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- the present invention relates to an improved bearing isolator sealing device, and more particularly, to a bearing isolator for directing electrostatic charge to ground while retaining lubrication solution and repelling contamination such as water, dust, dirt, sand and paper stock from the bearing environment and away from the shaft grounding ring, within the bearing cavity of a hub assembly such as an electrical motor bearing for engagement with a rotatable shaft.
- This invention relates generally to shaft sealing devices for use with rotating equipment. Adequate maintenance of rotating equipment is difficult to obtain because of extreme equipment duty cycles, the lessening of service factors, design and the lack of spare rotating equipment in most processing plants. This is especially true of machine tool spindles, wet end paper machine rolls, aluminum rolling mills and steam quench pumps and other equipment utilizing extreme contamination affecting lubrication.
- Various forms of shaft sealing devices have been utilized to try to protect the integrity of the bearing environment, including rubber lip seals, clearance labyrinth seals, and attraction magnetic seals.
- VFD variable frequency drive
- VFDs regulate the speed of a motor by converting sinusoidal line alternating current (AC) voltage to direct current (DC) voltage, then back to a pulse width modulated (PWM) AC voltage of variable frequency.
- the switching frequency of these pulses ranges from 1 kHz up to 20 kHz and is referred to as the “carrier frequency.”
- the prior art teaches numerous methods of handling shaft voltages including using a shielded cable, grounding the shaft, insulated bearings and installation of a Faraday shield.
- a shielded cable grounding the shaft
- insulated bearings and installation of a Faraday shield.
- Most external applications add to costs, complexity and exposure to external environmental factors.
- Insulated bearings provide an internal solution by eliminating the path to ground through the bearing for current to flow. But, installing insulated bearings does not eliminate the shaft voltage, which will still find the lowest impedance path to ground. Thus, insulated bearings are not effective if the impedance path is through the driven load. Therefore, the prior art does not teach an internal, low wearing method or apparatus to efficaciously ground shaft voltage and avoid electric discharge machining of bearings leading to premature bearing failure.
- An objective of the present invention is to provide an improvement to seals or bearing isolators to prevent leakage of lubricant and entry of contaminants by encompassing the stator within the rotor to create an axially directed interface at the radial extremity of the rotor. It is also an objective of the present invention to disclose and claim a seal or bearing isolator for rotating equipment that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and conducts and transmits and directs accumulated bearing current to ground.
- Prior art seals traditionally had the interface between the rotor and the stator exposed radially to the contaminants or lubricants at the radial extremity of the seal.
- the projection of an axial portion of the stator into the rotor has been expanded radially.
- This projection or protruding member of the stator into the rotor has been expanded radially beyond the diameter of the major portion or body of the stator.
- the rotor and the recess rotor which previously surrounded the stator projection or insertion, is also extended radially beyond the major portion of the stator.
- the rotor now encompasses the stator, or a substantial portion of the stator's radial projection, in such a manner that the interface presented to the ingress of the lubricant or contaminates is facing axially and rearwardly.
- the axial facing interface presents limited access to the internal of the seal and a constant dimensional interface between the rotor and the stator regardless of any axial movement of the rotor with respect to the stator.
- a groove may be machined into the stator to accentuate the novel radial extension of the rotor and the stator.
- This groove improves the ability of the seal to prevent contaminants from entering the axial interface gap between the rotor and the stator.
- This novel improvement i.e., the encapsulation of the radial extension stator by the rotor, enables the interface gap between the accessible portions of the stator and the rotor to be of a predetermined dimension.
- the improvement also means that there is no fluctuation or variation in the interface gap resulting from any relative axial movement between the rotor and the stator.
- This novel seal or bearing isolator will operate to vastly improve the rejection or ingress of contaminants into the interface gap between the rotor and stator.
- the entrance to the interface gap is facing or directed away from the normal flow of contaminants, i.e., along the axis of the shaft toward the housing.
- the interface gap can be machined to extremely close tolerances because there is no movement radially between the rotor and the stator and any axial movement does not affect the radial interface.
