EP1886962A1 - Hoist for elevator - Google Patents
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- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
- B66B11/00—Main component parts of lifts in, or associated with, buildings or other structures
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- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66D—CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
- B66D5/00—Braking or detent devices characterised by application to lifting or hoisting gear, e.g. for controlling the lowering of loads
- B66D5/02—Crane, lift hoist, or winch brakes operating on drums, barrels, or ropes
- B66D5/12—Crane, lift hoist, or winch brakes operating on drums, barrels, or ropes with axial effect
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- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
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- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
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- the present invention relates to traction machines for elevators whose machinery is constructed with a housing base and a motor, the motor rotor is driven, and a brake is mounted on the base to brake rotation of the rotor.
- a conventional traction machine used for an elevator is constructed with a first bearing stand and a second bearing stand, each of which has a bearing mounted thereon and is fixed onto a mounting bed; and a rotary shaft is pivotally attached to the first bearing stand and the second bearing stand. Then, a driving sheave disposed between the first bearing stand and the second bearing stand is mounted on the rotary shaft. On one end of the rotary shaft on the first bearing stand side, a rotor is mounted.
- a housing base that is constructed with the first bearing stand and a bowl-shaped frame with a planar bottom section, is provided on the first bearing stand; the base is mounted on the mounting bed. On the frame of the base, stator windings are mounted.
- Field magnets are disposed as opposed to the stator windings and mounted along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; the rotor, the stator windings, and the field magnets compose the motor. Moreover, in an axial direction of the rotor, a brake member is extendedly formed; opposing the brake member a brake is mounted on the base whose brake shoes can be abutted on and released from, by means of an electromagnetic mechanism, both sides of the member in a radial direction. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication 1997-142761 (page 2, page 4, Fig. 2 )
- the conventional traction machine used for an elevator is driven by energizing the motor while the brake is in a state in which the brake shoes are made, by electromagnetic force, apart from the brake member keeping predetermined gaps. Because of this, the stator windings of the motor generate heat by repeating drive, and the base on which the stator windings are mounted is also heated by way of the heat conduction. The heating of the base is initiated by heat generation of the frame on which the stator windings are mounted, and the heat is transferred to the first bearing stand and the mounting bed; thus, it is also radiated from the surface of the first bearing stand and the mounting bed.
- the base exhibits high-temperature distribution near the stator windings; meanwhile, parts of the first bearing stand and the mounting bed exhibit low-temperature distribution. In this way, a temperature gradient develops in the base. As a result, different thermal expansions develop in each of the parts, causing heat distortion of the base.
- the inventor has earnestly carried out further studies, and resultantly reached conclusions as follows: in a case in which a bottom section is formed in a simple shape, such as planar, as with the base described above, heat distortion of the base grows larger; and distortion of the brake shoes of the brake mounted on the base becomes relatively large with respect to the brake member.
- Fig. 9 shows an example of a traction machine used for an elevator, though it differs from that described in Patent Document 1, whose bottom section is formed in a planar shape such as the base described above.
- a housing base 31 has a cylindrical section 31a, a bottom section 31b formed in a planar shape and provided to close over one side of the cylindrical section 31a, and below it, a mounting section 31c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figure.
- a bearing stand 2 is mounted on the mounting section 31c of the base 31, and at the center of the base 31 and the bearing stand 2, a rotor shaft 4 is supported, through a pair of bearings 3, rotatably clockwise or anticlockwise.
- a rotor 5 is fixed onto the rotor shaft 4.
- the rotor 5 has a rotor's cylindrical section 5a as opposed to the cylindrical section 31a, and a rotor's boss portion 5b provided on one side of the rotor's cylindrical section 5a; the rotor's boss portion 5b is fixed onto the rotor shaft 4. And then, the other side of the rotor's cylindrical section 5a is disposed as opposed to the bottom section 31b.
- the rotor 5 has a discoidal brake member 6 that is disposed adjacent to the other side 31d of the cylindrical section 31a, and is formed in radial directions extending beyond the rotor's cylindrical section 5a.
- the cylindrical section 31a, the brake member 6; and a driving sheave 7 are disposed in that order, and the driving sheave 7, adjoining the brake member 6, is fastened onto the rotor 5 by bolts 7a, detachable and reattachable toward the side opposite from the cylindrical section 1a.
- the driving sheave 7, is formed with rope grooves around its outer circumference, and a main rope 8 is wound around it to suspend elevator bodies such as a passenger car and a counterweight of the elevator.
- a motor 9 is constructed of the rotor 5, stator windings 10 provided on the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical section 31a, and field magnets 11 that are disposed correspondingly facing with the stator windings 10, and are provided on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor's cylindrical section 5a.
- the stator windings 10 and the field magnets 11 have predetermined gaps between them.
- brakes 12 are mounted in such a manner that they have two pairs of brake shoes 12a, each pair of which is constructed to be abutted on and released from respective sides of the brake member 6, in the axial directions.
- Each of the brakes 12 is provided inside with an electromagnetic mechanism, to separate each pair of brake shoes 12a from the brake member 6, and a pressing means to press each pair of brake shoes 12a against the same.
- the traction machine Because of electric power supplied to the stator windings 10 of the motor 9, the traction machine generates heat uniformly along entire circumference of the stator windings 10. This generated heat is transferred to the cylindrical section 31a of the base 31, and then to the bottom section 31b and to the mounting section 31c; thus, the base 31 is heated, and the heat is radiated outside from the surface of the base 31.
- the cylindrical section 31a is located closest to the stator windings 10 that are heat generating parts, it exhibits higher temperatures than the bottom section 31b does.
- the mounting section 31c because in the lower location of the base 31, it has the mounting section 31c, heat in the cylindrical section 31a and the bottom section 31b is transferred by way of the mounting section 31c; thus, the heat is also radiated from the mounting section 31c.
- the lower part of the base 31 exhibits lower temperatures than its upper part does by the quantity of heat that is conducted through and radiated from the mounting section 31c.
- a temperature gradient develops in the base 31 as described above; because of the temperature gradient, thermal expansions develop differently in each of the parts, which leads to heat distortion to develop in the base 31.
- the cylindrical section 31a exhibits high temperatures and its thermal expansion is large, which radially expands itself.
- the cylindrical section 31a is thermally distorted such that the other side 31d of the cylindrical section 31a radially expands; accordingly, the bottom section 31b is thermally distorted in a bow shape.
- Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a state of heat distortion of the base 31. As shown in Fig. 10 , apparent bending-moment acts on the bottom section 31b, and the base 31 is distorted aslant in a bow shape. And then, because an upper-most side of the base 31 exhibits higher temperatures, its thermal expansion is large; therefore, the closer to the upper-most side, the larger becomes heat distortion.
- Fig. 11(a) and Fig. 11(b) are diagrams showing a state of brake gaps in cases in which the base 31 is heat-distorted; Fig. 11(a) shows a state before heat distortion, and Fig. 11(b) does that after the heat distortion.
- the brake gaps on both sides are held under equidistant conditions; however, after the heat distortion, the brakes 12 undergo displacement with respect to the brake member 6 in the axial direction and become in an inclining state.
- the brake shoes 12a mounted on each of the brakes 12 also undergo displacements in the axial direction and become in an inclining state. Because of this, the brake gaps are changed; a brake gap on one of the sides decreases. The larger becomes heat distortion of the base 31, the larger does the decreased amount of the brake gap, as well.
- the traction machine for an elevator is driven in its initial state before heat generation with the brake shoes 12a being kept, with predetermined gaps, apart from the brake member 6; however, heat distortion of the base 31 due to generated heat becomes large since then; and distortion of the brake shoes 12a becomes relatively large with respect to the brake member 6. As a result, the decreased amount of the brake gaps becomes also large. Because of this, the brake shoes 12a come into contact with the brake member 6, which, in upward and downward operations, causes problems in that dragging sounds are emitted due to the brake shoes 12a abutting on the brake member 6, or the brake shoes 12a wear down.
- the present invention has been directed at solving these problems, and an object of the invention is to provide a traction machine for elevators in that, despite motor's heat generation, heat distortion of a housing base becomes small.
- a traction machine for elevators comprises: a base having a tubularly formed cylindrical section, and a bottom section provided closing over one side of the cylindrical section; stator windings for a motor, the windings provided on the cylindrical section; a rotor for the motor, the rotor supported rotatably in the axial center of the base; a brake member disposed on the rotor; and a brake disposed on the base that correspondingly operates to brake on the brake member; the traction machine is characterized in that at least one part of the bottom section is formed into a curved surface, wherein the bottom section is formed with the curved surface protruding toward the rotor's mounted side.
- At least one part of the base's bottom section is formed into a curved surface, wherein the bottom section is formed with the curved surface protruding toward the rotor's mounted side.
