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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a screw rotor.
• the screw rotor according to the invention is meant for fluid-injected compressors, expanders, and vacuum pumps. It is known that such screw rotors are traditionally manufactured from cast iron or steel, cast in a crude screw form or forged in a crude cylindrical form, which is then finished by way of coarse and fine grinding, filing, milling, and other cutting operations of the shaft as well as of the body of the screw rotor (with the screw profile) and its final finished screw form is obtained.
• This finish is necessary because the casting process does not allow for obtaining a form within the very fine tolerances that are necessary for allowing the final machine to function properly.
• Another disadvantage is that much material is machined away during the finishing process, which constitutes a loss or a waste of raw materials.
• Another disadvantage is the weight of such conventional screw rotors due to the use of cast iron or steel.
• the task of the present invention is to offer a solution to at least one of the aforementioned and other disadvantages.
• the subject of the present invention is a screw rotor, characterized in that the screw rotor is made from a polymer, wherein the screw rotor consists of a shaft with a rotor body on it, wherein the polymer of the shaft is reinforced with fibers, wherein the shaft features elements that engage the rotor body or corresponding elements in the rotor body, such that the elements prevent an axial and/or rotational movement of the shaft with respect to the rotor body.
• the screw rotor will not only be lighter than the traditional conventional metal screw rotors; it will furthermore be more resistant to corrosion, and it is easier to manufacture in complex forms.
• Such a screw rotor may, for instance, be made by means of an injection molding process, which allows for the manufacturing of a rough screw shape that already closely approximates the final finished screw shape, such that finishing it by means of the cutting operations needed to bring this rough screw within the required tolerances will be of a much more limited scope, or possibly not be necessary at all.
• the processing of the composite screw rotor is much simpler and easier than processing a cast iron or steel screw rotor. This implies that much less work and time are needed for the finishing process, which will bring about considerable savings in cost.
• the elements of the shaft are deviations of the shaft into or from its surface, meaning deviations towards the center line of the shaft or away from the center line of the shaft.
• the elements of the shaft and the corresponding or matching elements on or in the rotor body will cause a mechanical blockage between the shaft and the rotor body, as a result of which axial forces and torque may be transmitted from the shaft to the rotor body, and vice versa.
• the elements may be arranged on the shaft itself, it is also possible for the elements of the shaft to be formed by means of an intermediate body or a key, arranged on the shaft in a designated recess.
• the fibers in the shaft extend primarily in the axial direction. This will provide the shaft with the necessary rigidity and strength.
• the rotor body consist of two or more concentric layers, wherein an inner layer features elements engaging the following layer, such that the elements prevent an axial and/or rotational movement of the one layer relative to the following layer.
• the invention also has a method as its subject, for manufacturing a screw rotor consisting of a shaft and a rotor body, characterized in that the screw rotor is made from a polymer and in that the method comprises the following steps:
• step B By executing the process in at least two steps, the injection molding process of step B will be much easier as compared to an injection molding process in which the screw rotor is injection molded in a single step, among other things in terms of the shrinking of the material, the dimensions, and the mechanical properties, which are easier to monitor in a multistage process such as according to the invention.
• Another advantage is that by using the shaft as an insert in the mould of the rotor body, the rotor body is cast onto or around the shaft, as a result of which the casting of the rotor body generates a thermal bond between the shaft and the rotor body.
• Figure 1 shows a schematic and perspective view of a possible embodiment of a screw rotor according to the invention
• Figure 2 shows the shaft of the screw rotor of Figure 1;
• Figure 3 schematically shows a cross section along the line III-III in Figure 2;
• Figure 4 schematically shows a cross section along the line IV-IV in Figure 1;
• FIGS 5 through 7 schematic show variant embodiments of Figure 2.
• the screw rotor 1 according to the invention schematically shown in Figure 1 consists of a shaft 2 with a rotor body 3 on it .
• the screw rotor 1 may be used in a fluid-injected compressor, expander, or vacuum pump.
• the rotor body 3 is cylindrical in form. However, it is not excluded that the rotor body 3 have a conical form. Using a conical rotor has the advantage that the forces are better distributed, and that the compression can be increased.
• the shaft 2 is shown separately.
• the screw rotor 1 is made out of a polymer.
• At least the shaft 2 is made out of a polymer reinforced with fibers 4, and the rotor body 3 may be made out of a polymer without fibers 4, but in the example shown here and described below, the rotor body 3 is made out of a polymer reinforced with fibers 4 as well.
• the polymer may be a polyamide, for instance, or a polyimide. However, the invention is not limited to these.
• the polymer may also be polyether ether ketone (PEEK) .
• the polymer may also be a thermo-setting polymer, for instance an epoxy, a vinyl ester, or an unsaturated polyester.
• the fibers 4 preferably, but not necessarily, comprise carbon fibers or glass fibers.
• the fibers may also comprise an organic polymer such as aramid fibers, for instance. Carbon nanotubes are a possibility as well.
• the polymer reinforced with fibers 4 is a so-called self-reinforced polymer, in which the fibers are made out of the same polymer as the mould.
• the shaft 2 is made from a different polymer than the rotor body 3, wherein the rotor body 3 may be made out of a polymer that may or may not be reinforced with fibers 4.
• the polymer reinforced with fibers 4 of the shaft 2 may have an identical or a higher softening temperature than the polymer reinforced with fibers 4 of the rotor body 3.
• the difference in the softening temperature of different layers preferably varies between zero and twenty degrees Celsius.
• the fibers 4 in the shaft 2 extend primarily in the axial direction X-X' .
