EP3525298A1 - Conducteur électrique rotatif - Google Patents

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EP3525298A1
EP3525298A1 EP19167901.8A EP19167901A EP3525298A1 EP 3525298 A1 EP3525298 A1 EP 3525298A1 EP 19167901 A EP19167901 A EP 19167901A EP 3525298 A1 EP3525298 A1 EP 3525298A1
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Markus Van Der Laan
Herbert Jan Koelman
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R39/00—Rotary current collectors, distributors or interrupters
    • H01R39/64—Devices for uninterrupted current collection
    • H01R39/643—Devices for uninterrupted current collection through ball or roller bearing

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  • the invention relates to a rotary conductor comprising a first circular body having a first metal circular contact surface, a first electrical terminal attached to the first contact surface, a second circular body having a second metal circular contact surface attached to a second electrical terminal, wherein the first and second metal contact surfaces engage in rolling contact, the metals of the contact surfaces having a predetermined hardness and a corresponding yield pressure.
  • slide contacts such as available from Schleifring or Cavotec
  • a stack of rings or discs is contacted by one or more sliding contacts or carbon brushes per ring to provide electrical contacts.
  • the slide contacts have several disadvantages such as wear of the contact surfaces. Wear is counteracted by the use of expensive metal alloys and reduced contact pressures between the slide contacts and the rings.
  • Many carbon or composite brushes also contain oil providing lubrication and reducing wear. Typical carbon brushes are used for power transfer, whereas gold or silver brushes are used for transfer of electrical signals.
  • the known slide contacts are sensitive to vibrations, due to the low contact pressures between the sliding contact members and the rings. Too low contact pressures may lead to spark forming. Also, in corrosive environments such as in wind turbines and cranes that are used in maritime environments, the conductivity between the sliding contact members and the rings may decrease due to corrosion. Finally, the known conductors are less suitable for successive smaller rotations or oscillations and changes in the direction of rotation.
  • Another category of current transfer devices is formed by electricity chains connected to machines or robots, which are suitable for limited rotational angles. Despite limited angles of rotation, fatigue loading of the copper conductors by repeated bending may result in a reduced operational life cycle.
  • liquid metal e.g. mercury
  • a rotary conductor having coaxial rings, the gap between which is bridged by circular rings that are deformed into a slightly oval shape by the pressures applied.
  • This system is relatively costly due to the expensive gold/silver surface and is subject to fatigue weakening of the deforming rings. Furthermore, the whole conductor needs to be protected against oxidation by preventing oxygen from entering the internals, which would lead to corrosion of the contact surfaces.
  • a rotary conductor according to the pre-amble of claim 1 is known.
  • a planetary power or signal transmission band-gear system is described in which the flexible metal bands of planet gear assemblies are preloaded against the flexible metal bands of the sun and ring wheels.
  • the bands on the planet gear assemblies deform elastically to provide greater area contact, band deformations ranging between 50 ⁇ m and 250 ⁇ m.
  • the degree of preloading is dependent on the particular application, a device designed for the transmission of power requiring a higher preloading force than that designed for signals only.
  • the power that can be transmitted with the known device is limited in view of the relatively high electrical resistance across the rotating conductors.
  • the lay-out of the known transfer device is relatively complex in view of the combination of the conducting bands with intermeshing gears that drive the rotary motion.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a rotary conductor with which high currents can be transferred in a stable and continuous manner between parts that rotate relative to one another. It is a further object of the invention to provide a rotary conductor which is suitable for high speed signal transfer between rotating parts.
  • a rotary conductor according to the invention is characterized in that the metals of the contact surfaces having a predetermined hardness and a corresponding yield pressure, a contact pressure between the contact surfaces being greater or equal to at least 10%, preferably at least 15% of the yield pressure of the contact surface metal having the lowest hardness such that the contact surfaces are smoothed by plastic deformation.
  • the contact surfaces are smoothened by any suitable means such as machining, forging, rolling or other methods.
  • any suitable means such as machining, forging, rolling or other methods.
  • the invention teaches to apply prior to and/or during use, the rolling configuration of the conductors at high contact pressures such that the microscopic peaks on the contact surfaces are smoothened by plastic deformation and bright smooth contact surface is obtained.
  • the Ra value which is the arithmetic average of the absolute values of profile height variations from the mean line, recorded over the evaluation length, ranged between 1.6 ⁇ m and 6.3 ⁇ m prior to plastic deformation, while the Ra value after rolling at high contact pressures was found to lie between 0.1 ⁇ m and 0.8 ⁇ m.
  • the continuous rolling contact at high pressures according to the invention was found to have a fine mechanical "cold forming" effect (plastic deformation), causing a smoothening of the surfaces while also the surface hardness was found to increase (work-hardening) by a factor of 2-2.5 for the investigated copper alloy.
  • yield pressure the pressure is intended at which the deformations in the metal change from being elastic to being plastic.
