JP6386416B2 - Seal ring - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a seal ring.

  Conventionally, it has a generally annular overall shape with a cut at one circumference, has a ring main body, a first convex part and a second convex part that protrude in the circumferential direction from both ends of the ring main body, and is compressed A seal ring for sealing between the movable scroll of the machine and the housing is known, and the material thereof is mainly PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2007-247526 A JP-A-8-276508

A conventional seal ring of this type has been manufactured by first mechanically cutting a cylindrical PTFE material and then machining such as cutting, grinding, and cutting.
Therefore, the conventional ones have the disadvantages that the number of processing steps such as machining is increased, a material loss is often generated, and the manufacturing cost is high. On the other hand, manufacturing by injection molding may be possible, but in that case, the opening portion is formed as a joint, and when the joint is combined, the ring does not become a perfect circle and the sealing performance may be insufficient.

Therefore, the present invention has an annular overall shape having a cut at one place on the circumference, and a ring body and a first attached to the circumferential direction from the first end and the second end of the ring body. In a seal ring having one convex portion and a second convex portion; the ring main body formed integrally with a thermoplastic resin composition in an annular overall shape with the cut open, and in the open state Has a portion with the maximum radius of curvature within a range of 180 ° ± 30 ° with respect to the center point of the cut, and extends from the portion with the maximum dimension toward each of the first end and the second end. The radius of curvature is set so as to decrease as it approaches the circumferential direction, and the radius of curvature of the first end and the second end is set to a minimum dimension, and the first convex portion and the second It is configured so that the overall shape is a perfect circle with the cuts closed where the protrusions overlap each other. To have.

Further, the flexural modulus of the thermoplastic resin composition is more than 1500 MPa, Ru using the resin composition is not more than 6000 MPa.

Further, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface of the sliding contact surface with the mating member is set to 0.1 or more and 2 or less .

  According to the present invention, machining such as cutting, grinding, and cutting can be omitted, material loss is reduced, and a high-quality and high-performance seal ring can be manufactured at low cost. In particular, it is possible to provide a seal ring suitable for a compressor that performs a scrolling motion.

It is a compressor sectional view which illustrated the use of the seal ring concerning the present invention concretely. It is the expanded sectional view which showed one Embodiment of this invention and showed the use location. It is a top view of a break open state. It is a front view of a cut open state (illustrated with a part of the rear portion omitted). It is a principal part enlarged plan view of a break open state. It is a principal part enlarged front view of a cut open state. It is a top view of a break closed state. It is a front view of a break closed state. It is a principal part enlarged plan view of a break closed state. It is a principal part enlarged front view of a break closed state. It is explanatory drawing of the cross section of the principal part. It is sectional explanatory drawing of the principal part, Comprising: (A) is sectional explanatory drawing of a separating line, (B) is BB sectional explanatory drawing of FIG. It is CC sectional drawing of FIG. 6, and sectional drawing of various modifications. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line E-E of FIG. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows a use condition. It is principal part sectional drawing for demonstrating a different Example. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the use condition shown in order to demonstrate the malfunction when the dimensional tolerance of a 1st convex part is inappropriate. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the use condition shown in order to demonstrate the malfunction when the dimensional tolerance of a 1st convex part is inappropriate.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the illustrated embodiment.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the seal ring S according to the present invention has an annular overall shape having a cut 5 at one place on the circumference. The seal ring S includes a ring body 1 occupying a central angle slightly smaller than 360 °, and a first convex portion extending in a circumferential direction from the first end portion 11 and the second end portion 12 of the ring body 1. 21. A second convex portion 22 is provided.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show the state of use, and exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to a scroll compression mechanism 3 of a compressor 2 for an air conditioner.

The scroll compression mechanism 3 mainly includes a housing 4, a fixed scroll 6 disposed in close contact with the upper side of the housing 4, and a movable scroll 7 that meshes with the fixed scroll 6. In the housing 4, a seal groove 4 </ b> B is formed in a flat surface portion 4 </ b> A facing the lower surface (back surface) 7 </ b> A of the movable scroll 7, and the seal ring S of the present invention is inserted in the seal groove 4 </ b> B.
The seal ring S seals between the back surface 7A of the movable scroll 7 and the flat portion 4A of the housing 4 to form a back pressure space. (FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a Y portion in FIG. 1.)

