EP2016288A1 - Vacuum pump - Google Patents

Vacuum pump

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EP2016288A1
EP2016288A1 EP07733620A EP07733620A EP2016288A1 EP 2016288 A1 EP2016288 A1 EP 2016288A1 EP 07733620 A EP07733620 A EP 07733620A EP 07733620 A EP07733620 A EP 07733620A EP 2016288 A1 EP2016288 A1 EP 2016288A1
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Prior art keywords
pump according
ductile iron
austempered ductile
pump
mass
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English (en)
French (fr)
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Emmanuel Uzoma Okoroafor
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Edwards Ltd
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C29/00Component parts, details or accessories of pumps or pumping installations, not provided for in groups F04C18/00 - F04C28/00
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/02Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F04C18/14Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons
    • F04C18/16Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/02Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents
    • F04C18/0207Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form
    • F04C18/0215Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of arcuate-engagement type, i.e. with circular translatory movement of co-operating members, each member having the same number of teeth or tooth-equivalents both members having co-operating elements in spiral form where only one member is moving
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F04C18/123Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with radially or approximately radially from the rotor body extending tooth-like elements, co-operating with recesses in the other rotor, e.g. one tooth
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F04C18/126Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with radially from the rotor body extending elements, not necessarily co-operating with corresponding recesses in the other rotor, e.g. lobes, Roots type
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04CROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C2220/00Application
    • F04C2220/10Vacuum
    • F04C2220/12Dry running
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05CINDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MATERIALS, MATERIAL PROPERTIES OR MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR MACHINES, ENGINES OR PUMPS OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F05C2201/00Metals
    • F05C2201/04Heavy metals
    • F05C2201/0433Iron group; Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel
    • F05C2201/0436Iron
    • F05C2201/0439Cast iron
    • F05C2201/0442Spheroidal graphite cast iron, e.g. nodular iron, ductile iron
    • F05C2201/0445Austempered ductile iron [ADI]