- the increased rejection of contaminants also provides an opportunity to reduce shaft voltage and attendant bearing wear caused by electrostatic discharge machining Placement of a receptor groove in the stator of the above described shaft seal assembly allows insertion of a conductive insert.
- This insert can be a metallic or non-metallic solid, machined or molded.
- the insert can also be a metallic ring having conductive filament brushes affixed therein.
- any type of metal compatible with operating conditions and metallurgy may be selected, bronze, gold or aluminum are believed to be preferred metals because of increased conductivity, strength, corrosion and wear resistance.
- Combining the receptor groove and conduction means with the benefits of the improved bearing isolator reduces the environmental exposure of the conduction means.
- bearing isolator assembly having a rotor and stator manufactured from bronze has improved charge dissipation qualities.
- the preferred bronze metallurgy is that meeting specification 932 (also referred to as 932000 or “bearing bronze”). This bronze is preferred for bearings and bearing isolators because it has excellent load capacity and antifriction qualities. This bearing bronze alloy also has good machining characteristics and resists many chemicals.
- the specified bronze offers increased shaft voltage collection properties comparable to the ubiquitous lighting rod due to the relatively low electrical resistivity (85.9 ohms-cmil/ft@68 F or 14.29 microhm-cm@20 C) and high electrical conductivity (12% IACS@68 F or 0.07 MegaSiemens/cm@20 C) of the material selected.
- This embodiment improves upon shaft brushes typically mounted external of the motor housing.
- Previous tests of a combination shaft seal assembly with a concentric inserted conductive brush engaged with the shaft have shown substantial reduction in shaft voltage and attendant electrostatic discharge machining
- Direct seating between the conduction ring means and the bearing isolator portion of the motor ground seal improves the conduction to ground over a simple housing in combination with a conduction means as taught by the prior art.
- Those practiced in the arts will understand that this improvement requires the electric motor base to be grounded, as is the norm.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective exterior view of motor ground seal assembly mounted to a motor housing.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the present invention as shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 wherein a conduction ring is shown with a plurality of conductive brushes.
- FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention wherein a metallic conduction ring is shown with an insert having conductive properties.
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view of another embodiment as shown in FIG. 2 wherein the conductive ring is solid.
- FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 7 is a side view of the present invention illustrating the concentric nature of the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the motor ground seal assembly.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the present invention applied to a rotatable shaft 10 of an electrical motor controller having a variable frequency drive (VFD).
- VFD variable frequency drive
- the motor grounding SealTM assembly 18 shown in FIG. 1 may be mounted to rotatable shaft 10 on either one or both sides of the motor housing assembly 11 .
- the motor grounding SealTM assembly 18 may be flange-mounted or press-fit or attached by other means to a housing 11 .
- the present invention will also function with a rotating housing and stationary shaft. (Not shown)
- the receptor groove 4 allows placement of one of the following conduction means with the motor grounding seal assembly 18 : a solid conductive ring having conductive filament brushes 3 attached therein, a solid conductive ring having conductive filament brushes 3 attached therein and a metallic annular frame surrounding the conductive ring, a metallic insert with solid conductor ring 6 , or a conductive insert ring 7 .
- the receptor groove 4 as shown can also be utilized on other shaft seal assemblies and bearing isolators or combinations therein which use only labyrinths.
- the location of the gap with respect to the rotor 13 and stator 14 surfaces and the direction of the opening interface gaps 20 and 21 are both important elements of one embodiment of the motor grounding seal assembly 18 .
- the rotor 13 extends radially well beyond the major diameter of the stator 14 . This permits the rotor 13 to encompass the also radially extended projection 19 of the stator 14 . It is important that this radial extension of the rotor 13 extends beyond the basic radial dimension of stator 14 . See U.S. Pat. No. 6,419,233 issued to Orlowski and incorporated by reference herein. This requires a departure from the prior art wherein the rotor 13 was radially co-extensive with the major diameter of the stator 14 .
- the second radial interface gap 21 between the rotor 13 and stator 14 that is exposed to the contamination or lubricants is now fixed in dimension and independent of any relative axial movement between the rotor 13 and the stator 14 .
