JP2009021079A - Induction heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an induction heating device capable of suppressing reduction of heating efficiency of a body to be heated due to a leakage magnetic field, and capable of lessening heating variations of the body to be heated. <P>SOLUTION: First and second dielectric points 1, 2 have a yoke laminate 3, a coil 4, and a refrigerant piping 5. The yoke laminate 3 is formed by alternately laminating a plurality of sheets of magnetic body yoke pieces 6 and a plurality of sheets of cooling plates 7. Both ends of the length direction of the yoke laminates 3 are formed by the magnetic body yoke pieces 6, and the cooling plates 7 are arranged to be pinched between the mutually neighboring magnetic body yoke pieces 6. All of the length dimension, the thickness dimension, and the height dimension of the cooling plates 7 have smaller dimensions than the length dimension, the thickness dimension, and the height dimension of the magnetic body yoke pieces 6. Moreover, the opposed face 7a to the cooling plate is arranged at a position more separated from a route for conveying the body to be heated than a magnetic pole face 6a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction heating apparatus that is used in, for example, a steel rolling apparatus and has a function of heating a heated body by electromagnetic induction and a function of cooling radiant heat from the heated body.

  In a conventional induction heating device, a yoke laminate (iron core) in which a plurality of steel plates and a plurality of cooling plates are alternately laminated, a coil made of a conductive wire wound around the yoke laminate, and each cooling An inductor is constituted by the refrigerant pipe connected to the plate. The steel sheet is provided with a magnetic pole surface facing the heated object conveyance path, i.e., the heated object conveyance path, and when current flows through the inductor, the inductor is excited to generate a magnetic field, A magnetic field is linked to the object to be heated. And the eddy current which cancels a magnetic field arises in the crossing location of the magnetic field of a to-be-heated body, and a to-be-heated body is heated by the eddy current. Moreover, the radiant heat from a to-be-heated body is absorbed with a cooling plate, and is dissipated with the refrigerant | coolant in refrigerant | coolant piping (for example, refer patent document 1).

  Here, in such a conventional induction heating apparatus, the end surface on the heated object conveyance path side of the heated object of the cooling plate and the magnetic pole surface of the steel sheet are flush with each other. The cooling plate itself generates heat due to the leakage magnetic field (leakage magnetic flux) in the stacking direction from the end region near the magnetic pole surface. Thereby, the radiant heat from a to-be-heated body becomes difficult to be absorbed by a cooling plate, and the emitted-heat amount of a steel plate will increase. As a result, the magnetization characteristics of the steel sheet deteriorate, the magnetic field to the heated object becomes weak, and finally the magnitude of the magnetic field from the inductor becomes equivalent to that of the air-core coil, and almost no magnetic field is applied to the heated object. Is not applied, and the heating efficiency of the object to be heated is greatly reduced.

  On the other hand, in the conventional induction heating coil, the path side end surfaces of the external water-cooled copper plates disposed at both ends in the stacking direction of the yoke laminate are arranged so as to be separated from the heated object conveyance path rather than the magnetic pole surface of the steel plate. Thus, heat generation of the external water-cooled copper plate at both ends in the stacking direction of the yoke stack is suppressed. In addition, the internal water-cooled copper plate disposed at the intermediate portion in the stacking direction of the yoke stack includes a refrigerant pipe so as to be adjacent to the magnetic pole surface of the steel plate. The refrigerant in the refrigerant pipe absorbs heat generated by the internal water-cooled copper plate due to the leakage magnetic field and radiant heat from the object to be heated (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-11-195480 JP 2001-351775 A

  In the conventional induction heating coil as described above, since the refrigerant pipe is built in the internal water-cooled copper plate so as to be adjacent to the magnetic pole surface of the steel plate, it is necessary to set the thickness dimension of the internal water-cooled copper plate to a certain extent. The space between the matching steel plates was large. For this reason, unevenness occurs in the magnetic field interlinked with the heated body, and uneven heating occurs in the heated body.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can suppress a decrease in the heating efficiency of the heated object due to the leakage magnetic field, and can reduce uneven heating of the heated object. It aims at obtaining the induction heating apparatus.