- “1” is a base; “1a,” cylindrical section; “1b,” bottom section; “1d,” spherical section; “1f,” boundary portion; “5,” rotor; “6,” brake member; “7,” driving sheave; “7a,” bolts; “8,” main rope; “9,” motor; “10,” stator windings; “11,” field magnets; “12,” brakes; “12a,” brake shoes; “14,” passenger car; “15,” counterweight; "31,” base; “31a,” cylindrical section; “31b,” bottom section; “50,” base; “50a,” cylindrical section; “50b,” bottom section; “50d,” spherical section; “50e,” [text missing] "50f,” boundary portion; “50g,” spindle; "52,” rotor; “53,” brake member; “54,” driving sheave; and “55,” bolts.
- Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are diagrams showing a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional diagram
- Fig. 2 is a diagram viewed in the direction of the arrow "II" in Fig. 1 .
- the traction machine has a base 1, where the base 1 has a cylindrical section 1a having a tubular form, a bottom section 1b placed to close over one side of the cylindrical section 1a, and below it, a mounting section 1c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figures.
- the bottom section 1b is formed into a partially spherical section 1d, and the spherical section 1d is formed to protrude on one side in a direction toward a rotor 5.
- a boundary portion 1f between the cylindrical section 1a and the bottom section 1b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and one edge of the spherical section 1d of the bottom section 1b are continuously joined together.
- a bottom boss-portion 1e is provided to fix a bearing 3; and the spherical section 1d is formed between the parts starting from one edge of the arc shape of the boundary portion 1f and the bottom boss-portion 1e.
- the part that has the spherical section 1d is formed to have a uniform thickness.
- the spherical section 1d has its center C positioned on the axial center line outside the base 1, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of the base 1.
- the radius of the spherical section 1d is determined such that the vertex of the spherical section 1d is positioned at the dimension S from the outer edge of the base 1. Therefore, the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes smaller whenever the dimension S becomes larger, and the radius becomes larger whenever the dimension S becomes smaller.
- Brakes 12 each are mounted on the base 1 in the circumferential directions; they are mounted at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center of the base 1, and above the horizontal center. And then, similarly to the traction machine for an elevator in Fig. 9 , by supplying electric power to stator windings 10 of a motor 9, the elevator bodies are operated upward and downward.
- the stator windings 10 Because of electric power supplied to the stator windings 10, the stator windings 10 generate heat. This generated heat is transferred to the cylindrical section 1a, the bottom section 1b and then to the mounting section 1c; thus, the base 1 is heated, and the heat is radiated outside from the surface of the base 1.
- the heating of the base 1 exhibits high temperatures at the cylindrical section 1a near the stator windings 10; meanwhile, the bottom section 1b and the mounting section 1c exhibit lower temperatures than the cylindrical section 1a. In this way, a temperature gradient develops at each of the parts in the base 1; because of thermal expansions that differently develop at each of the parts due to the temperature gradient, heat distortion develops in the base 1.
- the bottom section 1b is formed with the partially spherical section 1d; and when the spherical section 1d is formed to protrude in the direction toward the other side 1d of the cylindrical section 1a, high membrane stiffness of the bottom section 1b is assured, so that heat distortion of the base 1 becomes small.
- the heat distortion of the base 1 becomes small, displacement of the brakes 12 mounted on the base 1 with respect to a brake member 6 also becomes small; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes small.
- a relationship between the radius of the spherical section 1d and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to the heat distortion will be described by using Fig. 3 .
- Fig. 3 As shown in Fig. 3 , whenever the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes smaller, its membrane stiffness becomes higher, so that heat distortion becomes smaller; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes smaller.
- the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes larger, namely when it asymptotically becomes in a planar shape, its membrane stiffness becomes lower, so that the heat distortion becomes larger; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes larger.
- the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes the largest.
- the bottom section 1b is formed with the partially spherical section 1d; and when the spherical section 1d is formed to protrude in the direction toward the other side 1d of the cylindrical section 1a, the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to the heat distortion becomes small.
- the bottom section 1b formed into a circular conic shape is formed into the spherical section 1d; however, it may be possible to form into a circular conic shape, so as to protrude in the direction toward the other side 1d of the cylindrical section 1a.
- the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes smaller when the spherical section 1d is formed than when the circular conic shape be.
- the table in Fig. 12 shows comparative cases in which the bottom section 1b is formed into either a circular conic or spherical shape, which represents an example of an analytical result of the decreased amount of brake gaps when one of the brakes 12 is mounted at the top of the base 1 at an angle of 90° with respect to the horizontal center, and heat distortion develops in part, excluding the mounting section 1c, in the cylindrical section 1a and the bottom section 1b of the base 1.
- D is the outside diameter of the cylindrical section; "L,” the width of the cylindrical section; “S,” a distance between the vertex of the spherical shape and the outer edge of the base 1, or the one between the vertex of the circular conic shape and the outer edge of the base 1; “H,” the height of brake shoes 12a; “t,” the board thickness of the bottom section 1b; “ ⁇ T,” a temperature rise at the cylindrical section 1a caused by generated heat in the stator windings 9; and “ ⁇ -ratio,” a ratio of the decreased amount of brake gaps in a case of the cylindrical shape compared to the decreased amount of brake gaps in a case of the circular conic shape that is set as 1.
- material for the base 1 is cast iron usually applied to traction machines; and the analysis has been carried out by analysis software "ANSYS.”
- ANSYS analysis software
- the decreased amount of brake gaps can be made some 40% smaller than that of the circular conic shape, and thus more effective.
- a traction machine for an elevator in the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a base 1 having a tubularly formed cylindrical section 1a, and a bottom section 1b provided to close over one side of the cylindrical section 1a; stator windings 10 for a motor 11, the windings provided on the cylindrical section 1a; a rotor 5 for the motor 11, the rotor supported rotatably in the axial center of the base 1; and brakes 12 disposed on the base 1 for braking the rotor 5. Then, at least one part of the bottom section 1b is formed into a partially spherical section 1d, and the spherical section 1d is formed to protrude on one side in the direction toward the rotor 5.
- a brake gap is set to its initial state (hereinafter referred to as a "preset brake gap"). Because in the traction machine for an elevator in the embodiment of the present invention, the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion is small, the preset brake gap can also be set small; when braking, impact by the brake shoes 12a colliding with the brake member 6 becomes small, so that noise becomes small. And then, when releasing the braking, an electromagnetic force to separate the brake shoes 12a from the brake member 6 becomes small, so that the capacity of the brakes 12 can also be made smaller.
- membrane stiffness of the bottom section 1b becomes high, and an overall membrane stiffness of the traction machine becomes also high, so that it is possible to achieve not only the decreased amount of heat distortion, but also smaller distortion against loads of a passenger car and a counterweight that the traction machine suspends.
- the bottom section 1b is formed into the spherical section 1d; however, it may not be necessarily formed into the spherical section 1d.
- at least one part of the bottom section 1b may be formed into a curved surface continuously composed of surfaces having different radii of curvature; that is, instead of a circular conic shape, it may be formed with a curved surface. Even in such a configuration, heat distortion can become small, and the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small.
- the spherical section 1d has its center positioned on the axial center line outside the base 1, this is not necessarily the case.
- the center may be positioned off the axial center line of the base 1.
- the spherical section 1d of the base 1 is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of the base 1, this is not necessarily the case of being objectively formed. Even if a spherical surface or a curved surface is formed only on the upper side of the base 1 having large heat distortion, the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small.
- the spherical surface or the curved surface objectively with respect to the axial center line of the base 1, and by forming the spherical surface or the curved surface also in the respective under-side of the base 1, heat distortion can become smaller, so that the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small.
- the spherical section 1d of the bottom section 1b has its center positioned on the axial center of the base 1, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center, when the base 1 is manufactured by casting, it is possible to obtain an elevator traction machine in that it is easy to manufacture its cast mold.
- boundary portion 1f between the cylindrical section 1a and the bottom section 1b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and that of the spherical section of the bottom section 1b are continuously joined together, there exists no planar part, so that membrane stiffness will be further enhanced; smaller heat distortion can be achieved.
- the thickness of the spherical section 1d in the bottom section 1b is configured to be uniform, the thickness of the spherical section 1d is not necessarily uniform. However, in a shape in which this thickness largely varies, a temperature gradient develops in the thickness directions; that leads to heat distortion. Because of this, in the embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of the spherical section 1d of the bottom section 1b is formed to be uniform, so that heat distortion can become smaller; it is possible to obtain a lightweight and highly-stiff traction machine for an elevator.
- an elevator operates, by way of a main rope 8 wound around a driving sheave 7, by driving the driving sheave 7, its elevator bodies such as a passenger car and a counterweight suspended by the main rope 8 on its both ends, to move upward and downward.
