EP0445855B1 - Improved turbomolecular pump - Google Patents
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- EP0445855B1 EP0445855B1 EP91200302A EP91200302A EP0445855B1 EP 0445855 B1 EP0445855 B1 EP 0445855B1 EP 91200302 A EP91200302 A EP 91200302A EP 91200302 A EP91200302 A EP 91200302A EP 0445855 B1 EP0445855 B1 EP 0445855B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D23/00—Other rotary non-positive-displacement pumps
- F04D23/008—Regenerative pumps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D17/00—Radial-flow pumps, e.g. centrifugal pumps; Helico-centrifugal pumps
- F04D17/08—Centrifugal pumps
- F04D17/16—Centrifugal pumps for displacing without appreciable compression
- F04D17/168—Pumps specially adapted to produce a vacuum
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D19/00—Axial-flow pumps
- F04D19/02—Multi-stage pumps
- F04D19/04—Multi-stage pumps specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps
- F04D19/042—Turbomolecular vacuum pumps
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- the present invention refers to an improved turbomolecular pump, especially to a turbomolecular pump of increased compression ratio, capable of extending the operating range towards higher pressures.
- Conventional turbomolecular pumps usually have operating ranges from about 10 ⁇ 7 to 10 ⁇ 1 or 1 Pascal, i.e. they cannot exhaust directly to atmosphere. This means that they need to be teamed up to a forepump which produces the necessary fore vacuum and discharges the pumped gases at atmospheric pressure.
- contamination of the turbomolecular pump with lubrication oil of the forepump may occur, which prevents pumping at the lower operating range. This may be avoided by maintenance at short intervals, which raises the costs of operation, in addition to a higher initial cost of the vacuum system.
- the combination of a turbomolecular pump with a forepump is cumbersome, which is a disadvantage in most applications.
- turbomolecular pumps have also been developed to reduce the necessity of these backing pumps.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,732,529, U.S. Patent No. 4,826,393 and U.S.Patent No. 4,797,0 ⁇ 68 disclose turbomolecular pumps including a compression ratio raising section consisting of rotors formed with spiral grooves, or screw rotors, which guide gas from the high vacuum section to a simpler exhaustion system, e.g. to a membrane pump.
- a simpler exhaustion system e.g. to a membrane pump.
- this pump is a turbo vacuum roughing pump comprising radial flow pumping stages consisting of impellers rotating into channels with grooves which direct radially the flow of the pumped gases, and a peripheral flow pumping stage at the exhaust side, which raises the pressure so that the pump can discharge at atmospheric pressure.
- this pump is only a roughing pump that can by no way replace a turbomolecular pump, the ultimate pressure of which is lower of several orders of magnitudes (10 ⁇ 7 Pascal) than the ultimate pressure of this roughing pump (10 ⁇ 2 Pascal).
- a first object of the present invention is to provide a turbomolecular pump with a high compression ratio.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a turbomolecolar pump which is capable of discharging gases at atmospheric pressure, without being combined with forepumps.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a turbomolecular pump which is relatively not cumbersome in comparison with previous vacuum systems having similar operating range.
- an improved turbomolecular pump comprises at the suction side a plurality of pumping stages consisting of alternately arranged rotors and stators provided with inclined blades, the rotor blades being inclined in the inverse direction to the stator blades, for pumping gases along an axial flow through said pumping stages and comprising at least one pumping stage at the exhaust side consisting of a rotor disk and a coplanar stator, characterized in that a unique free annular channel is defined between the lateral surface or the rotor and the lateral inner surface of the stator, the stator further comprising an upper plate and a lower plate respectively provided with suction port and discharge port, said unique free annular channel being in communication with said suction port and said discharge port for pumping gases with a flow tangential to the lateral surface of said rotor from said suction port to said discharge port, said channel being delimited at its ends by a baffle arranged between said discharge port and said suction port.
- a tangential flow pumping stage may be added in which the rotor consists of a disk provided with blades.
- a turbomolecular pump comprises a certain number of axial flow pumping stages, each consisting of a rotor 1 or 1a, and of a stator 2 or 2a, contained in a cylindrical pump body 3, as known in the art.
- the pumping stage consisting of rotor 1a and stator 2a is also shown in FIG. 2.
- Each rotor consists of a disk 5 mounted on a rotatable shaft 6, and carrying at its periphery an array of radially protruding inclined blades 7, 7a, 7b.
- Each stator consists of a similar disk with a central hole for the shaft 6 of the rotors.
- Each stator is fixed to the pump body 3, and consists of a disk 8 provided with blades 9, 9a, 9b, which are inclined in a direction that is inverse to the direction of the rotor blades 7, 7a, 7b.
- Gases coming from the suction side are pumped by the described stages along directions parallel to the axis of the cylindrical body 3, i.e. an axial flow of gases is produced through the alternate rotors and stators, as indicated by the arrow B of Fig. 1.
- one or more pumping stages of different conception are added downstream the axial flow pumping stages.
- FIG.1 two of such pumping stages are shown, indicated globally with the reference numerals 10 ⁇ and 30 ⁇ .
- Each of the pumping stage 10 ⁇ and 30 ⁇ still comprises a rotor mounted on shaft 6, and a stator fixed to the the pump body 3. Constructional details of these pumping stages are also illustrated in FIGURES 2 to 4.
- pumping stage 10 ⁇ comprises a rotor consisting of a plane disk 12 secured to shaft 6.
- Rotor 12 is encompassed by a substantially coplanar stator having the shape of a ring 13 spaced apart from the rotor disk 12, so that a free annular channel 14 is defined between rotor and stator.
