JP2007150194A - Fixing structure and fixing method of permanent magnet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing structure and a fixing method of a permanent magnet capable of fixing the permanent magnet to a support member at a low cost without a failure. <P>SOLUTION: The fixing structure of the permanent magnet is provided with the permanent magnet 3 and a magnetic support member 2 for supporting the permanent magnet 3. The permanent magnet 3 is magnetically attracted to a support body 2 through a magnetic ionic liquid 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a permanent magnet fixing structure and a fixing method in which a permanent magnet is fixed to a support member.

  Conventionally, when a permanent magnet is attached to a support member, the permanent magnet is fixed to the support member by applying an adhesive to the permanent magnet, placing the permanent magnet on the support member, raising the temperature, and then curing the adhesive. To do.

  This type of technology is applied, for example, when fixing a permanent magnet to a motor or the like, and uses an adhesive with high thermal conductivity to make it easier to cool a permanent magnet that generates heat by operating the motor (for example, a patent Document 1) and those that suppress the deterioration of magnetic force by using an adhesive mainly composed of a silicone resin (for example, see Patent Document 2) are known. In order to enhance the adhesion of permanent magnets with a coating on the surface, a phosphate coating is provided on the surface of the nickel plating film (see, for example, Patent Document 3), and inorganic fine particles are dispersed in the polyimide resin coating. (For example, refer patent document 4).

  Furthermore, as another method of fixing the permanent magnet to the motor, the permanent magnet is fitted between the plurality of protrusions provided along the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core, and then the protrusions are deformed. Contact with a permanent magnet (for example, see Patent Document 5), or press-fitting a permanent magnet provided with an elastic coating made of a mixture of a polymer material and ferromagnetic particles (for example, see Patent Document 6) Are known.

JP 2005-204352 A JP 2004-194472 A JP 2005-210135 A JP 2004-71649 A JP 2004-023944 A JP 2004-56033 A

  However, when fixing a permanent magnet using the conventional adhesive, a process for adhering the adhesive is required. That is, for example, when fixing a permanent magnet to a motor, it is necessary to heat the adhesive in order to cure the adhesive or to leave it for a long time even at room temperature, apart from the normal motor assembly process. there were. For this reason, the assembly of the motor takes time and effort, which has been a factor in increasing the cost of the motor.

On the other hand, permanent magnets usually have different linear expansion coefficients in the easy axis direction and the direction perpendicular thereto. For example, in the strontium ferrite magnet, the linear expansion coefficient in the easy axis direction is 15 × 10 ⁻⁶ / ° C., and the linear expansion coefficient in the direction perpendicular ^thereto is 10 × 10 ⁻⁶ / ° C. In addition, in the neodymium / iron / boron magnet, the linear expansion coefficient in the easy axis direction is 5.2 × 10 ⁻⁶ / ° C., and the linear expansion coefficient in the direction perpendicular thereto is −0.8 × 10 ⁻⁶ / ° C. In this way, the thermal expansion differs between the easy axis direction and the direction perpendicular thereto, especially in the neodymium, iron, and boron magnets, the easy axis direction expands due to the temperature rise, but in the direction perpendicular thereto. Then it shrinks. For this reason, when the permanent magnet is thermally expanded or contracted after the adhesive is cured, the movement of the permanent magnet is suppressed by the adhesive, and stress may be generated to cause a problem.

  Further, in the technique of fitting and fixing a permanent magnet between adjacent protrusions of the rotor core, there is a problem that a problem occurs in the permanent magnet because excessive stress is applied to the fixed portion of the permanent magnet. . In particular, when a stress is applied to the edge line of the end of the permanent magnet and a crack is generated, the crack may further grow due to a centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the motor. Such a tendency was high in the case of permanent magnets having poor toughness such as ferrite magnets and rare earth magnets.