- the driving sheave 7 is driven under the conditions that loads of the elevator bodies are acting on each other by way of the main rope 8.
- loads acting on the driving sheave 7 by way of the main rope 8 when upward and downward operations continue for a long years, because of wear down of the driving sheave 7, or damage to the driving sheave 7 caused by biting-in of foreign material between the driving sheave 7 and the main rope 8, or the like, it sometimes becomes necessary to replace the driving sheave 7 of the traction machine with a new one.
- the driving sheave 7 is detachably and reattachably fastened onto the rotor 5, even in cases of unforeseen events described above, without replacing the driving sheave 7 with a new one by exchanging the traction machine, it is possible to replace the driving sheave 7 from the existing traction machine.
- a brake member 6 is disposed adjacent to the other side 1d of the cylindrical section 1a, and is discoidally formed radially extending beyond the outer circumference of the rotor 5; the brakes 12 corresponding to the discoidal brake member 6 are mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the base 1; and the driving sheave 7 is disposed adjacent to the brake member 6 in the order going from the cylindrical section 1a to the brake member, and is detachably and reattachably fastened onto the rotor 5 toward the side opposite from the cylindrical section 1a. Therefore, its axial width can be shortened, and it is possible to obtain a lightweight traction machine for an elevator.
- the driving sheave 7 can be replaced without removing the brakes 12; as a result, person-hours for replacing the driving sheave 7 can be shortened.
- Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c), Fig. 4(d) , Fig. 5 , and Fig. 6 are diagrams for describing another embodiment of the present invention.
- the bottom section 1b is formed into the partially spherical section 1d, so that the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion is made small.
- the brakes 12 each are mounted on the upper side of the base 1 at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center of the base 1, in its circumferential directions.
- brake gaps in their initial state before the base 1 is to be heated are set in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion; thus, it is desirable for the preset brake gaps to be set as small as possible.
- brakes 12 in comparison with the traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 1, brakes 12 each are disposed at arbitrary locations in the circumferential directions; and then, setting methods of the preset brake gaps are described, based on relationships among the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, circumferential mounting locations of the brakes 12, and the radius of the spherical section 1d.
- Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c) and Fig. 4(d) are diagrams each showing the circumferential mounting locations of the brakes 12, in which the brakes 12 are shown being mounted on the upper side at various angles with respect to the horizontal center of the base 1.
- Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between circumferential mounting locations of one of the brakes 12 and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion. As described before, the closer to the upper-most side of the base 1, the larger exhibited is the amount of heat distortion. For this reason, when an angle of the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12 becomes large as shown in Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c) and Fig.
- the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion becomes also large as shown in Fig. 5 .
- the decreased amount of the brake gap becomes larger whenever the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes larger, namely whenever it asymptotically comes into a planar shape.
- the decreased amount of the brake gap owing to heat distortion varies depending on the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12. For this reason, it is necessary to determine how to set a preset amount of the preset brake gaps based on the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12. It is thus necessary to determine preset brake gaps, while keeping the minimum necessary amount of the brake gap under heat distortion in the base 1, to be strokes of the brake shoes 12a, taking into consideration the capacity of the brakes 12 and noise from the brake shoes 12a caused when they are pressed.
- the preset brake gaps are set at a desired value so that the capacity of the brakes 12 and noise from the brake shoes 12a are minimized as small as possible.
- Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between circumferential mounting locations of one of the brakes 12 and the amount of preset brake gaps, at various radii of the spherical bottom section 1d.
- the preset brake gap is set smaller. That is, because the preset brake gap is set in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps, the smaller becomes the decreased amount of the brake gaps, the smaller can be set the preset brake gap.
- the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12 is set at an angle of 30°, and when the preset brake gaps are desired to be set at "A," the base 1 should be formed so that the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes 'a.' The smaller becomes the radius of the spherical section 1d, the smaller does the decreased amount of brake gaps; however, when the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes too small, the recessed amount of the bottom section 1b, namely the dimension S in Fig.
- the width of the traction machine in an axial direction also becomes large.
- a dimensional limitation is imposed on the vertex of the spherical section 1d (the dimension S in Fig. 1 ); for example, the base 1 should be formed so that the radius of the spherical section 1d becomes 'b.'
- the preset brake gap is desired to be set at "B”
- the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12 should be set at an angle of 45°.
- the preset brake gap is set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12.
- the preset brake gap is set based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of the brakes 12.
- the brake shoes 12a are mounted in both sides of the brake member 6 as opposed thereto in the embodiment of the present invention, there exists some cases in which a brake gap on one of the sides decreases, but one on the other side increases by the amount that the former has been decreased.
- the embodiment of the present invention includes, brakes 12 mounted along the circumference of a base 1, and brake shoes 12a, while maintaining brake gaps with respect to the brake member 6, for abutting thereon and releasing therefrom; wherein the base 1 is heat-distorted under heat generated in stator windings 10 due to current being passed through them, and based on this varying amount of the brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the spherical surface 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of the brakes 12, preset brake gaps are set. Therefore, degrees of freedom in locating the brakes 12 are increased, and in their arbitrary locations, preset brake gaps are set in expectation of the amount of change of the brake gaps.
- Fig. 7(a) and Fig. 7(b) are diagrams showing another embodiment of the present invention.
- a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 2 is applied to an elevator; depending on locations of brakes 12, a variety of applications are shown.
- the traction machine is fixed on a mounting pedestal 13a mounted either on the top of a hoistway or in a machine room.
- the main rope 8 wound around the driving sheave 7 suspends on one end thereof a passenger car 14 as an elevator body, and on the other end a counterweight 15 as the same elevator body.
- a deflector sheave 16 is mounted on the mounting pedestal 13a at a predetermined distant location spaced from the driving sheave 7.
- the main rope 8 is paid out at an angle from the driving sheave 7, is wound around the deflector sheave 16, and suspends the counterweight 15; then, the passenger car 14 and the counterweight 15 are disposed maintaining a predetermined spacing from each other.
- the driving sheave 7 starts rotating, so that the passenger car 14 and the counterweight 15 are raised and lowered each other in a jig-back way.
- the brakes 12 each of the traction machine are mounted at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center.
- a preset brake gap is set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of the brakes 12 each (namely, the mounting locations at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center).
- the traction machine is fixed on the mounting pedestal 13b located on the lower part of the hoistway.
- the main rope 8 wound around the driving sheave 7 is paid out perpendicularly upward; one end thereof is wound around a first turnaround pulley 17a disposed on the top of the hoistway to suspend the passenger car 14, and the other end is wound around a second turnaround pulley 17b disposed on the top of the hoistway so as to suspend the counterweight 15.
- the driving sheave 7 starts rotating, so that the passenger car 14 and the counterweight 15 are raised and lowered each other in a jig-back way.
- the brakes 12 each of the traction machine are mounted at an angle of approximately 0° with respect to the horizontal center.
- the preset brake gaps are set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of the brakes 12 each (namely, the mounting locations at an angle of approximately 0° with respect to the horizontal center).
- Fig. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.
- a construction of a rotor shaft is modified in comparison with Embodiment 1.
- a housing base 50 has a cylindrical section 50a, a bottom section 50b provided to close over one side of the cylindrical section 50a, and below it, a mounting section 50c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figure.
- the bottom section 50b is formed into a partially spherical section 50d; and this spherical section 50d is formed to protrude in the direction toward the other side 50e of the cylindrical section 50a. And then, the part of the spherical section 50d is formed to have a uniform thickness.
- the spherical section 50d has its center positioned on the axial center line outside the base 50, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of the base 50.
- a boundary portion 50f between the cylindrical section 50a and the bottom section 50b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and one edge of the spherical section 50d are formed to continuously join with each other.
- a spindle 50g is installed upright.
- a rotor 52 is rotatably supported through bearings 51.
- the rotor 52 has a rotor's cylindrical section 52a opposing the cylindrical section 50a, and a rotor's boss section 5b provided on one side of the rotor's cylindrical section 52a; the rotor's boss section 5b is fixed on the bearings 51. And then, the other side of the rotor's cylindrical section 52a is opposing the bottom section 50b.
- the rotor 52 has a discoidal brake member 53 that is disposed adjacent to the other side 50d of the cylindrical section 50a, and is formed radially extending beyond the rotor's cylindrical section 52a.
- a driving sheave 54 is disposed adjacent to the brake member 53 in the order going from the cylindrical section 50a to the brake member 53, and is fastened onto the rotor 52 by bolts 55, detachable and reattachable toward the side opposite from the cylindrical section 50a.
- the same reference numerals and symbols designate the same or corresponding items in Embodiment 1.
- a traction machine for an elevator is constructed as described above, similar effects in Embodiment 1 can be obtained; in addition, because the spindle 50g is installed upright in the bottom section 50b, a component count is reduced. It is therefore possible to obtain a more economical traction machine for the elevator.
