EP2226508A1 - Method of producing an impeller by stamping - Google Patents

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EP2226508A1
EP2226508A1 EP09290164A EP09290164A EP2226508A1 EP 2226508 A1 EP2226508 A1 EP 2226508A1 EP 09290164 A EP09290164 A EP 09290164A EP 09290164 A EP09290164 A EP 09290164A EP 2226508 A1 EP2226508 A1 EP 2226508A1
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Hervé Bouilly
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
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    • F04D29/22Rotors specially for centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/2205Conventional flow pattern
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    • F04D29/2233Construction and assembly entirely open or stamped from one sheet
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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  • the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a paddle wheel by stamping.
  • Paddle wheels are complex constructions. Most methods of manufacturing paddle wheels involve the construction of a wheel on the one hand and blades on the other hand. Means for fastening the pieces may be necessary such as stapling or welding the pieces together. Other methods provide for molding the impeller.
  • a method of manufacturing a paddle wheel comprising the formation of the blades by a step of stamping a plate.
  • the method comprises a step of providing a single plate, the formation of the blades being made by stamping the single plate.
  • the plate supplied is rectangular, the method further comprising, before the stamping step, a step of cutting the plate in the extension of the blades beyond the predetermined periphery of the wheel.
  • the method further comprises, before the stamping step of the plate, a step of perforating the plate, the blades being each limited towards the center of the wheel by an aperture of the plate.
  • the openings are in the form of a triangle, the base of the triangle marking the blade boundary in the direction of the center of the wheel.
  • the method comprises, before the step of stamping the plate, a step of opening the plate marking the center of the wheel, a wheel hub being made during the stamping step around of the central opening.
  • the method further comprising, after the embodiment of the hub, a shaping step of the connection retained for a rotational drive by a calibrated cylindrical shape or a hexagonal shape.
  • the method comprises, after the step of stamping the plate, a step of cutting the plate beyond the periphery of the wheel.
  • the blades obtained after stamping the plate are symmetrical or unsymmetrical.
  • the plate is made of stainless steel or other embossable material.
  • a paddle wheel obtained by a stamping process It is also proposed a paddle wheel obtained by a stamping process. In particular, it may be the method as described above.
  • centrifugal pump comprising the impeller as described above.
  • stamping directly forms the impeller in the plate.
  • This training therefore does not use parts formed elsewhere. Therefore, there is no need for assembly of parts by welding or stapling, for example.
  • the surplus of the number of operations related to the production of blades, separately from the wheel, as well as the number of operations due to the folding of the blades at the wheel is avoided.
  • the method of manufacturing a stamped impeller comprises, in comparison with the other processes, fewer operations to be performed. The method of manufacturing the impeller is therefore simpler.
  • stamping allows, moreover, to control the thickness of the formed parts.
  • stamping is a process allowing the use of less thick plates.
  • plates of very thin thickness are quite suitable for the stamping process.
  • the figure 1 describes a view of a paddle wheel by stamping.
  • the figure 1 contains an exemplary embodiment of a paddle wheel 10.
  • the impeller 10 comprises a plurality of blades 12, openings 14,16 and a hub 18.
  • the wheel comprises for example five blades 12.
  • the figure 1 has blades 12 straight extending radially. These straight vanes are symmetrical. Such blades permit the use of the impeller 10 in both directions of rotation with similar efficiency.
  • the method is also suitable for the production of paddle wheels 10 whose blades 12 have other shapes.
  • the vanes may extend peripherally along a curve. These curved blades are unsymmetrical and have an efficiency in a direction of rotation of the wheel significantly greater than the efficiency in the other direction of rotation of the wheel.
  • Each blade 12 is between the periphery of the impeller 10 and an aperture 14 made in the plate. These openings 14 are included radially between the blades 12 and the hub 18. The openings 14 have their base which marks the end of the blades 12 closest to the center of the impeller 10. These openings 14 are optional and can be deleted in certain circumstances of thicknesses and shapes.
  • the impeller 10 of the figure 1 consists of one and the same room.
  • the figure 2 describes a sectional view along the line AA of the wheel of the figure 1 .
  • the figure 2 presents an exemplary embodiment.
  • the blades have an upper portion of curved shape without edge, in the direction orthogonal to the plane of the wheel.
  • This inverted U shape provides good hydrodynamic qualities. Indeed the absence of lines of breaks or edges allows the fluid set in motion by the impeller 10 to have fewer parasitic disturbances. The circulation of the fluid is less disturbed. In addition, the absence of ridges decreases the sound volume due to the rotation of the impeller 10. However, the method is also suitable for making paddle wheels 10 with ridges.
  • the method of manufacturing a paddle wheel 10 includes a drawing step. Embossing is practiced, for example, by pressing between a matrix (negative form) and a punch (positive shape) of the plate.
  • a drawing step Embossing is practiced, for example, by pressing between a matrix (negative form) and a punch (positive shape) of the plate.
  • stamping thus makes it possible to obtain in a single type of operation the desired shape. Stamping can be done several times on the same part in order to gradually obtain the shape of the desired part.
  • the stamping step alone gives the shape to the impeller 10.
  • the addition of blades 12 constructed elsewhere is therefore not necessary. Thus the number of components and manufacturing operations is reduced.
  • the method thus also makes it possible to reduce the number of falls and waste caused by the construction of blades 12 by spare parts. This reduction of waste is favorable to the environment.
  • Embossing also has the advantage of not requiring blade attachment means 12, which are also built on the wheel, such as, inter alia, staples, welds or rivets.
