JP2005146967A - Air compressor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air compressor not requiring a mechanical seal, with less load in maintenance work. <P>SOLUTION: The air compressor 1 is equipped with an oil injection type screw compressor main body 11 having female and male screw rotors 33, 34 housed therein, and a motor 12 for driving the body 11 on the suction side. In the air compressor 1, a compressor casing part 13 and a motor casing part 14 are integrally formed, the lowest part of the screw rotors 33, 34 are positioned lower than the lowest part of a rotor 42 of the motor 12, and an overhung part from a rotor shaft 39 on the drive side is an output shaft 41 of the motor 12. This structure allows oil to be leaked out toward the outside further away form the male rotor 34 from a bearing 37 rotatably supporting the rotor shaft 39 penetrating a wall part on the motor 12 side of the compressor casing part 13. Opening parts 43, 44 are formed on the wall part for communicating the space inside the motor 12 and a suction port 21 inside the compressor casing part 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an air compressor in which an oil-cooled screw compressor main body and a motor for driving the oil-cooled screw compressor main body are combined by an integral casing.

Conventionally, a compressor in which an oil-cooled screw-type compressor main body and a motor that drives the oil-cooled screw compressor are combined in an integral casing is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
JP-A-11-223192 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-268888

In Patent Document 1, a compressor casing part and a motor casing part are integrally formed via an intermediate casing part surrounding the shaft coupling, and the suction side in the compressor main body built in the oil separation tank is provided. There is disclosed an oil-cooled screw compressor in which a shaft seal device is provided in a bearing portion, and a space in a compressor body, an intermediate casing portion, and a motor casing portion are shut off.
In Patent Document 2, a compressor casing portion and a motor casing portion are integrally formed, and an oil reservoir portion and a first-stage compressor body that are formed between a first-stage compressor body and a second-stage compressor body. An oil-cooled two-stage screw compressor is disclosed in which an oil supply passage is provided to communicate the bearing and shaft seal portion on the suction side of the screw rotor, and the space in the compressor body and the motor casing portion are shut off. ing.

  Both of the compressors described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 require shaft sealing means, that is, mechanical seals, at locations where the rotor shaft of the screw rotor penetrates the casing wall. In the case of this mechanical seal, the oil is guided to a minute gap between the inner peripheral portion of the fixed-side mechanical seal and the rotor shaft on the rotating side, thereby producing a sealing action as well as a lubricating and cooling action. With respect to the axial direction of the shaft, it is impossible to completely eliminate the oil leakage to the outside, and the oil continues to be consumed. For this reason, there has been a problem that the use of a mechanical seal increases the burden of maintenance work, such as requiring oil replenishment from time to time and replacing the mechanical seal when the oil leakage rate increases. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide an air compressor that eliminates the conventional problems and eliminates the need for a mechanical seal and reduces the burden of maintenance work.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the first invention comprises an oil-cooled screw type compressor main body in which a pair of male and female screw rotors meshing with each other is housed, and a motor for driving this on the suction side, The compressor casing part of the compressor body and the motor casing part of the motor are integrally formed, and the lowermost part of the screw rotor is positioned lower than the lowermost part of the rotor of the motor, and the screw rotor is driven. In an air compressor using an overhang portion from the side rotor shaft as an output shaft of the motor, from a bearing that rotatably supports the rotor shaft of the screw rotor that penetrates the motor-side wall portion of the compressor casing portion. And a structure that allows oil to leak outward from the screw rotor and outward, and the space in the motor and the compressor casing are formed on the wall. And a structure in which openings for communicating the suction port in the ring portion is formed.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the oil separation is performed in the portion of the discharge flow path between the compressor body and an oil separation and recovery unit interposed in the discharge flow path extending from the discharge side. A check valve that allows only a flow in the direction toward the recovery unit, and that is closed when the motor stops in an oil passage that supplies oil into the rotor chamber in the compressor body. It was set as the structure interposed.

  Furthermore, in addition to the configuration of the first or second invention, the third invention provides a secondary side of the intake adjustment valve provided in the suction flow path connected to the suction side of the compressor body and the screw in the motor. It was set as the structure provided with the air introduction flow path which connects the space of the side far from a rotor.

  Furthermore, in addition to the configuration of the third invention, the fourth invention shows an on-off valve interposed in the air introduction flow path, a temperature sensor for detecting the motor coil temperature of the motor, and a detected temperature from the temperature sensor. Only when a temperature signal is input and the detected temperature exceeds a set value, a control unit that opens the on-off valve is provided.