- a baffle 15 closes channel 14 between a suction port 17 and a discharge port 18, provided in an upper closure plate 21 and in a lower closure plate 23, respectively.
- Closure plates 21 and 23 are joined together by suitable means, e.g. by connection of downwardly extending edge 22 of plate 21, so as to form a closed casing containing the pumping stage.
- Central holes are provided in both plate 21 and 23, for the passage of the shaft 6.
- the baffle 15 may be a radial projection of the stator 13, as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3, or a separate element tightly secured to the stator ring 13.
- Gases pumped by the axial flow pumping stages come to suction hole 17, as indicated by arrow D in FIGURES 1 and 2, and enter into channel 14.
- the gas molecules strike the rotating disk 12 and keep a speed with a component tangential to the disk 12, as indicated by arrow E.
- the molecules are transferred within free channel 14 from the suction port 17 to the discharge port 18 according to a tangential flow, and leave channel 14 through discharge port 18, as indicated by arrow F.
- the flow of gases that is produced in the free channel 14 is referred to as "tangential flow” because it parallel to the direction of the velocity of the rotor, which is a tangent to the rotor.
- This tangential flow pumping stage is effective in a molecular or transient flow pressure range, and permits to raise the outlet pressure from about 1 Pascal, that is the usual outlet pressure of conventional turbomolecular pumps, to 10 ⁇ 3 Pascal and even more.
- pumping stages with plane rotor disks are no more effective. It has been found that a different rotor design, such as shown in detail in FIG. 4, can produce a further raise of the outlet pressure, up to the atmospheric pressure.
- Pumping stage 30 ⁇ is arranged in series, downstream pumping stage 10 ⁇ .
- As pumping stage 10 ⁇ it comprises a closed casing consisting of an upper plate 31 with a downwardly extending edge 32 connected to a lower plate 33.
- Shaft 6 extends axially in the casing, and carries a rotor disk 35 with peripheral vanes such as 37, 37a, 37b, lying on planes perpendicular to the plane of disk 35.
- a coplanar stator ring 36 encompasses rotor 35 but is spaced apart from it, so that a free annular channel 38 is defined between the periphery of the vanes of the rotor and the stator.
- a baffle 39 obstructs the free channel 38 between a suction port 40 ⁇ made in upper plate 30 ⁇ and a discharge port 41 made in lower plate 33.
- gases discharged from port 18 of pumping stage 10 ⁇ come to the suction port 40 ⁇ of the pumping stage 30 ⁇ , as indicated by arrow G, and enter into channel 38 between rotor and stator.
- gases molecules get kinetic energy by striking the rotor, a circular flow with a tangential speed component is produced in free channel 38, and gases are pumped from suction port 40 ⁇ to discharge port 41.
- the pressure is raised to about 10 ⁇ 5 Pascal, so that the pump can exhaust directly to the atmosphere through port 43 in the pump body 3, as indicated by arrow I in FIG. 1.
- the peripheral velocity of the rotor of this turbomolecular pump is usually not less than 250 ⁇ m/s, preferably from 350 ⁇ to 40 ⁇ 0 ⁇ m/s.
- the angular velocity may be lower, provided that the peripheral velocity does not drop below about 250 ⁇ m/s.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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IT6716390 | 1990-03-09 | ||
IT67163A IT1241431B (it) | 1990-03-09 | 1990-03-09 | Pompa turbomolecolare perfezionata. |
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EP0445855A1 EP0445855A1 (en) | 1991-09-11 |
EP0445855B1 true EP0445855B1 (en) | 1994-10-26 |
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EP (1) | EP0445855B1 (it) |
JP (1) | JPH0826877B2 (it) |
AT (1) | ATE113343T1 (it) |
DE (1) | DE69104749T2 (it) |
ES (1) | ES2064873T3 (it) |
HK (1) | HK1000016A1 (it) |
IT (1) | IT1241431B (it) |
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- 1990-03-09 IT IT67163A patent/IT1241431B/it active IP Right Grant
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1991
- 1991-02-13 AT AT91200302T patent/ATE113343T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1991-02-13 EP EP91200302A patent/EP0445855B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1991-02-13 ES ES91200302T patent/ES2064873T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
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US5611660A (en) * | 1993-09-10 | 1997-03-18 | The Boc Group Plc | Compound vacuum pumps |
EP0836008A2 (en) * | 1996-10-08 | 1998-04-15 | VARIAN S.p.A. | A vacuum pumping device |
EP0836009A2 (en) * | 1996-10-08 | 1998-04-15 | VARIAN S.p.A. | An electronic control unit for a vacuum pump |
US6071092A (en) * | 1998-03-10 | 2000-06-06 | Varian, Inc. | Vacuum pump with improved back-up bearing assembly |
EP1039138A2 (en) * | 1999-03-24 | 2000-09-27 | Varian, Inc. | Vacuum pump with inverted motor |
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DE69104749D1 (de) | 1994-12-01 |
ATE113343T1 (de) | 1994-11-15 |
JPH04224295A (ja) | 1992-08-13 |
JPH0826877B2 (ja) | 1996-03-21 |
IT9067163A0 (it) | 1990-03-09 |
EP0445855A1 (en) | 1991-09-11 |
IT1241431B (it) | 1994-01-17 |
DE69104749T2 (de) | 1995-03-30 |
ES2064873T3 (es) | 1995-02-01 |
HK1000016A1 (en) | 1997-10-03 |
IT9067163A1 (it) | 1991-09-09 |
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