JP2007132813A - Anemometer for weather/light resistance testing machine, and weather/light resistance testing machine using it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive anemometer for a weather/light resistance testing machine capable of measuring wind speed accurately even when a sample is rotated around a light source without disturbing wind passing along the sample surface. <P>SOLUTION: In this inexpensive anemometer for the weather/light resistance testing machine having almost the same form as a conventional black panel thermometer, wherein an influence of the wind speed exerted on a measured value of a thermosensitive body is measured beforehand, and the correlation between the temperature and the wind speed is clarified from the value, and the measured value of the thermosensitive body during a test is converted into the wind speed from a temperature-wind speed curve determined beforehand, and the atmosphere on the sample surface is not disturbed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an anemometer that measures the wind speed in a test vessel using a xenon arc lamp, a sunshine carbon arc lamp, a metal halide arc lamp, and an ultraviolet carbon arc lamp as a light source. More specifically, the present invention relates to an anemometer for the weathering light tester obtained by converting from a value of a heat sensitive body attached to a sample frame of the test tank in which heat exchange with flowing air in the vicinity of the sample is well devised. .

In recent years, products with better weathering resistance have been demanded, and therefore, a great deal of development costs have been expended, and in order to efficiently recover development costs, how quickly and accurately weathering light can be collected. Whether performance can be sought is a priority issue for development.

The test conditions of the conventional weathering light testing machine, i.e., xenon arc lamp, sunshine carbon arc lamp, metal halide arc lamp, ultraviolet carbon arc lamp as the light source are mainly irradiation intensity, temperature, humidity, irradiation time, The dark time, the spray amount of water, the spray time, and the like. Some standards of JIS, ISO, ASTM, and AATCC refer to test conditions.

Even if the irradiation intensity, humidity, and rainfall conditions are constant, the test result, that is, the degree of deterioration, varies depending on the temperature. For this reason, many weathering light testing machines have a mechanism that can change and set conditions such as irradiation conditions (for example, irradiation wavelength range, irradiation intensity), test temperature and humidity, and rainfall of the light source.

Normally, the temperature is controlled based on values detected by a dry bulb thermometer in the test tank, a black panel thermometer mounted at the same position as the sample, a black standard thermometer, or the like.

Parameters for controlling the temperature in the test chamber based on the values detected by the thermometers are the temperature of air flowing through the test chamber and the wind speed. In general, the difference between the black panel temperature and the dry bulb temperature when the wind speed is constant is 20 ° C. or more.

In the case of test conditions that maintain the illumination intensity of the light source and the humidity in the test chamber at a constant value and maintain the temperature of the black panel temperature constant, the air temperature or the wind speed flowing in the test chamber or both the air temperature and the wind speed To control.

In the case of test conditions that maintain the light source irradiation intensity and humidity in the test chamber at a constant value, and maintain both the temperature of the black panel thermometer and the dry bulb temperature, only the wind speed flowing in the test chamber It becomes a temperature control factor. For example, in the standard of the American automobile engineering association, SAE1885, the black panel temperature is 89 ± 3 ° C. and the dry bulb temperature is 62 ± 2 ° C.

As described above, the wind speed is an important deterioration factor in the weathering tester.

There are a rotational anemometer, a wind pressure anemometer, a hot-wire anemometer, an ultrasonic anemometer, and the like in terms of the principle and structure of the equipment for measuring the wind speed (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

When the rotary type and ultrasonic type anemometers are attached to the sample frame due to their shapes, there is a risk that turbulent flow is generated in the vicinity of the anemometer and the temperature of the sample becomes non-uniform.

In many weatherproof light testing machines, the sample frame rotates around the light source in order to make the irradiation amount to a plurality of samples attached to the sample frame uniform. In such a weatherproof light testing machine, the air for temperature adjustment is blown in the same direction as the direction of the rotation axis of the sample frame. For this reason, the wind pressure type and the hot wire type anemometers cannot accurately grasp the wind speed flowing on the sample surface unless the mounting direction is specified.

Each of the four types of anemometers has the characteristics as described above, and is not optimal for an anemometer of a weathering light tester.