  An induction heating device according to the present invention has a magnetic pole surface facing a conveyance path of a heated object for rolling, and a plurality of magnetic yoke pieces provided at intervals from each other, on the conveyance path of the heated object Facing each other and having a cooling plate facing surface arranged so as to be separated from the conveying path of the object to be heated than the magnetic pole surface, and provided to be sandwiched between the magnetic yoke pieces adjacent to each other, A plurality of cooling plates that form a yoke laminate by being alternately laminated with magnetic yoke pieces, are connected to the cooling plate, and are arranged so as to be separated from the conveying path of the heated object rather than the cooling plate facing surface. , A refrigerant pipe for dissipating the heat of the cooling plate, and a coil made of a conductive wire wound around the yoke laminate.

  In the induction heating apparatus according to the present invention, the cooling plate facing surface is arranged so as to be separated from the heating path of the heated body than the magnetic pole surface, and the refrigerant pipe is transported of the heated body from the cooling plate facing surface. Since the cooling plate is arranged so as to avoid the leakage magnetic field, the heat generation due to the leakage magnetic field of the cooling plate is suppressed and the heating efficiency of the heated object is reduced due to the leakage magnetic field. In addition, since it is not necessary to incorporate a refrigerant pipe such as a conventional induction heating coil in the vicinity of the magnetic pole surface, uneven heating of the object to be heated can be reduced.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is a perspective view showing an induction heating apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the first and second inductors 1 and 2 of FIG. In FIG. 2, the refrigerant pipe 5 is omitted.
In the figure, the first and second inductors 1 and 2 face each other at an interval in the vertical direction. Between the first inductor 1 and the second inductor 2, a transported heated body transport path that is a transport path of the heated body 10 such as a metal plate for rolling passes through the center line A in the opposite direction. Is arranged. The first and second inductors 1 and 2 have a yoke laminate 3, a coil 4, and a refrigerant pipe (water-cooled pipe) 5, respectively.

  The yoke laminate 3 is provided with a pair of coil grooves 3a parallel to each other with a gap in the width direction, and the yoke laminate 3 has an E-shaped cross section. The yoke laminate 3 is formed by alternately laminating a plurality of magnetic yoke pieces 6 and a plurality of cooling plates (heat conduction plates) 7. Here, both ends in the length direction of the yoke laminate 3 are constituted by magnetic yoke pieces 6, and the cooling plate 7 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the adjacent magnetic yoke pieces 6.

  The conductor of the coil 4 is wound around the yoke laminate 3 through each coil groove 3a, and most of the coil 4 is disposed in each coil groove 3a. Here, the coil 4 may be subjected to alternating current excitation (AC excitation) so as to generate an alternating magnetic field, may be excited intermittently, or may be excited with only one pulse. The refrigerant pipes 5 are respectively disposed on the upper end surface of the yoke laminate 3 in the first inductor 1 and the lower end surface of the yoke laminate 3 in the second inductor 2. The refrigerant pipe 5 forms a refrigerant flow path.

  The end face of the magnetic yoke piece 6 on the side of the non-heated body path (the upper end face of the first inductor 1 and the lower end face of the second inductor 2) and the end face of the cooling plate 7 on the side of the anti-heated body path are: They are flush with each other. For example, ferrite is used for the magnetic yoke piece 6. The magnetic yoke piece 6 amplifies the magnetic field from the coil 4. Further, the magnetic yoke piece 6 includes three magnetic pole surfaces 6a that are spaced apart from each other, a first groove side surface 6b that is disposed between the magnetic pole surfaces 6a and forms part of the coil groove 3a, and a second It has a groove side surface 6c and a groove bottom surface 6d. The magnetic pole surface 6a and the groove bottom surface 6d face the heated object transport path.

  For example, a copper plate is used as the cooling plate 7, and the thermal conductivity of the cooling plate 7 is larger than the thermal conductivity of the magnetic yoke piece 6. That is, the cooling plate 7 absorbs the heat of the magnetic yoke piece 6. The heat of the cooling plate 7 is absorbed by the refrigerant in the refrigerant pipe 5, and the refrigerant flows through the refrigerant pipe 5 to a heat exchanger (not shown), whereby the heat absorbed by the refrigerant is dissipated. The cooling plate 7 includes three cooling plate facing surfaces 7a that are spaced apart from each other, and a first groove side surface 7b that is disposed between the cooling plate facing surfaces 7a and forms a part of the coil groove 3a. A second groove side surface 7c and a groove bottom surface 7d are provided. The cooling plate facing surface 7a and the groove bottom surface 7d face the heated object transport path.