- a bearing stand 56 is provided, because a spindle 56d is supported by the base 50 and the bearing stand 56, even when the driving sheave is under heavy loads, it is possible to obtain a strong traction machine for an elevator.
- the bearing stand 56 is not provided, it is possible to obtain such an elevator traction machine that is slim in the axial extent and lightweight, in which, because there is no bearing stand 56, replacing the driving sheave 54 is also easy.
- stator windings 10 are provided on the inner circumferential surface of a cylindrical section 1a. They are not limited to this, but it may be possible to consider a construction as follows: the stator windings 10 are provided on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical section 1a; a rotor's cylindrical section 5a is formed radially extending so as to correspondingly face the stator windings 10; field magnets 11 are mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the rotor's cylindrical section 5a, to construct a motor 11; and a brake-member surface is provided along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor's cylindrical section 5a, and corresponding to the brake-member surface, the brakes 12 are mounted on the base 1, so that the stator windings 10 as a heat generating source can be actually mounted on the base 1.
- the brakes 12 are mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the base 1. They are not limited to this, but it may be possible to consider a construction in such a manner that, a brake-member surface is provided on the inner circumferential surface of a rotor's cylindrical section 5a, and corresponding to this, brakes 12 are mounted on the bottom section 1b (the base 1) within a space formed between the bottom section 1b and the rotor 5, so that the brakes 12 can be actually mounted on the base 1.
- the brake member 6 is formed into one part together with the rotor 5, it can be however separately formed and fixed onto the rotor 5 by bolts. It is also possible to provide on the bottom section 1b an inspection hole as opposed to the gaps between the stator windings 10 and the field magnets 11. In this case, it is possible from outside to inspect accumulation of dust in the gaps between the stator windings 10 and the field magnets 11.
- Embodiment 2 setting methods of preset brake gaps of a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 1 has been described; however, the methods can be similarly applied to a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 4.
- Embodiment 3 a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 2 is applied to an elevator; however, a traction machine for an elevator in Embodiment 4 can also be used.
- the spindle 50g is formed into one part together with the bottom section 50b; however, it is possible to fix them separately.
- a traction machine for elevators in the present invention is suitable in use for a driving apparatus in which a main rope 8 is wound around to suspend elevator bodies, and by driving the main rope 8, the respective elevator bodies are raised and lowered.
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Description
- The present invention relates to traction machines for elevators whose machinery is constructed with a housing base and a motor, the motor rotor is driven, and a brake is mounted on the base to brake rotation of the rotor.
- A conventional traction machine used for an elevator is constructed with a first bearing stand and a second bearing stand, each of which has a bearing mounted thereon and is fixed onto a mounting bed; and a rotary shaft is pivotally attached to the first bearing stand and the second bearing stand. Then, a driving sheave disposed between the first bearing stand and the second bearing stand is mounted on the rotary shaft. On one end of the rotary shaft on the first bearing stand side, a rotor is mounted. A housing base that is constructed with the first bearing stand and a bowl-shaped frame with a planar bottom section, is provided on the first bearing stand; the base is mounted on the mounting bed. On the frame of the base, stator windings are mounted. Field magnets are disposed as opposed to the stator windings and mounted along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; the rotor, the stator windings, and the field magnets compose the motor. Moreover, in an axial direction of the rotor, a brake member is extendedly formed; opposing the brake member a brake is mounted on the base whose brake shoes can be abutted on and released from, by means of an electromagnetic mechanism, both sides of the member in a radial direction. (For example, refer to
Patent Document 1.) - [Patent Document 1]
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication 1997-142761 page 2,page 4,Fig. 2 ) - The conventional traction machine used for an elevator is driven by energizing the motor while the brake is in a state in which the brake shoes are made, by electromagnetic force, apart from the brake member keeping predetermined gaps. Because of this, the stator windings of the motor generate heat by repeating drive, and the base on which the stator windings are mounted is also heated by way of the heat conduction. The heating of the base is initiated by heat generation of the frame on which the stator windings are mounted, and the heat is transferred to the first bearing stand and the mounting bed; thus, it is also radiated from the surface of the first bearing stand and the mounting bed. For this reason, the base exhibits high-temperature distribution near the stator windings; meanwhile, parts of the first bearing stand and the mounting bed exhibit low-temperature distribution. In this way, a temperature gradient develops in the base. As a result, different thermal expansions develop in each of the parts, causing heat distortion of the base. The inventor has earnestly carried out further studies, and resultantly reached conclusions as follows: in a case in which a bottom section is formed in a simple shape, such as planar, as with the base described above, heat distortion of the base grows larger; and distortion of the brake shoes of the brake mounted on the base becomes relatively large with respect to the brake member.
- Next, the reasons why the inventor has reached the conclusions described above will be explained.
Fig. 9 shows an example of a traction machine used for an elevator, though it differs from that described inPatent Document 1, whose bottom section is formed in a planar shape such as the base described above. InFig. 9 , ahousing base 31 has acylindrical section 31a, abottom section 31b formed in a planar shape and provided to close over one side of thecylindrical section 31a, and below it, amounting section 31c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figure. - A
bearing stand 2 is mounted on themounting section 31c of thebase 31, and at the center of thebase 31 and thebearing stand 2, arotor shaft 4 is supported, through a pair ofbearings 3, rotatably clockwise or anticlockwise. Arotor 5 is fixed onto therotor shaft 4. Therotor 5 has a rotor'scylindrical section 5a as opposed to thecylindrical section 31a, and a rotor's boss portion 5b provided on one side of the rotor'scylindrical section 5a; the rotor's boss portion 5b is fixed onto therotor shaft 4. And then, the other side of the rotor'scylindrical section 5a is disposed as opposed to thebottom section 31b. Therotor 5 has adiscoidal brake member 6 that is disposed adjacent to the other side 31d of thecylindrical section 31a, and is formed in radial directions extending beyond the rotor'scylindrical section 5a. Thecylindrical section 31a, thebrake member 6; and a drivingsheave 7 are disposed in that order, and the drivingsheave 7, adjoining thebrake member 6, is fastened onto therotor 5 bybolts 7a, detachable and reattachable toward the side opposite from thecylindrical section 1a. The drivingsheave 7, is formed with rope grooves around its outer circumference, and amain rope 8 is wound around it to suspend elevator bodies such as a passenger car and a counterweight of the elevator. - A
motor 9 is constructed of therotor 5,stator windings 10 provided on the inner circumferential surface of thecylindrical section 31a, andfield magnets 11 that are disposed correspondingly facing with thestator windings 10, and are provided on the outer circumferential surface of the rotor'scylindrical section 5a. Thestator windings 10 and thefield magnets 11 have predetermined gaps between them. On the outer circumferential surface of thebase 31,brakes 12 are mounted in such a manner that they have two pairs ofbrake shoes 12a, each pair of which is constructed to be abutted on and released from respective sides of thebrake member 6, in the axial directions. Each of thebrakes 12 is provided inside with an electromagnetic mechanism, to separate each pair ofbrake shoes 12a from thebrake member 6, and a pressing means to press each pair ofbrake shoes 12a against the same. - When an elevator is stopped, in the traction machine as constructed above, electric power supply to the
stator windings 10 of themotor 9 is switched off, and simultaneously power to the electromagnetic mechanism of thebrakes 12 is switched off; thus, thebrake shoes 12a are pressed against thebrake member 6 by the pressing means. Therotor 5, that is to say, the drivingsheave 7 is braked. When the elevator starts operating, electric power is supplied to thestator windings 9, and simultaneously power is supplied to the electromagnetic mechanism of thebrakes 12; therefore, thebrake shoes 12a are separated from thebrake member 6, against the pressure by the electromagnetic mechanism, in both axial directions of thebrake member 6 so that gaps on both sides are held under equidistant conditions. Thereby, the pressure, by thebrake shoes 12a, against thebrake member 6 disappears; therotor 5, that is to say, the drivingsheave 7 is released from being braked, and simultaneously the driving sheave is driven. And then, by way of themain rope 8 wound around the drivingsheave 7, the elevator bodies such as a passenger car and a counterweight of the elevator suspended by themain rope 8 not shown in the figure, are operated upward and downward. - Because of electric power supplied to the