  • This lack of attachment means reduces the mass of the wheel. This reduces its inertia and therefore the effort to be provided by the rotating means of the blade wheel 10. This reduction in the energy consumed preserves the environment.
  • the absence of attachment means also makes it possible to obtain a smoother surface of the impeller, which increases the hydrodynamic qualities of the impeller 10.
  • This lack of attachment means prevents a bad mass layout that would introduce an imbalance. This imbalance would imply either poor performance and wear of the axis of rotation of the wheel anticipated, or an additional balancing operation.
  • the stamping process also makes it possible to envisage a wider range of materials for the plate, unlike other processes which present incompatibility of the materials with the process, for example for welding.
  • stamping involving bending the plate in various directions which allows the assembly to have greater rigidity than the original plate.
  • the method thus provides an advantageous compromise between the rigidity of the wheel 10 and the inertia of the wheel 10.
  • the plate folding allows greater rigidity of the wheel 10 and without adding additional material which is favorable to the inertia.
  • Stamping makes it possible to form parts with smaller thicknesses than in other processes such as molding.
  • a blade wheel 10 whose diameter is 28mm having a hub 18 of diameter 4.5mm has an average thickness of 1.3mm for a molded part against a thickness of 0.5mm for a stamped part. This decrease in thickness makes it possible to gain mass.
  • the stamping step further allows, in one and the same operation to form a hub 18 in the impeller.
  • a step of forming the hub 18 by a separate operation from that of the stamping forming the blades is saved.
  • the formation of the hub 18 by stamping does not require addition of parts built elsewhere.
  • the formation of the impeller 10 and the hub 18 can thus be made with a single plate. This training thus presents a saving of time of realization.
  • the method further comprises a step of providing a single plate.
  • the provision of a single plate makes it possible to dispense with attachment means.
  • the provision of a single plate represents material savings and decreases in falls during construction.
  • the plate provided in which the impeller is made is rectangular, and is for example obtained by the unwinding of a sheet metal coil.
  • the method further comprises, prior to the stamping step of the plate, a step of opening the plate allowing the perforations 14 to be made.
  • the openings 14 are in number equal to the number of blades. example of triangular shape 14.
  • the openings are in isosceles triangles.
  • other forms can be used for the opening 14, in particular the two equal sides of the isosceles triangle can be bent and meet at the top.
  • the openings 14 facilitate the deformation of the plate for training blades during stamping.
  • the triangular openings 14 allow during stamping to better control the movement of material in the directions resulting from the deformation, in particular in the area between the blades and the hub. Cutting allows stamping and bending-stamping operations easier in this area.
  • an opening in the center of the openings 14 is made. This central opening marks the center of the impeller 10 and the hub 18. This allows the formation of the hub 18 during stamping of the plate.
  • the figure 3 discloses a sectional cut of a paddle wheel 10 by stamping.
  • the figure 3 The openings 16 are in the radial extension of the triangles 14.
  • the openings 16 forming a single openwork with the openings 14. These openings 16 are the result of stamping the workpiece and the formation of the hub. 18.
  • the openings 16 are on the side of the hub 18.
  • the hub 18 in its shape carries with it the material in the center of the plate and thus causes the tip of the triangles 14 on its sides.
  • the training of the vertex of the triangles 14 by the hub 18 forms on its flanks the opening 16.
  • the openings 16 allow during stamping to reduce the mechanical stresses in the plate at the hub 18.
  • the a journey 16 thus ensures a better cylindrical shape of the hub 18.
  • the aperture 16 compensates for construction imperfections in particular, but not only stamping dies.
  • the method further comprises a step of cutting the plate.
  • the step of cutting the plate is a step that must be performed before stamping. This step is to practice in the plate notches beyond the desired periphery of the wheel in the extension of the blades 12 to come. In this way, the plate has as many notches as blades 12. The advantage of doing so is the greater ease of cutting surplus material plate beyond the periphery of the wheel. Cutting the notches before stamping the plate makes it possible to cut a flat area that is not deformed by stamping. Another advantage is the reduction of the risk of deterioration of the blades. Indeed, when cutting the portion of the blades 12 beyond the periphery of the impeller 10, the shape of the blades can be modified or deteriorated. Cutting before stamping prevents this risk.
  • the method further comprises a step of forming the bond retained for a rotational drive.
  • the connection retained may be a calibrated cylindrical hub, or hexagonal shape, or any other form.
  • This step is a step of preparing any form of hub. These may be cylindrical areas such as a collar short or long obtained by soyage. It may be other crenellated or specific forms to achieve a rigid connection on an axis.
  • the method further comprises a step of cutting the plate to obtain the desired diameter wheel.
  • the plate provided at the beginning of the process may be of rectangular shape. It can also be a metal strip unrolled upstream of the machine.
  • the cutting step therefore makes it possible to give the shape of a wheel to the stamped plate.
  • the cutout gives the circular shape to the periphery of the impeller 10.
  • the cutout makes it possible to adjust the dimensions of the radius of the impeller 10 to the desired dimensions.
  • the cutting takes place in particular in the angular sectors which are between the notches cut before the stamping of the plate.
  • the plate for forming the impeller 10 can be of any material.
  • the plate can be metal.
  • Stainless steel is particularly suitable for a paddle wheel 10 whose main purpose, but not exclusive, is to be immersed in a fluid.
  • the fluid may be an oxidizing fluid.
  • a material such as stainless steel, or any other material having oxidation kinetics at least as slow is particularly advantageous.
  • the method makes it possible to form paddle wheels 10, one of the applications of which is, for example, the use for a centrifugal pump.