  And as shown in FIGS. 3-6, it forms integrally with the thermoplastic resin composition in the whole shape which the cut | interruption 5 is an open state. In FIG. 3, arrow F indicates the injection direction of the molten resin at the time of injection molding, 10 is an injection gate (trace) portion, and even if it is cut as beautifully as possible with a cutting blade (not shown), There is a possibility that minute protrusions may remain, and machining such as grinding may be performed for finishing. However, except for such an injection gate trace portion 10, machining can be omitted to form an injection molding surface.

  As a thermoplastic resin composition suitable for injection molding the seal ring S of the present invention, a PES resin composition may be mentioned. The injection-molded product has the advantage that so-called burrs are less likely to occur. Furthermore, the thermal expansion coefficient is low, the shrinkability after taking out from the mold is low, and the size of the seal ring S is maintained with high accuracy, so There is an advantage that it can be omitted.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the cut line 5 is integrally formed with a thermoplastic resin composition such as a PES resin composition in the entire shape in the open state, but the cut line 5 taken out from the injection mold. The ring body 1 of the seal ring S in the open state has a portion 13 having the maximum radius of curvature R ₁₃ (the maximum size) on the side opposite to the cut line 5, and the portion 13 having the maximum dimension from the portion 13 having the maximum dimension. The curvature radii R ₁ and R ₂ gradually decrease toward the first end 11 and the second end 12 in the circumferential directions M ₁ and M ₂ , respectively. The curvature radii R ₁₁ and R _{12 of the} portion 12 are set to be the minimum dimension, and the curvature radii of the outer peripheral surfaces of the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 (which are small projecting dimensions) are R _11. , R ₁₂ .
The curvature radii R ₁₃ , R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₁₁ , R ₁₂ are the dimensions from the center point O ₁ to the outer peripheral surface of the ring body 1 as shown in FIG.

Further, the maximum dimension portion 13 will be further described. In the plan view of FIG. 3, the ring body 1 in the open state is 180 ° ± 30 ° with respect to the center point (center point) P ₅ of the cut 5. Within this range, there is a portion 13 having the maximum dimension. That is, θ shown in FIG. 3 is 30 °, and the portion 13 having the maximum dimension is disposed in the range of 2θ = 60 °. What is necessary is just to select the center angle of the site | part 13 of this largest dimension in the range of 1 degree-60 degrees. (In FIG. 3, L ₀ is a line indicating the diameter including the center point P _5. )

As described above, the shape and size of the cavity of the mold and the seal ring S (see FIG. 3) taken out from the cavity have an outer peripheral edge shape of ± θ (= ± on the opposite side of 180 ° with respect to the cut 5. A portion 13 having a maximum radius of curvature R ₁₃ is disposed within a range of 30 °), and is set to a non-circular shape that gradually decreases from this portion 13 toward the cut 5.
In the use state--in the state where it is mounted in the seal groove 4B as shown in FIG .--- the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap each other, and the cut is closed. Due to the non-circular shape described above under the state, it becomes a true circular shape with the same radius R ₀ from the center point O ₁ due to elastic deformation, and the inner wall surface 14 on the radially outer side of the seal groove 4B shown in FIG. In intimate contact. When deformed from the cut open state (FIG. 3) to the cut closed state (FIG. 7), the portion 13 having the largest dimension is deformed so that the radius of curvature is largest and the first end portion 11 and the second end portion 12 side. Hardly deforms. Accordingly, the curvature radius R ₀ shown in FIG. 7 is equal to the curvature radii R ₁₁ and R ₁₂ of the end portions 11 and 12 shown in FIG.

The cross-sectional shape of the ring body 1 is a rectangular shape. At a present invention, the term "rectangular shape", a square shown in FIG. 2, the rectangle includes of course, further, the inclined straight line L ₁₅ to one corner portion 15 from the basic rectangle G as shown in FIG. 11 Including a chamfered shape and a polygonal shape in which a part or all of the remaining corners other than the one corner 15 are chamfered to a small size, although not shown in the figure, and within the four corners of a square or a rectangle At least one is defined as including a shape having a small rounded portion.
In the state of use shown in FIG. 2, the first sliding contact surface 26 slidably contacting the (movable side) sealed plane P ₁ such as the back surface 7A of the movable scroll 7 and the (fixed side) covering such as the inner wall surface 14 of the seal groove 4B. and a second sliding contact surface 27 in sliding contact with the sealing inner peripheral surface P _2, it has. It is pressed against the corner 8 formed by the orthogonal sealed surface P ₁ and the sealed inner peripheral surface P ₂ when receiving pressure.