- the first radial interface gap 20 is still subject to variation in dimension by any relative axial movement between the rotor 13 and the stator 14 .
- the orientation of the opening of the interface gap 21 is important regardless of relative movement between the rotor 14 and stator 13 .
- the axial orientation of the second radial interface gap 21 controls entrance of contaminants. Reduction or elimination of contaminants improves both the life and performance of the conductive means.
- the opening of the second radial interface gap 21 is now facing rearwardly toward the housing 11 and away from the contaminant stream. The contaminant or cooling stream will normally be directed along the axis of the shaft 10 and toward the housing 11 .
- a first stator groove 22 may be cut in the stator 14 .
- This stator groove 22 enhances and accentuates the benefits of the radial extension of the rotor 13 and the stator 14 with the resultant orientation and independence of the second radial interface gap 21 .
- the motor ground seal assembly may be made from any machinable metal such as stainless steel or having low resistivity including bronze, aluminum, copper, gold and combinations thereof.
- a second groove may be cut into the stator 14 on the inboard side facing away from the rotor 13 and into the housing 11 .
- This receptor groove 4 allows insertion of a circumferential ring-like structure.
- the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 shows a solid conductive ring 9 having conductive filaments or brushes 3 in contact with said shaft 10 .
- the concentric solid conduction ring 9 may be flange-mounted, press-fit or attached by other means to and or within receptor groove 4 .
- FIG. 3 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein the conductive insert is a brush ring 5 having a metallic base or frame 16 , preferably made from a low resistivity material such as bronze, copper, gold or aluminum, having a plurality of fibrous conductive brushes 3 engaged with rotatable shaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground.
- the circumference of the brush ring 5 is force-fitted into the receptor groove 4 in the motor ground seal assembly 18 , by means of a slightly tapered bore in said receptor groove 4 (not shown) to accommodate imperfections and dimensional tolerance of the brush ring 5 surrounding the filament brushes 3 .
- the brush ring 5 would be as described in published U.S. Patent Applications 2004/0233592 and 2004/0185215 filed by Oh et al.
- the brush ring 5 incorporates technology sold as an “AEGIS SGRTM Conductive MicroFiberTM brush” by Electro Static Technology—an Illinois Tool Works Company.
- the motor grounding seal assembly 18 improves conduction and reduces the effects of “bearing current” by enhancing and increasing the rigidity of circumferential brush ring 5 , thereby increasing the resistance to deformation of the brush ring frame 16 during operation.
- Deformation of the brush ring 5 and frame 16 during operation is a problem because it destabilizes the spatial relationship between the tip of the brushes, or the shaft facing surfaces of other conductive means, and the rotating shaft 10 .
- the resulting change in spatial relationship which although small and within normal machine operating tolerances, negatively affects the conduction of the electrostatic discharge (shaft voltage) from the rotating shaft to ground, thus resulting in the decreased performance of prior art grounding devices.
- the performance of the motor ground seal assembly 18 disclosed and claimed herein is further improved by aggressive interference between the conduction means and receptor groove 4 of the motor ground seal assembly 18 .
- the outside diameter of the brush ring 5 means may be up to 0.004 inches (0.102 mm) greater than the inside diameter of the receptor groove 4 .
- the performance of the motor ground seal assembly 18 is further improved by aggressive interference between the motor grounding seal assembly 18 and the housing 11 of the motor.
- the outside diameter of the stator may be up to 0.004 inches (0.102 mm) greater than the inside diameter of the motor housing 11 .
- FIG. 4 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein the metallic insert with solid conductor ring 6 has a metallic base, preferably a low resistivity material such as bronze, copper, gold or aluminum, and forms a circumferential conductive ring around the rotating shaft when inserted into the receptor groove 4 of the stator 14 for engagement with rotatable shaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground. (Not shown)
- FIG. 5 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein the conductive insert ring 7 is a concentric circumferential ring affixed within the receptor groove 4 of said stator 14 therein for engagement with shaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground. (Not shown). Reduction of deformity aggressive interference between conduction means/receptor groove 4 and motor ground seal 18 /housing 11 rotating is contemplated for the embodiments shown and described at FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- the motor ground seal assembly 18 may be used with o-ring 17 between stator 14 and motor housing 11 as shown in preceding FIGS. 1-5 . Performance of the motor ground seal assembly 18 , however, may be further improved by eliminating o-ring 17 and its companion groove as shown in FIG. 6 .
