This application is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/JP2019/043459 filed Nov. 11, 2019, which claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-233410 filed Dec. 13, 2018. The entirety of all the above-listed applications are incorporated herein by reference.
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an iron core for a stationary induction apparatus and a stationary induction apparatus.
As the iron cores of stationary induction apparatuses, for example, transformers, so-called laminated iron cores configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates such as silicon steel plates are known. For example, in a laminated iron core for a three-phase transformer, three leg parts and upper and lower yoke parts are joined. It has been pointed out that, at this time, particularly at the joint part between the central leg part and the yoke part, a rotational magnetic flux in a direction different from the rolling direction of the electromagnetic steel plate occurs, which increases the loss, that is, iron loss. Patent Literature 1 therefore makes a proposition to perform magnetic domain fine differentiation control by subjecting the surface of the electromagnetic steel plate constituting the laminated iron core to magnetic domain fine differentiation which involves laser irradiation in a grid pattern of the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the rolling direction in order to reduce the loss.
By the way, one type of the iron cores for transformers is so-called one-turn cut type wound iron cores which are formed by winding a plurality of strip-like electromagnetic steel plates while providing at least one butt joint part for each winding. For wound iron cores, for example, butt joint parts are provided in a lower yoke part, and at the joint parts, electromagnetic steel plates are wound in a stepwise staggered manner. At this time, for example, a nonmagnetic sheet member is located at the joint part to provide an air gap of a fixed width.
However, in an iron core having such joint parts disposed in a stepwise staggered manner and eventually an air gap, the magnetic flux flowing through the iron core flows, passing over the electromagnetic steel plates abutting in the stacking direction in the air gap portion. This causes the problem that the magnetic resistance at the joint part increases and a loss occurs. In this case, the iron core can be not only the aforementioned wound iron core but also a laminated iron core configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates, forming yoke parts and leg parts and making them abut one another into a frame shape at the joint parts. This laminated iron core also has step-lap joint parts at which the butt joint parts between the yoke part and the leg part are disposed in a stepwise staggered manner in the stacking direction, which causes the problem that a loss occurs at the joint parts.
From this point of view, provided are an iron core for stationary induction apparatus and a stationary induction apparatus. The iron core is configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates that are laminated so that the joint parts at which the end portions of the electromagnetic steel plates abut one another are disposed in a staggered manner, whereby the loss due to magnetic resistance at the joint parts can be kept low.
An iron core for a stationary induction apparatus according to one embodiment is configured by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates. The electromagnetic steel plates are laminated so that joint parts, at which the end portions of the electromagnetic steel plates abut one another, are disposed in a staggered manner; and the electromagnetic steel plates are provided with a magnetic domain fine differentiation processed part, which is located on the portion, of a surface of the end portion of each of the electromagnetic steel plates, lapped with the joint part of another electromagnetic steel plate, and which has been subjected to warping-derived magnetic domain fine differentiation.
(1) First Embodiment
The first embodiment applied to a wound iron core constituting a single-phase transformer as a stationary induction apparatus will now be described with reference to
As shown in
In this embodiment, the joint parts 6 are configured to come to the central portion of the lower yoke part 3, and as shown in
By the way, in this embodiment, as shown in
More specifically, as shown in
In this case, the interval s at which the linear marks L1 and L2 are formed is, for example, 2.0 mm or less. Note that the laser irradiation on the electromagnetic steel plate, that is, the strip members 5, can be performed using a well-known general-purpose laser irradiation device. The conditions of the laser irradiation at this time are disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2015-106631 (paragraph [0023], FIG. 8), and the description thereof is therefore omitted here.
The acts and effects and advantages of the wound iron core 1 with the aforementioned configuration will now be explained with reference to
At the time of this winding, the joint parts 6 are formed so that both end portions of each strip member 5 are close to each other. At this time, as described above, the strip members 5 are wound while the joint parts 6 are positioned so that they are located stepwise. As a result, the wound iron core 1 with the joint parts 6 disposed in a stepwise staggered manner in the winding direction of the strip members 5. At this time, as shown in
Since, as shown in
As described above, this embodiment in which a plurality of strip members 5 are laminated and the strip members 5 are wound while joint parts 6 where the end portions of the strip members 5 abut one another are disposed in a staggered manner produces an advantageous effect of keeping the loss due to the magnetic resistance at the joint parts 6 small.
In particular, in this embodiment, the strip members 5 are subjected to a grid-pattern laser irradiation in parallel at an interval of 2.0 mm or less in two directions intersecting each other, for example, orthogonal to each other to provide continuous linear marks L1 and L2, thereby forming magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 7. Laser irradiation ensures formation of the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 7. It is also clear that at this time, the loss reduction rate can be increased by forming the linear marks L1 and L2 in a grid pattern in two directions and setting the interval of the linear laser processing at that time to 2.0 mm or less, more preferably 0.5 mm or less. In this case, when the interval exceeds 2.0 mm, the effect of loss reduction is impaired.
In this embodiment, in particular, each magnetic domain fine differentiation processed part 7 is located on the lower surface side which is one surface of the surfaces of the end portion of the strip member 5, and within a range where the magnetic flux ϕ lies over another overlapping strip member 5 on one side of the joint part 6. Further, the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed part 7 is provided all over in the width direction generally orthogonal to the rolling direction of the strip members 5. Hence, the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed part 7 can be provided in an area where an adequate effect can be produced, that is, in a necessary and adequate area without unnecessary processing.