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a dry vacuum pump.
  • Dry vacuum pumps are widely used in industrial processes to provide a clean and/or low -pressure environment for the manufacture of products. Applications include the pharmaceutical, semiconductor and flat panel manufacturing industries. Such pumps include an essentially dry (or oil free) pumping mechanism, but generally also include some components, such as bearings and transmission gears, for driving the pumping mechanism that require lubrication in order to be effective. Examples of dry pumps include Roots, Northey (or "claw"), screw and scroll pumps. Dry pumps incorporating Roots and/or Northey rotor components are commonly multi-stage positive displacement pumps comprising a stator component defining a plurality of pumping chambers each housing a respective pair of intermeshing rotor components. The rotor components are located on contra-rotating shafts, and may have the same type of profile in each chamber or the profile may change from chamber to chamber.
  • Iron castings have for a long time been used in the manufacture of stator and rotor components for dry vacuum pumps.
  • relatively corrosive gases such as chlorine, boron trichloride, hydrogen bromide, fluorine and chlorine trifluoride
  • Such corrosion can lead to equipment failure, leakage of process gases and possible process contamination, in addition to the costs associated with the replacement of the pump or the corroded parts and consequential process downtime.
  • the present invention provides a dry vacuum pump comprising a stator component and at least one rotor component, wherein the stator component and/or said at least one rotor component are formed from austempered ductile iron.
  • the stator component may house first and second intermeshing rotor components adapted for counter-rotation within the stator component.
  • the rotor components have a Roots profile, although they could have a Northey or screw profile as required.
  • the pump may be in the form of a multi-stage pump in which the stator component defines a plurality of interconnected pumping chambers arranged in series and each housing respective rotor components formed from austempered ductile iron.
  • the intermeshing rotor components may be located on respective shafts, with the pump comprising a gear assembly for transmitting torque from one shaft to another, with at least one gear of the gear assembly preferably being formed from austempered ductile iron.
  • the pump may be in the form of a scroll pump in which the stator component comprises a fixed scroll member having an end plate with a first spiral wrap extending therefrom, and said at least one rotor component comprises an orbital scroll member having an end plate with a second spiral wrap extending therefrom to intermesh with the first spiral wrap.
  • the scroll members is preferably formed from ADI.
  • the ADI preferably has at least 90% graphite nodularity.
  • the ADI preferably has a matrix of acicular ferrite and carbon stabilised austenite.
  • the austempered ductile iron preferably comprises one or more of the following: carbon in amount within the range from 3.4 to 3.5 % by mass, silicon in amount within the range from 2 to 2.3 % by mass, manganese in amount within the range from 0.075 to 0.15 % by mass, molybdenum in amount within the range from 3.4 to 3.5 % by mass, nickel in amount within the range from 1.2 to 1.4 % by mass, and copper in amount within the range from 0.75 to 0.95 % by mass.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-section through a multi-stage dry vacuum pump
  • Figure 2 is a view along line A-A in Figure 1.
  • a multi-stage dry vacuum pump 10 comprises a stator component 12, preferably formed from austempered ductile iron (ADI), having a series of walls that define a plurality of pumping chambers 14, 16, 18, 20, 22.
  • An inlet conduit 24 for conveying gas to be pumped to the inlet pumping chamber 14, and an exhaust conduit 26 for exhausting pumped gas from the exhaust pumping chamber 22, are also formed in the stator 12.
  • Circumferential passages 28, 30, 32 and 34 formed in the stator 12 connect the pumping chambers 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 in series.
  • the stator 12 houses a first shaft 36 and, spaced therefrom and parallel thereto, a second shaft 38. Bearings 40 for supporting the shafts 36, 38 are provided in the end plates 42, 44 of the stator 12.
  • One of the shafts 36 is connected to a drive motor 46, the shafts being coupled together by means of timing gears 47 so that in use the shafts 36,38 rotate at the same speed but in opposite directions, as indicated by arrows 48 and 50 in Figure 2.
  • a gear box 52 attached to the side of the pump 10 contains oil 54 for lubricating the timing gears 47.
  • the timing gears 47 may be formed from ADI.
  • the shafts 36, 38 support respective rotor components 56, 58, which may also be formed from ADI.
  • the rotors 56, 58 have a Roots-type profile within each pumping chamber, although a mixture of Roots and Northey-type profiles may be provided within the pump 10.
  • the rotors 56, 58 are located in each pumping chamber relative to an internal surface of the stator 12 such that the rotors 56, 58 can act in an intermeshing manner known per se.
  • gas is urged into the pump 10 through the inlet conduit 24 and passes into the inlet pumping chamber 14.
  • the gas is compressed by the rotors 56, 58 located within the inlet pumping chamber 14, and is fed by passage 28 into the next pumping chamber 16.
  • the gas fed in the pumping chamber 16 is similarly compressed by the rotors 56, 58 therein, and fed by the passage 30 to the next pumping chamber 18. Similar gas compressions take place in the pumping chambers 18, 20 and 22, with the pumped gas finally being exhaust from the pump 10 through exhaust conduit 26.
  • austempered ductile iron (ADI) used to manufacture the stator component 12 and/or the rotor components 56, 58 of the pump 10 makes the pump 10 particularly suitable for pumping corrosive gases such as chlorine, boron trichloride, hydrogen bromide, fluorine and chlorine trifluoride.
  • ADI austempered ductile iron
  • the austempered ductile iron (ADI) used to manufacture the stator component 12 and/or rotor components 56, 58 and/or timing gears 47 may include the following (by mass):
  • the ADI preferably has a graphite nodularity of at least 90 %, and preferably has a nodule count in the range from 150 to 300 /mm 2 .
  • the ADI preferably has a predominant matrix of acicular ferrite and carbon stabilised austenite, with substantially no carbides, inclusions or porosity.

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EP07733620A 2006-05-11 2007-04-16 Vacuum pump Withdrawn EP2016288A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GBGB0609306.6A GB0609306D0 (en) 2006-05-11 2006-05-11 Vacuum pump
PCT/GB2007/050198 WO2007132259A1 (en) 2006-05-11 2007-04-16 Vacuum pump

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KR (1) KR20090010977A (ko)
CN (1) CN101438061B (ko)
GB (1) GB0609306D0 (ko)
SG (1) SG174048A1 (ko)
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GB0609306D0 (en) 2006-06-21
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