US3608976A - Fan blade having wear-resistant ribs and fan including a plurality of same - Google Patents

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US3608976A
US3608976A US857525A US3608976DA US3608976A US 3608976 A US3608976 A US 3608976A US 857525 A US857525 A US 857525A US 3608976D A US3608976D A US 3608976DA US 3608976 A US3608976 A US 3608976A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/26—Rotors specially for elastic fluids
    • F04D29/28—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps
    • F04D29/289—Rotors specially for elastic fluids for centrifugal or helico-centrifugal pumps for radial-flow or helico-centrifugal pumps having provision against erosion or for dust-separation

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  • a fan blade having a plurality 01' wear-resistant ribs extending across the width of its working surface and spaced along the length thereof for contacting solid particles, e.g. pulverized coal, to be propelled thereby.
  • a fan including a plurality of blades as above-described is also disclosed.
  • This invention relates to fan blades and to fans having a plurality of fan blades as a part thereof While not limited thereto, the fan and fan blades of the invention are particularly well suited for utilization in applications wherein the fan blades contact solid particles. For example, it is common practice in many power plants utilizing pulverized coal as a fuel, to blow the same into the boilers with a multibladed fan resembling a paddle wheel.
  • the fans usually include an outer casing or scroll containing a rotor assembly.
  • the rotor assembly generally consists of a rotor having a plurality of blades extending radially outward therefrom toward the wall of the casing.
  • the blades are generally formed from hardened steel plate in order to resist rapid erosion by the pulverized coal. Nevertheless, erosion is severe and accordingly, blade life is relatively short. In many boiler plants, the fan blades are replaced about every 6 months. This is both a time consuming and costly operation.
  • Another object is to provide a fan having fan blades which are particularly well suited for propelling solid particles such as pulverized coal and the like into a boiler and which will exhibit a substantially longer service life than those of the prior art.
  • H0. 1 is a perspective view of the fan of the invention with the casing shown in broken lines to illustrate the rotor assembly
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fan blade of the invention, a portion thereof being shown in section.
  • a fan blade having a working surface is provided with a plurality of ribs extending across it, the same being spaced along the length of the blade.
  • the ribs have an exposed surface containing a wear-resistant material.
  • each rib is substantially in the form of a right triangle in cross section, including a base portion, a sidewall portion and an inclined surface portion.
  • the working surface of the blade is provided with a plurality of grooves extending across its width for receiving the wear-resistant ribs.
  • a fan is provided according to the invention and includes a casing and rotor assembly.
  • the rotor assembly includes a plurality of blades having wear-resistant ribs as briefly described above and as more particularly described hereinafter.
  • a fan F is provided and includes a casing or scroll 10 having a rotor assembly 12.
  • the rotor assembly includes a rotor 14 having a plurality of blades 16 connected thereto.
  • the blades 16 extend radially outward from the rotor 14 toward the wall of the casing 10.
  • the fan casing 10 is provided with an intake opening 11 and an exhaust opening 13.
  • the fan also includes a drive means (not shown) connected to the rotor 14 in a conventional manner.
  • Each of the blades 16 has a working surface 17 which contacts solid particles, e.g. pulverized coal, as the rotor 14 is rotated during normal operation.
  • each blade has a plurality of substantially rectangular grooves 19 having a base 21 and sidewalls 23. The grooves extend across the width of the working surface and are spaced along the length thereof.
  • a plurality of wear-resistant ribs 20 extend outwardly from the grooves 19 into the path of particles being propelled by the fan.
  • the grooves and ribs are so aligned with respect to the blade that when the blades are assembled onto the rotor 14, they will be in a direction substantially parallel with the axis of the rotor.
  • the ribs 20 are substantially in the form of a right triangle in cross section, having a base portion 22, a sidewall portion 24 and an inclined surface portion 26.
  • the base portion 22 of each rib is bonded to the base 21 of each groove 19, either by brazing or with an adhesive cement.
  • the advantage gained by the use of a groove which is adapted in shape to receive each rib is that the forces set up during rotation of the blades act to push the ribs tightly against the base and sidewalls of the groove. This prevents the ribs from breaking away from the blades which would be more prevalent if they were bonded directly to a nongrooved working surface.
  • the outer surface of ribs 20 contain a wear-resistant material such as tungsten carbide or other material known to be highly wearresistant.
  • the ribs 20 may be fabricated entirely of wear-resistant material by known forming techniques, e.g. by a sintering process with or without some machining.
  • the ribs may also be fabricated of a base metal having a wear-resistant coating applied to the outer surface thereof by a plasma-spraying process in a conventional manner. It is important that the height h and angle of inclination 0 of the ribs as well as their spacing 1: along the length of the blades be constructed within certain limits. In order to substantially improve the service life of the blades, the angle of inclination 0 should be between 50 and 30 and the spacing at between ribs should be one-half to 2 times the length of the base portion 22 of the ribs 20.
  • the spacing x between ribs may be varied because of bolthole locations.
  • the height h of the sidewall portions 24 of the rib will be the variable which will probably be adjusted substantially, depending upon the particular fan construction utilized.
  • the substantially triangular ribs should point in the direction of rotation of the fan blades so that the solid particles contact the inclined surface portion 26 of the wear-resistant ribs instead of the working surface of the blades.
  • Steel fan blades having wear-resistant ribs with exposed surfaces containing tungsten carbide have exhibited substantially increased service life as compared with steel blades formed without ribs according to the prior art.
  • a fan blade designed for mounting in an outwardly extending radial fashion from a rotor so that the working surface of said blade is substantially forwardly aligned with respect to the direction of rotation of said rotor, the improvement comprising a plurality of ribs extending across said working surface and being spaced apart along the length thereof with the exposed surface of each rib containing a wear-resistant material and being shaped in the form of an inclined plane which rises in the outwardly extending direction.
  • each rib is substantially in the fonn of a right triangle in cross section including a base portion, a sidewall portion and an inclined surface portion, said base portion being bonded to the base of a mating groove in the working surface of the blade.
  • a fan including a casing and rotor assembly wherein the rotor has a plurality of blades connected thereto and extending radially outward therefrom toward the wall of the casing with the working surface of each blade being substantially parallel with the axis of said rotor, the improvement comprising a plurality of ribs extending across said working surface and spaced apart along the length thereof with the exposed surface of each rib containing a wear-resistant material and being shaped in the fonn of an inclined plane the apex of which is at the edge away from said rotor.

