EP0698727A1 - Method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine Download PDF

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EP0698727A1
EP0698727A1 EP95810122A EP95810122A EP0698727A1 EP 0698727 A1 EP0698727 A1 EP 0698727A1 EP 95810122 A EP95810122 A EP 95810122A EP 95810122 A EP95810122 A EP 95810122A EP 0698727 A1 EP0698727 A1 EP 0698727A1
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Masahito c/o Fuji Oozx Inc. Hirose
Kazufumi c/o Fuji Oozx Inc. Nakamura
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22FWORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F3/00Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
    • B22F3/10Sintering only
    • B22F3/11Making porous workpieces or articles
    • B22F3/1103Making porous workpieces or articles with particular physical characteristics
    • B22F3/1109Inhomogenous pore distribution
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22FWORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F5/00Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01LCYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L1/00Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/12Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
    • F01L1/14Tappets; Push rods
    • F01L1/143Tappets; Push rods for use with overhead camshafts
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01LCYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L2301/00Using particular materials
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01LCYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L2303/00Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements

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  • the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a tappet for use in a direct acting type valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and in particular, to a method of forming a tappet to increase density at the upper and lower ends to which larger stress act, thereby improving strength and wear resistance.
  • a direct acting type valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine is generally constructed as shown in Fig. 2.
  • a guide bore 2 formed in a cylinder head 1 there is provided a roughly H-sectioned tappet 3 having a circumferential wall 3a and a disc-shaped top wall 3b, the tappet being slidable in an axial direction of the bore 2.
  • a stem 4a of an engine valve 4 In the center of the circumferential wall 3a of the tappet 3, there is provided a stem 4a of an engine valve 4, the axial end of the stem 4a being engaged with the middle of the lower surface of the top wall 3b.
  • a spring receiver 5 is engaged via a pair of cotters 6, and an engine valve 4 is energized upwards by a valve spring 7 under the lower surface of the spring receiver 5 in the cylinder head 1.
  • a disc-shaped shim 8 is provided in a recess on the upper surface of the upper wall 3b, and a rotary cam 9 contacts the upper surface of the shim 8.
  • the foregoing tappet 3 is generally formed by cold forging of soft steel such as low carbon steel. Deviated load “F” acts to the tappet 3 at the beginning of pressing by the rotary cam 9, and by bending moment, the upper and lower ends of the tappet are subjected to larger stress “F1” and “F2” which act horizontally by the cylinder head 1. The upper and lower ends of the tappets need high compressive strength and wear resistance.
  • a method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of filling powdered metal into a cavity having an inner diameter which coincides with an outer diameter of the tappet to be formed in a die; compressing the powdered metal by upper and lower punches to form a top wall and a body of the tappet such that density is increased at the top wall and upper and lower ends of the body; and sintering the powdered metal.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view which shows main part of a compression molding machine for carrying out the present invention.
  • a cavity 22 which has an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of a tappet to be molded, and a lower punch 23 is slidably inserted in axial direction.
  • a smaller diameter portion 24 At the upper end of the lower punch 23, there is provided a smaller diameter portion 24 to form a cylindrical body of the tappet.
  • An upper punch 25 on the die 21 has a diameter equal to and the same axis as the lower punch 23, and moves in an axial direction between a position which is spaced from the die 21 upwards and a position where it is fitted in the cavity 22.
  • a smaller diameter portion 26 At the lower end of the upper punch 25, there is provided a smaller diameter portion 26 to form a recess in which a shim fits.
  • the lower punch 23 goes down to a predetermined height in the cavity 22, and the upper punch 25 goes up.
  • a required amount of powdered metal "P" is filled into the cavity 22 on the smaller diameter portion 24 of the lower punch 23.
  • the upper punch 25 goes down, while the lower punch 23 goes up to compress the powdered metal "P", so that compressed powdered metal which has nearly the same form as the tappet to be manufactured is molded in a space formed by the wall of the cavity 22, by the upper end 24 of the lower punch 23 and by the lower end 26 of the upper punch 25.
  • the molded compressed powder 27 After the molded compressed powder 27 is pulled out of the die 21, it is sintered to form a tappet having higher density at the upper and lower ends of the body 27b, thereby increasing strength and wear resistance of the upper and lower ends of the tappet to which higher stress acts during operation of an engine.
  • the smaller diameter portion 26 is projected on the lower end of the upper punch 25, but a flat surface may be formed at the lower end of the upper punch 25 to provide a tappet having no such recess.

