestanding from the walls 16, butr anyhow adjacent these.
  • the IR-oven may however have any desired shape and it can be adapted for hanging objects or horizontally conveyed objects.
  • figure 5 is schematically shown an IR-unit 5 having a reflector disc 1 fitted to one of its sides and IR-tubes 3 applied thereto, which tubes emitt infrared radiation.
  • the figure also shows a schematically intimated work piece or object 20, which shall be subjected to some kind of heat treatment.
  • the object 20 as seen is subjected to direct radiation 21 as well as secondary radiation 22, which is reflected from the reflector disc 1.
  • Figur 6 is a corresponding view of a reflector disc 1 with an IR-tube whereby the radiation is illustrated as direct radiation 21 against a not shown object, direct radiation 23 against the reflector disc 1, and secondary radiation 22, reflected from the reflection disc 1.
  • direct radiation 23 which hits the reflector disc, with a reflector material of the type described above, about 15 X of the radiation to be absorbed by the reflector disc. This energy incinerates the contaminations on the reflector disc 1 and a clean reflector is obtained, which emits about 85X af the energy from the primary radiation 23 as secondary radiation.

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EP84850241A 1983-08-11 1984-08-13 Reflektor für Infrarot-Strahlungsöfen Expired EP0133847B1 (de)

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EP0271593A1 (de) * 1986-12-16 1988-06-22 Russell R. Ellersick Zusammensetzung für eine Ofenwandauskleidung und deren Verwendung
EP0416868A1 (de) * 1989-09-08 1991-03-13 W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. Reflektoraufbau zur Heizung eines Substrates
WO1992007224A1 (en) * 1990-10-16 1992-04-30 Bgk Finishing Systems, Inc. High intensity infrared heat treating apparatus
DE4202944A1 (de) * 1992-02-01 1993-08-05 Heraeus Quarzglas Verfahren und vorrichtung zum erwaermen eines materials
WO1994007101A1 (en) * 1992-09-11 1994-03-31 Queen Mary & Westfield College Radiant heating furnace
WO1998009123A1 (en) * 1996-08-30 1998-03-05 Infrarödteknik Ab Heater for heating by infra-red radiation
US5778145A (en) * 1996-03-27 1998-07-07 De Nichilo; Giorgio Thermoforming apparatus with pivotable heating panel portions for emergency moving thereof
WO1999002013A1 (en) * 1997-07-01 1999-01-14 Kanthal Ab Ir-source with helically shaped heating element
US6288369B1 (en) * 2000-12-15 2001-09-11 Victor L. Sherman Cooking apparatus
DE10029522A1 (de) * 2000-06-21 2002-01-10 Schott Glas Vorrichtung zum homogenen Erwärmen von Gläsern und/oder Glaskeramiken
DE10047576A1 (de) * 2000-09-22 2002-04-18 Schott Glas Verfahren zur Formgebung von Glaskeramikteilen und/oder Glasteilen
US7000430B1 (en) 1999-03-23 2006-02-21 Schott Ag Method of forming glass-ceramic parts and/or glass parts
US7017370B1 (en) 1999-03-23 2006-03-28 Schott Ag Method and device for the homogenous heating of glass and/or glass-ceramic articles using infrared radiation
WO2006072282A1 (de) 2005-01-05 2006-07-13 Advanced Photonics Technologies Ag Thermische bestrahlungsanordnung zur erwärmung eines bestrahlungsgutes
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EP0271593A1 (de) * 1986-12-16 1988-06-22 Russell R. Ellersick Zusammensetzung für eine Ofenwandauskleidung und deren Verwendung
EP0416868A1 (de) * 1989-09-08 1991-03-13 W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. Reflektoraufbau zur Heizung eines Substrates
WO1992007224A1 (en) * 1990-10-16 1992-04-30 Bgk Finishing Systems, Inc. High intensity infrared heat treating apparatus
US5551670A (en) * 1990-10-16 1996-09-03 Bgk Finishing Systems, Inc. High intensity infrared heat treating apparatus
DE4202944A1 (de) * 1992-02-01 1993-08-05 Heraeus Quarzglas Verfahren und vorrichtung zum erwaermen eines materials
EP0554538A2 (de) * 1992-02-01 1993-08-11 Heraeus Noblelight GmbH Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erwärmen eines Materials
EP0554538A3 (en) * 1992-02-01 1995-04-05 Heraeus Quarzglas Process and device for the heating of a material
WO1994007101A1 (en) * 1992-09-11 1994-03-31 Queen Mary & Westfield College Radiant heating furnace
US5778145A (en) * 1996-03-27 1998-07-07 De Nichilo; Giorgio Thermoforming apparatus with pivotable heating panel portions for emergency moving thereof
WO1998009123A1 (en) * 1996-08-30 1998-03-05 Infrarödteknik Ab Heater for heating by infra-red radiation
WO1999002013A1 (en) * 1997-07-01 1999-01-14 Kanthal Ab Ir-source with helically shaped heating element
US6308008B1 (en) 1997-07-01 2001-10-23 Kanthal Ab IR-source with helically shaped heating element
US7000430B1 (en) 1999-03-23 2006-02-21 Schott Ag Method of forming glass-ceramic parts and/or glass parts
US7017370B1 (en) 1999-03-23 2006-03-28 Schott Ag Method and device for the homogenous heating of glass and/or glass-ceramic articles using infrared radiation
DE10029522A1 (de) * 2000-06-21 2002-01-10 Schott Glas Vorrichtung zum homogenen Erwärmen von Gläsern und/oder Glaskeramiken
DE10029522B4 (de) * 2000-06-21 2005-12-01 Schott Ag Vorrichtung zum homogenen Erwärmen von Gläsern und/oder Glaskeramiken, Verfahren und Verwendungen
DE10047576A1 (de) * 2000-09-22 2002-04-18 Schott Glas Verfahren zur Formgebung von Glaskeramikteilen und/oder Glasteilen
US6288369B1 (en) * 2000-12-15 2001-09-11 Victor L. Sherman Cooking apparatus
WO2006072282A1 (de) 2005-01-05 2006-07-13 Advanced Photonics Technologies Ag Thermische bestrahlungsanordnung zur erwärmung eines bestrahlungsgutes
DE102006055397B3 (de) * 2006-11-22 2008-05-15 Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co. Kg Verfahren und Vorrichtung für die Herstellung eines zylinderförmigen Profilelements aus Quarzglas sowie Verwendung desselben
DE102011012363A1 (de) 2011-02-24 2012-08-30 Heraeus Noblelight Gmbh Infrarot-Flächenstrahler mit hoher Strahlungsleistung und Verfahren für seine Herstellung
DE102014107395A1 (de) 2014-05-26 2015-11-26 Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Halterung von Strahlungsheizelementen und entsprechende Strahlungsheizvorrichtung

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