Abstract

The method involves providing a single rectangular plate, and forming blades (12) by embossing the single plate. The single plate is cut in an extension of the blades beyond a predetermined periphery of a blade impeller (10) before embossing the plate, and the plate is pierced before embossing the plate, where the blades are defined in a direction of the impeller by mortises (14, 16) of the plate. The obtained blades are symmetrical or asymmetrical after embossing the plate, where the plate is made of steel or embossable material.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de fabrication d'une roue à aubes par emboutissage.The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a paddle wheel by stamping.

Les roues à aubes sont des constructions complexes. La plupart des procédés de fabrication des roues à aubes impliquent la construction d'une roue d'une part et d'aubes d'autre part. Des moyens d'attaches des pièces peuvent être nécessaires tel que l'agrafage ou le soudage des pièces entre elles. D'autres procédés proposent de mouler la roue à aubes.Paddle wheels are complex constructions. Most methods of manufacturing paddle wheels involve the construction of a wheel on the one hand and blades on the other hand. Means for fastening the pieces may be necessary such as stapling or welding the pieces together. Other methods provide for molding the impeller.

Les inconvénients de ces types de procédés sont, pour le premier d'entre eux, entre autres, une complexification de la conception, une augmentation du nombre d'opérations et du coût de production, et pour le second des difficultés techniques, tel que, par exemple, l'impossibilité d'obtenir certaines épaisseurs de roue inférieure à un seuil donné.The disadvantages of these types of processes are, for the first of them, inter alia, a complexity of the design, an increase in the number of operations and the cost of production, and for the second technical difficulties, such as, for example, the impossibility of obtaining certain thicknesses of wheel lower than a given threshold.

Il y a donc un besoin pour un procédé de fabrication de roues à aubes qui soit plus simple.There is therefore a need for a paddle wheel making process which is simpler.

Pour cela, il est proposé un procédé de fabrication d'une roue à aubes comprenant la formation des aubes par une étape d'emboutissage d'une plaque.For this, there is provided a method of manufacturing a paddle wheel comprising the formation of the blades by a step of stamping a plate.

Selon une variante, le procédé comprend une étape de fourniture d'une unique plaque, la formation des aubes étant réalisée par emboutissage de la plaque unique.Alternatively, the method comprises a step of providing a single plate, the formation of the blades being made by stamping the single plate.

Selon une variante, la plaque fournie est rectangulaire, le procédé comprenant en outre, avant l'étape d'emboutissage, une étape de découpe de la plaque dans le prolongement des aubes au-delà de la périphérie prédéterminée de la roue.According to a variant, the plate supplied is rectangular, the method further comprising, before the stamping step, a step of cutting the plate in the extension of the blades beyond the predetermined periphery of the wheel.

Selon une variante, le procédé comprend en outre, avant l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, une étape d'ajourage de la plaque, les aubes étant chacune limitées en direction du centre de la roue par un ajour de la plaque.According to a variant, the method further comprises, before the stamping step of the plate, a step of perforating the plate, the blades being each limited towards the center of the wheel by an aperture of the plate.

Selon une variante, les ajours ont la forme d'un triangle, la base du triangle marquant la limite des aubes en direction du centre de la roue.According to one variant, the openings are in the form of a triangle, the base of the triangle marking the blade boundary in the direction of the center of the wheel.

Selon une variante, le procédé comprend, avant l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, une étape d'ajourage de la plaque marquant le centre de la roue, un moyeu de roue étant réalisé au cours de l'étape d'emboutissage autour de l'ajour central.According to a variant, the method comprises, before the step of stamping the plate, a step of opening the plate marking the center of the wheel, a wheel hub being made during the stamping step around of the central opening.

Selon une variante le procédé comprenant en outre, après la réalisation du moyeu, une étape de mise en forme de la liaison retenue pour un entraînement en rotation par une forme cylindrique calibrée ou une forme hexagonale.According to a variant the method further comprising, after the embodiment of the hub, a shaping step of the connection retained for a rotational drive by a calibrated cylindrical shape or a hexagonal shape.