- the non-conductive nature of o-ring 17 can impede conductivity between the motor grounding seal assembly 18 and motor housing 11 thereby decreasing the overall charge dissipation performance of the motor ground seal assembly 18 .
- the motor ground seal assembly 18 in combination with the motor housing 11 creates a stable concentric system with the rotating shaft as its center point 12 . Inserting the combination of conductive brushes 3 , brush rings 5 or conductive inserts ( 6 , 7 or 9 ) into the motor ground seal assembly 18 within the motor housing 10 , and press or force fitting the various conducting elements (conduction means, stator 13 and housing 11 ) together, forms a relatively fixed and stable spatial relationship between the conducting elements, thereby improving the collection and conduction of electrostatic discharge (shaft voltage) from the rotating shaft 10 to ground, through the conducting elements of the motor ground seal assembly 18 .
- This improved motor ground sealing system directly seats major elements together which compensates for motor shafts, which are not necessarily perfectly round, and ensures the variation or change in distance from the brush tips 3 to the shaft 10 surface caused by external forces acting on the motor ground sealing system are minimal, thus promoting effective ionization of the air surrounding the brushes 3 and conduction of shaft voltage.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a circumferential filament brush ring having an annular frame.
- the frame includes frame members defining an annular channel with a plurality of electrically conductive filament brushes connected to said annular frame.
- the filament brushes are sufficiently small to induce ionization in the presence of an electrical field.
- the filament brushes are retained by the frame members and have distal end portions disposed in the channel formed by frame members. As shown, the circumference of the brush ring 5 was force-fitted into the tapered receptor groove 4 in the motor ground seal assembly 18 .
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- The present application is a continuation of and claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/378,208 filed on Mar. 17, 2006, which claimed the benefit of U.S. provisional App. No. 60/693,548, filed Jun. 25, 2005, both of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
- The present invention relates to an improved bearing isolator sealing device, and more particularly, to a bearing isolator for directing electrostatic charge to ground while retaining lubrication solution and repelling contamination such as water, dust, dirt, sand and paper stock from the bearing environment and away from the shaft grounding ring, within the bearing cavity of a hub assembly such as an electrical motor bearing for engagement with a rotatable shaft.
- No federal funds were used to develop or create the invention disclosed and described in the patent application.
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- This invention relates generally to shaft sealing devices for use with rotating equipment. Adequate maintenance of rotating equipment is difficult to obtain because of extreme equipment duty cycles, the lessening of service factors, design and the lack of spare rotating equipment in most processing plants. This is especially true of machine tool spindles, wet end paper machine rolls, aluminum rolling mills and steam quench pumps and other equipment utilizing extreme contamination affecting lubrication. Various forms of shaft sealing devices have been utilized to try to protect the integrity of the bearing environment, including rubber lip seals, clearance labyrinth seals, and attraction magnetic seals. Lip seals or other contacting shaft seals can quickly wear out and fail and are also known to permit excessive amounts of moisture and other contaminants to immigrate into the oil reservoir of the operating equipment even before failure had exposed the interface between the rotor and the stator to the contaminants or lubricants at the radial extremity of the seal. The problem of seal wear and damage as applied to electrical motors using variable frequency drives is compounded because of the very nature of the control of electricity connected to variable frequency drive (hereinafter referred to as VFD) controlled motors.
