EP1217184B1 - Schallschluckendes Material, Schalldämpfer mit diesem schallschluckenden Material, und Verfahren zur Formung einer schallschluckenden Schicht hierfür - Google Patents

Schallschluckendes Material, Schalldämpfer mit diesem schallschluckenden Material, und Verfahren zur Formung einer schallschluckenden Schicht hierfür Download PDF

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EP1217184B1
EP1217184B1 EP00127435A EP00127435A EP1217184B1 EP 1217184 B1 EP1217184 B1 EP 1217184B1 EP 00127435 A EP00127435 A EP 00127435A EP 00127435 A EP00127435 A EP 00127435A EP 1217184 B1 EP1217184 B1 EP 1217184B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N1/00—Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing
    • F01N1/24—Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing by using sound-absorbing materials
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2310/00—Selection of sound absorbing or insulating material
    • F01N2310/02—Mineral wool, e.g. glass wool, rock wool, asbestos or the like
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01N—GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2450/00—Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements
    • F01N2450/06—Inserting sound absorbing material into a chamber

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  • the present invention relates to a muffler using a sound absorbing material, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
  • a muffler aiming at sound reduction of exhaust gas is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of an automobile.
  • a muffler uses a sound absorbing material for preventing high frequency sound, and that sound absorbing material is mainly made of glass fiber.
  • a sub muffler and a pre muffler are arranged on the downstream side of an exhaust emission purifier using a catalyst, and a main muffler is arranged on the downmost stream side.
  • a sub muffler and a pre muffler may be positioned at a short distance from the exhaust emission purifier, and, in such a case, a high temperature of the exhaust gas or large pulsation may influence on the sub muffler or the pre muffler.
  • stainless wool is wound around a porous exhaust tube of the sub muffler or the pre muffler and a sound absorbing material such as glass fiber is wound around the outer periphery thereof or internally filled.
  • the glass fiber used as a sound absorbing material accomplishes the quality which can withstand use in various temperature ranges, the resistance property with respect to acid things or alkaline things included in the exhaust gas is insufficient.
  • the glass fiber may be, therefore, degraded/broken and emitted into the air together with the exhaust gas.
  • the document EP 0 153 100 A1 discloses a method for forming an exhaust silencer, wherein a plurality of continuous basalt fibers are twisted to form strands which are bundled to a roving. These fibers are additionally fluffed-up to form a roll-like material.
  • the reference US 6,094,817 shows a method for filling a silencer with sound insulating material consisting of continuous texturized basalt.
  • the texturizing takes place in connection with the filling method using a nozzle through which the insulating material is blown into the silencer. Additionally, during the filling process the silencer is rotated by a motor.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a muffler using a sound absorbing material which is superior in acid resistance, alkali resistance and sound absorbing qualities, and a method for forming a sound absorbing layer of the muffler.
  • the bundled material in the step for forming the fibrillated sound absorbing material, may be supplied in a nozzle, compressed air may be blown into the nozzle and the bundled material may be unraveled by this compressed air to continuously form the fibrillated sound absorbing material by using the nozzle.
  • the sound absorbing material in the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, may be supplied on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around its axis so that the sound absorbing material is wound around the perforated pipe.
  • the sound absorbing material when supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material may be supplied to the perforated pipe while giving tension to the sound absorbing material by a tension roller.
  • basalt which is a natural mineral substance is dissolved to be continuous fibrous basalt yarn, and a fiber bundling agent is added to a bundle of multiple pieces of the basalt yarn 1a to obtain a long bundled material 1 as shown in Fig. 1A, and the bundled material 1 is bulked to obtain a fiber bundle type sound absorbing material 2 as shown in Fig. 1B.
  • a fiber diameter of one piece of the continuous fiber basalt yarn 1a can be set to any desired value, the diameter of 9 ⁇ to 24 ⁇ is ideal. Further, although a number of pieces of the basalt yarn 1a used in the bundled material 1 can be set to any desired value, 1000 to 4000 pieces are used for example.
  • the bundled material 1 is supplied into a nozzle 31 by a feed roller 32 and a pinch roller 33 and compressed air is blown into the nozzle 31, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the bundled material 1 is unraveled into filaments to be continuously fed by the nozzle 31, thereby continuously manufacturing the sound absorbing material 2 fibrillated into a bulky state.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 is wound around a perforated pipe of the muffler.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 continuously formed into a long shape is stocked in a stocker 3 as shown in Fig. 1C.