  Here, the length dimension, thickness dimension and height dimension of the cooling plate 7 are all smaller than the length dimension, thickness dimension and height dimension of the magnetic yoke piece 6. Further, the cooling plate facing surface 7a is disposed at a position farther from the heated object transport path than the magnetic pole surface 6a. That is, the interval dimension of the interval B between the center line A and the cooling plate facing surface 7a is larger than the interval dimension of the interval C between the center line A and the magnetic pole surface 6a. It is set within 2 times. Further, the groove bottom surface 7 d of the cooling plate 7 is disposed at a position farther from the heated object conveyance path than the groove bottom surface 6 d of the magnetic yoke piece 6.

  Next, the operation will be described. When an alternating current flows through the coil 4, the inductors 1 and 2 are excited, and a magnetic field is generated from the magnetic pole surface 6a in the direction opposite to the inductors 1 and 2. When the magnetic field is incident on the object 10 to be heated, an eddy current that cancels the magnetic field is generated on the surface of the object 10 to be heated, and the object 10 to be heated is heated by the eddy current. Here, the magnetic yoke piece 6 is heated by radiant heat from the heated body 10, and the heat of the heated body 10 is absorbed by the cooling plate 7 and diffused throughout the cooling plate 7. Then, the heat is transmitted from the cooling plate 7 to the refrigerant pipe 5 and is dissipated by the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant pipe 5.

但し、Ｈ：磁界（磁場）の強さ、ｌ：単位磁路長、Ｎ：コイル４の巻数、Ｉ：コイル電流（即ちＮＩ：コイル起電力）である。 Here, the leakage magnetic field of the magnetic field from the inductors 1 and 2 (the vertical linkage component of the magnetic field to the cooling plate 7) will be described. FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the magnetic yoke piece 6 and the cooling plate 7 of FIG. The magnetic field generated from each of the inductors 1 and 2 is expressed by the following equation (1) according to Ampere's law.

Here, H: strength of magnetic field (magnetic field), l: unit magnetic path length, N: number of turns of coil 4, I: coil current (ie, NI: coil electromotive force).

Here, assuming that the magnetic yoke piece 6 is not magnetically saturated, the magnetic field (magnetic resistance) in the magnetic yoke piece 6 (ferrite) is ignored, and the unit magnetic path length l in the air is the magnetic path length L. Assuming that the strength H of the magnetic field is uniform, the following equation (2) is established when the circular integral of the equation (1) is linearly approximated.
H · L = NI (2)

The magnetic path length L between the magnetic pole surface 6a and the central line A in the projection region from the magnetic pole surface 6a to the central line A is the interval dimension (gap dimension) of the interval C between the central line A and the magnetic pole surface 6a. Equal to g. In addition to this, when the magnetic field strength H is converted into the magnetic flux density B (B = H · μ ₀ ), the following equation (3) is obtained.
B = μ ₀ · NI / g (3) where μ _{0 is} magnetic permeability.

  When a current is passed through the coil 4 with a current source, the formula (2) or the formula (3) always holds. Further, on the center line A, the magnetic path length L increases and the magnetic field strength H decreases as the distance from the projection region of the magnetic pole surface 6a to the center line A increases in the stacking direction (left-right direction in FIG. 3). That is, the magnetic field strength H in the leakage magnetic field is greatest at a location (region D in the figure) in the vicinity of the magnetic pole surface 6a in the projection region of the cooling plate facing surface 7a onto the heated object conveyance path. Therefore, when the cooling plate facing surface 7a and the magnetic pole surface 6a are flush with each other as in the conventional induction heating device, the amount of heat generated by the cooling plate 7 is the highest in the vicinity of the magnetic pole surface 6a. growing.

  Here, the interval dimension of the interval B is set to be twice or less than the interval dimension of the interval C, and assuming that the interval dimension of the interval B is twice the interval dimension of the interval C, the above equation (2) is obtained. In addition, the intensity H of the magnetic field applied to the cooling plate 7 is ½ times the case where the interval dimensions of the interval B and the interval C coincide with each other (in the case equivalent to the conventional induction heating apparatus). In addition, since the heat generation amount is proportional to the square of the magnetic flux density, the heat generation amount of the cooling plate 7 due to the leakage magnetic field is ¼ times that when the interval dimensions of the interval B and the interval C coincide. .

