KR102547542B1 - Air-driven cooling device for sealing tool - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a plunger-type high-pressure pump and a plunger-type diffuser (homogenizer) and, more specifically, to an air-driven cooling device for a sealing tool, capable of preventing damage to a sealing, such as an O-ring caused by heating phenomenon generated due to a frictional force with a plunger reciprocating in a sealing tool used in a plunger-type high-pressure pump and a plunger-type diffuser (homogenizer) and enabling a user to check whether the sealing is damaged. The air-driven cooling device for a sealing tool includes: a storage tank body storing a refrigerant liquid; a liquid circulation device using an air motor enabling the liquid stored in the storage tank body to be supplied to the sealing tool and circulate; and a sealing tool damage sensing device checking whether the sealing tool is damaged by using a liquid level in the storage tank body.

Description

Air driven cooling device for sealing {AIR-DRIVEN COOLING DEVICE FOR SEALING TOOL}

The present invention relates to a plunger-type high-pressure pump and a plunger-type disperser (homogenizer).

More specifically, damage and damage to seals such as O-rings due to heat generation caused by frictional force between the plunger reciprocating in the plunger-type high-pressure pump and the plunger-type dispersing (homogenizer) sealer prevent damage and breakage, It relates to an air-driven cooling device for a seal that can check whether or not a seal is damaged or damaged.

With the development of industry, high-pressure pumps and dispersion (homogenizer) are required in various fields, and high-pressure pumps and dispersion (homogenizer) of various technologies are provided and used.

For example, in the food industry, thanks to the technology of sterilization by pressurization, various high-pressure pump technologies are provided and used, and in the chemical, medical and semiconductor business fields, various dispersion ( homogeneous) technology is provided and used.

Looking at the patent documents related to the high-pressure pump and dispersion (homogenization) machine using the reciprocating movement of the plunger as in the present invention, Registration Patent No. 1836356, a sealing device for a high-pressure pump, a high-pressure pump having the same, and a replacement seal part, Registration Patent No. 2006864 High-pressure pump technology using reciprocating movements of various plungers is provided, such as an ultra-high pressure plunger pump made to facilitate easy operation, an ultra-high pressure plunger pump equipped with an auxiliary shaft for a tightening jig for a tightening jig device registered in Patent No. 2112758, and the like. Dispersion (homogeneous ) technology is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, a sealing sphere equipped with a plurality of seal rings such as an O-ring is installed in a high-pressure pump and a disperser (homogenizer) using a general reciprocating plunger movement.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the pump body 1 having the plunger hole 1a through which the front end of the plunger 2 reciprocates, the plunger hole 1a is formed so that the raw material compressed by the reciprocating movement of the plunger 2 does not leak. A sealing sphere 3 equipped with a plurality of seal rings is installed at the front end of (1a).

When the seal provided in the sealing sphere 3 is damaged or damaged, the airtightness is broken, and the raw material leaks, making it impossible to pump at high pressure, and various problems such as poor production efficiency because the raw material cannot be dispersed (homogeneous). can cause

The seal provided in the seal 3 is usually an O-ring, etc., and when the plunger 2 reciprocates, the temperature rises due to frictional heat, resulting in damage to the plunger 2 or damage to the seal easily. As a result, there is a disadvantage in that the replacement cycle of the seal is shortened.

(KR) Registered Patent No. 10-1836356 (KR) Registered Patent No. 10-2006864 (KR) Registered Patent No. 10-2112758 (KR) Registered Patent No. 10-2193860 (KR) Registered Patent No. 10-2272913 (KR) Registered Patent No. 10-2110670

Therefore, the present invention prevents the heating phenomenon that occurs due to frictional heat between the high-pressure pump and the dispersing (homogenizing) machine using the reciprocating movement of the plunger, and prevents the sealing that occurs due to heating or abrasion caused by friction. It is intended to extend the replacement cycle of the sealing sphere by delaying the phenomenon of damage and breakage.

In addition, it is intended to be able to respond quickly by detecting phenomena such as leakage of raw materials due to damage to the sealing provided in the sealing sphere.

