JPH0726146B2 - Heat treatment equipment - Google Patents
Heat treatment equipmentInfo
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- JPH0726146B2 JPH0726146B2 JP61033509A JP3350986A JPH0726146B2 JP H0726146 B2 JPH0726146 B2 JP H0726146B2 JP 61033509 A JP61033509 A JP 61033509A JP 3350986 A JP3350986 A JP 3350986A JP H0726146 B2 JPH0726146 B2 JP H0726146B2
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【発明の詳細な説明】 ＜産業上の利用分野＞ 本発明は熱処理装置に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a heat treatment apparatus.
金属材料を熱処理する場合、室内を所定雰囲気ガス下に
制御して該室内へ位置決めされた金属材料に一連の熱処
理をする装置が広く利用されている。BACKGROUND ART When heat treating a metal material, a device is widely used in which the inside of a chamber is controlled under a predetermined atmosphere gas to perform a series of heat treatments on the metal material positioned in the chamber.
例えば、金属材料を焼鈍処理する場合、装入側パージ
室、加熱室、冷却室及び装出側パージ室がこの順で連結
されており、所定雰囲気ガス下に制御された加熱室や冷
却室で金属材料に一連の熱処理をする装置が利用されて
いる。For example, when annealing a metal material, a charging-side purge chamber, a heating chamber, a cooling chamber, and a discharging-side purge chamber are connected in this order, and the heating chamber and the cooling chamber are controlled under a predetermined atmosphere gas. An apparatus for performing a series of heat treatments on metal materials is used.
かかる熱処理装置には、作業性や作業の安全性更には経
済性の向上、装置設置面積の低減、その都度の熱処理に
合目的的な冷却がし得る任意性等が要請される。Such a heat treatment apparatus is required to have improved workability, safety of work, and economical efficiency, a reduced installation area of the apparatus, and the arbitrariness capable of performing purposeful cooling for each heat treatment.
本発明は上記のような要請に応える熱処理装置に関する
ものである。The present invention relates to a heat treatment apparatus which meets the above demands.
＜従来の技術及びその問題点＞ 従来、熱処理装置として、連続式のものとバッチ式のも
のとがある。双方とも、基本的には、装入側パージ室、
加熱室、冷却室及び装出側パージ室がこの順で連結され
ており、処理対象である金属材料を、装入側パージ室で
ガス又は真空置換し、次に加熱室で所定雰囲気ガス下に
所定温度且つ所定時間加熱処理した後、冷却室で同様に
冷却処理してから、最後に装出側パージ室でガス又は真
空置換するというもので、かかる一連の処理の間、装入
側パージ室で置換処理された金属材料が加熱室へと移送
されるとき、同一の単位量が、いわば押し流れ的に、加
熱室でも、また冷却室でも、更に装出側パージ室でも、
順番に次の工程へと移送又は装出されるようになってい
る。<Prior Art and its Problems> Conventionally, there are a heat treatment apparatus of a continuous type and a heat treatment apparatus of a batch type. Both are basically the charging side purge chamber,
The heating chamber, the cooling chamber, and the discharge side purge chamber are connected in this order, and the metallic material to be treated is replaced by gas or vacuum in the charge side purge chamber, and then under the specified atmospheric gas in the heating chamber. After heat treatment at a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined time, the same cooling treatment is performed in the cooling chamber, and finally, gas or vacuum replacement is performed in the unloading side purge chamber. When the metal material that has been subjected to the displacement treatment in (1) is transferred to the heating chamber, the same unit amount is pushed, so to speak, in the heating chamber, the cooling chamber, and the charging side purge chamber,
It is designed to be transferred or discharged in sequence to the next process.
ところが、上記の従来装置には、次のような問題点があ
る。However, the above conventional device has the following problems.
１）加熱室や冷却室で相応の処理を完了させる金属材料
の１単位量当たりそれぞれ一つづつの装入側パージ室及
び装出側パージ室が必要になり、これらに要する費用
（例えば真空パージ室やこれに接続する真空ポンプの費
用）が高価に過ぎる。1) One charging side purging chamber and one charging side purging chamber are required for each unit amount of the metal material that completes the corresponding treatment in the heating chamber and the cooling chamber. And the cost of the vacuum pump connected to it) is too expensive.