- VFDs regulate the speed of a motor by converting sinusoidal line alternating current (AC) voltage to direct current (DC) voltage, then back to a pulse width modulated (PWM) AC voltage of variable frequency. The switching frequency of these pulses ranges from 1 kHz up to 20 kHz and is referred to as the “carrier frequency.” The ratio of change in voltage to the change in time (ΔV/ΔT) creates what has been described as a parasitic capacitance between the motor stator and the rotor, which induces a voltage on the rotor shaft. If the voltage induced on the shaft, which is referred to as “common mode voltage” or “shaft voltage,” builds up to a sufficient level, it can discharge to ground through the bearings. Current that finds its way to ground through the motor bearings in this manner is called “bearing current.”1 1 http:www.greenheck.com/technical/tech_detail.php?display=files/Product_guide/fal17—03
- There are many causes of bearing current including voltage pulse overshoot in the VFD, non-symmetry of the motor's magnetic circuit, supply unbalances, transient conditions, and others.
- Any of these conditions can occur independently or simultaneously to create bearing currents in the motor shaft.2 2 http:www.greenheck.com/technical/tech_detail.php?display=files/Product_guide/fal17—03
- Shaft voltage accumulates on the rotor until it exceeds the dielectric capacity of the motor bearing lubricant, then the voltage discharges in a short pulse to ground through the bearing. After discharge, the voltage again accumulates on the shaft and the cycle repeats itself. This random and frequent discharging has an electric discharge machining (EDM) effect, causing pitting of the bearing's rolling elements and raceways. Initially, these discharges create a “frosted” or “sandblasted” effect. Over time, this deterioration causes a groove pattern in the bearing race called “fluting” which is an indication that the bearing has sustained severe damage. Eventually, the deterioration will lead to complete bearing and failure.3 3See www.Greenheck.com
- The prior art teaches numerous methods of handling shaft voltages including using a shielded cable, grounding the shaft, insulated bearings and installation of a Faraday shield. For example, see published U.S. Patent Applications 2004/0233592 and 2004/0185215 filed by Oh et al., which are incorporated herein by reference. Most external applications add to costs, complexity and exposure to external environmental factors. Insulated bearings provide an internal solution by eliminating the path to ground through the bearing for current to flow. But, installing insulated bearings does not eliminate the shaft voltage, which will still find the lowest impedance path to ground. Thus, insulated bearings are not effective if the impedance path is through the driven load. Therefore, the prior art does not teach an internal, low wearing method or apparatus to efficaciously ground shaft voltage and avoid electric discharge machining of bearings leading to premature bearing failure.
- An objective of the present invention is to provide an improvement to seals or bearing isolators to prevent leakage of lubricant and entry of contaminants by encompassing the stator within the rotor to create an axially directed interface at the radial extremity of the rotor. It is also an objective of the present invention to disclose and claim a seal or bearing isolator for rotating equipment that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and conducts and transmits and directs accumulated bearing current to ground.
- Prior art seals traditionally had the interface between the rotor and the stator exposed radially to the contaminants or lubricants at the radial extremity of the seal. The projection of an axial portion of the stator into the rotor has been expanded radially. This projection or protruding member of the stator into the rotor has been expanded radially beyond the diameter of the major portion or body of the stator.
- The rotor and the recess rotor, which previously surrounded the stator projection or insertion, is also extended radially beyond the major portion of the stator. The rotor now encompasses the stator, or a substantial portion of the stator's radial projection, in such a manner that the interface presented to the ingress of the lubricant or contaminates is facing axially and rearwardly. The axial facing interface presents limited access to the internal of the seal and a constant dimensional interface between the rotor and the stator regardless of any axial movement of the rotor with respect to the stator.
- A groove may be machined into the stator to accentuate the novel radial extension of the rotor and the stator. This groove improves the ability of the seal to prevent contaminants from entering the axial interface gap between the rotor and the stator. This novel improvement, i.e., the encapsulation of the radial extension stator by the rotor, enables the interface gap between the accessible portions of the stator and the rotor to be of a predetermined dimension. The improvement also means that there is no fluctuation or variation in the interface gap resulting from any relative axial movement between the rotor and the stator.
- This novel seal or bearing isolator will operate to vastly improve the rejection or ingress of contaminants into the interface gap between the rotor and stator. The entrance to the interface gap is facing or directed away from the normal flow of contaminants, i.e., along the axis of the shaft toward the housing. The interface gap can be machined to extremely close tolerances because there is no movement radially between the rotor and the stator and any axial movement does not affect the radial interface.