As described above, when the dry bulb temperature is defined, the temperature of the black panel thermometer is controlled by the speed of the air flowing in the test chamber. In the case of test conditions with high irradiation intensity, there are weathering light testing machines that must increase the wind speed, and when the wind speed is faster than the actual exposure environment, the weathering light testing machine is subject to deterioration in the actual environment. There is a risk of different results.

Furthermore, when the test under the same conditions is performed with different types of test machines, if the difference in wind speed between the test machines is significant, the test results may be different. In such a case, it is important to measure and record the wind speed on the sample surface in addition to the prescribed test conditions.

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Fluid Measurement Method March 1986 (pp. 76-142)

As described above, some conventional weathering light testing machines have a mechanism for changing the wind speed, but there is no one equipped with an anemometer that detects the wind speed on the surface of the sample in real time. As described above, in the case of a rotary anemometer or an ultrasonic anemometer, the measuring part is rotated or has a bar shape, and turbulence is generated in the vicinity of the sample. Also, in the case of a weathering light testing machine in which the sample rotates around the light source, the hot wire anemometer and the wind pressure anemometer cannot accurately measure the wind speed that is a complex flow on the sample surface. It is hard to say that an anemometer suitable for optical testing machines.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an anemometer for a weathering tester capable of accurately measuring the wind speed even when the sample rotates around the light source without disturbing the wind passing through the sample surface. It is to provide.

As a result of intensive investigations to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention irradiates an object surface with good heat absorption with a certain intensity of light, and changes the flow velocity of the gas flowing on the object surface at a constant temperature. At that time, it was noticed that the object surface temperature changed relative to the change in the flow velocity, and found that it was possible to obtain the wind speed from this correlation.

The present invention has been completed based on such knowledge, and was exposed to flowing air for controlling the atmosphere in the test chamber and light emitted from the light source in a weathering light test for examining deterioration by light. This is an anemometer that displays the wind speed on the surface of the sample by converting the temperature of the heat sensitive body provided at the same position as the sample into the wind speed.

Further, the anemometer is characterized in that the wind speed value obtained by converting the value of the black panel thermometer from the temperature-wind speed curve is displayed.

Further, the anemometer is characterized in that the value of the anemometer is converted into an electric signal and digitally displayed.

Also, wrap a stainless steel wire around the outside of the heat-sensitive part protection tube for inserting the heat-sensitive body, attach the heat-sensitive part protective tube to the heat-sensitive part protective tube attachment part of the black panel thermometer, and attach the heat-resistant black enamel. This is an anemometer that is baked and coated, and a heat sensitive body is inserted into the heat sensitive part protective tube, and a measured value of the heat sensitive body is converted from a temperature-wind speed curve to obtain a wind speed.

Moreover, it is a weatherproof light testing machine characterized by controlling the wind speed in a test tank based on the value calculated | required with the anemometer of the said description.

According to the present invention, in order to determine the wind speed of the sample surface during the weathering test, it is not necessary to wear the rotary anemometer, the wind pressure anemometer, the hot wire anemometer, the ultrasonic anemometer, etc. In almost the same format as a conventional black panel thermometer, the influence of the wind speed on the measured value of the thermal element is obtained in advance, and the measured value of the thermal element under test is converted into the wind speed from the previously determined temperature-wind speed curve. An anemometer for a weathering light tester that is inexpensive, inexpensive and does not disturb the atmosphere of the sample surface can be provided.

Moreover, a test result with good reproducibility can be provided by performing a test while controlling the wind speed with a weathering light tester equipped with the anemometer.

As shown in FIG. 1, the anemometer 1 of the present invention has substantially the same shape as a black panel thermometer, and one end is sealed on a metal plate 2 made of austenitic stainless steel SUS304 having a thickness of 1 mm. A heat sensitive body protection tube 3 is attached in close contact. The diameter of the heat sensitive body protection tube 3 is 3.5 mm. The heat sensitive body protection tube 3 is fixed to the metal plate 2 by a heat insulating material 5 and a heat insulating material 6. A bimetal is inserted as the heat sensitive body 4 in the heat sensitive body protective tube 3. The wind speed indicator 7 is disk-shaped, and although not shown in the figure, a scale indicating the wind speed is engraved on the periphery of the circle, and the indicator hand linked to the bimetal rotates in response to the wind speed, and the scale is displayed. It comes to direct. The wind speed indicator 7 is covered with a transparent acrylic protective plate so that an external force acts on the indicator needle and the indicated value is not mistaken.

