EP2524071B1 - Outil de galvanisation de paliers lisses - Google Patents

Outil de galvanisation de paliers lisses Download PDF

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EP2524071B1
EP2524071B1 EP11700735.1A EP11700735A EP2524071B1 EP 2524071 B1 EP2524071 B1 EP 2524071B1 EP 11700735 A EP11700735 A EP 11700735A EP 2524071 B1 EP2524071 B1 EP 2524071B1
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Hans-Ulrich Huhn
Axel Rothe
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Federal Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH
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    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D17/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells for electrolytic coating
    • C25D17/007—Current directing devices
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D17/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells for electrolytic coating
    • C25D17/06—Suspending or supporting devices for articles to be coated
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D17/00—Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells for electrolytic coating
    • C25D17/10—Electrodes, e.g. composition, counter electrode
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D5/00—Electroplating characterised by the process; Pretreatment or after-treatment of workpieces
    • C25D5/02—Electroplating of selected surface areas
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D7/00—Electroplating characterised by the article coated
    • C25D7/10—Bearings

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  • the invention relates to a tool for the galvanic coating of plain bearings.
  • the typical structure of a plain bearing from the material group of the plain bearing to be plated consists of a steel backing with a lead-containing or lead-free composite layer.
  • the galvanic sliding layer applied in the running surface of the sliding bearing is a multifunctional material and performs various tasks. This coating takes place in a box-shaped tool, which is also referred to as recording.
  • those surfaces on which the bearing shells are divided (partial surface) preferably not coated.
  • no coating is desired for the bearing back, ie the cylindrical outer surface of the bearing shells.
  • so-called robber cathodes or elements are provided in the area of the bearing back, which are switched in a suitable manner such that the bearing back remains largely free of a coating.
  • one or more “towers” or columns of bearing shells are constructed one above the other in such a way that the axial directions of the individual bearing shells coincide. In this axial direction, the bearing shells are clamped by means of a spring pressure.
  • this structure is relatively unstable, so that the bearing shell columns often collapse, are heavily coated on the faces and results in a significant proportion of rejects.
  • dummy shells made of steel are used.
  • the blind shell at the beginning of the bearing shell pillar to be coated covers the transition region between the air and the electrolyte.
  • the lower dummy shell serves to stabilize the column and to limit the tolerance of the deposited layer within the bearing shell column.
  • the above-mentioned robber cathode is fixed in the tool.
  • Such a tool is from the publication GB 1 239 222 known.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a tool with the help of plain bearing shells can be galvanically coated efficiently.
  • the tool according to the invention has at least one cover on which a robber cathode is mounted.
  • the robber cathode is integrated in the lid, which leads to the particular advantages that it can be removed during the process. This differs from the previous fixed in the tool cathodes.
  • the possibility of removing the raid cathode during the coating process offers the following advantage.
  • the tread will usually be after the "main" coating provided with a binary or ternary lead-free sliding layer.
  • the steel back must then be provided with a so-called flash. This flash, for example, based on tin has the function of corrosion protection and is primarily applied to the bearing back of steel to protect the reactive steel from oxidation with the air (rust).
  • This corrosion protection is thus primarily applied to the bearing back.
  • this area is not coated in the presence of the robber cathode. Consequently, while in the context of the main coating, the current, before it is conducted to the bearing shells to be coated, is passed over a resistance of, for example, 0.001 ohms to 0.02 ohms, in particular 0.003 ohms to 0.0095 ohms, by a potential difference between the robber cathode and make the cups to prevent the coating to the back, this potential difference is removed by removing the burglar cathode, and the bearing backs can be provided in an advantageous manner with the desired corrosion protection.
  • the tool according to the invention further comprises at least one holder, which is characterized in that it has at least one strip which is suitable for mechanically fixing and / or electrically contacting a plurality of bearing shells.
  • the mechanical fixation optionally in cooperation with a portion, for example a wall of the tool, prevents the bearing cup column from collapsing.
  • the holder presses namely with the at least one bar the bearing shell column, for example, against a wall of the tool, so that there is a much lower risk of collapse of the bearing shell column, eliminating the collapse of the bearing shell column and the coating of the Part surface is avoided. This significantly reduces the reject rate. In particular, it was found in initial tests that the scrap can be reduced to zero due to collapsed bearing shells. Furthermore, the undesired coating of the partial surfaces can be prevented by pressing against the tool wall.
  • the holder according to the invention By contacting a plurality of bearing shells at their respective back several, preferably all to be coated cups are contacted by the holder according to the invention.
  • the dispersion within a bearing shell column with the holder according to the invention is only about 2 .mu.m to 3 .mu.m and the coating of the partial surface is avoided, whereas in the previous procedure, in which only the end faces of the bearing shell pillar were contacted, a scatter of 6 Up to 7 microns occurred and the partial surface was coated with up to 20 microns.
  • the scrap could be significantly reduced as a result of considerable scattering of the coating density.
  • the holder described can also be referred to as back contact. This constitutes an independent aspect of the present application, which, although independent of the features described above or below, has its advantages, but can be combined with them.
  • the bracing can take place in such a way that the bearing backs contact particularly well and / or the partial surfaces of the bearing shells are pressed particularly firmly against a wall of the tool, so that a coating is advantageously prevented here.
  • the tool according to the invention further comprises at least one plastic block, which is arranged above the bearing shell pillar, in particular to ensure at the upper end of the bearing shell pillar that all bearing shells are below the surface of the electrolyte bath and coated reliably.
  • the dummy shell at the lower end is eliminated, resulting in an increase in productivity.
  • the in Fig. 1 shown holder 10, which may also be referred to as profile gleichleiter has, in the illustrated embodiment, four substantially parallel rails or strips 12, which are made of metal, to contact in pairs (not shown) bearing shells.
  • the metallic strips are embedded in the embodiment shown in slightly wider plastic strips, which are connected via numerous cross braces 14 with each other and with a central plastic strip 16.
  • the holder 10 is made of plastic with the exception of the metal rails 12. This also applies in particular to those bolts 18 which are present in triplicate in the embodiment shown and in the embodiment shown in each case have a radially continuous slot which extends approximately in the direction of the strips 12, 16.
  • the holder shown is used in such a way that the bearing shells to be coated are built up in a columnar structure.
  • two columns are constructed in parallel and each contacted by the two lying on one side or the other of the central strip 16 metal strips 12. This contacting takes place particularly reliably and securely, including a mechanical fixation on the tool, when the three bolts 18 have been inserted through a wall of the tool, and respective, preferably wedge-shaped strips or pins have been inserted and clamped in the described slots of the bolt in such a way that the holder 10 is pressed against the tool wall, so that the bearing shells arranged therebetween are mechanically fixed as well as electrically contacted by the metal strips 12.
  • the wedges 22 to be inserted into the slots of the bolts 18 may be provided on a plate 20 having a recess 24 surrounding each of the wedges on three sides.
  • the plate for example, by inserting the bolt 18 in the recess 24 below each wedge 22 and subsequent displacement of the plate 20 such that each of the wedges 22 enters the respective slot, are braced.
  • the plate 20 moves with respect to the bolt, in the Fig. 2 shown embodiment, wherein the bolts are received in the laterally arranged by the wedges 22 portions of the recesses 24.
  • Fig. 3 It is shown that the metal rails 12 are brought together in a particular upper area by a transverse connection 26 and connected to a power connection 28. In this area, the metal rails 12 are no longer embedded in the plastic of the receptacle 10. Furthermore, in Fig. 3 a plastic block 30 is shown, which on the one hand has recesses for the upper end regions of the rails 12 and on the other serves to axially clamp the constructed bearing shells 32. Furthermore, the distance to the air above the electrolyte bath is compensated by the plastic block 30, so that in other words it is ensured that all the bearing shells 32 are reliably below the surface of the electrolyte bath.
  • a tool cover 34 is shown, in which the so-called robber cathode 36 is integrated in an advantageous manner.
  • These are in the embodiment shown a few interconnected rods, in the range of (in Fig. 3 directed to the viewer) bearing back to make a potential difference to the bearing back, which ensures that they are not coated.
  • a power connection 38 is provided for the Räuberkathode 36 to produce the described potential difference.