- The increased rejection of contaminants also provides an opportunity to reduce shaft voltage and attendant bearing wear caused by electrostatic discharge machining Placement of a receptor groove in the stator of the above described shaft seal assembly allows insertion of a conductive insert. This insert can be a metallic or non-metallic solid, machined or molded. The insert can also be a metallic ring having conductive filament brushes affixed therein. Although any type of metal compatible with operating conditions and metallurgy may be selected, bronze, gold or aluminum are believed to be preferred metals because of increased conductivity, strength, corrosion and wear resistance. Combining the receptor groove and conduction means with the benefits of the improved bearing isolator reduces the environmental exposure of the conduction means.
- It has been found that a bearing isolator assembly having a rotor and stator manufactured from bronze has improved charge dissipation qualities. The preferred bronze metallurgy is that meeting specification 932 (also referred to as 932000 or “bearing bronze”). This bronze is preferred for bearings and bearing isolators because it has excellent load capacity and antifriction qualities. This bearing bronze alloy also has good machining characteristics and resists many chemicals. It is believed that the specified bronze offers increased shaft voltage collection properties comparable to the ubiquitous lighting rod due to the relatively low electrical resistivity (85.9 ohms-cmil/ft@68 F or 14.29 microhm-cm@20 C) and high electrical conductivity (12% IACS@68 F or 0.07 MegaSiemens/cm@20 C) of the material selected.
- This embodiment improves upon shaft brushes typically mounted external of the motor housing. Previous tests of a combination shaft seal assembly with a concentric inserted conductive brush engaged with the shaft have shown substantial reduction in shaft voltage and attendant electrostatic discharge machining Direct seating between the conduction ring means and the bearing isolator portion of the motor ground seal improves the conduction to ground over a simple housing in combination with a conduction means as taught by the prior art. Those practiced in the arts will understand that this improvement requires the electric motor base to be grounded, as is the norm.
- It is therefore an objective of the present invention to disclose and claim an electric motor for rotating equipment having bearing isolator means that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and conducts and transmits and directs bearing current to ground.
- It is another objective of the present invention to disclose and claim a bearing isolator for rotating equipment that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and conducts electrostatic discharge (shaft voltage) to improve bearing operating life.
- It is another objective of the present invention to disclose and claim a bearing isolator for rotating equipment that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and provides adequate grounding.
- It is another objective of the present invention to disclose and claim a bearing isolator for rotating equipment that retains lubricants, prevents contamination and provides a low impedance ground path for the voltage to flow to earth ground without passing through the motor bearings or other components while protecting and isolating the typically delicate shaft grounding ring from the elements.
- Other objects, advantages and embodiments of the invention will become apparent upon the reading the following detailed description and upon reference to drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective exterior view of motor ground seal assembly mounted to a motor housing. -
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the present invention as shown inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention as shown inFIG. 2 wherein a conduction ring is shown with a plurality of conductive brushes. -
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention wherein a metallic conduction ring is shown with an insert having conductive properties. -
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of another embodiment as shown inFIG. 2 wherein the conductive ring is solid. -
FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the present invention as shown inFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 7 is a side view of the present invention illustrating the concentric nature of the invention. -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the motor ground seal assembly. -
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Description Element No. Drive bearing 2 Conductive brushes 3 Receptor groove 4 Brush ring 5 Metallic insert with solid conductor ring 6 Conductive insert ring 7 O- ring 8 Solid conductive ring 9 Rotatable shaft 10 Housing 11 Rotatable shaft center 12 Rotor 13 Rotor surface 13a Stator 14 Stator surface 14a O- ring 15 Brush ring frame 16 O- ring 17 Motor ground seal assembly 18 Radial projection 19 first radial Interface gap 20 second radial interface gap 21 Stator groove 22 -
FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the present invention applied to arotatable shaft 10 of an electrical motor controller having a variable frequency drive (VFD). (Motor not shown) The motor groundingSeal™ assembly 18 shown inFIG. 1 may be mounted torotatable shaft 10 on either one or both sides of themotor housing assembly 11. The motor groundingSeal™ assembly 18 may be flange-mounted or press-fit or attached by other means to ahousing 11. The present invention will also function with a rotating housing and stationary shaft. (Not shown) - As shown in
FIGS. 2-6 , therotor 13 faces outboard and is engaged with aninboard facing stator 14. Thereceptor groove 4 allows placement of one of the following conduction means with the motor grounding seal assembly 18: a solid conductive ring having conductive filament brushes 3 attached therein, a solid conductive ring having conductive filament brushes 3 attached therein and a metallic annular frame surrounding the conductive ring, a metallic insert withsolid conductor ring 6, or aconductive insert ring 7. Thereceptor groove 4 as shown can also be utilized on other shaft seal assemblies and bearing isolators or combinations therein which use only labyrinths. - As shown in
FIGS. 2-6 , the location of the gap with respect to therotor 13 andstator 14 surfaces and the direction of the openinginterface gaps 20 and 21 are both important elements of one embodiment of the motor groundingseal assembly 18. Therotor 13 extends radially well beyond the major diameter of thestator 14. This permits therotor 13 to encompass the also radially extended projection 19 of thestator 14. It is important that this radial extension of therotor 13 extends beyond the basic radial dimension ofstator 14. See U.S. Pat. No. 6,419,233 issued to Orlowski and incorporated by reference herein. This requires a departure from the prior art wherein therotor 13 was radially co-extensive with the major diameter of thestator 14. - The second radial interface gap 21 between the
rotor 13 andstator 14 that is exposed to the contamination or lubricants is now fixed in dimension and independent of any relative axial movement between therotor 13 and thestator 14. The firstradial interface gap 20 is still subject to variation in dimension by any relative axial movement between therotor 13 and thestator 14. - This relative movement is not significant to the operation in as much as only a small amount of contaminants have been able to enter the labyrinth because of the size and location of the first
radial interface gap 20. The removal of the interface gap 21 from variations is more important in seals where thestator 13 and therotor 14 are not restrained from relative movement. - The orientation of the opening of the interface gap 21 is important regardless of relative movement between the
rotor 14 andstator 13. The axial orientation of the second radial interface gap 21 controls entrance of contaminants. Reduction or elimination of contaminants improves both the life and performance of the conductive means. The opening of the second radial interface gap 21 is now facing rearwardly toward thehousing 11 and away from the contaminant stream. The contaminant or cooling stream will normally be directed along the axis of theshaft 10 and toward thehousing 11. - A
first stator groove 22 may be cut in thestator 14. Thisstator groove 22 enhances and accentuates the benefits of the radial extension of therotor 13 and thestator 14 with the resultant orientation and independence of the second radial interface gap 21. The motor ground seal assembly may be made from any machinable metal such as stainless steel or having low resistivity including bronze, aluminum, copper, gold and combinations thereof. - A second groove may be cut into the
stator 14 on the inboard side facing away from therotor 13 and into thehousing 11. Thisreceptor groove 4 allows insertion of a circumferential ring-like structure. The embodiment illustrated inFIG. 2 shows a solidconductive ring 9 having conductive filaments or brushes 3 in contact with saidshaft 10. The concentricsolid conduction ring 9 may be flange-mounted, press-fit or attached by other means to and or withinreceptor groove 4. -
FIG. 3 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein the conductive insert is abrush ring 5 having a metallic base orframe 16, preferably made from a low resistivity material such as bronze, copper, gold or aluminum, having a plurality of fibrousconductive brushes 3 engaged withrotatable shaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground. In this embodiment, the circumference of thebrush ring 5 is force-fitted into thereceptor groove 4 in the motorground seal assembly 18, by means of a slightly tapered bore in said receptor groove 4 (not shown) to accommodate imperfections and dimensional tolerance of thebrush ring 5 surrounding the filament brushes 3. In the preferred embodiment, thebrush ring 5 would be as described in published U.S. Patent Applications 2004/0233592 and 2004/0185215 filed by Oh et al. Thebrush ring 5 incorporates technology sold as an “AEGIS SGR™ Conductive MicroFiber™ brush” by Electro Static Technology—an Illinois Tool Works Company. - The motor