By the way, the present invention adopts a thermoplastic resin composition such as a PES resin composition, so that the cross section shown in FIG. 2 or the like is made square or rectangular (even if chamfering is omitted), or during the scroll motion. There is an advantage that the corner portion 15 of the seal ring S does not cause a problem such as biting into the gap 9 between the back surface 7A and the flat portion 4A. However, it is sometimes preferable to form the chamfered portion 16 shown in FIG. 11 and the like in consideration of severe conditions of use such as pressure, temperature, motion speed / operation direction, and fluid characteristics. If the cross-sectional shape chamfered 16 is further described, as shown in FIG. 11, the corner ₁₅ is chamfered by the inclined straight line L ₁₅ from the basic rectangle G indicated by the two-dot chain line. (FIG. 11 illustrates C chamfering.)

Next, the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 are inclined in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 12, 13A, 14A, 15, and 16A. A pentagon and a triangle divided into two by a straight line. That is, the first convex portion 21 has a pentagonal cross-sectional shape that leaves the three corner portions 17, 18, and 19 of the basic rectangle G shown in FIG. 11, and the second convex portion 22 has a triangular shape. The cross-sectional shape corresponds to each other with inclined corresponding surfaces 23 and 24.
Further, as shown in FIG. 11, when the cross-sectional shape of the ring body 1 is a pentagon obtained by chamfering a corner 15 from the basic rectangle G with an inclined straight line L ₁₅ , FIGS. In the embodiment shown in (B), the second convex portion 22 has a trapezoidal shape having a chamfered portion 16. Then, the bottom surface of the first convex portion 21 is opposed to the inclined corresponding surface 23 as the corresponding surface 24. In FIG. 14B, the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 may be parallel to the chamfered portion 16 as shown by a solid line, but they are preferably non-parallel as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. (At this time, the second convex portion 22 is not trapezoidal.)

Next, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 (C) and 14 (C), the shape of the first convex portion 21 is the same as that in FIGS. 13 (B) and 14 (B). However, the second convex portion 22 has a triangular cross-sectional shape having a small rounded portion 35 at the top. Further, the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 are the same as those in FIGS. 13B and 14B described above.
Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 14D, it is shown that the small rounded portion 35 described with reference to FIG. The rest is the same as FIG. 14D. In other words, in FIG. 14B, the straight chamfered portion 16 is provided, whereas in FIGS. 14C and 14D, a curved chamfer is applied.

Next, FIG. 16 shows various embodiments. FIG. 16 (A) shows the same cross-sectional shape as FIG. 14 (A), and FIG. The shape (triangle) of the 1 convex part 21 and the 2nd convex part 22 is set substantially equal. In FIGS. 16A and 16B, the cross-sectional shape of the second convex portion 22 is a right-angled isosceles triangle, whereas the cross-sectional shape is as shown in FIGS. 16C and 16D. It is also preferable that the surface shape be an unequal side triangle. As described above, in FIGS. 16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D, the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 are straight lines (in the cross-sectional shape).
Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 16 (E), the first convex portion 21 has a rectangular or square cut-out portion 16A formed in a cross section, and the second convex portion 22 is formed in this cut-out portion. The cross-sectional shape is rectangular or square fitted to 16A, and the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 are L-shaped in cross-section.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 16 (F), the cross-sectional shape of the first convex portion 21 is formed by notching a curved concave cutout portion 16B such as a semicircular shape at one corner, and the second convex portion 22 is The fan section has a semicircular cross section, etc., that fits into the cutout portion 16B, and the corresponding surfaces 23, 24 are arcuate cross sections.
It should be noted that the shape of the notch in the middle of both embodiments shown in FIGS. 16 (E) and (F) is also free (not shown). Further, it may be preferable to form the small rounded portion 35 and the arc-shaped concave portion 34 as shown in FIG. 14C or 14D at the right-angle apex portion of the second convex portion 22 in each embodiment of FIG. .

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the dimensions do not protrude from the basic rectangle G shown in FIG. 11 in the closed state where the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap each other. The dimensions of the cross sections of the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 are set in the tolerance.
In contrast to the radial dimension H ₂₃ and the axial dimension T ₂₃ (see FIG. 12 (B)) of the inclined corresponding surface 23 along the separation line L ₂₁ (shown in FIG. 12 (A)), FIG. The radial dimension H ₂₄ and the axial dimension T ₂₄ of the inclined corresponding surface 24 along the separation line L ₂₁ shown in A) are set to be the same or slightly smaller.
That is, in the closed state where the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap each other, the sliding contact surfaces 26 and 27 of the overlapping first convex portion 21 and second convex portion 22 coincide with the basic rectangle G. In this case, the cross-sectional shapes and dimensions of the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 are set so that a gap is formed between the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 (FIGS. 14, 15, and 16). reference).