  Furthermore, in the technique of providing a permanent magnet with a coating having elasticity and press-fitting it, the coating needs to have a thickness of about 0.5 mm in order to fix the permanent magnet by elastically deforming the coating. For this reason, it takes time to form a film, and the cost is high. In addition, it is difficult to form the coating film with a uniform thickness, and there is a possibility that the leakage magnetic flux from the permanent magnet and the magnetic field change depending on the thickness of the coating film.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a permanent magnet fixing structure and a fixing method capable of fixing a permanent magnet to a support member at low cost without any trouble.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first characteristic configuration of a permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention includes a permanent magnet and a support member that has magnetism and supports the permanent magnet. The point is that the support is magnetically adsorbed via an ionic liquid.

  In other words, according to this configuration, the permanent magnet can be magnetically adsorbed to the support member via the magnetic ionic liquid, and no other bonding process using an adhesive or the like is required. Can be provided.

  Further, since the permanent magnet and the support member are fixed via the magnetic ionic liquid, even if the temperature of the usage environment changes and the volume of the permanent magnet changes greatly, the magnetic ionic liquid has its volume. Can follow changes. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem from occurring due to hindering the volume change of the permanent magnet.

  Furthermore, magnetic ionic liquids have almost no vapor pressure even at high temperatures (for example, the vapor pressure at 200 ° C. is a value close to 0) and have a heat resistance of 200 ° C. or higher, so they can be used over a long period of time in a wide range of environments. be able to.

（但し、Ｍ，Ｎはそれぞれ遷移金属原子であり、ｘ＋ｙ＋ｚ＝１，ｎはｘ，ｙ，ｚにより定まる数値である。） A second characteristic configuration of the permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention is that the magnetic ionic liquid includes at least one anion selected from the anions represented by the following formula (I).

(However, M and N are transition metal atoms, respectively, x + y + z = 1, and n is a numerical value determined by x, y, and z.)

  In other words, according to this configuration, the magnetic ionic liquid is not hygroscopic and hardly reacts with acids and alkalis, so that no decomposition product of the magnetic ionic liquid is generated and the influence on the permanent magnet is reduced. Can do.

  A third characteristic configuration of the permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention is that the magnetic ionic liquid has ferromagnetic particles.

  That is, according to this configuration, the permanent magnet can be strongly magnetically attracted to the support member.

  A first characteristic means of a permanent magnet fixing method according to the present invention is a permanent magnet fixing method for fixing a permanent magnet to a magnetic supporting member, and the permanent magnet material is positioned at an intended position of the supporting member. Positioning step, filling step of filling a magnetic ionic liquid between the permanent magnet material and the support member, magnetizing the permanent magnet material to form the permanent magnet, and providing a magnetic attraction force to the support member And a magnetizing step to be generated.

  That is, according to this means, the heating and cooling steps and the step of leaving for a long time are not required, and the permanent magnet can be fixed to the support member at a low cost.

  The second characteristic means of the permanent magnet fixing method according to the present invention is a permanent magnet fixing method for fixing a permanent magnet to a magnetic supporting member, wherein the magnetic ionic liquid is applied to the surface of the permanent magnet material. A step of positioning the permanent magnet material at an intended position of the support member; a magnetizing step of magnetizing the permanent magnet material to form the permanent magnet and generating a magnetic attractive force on the support member; And in the point provided.

  That is, according to this means, similarly to the first characteristic means, the heating and cooling steps and the step of leaving for a long time are not required, so that the permanent magnet can be fixed to the support member at a low cost.

  A permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention includes, for example, a permanent magnet such as a rare-earth magnet, and a support member that has magnetism and supports the permanent magnet, such as a rolled steel plate. A permanent magnet is magnetically attracted to the support via a magnetic ionic liquid. Accordingly, the permanent magnet can be magnetically adsorbed to the support member via the magnetic ionic liquid, and no other bonding process using an adhesive or the like is required, so that an inexpensive permanent magnet fixing structure can be provided. .