In addition, a liquid circulation device capable of circulating and supplying the liquid for the refrigerant to the sealing port is provided, but the cooling efficiency is increased by preventing the temperature of the liquid for the refrigerant from rising by using the air used as a power source for the liquid circulation device. want to make it possible

The above object is a storage tank body capable of storing the liquid for the refrigerant having a liquid outlet formed on the lower bottom surface and a liquid inlet formed on one surface so as to circulate and supply the liquid for the refrigerant; An air motor installed outside the upper part of the storage tank body for circulating the liquid stored in the storage tank body to a sealing sphere installed in a reciprocating plunger, a rotating shaft connected to the air motor and rotating, and a liquid installed at the end of the rotating shaft. Circulation blades, a liquid circulation chamber located inside the lower part of the storage tank body and configured to accommodate the liquid circulation wings, and a plurality of spacer fixtures for fixing the liquid circulation chamber to a predetermined position. A liquid circulation device comprising; It includes a seal damage detection device for checking whether the seal is damaged using the liquid level in the storage tank body, while the liquid circulation chamber has wings for liquid circulation so that the liquid for refrigerant can be discharged through the liquid outlet. It has an inlet formed so that the liquid for the refrigerant can flow inward when the rotation of the refrigerant and a discharge connection pipe connected to the liquid outlet so that the liquid for the refrigerant can be discharged, and is installed to correspond one-to-one with the sealing hole to prevent damage to the sealing hole. It can be solved with an air-driven cooling device for sealing, characterized in that it allows to check the position.

A cooling water chamber configured to use air discharged from an air motor of a liquid circulation device is further provided outside the storage tank body, and the cooling water chamber includes an air inlet through which air discharged from the air motor is introduced; By having an air outlet through which the air introduced into the air inlet is discharged, the water in the cooling water chamber is cooled using the air discharged from the air motor.

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The sealing sphere damage detection device uses at least one of a sealing sphere visual damage detection device using the naked eye and a sealing sphere sensor damage detection device using a water level sensor.

The sealing ball visual damage detection device is composed of a water level monitoring window configured to visually check the water level in the storage tank body, and the sealing ball sensor damage detection device includes a low water level detection sensor and a high level detection sensor for detecting the water level in the storage tank body. made up of

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The air-driven cooling device for sealer of the present invention made as described above can reduce the phenomenon in which the sealer and plunger are damaged by frictional force, thereby extending the replacement cycle of the sealer and plunger, thereby reducing the cost required for maintenance. , so as to prevent the deterioration of production efficiency.

In addition, the air-driven cooling device for sealer of the present invention can prevent the temperature rise of the storage tank body by using air used as a power source of the liquid circulation device, thereby increasing the cooling efficiency of the sealer.

In addition, the air-driven cooling device for sealing spheres of the present invention can check the damage and damage state of the sealing spheres, and can accurately determine the location of damaged and damaged sealing spheres so that quick replacement can be performed, reducing maintenance costs and production This was done to prevent the deterioration of efficiency.

1 is a schematic view of the sealing part of the prior art of a high-pressure pump and a disperser (homogenizer) using a reciprocating plunger movement.
2 is a schematic view of a state in which an air-driven cooling device for sealing sphere, which is an embodiment of the present invention, is installed in a high-pressure pump and a dispersing (homogenizing) machine using a reciprocating movement of a plunger.
3 is an isolated three-dimensional view of a sealer that can be used together with being applied to an air-driven cooling device for sealer, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of a sealer that can be used together with being applied to an air-driven cooling device for a sealer, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a three-dimensional view of an air-driven cooling device for sealers, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a front partial cross-sectional view of an air-driven cooling device for sealer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a partial cross-sectional side view of an air-driven cooling device for sealing spheres according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a three-dimensional view of a liquid circulation device of an air-driven cooling device for sealer, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a side view of the liquid circulation device of the air-driven cooling device for sealer, which is an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a schematic view of the air-driven cooling device for sealer, which is an embodiment of the present invention, installed in a double-acting plunger type dispersing (homogenizing) machine.

Terms or words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to a common or dictionary meaning, and the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention. It is only and does not represent all of the technical spirit of the present invention, it should be understood that there may be various equivalents and modifications that can replace them at the time of this application.

The present invention relates to a plunger-type high-pressure pump and a plunger-type disperser (homogenizer).