In the present invention, since the thermoplastic resin composition can be manufactured by injection molding, the dimensional tolerance can be easily set (at the mold cavity stage) such that H ₂₄ ≦ H ₂₃ and T ₂₄ ≦ T _23. .
FIG. 17 or FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing that a malfunction occurs when temporarily setting H ₂₄ > H ₂₃ and T ₂₄ > T ₂₃ . That is, in use, the seal ring S is pressed against the corner portion 8 formed by the sealed plane P ₁ and the sealed inner peripheral surface P ₂ , and at this time, the second convex portion 22 has both sides P ₁ , P _2. However, the first convex portion 21 comes into contact with only one of the surfaces, generates external leakage gaps K ₁ and K ₂ , and causes fluid leakage in the directions of arrows M ₁₀ and M ₂₀ .

In the present invention, the inconveniences as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 are set to H ₂₄ ≦ H ₂₃ and T ₂₄ ≦ T ₂₃ (as described above), and the first and second convex portions 21 and 22 are set. Are configured so as not to protrude from the basic rectangle G and to have gaps in the corresponding surfaces 23 and 24 in a closed state where they overlap each other.
Further, as shown in FIG. 15, when the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap (coincide with) the four sides of the basic rectangle G in FIG. 11, along the separation line L ₂₁ . correspondence dihedral --- gap dimension epsilon with the corresponding surface 23 corresponding surface 24 --- is maximized, the maximum gap dimension epsilon _0, it is desirable to set the 10μm or more and 100μm or less. That is, it is desirable that 10 μm ≦ ε ₀ ≦ 100 μm. If the upper limit is exceeded, fluid leakage increases rapidly.

Thus, the corresponding two surfaces 23 along the separation line L ₂₁ are in a closed state and the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap the four sides of the basic rectangle G. Since the maximum gap dimension ε ₀ is set to 10 μm or more and 100 μm or less with the gap dimension ε of 24 being maximized, leakage from the corresponding two surfaces 23 and 24 can be suppressed, and the first convex portion 21 and The second convex portion 22 does not protrude from the basic rectangle G, and the sealing performance can be further improved.

Returning to FIG. 2, when the movable scroll 7 scrolls, the sliding surfaces 26 and 27 come into contact (pressure contact) with the mating member--the sealed surface P ₁ and the sealed inner peripheral surface P _{2 —} . ) In addition, as is apparent from FIGS. 3 to 10, the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 also have sliding surfaces 26 and 27 having continuous surfaces.
In the present invention, the slidable contact surfaces 26 and 27 are also the injection-molded surfaces that are omitted from machining (as described above), and the arithmetic average roughness of the surfaces measured according to JIS B 0601 ( Ra) is set to 0.1 to 2 to exhibit excellent sealing performance and wear resistance.
In the present invention, the thermoplastic resin composition to be injection-molded may have a flexural modulus of 1500 MPa or more and 6000 MPa or less. For example, a polysulfone resin composition, specifically, PES (polyether A sulfone resin composition, a PSU (polysulfone) resin composition, and a PPSU (polyphenylsulfone) resin composition are preferable. In particular, the flexural modulus is preferably 2000 MPa or more and 4000 MPa or less.

The PES resin composition suitable for the seal ring according to the present invention is a PES resin composition obtained by adding a compound having a layered crystal structure such as graphite powder and / or a fluororesin powder to the PES resin. Such addition makes it easy to adjust the characteristics within the above-mentioned range of bending elasticity, excellent wear resistance as a seal ring, good heat and chemical resistance, sufficient stretchability, wearability and It also has good sealing properties and is suitable for the air conditioner compressor exemplified in FIG.
In addition, as another thermoplastic resin composition, a polyarylene sulfide-based resin composition, specifically, a compound having a layered crystal structure such as the above-described graphite powder in a PPS (polyphenyl sulfide) resin, a fluororesin powder, A PPS resin composition to which a fibrous filler such as glass fiber or carbon fiber is added can also be applied.