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Abstract

In a method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine, powdered metal "P" filled in a cavity 22 of a die 21 is compressed by lower and upper punches 23 and 25 to form a body and a top wall of the tappet, and is sintered. During compression molding, frictional resistance of powdered material increases density of the upper and lower ends of the tappet, thereby improving strength and wear resistance.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a tappet for use in a direct acting type valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine, and in particular, to a method of forming a tappet to increase density at the upper and lower ends to which larger stress act, thereby improving strength and wear resistance.
  • A direct acting type valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine is generally constructed as shown in Fig. 2. In a guide bore 2 formed in a cylinder head 1, there is provided a roughly H-sectioned tappet 3 having a circumferential wall 3a and a disc-shaped top wall 3b, the tappet being slidable in an axial direction of the bore 2. In the center of the circumferential wall 3a of the tappet 3, there is provided a stem 4a of an engine valve 4, the axial end of the stem 4a being engaged with the middle of the lower surface of the top wall 3b. At the axial end of the stem 4a, a spring receiver 5 is engaged via a pair of cotters 6, and an engine valve 4 is energized upwards by a valve spring 7 under the lower surface of the spring receiver 5 in the cylinder head 1. A disc-shaped shim 8 is provided in a recess on the upper surface of the upper wall 3b, and a rotary cam 9 contacts the upper surface of the shim 8.
  • When the cam 8 rotates, the engine valve 4 is driven up and down via the shim 8 and the tappet 3 to open and close inlet and exhaust ports of the cylinder head 1.
  • The foregoing tappet 3 is generally formed by cold forging of soft steel such as low carbon steel. Deviated load "F" acts to the tappet 3 at the beginning of pressing by the rotary cam 9, and by bending moment, the upper and lower ends of the tappet are subjected to larger stress "F₁" and "F₂" which act horizontally by the cylinder head 1. The upper and lower ends of the tappets need high compressive strength and wear resistance.
  • However, in the conventional method of manufacturing the tappet 3 from soft steel which is suitable for cold forging, it is difficult to increase strength of the upper and lower ends locally, but what has totally average strength is only manufactured.
  • To overcome the disadvantage, it is suggested to make a tappet by cold-forging of high strength material such as high carbon steel and high chromium steel, but there is disadvantage that such material has low moldablity and products have cracks to involve unstable quality because the material is rigid.
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • It is an object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantage and to provide a method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine to increase strength of the upper and lower ends of the tappet by simple means.
  • According to the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of filling powdered metal into a cavity having an inner diameter which coincides with an outer diameter of the tappet to be formed in a die; compressing the powdered metal by upper and lower punches to form a top wall and a body of the tappet such that density is increased at the top wall and upper and lower ends of the body; and sintering the powdered metal.
  • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • The feature and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description with respect to drawings wherein:
    • Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view which shows a compression molding machine for carrying out the present invention and a process for molding powdered material; and
    • Fig. 2 is a sectional view which shows a known direct acting type valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view which shows main part of a compression molding machine for carrying out the present invention.
  • There is provided a cavity 22 which has an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of a tappet to be molded, and a lower punch 23 is slidably inserted in axial direction. At the upper end of the lower punch 23, there is provided a smaller diameter portion 24 to form a cylindrical body of the tappet. An upper punch 25 on the die 21 has a diameter equal to and the same axis as the lower punch 23, and moves in an axial direction between a position which is spaced from the die 21 upwards and a position where it is fitted in the cavity 22. At the lower end of the upper punch 25, there is provided a smaller diameter portion 26 to form a recess in which a shim fits.
  • To mold the tappet under compression, the lower punch 23 goes down to a predetermined height in the cavity 22, and the upper punch 25 goes up. A required amount of powdered metal "P" is filled into the cavity 22 on the smaller diameter portion 24 of the lower punch 23.
  • As shown in Fig, 1, the upper punch 25 goes down, while the lower punch 23 goes up to compress the powdered metal "P", so that compressed powdered metal which has nearly the same form as the tappet to be manufactured is molded in a space formed by the wall of the cavity 22, by the upper end 24 of the lower punch 23 and by the lower end 26 of the upper punch 25.
  • In the compressed powdeed metal 27 after molding, owing to frictional resistance of powder to each other during compression, higher density is made at a top wall 27a and the upper and lower ends of a body 27b close to the upper and lower punches 23 and 25, while lower density is made in the middle of the body 27b.
  • After the molded compressed powder 27 is pulled out of the die 21, it is sintered to form a tappet having higher density at the upper and lower ends of the body 27b, thereby increasing strength and wear resistance of the upper and lower ends of the tappet to which higher stress acts during operation of an engine.
  • In the embodiment, to form the recess in which the shim fits on the upper surface of the tappet, the smaller diameter portion 26 is projected on the lower end of the upper punch 25, but a flat surface may be formed at the lower end of the upper punch 25 to provide a tappet having no such recess.
  • The foregoings merely relate to an embodiment of the present invention, but various changes and modifications may be made by person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of claims wherein:

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  1. A method of manufacturing a tappet for an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:
       filling powdered metal into a cavity having an inner diameter which coincides with an outer diameter of the tappet to be formed in a die;
       compressing the powdered metal by upper and lower punches to form a top wall and a body of the tappet such that density is increased at the top wall and upper and lower ends of the body; and
       sintering the powdered metal.
  2. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein a smaller diameter portion is provided at a lower surface of the upper punch to form a recess at an upper surface of the top wall.
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JPS58107401A (en) * 1981-12-18 1983-06-27 Mitsubishi Metal Corp Apparatus for powder molding
JPH0223214A (en) * 1988-07-12 1990-01-25 Teikoku Piston Ring Co Ltd Valve lifter and manufacture thereof
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EP0015520A1 (en) * 1979-03-02 1980-09-17 David T. Smith Method of forming valve lifters
JPS58107401A (en) * 1981-12-18 1983-06-27 Mitsubishi Metal Corp Apparatus for powder molding
JPH0223214A (en) * 1988-07-12 1990-01-25 Teikoku Piston Ring Co Ltd Valve lifter and manufacture thereof
EP0399400A1 (en) * 1989-05-26 1990-11-28 FIAT AUTO S.p.A. Process to manufacture a sintered metallic product and product thus obtained

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