EP0828957A1 - Fabrication de joints d'etancheite - Google Patents

Fabrication de joints d'etancheite

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Publication number
EP0828957A1
EP0828957A1 EP96914344A EP96914344A EP0828957A1 EP 0828957 A1 EP0828957 A1 EP 0828957A1 EP 96914344 A EP96914344 A EP 96914344A EP 96914344 A EP96914344 A EP 96914344A EP 0828957 A1 EP0828957 A1 EP 0828957A1
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Prior art keywords
sheet
stop
edge portion
gasket
plane
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EP96914344A
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Paul Reuben Percival
Vincent Clive Wright
Keith Cunnington
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Federal Mogul Sealing Systems Slough Ltd
Original Assignee
COOPERS PAYEN Ltd FEDERAL-MOGUL SEALING SYSTEMS (SLOUGH) Ltd
Coopers Payen Ltd
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Publication of EP0828957A1 publication Critical patent/EP0828957A1/fr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D19/00—Flanging or other edge treatment, e.g. of tubes
    • B21D19/08—Flanging or other edge treatment, e.g. of tubes by single or successive action of pressing tools, e.g. vice jaws
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/02—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces
    • F16J15/06—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces
    • F16J15/08—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing
    • F16J15/0818—Flat gaskets
    • F16J15/0825—Flat gaskets laminated
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
    • F16J15/00—Sealings
    • F16J15/02—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces
    • F16J15/06—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces
    • F16J15/08—Sealings between relatively-stationary surfaces with solid packing compressed between sealing surfaces with exclusively metal packing
    • F16J15/0818—Flat gaskets
    • F16J2015/0843—Flat gaskets with an edge portion folded over the plate itself