stator windings 10 of themotor 9, the traction machine generates heat uniformly along entire circumference of thestator windings 10. This generated heat is transferred to thecylindrical section 31a of thebase 31, and then to thebottom section 31b and to themounting section 31c; thus, thebase 31 is heated, and the heat is radiated outside from the surface of thebase 31. - In the next place, a temperature distribution in the
base 31 in this state will be described. Because thecylindrical section 31a is located closest to thestator windings 10 that are heat generating parts, it exhibits higher temperatures than thebottom section 31b does. In addition, because in the lower location of thebase 31, it has themounting section 31c, heat in thecylindrical section 31a and thebottom section 31b is transferred by way of themounting section 31c; thus, the heat is also radiated from themounting section 31c. For this reason, the lower part of thebase 31 exhibits lower temperatures than its upper part does by the quantity of heat that is conducted through and radiated from themounting section 31c. In this way, a temperature gradient develops in thebase 31 as described above; because of the temperature gradient, thermal expansions develop differently in each of the parts, which leads to heat distortion to develop in thebase 31. Thecylindrical section 31a exhibits high temperatures and its thermal expansion is large, which radially expands itself. However, because, on one side of thecylindrical section 31a thebottom section 31b is provided, and the amount of thermal expansion of thebottom section 31b is smaller than that of thecylindrical section 31a, thecylindrical section 31a is thermally distorted such that the other side 31d of thecylindrical section 31a radially expands; accordingly, thebottom section 31b is thermally distorted in a bow shape. - Here, this is equivalent to that force shown by the arrow "F" in
Fig. 9 acts apparently on the other side 31d of thecylindrical section 31a in a radial direction. Therefore, it comes to that apparent bending-moment acts on thebottom section 31b.Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a state of heat distortion of thebase 31. As shown inFig. 10 , apparent bending-moment acts on thebottom section 31b, and thebase 31 is distorted aslant in a bow shape. And then, because an upper-most side of thebase 31 exhibits higher temperatures, its thermal expansion is large; therefore, the closer to the upper-most side, the larger becomes heat distortion. - In this way, apparent bending-moment acts on the
bottom section 31b; because, in a case of the traction machine shown inFig. 9 , thebottom section 31b is formed in a planar shape, the second moment of cross-sectional area, against bending, namely, membrane stiffness is small, so that distortion becomes large. In addition, because the upper-most side of thebase 31 exhibits higher temperatures, its degree of distortion becomes large. Note that, the state of distortion shown inFig. 10 is exaggerated for the purpose of providing an easy-to-understand explanation so that a degree of distortion is shown large differing from a real case. - By the way, when the elevator is in upward and downward operations, the
brakes 12 have to hold the gaps separating thebrake shoes 12a and thebrake member 6 apart from each other (hereinafter referred to as a "brake gap"). However, if thebase 31 is heat-distorted aslant in a bow shape due to the heat generation, thebrakes 12 mounted on thebase 31 undergo displacement with respect to thebrake member 6 in an axial direction and become in an inclining state.Fig. 11(a) and Fig. 11(b) are diagrams showing a state of brake gaps in cases in which thebase 31 is heat-distorted;Fig. 11(a) shows a state before heat distortion, andFig. 11(b) does that after the heat distortion. Before the heat distortion, the brake gaps on both sides are held under equidistant conditions; however, after the heat distortion, thebrakes 12 undergo displacement with respect to thebrake member 6 in the axial direction and become in an inclining state. Thus, thebrake shoes 12a mounted on each of thebrakes 12 also undergo displacements in the axial direction and become in an inclining state. Because of this, the brake gaps are changed; a brake gap on one of the sides decreases. The larger becomes heat distortion of thebase 31, the larger does the decreased amount of the brake gap, as well. - On the other hand, when the
brakes 12 are mounted in lower locations of thebase 31 in which heat distortion is small, the decreased amount of the brake gap becomes small. However, it becomes practically impossible to mount thebrakes 12 in the lower locations of thebase 31 because their maintenance inspection is difficult when thebrakes 12 exist in the lower locations, and mounting spaces for thebrakes 12 are limited because themounting section 31c is formed in the lower locations of thebase 31. - As described above, the traction machine for an elevator is driven in its initial state before heat generation with the
brake shoes 12a being kept, with predetermined gaps, apart from thebrake member 6; however, heat distortion of thebase 31 due to generated heat becomes large since then; and distortion of thebrake shoes 12a becomes relatively large with respect to thebrake member 6. As a result, the decreased amount of the brake gaps becomes also large. Because of this, thebrake shoes 12a come into contact with thebrake member 6, which, in upward and downward operations, causes problems in that dragging sounds are emitted due to thebrake shoes 12a abutting on thebrake member 6, or thebrake shoes 12a wear down. Nevertheless, in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps, when the brake gaps are set to be large in their initial state before heat generation, strokes of thebrake shoes 12a also become large. In this case, when braking, an impact by thebrake shoes 12a colliding with thebrake member 6 becomes large, so that noise becomes large. And then, when releasing the braking, problems occur in that an electromagnetic force to separate thebrake shoes 12a from thebrake member 6 becomes large, so that the capacity of thebrakes 12 tends to be also large. - The present invention has been directed at solving these problems, and an object of the invention is to provide a traction machine for elevators in that, despite motor's heat generation, heat distortion of a housing base becomes small.
- In one aspect of this invention, a traction machine for elevators comprises: a base having a tubularly formed cylindrical section, and a bottom section provided closing over one side of the cylindrical section; stator windings for a motor, the windings provided on the cylindrical section; a rotor for the motor, the rotor supported rotatably in the axial center of the base; a brake member disposed on the rotor; and a brake disposed on the base that correspondingly operates to brake on the brake member; the traction machine is characterized in that at least one part of the bottom section is formed into a curved surface, wherein the bottom section is formed with the curved surface protruding toward the rotor's mounted side.
- According to the present invention, at least one part of the base's bottom section is formed into a curved surface, wherein the bottom section is formed with the curved surface protruding toward the rotor's mounted side. Thus, high membrane stiffness of the base can be assured. For this reason, despite the motor's heat generation, heat distortion of the base becomes small.
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Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional diagram showing a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 1 of the present invention; -
Fig. 2 is a front diagram viewed in the direction of the arrow "II" inFig. 1 ; -
Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship between the radius of a bottom section and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion; -
Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c) and Fig. 4(d) are diagrams each showing the circumferential mounting location of brakes of a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 2 of the present invention; -
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between the circumferential brake-mounting locations and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion; -
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing preset brake gaps with respect to radii of a spherical bottom section and brake-mounting locations; -
Fig. 7(a) and Fig. 7(b) are diagrams each showing an application example of a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 2 of the present invention; -
Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional diagram showing a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 4 of the present invention; -
Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional diagram showing a traction machine for an elevator in which a base's bottom section is in a planar shape; -
Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a state of heat distortion of the base inFig. 9 ; -
Fig. 11(a) and Fig. 11(b) are diagrams showing a state of brake gaps in cases in which the base inFig. 9 is heat-distorted; and -
Fig. 12 is a table showing comparative cases in which thebottom section 1b is formed into either a circular conic or spherical shape. - "1" is a base; "1a," cylindrical section; "1b," bottom section; "1d," spherical section; "1f," boundary portion; "5," rotor; "6," brake member; "7," driving sheave; "7a," bolts; "8," main rope; "9," motor; "10," stator windings; "11," field magnets; "12," brakes; "12a," brake shoes; "14," passenger car; "15," counterweight; "31," base; "31a," cylindrical section; "31b," bottom section; "50," base; "50a," cylindrical section; "50b," bottom section; "50d," spherical section; "50e," [text missing] "50f," boundary portion; "50g," spindle; "52," rotor; "53," brake member; "54," driving sheave; and "55," bolts.
- Hereafter, preferable embodiments of the present invention will be explained by referring to drawings.