  The present invention is an injection in which the cut line 5 is integrally formed of a thermoplastic resin composition into an annular shape having an open state, and machining other than the injection gate trace portion 10 of the thermoplastic resin composition is omitted. Since it can be a molding surface, it has a shape with no overlapping parts (when viewed in plan), it is easy to manufacture molds, and (almost or no) machining is omitted, reducing the number of processing steps. Can reduce material loss and reduce manufacturing costs (compared to conventional manufacturing methods that require cutting and grinding), and seal rings with good sealability and wear resistance can be manufactured in large quantities while maintaining stable high quality. Can be produced.

As described above, the present invention has an annular overall shape having a cut 5 at one circumference, and the ring body 1 and the first end 11 and the second end 12 of the ring body 1 are provided around the ring body 1. In a seal ring having a first convex portion 21 and a second convex portion 22 attached in a stretched manner in the direction; the above-mentioned cut 5 is in an open annular overall shape and is integrally formed with a thermoplastic resin composition The ring body 1 formed and in the open state has a portion 13 having a maximum radius of curvature R ₁₃ within a range of 180 ° ± 30 ° with respect to the center point P _{5 of the} cut 5. The radiuses of curvature R ₁ and R ₂ are set so as to decrease from the maximum dimension portion 13 toward the first end portion 11 and the second end portion 12 toward the circumferential directions M ₁ and M ₂ , respectively. Since the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 are configured so that the overall shape is a perfect circle in a closed state where they overlap each other. The first protrusion 21 and the second protrusion 22 are in a true circular shape when used in an overlapped state while the cut 5 that is easy to mold is open, and is superior to the circular inner peripheral surface. Excellent sealing performance (sealability).

In addition, since a thermoplastic resin composition having a flexural modulus of 1500 MPa or more and 6000 MPa or less was used as the thermoplastic resin composition, it has sufficient extensibility and exhibits a suitable resilience as a seal ring. Excellent contact with the surface and excellent sealing performance (sealability). Moreover, a seal ring with excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, and wear resistance has been put to practical use by injection molding for the first time.
Further, since the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surfaces of the sliding contact surfaces 26 and 27 to the mating member is set to 0.1 or more and 2 or less, further excellent sealing performance (sealability) is secured.

The ring body 1 has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 divide the rectangular cross-section of the ring body 1 into two parts by a separation line L ₂₁ . The cross-sectional shape of the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 in a closed state where the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 overlap each other. Since there is a gap between them, the leakage in the directions of arrows M ₁₀ and M ₂₀ described in FIGS. 17 and 18 is remarkably reduced. That is, the sealing performance at the joint portion between the first convex portion 21 and the second convex portion 22 can be improved. In addition, a seal ring having such a shape can be easily obtained at low cost by resin injection molding.

1 Ring body 5 Cut
10 Injection gate trace
11 First end
12 Second end
13 Parts with the largest radius of curvature
15 Corner
21 1st convex part
22 Second convex part
23, 24 Compatible surface
26,27 sliding surface epsilon gap dimension epsilon ₀ maximum gap size G basic rectangular L ₁₅ inclined straight line L ₂₁ separation line M _1, M ₂ circumferential P ₅ center point _{R 1, R 2, R 11} , R 12, R ₁₃ radius of curvature S seal ring

Claims (3)

It has a ring-shaped overall shape with a cut (5) at one place on the circumference, and it surrounds the ring body (1) and the first end (11) and the second end (12) of the ring body (1). In the seal ring having the first convex portion (21) and the second convex portion (22) attached in a stretched manner in the direction,
The cut line (5) is integrally formed with the thermoplastic resin composition in an open annular overall shape, and the ring body (1) in the open state is formed at the center point of the cut line (5) ( A portion (13) having a maximum radius of curvature (R ₁₃ ) exists within a range of 180 ° ± 30 ° with respect to P ₅ ), and the first end (11) from the portion (13) having the maximum dimension The radius of curvature (R ₁ ) (R ₂ ) is set to decrease as approaching the circumferential direction (M ₁ ) (M ₂ ) toward each of the second ends (12) , and the first The radius of curvature (R ₁₁ ) (R ₁₂ ) of the end portion (11) and the second end portion (12) is set to be a minimum dimension, and the first convex portion (21) and the second convex portion (22) A seal ring characterized in that the entire shape is a perfect circle in a closed state where the and are overlapped with each other. The thermal flexural modulus of the thermoplastic resin composition is more than 1500 MPa, der Ru請 Motomeko first seal ring according below 6000 MPa.   The seal ring according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of the surface of the sliding contact surface (26) (27) to the mating member is 0.1 or more and 2 or less.

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