EP3307922A1 - Procédé de revêtement de la surface d'un canal de refroidissement fermé d'un piston pour un moteur à combustion interne et piston pouvant être fabriqué au moyen de ce procédé - Google Patents

Procédé de revêtement de la surface d'un canal de refroidissement fermé d'un piston pour un moteur à combustion interne et piston pouvant être fabriqué au moyen de ce procédé

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EP3307922A1
EP3307922A1 EP16732963.0A EP16732963A EP3307922A1 EP 3307922 A1 EP3307922 A1 EP 3307922A1 EP 16732963 A EP16732963 A EP 16732963A EP 3307922 A1 EP3307922 A1 EP 3307922A1
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cooling channel
piston
coating
coating agent
boron nitride
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Ulrich Bischofberger
Stephan Körner
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Mahle International GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D7/00—Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D7/22—Processes, other than flocking, specially adapted for applying liquids or other fluent materials to particular surfaces or for applying particular liquids or other fluent materials to internal surfaces, e.g. of tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F3/00—Pistons 
    • F02F3/16—Pistons  having cooling means
    • F02F3/20—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston
    • F02F3/22—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid
    • F02F3/225—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid the liquid being directed into blind holes
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C24/00—Coating starting from inorganic powder
    • C23C24/08—Coating starting from inorganic powder by application of heat or pressure and heat
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02F3/00—Pistons 
    • F02F3/16—Pistons  having cooling means
    • F02F3/20—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston
    • F02F3/22—Pistons  having cooling means the means being a fluid flowing through or along piston the fluid being liquid