  Next, the relationship between temperature and spontaneous magnetization will be described. FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between temperature and spontaneous magnetization. FIG. 4 shows a graph described in Basics of Magnetic Engineering I (Kyoritsu Zensho, June 1, 1973, first edition, P-148, FIG. 32-2). Moreover, the horizontal axis of FIG. 4 shows the temperature ratio with respect to the Curie temperature. Further, the left end of the horizontal axis is absolute zero, and the right end of the horizontal axis is the Curie temperature. In addition, the vertical axis in FIG. 4 indicates the magnitude of spontaneous magnetization (relative magnetization) with respect to saturation magnetization. Further, since the curve of J = 1/2 (J = angular momentum) in the figure is close to the actual measurement value and ferrite is used for the magnetic yoke piece 6, the characteristics of Fe, Co and Ni in the figure are shown. It can be said that this substantially matches the characteristics of the magnetic yoke piece 6.

  The Curie temperature of ferrite is 653K (380 ° C.). The temperature ratio at room temperature is (298/653 =) approximately 0.46, the magnitude of the spontaneous magnetization of the magnetic yoke piece 6 is approximately 0.95, and the temperature of the magnetic yoke piece 6 does not increase. In the case (initial stage of energization), it is used in this area. If the temperature of the magnetic yoke piece 6 rises due to heat generation and rises to the Curie temperature, the spontaneous magnetization of the magnetic yoke piece 6 becomes zero and almost no magnetic field is generated (if the eddy current can be ignored, the air-core coil Is the same as the magnetic field).

  When the heat generation amount of the cooling plate 7 is 1/4 times, assuming that the heat generation amount of the cooling plate 7 in the heat insulation model is proportional to the temperature increase of the magnetic yoke piece 6, the temperature increase of the magnetic yoke piece 6 is 1 / Therefore, the temperature ratio of the magnetic yoke piece 6 is about 0.495+ (1−0.46) / 4 =), and the magnitude of the spontaneous magnetization of the magnetic yoke piece 6 is about 0. 9 or so. That is, even if the cooling plate 7 generates heat, the magnetic yoke piece 6 can generate a magnetic field substantially equal to room temperature. Therefore, if the interval dimension of the interval B is set within twice the interval dimension of the interval C, the heat generation of the cooling plate 7 can be suppressed without substantially reducing the magnitude of the magnetic field from the magnetic yoke piece 6.

  In the induction heating apparatus as described above, the cooling plate facing surface 7a is arranged so as to be separated from the conveyance path of the heated object 10 rather than the magnetic pole surface 6a, and the refrigerant pipe 5 is located more than the cooling plate facing surface 7a. Since the cooling plate 7 is arranged so as to be separated from the conveying path of the heated body 10, the cooling plate 7 is arranged so as to avoid the leakage magnetic field, thereby suppressing the heat generation due to the leakage magnetic field of the cooling plate 7 and the leakage magnetic field. It is possible to suppress a decrease in the heating efficiency of the body 10 to be heated. At the same time, it is not necessary to incorporate a refrigerant pipe such as a conventional induction heating coil in the vicinity of the magnetic pole surface 6a of the cooling plate 7, and the thickness dimension of the cooling plate 7 (the distance dimension between the magnetic yoke pieces 6). Can be set smaller than the thickness dimension of the water-cooled copper plate of the conventional induction heating coil, the uneven heating of the object to be heated 10 can be reduced.

  In addition, since the interval dimension of the interval B is set within twice the interval dimension of the interval C, the area of the cooling plate 7 can be maximized at a location other than the heat generation location, and the magnetic yoke piece 6 can be cooled. The balance between the performance and the heat generation suppression performance with respect to the cooling plate 7 can be maintained.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the induction heating apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 shows the magnetic yoke piece 6 and the cooling plate 7 of the first inductor 1. In the first embodiment, the length dimension and the height dimension of the cooling plate 7 are smaller than the length dimension and the height dimension of the magnetic yoke piece 6, respectively. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. The length dimension is equivalent to the length dimension of the magnetic body yoke piece 6, and the cooling plate opposing surface 7a should just be arrange | positioned in the position separated from the to-be-heated body conveyance path | route rather than the magnetic pole surface 6a. Even if it is such a structure, the effect similar to Embodiment 1 can be acquired.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the induction heating apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 6 shows the magnetic yoke piece 6 and the cooling plate 7 of the first inductor 1. Both end surfaces in the length direction (end surfaces in the left-right direction in the figure) of the cooling plate 7 according to the third embodiment are inclined end surfaces (obliquely cut portions) that are inclined in the height direction from the outside in the length direction toward the inside in the length direction. have. Further, the first and second groove side surfaces 7b and 7c of the cooling plate 7 each have a groove inclined surface (an oblique cut portion) 7f that is inclined so that the mouth of the coil groove 3a spreads. Other configurations are the same as those in the second embodiment.