grounding seal assembly 18 improves conduction and reduces the effects of “bearing current” by enhancing and increasing the rigidity ofcircumferential brush ring 5, thereby increasing the resistance to deformation of thebrush ring frame 16 during operation. Deformation of thebrush ring 5 andframe 16 during operation is a problem because it destabilizes the spatial relationship between the tip of the brushes, or the shaft facing surfaces of other conductive means, and therotating shaft 10. The resulting change in spatial relationship, which although small and within normal machine operating tolerances, negatively affects the conduction of the electrostatic discharge (shaft voltage) from the rotating shaft to ground, thus resulting in the decreased performance of prior art grounding devices. - The performance of the motor
ground seal assembly 18 disclosed and claimed herein is further improved by aggressive interference between the conduction means andreceptor groove 4 of the motorground seal assembly 18. The outside diameter of thebrush ring 5 means may be up to 0.004 inches (0.102 mm) greater than the inside diameter of thereceptor groove 4. The performance of the motorground seal assembly 18 is further improved by aggressive interference between the motor groundingseal assembly 18 and thehousing 11 of the motor. The outside diameter of the stator may be up to 0.004 inches (0.102 mm) greater than the inside diameter of themotor housing 11. -
FIG. 4 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein the metallic insert withsolid conductor ring 6 has a metallic base, preferably a low resistivity material such as bronze, copper, gold or aluminum, and forms a circumferential conductive ring around the rotating shaft when inserted into thereceptor groove 4 of thestator 14 for engagement withrotatable shaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground. (Not shown) -
FIG. 5 describes another embodiment of the present invention wherein theconductive insert ring 7 is a concentric circumferential ring affixed within thereceptor groove 4 of saidstator 14 therein for engagement withshaft 10 for transmission of bearing currents to ground. (Not shown). Reduction of deformity aggressive interference between conduction means/receptor groove 4 andmotor ground seal 18/housing 11 rotating is contemplated for the embodiments shown and described atFIGS. 4 and 5 . - The motor
ground seal assembly 18 may be used with o-ring 17 betweenstator 14 andmotor housing 11 as shown in precedingFIGS. 1-5 . Performance of the motorground seal assembly 18, however, may be further improved by eliminating o-ring 17 and its companion groove as shown inFIG. 6 . The non-conductive nature of o-ring 17 can impede conductivity between the motor groundingseal assembly 18 andmotor housing 11 thereby decreasing the overall charge dissipation performance of the motorground seal assembly 18. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , the motorground seal assembly 18 in combination with themotor housing 11 creates a stable concentric system with the rotating shaft as itscenter point 12. Inserting the combination ofconductive brushes 3, brush rings 5 or conductive inserts (6, 7 or 9) into the motorground seal assembly 18 within themotor housing 10, and press or force fitting the various conducting elements (conduction means,stator 13 and housing 11) together, forms a relatively fixed and stable spatial relationship between the conducting elements, thereby improving the collection and conduction of electrostatic discharge (shaft voltage) from the rotatingshaft 10 to ground, through the conducting elements of the motorground seal assembly 18. This improved motor ground sealing system directly seats major elements together which compensates for motor shafts, which are not necessarily perfectly round, and ensures the variation or change in distance from thebrush tips 3 to theshaft 10 surface caused by external forces acting on the motor ground sealing system are minimal, thus promoting effective ionization of the air surrounding thebrushes 3 and conduction of shaft voltage. -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a circumferential filament brush ring having an annular frame. The frame includes frame members defining an annular channel with a plurality of electrically conductive filament brushes connected to said annular frame. The filament brushes are sufficiently small to induce ionization in the presence of an electrical field. The filament brushes are retained by the frame members and have distal end portions disposed in the channel formed by frame members. As shown, the circumference of thebrush ring 5 was force-fitted into the taperedreceptor groove 4 in the motorground seal assembly 18. - Having described the preferred embodiment, other features of the present invention will undoubtedly occur to those versed in the art, as will numerous modifications and alterations in the embodiments of the invention illustrated, all of which may be achieved without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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