EP1252445B1 - Pompe turbo-moléculaire - Google Patents

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EP1252445B1
EP1252445B1 EP01909681A EP01909681A EP1252445B1 EP 1252445 B1 EP1252445 B1 EP 1252445B1 EP 01909681 A EP01909681 A EP 01909681A EP 01909681 A EP01909681 A EP 01909681A EP 1252445 B1 EP1252445 B1 EP 1252445B1
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Heinrich Engländer
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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
    • F04D17/10—Centrifugal pumps for compressing or evacuating
    • F04D17/12—Multi-stage pumps
    • F04D17/127—Multi-stage pumps with radially spaced stages, e.g. for contrarotating type
    • 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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  • the invention relates to a turbomolecular pump having the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Turbomolekularvakuumpumpen are for example from the WO 94/00694 known. They are designed in the manner of a turbine with rotor and Statorschaufelschschsch. Stator and rotor extend substantially cylindrical and are arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation of the rotating component. The longitudinal axes of the alternately intermeshing stator and rotor blades extend radially, so that there is a substantially axially directed conveying direction. One or more pairs of a rotor blade row and a stator blade row form a pump stage. The adjustment of the conveying properties of a pumping stage (pumping speed, compression) via the formation of the blades, preferably on the angle of attack.
  • turbomolecular vacuum pumps of the type described, a minimum number of pumping stages can not be undercut. As a result, they build relatively long, especially since the drive motor still increases the axial length.
  • turbomolecular pump with the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known.
  • Your rotor and stator components are designed and arranged such that the gases are conveyed in the radial direction from outside to inside.
  • a turbomolecular pump of this type has the advantages that its axial length (without drive motor) does not significantly exceed the stator and rotor vanes and that the rotor and stator together with their respective vanes can be integrally formed because the intermeshing vanes are no longer radially but extend axially.
  • the present invention has for its object to further improve a turbomolecular pump with the features of the preamble of claim 1 in terms of their efficiency.
  • Vacuum pumps of the type concerned here are preferably operated so that the delivery chamber decreases in the conveying direction of the gases.
  • the decrease in the axial height of the delivery chamber is connected to a further, not only by the flow direction of the gases from the outside inward-related decrease in the delivery volume in the conveying direction, whereby the set goal of improving the efficiency of the pump is achieved.
  • blade disks described can be made by cutting and EDM machines. Both techniques are relatively inexpensive. With the achievable reduction in the variety of parts, the invention is a real alternative to meet today's price pressure.
  • FIG. 1 shows that in the embodiments of a friction pump 1 according to the invention, the longitudinal axes of the blades 2, 3 extend parallel to the axis of rotation 4 of the rotating component. They are arranged in concentric rows about the axis of rotation 4. The rows of rotor blades 2 and the rows of stator blades 3 alternate. They interlock and have in a conventional manner in the flow direction (arrow 16) changing angles of attack.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 show that the blades 2, 3 are components of rotating or stationary carriers 6 and 7, respectively.
  • the rotating support 6 and the fixed support 7 have the shape of a disc.
  • the blade-side surface of the stator disk 7 is designed conically in such a way that the distance between the two disks 6, 7 decreases from outside to inside. The length of the blades 2, 3 decreases from outside to inside.
  • the fixed support 7 has the shape of a funnel, so that the distance between the supports 6 and 7 decreases from inside to outside.
  • the length of the blades 2, 3 is adapted to this change in distance.
  • FIG. 4 also shows that the stationary carrier 7 is part of a housing 8 of the pump 1. It consists of the carrier 7 with a connecting piece 9 and of a flat, cup-shaped housing part 11, which is flanged with its edge on the carrier 7.
  • the bottom 12 of the housing part 11 extends parallel to the rotor disk 6. It carries the drive motor 13, whose shaft 14 passes through an opening in the bottom 12 and is coupled to the rotor disk 6.
  • a further connection piece 15 is provided on the housing part 12.
  • Vacuum pumps are preferably operated so that the delivery chamber decreases in the conveying direction of the gases.
  • This property have friction pumps 1 according to the invention already when the gases are conveyed from the outside to the inside (compare the arrows 16 shown in FIGS.