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US3869777A (en) * 1971-08-27 1975-03-11 Alsthom Cgee Component parts of welded rotors
US4443152A (en) * 1977-10-03 1984-04-17 Rockwell International Corporation Axial slurry pump
EP0075846A1 (fr) * 1981-09-25 1983-04-06 Union Carbide Corporation Aube résistante à l'usure pour un ventilateur centrifuge
US4441857A (en) * 1981-09-25 1984-04-10 Union Carbide Corporation Wear resistant fan blade for centrifugal fan
US4671740A (en) * 1982-06-10 1987-06-09 Wilbanks International, Inc. Ceramic coated abrasion resistant member and process for making
US5038014A (en) * 1989-02-08 1991-08-06 General Electric Company Fabrication of components by layered deposition
US5363778A (en) * 1993-04-15 1994-11-15 Combustion Engineering, Inc. High efficiency exhauster for a solid fuel pulverizing and firing system
US6004097A (en) * 1997-09-26 1999-12-21 Sure Alloy Steel Corp. Coal mill exhauster fan
US6705554B1 (en) * 1999-06-09 2004-03-16 Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent Gmbh Rotor for a paper stock processing machine, anti-wear element for such a rotor, and paper stock processing apparatus
US20030117889A1 (en) * 2001-12-20 2003-06-26 Alfredo Li Preti Self-cleaning mix head having a longitudinal mixer for a molding system
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US20050147498A1 (en) * 2004-01-02 2005-07-07 Tsan-Nan Chien Heat-dissipating module, fan structure and impeller thereof
US20100240478A1 (en) * 2007-10-12 2010-09-23 Tosy Robotics Joint Stock Company Boomerang
US8608598B2 (en) * 2007-10-12 2013-12-17 Tosy Robotics Joint Stock Company Boomerang
US20120199580A1 (en) * 2009-08-20 2012-08-09 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. wave stirrer for a microwave oven
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