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  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Electroplating Methods And Accessories (AREA)
  • Prevention Of Electric Corrosion (AREA)
  • Sliding-Contact Bearings (AREA)
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  • Shafts, Cranks, Connecting Bars, And Related Bearings (AREA)
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Claims (4)

  1. Outil destiné au revêtement galvanique de paliers lisses avec au moins un couvercle (34) sur lequel une cathode auxiliaire (36) est placée, et au moins un support (10) pour plusieurs coussinets de palier (32) agencés en formant une colonne et devant être revêtus par galvanisation, avec un nombre pair de barres parallèles (12) qui sont appropriées pour fixer mécaniquement et/ou mettre en contact électriquement plusieurs coussinets de palier (32), et des boulons qui sont insérables à travers une paroi de l'outil et présentent des fentes dans lesquelles des barres ou des tiges peuvent être introduites et serrées de telle façon que le support (10) est appuyé contre une paroi d'outil, et les coussinets de palier (32) sont agencés entre le support (10) et la paroi d'outil.
  2. Outil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le support (10) est en matière plastique et au moins une barre (12) est en métal.
  3. Outil selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le support (10) peut être fixé dans l'outil et peut être serré de préférence.
  4. Outil selon l'une des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre au moins un bloc en matière plastique (30).
EP11700735.1A 2010-01-13 2011-01-12 Outil de galvanisation de paliers lisses Not-in-force EP2524071B1 (fr)

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PCT/EP2011/050327 WO2011086089A1 (fr) 2010-01-13 2011-01-12 Outil de galvanisation de paliers lisses

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