Selon une variante, le procédé comprend, après l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, une étape de découpe de la plaque au-delà de la périphérie de la roue.According to a variant, the method comprises, after the step of stamping the plate, a step of cutting the plate beyond the periphery of the wheel.

Selon une variante, les aubes obtenues après emboutissage de la plaque sont symétriques ou non symétriques.According to one variant, the blades obtained after stamping the plate are symmetrical or unsymmetrical.

Selon une variante, la plaque est en inox ou autre matière emboutissable.According to one variant, the plate is made of stainless steel or other embossable material.

Il est également proposé une roue à aubes obtenue par un procédé d'emboutissage. En particulier, il peut s'agir du procédé tel que décrit précédemment.It is also proposed a paddle wheel obtained by a stamping process. In particular, it may be the method as described above.

Il est également proposé une pompe centrifuge comprenant la roue à aubes telle que décrit précédemment.It is also proposed a centrifugal pump comprising the impeller as described above.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui suit des modes de réalisation de l'invention, donnés à titre d'exemple uniquement et en références aux dessins qui montrent :

  • figure 1, Une vue d'une roue à aubes par emboutissage;
  • figure 2, Une vue en coupe selon la ligne A-A de la figure 1;
  • figure 3, Une coupe de profil de la roue de la figure 1.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, given by way of example only and with reference to the drawings which show:
  • figure 1 A view of a paddle wheel by stamping;
  • figure 2 , A sectional view along line AA of the figure 1 ;
  • figure 3 , A profile cut of the wheel of the figure 1 .

Il est proposé un procédé de fabrication d'une roue à aubes comprenant la formation des aubes par une étape d'emboutissage d'une plaque. L'emboutissage forme directement la roue à aubes dans la plaque. Cette formation n'utilise donc pas de pièces formées par ailleurs. De ce fait, il n'existe pas de besoin d'assemblage de pièces par soudage ou agrafage par exemple. Le surplus du nombre d'opérations liées à la production d'aubes, séparément de la roue, ainsi que le nombre d'opérations dues aux pliages des aubes à la roue est évité. Le procédé de fabrication d'une roue à aubes par emboutissage comprend en comparaison des autres procédés moins d'opérations à réaliser. Le procédé de fabrication de la roue à aubes est donc plus simple.There is provided a method of manufacturing a paddle wheel comprising forming the blades by a step of stamping a plate. Stamping directly forms the impeller in the plate. This training therefore does not use parts formed elsewhere. Therefore, there is no need for assembly of parts by welding or stapling, for example. The surplus of the number of operations related to the production of blades, separately from the wheel, as well as the number of operations due to the folding of the blades at the wheel is avoided. The method of manufacturing a stamped impeller comprises, in comparison with the other processes, fewer operations to be performed. The method of manufacturing the impeller is therefore simpler.

L'étape d'emboutissage permet, de plus, de maîtriser les épaisseurs des pièces formées. En effet l'emboutissage est un procédé permettant l'utilisation de plaques moins épaisses. Par exemple, des plaques d'épaisseur très mince sont tout à fait adaptées au procédé d'emboutissage.The stamping step allows, moreover, to control the thickness of the formed parts. In fact stamping is a process allowing the use of less thick plates. For example, plates of very thin thickness are quite suitable for the stamping process.

La figure 1 décrit une vue d'une roue à aubes par emboutissage. La figure 1 contient un exemple de mode de réalisation d'une roue à aubes 10. Selon la figure 1, la roue à aubes 10 comprend une pluralité d'aubes 12, d'ajours 14,16 ainsi que d'un moyeu 18. La roue comporte par exemple cinq aubes 12. La figure 1 présente des aubes 12 droites s'étendant radialement. Ces aubes droites sont symétriques. De telles aubes permettent l'utilisation de la roue à aubes 10 dans les deux sens de rotation avec une efficacité similaire. Cependant le procédé est également adapté pour la production de roue à aubes 10 dont les aubes 12 ont des formes autres. Par exemple, les aubes peuvent s'étendre en direction de la périphérie selon une courbe. Ces aubes courbes sont non symétriques et ont une efficacité dans un sens de rotation de la roue nettement supérieure à l'efficacité dans l'autre sens de rotation de la roue.The figure 1 describes a view of a paddle wheel by stamping. The figure 1 contains an exemplary embodiment of a paddle wheel 10. According to the figure 1 , the impeller 10 comprises a plurality of blades 12, openings 14,16 and a hub 18. The wheel comprises for example five blades 12. The figure 1 has blades 12 straight extending radially. These straight vanes are symmetrical. Such blades permit the use of the impeller 10 in both directions of rotation with similar efficiency. However, the method is also suitable for the production of paddle wheels 10 whose blades 12 have other shapes. For example, the vanes may extend peripherally along a curve. These curved blades are unsymmetrical and have an efficiency in a direction of rotation of the wheel significantly greater than the efficiency in the other direction of rotation of the wheel.