More specifically, damage and damage to seals such as O-rings due to heat generation caused by frictional force between the plunger reciprocating in the plunger-type high-pressure pump and the plunger-type dispersing (homogenizer) sealer prevent damage and breakage, It relates to an air-driven cooling device for a seal that can check whether or not a seal is damaged or damaged.

The air-driven cooling device for sealing the present invention includes a storage tank body in which liquid for refrigerant is stored; a liquid circulation device using an air motor to supply and circulate the liquid stored in the storage tank body; It includes a configuration of a sealing sphere damage detection device that checks whether or not the sealing sphere is damaged using the liquid level in the storage tank body.

A cooling water chamber is formed outside the storage tank body, and air discharged after driving the air motor is supplied to the cooling water chamber to cool water in the cooling water chamber.

The liquid circulation device includes an air motor installed outside the upper portion of the storage tank body; a rotating shaft that is connected to the air motor and rotates; Wings for liquid circulation installed at the end of the rotating shaft; It is installed inside the lower part of the storage tank body and includes a configuration of a chamber for liquid circulation configured to accommodate wings for liquid circulation.

The sealing sphere damage detection device may use at least one of a sealing sphere visual damage detection device using the naked eye and a sealing sphere sensor damage detection device using a water level sensor.

The sealing ball visual damage detection device is composed of a water level monitoring window configured to visually check the water level in the storage tank body, and the sealing ball sensor damage detection device includes a low water level detection sensor and a high level detection sensor for detecting the water level in the storage tank body. made up of

The above-described air-driven cooling device for a sealer is installed to correspond with the sealer one-to-one, so that when the sealer is damaged or damaged, the damage or damage state of the sealer can be recognized through the sealer damage detection device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Referring to Figure 2,

In the air-driven cooling device 4 for sealer of the present invention, the raw material compressed by the reciprocating movement of the plunger 2 leaks into the pump body 1 having the hole 1a for the plunger through which the front end of the plunger 2 reciprocates. The phenomenon of heating due to frictional heat between the plunger 2 and the sealing sphere 3 by circulating the liquid for the refrigerant in the sealing sphere 3 equipped with a plurality of seals at the front end of the plunger hole 1a so as not to be By preventing it, it is a device that can solve various problems caused by frictional heat.

On one side of the pump body 1, a liquid supply passage 1-1a for refrigerant and a refrigerant formed so that the liquid for refrigerant supplied from the air-driven cooling device 4 for sealing is supplied to and circulated in the sealing hole 3 A liquid passage 1-1 for refrigerant including a liquid discharge passage 1-1b is formed.

Referring to Figures 2 to 4,

The sealing hole 3 includes a cylindrical sealing body 3-1 equipped with a cooling passage 3-1a for guiding the refrigerant liquid supplied through the refrigerant liquid passage 1-1, It includes the configuration of the sealing member 3-2 provided in the sealing body 3-1.

The cooling passage 3-1a provided in the sealing body 3-1 includes a plurality of side holes for cooling passages communicating with the liquid passage 1-1 for refrigerant and a side hole communicating with the side holes for the cooling passage. It consists of an inner circumferential groove for the cooling passage formed on the inner circumferential surface.

The sealing member 3-2 includes an outer circumferential sealing member 3-2a installed on the outer side, an inner circumferential first sealing member 3-2b installed on the inner side with the inner circumferential groove interposed therebetween, and an inner circumferential second sealing member ( 3-2c).

When liquid for cooling is supplied from the air-driven cooling device 4 for sealing through the liquid passage 1-1 for refrigerant to the sealing hole 3 made as described above, the plunger 2 reciprocating the cooling liquid generates frictional heat. It can be heated by and prevented from rising in temperature.

Referring to Figures 2 to 7,

The air-driven cooling device 4 for sealer of the present invention is configured to circulate and supply a liquid for refrigerant to a sealer installed in a plunger hole formed in a pump body provided with a plunger-type high-pressure pump and a plunger-type dispersing (homogenizer) machine. am.

