Patent Grant
7939973
The present invention relates to a canned liner motor armature and a canned linear motor used for feeding a table of a semiconductor fabricating apparatus or a machine tool and requesting a reduction in a temperature rise and a long period insulation reliability of a linear motor main body.
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The moving piece 1 on one side is constituted by two of the field yokes 2 in a flat plate shape, the permanent magnets 3 attached to surfaces of the respective field yoke 2, and a total of 4 pieces of the field yoke supports 4 as a whole inserted to between the two field yokes 2, and is provided with a hollow space portion both ends of which are opened. Further, the permanent magnets 3 is constituted by arranging to align a plurality of magnets contiguously on the field yoke 2 such that polarities thereof alternately differ. Further, the moving piece 1 is supported by a linear guide comprising a slider and a guide rail, not illustrated, and using balls or a static pressure bearing guide or the like.
A canned linear motor armature constituting the stator 5 on other side is constituted by the metal-made casing 10 having a frame-like shape inside of which is hollowed, the can 6 in a plate-like shape constituting an outer shape of the casing 10 for hermetically closing the two opening portions of the casing 10, the bolt screw 20 for fixing the can 6 to the casing 10, and the 3 phase armature winding 7 arranged at a hollow space of the casing 10. Further, the armature winding 7 is unitized by molding a coil group comprising a plurality of formed coils and the background art will be specifically described later as follows. Further, the armature winding 7 is designated to differentiate as notation 72 in the background art and notation 71 in the invention.
Next, an explanation will be given of a specific structure of the canned linear motor armature in reference to
First, the armature winding portion 72 of the background art will be explained in reference to
Next, the connector of the background art will be explained in reference to
A lead wire 15c led out from the wiring board 72a is soldered to a hermetic seal 15a for connecting a power line or a signal line from the wiring board 72a to outside of the armature, and a wiring portion 15d thereof is injection-molded by a high viscosity resin 15b with the object of promoting the insulation reliability of the formed coil 72c against the refrigerant.
An explanation will be given of integration of the armature using the armature winding portion 72 and the connector 15 in reference to
The armature winding portion 72 is fixed to a main frame 11 by using a screw or the like, not illustrated and the connector 15 is fixed thereto by laser welding A high viscosity resin 19 is filled to an air gap portion at a periphery of a connecting portion 72e of the armature winding portion 72 and the wiring portion 15d of the connector 15 with the object of promoting the insulation reliability of the formed coil 72c against the refrigerant. Further, a first cover 13 is fixed to the wiring portion 72e of the armature winding portion 72 by using an adhering agent or the like, and the second cover 12 is fixed to the wiring portion 15d of the connector 15 by laser welding. The can 6 is fixed to a position capable of ensuring the refrigerant paths for making the refrigerant flow at a surface and a rear face of the armature winding portion 72 by interposing an O ring 16 with an object of preventing leakage of the refrigerant to outside.
By making three phase alternating currents in accordance with electric relative positions flow to the canned linear motor armature constituted in this way, a thrust is generated at the moving piece, not illustrated, by being operated with a magnetic field produced by the permanent magnet, not illustrated. At this occasion, the formed coil 72c generating heat by a copper loss is cooled by the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant paths 17, and therefore, a temperature rise at the surface of the can 6 can be restrained (refer to, for example, Patent References 1 through 3).
According to the canned linear motor armature of the background art, the following problems are posed.
(1) Although at the armature winding portion 72, the wiring board 72a and the resin-made frame 72b and the resin-made cover 72d are fixed by using an adhering agent or the like, the air gap portion is ensured at the surrounding of the formed coil 72c, and the air gap portion is injection-molded by a mold or a potting resin, a positioning operation in adhering to fix the resin-made frame 72b and the resin-made cover 72d is difficult, further, there is a case in which insulation deterioration or insulation breakdown is brought about from an interface between constituting parts of the resin-made frame 72h and the resin-made cover 72d.
(2) Although at the connector 15, the wiring portion 15d of the hermetic seal 15a is injection-molded by the high viscosity resin 15b, since the resin used is provided with the high viscosity, an operability in injection molding is deteriorated, air bubbles or the like are frequently involved, and therefore, there is a case in which insulation deterioration or insulation breakdown is brought about.
(3) Although the air gap portion at the surrounding of the wiring portion 72e of the armature winding portion 72 and the wiring portion 15d of the connector 15 is filled with the high viscosity resin 19, since the resin used is provided with the high viscosity, the operability in tilling is deteriorated, air bubbles or the like are frequently involved, and therefore, there is a case in which insulation deterioration or insulation breakdown is brought about.
The invention has been carried out in view of the problems and it is an object thereof to provide a canned linear motor armature and a canned linear motor reducing interfaces by reducing a number of parts of constituting members of an armature winding portion, further, capable of firmly carrying out injection molding and filling without involving air bubbles or the like by promoting an operability of injection molding and filling and having a high long period insulation reliability of an armature winding against a refrigerant.
In order to resolve the above-described problems, the invention is constituted as follows.