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Fig. 1 andFig. 2 are diagrams showing a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 1 of the present invention;Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional diagram, andFig. 2 is a diagram viewed in the direction of the arrow "II" inFig. 1 . In the figures, the same reference numerals and symbols designate the same or corresponding items inFig 9 . The traction machine has abase 1, where thebase 1 has acylindrical section 1a having a tubular form, abottom section 1b placed to close over one side of thecylindrical section 1a, and below it, a mountingsection 1c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figures. Thebottom section 1b is formed into a partiallyspherical section 1d, and thespherical section 1d is formed to protrude on one side in a direction toward arotor 5. Aboundary portion 1f between thecylindrical section 1a and thebottom section 1b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and one edge of thespherical section 1d of thebottom section 1b are continuously joined together. In the central part of thebottom section 1b, a bottom boss-portion 1e is provided to fix abearing 3; and thespherical section 1d is formed between the parts starting from one edge of the arc shape of theboundary portion 1f and the bottom boss-portion 1e. And then, in thebottom section 1b, the part that has thespherical section 1d is formed to have a uniform thickness. Thespherical section 1d has its center C positioned on the axial center line outside thebase 1, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of thebase 1. The radius of thespherical section 1d is determined such that the vertex of thespherical section 1d is positioned at the dimension S from the outer edge of thebase 1. Therefore, the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes smaller whenever the dimension S becomes larger, and the radius becomes larger whenever the dimension S becomes smaller.Brakes 12 each are mounted on thebase 1 in the circumferential directions; they are mounted at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center of thebase 1, and above the horizontal center. And then, similarly to the traction machine for an elevator inFig. 9 , by supplying electric power tostator windings 10 of amotor 9, the elevator bodies are operated upward and downward. - Because of electric power supplied to the
stator windings 10, thestator windings 10 generate heat. This generated heat is transferred to thecylindrical section 1a, thebottom section 1b and then to the mountingsection 1c; thus, thebase 1 is heated, and the heat is radiated outside from the surface of thebase 1. The heating of thebase 1 exhibits high temperatures at thecylindrical section 1a near thestator windings 10; meanwhile, thebottom section 1b and the mountingsection 1c exhibit lower temperatures than thecylindrical section 1a. In this way, a temperature gradient develops at each of the parts in thebase 1; because of thermal expansions that differently develop at each of the parts due to the temperature gradient, heat distortion develops in thebase 1. However, in the traction machine for an elevator in the embodiment of the present invention, thebottom section 1b is formed with the partiallyspherical section 1d; and when thespherical section 1d is formed to protrude in the direction toward theother side 1d of thecylindrical section 1a, high membrane stiffness of thebottom section 1b is assured, so that heat distortion of thebase 1 becomes small. When the heat distortion of thebase 1 becomes small, displacement of thebrakes 12 mounted on thebase 1 with respect to abrake member 6 also becomes small; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes small. - Next, a relationship between the radius of the
spherical section 1d and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to the heat distortion will be described by usingFig. 3 . As shown inFig. 3 , whenever the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes smaller, its membrane stiffness becomes higher, so that heat distortion becomes smaller; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes smaller. On the contrary, whenever the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes larger, namely when it asymptotically becomes in a planar shape, its membrane stiffness becomes lower, so that the heat distortion becomes larger; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes larger. When a bottom section comes into a planar shape, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes the largest. In this way, thebottom section 1b is formed with the partiallyspherical section 1d; and when thespherical section 1d is formed to protrude in the direction toward theother side 1d of thecylindrical section 1a, the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to the heat distortion becomes small. Thus, the smaller the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes, the smaller does the decreased amount. - The smaller becomes the radius of the
spherical section 1d, the smaller does the decreased amount of brake gaps; however, when the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes too small, the recessed amount of thebottom section 1b, namely the dimension S inFig. 1 becomes large. As a result, the width of the traction machine in an axial direction also becomes large. In order to construct the traction machine without enlarging the width in the axial direction, as shown inFig. 1 , it is preferable for thebottom section 1b to form thespherical section 1d in such a way that the dimension S is set to become approximately equal to the width of thecylindrical section 1a in the axial direction. - Next, a comparison will be described between such the
bottom section 1b formed into a circular conic shape and such the one formed into thespherical section 1d as in the embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, thebottom section 1b is formed into thespherical section 1d; however, it may be possible to form into a circular conic shape, so as to protrude in the direction toward theother side 1d of thecylindrical section 1a. However, the decreased amount of brake gaps becomes smaller when thespherical section 1d is formed than when the circular conic shape be. - The table in
Fig. 12 shows comparative cases in which thebottom section 1b is formed into either a circular conic or spherical shape, which represents an example of an analytical result of the decreased amount of brake gaps when one of thebrakes 12 is mounted at the top of thebase 1 at an angle of 90° with respect to the horizontal center, and heat distortion develops in part, excluding the mountingsection 1c, in thecylindrical section 1a and thebottom section 1b of thebase 1. In the table, "D" is the outside diameter of the cylindrical section; "L," the width of the cylindrical section; "S," a distance between the vertex of the spherical shape and the outer edge of thebase 1, or the one between the vertex of the circular conic shape and the outer edge of thebase 1; "H," the height ofbrake shoes 12a; "t," the board thickness of thebottom section 1b; "ΔT," a temperature rise at thecylindrical section 1a caused by generated heat in thestator windings 9; and "δ-ratio," a ratio of the decreased amount of brake gaps in a case of the cylindrical shape compared to the decreased amount of brake gaps in a case of the circular conic shape that is set as 1. Note that, material for thebase 1 is cast iron usually applied to traction machines; and the analysis has been carried out by analysis software "ANSYS." Here, "D," "L," "S," and "H" described above are shown inFig. 1 . - As shown in the table in
Fig. 12 , when thebottom section 1b is formed into the spherical shape, the decreased amount of brake gaps can be made some 40% smaller than that of the circular conic shape, and thus more effective. - As described above, a traction machine for an elevator in the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a
base 1 having a tubularly formedcylindrical section 1a, and abottom section 1b provided to close over one side of thecylindrical section 1a;stator windings 10 for amotor 11, the windings provided on thecylindrical section 1a; arotor 5 for themotor 11, the rotor supported rotatably in the axial center of thebase 1; andbrakes 12 disposed on thebase 1 for braking therotor 5. Then, at least one part of thebottom section 1b is formed into a partiallyspherical section 1d, and thespherical section 1d is formed to protrude on one side in the direction toward therotor 5. Therefore, high membrane stiffness of thebase 1b can be assured, even when electric power is supplied to thestator windings 10, and thebase 1 is heated, its heat distortion becomes small; as a result, the decreased amount of brake gaps of thebrakes 12 becomes small. Because of this, it rarely occurs in a rotating state that dragging sounds are emitted due to thebrake shoes 12a abutting on abrake member 6, and thebrake shoes 12a wear down. - In addition, in order to avoid contacting of the
brake shoes 12a with thebrake member 6 even when thebase 1 is heated, in an initial state before thebase 1 is to be heated, and in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, a brake gap is set to its initial state (hereinafter referred to as a "preset brake gap"). Because in the traction machine for an elevator in the embodiment of the present invention, the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion is small, the preset brake gap can also be set small; when braking, impact by thebrake shoes 12a colliding with thebrake member 6 becomes small, so that noise becomes small. And then, when releasing the braking, an electromagnetic force to separate thebrake shoes 12a from thebrake member 6 becomes small, so that the capacity of thebrakes 12 can also be made smaller. - Moreover, membrane stiffness of the
bottom section 1b becomes high, and an overall membrane stiffness of the traction machine becomes also high, so that it is possible to achieve not only the decreased amount of heat distortion, but also smaller distortion against loads of a passenger car and a counterweight that the traction machine suspends. - Note that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the
bottom section 1b is formed into thespherical section 1d; however, it may not be necessarily formed into thespherical section 1d. For example, at least one part of thebottom section 1b may be formed into a curved surface continuously composed of surfaces having different radii of curvature; that is, instead of a circular conic shape, it may be formed with a curved surface. Even in such a configuration, heat distortion can become small, and the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small. Although thespherical section 1d has its center positioned on the axial center line outside thebase 1, this is not necessarily the case. As long as thebottom section 1b is formed into a partially spherical surface, the center may be positioned off the axial center line of thebase 1. In addition, although thespherical section 1d of thebase 1 is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of thebase 1, this is not necessarily the case of being objectively formed. Even if a spherical surface or a curved surface is formed only on the upper side of thebase 1 having large heat distortion, the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small. However, by forming the spherical surface or the curved surface objectively with respect to the axial center line of thebase 1, and by forming the spherical surface or the curved surface also in the respective under-side of thebase 1, heat distortion can become smaller, so that the decreased amount of brake gaps can become small. Moreover, because thespherical section 1d of thebottom section 1b has its center positioned on the axial center of thebase 1, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center, when thebase 1 is manufactured by casting, it is possible to obtain an elevator traction machine in that it is easy to manufacture its cast mold. - In addition, because the