The air-driven cooling device (4) for sealing of the present invention includes a storage tank body (10) configured to store liquid for refrigerant, and circulating and supplying the liquid stored in the storage tank body (10) to sealing unit (3). A liquid circulation device 20 formed on the outside of the storage tank body 10, a sealing damage detecting device 30 that checks whether or not the seal is damaged using the liquid level in the storage tank body 10, and formed on the outside of the storage tank body 10 It includes a configuration of a cooling water chamber 40 and a fixing bracket 50 for fixation.

The lower bottom surface 11 of the storage tank body 10 has a liquid outlet 12 through which liquid for refrigerant is discharged and a liquid inlet 13 through which liquid recovered by circulation after being supplied to the sealing port flows in. The liquid inlet 13 through which the circulating liquid flows may be formed on one side other than the lower bottom surface 11 .

The liquid circulation device 20 is configured to circulate the refrigerant liquid stored (accommodated) in the storage tank body 10 to the sealing sphere by using the air motor 21 .

The liquid circulation device 20 includes an air motor 21 driven by air, a rotating shaft 22 connected to the air motor 21 and rotating, and a liquid circulation installed at an end of the rotating shaft 22. Dragon wings 23, a liquid circulation chamber 24 installed inside the lower portion of the storage tank body 10 and configured to accommodate the liquid circulation wings 23, and the liquid circulation chamber 24 It includes a configuration of a plurality of spacers for fixing to be positioned in a predetermined position (25).

The air motor 21 is usually fixed to the upper cover 14 covering the upper part of the storage tank body 10 using a fixing member such as a bolt.

The liquid circulation wing 23 is located in the liquid circulation chamber 24 and is installed at the end of the rotating shaft 22 to rotate, so that the liquid for cooling can be supplied to the sealing unit during rotation. A suction force is generated to suck the cooling liquid outside the liquid circulation chamber 24 so that the refrigerant liquid can be supplied to the sealing hole through the liquid outlet 12.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, when the liquid circulation blade 23 rotates, the cooling liquid is introduced into the liquid circulation chamber 24 through the inlet 24b, and the introduced cooling liquid is the liquid circulation blade. It is discharged through the discharge connection pipe 24a by the rotational force of (23).

The liquid circulation chamber 24 has an inner space in which the liquid circulation wings 23 are accommodated, and has a discharge connection pipe 24a inserted into the liquid outlet 12 at the lower side, and the liquid circulation wings ( 23) has a configuration of the inlet (24b) formed on the lower side or lower and upper sides.

The fixing table 25 for the spacer is configured to be fixed to a predetermined position of the liquid circulation chamber 24, one end is fixed to the air motor 21 side, and the other end to the liquid circulation chamber 24 It is fixed.

The sealing sphere damage detection device 30 is configured to check whether the sealing sphere 3 is damaged by using the liquid level in the storage tank body 10 .

The sealing ball damage detection device 30 may use a sealing ball damage detection device 31 using the naked eye or a sealing ball sensor damage detection device 32 using a water level sensor, at least one of which is installed is used

The sealing part visual damage detection device 31 is installed on one side of the storage tank body 10 and is composed of a water level monitoring window capable of checking the level of the liquid for cooling in the storage tank body 10 with the naked eye.

The sealing ball sensor damage detection device 32 is installed inside the storage tank body 10 and uses a sensor to detect the water level of the liquid for cooling in the storage tank body 10, and the low water level sensor 32a for detecting the low water level. ) and a high level detection sensor 32b for detecting a high level.

The sealing ball sensor damage detection device 32 sends information on the level of the liquid for cooling in the storage tank body 10 to a controller (not shown), and sends notification information to the right holder when the water level is low or high to check whether the sealing ball is damaged. let it be

For example,

As shown in Figs. 2 to 4, an outer circumferential sealing member 3-2a installed on the outside, an inner circumferential first sealing member 3-2b installed on the inside with the inner circumferential groove interposed therebetween, and an inner circumferential second sealing member 3-2a When using the sealing sphere 3 equipped with a plurality of sealing members 3-2 made of 2c),

When the outer circumferential sealing member (3-2a) or the inner circumferential first sealing member (3-2b) is damaged, the liquid as a raw material flows back to the storage tank body 10 due to pressure and the water level of the storage tank body 10 rises this happens

When the inner circumferential second sealing member 3-2c is damaged, the supplied cooling liquid flows out and is not returned to the storage tank body 10, so that the water level in the storage tank body 10 is lowered.