Chaque aube 12 est comprise entre la périphérie de la roue à aubes 10 et un ajour 14 pratiqué dans la plaque. Ces ajours 14 sont compris radialement entre les aubes 12 et le moyeu 18. Les ajours 14 ont leur base qui marque l'extrémité des aubes 12 la plus proche du centre de la roue à aubes 10. Ces ajours 14 sont facultatifs et peuvent être supprimés dans certaines circonstances d'épaisseurs et de formes.Each blade 12 is between the periphery of the impeller 10 and an aperture 14 made in the plate. These openings 14 are included radially between the blades 12 and the hub 18. The openings 14 have their base which marks the end of the blades 12 closest to the center of the impeller 10. These openings 14 are optional and can be deleted in certain circumstances of thicknesses and shapes.

Au centre de la roue à aubes 10 se trouve le moyeu 18. La roue à aubes 10 de la figure 1 est constituée d'une seule et même pièce.In the center of the impeller 10 is the hub 18. The impeller 10 of the figure 1 consists of one and the same room.

La figure 2 décrit une vue en coupe selon la ligne AA de la roue de la figure 1.
La figure 2, présente un exemple de mode de réalisation. Dans cet exemple les aubes ont une partie supérieure de forme courbe sans arête, dans la direction orthogonale au plan de la roue. Cette forme en U inversée assure de bonnes qualités hydrodynamiques. En effet l'absence de lignes de cassures ou d'arêtes permet au fluide mis en mouvement par la roue à aubes 10 de comporter moins de perturbations parasites. La circulation du fluide est moins perturbée. En outre l'absence d'arêtes diminue le volume sonore dû à la rotation de la roue à aubes 10. Cependant le procédé est également adapté pour fabriquer des roues à aubes 10 comportant des arêtes.
The figure 2 describes a sectional view along the line AA of the wheel of the figure 1 .
The figure 2 , presents an exemplary embodiment. In this example, the blades have an upper portion of curved shape without edge, in the direction orthogonal to the plane of the wheel. This inverted U shape provides good hydrodynamic qualities. Indeed the absence of lines of breaks or edges allows the fluid set in motion by the impeller 10 to have fewer parasitic disturbances. The circulation of the fluid is less disturbed. In addition, the absence of ridges decreases the sound volume due to the rotation of the impeller 10. However, the method is also suitable for making paddle wheels 10 with ridges.

Le procédé de fabrication d'une roue à aubes 10 comprend une étape d'emboutissage. L'emboutissage est pratiqué, par exemple, par pressage entre une matrice (forme négative) et un poinçon (forme positive) de la plaque. Cependant toutes autres méthodes d'emboutissages sont admissibles. L'emboutissage permet ainsi d'obtenir en un seul type d'opération la forme désirée. L'emboutissage peut être pratiqué plusieurs fois sur la même pièce afin d'obtenir progressivement la forme de la pièce souhaitée. L'étape d'emboutissage seule donne la forme à la roue à aube 10. L'adjonction d'aubes 12 construites par ailleurs n'est donc pas nécessaire. Ainsi le nombre de composants et d'opérations de fabrication se trouve réduit. Le procédé permet donc également de réduire le nombre de chutes et de déchets induits par la construction d'aubes 12 par pièces détachées. Cette réduction des déchets est favorable à l'environnement. L'emboutissage présente également l'avantage de ne pas nécessiter des moyens d'attaches d'aubes 12 construites par ailleurs à la roue, tel que, entre autres, agrafes, soudures ou rivets. Cette absence de moyen d'attache réduit la masse de la roue. Ceci diminue son inertie et donc l'effort à fournir par les moyens de mise en rotation de la roue à aube 10. Cette diminution de l'énergie consommée préserve l'environnement. L'absence de moyen d'attache permet également d'obtenir une surface plus lisse de la roue à aubes ce qui augmente les qualités hydrodynamiques de la roue à aubes 10. Cette absence de moyen d'attache prévient une mauvaise disposition de masse qui introduirait un balourd. Ce balourd impliquerait soit de mauvaises performances et une usure de l'axe de rotation de la roue anticipée, soit une opération supplémentaire d'équilibrage.The method of manufacturing a paddle wheel 10 includes a drawing step. Embossing is practiced, for example, by pressing between a matrix (negative form) and a punch (positive shape) of the plate. However all other methods of drawing are admissible. Stamping thus makes it possible to obtain in a single type of operation the desired shape. Stamping can be done several times on the same part in order to gradually obtain the shape of the desired part. The stamping step alone gives the shape to the impeller 10. The addition of blades 12 constructed elsewhere is therefore not necessary. Thus the number of components and manufacturing operations is reduced. The method thus also makes it possible to reduce the number of falls and waste caused by the construction of blades 12 by spare parts. This reduction of waste is favorable to the environment. Embossing also has the advantage of not requiring blade attachment means 12, which are also built on the wheel, such as, inter alia, staples, welds or rivets. This lack of attachment means reduces the mass of the wheel. This reduces its inertia and therefore the effort to be provided by the rotating means of the blade wheel 10. This reduction in the energy consumed preserves the environment. The absence of attachment means also makes it possible to obtain a smoother surface of the impeller, which increases the hydrodynamic qualities of the impeller 10. This lack of attachment means prevents a bad mass layout that would introduce an imbalance. This imbalance would imply either poor performance and wear of the axis of rotation of the wheel anticipated, or an additional balancing operation.