  Furthermore, the fifth aspect of the invention includes, in addition to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention, an opening formed in the motor casing portion for introducing a power line for supplying electric power to the motor, and oil. It is made of a material that does not pass, and has a configuration in which the opening is closed, a closing member that penetrates the power line and is in close contact with the power line is provided.

  The air compressor according to the first aspect of the invention eliminates the need for a mechanical seal. As a result, the structure is simplified, the oil leaked from the bearing portion can be recovered, and the burden of maintenance work is reduced. There is an effect.

  According to the air compressor of the second invention, in addition to the effect of the first invention, when the compressor is stopped, the backflow of oil to the suction side is prevented, and excessive starting torque due to oil compression at the time of restarting is prevented. There are effects such as eliminating occurrence and enabling smooth start-up.

  According to the air compressor concerning the 3rd invention, in addition to the effect by the 1st or 2nd invention, there exists an effect that cooling of a motor becomes easy.

  According to the fourth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the third aspect, if the motor coil temperature rises abnormally and becomes in a state that requires cooling, cooling air is taken into the motor only in that case. There is an effect that the necessary cooling can be eliminated.

  According to the fifth invention, in addition to the effects of any of the first to fourth inventions, when the compressor stops, even if the compressed air flows back from the discharge side to the motor inner space through the suction side. There is an effect that oil can be prevented from being scattered outside by a simple member.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 3 show an air compressor 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The air compressor 1 includes an oil-cooled screw-type compressor main body 11 and a motor 12 that drives the compressor to the suction side. It has. Further, the compressor casing portion 13 of the compressor main body 11 and the motor casing portion 14 of the motor 12 are integrally formed, whereby the compressor main body 11 and the motor 12 are combined.
In addition, the compressor casing part 13 and the motor casing part 14 are not restricted to what is completely formed with the single member. The compressor casing 13 and the motor casing 14 may be integrally formed by fastening with bolts or the like.

  One side of the compressor casing 13 is connected to a suction flow path 22 that leads to a suction port 21, and a suction filter 23 and an intake air adjustment valve 24 are provided in the suction flow path 22. Further, a discharge passage 26 leading to the discharge port 25 is connected to the other side of the compressor casing portion 13, and an oil separation element 27 is built in the upper portion of the discharge passage 26 and an oil reservoir portion 28 is provided in the lower portion. A separation / recovery device 29 and a check valve 31 are provided on the secondary side. Furthermore, a pair of male and female screw rotors that mesh with each other, that is, a female rotor 33 and a male rotor 34 are accommodated in the rotor chamber 32 between the suction port 21 and the discharge port 25 in the compressor casing 13.

  The female rotor 33 is rotatably supported by bearings 35 and 36 on the rotor shaft protruding on both sides, and the male rotor 34 disposed above the female rotor 33 is rotated by the bearings 37 and 38 on the rotor shaft protruding on both sides. Supported as possible. In particular, of the above rotor shafts, a rotor shaft 39 protruding to the suction side of the male rotor 34 penetrates the compressor casing portion 13 and is integrally provided coaxially with the output shaft 41 of the motor 12. Reference numeral 34 denotes a drive side rotor. The rotor shaft 39 that passes through the compressor casing portion 13, more specifically, the bearing 37 that supports the rotor shaft 39 that passes through the wall portion of the compressor casing portion 13 on the motor 12 side, 37 is configured to permit oil leakage along the outer circumferential surface of the rotor shaft from 37 or through the inside of the bearing 37 and away from the male rotor 34 toward the outside, that is, toward the motor 12. . Therefore, the mechanical seal which is a shaft sealing means is unnecessary here and is not used. In the air compressor 1, the portion of the bearing 35 that supports the rotor shaft on the motor 12 side of the female rotor 33 is also configured to permit oil leakage toward the motor 12 as described above.