boundary portion 1f between thecylindrical section 1a and thebottom section 1b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and that of the spherical section of thebottom section 1b are continuously joined together, there exists no planar part, so that membrane stiffness will be further enhanced; smaller heat distortion can be achieved. - In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, although the thickness of the
spherical section 1d in thebottom section 1b is configured to be uniform, the thickness of thespherical section 1d is not necessarily uniform. However, in a shape in which this thickness largely varies, a temperature gradient develops in the thickness directions; that leads to heat distortion. Because of this, in the embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of thespherical section 1d of thebottom section 1b is formed to be uniform, so that heat distortion can become smaller; it is possible to obtain a lightweight and highly-stiff traction machine for an elevator. - By the way, an elevator operates, by way of a
main rope 8 wound around a drivingsheave 7, by driving the drivingsheave 7, its elevator bodies such as a passenger car and a counterweight suspended by themain rope 8 on its both ends, to move upward and downward. The drivingsheave 7 is driven under the conditions that loads of the elevator bodies are acting on each other by way of themain rope 8. Under the loads acting on the drivingsheave 7 by way of themain rope 8, when upward and downward operations continue for a long years, because of wear down of the drivingsheave 7, or damage to the drivingsheave 7 caused by biting-in of foreign material between the drivingsheave 7 and themain rope 8, or the like, it sometimes becomes necessary to replace the drivingsheave 7 of the traction machine with a new one. In the embodiment of the present invention, because the drivingsheave 7 is detachably and reattachably fastened onto therotor 5, even in cases of unforeseen events described above, without replacing the drivingsheave 7 with a new one by exchanging the traction machine, it is possible to replace the drivingsheave 7 from the existing traction machine. - Furthermore, a
brake member 6 is disposed adjacent to theother side 1d of thecylindrical section 1a, and is discoidally formed radially extending beyond the outer circumference of therotor 5; thebrakes 12 corresponding to thediscoidal brake member 6 are mounted on an outer circumferential surface of thebase 1; and the drivingsheave 7 is disposed adjacent to thebrake member 6 in the order going from thecylindrical section 1a to the brake member, and is detachably and reattachably fastened onto therotor 5 toward the side opposite from thecylindrical section 1a. Therefore, its axial width can be shortened, and it is possible to obtain a lightweight traction machine for an elevator. At the same time, the drivingsheave 7 can be replaced without removing thebrakes 12; as a result, person-hours for replacing the drivingsheave 7 can be shortened. -
Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c), Fig. 4(d) ,Fig. 5 , andFig. 6 are diagrams for describing another embodiment of the present invention. In a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 1 of the present invention, thebottom section 1b is formed into the partiallyspherical section 1d, so that the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion is made small. And then, thebrakes 12 each are mounted on the upper side of thebase 1 at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center of thebase 1, in its circumferential directions. As described above, brake gaps in their initial state before thebase 1 is to be heated (namely, "preset brake gaps") are set in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion; thus, it is desirable for the preset brake gaps to be set as small as possible. In addition, it is essential to set desired preset brake gaps for any arbitrary locations of thebrakes 12. In the embodiment of the present invention, in comparison with the traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 1,brakes 12 each are disposed at arbitrary locations in the circumferential directions; and then, setting methods of the preset brake gaps are described, based on relationships among the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, circumferential mounting locations of thebrakes 12, and the radius of thespherical section 1d. -
Fig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c) and Fig. 4(d) are diagrams each showing the circumferential mounting locations of thebrakes 12, in which thebrakes 12 are shown being mounted on the upper side at various angles with respect to the horizontal center of thebase 1.Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between circumferential mounting locations of one of thebrakes 12 and the amount of brake gaps decreased owing to heat distortion. As described before, the closer to the upper-most side of thebase 1, the larger exhibited is the amount of heat distortion. For this reason, when an angle of the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12 becomes large as shown inFig. 4(a), Fig. 4(b), Fig. 4(c) and Fig. 4(d) , the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion becomes also large as shown inFig. 5 . In addition, the decreased amount of the brake gap becomes larger whenever the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes larger, namely whenever it asymptotically comes into a planar shape. - As described above, the decreased amount of the brake gap owing to heat distortion varies depending on the radius of the
spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12. For this reason, it is necessary to determine how to set a preset amount of the preset brake gaps based on the radius of thespherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12. It is thus necessary to determine preset brake gaps, while keeping the minimum necessary amount of the brake gap under heat distortion in thebase 1, to be strokes of thebrake shoes 12a, taking into consideration the capacity of thebrakes 12 and noise from thebrake shoes 12a caused when they are pressed. That is to say, based on the radius of thespherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12, in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion of thebase 1, the preset brake gaps are set at a desired value so that the capacity of thebrakes 12 and noise from thebrake shoes 12a are minimized as small as possible. -
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between circumferential mounting locations of one of thebrakes 12 and the amount of preset brake gaps, at various radii of thespherical bottom section 1d. As shown inFig. 6 , when an angle of the mounting location of one of thebrakes 12 becomes smaller, namely, whenever it is mounted in the lower locations of thebase 1, and whenever the radius of thespherical part 1d becomes smaller, the preset brake gap is set smaller. That is, because the preset brake gap is set in expectation of the decreased amount of brake gaps, the smaller becomes the decreased amount of the brake gaps, the smaller can be set the preset brake gap. - Here, setting methods of the preset brake gap will be described based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on a relationship between the radius of the
spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12. For example, the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12 is set at an angle of 30°, and when the preset brake gaps are desired to be set at "A," thebase 1 should be formed so that the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes 'a.' The smaller becomes the radius of thespherical section 1d, the smaller does the decreased amount of brake gaps; however, when the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes too small, the recessed amount of thebottom section 1b, namely the dimension S inFig. 1 becomes large. As a result, the width of the traction machine in an axial direction also becomes large. For this reason, in order to configure the traction machine without increasing its width in the axial directions, a dimensional limitation is imposed on the vertex of thespherical section 1d (the dimension S inFig. 1 ); for example, thebase 1 should be formed so that the radius of thespherical section 1d becomes 'b.' In this case, when the preset brake gap is desired to be set at "B," the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12 should be set at an angle of 45°. As described above, the preset brake gap is set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of thespherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12. - As described above, the preset brake gap is set based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of the
spherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting location of one of thebrakes 12. However, when thebrake shoes 12a are mounted in both sides of thebrake member 6 as opposed thereto in the embodiment of the present invention, there exists some cases in which a brake gap on one of the sides decreases, but one on the other side increases by the amount that the former has been decreased. In this case, it may be possible to set the preset brake gaps by taking the increased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion into consideration. In this way, in the embodiment of the present invention, it may be possible to set the preset brake gap based on, not only the decreased amount of brake gaps, but also the increased amount of them, namely, on the amount of their change taken into consideration. - As described above, the embodiment of the present invention includes,
brakes 12 mounted along the circumference of abase 1, andbrake shoes 12a, while maintaining brake gaps with respect to thebrake member 6, for abutting thereon and releasing therefrom; wherein thebase 1 is heat-distorted under heat generated instator windings 10 due to current being passed through them, and based on this varying amount of the brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of thespherical surface 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of thebrakes 12, preset brake gaps are set. Therefore, degrees of freedom in locating thebrakes 12 are increased, and in their arbitrary locations, preset brake gaps are set in expectation of the amount of change of the brake gaps. It is thus possible to obtain such a traction machine for an elevator in which dragging sounds from thebrake shoes 12a, and wear down of thebrake shoes 12a rarely occur, and when braking, colliding sounds by thebrake shoes 12a become small. Moreover, even when the width of the traction machine in an axial direction has a dimensional limitation, it is similarly possible to obtain such an elevator traction machine in which dragging sounds from thebrake shoes 12a, and wear down of thebrake shoes 12a rarely occur, and when braking, colliding sounds by thebrake shoes 12a become small. -
Fig. 7(a) and Fig. 7(b) are diagrams showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 2 is applied to an elevator; depending on locations ofbrakes 12, a variety of applications are shown. - In
Fig. 7(a) , the traction machine is fixed on a mountingpedestal 13a mounted either on the top of a hoistway or in a machine room. Themain rope 8 wound around the drivingsheave 7 suspends on one end thereof apassenger car 14 as an elevator body, and on the other end acounterweight 15 as the same elevator body. In order to avoid interference, in the hoistway, between thepassenger car 14 and thecounterweight 15, adeflector sheave 16 is mounted on the mountingpedestal 13a at a predetermined distant location spaced from the drivingsheave 7. Themain rope 8 is paid out at an angle from the drivingsheave 7, is wound around thedeflector sheave 16, and suspends thecounterweight 15; then, thepassenger car 14 and thecounterweight 15 are disposed maintaining a predetermined spacing from each other. According to drive by the traction machine, the drivingsheave 7 starts rotating, so that thepassenger car 14 and thecounterweight 15 are raised and lowered each other in a jig-back way. In the elevator described above, in order to avoid interference with themain rope 8 paid out at an angle from the drivingsheave 7, thebrakes 12 each of the traction machine are mounted at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center. - And then, in a manner similar to