The invention is a canned linear motor armature including an armature winding constituted by a coil group comprising a plurality of formed coils formed in a flat plate shape, a metal-made casing provided to surround the armature winding by a frame-like shape, and a can hermetically closing two opening portions of the casing, wherein the coil group is constituted by being interposed by a wiring board and a resin-made frame of a bath tub shape and injection-molded by a mold or a potting resin.
Further, a portion wired with a connector for connecting from the canned linear motor armature to outside of the armature as a power line or a signal line is constituted by being injection-molded by a mold or a potting resin having a viscosity at an operating temperature equal to or smaller than 30 Pa·s, a usable time period equal to 0.1 through 24 hours, and an elastic modulus equal to or smaller than 3,000 MPa.
Further, a wiring portion for connecting from the wiring board to outside of the wiring board as a power line or a signal line is constituted by being filled by a mold or a potting resin having a viscosity at an operating temperature equal to or smaller than 30 Pa·s, a usable time period equal to 0.1 through 24 hours, and an elastic modulus equal to or smaller than 3,000 MPa.
A field yoke arranged to be opposed to the armature by way of a magnetic air gap and arranged to align with contiguously a plurality of permanent magnets having different polarities alternately, and the hermetic yoke and the armature travel relative to each other by constituting either one of the armature and the field yoke as a stator and constituting other thereof as a moving piece.
According to an aspect of the invention, the coil group is interposed by the wiring board and the resin-made frame having the bath tub shape and injection-molded by the mold or the potting resin, and therefore, interfaces can be reduced by reducing a number of parts of constituting members, an operability of the injection molding can be promoted, and therefore, an insulation reliability of the armature wiring against a refrigerant can be promoted.
According to an aspect of the invention, the portion wired with the connector for connecting from the canned linear motor armature to outside of the armature as the power line or the signal line is injection-molded by the mold or the potting resin having the viscosity at the operating temperature equal to or smaller than 30 Pa·s, the usable time period equal to 0.1 through 24 hours, and the elastic modulus equal to or smaller than 3,000 MPa, and therefore, by using the resin having a low viscosity, the wiring portion can be injection-molded firmly without involving air bubbles or the like by promoting an operability of injection molding, and the insulation reliability of the armature wiring against the refrigerant can be promoted.
According to an aspect of the invention, the wiring portion for connecting from the wiring board to outside of the wiring board as the power line or the signal line is filled by the mold or the potting resin having the viscosity at the operating temperature equal to or smaller than 30 Pa·s, the usable time period equal to 0.1 through 24 hours, and the elastic modulus equal to or smaller than 3,000 MPa, and therefore, by using the resin having the low viscosity, the wiring portion is firmly filled without involving air bubbles or the like by promoting the operability of filling and the insulation reliability of the armature winding against the refrigerant can be promoted.
According to an aspect of the invention, there can be provided the highly reliable canned linear motor in which an insulation resistance of the armature winding against the refrigerant is high, and which is highly reliable by using water having a high cooling function and arranging the armature and the field to be opposed to each other.
An embodiment of the invention will be explained as follows in reference to the drawings.
First, the armature winding portion 71 of the invention will be explained.
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Next, the connector portion of the invention will be explained.
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An explanation will be given of integration of an armature using the armature winding portion 71 and the connector 14 in reference to
The main frame 11 is fixed with the armature winding portion 71 by using a screw or the like, not illustrated, and the connector 14 by laser welding. The low viscosity resin 18 is filled to the air gap portion at a periphery of the wiring portion 71e of the armature wiring portion 71 and the wiring portion 14d of the connector 14 with the object of promoting the insulation reliability of the formed coil 71c against the refrigerant. For example, injection molding is carried out by silicone having the viscosity at the operating temperature equal to or smaller than 30 Pa·s, the usable time period of 0.1 through 24 hours, and the elastic modulus equal to or smaller than 3,000 MPa. By using the low viscosity resin, the air gap can firmly be filled without involving air bubbles or the like by promoting the operability of the injection molding and the insulation reliability of the armature winding against the refrigerant can be promoted. The first cover 13 is fixed to the wiring portion 71e of the armature wiring portion 71 by using an adhering agent or the like, further, the second cover 12 is fixed to the wiring portion 14d of the connector 14 by laser welding. It can be confirmed by a single or a plurality of holes provided at the first cover 13 that the low viscosity resin 18 is firmly filled to the air gap portion at inside of the canned linear motor armature at which the refrigerant does not pass, and the insulation reliability of the armature winding against the refrigerant can be promoted.
The can 6 is fixed to a position capable of ensuring the refrigerant paths 17 for making the refrigerant flow at the surface and the rear face of the armature winding portion 7 by interposing the O ring 16 with an object of preventing leakage of the refrigerant to outside.
In the canned linear motor armature constituted in this way, by making three phase alternating currents in accordance with electric relative positions flow to the formed coil 71c, a thrust is generated at a moving piece, not illustrated, by operating with a magnetic field produced by a permanent magnet, not illustrated. At this occasion, the formed coil 71c generating heat by a copper loss is cooled by the refrigerant flowing at the refrigerant paths 10, and therefore, a temperature rise at the surface of the can 6 can be restrained.
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