  • a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2 is in the fibrillated state and stocked in a sizable amount.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 stocked in the stocker 3 is drawn from the stocker 3 and wound around the outer peripheral surface of a perforated pipe constituting a muffler, e.g., an inner pipe 4 as shown in Fig. 1D.
  • Small holes 5 are formed in the inner pipe 4, and the sound absorbing material 2 is wound in an area where the small holes 5 are formed.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 is reciprocated in the axial direction of the inner pipe 4 by a traverse mechanism and the like while rotating the inner pipe 4 around an axis thereof by appropriate rotating means so that the sound absorbing material is wound.
  • a winding amount of the sound absorbing material is set to a desired value, and the sound absorbing material 2 is wound once or multiple times in accordance with a reciprocation amount of a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2.
  • a bundle of the sound absorbing material 2 may be wound as described above but two, three or multiple bundles of the sound absorbing material 2 may be simultaneously wound according to productivity.
  • Fig. 1E shows the state where the sound absorbing material 2 is wound as described above, and this winding forms a sound absorbing layer 6 of the bulky basalt yarn.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 is pulled out from the stocker 3 by supply rollers 7 and 8 and the drawn sound absorbing material 2 is inserted between tension rollers 9 and 10 so that the end of the sound absorbing material 2 is supplied to and wound around the inner pipe 4, for example, as shown in Fig. 3.
  • the tension adjustment of the tension rollers 9 and 19 can control the density and the weight of the sound absorbing material 2 to be wound around the inner pipe 4.
  • the tension rollers 9 and 10 may not be used according to the density required for the sound absorbing layer 6. That is, only the friction of the sound absorbing material 2 and a member for supplying the sound absorbing material 2 may be used.
  • the inner pipe 4 on which the sound absorbing layer 6 is formed is inserted into an outer pipe 13 having at one end an end plate 12 in which an inner pipe insertion hole 11 is formed, from an opening at the other end thereof as shown in Fig. 1 F.
  • the sound absorbing layer 6 has the external diameter which can be fully fitted to the inner surface of the outer pipe 13.
  • the present invention can be similarly applied in a case of providing the above mentioned sound absorbing layer 6 on any other perforated pipe, e.g., a perforated portion of an outlet pipe and the like.
  • insertion holes 22 may be formed to the end plate 21 of the outer pipe 20 constituting the muffler and the sound absorbing material 2 may be inserted into and filling in a space 24 between the outer pipe 20 and the perforated pipe 23 from the insertion holes 22, thereby forming the sound absorbing layer by the sound absorbing material 2.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 may be wound around the outer periphery of the stainless wool 30 to form the sound absorbing layer 6.
  • the sound absorbing material 2 is obtained by bundling multiple pieces of the basalt yarn 1a and making the bundled material bulky to be a fiber bundle, and the method for winding this sound absorbing material 2 is similar to the above.
  • the sound absorbing material according to the first aspect of the present invention is constituted by the basalt yarn obtained by dissolving the basalt to be the continuous fiber, it can not be absorbed into the perforated pipe by an exhaust flow to be emitted into the air like the discontinuous short fiber. Further, the sound absorbing material is superior in acid resistance and alkali resistance and can not be degraded and broken by an acid substance or an alkali substance in the exhaust air to be emitted into the air like the glass wool in the related art. In addition, since the basalt yarn is bundled and the bundled material is fibrillated to be bulky, the sound absorbing property can be improved.
  • the muffler having the above-described effect can be obtained.
  • the sound absorbing layer having the effect using the basalt yarn mentioned above can be formed. Further, since the sound absorbing material consisting of the fiber bundle obtained by making multiple pieces of the basalt yarn bulky is provided on the outer periphery of the perforated pipe to form the sound absorbing layer, the density of the entire sound absorbing layer can be more equalized than that obtained by filling the discontinuous short fiber in the muffler in the related art, thereby improving the sound absorbing performance.
  • the bundled material is supplied into the nozzle while blowing the compressed air into the nozzle, and the bundled material is unraveled by the compressed air to form the continuously fibrillated sound absorbing material from the nozzle, thereby readily and continuously performing the above fibrillation.
  • the step for arranging the fibrillated sound absorbing material on the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe can facilitate winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe by supplying the sound absorbing material to the outer periphery of the perforated pipe while rotating the perforated pipe around the axis thereof and winding the sound absorbing material around the perforated pipe.