２）特にバッチ式の場合、装置設置面積が大き過ぎる。2) Especially in the case of the batch type, the device installation area is too large.
３）特に連続式の場合、操作条件の切替に手間がかか
る。3) Especially in the case of the continuous type, it takes time to switch the operating conditions.
４）そして特に連続式の場合、冷却室における徐冷勾配
を任意にとることができない。4) And especially in the case of the continuous type, it is not possible to arbitrarily set the gradual cooling gradient in the cooling chamber.
＜発明が解決しようとする問題点及びその解決手段＞ 本発明は叙上の如き従来の問題点を解決し、前述した要
請に応える、改良された熱処理装置を提供するものであ
る。<Problems to be Solved by the Invention and Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and provides an improved heat treatment apparatus that meets the above-mentioned demand.
しかして本発明は、金属材料を所定雰囲気ガス下に熱処
理する装置であって、金属材料の装入側及び装出側を兼
ねる真空パージ室に加熱室及び冷却室を兼ねる共用室が
連結され、真空パージ室の処理単位が１単位であり、共
用室の処理単位が２単位以上であることを特徴とする熱
処理装置に係る。Therefore, the present invention is an apparatus for heat-treating a metal material under a predetermined atmosphere gas, wherein a common chamber also serving as a heating chamber and a cooling chamber is connected to a vacuum purge chamber serving both as a loading side and a loading side of the metal material, The present invention relates to a heat treatment apparatus, wherein the vacuum purge chamber has one processing unit and the common chamber has two or more processing units.
本発明の熱処理装置は１体の真空パージ室に１体の共用
室が連結されて成るものである。真空パージ室は装入側
真空パージ室及び装出側真空パージ室を兼ねるものであ
り、また共用室は加熱室及び冷却室を兼ねるものであ
る。真空パージ室及び共用室は開閉可能な扉で系外を含
め相互に区画されており、したがって双方の各室は個々
に密閉系を、また全体としても密閉系を形成している。
そして真空パージ室はその処理単位が１単位に構成され
ており、また共用室はその処理単位が２単位以上に構成
されている。The heat treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises one vacuum purging chamber and one common chamber connected thereto. The vacuum purge chamber also serves as a charging-side vacuum purge chamber and a loading-side vacuum purge chamber, and the shared chamber also serves as a heating chamber and a cooling chamber. The vacuum purge chamber and the common chamber are separated from each other by an openable / closable door including the outside of the system. Therefore, both chambers individually form a closed system or a closed system as a whole.
The processing unit of the vacuum purge chamber is one unit, and the processing unit of the common chamber is two or more units.
＜作用＞ 真空パージ室で順次１単位づつ置換処理した２単位以上
の金属材料を、共用室でまとめて加熱処理し、更にまと
めて冷却処理した後、上記真空パージ室で再び順次１単
位づつ置換処理する。<Operation> Two units or more of metal materials that have been sequentially replaced by one unit in the vacuum purge chamber are collectively heat-treated in the common chamber, and further collectively cooled, and then again sequentially replaced by one unit in the vacuum purge chamber. To process.
本発明によると、熱処理する金属材料を真空パージ室で
置換処理し、その熱処理品を同じ真空パージ室で置換処
理するため、熱処理する金属材料単位量当たりに必要と
される真空パージ室やこれに付設の真空ポンプ等を少な
くでき、また金属材料を共用室で加熱処理及び冷却処理
するため、加熱室及び冷却室を別個に設置する必要はな
く、したがってそれだけ全体としての装置設置面積も小
さくできる。しかも２単位以上の金属材料をまとめて加
熱処理し、またまとめて冷却処理するため、これらの金
属材料を任意の同一条件下で熱処理することができるの
で、品質バラツキの少ない高品質の熱処理品を得ること
ができる。According to the present invention, since the metal material to be heat treated is subjected to the displacement treatment in the vacuum purge chamber and the heat treated product is subjected to the displacement treatment in the same vacuum purge chamber, the vacuum purge chamber required per unit amount of the metal material to be heat treated and The number of attached vacuum pumps and the like can be reduced, and since the metal material is heat-treated and cooled in the common chamber, it is not necessary to separately install the heating chamber and the cooling chamber, and thus the apparatus installation area as a whole can be reduced. Moreover, since two or more units of metal materials are collectively heat-treated and collectively cooled, these metal materials can be heat-treated under the same arbitrary conditions, so high-quality heat-treated products with little quality variation can be obtained. Obtainable.