The output shaft 41 is provided in a state overhanging from the rotor shaft 39 together with a rotor 42 that rotates integrally with the output shaft 41, and is the lowest part of the screw rotor, specifically, the lowest part of the female rotor 33 indicated by level L1 in FIGS. Each of the female rotor 33, the male rotor 34, the output shaft 41, and the rotor 42 is disposed so that the lower portion is positioned lower than the lowermost portion of the rotor 42 of the motor 12 indicated by level L 2 in FIG. . Further, openings 43 and 44 are formed in the wall portion on the motor 12 side of the compressor casing portion 13, and the suction port 21 and the space in the motor casing portion 14 communicate with each other. Further, an opening 45 and a closing member 46 for closing the opening 45 are provided on the end surface of the motor casing portion 14 on the side opposite to the wall, and a power line 47 for supplying power to the motor 12 is opened. The blocking member 46 passes through the part 45 and is connected to the motor coil 49 of the stator 48 of the motor 12. The closing member 46 is made of an elastic material that does not allow oil to pass through, and is in close contact with the power line 47 penetrating therethrough. A filter member that captures and drops the captured oil downward may be used.
On the other hand, an oil cooler 51 is interposed in the oil reservoir 28 of the oil separator / recovery unit 29, and an oil flow path 52 that leads to an oil supply location such as a rotor chamber and a bearing in the compressor casing 13 is provided. It is connected.

Next, the behavior of air and oil during the operation of the air compressor 1 having the above configuration will be described.
The air flowing into the suction flow path 22 through the suction filter 23 is adjusted in flow rate by the intake adjustment valve 24 and is sucked into the tooth space of the female rotor 33 and the male rotor 34 from the suction port 21. Further, the sucked air is compressed under oil injection by the oil flow path 52, discharged along with the oil from the discharge port 25 to the discharge flow path 26, and flows into the oil separation / recovery device 29. In the oil separation / recovery device 29, the air compressed by the oil separation element 27 and the oil are separated. The oil that has been fed through and separated is temporarily stored in the oil reservoir 28. The oil in the oil reservoir 28 is cooled by the oil cooler 52 in the oil passage 53 and supplied to the rotor chamber 32 and the bearings 35, 36, 37, 38, and then the discharge port as described above. The air compressed from 25 is guided to the oil separator / collector 29 and repeatedly circulated in the same manner as described above.

  By the way, this air compressor 1 has a structure in which oil does not leak from the bearings 35 and 37 to the motor 12 side without using a mechanical seal, but the openings 43 and 44, particularly the opening 43 are provided. The inside of the motor 12 is always sucked toward the suction port 21, and the leaked oil is guided to the suction port 21 side.

  Further, when the air compressor 1 is stopped, the oil flows from the oil separator / collector 29 that has been in a high discharge pressure state through the oil flow path 52 to the suction port 21 at a substantially atmospheric pressure. Similarly, even if a situation of flowing into the motor 12 at approximately atmospheric pressure occurs, the lowermost level L1 of the female rotor 33 is lower than the lowermost level L2 of the rotor 42. It is prevented that 42 is immersed in oil. As a result, at the time of restart, the rotor 42 rotates while stirring the oil, and not only the occurrence of extra energy loss due to this, but also the situation of the operation stop due to the abnormal rise in oil temperature caused by the oil stirring. Occurrence is also prevented.

  Further, when the oil flows backward as described above, even if the oil passes through the gap between the rotor 42 and the stator 48 and reaches the space on the opening 45 side, power is supplied to the motor coil 49. The power line 47 is introduced into the motor 12 via the closing member 46, so that oil leakage to the outside of the machine from here and contamination of the periphery of the motor 12 due to oil leakage are prevented. . Conventionally, an expensive terminal block has been used to prevent this oil leakage. However, in this air compressor 1, the elasticity that does not allow the oil to pass through by taking advantage of the fact that the inside of the motor 12 is at substantially atmospheric pressure. It has a simple structure using a closing member 46 made of a suitable material. As described above, the closing member 46 allows only air to pass through the air with oil, captures the oil, and drops the captured oil downward as indicated by an arrow in FIG. In this case, the dropped oil may be recovered from the gap between the lower part of the stator 48 and the motor casing part 14 through the opening 43 to the suction port 21.

FIG. 4 shows an air compressor 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and portions common to the air compressor 1 described above in the air compressor 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. .
In the air compressor 2, a check valve 61 that allows only a fluid flow from the discharge port 25 toward the oil separation / recovery device 29 is provided in a portion of the discharge flow path 26 on the primary side of the oil separation / recovery device 29, and The oil passage 52 is provided with an on-off valve 62 that is closed when the air compressor 2 is stopped.
When the air compressor 2 is stopped, the check valve 61 prevents the backflow of compressed air accompanied by oil from the oil separator / collector 29 through the discharge port 25 to the suction port 21 side. The on-off valve 62 prevents oil from flowing into the suction port 21 through the oil flow path 52.