Embodiment 2, a preset brake gap is set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of thespherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of thebrakes 12 each (namely, the mounting locations at an angle of approximately 45° with respect to the horizontal center). - In a case of an elevator in
Fig. 7(b) , the traction machine is fixed on the mountingpedestal 13b located on the lower part of the hoistway. Themain rope 8 wound around the drivingsheave 7 is paid out perpendicularly upward; one end thereof is wound around afirst turnaround pulley 17a disposed on the top of the hoistway to suspend thepassenger car 14, and the other end is wound around asecond turnaround pulley 17b disposed on the top of the hoistway so as to suspend thecounterweight 15. According to drive by the traction machine, the drivingsheave 7 starts rotating, so that thepassenger car 14 and thecounterweight 15 are raised and lowered each other in a jig-back way. In the elevator described above, in order to avoid interference with themain rope 8 paid out perpendicularly upward from the drivingsheave 7, thebrakes 12 each of the traction machine are mounted at an angle of approximately 0° with respect to the horizontal center. - And then, in a manner similar to
Embodiment 2, the preset brake gaps are set at a desired value based on the decreased amount of brake gaps owing to heat distortion, and on the relationship between the radius of thespherical section 1d and the circumferential mounting locations of thebrakes 12 each (namely, the mounting locations at an angle of approximately 0° with respect to the horizontal center). - As described above, because a traction machine for an elevator in
Embodiment 2 is applied to an elevator, degrees of freedom in winding-around directions for amain rope 8 are increased; thus, a variety of traction-machine locations in a hoistway can be achieved. In elevators with a variety of configurations, even when electric power is supplied tostator windings 10 for upward and downward operations, and thebase 1 is heated, its heat distortion can be small, so that the decreased amount of brake gaps ofbrakes 12 becomes small. It is thus possible to obtain an elevator in which, it rarely occurs in a rotating state that dragging sounds are emitted due to thebrake shoes 12a abutting on abrake member 6, and thebrake shoes 12a wear down; and when braking, colliding sounds by thebrake shoes 12a become small. -
Fig. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, a construction of a rotor shaft is modified in comparison withEmbodiment 1. InFig. 8 , ahousing base 50 has acylindrical section 50a, abottom section 50b provided to close over one side of thecylindrical section 50a, and below it, a mountingsection 50c to be mounted on a mounting pedestal not shown in the figure. Thebottom section 50b is formed into a partiallyspherical section 50d; and thisspherical section 50d is formed to protrude in the direction toward the other side 50e of thecylindrical section 50a. And then, the part of thespherical section 50d is formed to have a uniform thickness. Thespherical section 50d has its center positioned on the axial center line outside thebase 50, and is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line of thebase 50. Aboundary portion 50f between thecylindrical section 50a and thebottom section 50b is formed into an arc shape, and one edge of the arc shape and one edge of thespherical section 50d are formed to continuously join with each other. In the axial center of thebottom section 50b, aspindle 50g is installed upright. - On the
spindle 50g, arotor 52 is rotatably supported throughbearings 51. Therotor 52 has a rotor'scylindrical section 52a opposing thecylindrical section 50a, and a rotor's boss section 5b provided on one side of the rotor'scylindrical section 52a; the rotor's boss section 5b is fixed on thebearings 51. And then, the other side of the rotor'scylindrical section 52a is opposing thebottom section 50b. Therotor 52 has adiscoidal brake member 53 that is disposed adjacent to theother side 50d of thecylindrical section 50a, and is formed radially extending beyond the rotor'scylindrical section 52a. A drivingsheave 54 is disposed adjacent to thebrake member 53 in the order going from thecylindrical section 50a to thebrake member 53, and is fastened onto therotor 52 bybolts 55, detachable and reattachable toward the side opposite from thecylindrical section 50a. As for the rest, the same reference numerals and symbols designate the same or corresponding items inEmbodiment 1. Moreover, it may also be possible to mount abearing stand 56 on the mountingsection 50c of thebase 50, and to fix the bearing stand 56 at the axial end of thespindle 50g, so that thespindle 50g is supported by thebase 50 and the bearing stand 56. - In the embodiment of the present invention, a traction machine for an elevator is constructed as described above, similar effects in
Embodiment 1 can be obtained; in addition, because thespindle 50g is installed upright in thebottom section 50b, a component count is reduced. It is therefore possible to obtain a more economical traction machine for the elevator. Moreover, when abearing stand 56 is provided, because a spindle 56d is supported by thebase 50 and the bearing stand 56, even when the driving sheave is under heavy loads, it is possible to obtain a strong traction machine for an elevator. When the bearing stand 56 is not provided, it is possible to obtain such an elevator traction machine that is slim in the axial extent and lightweight, in which, because there is no bearingstand 56, replacing the drivingsheave 54 is also easy. - By the way, in
Embodiment 1,stator windings 10 are provided on the inner circumferential surface of acylindrical section 1a. They are not limited to this, but it may be possible to consider a construction as follows: thestator windings 10 are provided on the outer circumferential surface of thecylindrical section 1a; a rotor'scylindrical section 5a is formed radially extending so as to correspondingly face thestator windings 10;field magnets 11 are mounted on the inner circumferential surface of the rotor'scylindrical section 5a, to construct amotor 11; and a brake-member surface is provided along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor'scylindrical section 5a, and corresponding to the brake-member surface, thebrakes 12 are mounted on thebase 1, so that thestator windings 10 as a heat generating source can be actually mounted on thebase 1. - In addition, in
Embodiment 1, thebrakes 12 are mounted on the outer circumferential surface of thebase 1. They are not limited to this, but it may be possible to consider a construction in such a manner that, a brake-member surface is provided on the inner circumferential surface of a rotor'scylindrical section 5a, and corresponding to this,brakes 12 are mounted on thebottom section 1b (the base 1) within a space formed between thebottom section 1b and therotor 5, so that thebrakes 12 can be actually mounted on thebase 1. - In addition, in
Embodiment 1, thebrake member 6 is formed into one part together with therotor 5, it can be however separately formed and fixed onto therotor 5 by bolts. It is also possible to provide on thebottom section 1b an inspection hole as opposed to the gaps between thestator windings 10 and thefield magnets 11. In this case, it is possible from outside to inspect accumulation of dust in the gaps between thestator windings 10 and thefield magnets 11. - Moreover, in
Embodiment 2, setting methods of preset brake gaps of a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 1 has been described; however, the methods can be similarly applied to a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 4. - In addition, in
Embodiment 3, a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 2 is applied to an elevator; however, a traction machine for an elevator inEmbodiment 4 can also be used. - Furthermore, in
Embodiment 4, thespindle 50g is formed into one part together with thebottom section 50b; however, it is possible to fix them separately. - As described above, a traction machine for elevators in the present invention is suitable in use for a driving apparatus in which a
main rope 8 is wound around to suspend elevator bodies, and by driving themain rope 8, the respective elevator bodies are raised and lowered.
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- A traction machine for an elevator, comprising:a base(1) having a tubularly formed cylindrical section(1a), and a bottom section(1b) provided closing over one side of the cylindrical section(1a);stator windings(10) for a motor(9), the windings(10) provided on the cylindrical section(1a);a rotor(5) for the motor(9), the rotor(5) supported rotatably in the axial center of said base(1); anda brake(12) disposed on said base(1), for braking said rotor(5); the traction machine characterized in thatat least one part of the bottom section(1b) is formed into a curved surface, wherein the bottom section(1b) is formed with the curved surface protruding toward said rotor(5).
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a boundary portion (1f) between the cylindrical section(1a) and the bottom section(1b) is formed in an arc shape, and with the base(1) being formed such that one edge of the arc shape and one edge of the curved surface are joined.
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a thickness of the curved surface in the bottom section(1a) is uniform.
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in any one of claims 1 through 3, wherein the amount by which the curved surface protrudes toward said rotor(5) is made approximately equal to the axial width of the cylindrical section(1a).
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein:the curved surface is a spherical surface centered on a single point;the center is on the axial center line of the base(1); andthe spherical surface is objectively formed with respect to the axial center line.
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in claim 5, wherein:the brake(12) is mounted along the circumference of the base(1), and has a gap with respect to, and a brake shoe(12a) for contacting on/separating from, the rotor(5); andbased on the amount by which the gap varies owing to heat distortion by said base(1) heat-distorting under heat generated in the stator windings(10) due to current being passed through them, and on a relationship between the radius of the spherical surface and the circumferential mounting location of said brake, the gap as prior to said stator windings(10) generating heat is defined.
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in any one of claims 1 through 6, further comprising a driving sheave(7) detachably/reattachably fastened onto the rotor(5).
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in claim 7, wherein:the stator windings(10) are disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical section(1a) in the base(1);the brake(12) is mounted on an outer circumferential surface of said base(1);the rotor(5) has a brake member(6) corresponding to said brake(12);the brake member(6) is disposed adjacent to the cylindrical section(1a), reversely from the bottom section(1b), and is formed discoidally, extending radially beyond the outer circumference of said rotor(5);the driving sheave(7) is disposed adjacent to the brake member(6) in the order going from the cylindrical section(1a) to the brake member(6), wherein the driving sheave(7) is fastened onto said rotor, detachable/reattachable toward the side opposite from the cylindrical section(1a).
- The elevator traction machine as set forth in any one of claims 1 through 8, wherein:a spindle is provided upright in the axial center of the bottom section(1b), and the rotor(5) is rotatably supported on the spindle.
- An elevator, comprising:a main rope(8) wound around the driving sheave(7), an elevator body suspended by the main rope(8), and the elevator traction machine as set forth in any one of claims 1 through 9.
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