＜実施例＞ 第１図は本発明の一実施例を側面から見た断面状態で示
す全体図である。装入側及び装出側を兼ねる真空パージ
室１に加熱室及び冷却室を兼ねる共用室２が連結されて
おり、真空パージ室１及び共用室２は開閉可能な扉11〜
13で系外を含めて相互に区画され、したがって双方の各
室は個々に、また全体としても密閉系を形成していて、
特に真空パージ室１は扉11,12で厳に密閉系を形成して
おり、真空パージ室１には装出入テーブル３が付設され
ている。<Embodiment> FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an embodiment of the present invention in a sectional state as viewed from the side. A common chamber 2 which also functions as a heating chamber and a cooling chamber is connected to a vacuum purge chamber 1 which also functions as a charging side and a discharging side.
It is partitioned from each other at 13 including the outside of the system, so that each chamber of both forms an enclosed system individually and as a whole,
In particular, the vacuum purge chamber 1 forms a strictly closed system with the doors 11 and 12, and a loading / unloading table 3 is attached to the vacuum purge chamber 1.
そして、真空パージ室１はその処理単位が１単位に構成
されており、共用室２はその処理単位が２単位に構成さ
れている。図面では、真空パージ室１の処理単位を基準
にしてそれを１単位とすると、共用室２の処理単位が２
単位の場合を示しているが、共用室２の処理単位は３単
位以上にすることができる。The vacuum purge chamber 1 has a processing unit of 1 unit, and the common chamber 2 has a processing unit of 2 units. In the drawing, assuming that the processing unit of the vacuum purge chamber 1 is one unit, the processing unit of the common chamber 2 is 2 units.
Although the case of a unit is shown, the processing unit of the common room 2 can be 3 units or more.
次に、第１図に示した実施例に基づいて本発明の作用を
説明する。扉11を開き、装出入テーブル３へ移送されて
きた１回目の金属材料Ａの１単位を真空パージ室１へと
移送し、扉11を閉じ、真空パージ室１を真空置換する。
複圧後、扉12,13を開き、１回目の金属材料Ａの１単位
を真空パージ室１から共用室２へと移送し、扉12,13を
閉じる。１回目の金属材料Ａの１単位と同様にして、２
回目の金属材料Ａの１単位を装出入テーブル３→真空パ
ージ室１→共用室２へと装入し、移送する。共用室２に
は、１回目の金属材料Ａの１単位と２回目の金属材料Ａ
の１単位の合計２単位が位置決めされる。共用室２で、
１回目及び２回目の金属材料Ａの２単位を、所定雰囲気
ガス下に、所定温度且つ所定時間、加熱処理し、引き続
いて冷却処理する。扉13,12を開き、２回目の金属材料
Ａの１単位を共用室２から真空パージ室１へと移送し、
扉13,12を閉じ、真空パージ室１を真空置換する。複圧
後、扉11を開き、２回目の金属材料Ａの１単位を真空パ
ージ室１から装出入テーブル３へと装出する。２回目の
金属材料Ａの１単位と同様にして、１回目の金属材料Ａ
の１単位を共用室２→真空パージ室１→装出入テーブル
３へと移送し、装出する。以下はかかる操作の繰り返し
である。Next, the operation of the present invention will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIG. The door 11 is opened, one unit of the metal material A for the first time transferred to the loading / unloading table 3 is transferred to the vacuum purge chamber 1, the door 11 is closed, and the vacuum purge chamber 1 is vacuum-replaced.