  Further, since the permanent magnet and the support member are fixed via the magnetic ionic liquid, even if the temperature of the usage environment changes and the volume of the permanent magnet changes greatly, the magnetic ionic liquid has its volume. Can follow changes. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem from occurring due to hindering the volume change of the permanent magnet.

  The permanent magnet that can be fixed by such a fixing structure is not particularly limited, and any permanent magnet such as a ferrite magnet or a rare earth magnet such as a neodymium magnet can be used. Moreover, if a support member has magnetism like a rolled steel plate and a permanent magnet can magnetically adsorb | suck, it can be used without a problem.

  The magnetic ionic liquid used in the present invention has almost no vapor pressure even at a high temperature (for example, the vapor pressure at 200 ° C. is a value close to 0) and has a heat resistance of 200 ° C. or more. Can be used. For example, the magnetic ionic liquid does not evaporate even when it is used for more than 10 years, such as an automobile motor.

（但し、Ｍ，Ｎはそれぞれ遷移金属原子であり、ｘ＋ｙ＋ｚ＝１，ｎはｘ，ｙ，ｚにより定まる数値である。）
具体的には、陰イオンとして、上記式（Ｉ）において、ｘ＝１，ｙ＝ｚ＝０，ｎ＝１である[FeCl₄]^-を有し、陽イオンとして１−エチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、１−ブチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、１−オクチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、１−デシル−３−メチルイミダゾリウムを有する塩化鉄（ＩＩＩ）酸１−エチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、塩化鉄（ＩＩＩ）酸１−ブチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、塩化鉄（ＩＩＩ）酸１−オクチル−３−メチルイミダゾリウム、塩化鉄（ＩＩＩ）酸１−デシル−３−メチルイミダゾリウムが例示される。 Such a magnetic ionic liquid is not particularly limited, but one having at least one kind of anion selected from the anions represented by the following formula (I) can be used.

(However, M and N are transition metal atoms, respectively, x + y + z = 1, and n is a numerical value determined by x, y, and z.)
Specifically, it has [FeCl ₄ ] ⁻ where x = 1, y = z = 0, and n = 1 in the above formula (I) as an anion, and 1-ethyl-3-methyl as a cation. Imidazolium, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium, 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iron (III) chloride with 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium, Illustrative examples include 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iron (III) chloride, 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium iron (III) chloride, 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium iron (III) chloride The

  In the case of the magnetic ionic liquids exemplified above, in particular, since there is no hygroscopicity and hardly reacts with acids and alkalis, for example, the influence on permanent magnets such as deterioration of attractive force due to corrosion is minimized. In the conventional method, chloride ions and the like are eluted from the adhesive and the permanent magnet is not corroded.

  The magnetic ionic liquid can further have ferromagnetic particles. Thereby, a permanent magnet can be strongly magnetically attracted by a support member. Examples of the ferromagnetic particles include iron powder and magnetite. In the case of iron powder, particles having an average particle diameter of about 1 μm are used and dispersed in the magnetic ionic liquid. Since iron powder and magnetic ionic liquid have a specific gravity difference, when dispersing iron powder in magnetic ionic liquid, a coupling agent is used, and iron powder and magnetic ionic liquid are combined via a coupling agent. Good. Although it does not specifically limit as a coupling agent, For example, a hydrophilic titanium coupling agent etc. can be used. In this case, for example, by mixing the iron powder and the magnetic ionic liquid so that the volume ratio is 1: 2, adding a coupling agent corresponding to 2 wt% of the weight of the iron powder and mixing for about 1 hour. A magnetic ionic liquid in which iron powder is dispersed can be produced.