  • the sound absorbing material When supplying the fibrillated sound absorbing material to the outer peripheral portion of the perforated pipe, the sound absorbing material can be supplied to the perforated pipe while applying tension to the sound absorbing material by the tension roller so that the tension can be adjusted during supply of the sound absorbing material, which can readily adjust the density of the sound absorbing layer to be formed.
  • the fourth aspect according to the present invention even if the sound absorbing material is inserted and filled into the muffler, the same effect as the third aspect can be obtained.
  • multiple pieces of basalt yarn (la) obtained by dissolving basalt to be continuous fibers are bundled by a fiber bundling agent to acquire a bundled material (1), and the bundled material (1) is fibrillated to obtain a bulky sound absorbing material (2).
  • the sound absorbing material (2) is arranged on the outer periphery of a perforated pipe (4) constituting a muffler to form a sound absorbing layer (6).

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  1. Auspufftopf mit einem perforierten Rohr (4, 23) und einem fortlaufenden, aufgebauschten, fibrilierten Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2), welches fortlaufend hergestellt ist, wobei das fibrilierte Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) um einen äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4, 23) gewunden ist und mehrere Stücke an Basaltgarn (1a) aufweist, welche durch Lösen von Basalt zu fortlaufenden Fasern erhalten werden, die durch ein faserbündelndes Mittel gebündelt sind, um ein gebündeltes Material (1) zu gewinnen, und welche für ein Aufbauschen fibriliert sind.
  2. Verfahren für das Ausbilden eines Auspufftopfs mit den folgenden Verfahrensschritten:
    Bündeln mehrerer Stücke an Basaltgarn (1a), welche durch Lösen von Basalt zu fortlaufenden Fasern erhalten werden, durch ein faserbündelndes Mittel, um ein gebündeltes Material (1) zu gewinnen;
    Fibrilieren des gebündelten Materials (1) für dessen Aufbauschen und für das Ausbilden eines fortlaufenden, aufgebauschten, fibrilierten Geräuschabsorptionsmaterials (2), welches fortlaufend produziert wird; und
    fortlaufendes Aufwickeln des Geräuschabsorptionsmaterials (2) auf einen äußeren peripheren Abschnitt eines perforierten Rohres (4, 23) eines Auspufftopfs, um eine Geräuschabsorptionsschicht (6) auf dem perforierten Rohr (4, 23) auszubilden.
  3. Verfahren für das Ausbilden eines Auspufftopfs gemäß Anspruch 2, wobei
       in dem Schritt für das Ausbilden des fibrilierten Geräuschabsorptionsmaterials (2) das gebündelte Material (1) einer Düse (3) zugeführt wird, während Pressluft in die Düse (3) eingeblasen wird, wobei das gebündelte Material (1) durch die Pressluft ausgefasert wird, um das fortlaufende fibrilierte Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) von der Düse (3) zu bilden.
  4. Verfahren für das Ausbilden eines Auspufftopfs gemäß Anspruch 2 oder Anspruch 3, wobei
       in dem Schritt des Aufwickelns des fibrilierten Geräuschabsorptionsmaterials (2) auf den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4) das Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) dem äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4) zugeführt wird, während das perforierte Rohr (4) um dessen eine Achse gedreht wird, wobei das Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) um den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4) gewickelt wird.
  5. Verfahren für das Ausbilden eines Auspufftopfs nach Anspruch 4, wobei dann, wenn das fibrilierte Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) auf den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4) aufgewickelt wird, das Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) zu dem perforierten Rohr (4) geführt wird, während eine Spannungswalze (9, 10) das Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) unter Spannung setzt.
  6. Auspufftopf nach Anspruch 1, wobei eine aus nicht rostender Wolle bestehende Schicht zuerst an dem äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres (4, 23) vorgesehen ist, wobei dann das fibrilierte Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) auf den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt der Schicht an nicht rostender Wolle aufgewickelt ist.
  7. Auspufftopf nach Anspruch 1 oder 6, wobei das fibrilierte Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) auf den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres aufgewickelt ist, während das Geräuschabsorptionsmaterial (2) unter Spannung gehalten ist.
  8. Verfahren für das Ausbilden eines Auspufftopfs nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, wobei vor dem Schritt des Aufwickelns des fibrilierten Geräuschabsorptionsmaterials auf den äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres des Weiteren der Schritt vorgesehen ist für ein Vorsehen einer Schicht bestehend aus nicht rostender Stahlwolle auf dem äußeren peripheren Abschnitt des perforierten Rohres.
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