WO1998031939A1 - Vertical fan - Google Patents
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- WO1998031939A1 WO1998031939A1 PCT/FI1998/000036 FI9800036W WO9831939A1 WO 1998031939 A1 WO1998031939 A1 WO 1998031939A1 FI 9800036 W FI9800036 W FI 9800036W WO 9831939 A1 WO9831939 A1 WO 9831939A1
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- Prior art keywords
- fan
- electric motor
- flexible material
- damping
- blade wheel
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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
- F04D29/66—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing
- F04D29/661—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
- F04D29/668—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps damping or preventing mechanical vibrations
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
- H02K5/00—Casings; Enclosures; Supports
- H02K5/24—Casings; Enclosures; Supports specially adapted for suppression or reduction of noise or vibrations
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- the invention relates to a vertical fan comprising a blade wheel and a vertical electric motor to operate the blade wheel, the blade wheel being mounted below the electric motor directly on its shaft to rotate around a substantially vertical shaft.
- the fan is placed, for example, on the heat exchange unit of an evaporating plant without using any proper bed arrangement or canalization. Thus it is possible to build compact plants and save in the production costs.
- the motor-driven vertical fan is implemented by mounting a blade wheel directly on the shaft of a vertical flanged electric motor.
- the fan differs from a normal motor-driven fan only with respect to its position, and as a consequence, the rotor system behaves differently than that of a horizontal fan. Because the static load focusing on the motor is only axial, no static force focuses on the bearings in the radial direction. Therefore, the position of the shaft in the bearing is very changeable when the fan is on, and even a slight change in the force balance of the system alters the position of the shaft. Even a very slight unbalance in the blade wheel makes the shaft rotate unevenly in the bearing when the fan is on, which is seen as vibration in the measurements. If the vibration continues for a long time, the bearings will be damaged.
- An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks described above. This is achieved with a vertical fan of the invention, characterized in that there are means arranged to the upper part of an electric motor to damp down vibrations.
- the means for damping down vibration preferably comprise a bed mounted on the upper par of the electric motor, flexible material fitted on the bed, and damping mass arranged onto the flexible material.
- Figure 1 shows a fan of the invention
- Figure 2 shows a partially sectional side view of the damping bed illustrated in Figure 1
- Figure 3 shows a top view of the damping bed illustrated in Figure
- Figure 4 shows a partially sectional side view of the damping mass illustrated in Figure 1 ,
- Figure 5 shows a bottom view of the damping mass illustrated in Figure 4,
- Figure 6 shows a partially sectional side view of the damping bed, damping mass and intermediate flexible material of the previous figures, illustrating their co-operation.
- the vertical fan shown in Figure 1 comprises a blade wheel 1 , a vertical electric motor 2 to operate the blade wheel 1 , the blade wheel being mounted below the electric motor directly on its shaft to rotate around a substantially vertical shaft, and a construction 4 arranged to the upper part of the electric motor 2 to damp down the vibrations of the fan.
- the fan is fastened on top of the heat exchange unit 12 with flange joints without using a proper bed arrangement or canalization.
- the construction 4 damping down vibrations comprises a bed 5 fastened to the upper part of the electric motor 2, flexible material 6 fitted on the bed 5, and damping mass 7 arranged onto the flexible material, the damping mass resting on the flexible material 6.
- the bed 5 is a cylinder-like rack, which has an opening 8 in the middle so that the rack can be mounted at the desired height around the casing of the electric motor 1 , and an annular flange 9 for the ring-shaped flexible material 6 and ring-shaped damping mass 7 to be fitted on the flexible material.
- the bed 5 is fastened with screws to the upper part of the casing of the electric motor.
- the flange 9 and on the lower surface of the damping mass 7 there are respective grooves 10 and 11 for the flexible material 6 so that the damping mass 7 would rest immovably on the flexible material 6.
- the flexible material 6 is preferably rubber, and its width is such that the damping mass 7 never touches the bed 5.
- the damping mass 7 consists of basic mass 7a and possible additional damping masses 7b, i.e. additional damping mass/masses 7b can be fastened on top of the ground mass 7a e.g. with screws.
- the above construction 4 allows to substantially reduce the sensitivity of the fan 4 to the vibrations caused by the unbalance of the blade wheel 1. This is realized by tuning the construction 4 to the same resonance frequency as the fan by altering the flexibility of the flexible material 6 and by adjusting the weight of the damping mass 7 e.g. by means of additional damping masses 7b.
- the damping mass 7 resonates with the fan at a reverse stage. The use of suitable masses at the reverse stage damps down the vibration since the opposite forces cancel each other out. A system implemented in this way is considerably less sensitive to vibrations.
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU56655/98A AU5665598A (en) | 1997-01-17 | 1998-01-16 | Vertical fan |
EP98900868A EP0953116A1 (en) | 1997-01-17 | 1998-01-16 | Vertical fan |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FI970213A FI101566B (en) | 1997-01-17 | 1997-01-17 | Vertical fan |
FI970213 | 1997-01-17 |
Publications (1)
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WO1998031939A1 true WO1998031939A1 (en) | 1998-07-23 |
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PCT/FI1998/000036 WO1998031939A1 (en) | 1997-01-17 | 1998-01-16 | Vertical fan |
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EP (1) | EP0953116A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU5665598A (en) |
FI (1) | FI101566B (en) |
WO (1) | WO1998031939A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
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FR2995740A1 (en) * | 2012-09-20 | 2014-03-21 | Renault Sa | Stator for electric machine, has cylindrical part comprising external surface, and two distinct rigid elements separated by damping elastic material, where two rigid elements form rotor that is fixed at external surface of cylindrical part |
CN107191394A (en) * | 2017-05-23 | 2017-09-22 | 中国北方车辆研究所 | A kind of blower fan apparatus |
Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4583912A (en) * | 1984-03-16 | 1986-04-22 | Allis-Chalmers Corporation | Damped dynamic vibration absorber |
EP0372718A1 (en) * | 1988-12-05 | 1990-06-13 | General Motors Corporation | Air pump |
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- 1997-01-17 FI FI970213A patent/FI101566B/en active
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- 1998-01-16 EP EP98900868A patent/EP0953116A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-01-16 WO PCT/FI1998/000036 patent/WO1998031939A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-01-16 AU AU56655/98A patent/AU5665598A/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US4583912A (en) * | 1984-03-16 | 1986-04-22 | Allis-Chalmers Corporation | Damped dynamic vibration absorber |
EP0372718A1 (en) * | 1988-12-05 | 1990-06-13 | General Motors Corporation | Air pump |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 2, No. 254, (M-24); & JP,A,53 044 963 (HITACHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.) 22 April 1978. * |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2995740A1 (en) * | 2012-09-20 | 2014-03-21 | Renault Sa | Stator for electric machine, has cylindrical part comprising external surface, and two distinct rigid elements separated by damping elastic material, where two rigid elements form rotor that is fixed at external surface of cylindrical part |
CN107191394A (en) * | 2017-05-23 | 2017-09-22 | 中国北方车辆研究所 | A kind of blower fan apparatus |
CN107191394B (en) * | 2017-05-23 | 2019-05-03 | 中国北方车辆研究所 | A kind of blower fan apparatus |
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FI101566B1 (en) | 1998-07-15 |
FI970213A0 (en) | 1997-01-17 |
AU5665598A (en) | 1998-08-07 |
EP0953116A1 (en) | 1999-11-03 |
FI101566B (en) | 1998-07-15 |
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