  Such a permanent magnet fixing method for fixing the permanent magnet to the support member includes, for example, a positioning step of positioning the permanent magnet material at an intended position of the support member, and between the permanent magnet material and the support member. And a filling step of filling the magnetic ionic liquid, and a magnetization step of magnetizing the permanent magnet material to form the permanent magnet and generating a magnetic attractive force on the support member. According to these methods, the heating and cooling steps and the step of leaving for a long time are not necessary, and the permanent magnet can be fixed to the support member at a low cost. The permanent magnet material is a permanent magnet when magnetized.

  The positioning step is a step of positioning the permanent magnet material at a position where the support member is desired to be fixed. For example, the permanent magnet is arranged on the support member as it is, or the permanent magnet and the support member are sandwiched between clips or the like. It may be fixed, and conventionally known positioning means can be applied.

  The filling process is a process of injecting a magnetic ionic liquid between the permanent magnet and the support member and filling it. For example, by using a filler equipped with an injection needle, the filling process is performed between the permanent magnet and the support member. Can be filled easily. And after filling, a magnetic ionic liquid can be spread evenly between both by sliding a permanent magnet and a supporting member. Moreover, in the fixing method of the permanent magnet which concerns on this invention, it can replace with a filling process and can also perform the application | coating process which apply | coats a magnetic ionic liquid on the surface of a permanent magnet raw material before the said positioning process. In this case, after applying the magnetic ionic liquid to a part or the whole of the surface of the permanent magnet and positioning it at the desired position of the support member, the permanent magnet and the support member are slid in the same manner as in the filling step. The magnetic ionic liquid may be spread evenly between the two.

The magnetizing step is a step of generating a magnetic attractive force on the support member by applying a magnetic field to the permanent magnet material by a magnetizer to form a permanent magnet. In this process, the magnetic moment of the permanent magnet that forms all the magnetic domains by the magnetizer is directed in the magnetic field direction.
On the other hand, when magnetizing a permanent magnet material, a large magnetic field from the magnetizer is also applied to the magnetic ionic liquid, and the magnetic moment of the magnetic ionic liquid is aligned in the magnetic field direction. For this reason, the direction of the magnetic moment of the magnetic ionic liquid is the same as the magnetic moment of the permanent magnet, and the leakage magnetic flux and magnetic field from the permanent magnet are concentrated in the magnetic ionic liquid. Thereby, the leakage magnetic flux and magnetic field from a permanent magnet can be transmitted to a support member, without reducing.

  The magnetic ionic liquid used in the permanent magnet fixing method according to the present invention is not particularly limited, but the magnetic ionic liquid exemplified above has an injection needle because it has a viscosity of 10 tens mPa · s at 30 ° C. It is possible to inject with a filler, but on the other hand, since it has surface tension based on this viscosity, the magnetic ionic liquid may fall out between the permanent magnet and the support member even before magnetic adsorption. It can be preferably used.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a case where the present invention is applied to a DC motor (hereinafter referred to as “motor”) 1 as shown in FIG. 1 will be described as an example.

  The motor 1 includes a housing 2 which is a support member of the present invention, a permanent magnet 3 attached to the housing 2, and a rotor 4 inserted into the housing 2. Are provided with a shaft 5 serving as a rotation axis when the rotor rotates, and a coil 6 for magnetizing the rotor 4 by passing an electric current. The housing 2 also serves as a yoke, and a gap 7 between the housing 2 and the permanent magnet 3 is filled with a magnetic ionic liquid 8.

  In such a motor 1, when fixing the permanent magnet 3, (1) when the volume of the permanent magnet 3 changes, it is fixed so that it can follow the change, and (2) the permanent magnet 3 is fixed. In addition to general demands such as that the magnetic flux and magnetic field are not reduced and fixed (3) the gap 7 between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2 is narrow, (4) the permanent magnet 3 is heated. (5) When the motor 1 is assembled, the permanent magnet 3 can be fixed to the housing 2 in the same process as other components, and (6) The motor 1 is operated. It is required that the permanent magnet 3 does not fall out.