Le procédé d'emboutissage permet également d'envisager une plus grande gamme de matériaux pour la plaque à la différence d'autres procédés qui présentent une incompatibilité des matériaux avec le procédé comme par exemple pour la soudure. De plus l'emboutissage impliquant des pliages de la plaque dans diverses directions ce qui permet à l'ensemble d'avoir une plus grande rigidité que la plaque d'origine. Le procédé assure ainsi un compromis avantageux entre la rigidité de la roue 10 et l'inertie de la roue 10. Le pliage de plaque permet une plus grande rigidité de la roue 10 et ce sans apport de matière supplémentaire ce qui est favorable à l'inertie.The stamping process also makes it possible to envisage a wider range of materials for the plate, unlike other processes which present incompatibility of the materials with the process, for example for welding. In addition the stamping involving bending the plate in various directions which allows the assembly to have greater rigidity than the original plate. The method thus provides an advantageous compromise between the rigidity of the wheel 10 and the inertia of the wheel 10. The plate folding allows greater rigidity of the wheel 10 and without adding additional material which is favorable to the inertia.

L'emboutissage permet de former des pièces avec des épaisseurs plus faibles que dans d'autres procédés tel que le moulage. A titre d'exemple une roue à aube 10 dont le diamètre est de 28mm comportant un moyeu 18 de diamètre 4.5mm dispose en moyenne d'une épaisseur minimale de 1.3mm pour une pièce moulée contre une épaisseur de 0.5mm pour une pièce emboutie. Cette diminution d'épaisseur permet de gagner de la masse.Stamping makes it possible to form parts with smaller thicknesses than in other processes such as molding. For example, a blade wheel 10 whose diameter is 28mm having a hub 18 of diameter 4.5mm has an average thickness of 1.3mm for a molded part against a thickness of 0.5mm for a stamped part. This decrease in thickness makes it possible to gain mass.

L'étape d'emboutissage permet en outre, en une seule et même opération de former un moyeu 18 dans la roue à aubes. Ainsi une étape de formation du moyeu 18 par une opération distincte de celle de l'emboutissage formant les aubes est économisée. La formation du moyeu 18 par emboutissage ne nécessite donc pas de rajout de pièces construites par ailleurs. La formation de la roue à aubes 10 et du moyeu 18 peut ainsi être réalisée avec une unique plaque. Cette formation présente donc un gain de temps de réalisation.The stamping step further allows, in one and the same operation to form a hub 18 in the impeller. Thus a step of forming the hub 18 by a separate operation from that of the stamping forming the blades is saved. The formation of the hub 18 by stamping does not require addition of parts built elsewhere. The formation of the impeller 10 and the hub 18 can thus be made with a single plate. This training thus presents a saving of time of realization.

Le procédé comprend en outre une étape de fourniture d'une plaque unique. La fourniture d'une unique plaque permet de s'affranchir de moyen d'attache. La fourniture d'une plaque unique représente des économies de matière et la diminution des chutes lors de la construction. La plaque fournie dans laquelle la roue à aubes est réalisée est rectangulaire, et est par exemple obtenu par le déroulement d'une bobine de tôle.The method further comprises a step of providing a single plate. The provision of a single plate makes it possible to dispense with attachment means. The provision of a single plate represents material savings and decreases in falls during construction. The plate provided in which the impeller is made is rectangular, and is for example obtained by the unwinding of a sheet metal coil.

Le procédé comprend en outre, préalablement à l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, une étape d'ajourage de la plaque permettant la réalisation des ajours 14. Les ajours 14 sont en nombre égal au nombre d'aubes Les ajours 14 sont par exemple de forme triangulaire 14. De préférence les ajours sont selon des triangles isocèles. Cependant d'autres formes peuvent être utilisées pour l'ajour 14, en particulier les deux cotés égaux du triangle isocèle peuvent être courbés et se rejoindre au sommet. Les ajours 14 permettent de faciliter la déformation de la plaque pour la formation des aubes lors de l'emboutissage. Les ajours triangulaires 14 permettent lors de l'emboutissage de mieux maîtriser les déplacements de matière dans les directions résultant de la déformation, en particulier dans la zone entre les aubes et le moyeu. La découpe permet un emboutissage et des opérations de pliage-emboutissage plus faciles dans cette zone.The method further comprises, prior to the stamping step of the plate, a step of opening the plate allowing the perforations 14 to be made. The openings 14 are in number equal to the number of blades. example of triangular shape 14. Preferably the openings are in isosceles triangles. However other forms can be used for the opening 14, in particular the two equal sides of the isosceles triangle can be bent and meet at the top. The openings 14 facilitate the deformation of the plate for training blades during stamping. The triangular openings 14 allow during stamping to better control the movement of material in the directions resulting from the deformation, in particular in the area between the blades and the hub. Cutting allows stamping and bending-stamping operations easier in this area.