  • the yield stress can be taken.
  • a contact pressure on this basis is set at least 12 N/mm 2 , preferably at least 18N/mm 2 .
  • rolling contact is meant a movement of one contact surface along the other substantially without any slip between the contact surfaces, one of which rotates around a central axis.
  • the "hardness” as defined herein can be measured by the Brinell Hardness (BH), wherein the contact pressure during manufacturing of the conductors by pre-rolling of the contact surfaces, or during use, is about at least 50% of the Brinell Hardness (HB). Hereby plastic deformation of the contact surfaces is achieved.
  • the contact pressure on the basis of a Brinell Hardness of between 40 and 45 is set at at least 20-22.5 N/mm 2
  • the rotary conductor according to the invention may be produced by applying an initial rolling contact of the first and second contact surfaces at an initial relatively high value, the contact pressure during use of the rotary conductor being reduced to 33%- 50% of the initial value.
  • the rotary conductor may comprise a first ring with an internal contact surface, and a second wheel-shaped or ring-shaped conductor of smaller diameter rolling on the internal contact surface.
  • the first rotary conductor may be ring-shaped or wheel -shaped with an external contact surface, one or more second ring- or wheel -shaped conductors rolling along the external contact surface.
  • the metals used in the rotary conductor comprise highly conductive metals such as silver, gold, copper and aluminium or an alloy thereof.
  • the contact pressure between the first and second contact surfaces is at least 20N/mm 2 for contact surfaces comprising copper and at least about 40 N/mm 2 for contact surfaces comprising phosphor bronze
  • the rotary conductor according to the invention may have first and second contact surfaces that are provided with meshing teeth in order to counteract any slipping movement.
  • the first body may comprise a ring-shaped outer body having an inner contact surface with a first centre line and a first radius
  • the second body comprising a second circular body having an outer contact surface with a second centre line and a second radius, the second center line being at a distance from the first center line, which distance is smaller than the second radius
  • the outer body may be stationary and the second body may be rotatable around the first centre line, the second terminal comprising a universal joint conductor that is with one end connected to the rotatable inner body and with its other end connected to a rotary support that is situated on the first centre line.
  • the transfer of current via the universal joint provides a stable and reliable solution which does not suffer from vibrations, which allows rotation of the bodies at high speed, which accommodates high-frequency signal transfer and/or transmission of high currents without the risk of spark formation at little loss.
  • the first conductor is ring-shaped, the second conductor being wheel-shaped, the second conductor having a smaller diameter than the first conductor and having at least a 20% higher yield value than the first conductor.
  • the wheels material is harder than the ring material. The wheels are pre-rolled before assembly of the rotary conductor, and the rings are machined before assembly. After assembly, the rings are rolled by a temporarily higher contact pressure that is sufficient to roll the weaker ring material.
  • a further embodiment of a rotary conductor according to the invention comprises at least two outer bodies that are supported in a spaced-apart relationship, each connected to a respective terminal, the inner bodies comprising corresponding spaced-apart ring-shaped members rotatably mounted on a rotary support that is rotatable around the first centre line, about an axis situated at a radial distance from the central first center line.
  • the outer bodies form a stack of ring-shaped conductors, one for each phase of current to be transferred.
  • the inner ring-shaped bodies rotate jointly and roll along the inner tracks of the outer bodies to provide parallel current paths. The current is divided evenly over the various rotating conductors. Hereby it is ensured that even if one conductor would lose proper contact, no sparking and consequent material damage will occur as the other conductors can temporarily accommodate the higher current.
  • a further rotary conductor has a first body that comprises a ring-shaped angled contact surface with a central axis, the second body comprising at least one radial angled ring-shaped contact surface rotatably mounted around a radial axis, which axis is rotatable around the central axis of the first body.
  • the conical second bodies that rotate about the radial axis provide for stable and even load distribution on the first ring shaped conductors, allowing high contact pressures while not being subject to wear.
  • the first body is provided with opposed and spaced-apart angled contact surfaces that are each contacted by a respective body having a radial angled ring-shaped contact surface rotatably mounted around a radial axis, which axis is rotatable around the central axis of the first body.
  • the axial pressures exerted on the first body compensate each other so that high contact pressures are possible.
  • the second body may comprises a spring element that contacts the at least one radial contact surface for biasing the radial contact surface in the direction of the central axis.
  • the spring biasing elements provide an adjusting force for equalising the contact forces and for removing any play in the radial direction.
  • the rotary conductor comprises conducting oil between the first and second contact surfaces. Surprisingly it was found that the voltage loss between the conductors is strongly reduced by use of oil film between the rotating bodies. In combination with the high pressure, a reduction in resistance of over 20% could be achieved.
  • the oil used may be insulation oil, such as transformer oil.
  • an oil that is a non-conducting penetrating oil that comprises a suspension of conducting lubricating particles, preferably graphite particles.