The wind speed indicator shown in FIG. 1 uses the deformation of the heat sensitive body due to the heat as the displacement of the indicator needle. The heat sensitive body uses a platinum resistor, thermistor, thermocouple, etc. May be converted to temperature.

Further, the signal of the heat sensitive body can be replaced with an electric signal, and digital display can be performed using liquid crystal or the like.

In addition, the position of the wind speed indicator is attached to the position rotated 90 degrees from that of FIG. 1, the scale portion is opposite to the heat sensitive body, and the scale portion is positioned outside the rotating sample frame. This makes it easier to read the wind speed value.

As shown in FIG. 2, the surface of the heat-sensitive body protection tube 3 is spirally provided with fine protrusions for rapidly transferring the thermal energy possessed by air to the heat-sensitive body, that is, the wind receiving wire 8 made of SUS304 having a diameter of 0.3 mm. It is wrapped in a shape. The pitch of the helix is 0.5 mm, and the inclination of the helix is 45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of the heat sensitive body protection tube 3. Further, the surface of the wind receiving wire 8, the heat sensitive body protective tube 3, the heat insulating material 5, the heat insulating material 6 and the metal plate 2 is coated with an equivalent of a seizure type weatherproof black enamel coated on a black panel thermometer. It is.

Next, the anemometer 1 of the present invention is mounted on the sample frame of a xenon arc lamp type weathering tester, and the relationship between the temperature and the wind speed is examined. FIG. The irradiation intensity on the sample surface was 150 W / m ² , the sample frame was rotated once per minute, the sample frame diameter was 580 mm, and the temperature of the air flowing in the test tank was 38 ° C. FIG. 3 also shows the results of testing with a black panel thermometer and an anemometer with a rough helical pitch.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, even if the temperature of the air flowing on the sample surface and the irradiation intensity of the sample surface are constant, the temperature of the sample surface is different if the wind speed is different. Then the temperature drops.

Also, the temperature varies depending on the surface shape of the heat-sensitive body protection tube, and the change in temperature with respect to the change in wind speed is most severe when the pitch of the helix is 0.5 mm. From this result, the anemometer of the present invention can determine the wind speed of 5 m / s or less by converting the temperature value from the temperature-wind speed curve.

The above-described invention can be used for detecting the wind speed on the surface of a sample of a weathering light tester for testing light deterioration in order to reduce a difference in test results between the weathering light testing machines.

It is an external view which shows the structure of the anemometer concerning this invention. It is an external view which shows the heat sensitive body protection tube surface shape. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the wind speed and temperature of the anemometer concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Anemometer 2 Metal plate 3 Thermal element protection tube 4 Thermal element 5 Thermal insulation material 6 Thermal insulation material 7 Wind speed instruction | indication part 8 Spiral wind receiving wire

Claims (5)

In a weathering light tester that uses any one of xenon arc lamp, sunshine carbon arc lamp, metal halide arc lamp, ultraviolet carbon arc lamp, and ultraviolet fluorescent lamp as a light source, the irradiation intensity of the light source and the From the temperature of the heat sensitive body mounted near the sample when the dry bulb temperature is constant and the temperature-wind speed curve derived from the wind speed flowing in the tank, the temperature of the heat sensitive body under test can be calculated by converting it to the wind speed. Possible anemometer. The anemometer according to claim 1, wherein the heat sensitive body is a black panel thermometer. The anemometer according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein a value measured by the anemometer is digitally displayed. A stainless steel wire is wound around the outside of the heat-sensitive part protection tube for interpolating the heat-sensitive body, the heat-sensitive part protective tube is attached to the heat-sensitive part protective tube attachment part of the black panel thermometer, and heat-resistant black enamel is baked and painted The anemometer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the anemometer is characterized. A weathering light tester characterized by controlling the wind speed in the test tank based on the value measured by the anemometer according to claim 1.