  With respect to this, an example of the assembly process of the motor 1 will be described. First, the permanent magnet 3 is inserted into the housing 2 and temporarily fixed, and then the magnetic ionic liquid 8 is filled in the gap 7. The housing member including the housing 2, the permanent magnet 3, and the magnetic ionic liquid 8 includes the rotor 4, the shaft 5, and the coil 6. The rotor member is sub-assembled, and the end-bell cap member (not shown) is sub-assembled. To secure the housing member. Thereafter, the permanent magnet 3 is magnetized from the outside of the housing 2 by a magnetizer. For this reason, when the permanent magnet 3 is fixed to the housing 2, no heating and cooling steps are required, and the permanent magnet 3 can be fixed to the housing 2 in a series of assembly steps of the conventional motor 1. it can. The other configurations of the motor 1 are the same as those conventionally known.

  In addition, by processing the housing 2 and the permanent magnet 3 with a processing accuracy of ± 0.05 mm in the circumferential direction, the magnetic ionic liquid 8 can be filled in the gap 7 formed at the maximum of 100 μm. As described above, since the leakage magnetic flux from the permanent magnet 3 is not reduced by the adhesive layer having a thickness of 300 to 500 μm, the permanent magnet 3 can be strongly magnetically attracted to the housing 2.

  As described above, by applying the permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention to the motor 1, (1) Even if there is a wide temperature change by using the motor 1 in an automobile or the like, the magnetic ionic liquid 8 is Since the shape can be freely changed, no stress is applied to the permanent magnet 3 due to the volume change of the permanent magnet 3 and the volume change of the magnetic ionic liquid 8. (2) Since the magnetic ionic liquid 8 is applied with a magnetic field by a magnetizer in the same manner as the permanent magnet 3 and the magnetic moment is aligned in the same direction as the magnet, magnetic flux and magnetic field in the gap 7 between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2 are reduced. Reduction can be prevented. (3) Since the magnetic ionic liquid 8 can be easily filled in the gap 7 due to the dimensional tolerance between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2, the gap 7 between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2 does not increase. The magnetic attraction force of the permanent magnet 3 to the housing 2 can be increased. (4) Since the magnetic ionic liquid 8 only includes a step of filling the gap 7 between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2 or a step of applying the magnetic ionic liquid 8 to the permanent magnet 3, the conventional method for raising the temperature of the adhesive, maintaining it at a high temperature, and cooling it. Thus, the manufacturing cost can be reduced. (5) Since the permanent magnet 3 is fixed to the housing 2 via the magnetic ionic liquid 8 in the magnetizing process, which is the final process of assembling the motor 1, a series of continuous operations is performed without affecting the assembling process of the motor 1. The manufacturing cost can be reduced as in (4). (6) Since the magnetic ionic liquid 8 can be filled in the slight gap 7 based on the dimensional tolerance between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2, the magnetic coupling force between the permanent magnet 3 and the housing 2 becomes strong, and the motor Even if 1 operates, it is possible to prevent the permanent magnet 3 from falling off due to centrifugal force.

Hereinafter, an embodiment when the permanent magnet fixing structure according to the present invention is applied to the motor 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
An arc-shaped neodymium with an inner diameter of 50 mm and a thickness of 1.6 mm, in which a corrosion-resistant protective film is previously formed as a permanent magnet material inside the housing 2 made of a cold-rolled steel sheet SPCC made of ferromagnetic material. Two iron / boron sintered magnet (hereinafter referred to as “neodymium magnets”) materials were arranged as shown in FIG. The processing accuracy between the inner diameter of the housing 2 and the outer diameter of the neodymium magnet material at this time is a width of 100 μm.
The gap 7 between the housing 2 and the neodymium magnet material is filled with 1 ml of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium iron (III) chloride as the magnetic ionic liquid 8, and the position of the neodymium magnet material is fixed, After rotating the housing 2 once, the same magnetic ionic liquid 8 was again filled with 1 ml of the gap 7, and the housing 2 was rotated once to spread the magnetic ionic liquid 8 over the entire gap 7.