After the double pressure is applied, the doors 12 and 13 are opened, one unit of the metal material A for the first time is transferred from the vacuum purge chamber 1 to the common chamber 2, and the doors 12 and 13 are closed. In the same manner as 1 unit of the first metal material A, 2
One unit of the metallic material A for the first time is loaded into the loading / unloading table 3 → vacuum purge chamber 1 → common chamber 2 and transferred. In the common room 2, 1 unit of the first metal material A and the second metal material A
A total of 2 units of 1 unit of are positioned. In shared room 2,
Two units of the first and second metal materials A are heat-treated under a predetermined atmosphere gas at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time, and subsequently cooled. Open the doors 13 and 12, transfer 1 unit of the second metal material A from the common chamber 2 to the vacuum purge chamber 1,
The doors 13 and 12 are closed, and the vacuum purge chamber 1 is replaced with vacuum. After the double pressure is applied, the door 11 is opened and a second unit of the metal material A is loaded into the loading / unloading table 3 from the vacuum purge chamber 1. In the same manner as 1 unit of the second metal material A, the first metal material A
1 unit is transferred to the common chamber 2 → vacuum purge chamber 1 → loading / unloading table 3 and loaded. The following is a repetition of such an operation.
＜発明の効果＞ 以上説明した通りであるから、本発明には、操作条件の
切替が容易であるため作業性がよく、真空パージである
ため作業の安全性もよいという効果がある。また熱処理
する金属材料単位量当たりに必要とされる真空パージ室
やこれに付設の真空ポンプ等を少なくでき、また加熱室
及び冷却室を別個に設置する必要はないため、その分だ
け経済的であり、装置設置面積も小さくできるという効
果がある。しかも２単位以上の金属材料をまとめて加熱
処理し、まとめて冷却処理するため、これらの金属材料
を任意の同一条件下で熱処理でき、品質バラツキの少な
い高品質の熱処理品を得ることができるという効果があ
る。<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention has an effect that workability is good because switching of operating conditions is easy, and work safety is good because vacuum purge is performed. In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of vacuum purge chambers and the vacuum pumps attached to them required per unit amount of metal material to be heat treated, and it is not necessary to separately install a heating chamber and a cooling chamber. In addition, the device installation area can be reduced. Moreover, since two or more units of metal materials are collectively heat-treated and collectively cooled, these metal materials can be heat-treated under the same arbitrary conditions, and a high-quality heat-treated product with little quality variation can be obtained. effective.
第１図は本発明の一実施例を側面から見た断面状態で示
す全体図である。 １……真空パージ室、２……共用室、 ３……装出入テーブル、11〜13……扉FIG. 1 is an overall view showing one embodiment of the present invention in a sectional state as seen from the side. 1 ... vacuum purge room, 2 ... common room, 3 ... loading / unloading table, 11 ~ 13 ... door
Claims (1)
装置であって、金属材料の装入側及び装出側を兼ねる真
空パージ室に加熱室及び冷却室を兼ねる共用室が連結さ
れ、真空パージ室の処理単位が１単位であり、共用室の
処理単位が２単位以上であることを特徴とする熱処理装
置。1. An apparatus for heat-treating a metallic material in a predetermined atmosphere gas, wherein a vacuum purging chamber serving both as a charging side and a discharging side of the metallic material is connected to a common chamber functioning as a heating chamber and a cooling chamber. The heat treatment apparatus is characterized in that the processing unit in the purge chamber is one unit and the processing unit in the common chamber is two or more units.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| JP61033509A JPH0726146B2 (en) | 1986-02-17 | 1986-02-17 | Heat treatment equipment |
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| JP61033509A JPH0726146B2 (en) | 1986-02-17 | 1986-02-17 | Heat treatment equipment |
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| JPS62192526A JPS62192526A (en) | 1987-08-24 |
| JPH0726146B2 true JPH0726146B2 (en) | 1995-03-22 |
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