• the shaft 2 will have the necessary rigidity. It is well known that during the operation of the machine, the shaft 2 is exposed to strong axial forces and gas forces at the location where the screw rotor 1 is mounted. As can be seen in Figure 3, the shaft 2 is a full shaft 2. It is not excluded that the shaft 2 is hollow, meaning that there a longitudinal cavity extends through the shaft 2. This will prevent so-called flow problems in the production of the shaft 2.
• the fibers 4 in the rotor body 3 are oriented arbitrarily or randomly.
• the shaft 2 features elements 5a, 5b.
• Some of these elements 5a may engage the rotor body 3, some of these elements 5b may engage corresponding elements 5c in the rotor body 3, all this being designed such that the elements 5a, 5b, 5c prevent an axial and/or a rotational movement of the shaft 2 relative to the rotor body 3.
• the shaft 2 features two elements 5a in the form of an ring shaped protrusion, wherein the projection onto the shaft 2 according to the axial direction X-C' is cyclically symmetrical and coaxial with the center line X-X' of the shaft 2.
• Cyclically symmetrical means: sections or segments that repeat rotationally around the center line.
• these elements 5a may also comprise a differently shaped protrusion, groove, or ring. These elements 5a may engage the rotor body 3 itself, as shown in Figure 1.
• Such elements 5a will be able to transmit axial forces from the shaft 2 to the rotor body 3, and vice versa.
• these elements 5a are arranged at a different location, farther away from the end 6 of the shaft 2. In that case, these elements 5a will not engage the rotor body 3 itself, but corresponding elements 5c of the rotor body 3.
• the shaft 2 also features a number of ele- ments 5b that may engage corresponding elements 5c of the rotor body 3.
• these elements 5b pertain to protrusions along the axial direction X-X' of the shaft 2, which cause the cross section of the shaft 2 to be hexagonal.
• elements 5b are located at a place on the shaft 2 above which the rotor body 3 is arranged, such as follows from the comparisons of Figures 1 and 2.
• the rotor body 3 features corresponding elements 5c, which engage the elements 5b of the shaft 2. Via such elements 5b, 5c the torque may be transmitted from the shaft 2 to the rotor body 3. This will be relevant in particular for the driving of the screw rotor 1 by a motor via the shaft 2.
• a groove, ring, or similar may be used by way of elements 5b, 5c as well.
• the shaft 2 is featured at its face 7 a coupling piece 8, which features a screw thread 9 in which a bolt can be arranged.
• the shaft 2 may be connected to a drive shaft of a motor, for instance, or something similar.
• the screw rotor 1 consists of a shaft 2 with a rotor body 3, it is not excluded that the rotor body 3 itself consist of two or more concentric layers, wherein an inner layer features elements 5b, 5c engaging the following layer, such that the elements 5b, 5c prevent an axial and/or rotational movement of the one layer relative to the following layer.
• the method for producing the screw rotor 1, made out of a polymer reinforced with fibers 4, by way of injection molding, essentially comprises two steps:
• the aforementioned step A comprises the injection molding of the shaft 2 of the screw rotor 1, using a designated mould.
• the shaft 2 may also be extruded, for instance.
• step A for the injection molding of the shaft 2, a mould will be used here with elements 5a, 5b, such that the aforementioned elements 5a, 5b are created on the shaft 2.
• the polymer reinforced with fibers 4 may be injected into the mould in the axial direction X-X' .
• the shaft 2 as an insert in the mould of the rotor body 3 .
• corresponding elements 5c will effectively be created automatically in the rotor body 3.
• the shaft 2 as a whole will not melt or soften when the rotor body 3 is cast around it. This way, the mechanical properties of the shaft 2 remain intact, and the fibers 4 of the shaft 2 may be prevented from losing their orientation if the polymer of the shaft 2 were to soften somewhat.
• step B the injection molding of the rotor body 3, to be executed in two or more steps, in each of which more material is added to the rotor body 3 through the use of successive matrices, wherein the rotor body part manufactured in the previous step is used as an insert in the following mould.
• the rotor body 3 itself can be made out of two or more concentric layers, wherein the use of matrices with elements 5c may cause elements 5c to be provided on an inner layer to engage the following layer cast around it.
• This approach is particularly advantageous with large screw rotors 1, because this may provide for the material added to be more limited with each step, so that the cooling can be monitored, such that no or much fewer mechanical tensions are created. If the rotor body 3 has a conical form, this has the advantage that it can be demolded, i.e. removed from the mold, much more easily.
• the coupling piece 8 is arranged in the mould of the shaft 2 at the location of the respective face 7 of the shaft 2.
• the coupling piece 8 can be integrated into the shaft 2 during the casting process.
• the aforementioned coupling piece 8 may be arranged through self-tapping in a designated cavity in a face 7 of the shaft 2.
• FIG. 5 Another possible embodiment is shown in Figure 5, in which the elements 5a, 5b comprise at least one protrusion 5b, having the form of a helix or a spiral around the shaft 2.
• this may also be a helix- or spiral-shaped groove.
• the protrusion, or element 5b is situated at a location of the shaft 2 above which the rotor body 3 is arranged, so that during the injection molding process, corresponding elements are formed in the rotor body 3.
• the helix-shaped elements 5b will be able to transmit a combination of rotational as well as axial forces in order to prevent an axial and rotational movement of the shaft 2 relative to the rotor body 3.
• Figure 6 shows an additional embodiment, wherein the shaft 2 features an element 5b that may engage a corresponding element 5c of the rotor body 3.
• this element 5b is a ring shaped protrusion around the shaft 2.
• This element 5b is situated at a location on the shaft 2 above which the rotor body 3 is arranged. This element 5b will be able to transmit axial forces from the shaft 2 to the rotor body 3, and vice versa.
• Figure 7 shows yet another variation, wherein the shaft 2 features multiple elements 5b in the form of elongated protrusions that extend in the axial direction along the shaft 2 and are dispersed around the shaft 2.

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