Lors de l'étape d'ajourage de la plaque, un ajour au centre des ajours 14 est réalisé. Cet ajour central marque le centre de la roue à aubes 10 et du moyeu 18. Ceci permet la formation du moyeu 18 lors de l'emboutissage de la plaque.During the step of perforating the plate, an opening in the center of the openings 14 is made. This central opening marks the center of the impeller 10 and the hub 18. This allows the formation of the hub 18 during stamping of the plate.

La figure 3 décrit une coupe de profil d'une roue à aubes 10 par emboutissage.
La figure 3 représente des ajours 16. Les ajours 16 sont dans le prolongement radial des triangles 14. Les ajours 16 formant un seul et même ajour avec les ajours 14. Ces ajours 16 sont le résultat de l'emboutissage de la pièce et de la formation du moyeu 18. Les ajours 16 se trouvent sur le flanc du moyeu 18. Le moyeu 18 en prenant sa forme entraîne avec lui la matière au centre de la plaque et entraîne donc la pointe des triangles 14 sur ses flancs. L'entraînement du sommet des triangles 14 par le moyeu 18 forme sur ses flancs l'ajour 16. Les ajours 16 permettent lors de l'emboutissage de réduire les contraintes mécaniques dans la plaque au niveau du moyeu 18. L'ajour 16 assure donc une meilleure forme cylindrique du moyeu 18. L'ajour 16 permet de compenser des imperfections de construction en particulier, mais pas seulement, des matrices d'emboutissage.
The figure 3 discloses a sectional cut of a paddle wheel 10 by stamping.
The figure 3 The openings 16 are in the radial extension of the triangles 14. The openings 16 forming a single openwork with the openings 14. These openings 16 are the result of stamping the workpiece and the formation of the hub. 18. The openings 16 are on the side of the hub 18. The hub 18 in its shape carries with it the material in the center of the plate and thus causes the tip of the triangles 14 on its sides. The training of the vertex of the triangles 14 by the hub 18 forms on its flanks the opening 16. The openings 16 allow during stamping to reduce the mechanical stresses in the plate at the hub 18. The ajour 16 thus ensures a better cylindrical shape of the hub 18. The aperture 16 compensates for construction imperfections in particular, but not only stamping dies.

Le procédé comprend en outre une étape de découpe de la plaque. L'étape de découpe de la plaque est une étape qui doit être réalisée avant l'emboutissage. Cette étape consiste à pratiquer dans la plaque des encoches au-delà de la périphérie souhaitée de la roue dans le prolongement des aubes 12 à venir. De cette manière, la plaque comporte autant d'encoches que d'aubes 12. L'avantage de procéder ainsi est la plus grande facilité de découpage du surplus de matière de la plaque au-delà de la périphérie de la roue. Pratiquer la découpe des encoches avant l'emboutissage de la plaque permet de découper une zone plane et non déformée par l'emboutissage. Un autre avantage est la diminution du risque de détérioration des aubes. En effet, lors de la découpe de la partie des aubes 12 au-delà de la périphérie de la roue à aubes 10, la forme des aubes peut se voir modifiée voir détériorée. Découper avant l'emboutissage prévient ce risque.The method further comprises a step of cutting the plate. The step of cutting the plate is a step that must be performed before stamping. This step is to practice in the plate notches beyond the desired periphery of the wheel in the extension of the blades 12 to come. In this way, the plate has as many notches as blades 12. The advantage of doing so is the greater ease of cutting surplus material plate beyond the periphery of the wheel. Cutting the notches before stamping the plate makes it possible to cut a flat area that is not deformed by stamping. Another advantage is the reduction of the risk of deterioration of the blades. Indeed, when cutting the portion of the blades 12 beyond the periphery of the impeller 10, the shape of the blades can be modified or deteriorated. Cutting before stamping prevents this risk.

Avant, pendant ou après l'étape d'emboutissage, le procédé comprend en outre une étape de mise en forme de la liaison retenue pour un entraînement en rotation. La liaison retenue peut être un moyeu de forme cylindrique calibrée, ou de forme hexagonale, ou toute autre forme. Cette étape est une étape de préparation d'une forme quelconque de moyeu. Il peut s'agir de zones cylindriques comme un collet court ou long obtenu par soyage. Il peut s'agir d'autres formes crénelées ou spécifiques pour réaliser une liaison rigide sur un axe.Before, during or after the drawing step, the method further comprises a step of forming the bond retained for a rotational drive. The connection retained may be a calibrated cylindrical hub, or hexagonal shape, or any other form. This step is a step of preparing any form of hub. These may be cylindrical areas such as a collar short or long obtained by soyage. It may be other crenellated or specific forms to achieve a rigid connection on an axis.