  • the rotary conductor according to the invention is suitable for conducting currents from the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal of at least 10 A, preferably at least 25 A, more preferably at least 100 A.
  • currents of up to 60A/mm 2 were measured at a contact pressure of 100-150 N/mm 2 and of up to 4-5A/mm 2 at pressures of 30-50N/mm 2 .
  • a minimum pressure of 20N/mm 2 is applied.
  • currents of up to 40A/mm2 were achieved at pressures of 40-600N/mm 2 .
  • the rotary conductor according to the invention can be used in wind turbines, offshore installations such as Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO's), or in machine parts.
  • FPSO's Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels
  • the rotary conductors can also be used for transmitting electrical signals from one contact surface to the other at data rates of up to 1 Gb/s and higher.
  • Fig. 1 shows a rotary conductor 1 for the transfer of current from a rotating terminal 4 to a stationary terminal 5.
  • the centreline C2 will move along the circular path with radius s about the first center line C1.
  • the pattern of movement of the terminal 4 connected to the circumference of conductor 2 is formed by the combined rotation about the second center line C2 and the rotation of the center line C2 about C1.
  • R2 preferably is about the size of R1 so that the curvature of inner and outer rings only slightly differ and a large contact surface for current transfer is available.
  • the minimum contact pressures apply: Metal HB value Min pressure N/mm 2 Pure Aluminium 15 7.5 Gold 20 10 Silver 25 12.5 Pure Copper 40 20 Electrical Copper 45 22.5 Phosphor Bronze 90 45 Mild Steel 110 55
  • Fig. 2a shows a schematic cross-sectional view through the contact surfaces of conductors 2,3 prior to engaging the surfaces at high contact pressures.
  • the Ra values are relatively high and the contact interface is limited.
  • Figs. 2b and 2c show the conductors 2,3 in a contacting and in a separated state, respectively after having been in rolling contact at high contact pressures over a time period of a significant number of cycles, such as during several hours, preferably days.
  • the Ra value has decreased and the number of contact surfaces 2' has increased due to smoothening caused by the plastic deformation.
  • Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the rotary conductor 2, that is supported in a bearing 6 that rotates around the first center line C1.
  • the terminal 4 is formed by a universal joint conductor 7 having a first set of perpendicular hinge axes 8,9 and a second set of perpendicular hinge axes 10,11 connecting to a drive axis 12 along the first center line C1.
  • the combined translational and rotational movement of the inner conductor 2 are transferred to the rotation of the drive axis 12 about first center line C1.
  • Current from the rotating drive axis 12 can hence be transferred via the universal joint conductor 7 and rotary conductor 2 to the stationary conductor 3.
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of a stacked rotary conductor 20 comprising a base plate 21 and two spaced-apart stationary conductors 22, 23 supported by axial supporting rods 24,25 that interconnect the base plate 21 with a top plate 26.
  • a support guiding plate 27 is attached to the base plate 21 so that it can rotate via a bearing construction (that is not shown in the drawing) around the center line C1.
  • a stack of rotating conductors 30, 31 is placed onto the support guiding plate 27, the surfaces of which roll along circular contact surfaces 32,33 of the stacked stationary conductors 22,23 that are mounted on the supporting rods 24,25.
  • Support guiding plates 27, 28 are provided that interact with rotating bearing elements 39,40 which are in line with the conductors 30,31, for providing a stable rolling motion of the conductors 30,31 along the circular tracks of the stationary conductors 22,23.
  • the contact surfaces 30,31 may for instance be provided with teeth that mesh with corresponding teeth of the internal gear plate 37.
  • a universal joint conductor 41 connects the conductors 30,31 to the drive member 42, that is rotating around the axis C1.
  • Fig. 5 shows an embodiment wherein a first conductor comprises a conical member 50 rotatably supported on a radial axis 51.
  • the radial axis 51 rotates around center line L.
  • the conical member 50 contacts with angled contact surfaces 52, 53 corresponding angled contact surfaces of upper rotary electrode 54 and lower stationary electrode 55.
  • a biasing spring member 56 provides an axially compressive force to maintain a predefined contact pressure between the angled surfaces of the conical member 50 and the upper rotary electrode 54 and the lower stationary electrode 55.
  • rotary electrode 62 comprises upper and lower angled contact surfaces 63,64 that are encased between upper and lower conical electrodes 60,61, such that forces on the electrode 62 balance out and effective current transfer at high contact pressures and high rotational speeds can be obtained.
  • the high contact pressure results in a smooth rolled surface 65.
  • multiple contact points between the upper and lower electrodes 63, 64 and a number of conical electrodes 60,61 can be constructed such that the current transferred between the electrodes 63,64 and the electrodes 60,61 can be strongly increased.

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NL2013382A NL2013382B1 (en) 2014-08-29 2014-08-29 Rotary electrical conductor.
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