  • the formation of the fixed support 7 according to FIG. 3 further enhances this property.
  • the width of the blades 2, 3 can also decrease from the outside to the inside (cf., in particular, FIG.
  • FIG. 4 An example of a friction pump 1 operated in this way is shown in FIG. 4 (arrows 18).
  • the connecting flange 9 forms the inlet, the connecting flange 15, the outlet of the pump.
  • a change in the delivery chamber in the direction of the required gases is influenced by the fact that the distance of the carrier 6, 7 and thus the length of the blades 2, 3 decreases from the inside to the outside.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show a dual-flow design of a friction pump 1.
  • An inner group of blade rows conveys the gases radially outwardly (arrows 21), an outer group of blade rows from outside to inside (arrows 22).
  • the connecting pieces 9 and 15 are inlet nozzles.
  • the stator 7 is equipped with a connecting piece 23 which has the function of an outlet.
  • By reversing the direction of rotation results in a further configuration (1 intake manifold, 2 outlet), as it can be used for leak detector with countercurrent principle.
  • a plurality of radially conveying pump stages are located axially one above the other in the housing 8.
  • the rotating system comprises two rotor disks 6, each of which carries rotor blades 2 on both sides.
  • the housing 8 and a housing-fixed carrier 25, which is located between the two rotor disks 6, carry corresponding stator blades 3.
  • Dotted arrows 27 show that the connecting piece 9 has the function of an inlet and that the subsequent, radially compressing stages (four in all) convey alternately from inside to outside and from outside to inside.
  • the outlet is designated 26. It lies inside and surrounds the drive shaft 14, so that in this area sealing means are not required.
  • Figure 8 shows one way in which a radially compressing friction pump 1 can be combined with an axially compressing friction pump 31 of the prior art.
  • the friction pump 31 consists of a suction side arranged Turbomolkularpumpencare 32 and a pressure side arranged Molekularpumptreatment 33, the Holweckpumpe (as shown) or may be designed as Gaede-, Siegbahn-, Engtractors- or side channel pump.
  • the friction pumps 1 and 31 are located in a common, approximately cylindrical housing 35 with lateral inlet 36.
  • a mounted on both ends (bearing 37, 38) shaft 39 carries the respective rotating components of the pump stages (rotor disk 6 of the radially compressing pump 1, rotor 41 of the turbomolecular pumping stage 32, cylinder 42 of the Holweckpumpch 33).
  • the lateral inlet 36 of the combined pump opens between the radially compressing pumping stage 1 and the axially compressing pump 31.
  • the outlet 44 of the combined pump is located on the pressure side of the molecular pumping stage 33.
  • the arrows 45 and 46 show that the radially compressing pumping stage 1 sucks the gases to be delivered in the region of their periphery and the axially compressing pump 31 - as usual - in the region of their high vacuum side.
  • the pumped from the pump stage 1 gases pass through a bypass 47 directly to the suction side of Holweckpumpch 33rd
  • the peculiarity of the solution according to FIG. 8 is that the drive motor 48 is located on the high-vacuum side of the axially conveying pump 31 (and not, as usual, on the pressure side of the Holweck pumping stage 33). Characterized in that the radially compressing pumping stage 1 is located between the inlet 36 and the drive motor 48, a relatively high pressure can be maintained in the engine compartment 49 (eg 1 x 10 -2 mbar). The usage high vacuum suitable materials in the engine compartment 49 is not required. In addition, the radially promoting pumping stage 1 supports the delivery rate of the turbomolecular pumping stage 32, without thereby significantly increasing the overall length of the pump 31.
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 show embodiments of combined friction pumps for use in multi-chamber systems, here two-chamber systems. These are e.g. analyzers with multiple chambers that need to be evacuated to different pressures. As a result, the distance of the intake is predetermined, which often leads in the prior art that relatively long, cantilevered rotor systems are required, requiring complex storage systems.
  • All embodiments according to FIGS. 9 to 11 have two lateral inlets 36, 36 '. They are separated from each other by at least one radially compressing pumping stage 1.
  • the inlet 36 "sees” respectively, as in the embodiment according to FIG. 8, the inlet regions of an axially conveying friction pump 31 and a friction pump 1 which conveys radially from the outside to the inside.