Après l'étape d'emboutissage, le procédé comprend en outre une étape de découpe de la plaque pour obtenir la roue au diamètre souhaité. En effet, la plaque fournie en début de procédé peut être de forme rectangulaire. Il peut aussi s'agir d'une bande de métal déroulée en amont de la machine. L'étape de découpe permet donc de donner la forme d'une roue à la plaque emboutie. La découpe donne la forme circulaire au pourtour de la roue à aubes 10. La découpe permet d'ajuster les dimensions du rayon de la roue à aubes 10 aux dimensions souhaitées. La découpe a lieu en particulier dans les secteurs angulaires qui sont entre les encoches découpées préalablement à l'emboutissage de la plaque.After the stamping step, the method further comprises a step of cutting the plate to obtain the desired diameter wheel. Indeed, the plate provided at the beginning of the process may be of rectangular shape. It can also be a metal strip unrolled upstream of the machine. The cutting step therefore makes it possible to give the shape of a wheel to the stamped plate. The cutout gives the circular shape to the periphery of the impeller 10. The cutout makes it possible to adjust the dimensions of the radius of the impeller 10 to the desired dimensions. The cutting takes place in particular in the angular sectors which are between the notches cut before the stamping of the plate.

La plaque servant à la formation de la roue à aubes 10 peut être de n'importe quelle matière. La plaque peut être en métal. L'inox est particulièrement adapté pour une roue à aube 10 dont la vocation principale, mais non exclusive, est d'être immergée dans un fluide. Le fluide peut être un fluide oxydant. Afin de minimiser l'oxydation de la roue, et donc son usure, l'utilisation d'un matériau tel que l'inox, ou tout autre matériaux ayant une cinétique d'oxydation au moins aussi lente est particulièrement avantageux.The plate for forming the impeller 10 can be of any material. The plate can be metal. Stainless steel is particularly suitable for a paddle wheel 10 whose main purpose, but not exclusive, is to be immersed in a fluid. The fluid may be an oxidizing fluid. In order to minimize the oxidation of the wheel, and therefore its wear, the use of a material such as stainless steel, or any other material having oxidation kinetics at least as slow is particularly advantageous.

Le procédé permet de former des roues à aubes 10 dont l'une des applications est par exemple l'utilisation pour une pompe centrifuge.The method makes it possible to form paddle wheels 10, one of the applications of which is, for example, the use for a centrifugal pump.

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Procédé de fabrication d'une roue (10) à aubes comprenant la formation des aubes (12) par une étape d'emboutissage d'une plaque.A method of manufacturing a paddle wheel (10) comprising forming the blades (12) by a step of stamping a plate. Procédé selon la revendication précédente comprenant une étape de fourniture d'une unique plaque, la formation des aubes (12) étant réalisée par emboutissage de la plaque unique.Method according to the preceding claim comprising a step of providing a single plate, the formation of the blades (12) being made by stamping the single plate. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la plaque fournie est rectangulaire, le procédé comprenant en outre, avant l'étape d'emboutissage, une étape de découpe de la plaque dans le prolongement des aubes (12) au-delà de la périphérie prédéterminée de la roue (10).Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the plate provided is rectangular, the method further comprising, before the stamping step, a step of cutting the plate in the extension of the vanes (12) beyond the predetermined periphery of the wheel (10). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes comprenant en outre, avant l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque,
une étape d'ajourage de la plaque, les aubes (12) étant chacune limitées en direction du centre de la roue (10) par un ajour (14) de la plaque.
Method according to one of the preceding claims further comprising, before the step of stamping the plate,
a stage of perforation of the plate, the vanes (12) being each limited towards the center of the wheel (10) by an aperture (14) of the plate.
Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel les ajours (14) ont la forme d'un triangle, la base du triangle marquant la limite des aubes (12) en direction du centre de la roue (10).Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the openings (14) have the shape of a triangle, the base of the triangle marking the blade boundary (12) towards the center of the wheel (10). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes comprenant, avant l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, une étape d'ajourage de la plaque marquant le centre de la roue (10), un moyeu (18) de roue étant réalisé au cours de l'étape d'emboutissage autour de l'ajour central.Method according to one of the preceding claims, comprising, before the step of stamping the plate, a step of opening the plate marking the center of the wheel (10), a wheel hub (18) being made during the stamping step around the central opening. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes comprenant en outre, après la réalisation du moyeu (18), une étape de mise en forme de la liaison retenue pour un entraînement en rotation par une forme cylindrique calibrée ou une forme hexagonale.Method according to one of the preceding claims further comprising, after the embodiment of the hub (18), a shaping step of the connection retained for a rotational drive by a calibrated cylindrical shape or a hexagonal shape. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes comprenant, après l'étape d'emboutissage de la plaque, d'une étape de découpe de la plaque au-delà de la périphérie de la roue (10).Method according to one of the preceding claims comprising, after the step of stamping the plate, a step of cutting the plate beyond the periphery of the wheel (10). Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel les aubes (12) obtenues après emboutissage de la plaque sont symétriques ou non symétriques.Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the blades (12) obtained after stamping the plate are symmetrical or unsymmetrical. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes dans lequel la plaque est en inox ou autre matière emboutissable.Method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the plate is made of stainless steel or other embossable material. Une roue à aubes (10) obtenue par un procédé d'emboutissage.A paddle wheel (10) obtained by a stamping process. Une pompe centrifuge comprenant la roue à aubes (10) selon la revendication précédenteA centrifugal pump comprising the impeller (10) according to the preceding claim
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