  Here, according to the relationship of the expression (2) in the first embodiment, the leakage that interlinks with the cooling plate 7 as the cooling plate facing surface 7a moves upward from the center line A (as the interval size of the interval B increases). The magnetic field becomes smaller. In addition, when the area of the cooling plate 7 in the stacking direction is sufficiently larger than the thickness dimension (skin thickness) of the cooling plate 7, the eddy current due to the leakage magnetic field is generated in the vicinity of the cooling plate facing surface 7 a in the cooling plate 7 ( It flows concentrated on the surface of the lower edge, and heat generation also concentrates on that part. That is, due to the inclined end surface 7e and the groove inclined surface 7f, a part of the leakage magnetic field from the magnetic yoke piece 6 (the magnetic field toward the front and back side of the magnetic field in the drawing) does not interlink with the cooling plate 7, and the cooling plate 7 The heat generation point is smaller than the heat generation point of the cooling plate in the second embodiment.

  In the induction heating apparatus as described above, the area of the cooling plate 7 can be set to the maximum while reducing the heat generation location of the cooling plate 7, the cooling performance for the magnetic yoke piece 6, and the suppression of heat generation for the cooling plate 7. A balance with performance can be maintained.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the induction heating apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 7 shows the magnetic yoke piece 6 and the cooling plate 7 of the first inductor 1. In the third embodiment, both end surfaces in the length direction of the cooling plate 7 have inclined end surfaces 7e, and the first and second groove side surfaces 7b, 7c have groove inclined surfaces 7f. In Mode 4, the first and second groove side surfaces 7b, 7c have groove inclined surfaces 7f, and both end surfaces in the length direction of the cooling plate 7 are flush with both end surfaces in the length direction of the magnetic yoke piece 6. It has become. Even if it is such a structure, the effect similar to Embodiment 3 can be acquired.

It is a perspective view which shows the induction heating apparatus by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the 1st and 2nd inductor of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the magnetic body yoke piece and cooling plate of FIG. The graph which shows the relationship between temperature and spontaneous magnetization is shown. It is sectional drawing which shows the induction heating apparatus by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the induction heating apparatus by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the induction heating apparatus by Embodiment 4 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st inductor, 2nd inductor, 3 yoke laminated body, 3a coil groove, 4 coil, 5 refrigerant | coolant piping, 6 magnetic body yoke piece, 6a magnetic pole surface, 6b 1st groove side surface, 6c 2nd groove side surface, 6d groove bottom surface, 7 cooling plate, 7a cooling plate facing surface, 7b first groove side surface, 7c second groove side surface, 7d groove bottom surface, 7e inclined end surface, 7f groove inclined surface, 10 heated body.

Claims (4)

A plurality of magnetic yoke pieces having magnetic pole faces facing a conveyance path of a heated body for rolling, and spaced apart from each other;
The magnetic yoke pieces adjacent to each other having cooling plate facing surfaces that face the transport path of the heated body and that are arranged to be separated from the transport path of the heated body than the magnetic pole surface. A plurality of cooling plates that are respectively provided so as to be sandwiched between them and are alternately laminated with the magnetic yoke pieces to form a yoke laminate.
Connected to the cooling plate and disposed so as to be separated from the conveying path of the heated body than the surface facing the cooling plate, a refrigerant pipe for dissipating heat of the cooling plate, and the yoke laminate An induction heating apparatus comprising a coil made of a wound conductive wire.   2. The induction heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a length dimension of the cooling plate is smaller than a length dimension of the magnetic yoke piece. The magnetic yoke piece, the cooling plate, the refrigerant pipe, and the coil, respectively, and further including first and second inductors spaced from each other so that the magnetic pole faces face each other,
The distance dimension between the center in the facing direction of the first and second inductors and the cooling plate facing surface is the distance dimension between the center in the facing direction of the first and second inductors and the magnetic pole surface. The induction heating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the induction heating apparatus is set to be twice or more. A coil groove in which the coil is disposed is provided on an end surface of the yoke laminate on the transport path side of the heated body,
The coil groove is provided on each of the magnetic yoke piece and the cooling plate, and faces the first and second grooves facing each other. The coil groove is provided between the first and second groove side surfaces, and the transport path of the heated body. And the bottom surface of the groove disposed so as to be separated from the transport path of the heated body than the surface facing the cooling plate,
The side surfaces of the first and second grooves of the cooling plate are inclined so that a mouth of the coil groove extends from the groove bottom surface side to the cooling plate facing surface side. The induction heating device according to any one of the above.

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