  Then, the rotor member provided with the rotor 4, the shaft 5, and the coil 6 sub-assembled by a conventionally known method was disposed inside the neodymium magnet material. Further, the end bell cap member sub-assembled in the same manner was disposed, the fixing member constituting the end bell cap was processed, and the motor 1 was assembled. Then, the neodymium magnet material was fully magnetized by a magnetizer capable of supplying a current of 20 kA necessary for full magnetization to obtain a neodymium magnet.

  The motor 1 thus produced was rotated continuously for 500 hours at a rotational speed of 3000 rpm, which is the maximum rotational speed of the motor 1, under the temperature cycle conditions shown in FIG. Thereafter, the four-point performance of the motor, i.e., no-load rotation speed, no-load current, stall torque, and stall current, were measured. Since the motor 1 has a hermetically sealed structure, the temperature was raised by the sliding contact heat of the movable part, and the temperature was raised to about 150 ° C. at the maximum.

  As a result, there was no significant change in the 4-point performance of the motor 1 before and after the temperature cycle test. This confirmed that there was no change in the position of the neodymium magnet, which is the permanent magnet 3 fixed to the housing 2, and no change in the properties of the magnetic ionic liquid 8.

As described above, in the present invention, the magnet is fixed by filling the gap between the magnet and the support member with the magnetic ionic liquid. Thus, the magnetic ionic liquid can be filled in a process of assembling a product using a magnet, for example, a motor. As a result, the assembly cost of the motor can be reduced.
Further, since the magnetic ionic liquid is a liquid having a low viscosity, it can be filled in a slight gap based on the processing accuracy between the magnet and the support member. Furthermore, the magnetic ionic liquid is transmitted to the support member without reducing the magnetic flux and magnetic field from the magnet because the magnetic moment is aligned in the magnetic field direction by the magnetic field when magnetizing the magnet. Thus, the magnet can be fixed with a strong magnetic attraction without reducing the magnetic force from the magnet.

  Since the permanent magnet fixing structure and fixing method according to the present invention can be fixed to a supporting member at low cost without any problems, the permanent magnet fixing structure and fixing method can be applied not only to motor applications such as a DC motor but also to various applications.

Sectional drawing which shows the structure of the motor which concerns on this embodiment The graph which shows the conditions of the temperature cycle test which concerns on a present Example

Explanation of symbols

1 Motor 2 Housing (support member)
3 Permanent magnet 8 Magnetic ionic liquid

Claims (5)

  A permanent magnet fixing structure comprising a permanent magnet and a support member having magnetism and supporting the permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet is magnetically attracted to the support via a magnetic ionic liquid. The said magnetic ionic liquid is a fixed structure of the permanent magnet of Claim 1 provided with the at least 1 sort (s) of anion chosen from the anion represented by following formula (I).

(However, M and N are transition metal atoms, respectively, x + y + z = 1, and n is a numerical value determined by x, y, and z.)   The fixed structure of a permanent magnet according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic ionic liquid has ferromagnetic particles. A permanent magnet fixing method for fixing a permanent magnet to a support member having magnetism,
A positioning step of positioning a permanent magnet material at an expected position of the support member;
A filling step of filling a magnetic ionic liquid between the permanent magnet material and the support member;
Magnetizing the permanent magnet material into the permanent magnet, and a magnetizing step for generating a magnetic attractive force on the support member;
A method for fixing a permanent magnet. A permanent magnet fixing method for fixing a permanent magnet to a support member having magnetism,
An application process for applying a magnetic ionic liquid to the surface of the permanent magnet material,
A positioning step of positioning the permanent magnet material at an expected position of the support member;
Magnetizing the permanent magnet material into the permanent magnet, and a magnetizing step for generating a magnetic attractive force on the support member;
A method for fixing a permanent magnet.

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