According to the above phenomenon, it is possible to check whether the sealing part 3 is damaged or not by checking the liquid level for cooling in the storage tank body 10 .

The cooling water chamber 40 is formed to surround the circumference except for the upper portion of the storage tank body 10, and water for cooling is accommodated in the inner space of the cooling water chamber 40.

An air inlet 41 through which air discharged from the air motor 21 is introduced is formed on the lower side of the cooling water chamber 40, and an air inlet 41 introduced into the air inlet 41 is formed on the upper side. ) is formed, and a monitoring window 43 for monitoring the water level of cooling water accommodated in the inner space is formed on one side.

The cooling water chamber 40 configured as described above is configured to increase cooling efficiency by using air used as a driving source of the air motor 21 as a cooling source for cooling water accommodated therein.

The air-driven cooling device 4 for the sealer of the present invention made as described above may be connected to and installed with a plurality of sealers 3, but it is preferable to install so as to correspond to one sealer 3 on a one-to-one basis as shown in FIG. 10. do.

That is, it is preferable that the air-driven cooling device 4 for sealers according to the present invention be installed the same as the number of sealers 3 so that it can be installed to correspond with the sealers 3 one-to-one (see FIG. 10).

This makes it possible to accurately know the location of the damaged seal 3 through the air-driven cooling device 4 for seal 3 of the present invention when the seal 3 is damaged, so that a quick replacement operation can be performed.

3: sealing hole 4: air driven cooling device for sealing hole
10: storage tank body
20: liquid circulation device 21: air motor
22: rotation shaft 23: wing for liquid circulation
24: chamber for liquid circulation
30: seal damage detection device 31: visual damage detection device
32: sealing ball sensor damage detection device
40: cooling water chamber

Claims (7)

A storage tank body 10 capable of storing liquid for refrigerant having a liquid outlet 12 formed on the lower bottom surface 11 and a liquid inlet 13 formed on one surface to circulate and supply the liquid for refrigerant;
An air motor 21 installed outside the upper portion of the storage tank body 10 for circulating the liquid stored in the storage tank body 10 to the sealing sphere 3 installed in the reciprocating plunger 2; a rotating shaft 22 that is connected to the air motor 21 and rotates; a wing 23 for liquid circulation installed at the end of the rotating shaft 22; a liquid circulation chamber 24 located inside the lower portion of the storage tank body 10 and configured to accommodate the liquid circulation wings 23; a liquid circulation device (20) including a plurality of spacer fixing tables (25) for fixing the liquid circulation chamber (24) at a predetermined position;
On the other hand, including a sealing sphere damage detection device 30 for checking whether the sealing sphere 3 is damaged using the liquid level in the storage tank body 10,
The liquid circulation chamber 24 has an inlet 24b formed so that the refrigerant liquid can flow inward when the liquid circulation blade 23 rotates so that the refrigerant liquid can be discharged through the liquid outlet 12. , A discharge connection pipe 24a connected to the liquid outlet 12 so that the liquid for the refrigerant can be discharged,
An air-driven cooling device for sealing, characterized in that it is installed to correspond to the sealing sphere (3) one-to-one so that the location of the damaged sealing sphere (3) can be confirmed. According to claim 1,
A cooling water chamber 40 configured to use air discharged from the air motor 21 of the liquid circulation device 20 to the outside of the storage tank body 10 is further provided,
The cooling water chamber 40 has an air inlet 41 through which air discharged from the air motor 21 is introduced, and an air outlet 42 through which the air introduced into the air inlet 41 is discharged. Air-driven cooling device for sealing, characterized in that to cool the water in the cooling water chamber (40) using the air discharged from the air motor (21). According to claim 1 or 2,
The sealing ball damage detection device 30 is for sealing, characterized in that at least one or more of the sealing ball damage detection device 31 using the naked eye and the sealing ball sensor damage detection device 32 using a water level sensor Air driven chillers. According to claim 3,
The sealing part visual damage detection device 31 is made of a water level monitoring window made to visually check the water level in the storage tank body,
The sealer sensor damage detection device 32 is an air-driven cooling device for sealer, characterized in that consisting of a low-level sensor and a high-level sensor for detecting the water level in the storage tank body.
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