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  • the present invention relates to a method for coating the surface of a closed, ⁇ lzulauf ⁇ or oil drain holes having cooling channel of a piston for an internal combustion engine with a hexagonal boron nitride-containing coating agent.
  • the present invention further relates to a producible by means of such a method piston.
  • Cooling channel pistons are preferably used in modern internal combustion engines with high specific engine power, since they can dissipate a larger amount of heat compared to only spray-cooled piston during engine operation, so that their maximum operating temperature can be significantly reduced.
  • EP 2 096 290 A1 discloses a non-stick coating based on
  • This protective coating comprises a polymer-based matrix, in particular a polysiloxane, into which particles, in particular of hexagonal
  • Such coatings have, among other things, excellent non-wetting properties for preventing the deposition of thermally insulating solids such as ashes or slags.
  • the object of the present invention is a generic
  • the solution consists in a process comprising the following process steps: a) introducing a defined amount of a coating agent in the form of a suspension of hexagonal boron nitride with a solution based on at least one thermally curable inorganic binder and at least one solvent in the cooling channel; b) distributing the coating agent on the
  • the inventive method is characterized in that a piston can be produced, wherein the entire surface of the cooling channel with a
  • hexagonal boron nitride coating which has a uniform thickness over the entire surface of the cooling channel, which is preferably between 10 ⁇ and ⁇ ⁇ . This ensures that the Heat transfer from the cooling channel is little or not affected.
  • the size of the surface of the cooling channel is determined before step a) in order to be able to optimally dose the coating agent.
  • Surface of the cooling channel of 190cm 2 is an optimal dosage 7ml, or about 36.84 ⁇ per square centimeter.
  • step a) the surface of the cooling channel with a
  • Cleaning agent cleaned to improve the adhesion of the coating on the surface Suitable cleaning agents are, for example, methanol, ethanol, acetone, 1 - propanol and 2-propanol and other low-chain alcohols.
  • the coating composition used in step a) contains as preferred binder at least one polysiloxane, which is preferably dissolved in ethanol.
  • sodium and / or potassium silicate can be used, thereby enabling the use of a sol-gel method.
  • the piston can, for example, be moved by means of a biaxial mixing device.
  • Biaxialmischtechnik are known per se and are usually used for mixing paints and paints.
  • step c) a laminar flow of air at a speed of 1 to 2 meters per second is used to avoid that
  • Coating agent is distributed by an excessively fast air flow unevenly on the surface of the cooling channel.
  • the drying of the coating agent is expediently carried out at room temperature.
  • the thermal curing may, for example. At a temperature of 180 ° C to 220 ° C are performed.
  • Figure 1 an embodiment of a piston according to the invention in section
  • Figure 2 is a photographic representation of a piston body according to FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows a further photographic representation of a piston main body with a faulty coating.
  • the piston 10 has a piston head 11 with a piston head 12, a
  • Combustion tray 13 a circumferential land 14 and a circumferential ring portion 15 with annular grooves for receiving piston rings (not shown).
  • the piston 10 further includes a piston shaft 16 which is provided in known manner with piston hubs 17, in which hub bores 18 for
  • Piston hubs 17 are connected to each other via running surfaces 19.
  • the piston 10 is in the embodiment as a one-piece piston from a
  • Piston upper part 22 by welding or soldering inextricably linked.
  • the piston main body 21 and the piston upper part 22 may consist of the same material or different materials.
  • the piston body 21 and the piston upper part 22 together form a circulating in the amount of the ring portion 15 cooling channel 23, the oil inlet or.
  • the surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 is provided with a hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) -containing coating 25.
  • the thickness of the coating 25 is preferably 20 ⁇ to 40 ⁇
  • Thermal conductivity of the coating 25 is preferably 40W / mK to 50W / mK, depending on the degree of purity of the hexagonal boron nitride.
  • the friction coefficient of the coating 25 is constant up to a temperature of 600 ° C and is 0.2.
  • the specific surface area of the coating 25 is dependent on
  • the surface of the cooling channel 23 is determined in cm 2 to the
  • the surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 is thoroughly cleaned with ethanol.
  • 10ml to 30ml of ethanol via one of the oil inlet or oil drain holes 23 ', 23 "introduced into the cooling channel 23 and the bores 23', 23" with plug (preferably made of a rubber elastic
  • the piston 10 is moved to disperse the ethanol in the cooling channel and to ensure that the entire surface 24 is wetted with ethanol.
  • a biaxial mixer can be used.
  • the plugs are removed, so that the remaining ethanol drains from the cooling channel 23.
  • the surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 is dried via one of the bores 23 ', 23 "by means of a laminar air flow at a flow rate of 1 m / s to 2 m / s for five minutes at room temperature.
  • As a coating agent is a suspension of particles of hexagonal
  • Boron nitride used in a dissolved in ethanol polysiloxane is Boron nitride used in a dissolved in ethanol polysiloxane.
  • the content of hexagonal boron nitride in the suspension in the exemplary embodiment is 104 g / l, based on the volume of the pure polysiloxane solution.
  • the content of polysiloxane is in the exemplary embodiment 61 g / l, based on the total volume of
  • the ethanol content of the suspension in the exemplary embodiment is 647 g / l, based on the total volume of the suspension.
  • Coating agent is eg. Under the name HeBoCoat ® 400E with the manufacturer Henze Boron Nitride Products AG, Grundweg 1, 87493 arbors, commercially to purchase. It is essential that the coating agent is free of halogen-containing substances, in particular free of fluorine-containing substances.
  • the dosage is based on the size of the surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 in cm 2 .
  • An optimum dosage of the suspension is 7 ml for a surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 of 190 cm 2 . In the exemplary embodiment, this corresponds to 4.53 g of ethanol, 0.43 g of polysiloxane and 0.73 g of hBN.
  • the coating agent is introduced into the cooling channel 23 via one of the bores 23 ', 23 ", expediently with the aid of a metering device, for example a metering pump
  • the bores 23', 23" are closed with plugs, preferably made of a rubber-elastic material.
  • the piston 10 is moved by at least two spatial axes. These Movement is essential to keep the coating agent even on the
  • a rotation unit for example.
  • a known per se biaxial mixer is used, with which the piston 10 is rotated both about its longitudinal axis and about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
  • the coating agent adhering to the surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 is dried via one of the bores 23 ', 23 "by means of a laminar air flow at a flow rate of 1 m / s to 2 m / s for about five minutes at room temperature (about 20 ° C.). In this process, the ethanol is expelled from the coating agent This drying step is essential to ensure a perfect uniform drying of the coating agent The flow velocity of the laminar air flow must not be too great, otherwise the near the holes 23 ', 23 "on the Surface 24 of the cooling channel 23 adhering coating agent would be displaced by the air pressure, so that a coating with uneven thickness would result.
  • the resulting coating 25 has a surface energy of 15-17 mN / m and a layer thickness of 20 ⁇ to 40 ⁇ , which is constant over the entire surface 24 of the cooling channel 23. Due to its small layer thickness has the
  • Coating 25 no thermal insulating effect on the material of the piston 10.
  • the coating 25 is temperature resistant up to 600 ° C.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Pistons, Piston Rings, And Cylinders (AREA)
  • Lubricants (AREA)
  • Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un procédé de revêtement de la surface (24) d'un canal de refroidissement (23) fermé, comportant des trous d'admission d'huile ou d'évacuation d'huile (23', 23"), d'un piston (10) pour un moteur à combustion interne, d'un moyen de revêtement contenant du nitrure de bore hexagonal. Le procédé comprend les étapes suivantes : a) l'introduction d'une quantité définie d'un moyen de revêtement sous forme d'une suspension de nitrure de bore hexagonal comprenant une solution à base d'au moins un liant anorganique durcissable thermiquement et d'au moins un solvant dans le canal de refroidissement (23) ; b) la répartition du moyen de revêtement sur la surface (24) du canal de refroidissement (23) à la suite d'un déplacement du piston (10) autour d'au moins deux axes spatiaux ; c) le séchage du moyen de revêtement réparti sur la surface (24) du canal de refroidissement (23) au moyen d'un courant d'air laminaire ; d) le durcissement thermique du moyen de revêtement pour achever un revêtement (25) adhérant à la surface (24) du canal de refroidissement (23).
EP16732963.0A 2015-06-12 2016-06-10 Procédé de revêtement de la surface d'un canal de refroidissement fermé d'un piston pour un moteur à combustion interne Not-in-force EP3307922B1 (fr)

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