  • the outlet of the radially conveying pump 1 opens into the inlet region of a second turbomolecular pump stage 32 ', to which the second inlet 36' is connected.
  • the pump 1 causes the pressure at the inlet 36 to be lower than at the inlet 36 '.
  • On the pressure side of the turbomolecular pump stage 32 ' is the drive motor 48.
  • This pressure side is connected via the bypass 47 with the suction side of the molecular pumping stage 33.
  • a further axially compressing friction pump 1' can be provided to separate the inlets 36, 36 '(FIG. 10). It promotes a partial flow of the gases entering the inlet 36 '.
  • the outlets of the two friction pumps 1 and 1 ' communicate with the bypass 47.

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  1. Pompe à vide turbomoléculaire (1) comprenant un composant fixe (7) portant des rangées d'aubes de stator, ainsi qu'un composant rotatif (6) portant des rangées d'aubes de rotor, les rangées d'aubes de stator et de rotor étant disposées de manière concentrique par rapport à l'axe de rotation (4) du composant rotatif (6) et s'engageant les unes dans les autres ; les composant (6, 7) portant les rangées d'aubes de rotor et de stator s'étendant pour l'essentiel radialement, les axes longitudinaux des aubes (2, 3) s'étendant pour l'essentiel axialement, de sorte que la pompe (1) a une direction pour l'essentiel radiale ; la pompe de refoulement est traversée de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur ; la pompe (1) étant caractérisée en ce que la longueur des aubes diminue de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur.
  2. Pompe selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la largeur des aubes diminue de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur.
  3. Pompe selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que les composants (6, 7) portant les aubes (2, 3) sont conçus en forme de disques.
  4. Pompe selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le composant fixe (7) portant les aubes de stator (3) fait partie d'un carter (8) de la pompe (1).
  5. Pompe selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que plusieurs étages de pompe à refoulement radial sont disposés axialement les uns derrière les autres et les étages de pompe sont traversés en alternance de l'intérieur vers l'extérieur et de l'extérieur vers l'intérieur.
  6. Pompe selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que des composants rotatifs et/ou fixes (6 ou 7) portent des deux côtés des aubes de rotor ou de stator (2 ou 3).
  7. Pompe selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que sa sortie est disposée radialement à l'intérieur et entoure un arbre d'entraînement (14) pour les composants rotatifs (6).
  8. Pompe selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est combinée avec au moins un autre étage de pompe à friction (31, 32, 32', 33).
  9. Pompe selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que l'autre pompe à friction est soit une pompe moléculaire (33), soit une pompe à friction à refoulement axial (31, 32, 32'), dans laquelle les composants portant les rangées d'aubes de rotor et de stator s'étendent pour l'essentiel axialement et les axes longitudinaux des aubes s'étendent pour l'essentiel radialement.
  10. Pompe selon la revendication 8 ou 9, caractérisée en ce que le composant rotatif (6), conjointement avec les composants rotatifs (41, 42) des autres étages de pompe à friction, est disposé sur un arbre (39).
  11. Pompe selon la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle sépare le côté de vide poussé d'une autre pompe à friction (31) du compartiment moteur (49) d'un moteur d'entraînement commun (48).
  12. Pompe selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisée en ce qu'elle présente deux ou plusieurs étages de pompe à vide poussé (32, 32') comprenant chacun une entrée (36, 36') et les entrées sont respectivement séparées les unes des autres par au moins un étage de pompe à refoulement radial (1, 1') selon les revendications 1 à 7.
  13. Pompe selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que deux étages de pompe à vide poussé (32, 32') sont pourvus chacun d'une entrée (36, 36') et l'entrée de l'étage de pompe radial (1) est relié à la première (36) des deux entrées et sa sortie est reliée à la deuxième (36') des deux entrées.
  14. Pompe selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que deux étages de pompe à refoulement radial (1, 1') séparent l'une de l'autre les entrées (36, 36').
  15. Pompe selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que pour les étages de pompe à vide poussé (32, 32') et pour les étages de pompe à refoulement radial (1, 1', 1"), on prévoit un étage de pompe moléculaire secondaire commun (33).
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