FIG. 5 shows an air compressor 3 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this air compressor 3, portions common to the above-described air compressor 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. .
In the air compressor 3, an air introduction flow path 71 is provided to communicate the secondary side of the intake adjustment valve 24 and the space on the opening 45 side in the motor 12.
Then, the air is introduced into the suction port 21 through the space on the opening 45 side from the secondary side and further through the gap between the rotor 42 and the stator 48 by the air introduction flow path 71. It is designed to facilitate cooling.
Note that this air compressor 2 may be provided with the air introduction channel 71, and the present invention includes an air compressor in which the air introduction channel 71 is provided together with the check valve 61 and the on-off valve 62.

FIG. 6 shows an air compressor 4 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and portions common to the above-described air compressor 3 in the air compressor 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. .
In this air compressor 4, an on-off valve 81 interposed in the air introduction flow path 71, a temperature sensor 82 for detecting the motor coil temperature of the motor 12, and a temperature signal indicating the detected temperature are input from the temperature sensor 82, A control unit 83 that opens the on-off valve 81 only when the detected temperature exceeds a set value is provided.
With such a configuration, air is introduced into the motor 12 from the secondary side of the intake adjustment valve 24 only when motor cooling is required.

In addition, you may add the air introduction flow path 71, the on-off valve 81, the temperature sensor 82, and the control part 83 to the air compressor 2 mentioned above, and this invention includes the air compressor which added such a structure. .
Further, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the air compressor in which the power line 47 is introduced into the motor 12 via the opening 45 and the closing member 46 described above, but via a conventionally known terminal block. A power line may be connected to the motor coil 49.
Furthermore, the rotor shaft on the motor 12 side of the female rotor 33 does not necessarily have to pass through the wall of the compressor casing 13, and the motor 12 opening at the bearing 35 is removably closed by the lid. May be.

It is a block diagram showing the outline of the air compressor concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention in a partial section. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the A section expanded sectional view of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the air compressor which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the air compressor which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention in a partial cross section. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the air compressor which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention in a partial cross section.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2, 3, 4 Air compressor 11 Oil-cooled screw compressor main body 12 Motor 13 Compressor casing portion 14 Motor casing portion 21 Suction port 22 Suction channel 23 Suction filter 24 Suction adjustment valve 25 Suction port 26 Suction flow Path 27 Oil separation element 28 Oil reservoir 29 Oil separation and recovery device 31 Check valve 32 Rotor chamber 33 Female rotor 34 Male rotors 35, 36, 37, 38 Bearing 39 Rotor shaft 41 Output shaft 42 Rotors 43, 44 Opening 45 Opening 46 Closure member 47 Power line 48 Stator 49 Motor coil 51 Oil cooler 52 Oil flow path 61 Check valve 62 Open / close valve 71 Air introduction flow path 81 Open / close valve 82 Temperature sensor 83 Control unit L1, L2 Level

Claims (5)

An oil-cooled screw-type compressor main body containing a pair of male and female screw rotors that mesh with each other, and a motor that drives this on the suction side,
The compressor casing part of the compressor body and the motor casing part of the motor are integrally formed,
The lowermost part of the screw rotor is at a lower position than the lowermost part of the rotor of the motor;
In the air compressor using the overhang portion from the drive-side rotor shaft of the screw rotor as the output shaft of the motor,
A bearing that rotatably supports the rotor shaft of the screw rotor penetrating the wall on the motor side of the compressor casing portion, and has a structure that allows oil to leak outwardly away from the screw rotor; and
An air compressor characterized in that an opening for communicating a space in the motor and a suction port in the compressor casing is formed in the wall.   A check valve that allows only a flow in a direction toward the oil separation and recovery unit at a portion of the discharge channel between the compressor body and an oil separation and recovery unit interposed in a discharge channel extending from the discharge side. And an on-off valve that is closed when the motor is stopped is interposed in an oil passage that supplies oil into a rotor chamber in the compressor body. The air compressor described.   An air introduction flow path was provided to connect the secondary side of the intake control valve provided in the suction flow path connected to the suction side of the compressor main body and the space far from the screw rotor in the motor. The air compressor according to claim 1 or 2.   When the on-off valve interposed in the air introduction flow path, the temperature sensor for detecting the motor coil temperature of the motor, and the temperature signal indicating the detected temperature are input from the temperature sensor, and the detected temperature exceeds the set value 4. The air compressor according to claim 3, further comprising a control unit that opens the on-off valve only. An opening formed in the motor casing portion for introducing a power line for supplying electric power to the motor, and a material that does not allow oil to pass therethrough, close the opening portion, penetrate the power line, and The air compressor according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a closing member that is in close contact with the power line is provided.

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