Definitions

  • This invention is concerned with the manufacture of gaskets for forming a seal between two members, eg the cylinder block and the head of an internal combustion engine.
  • gaskets incorporate a compression-limiting stop which is present to limit, in certain areas, the degree by which the gasket may be compressed, eg by tightening bolts which connect the members between which the gasket forms a seal.
  • the stop acts to prevent the resilient layer from being crushed beyond its elastic limit or to prevent the resilient material from being forced out of the sealed joint.
  • the gasket is of the multi-layer steel type (MLS) in which sealing is dependant on embossments in the layers concentrating the sealing force in certain areas, the stop acts to prevent the embossments from being completely crushed.
  • MLS multi-layer steel type
  • the invention provides a method of manufacturing a gasket comprising a compression-limiting stop, characterised in that the method comprises bending an edge portion of a metal sheet of substantially uniform thickness out of the plane of the sheet, pressing said bent edge portion so that it is formed into a solid stop of greater thickness than the sheet, and incorporating said sheet in a gasket.
  • the stop can be given any desired height above the sheet and can project beyond both the opposite surfaces of the sheet.
  • the method does involve bending the edge portion of the sheet, this bending is through 90° or less with a consequently reduced risk of cracking compared with bending through 180°.
  • the stop is given substantially planar opposite surfaces extending parallel to the plane of the sheet. This is achieved by pressing the bent edge portion between tools which have opposed flat faces.
  • one of said opposite surfaces of the stop is made flush with a surface of said sheet.
  • both opposite surfaces of the stop may stand proud of the sheet, for example, by equal amounts.
  • Said bending may be carried out by clamping said sheet in a clamp with said edge portion projecting beyond said clamp, and bending said projecting edge portion with a forming punch which is moved normally to the plane of said sheet.
  • Said pressing operation may be carried out in two stages. If necessary, said edge portion may be restrained, during pressing, against expansion in the plane of the sheet.
  • the invention also provides a gasket manufactured by a method in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 1 to 5 are diagrammatic views illustrating successive stages in the formation, by the illustrative method, of a stop on a distance or stopper layer of a multi-layer steel gasket;
  • Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view of a portion of a gasket manufactured by the illustrative method.
  • the illustrative method is a method of manufacturing an illustrative gasket 14 (shown in Figure 6) comprising a compression-limiting stop 15 of greater thickness than the steel sheet 10 on which it is integrally formed.
  • the stop 15 is solid, ie it has substantially no spaces within its volume.
  • the stop 15 is annular and extends around the hole 13 forming part of the bordering surface of the hole 13.
  • the stop 15 projects above and below the remainder of the sheet 10 by approximately equal amounts and has planar upper and lower surfaces which extend parallel to the upper and lower surfaces of the remainder of the sheet 10.
  • the sheet 10 (which as yet does not have the stop 15 but is of substantially uniform thickness) is provided with holes 12 at positions where the holes 13 are required in the gasket 14.
  • the holes 12 are positioned at the positions where the cylinders of an internal combustion engine are located.
  • the holes 12 have a smaller diameter than the holes 13 which are required in the gasket 14.
  • the sheet 10 is 1mm in thickness.
  • the sheet 10 is clamped between an upper clamp 16 and a lower clamp 18.
  • the clamps 16 and 18 are annular so that they surround a generally cylindrical passage 20 which has a diameter greater than that of the holes 12.
  • the sheet 10 is clamped so that an edge portion 10a of the sheet 10 surrounding one of the holes 12 projects into said passage 20.
  • the edge portion 10a may be 2 to 3mm wide.
  • the edge portion 10a is bent out of the plane of the sheet 10. This is achieved by moving a punch 22 downwardly in the passage 20 (normally to the plane of the sheet 10) so that it contacts the edge portion 10 and bents it.
  • the punch 22 is a close fit in the portion of the passage 20 which is defined by the upper clamp 16 and has a lower surface which contacts the edge portion 10a and bends it.
  • the lower surface of the punch 22 has a flat central portion 22a joined to a radiused convex edge portion 22b which is in turn joined to a cylindrical surface portion 22c which extends in the direction of the passage 20.
  • the cylindrical portion 22c is joined to a radiused concave edge portion 22d which extends to the wall of the passage 20.
  • the bending results in the edge portion 10a conforming to the shape of the surface portions 22c and 22d as is shown in Figure 2.
  • the bent edge portion 10a is pressed in two stages so that it is formed into the stop 15. This operation is illustrated by Figures 3 to 5.
  • the sheet 10 (which has been removed from the clamps 16 and 18) is clamped between an upper clamp 24 and a lower clamp 26.
  • the lower clamp 26 is annular and defines a generally cylindrical passage 28 which has a diameter greater than that of the passage 20.
  • the lower clamp 26 engages the sheet 10 with the bent portion 10a and an annular portion 10b of the sheet 10 surrounding the portion 10a projecting into the passage 28.
  • the portions 10a and 10b project by a total of 3mm beyond the lower clamp 26.
  • the upper clamp 24 is also annular and defines a generally cylindrical passage 30 of smaller diameter than the passage 28.
  • the upper clamp 24 projects above the portions 10a and 10b of the sheet 10.
  • the upper clamp 24 has a lower surface which engages the sheet 10 opposite to the lower clamp 26 but does not engage the projecting portions 10a and 10b because it has a shallow recess 24a above those portions which has a flat bottom surface extending parallel to the plane of the sheet 10.
  • a tool 32 is inserted into the passage 30, in which it is a close fit, so that it projects past the edge of the portion 10a into the passage 28.
  • the tool 32 has only a small clearance with the edge of the portion 10a and has the purpose of restraining expansion of the portion 10a in the plane of the sheet 10 towards the centre of the passage 28.
  • a punch 34 is moved upwardly in the passage 28.
  • the punch 34 has an annular upward projection 34a which is a close fit in the passage 28 and on the outer surface of the tool 32.
  • the projection 34a has an upper surface 34b arranged to engage the portions 10a and 10b.
  • the surface 34b is frustoconical being inclined downwardly in the direction of increasing radius.
  • Figure 3 shows the situation before the surface 34a has engaged the portions 10a and 10b and Figure 4 illustrates the effect of this engagement.
  • the portion 10a is bent round against the portion 10b and both portions are deformed into the recess 24a in the upper clamp 24.
  • the deformed portion of the sheet 10 formed from the portions 10a and 10b is hereafter referred to as 10c.
  • the deformed has metal both above the upper surface of the remainder of the sheet 10 and below the level of the lower surface thereof.
  • the punch 34 is removed and replaced by a punch 36.
  • the punch 36 is identical to the punch 34 except that, instead of the surface 34b, it has a surface 36a which extends parallel to the flat bottom of the recess 24a in the upper clamp 24.
  • the punch 36 is moved upwardly in the passage so that the surface 36a engages the deformed portion 10c and deforms it further forming the stop 15 which has substantially planar upper and lower surfaces which extend parallel to the plane of the sheet 10.
  • the sheet 10 is now incorporated in the gasket 14 by forming a stack of steel sheets and connecting them together in a conventional manner.
  • the stop 15 has a uniform thickness around the hole 13, this may not be the case. If desired, the recess 24a and for the punch surfaces 34b and 36a may give the stop variable thickness.
  • the illustrative gasket 14 (shown in Figure 6) is of the MLS type and comprises three generally parallel sheets of stainless steel, the sheets being a top sheet 42, the sheet 10 which forms a middle sheet, and a bottom sheet 44.
  • the upper surface 42a of the sheet 42 provides an upper sealing surface of the gasket 14 while a lower surface 44a of the sheet 44 provides a lower sealing surface of the gasket.
  • the sheets 42 and 44 have sealing embossments, 42b and 44b respectively, which extend around the hole 13. These embossments 42b and 44b are in the form of ridges projecting towards and contacting the middle sheet 10.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Gasket Seals (AREA)

Abstract

Cette invention concerne un joint d'étanchéité (14) comportant un butoir (15) conçu pour limiter la compression. On fabrique ce joint en pliant la bordure (10d) d'une tôle (10) d'épaisseur sensiblement uniforme de sorte qu'elle (10a) ne soit plus dans le plan de la tôle et en pressant cette bordure pliée de façon qu'elle forme le butoir (15) qui est d'épaisseur supérieure à celle de la tôle. On introduit ensuite la tôle (10) munie dudit butoir (15) à l'intérieur dudit joint d'étanchéité.
EP96914344A 1995-06-02 1996-05-22 Fabrication de joints d'etancheite Withdrawn EP0828957A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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GB9511177A GB2301636B (en) 1995-06-02 1995-06-02 Manufacture of gaskets
GB9511177 1995-06-02
PCT/GB1996/001233 WO1996038684A1 (fr) 1995-06-02 1996-05-22 Fabrication de joints d'etancheite

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EP0828957A1 true EP0828957A1 (fr) 1998-03-18

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AU (1) AU5774596A (fr)
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WO (1) WO1996038684A1 (fr)

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