(2) Second Embodiment
The second embodiment will now be described with reference to
The yoke parts 12 and 12 and each of the leg parts 13, 13 and 14 constituting the laminated iron core 11 each consist of a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates 16 which are, for example, silicon steel plates laminated in the front-and-rear direction in the drawing. As will be described later, the yoke parts 12 and 12 and each of the leg parts 13, 13, and 14 are butt-joined, thereby forming the entire laminated iron core 11. Note that an oriented electromagnetic steel plate is used as the electromagnetic steel plate 16 constituting the yoke parts 12 and 12, and its rolling direction coincides with the left-and-right direction in the drawing. Similarly, an oriented electromagnetic steel plate is used as the electromagnetic steel plate 16 constituting each of the leg parts 13, 13, and 14, and its rolling direction coincides with the up-and-down direction in the drawing.
The laminated iron core 11 has a so-called frame-like butt shape where the butting portions, the four top, bottom, left, and right corners where the left and right end portions of the yoke parts 12 and 12 and the upper and lower end portions of the left and right leg parts 13 and 13 are joined are cut at about 45 degrees. At this time, as shown in
The central leg part 14 is a V-shaped convex formed by cutting a sheet having a fixed width at both upper and lower ends, from the central portion as a vertex toward both left and right sides at an oblique angle of 45 degrees. A 90-degree V-shaped notch or recess is formed in the central portion of the side portions of the yoke parts 12 and 12 facing inward, corresponding to the central leg part 14. Although not shown in detail in the drawing, the joint parts 18 where the central portion of the side portion of the yoke parts 12 and 12 facing inward and the upper and lower end portions of the central leg part 14 are joined are also step-lap joint parts with their joint part surfaces disposed in a stepwise staggered manner in the stacking direction of the electromagnetic steel plates 16 (front-and-rear direction in the drawing).
By the way, in this embodiment, as shown in
At this time, as partially shown in
The acts and effects and advantages of the laminated iron core 11 with the aforementioned configuration will now be explained. First, the procedure for assembling the laminated iron core 111 will be briefly explained. In particular, to assemble the laminated iron core 11, the upper and lower yoke parts 12 and 12, the left and right leg parts 13 and 13, and the central leg part 14 are each prepared by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates 16 that have been pre-cut into a required shape and, for example, adhesion-integrating them into a block by bonding. Note that the upper and lower yoke parts 12 and 12 can be the same, and the left and right leg parts 13 and 13 can also be the same.
At this time, the upper and lower yoke parts 12 and 12 are formed by forming the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 19 in advance by laser irradiation of portions constituting the joint parts 17 and 18 of the electromagnetic steel plates 16, and laminating the electromagnetic steel plates 16 provided with magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 19. To assemble the laminated iron core 11, first, for example, the left and right leg parts 13 and 13 and the central leg part 14 which have been formed into blocks are joined, that is, step-lap joined to the lower yoke part 12 at the joint parts 17 and 18. For joining at this time, for example, a well-known method using a clamp member or a fastening member can be employed. After that, windings, which are not shown in the drawing, are mounted to each of the leg parts 13, 13, and 14, respectively. A block-shaped upper yoke part 12 is then joined, that is, step-lap joined to the upper ends of each of the leg parts 13, 13 and 14 at each of the joint parts 17 and 18.
Consequently, as shown in
As shown in
As described above, according to this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, a plurality of electromagnetic steel plates 16 are laminated while the joint parts 17 and 18 where the end portions of the electromagnetic steel plates 16 abut one another are disposed in a staggered manner and magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 19 are provided. This produces an advantageous effect of, for example, keeping the loss due to the magnetic resistance at the joint parts 17 and 18 small. This embodiment, in particular, in which the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 19 are provided only in the upper and lower yoke parts 12 and 12, has a simple configuration but produces an adequate effect of reducing the loss, thereby facilitating magnetic domain fine differentiation, that is, laser irradiation.
(3) Third Embodiment and Other Embodiments
Also in this case, the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 34 are provided with linear marks in a grid pattern by laser irradiation. The magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts 34 are located in portions lapped with the joint parts 32 of the other strip members 33 on both surfaces of the end portion of each strip member 33, and provided all over in the width direction of each strip member 33 within a certain range, that is, within a range where the magnetic flux ϕ lies across the overlapping other strip members 33. Similarly to the first embodiment, this third embodiment produces an advantageous effect of, for example, keeping the loss due to the magnetic resistance at the joint parts 32 small.
In each of the aforementioned embodiments, the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts are provided by laser irradiation of the surfaces of the electromagnetic steel plates. Alternatively, magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts may be provided by applying thermal stress by plasma irradiation or engraving with a hot iron, or by applying mechanical stress by a gear or a press. The linear marks in the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts are not necessarily provided in a grid pattern, that is, two intersecting directions, and can be formed so as to extend in various directions. They may be provided so as to be inclined obliquely with respect to the rolling direction of the electromagnetic steel plates. The interval s at which linear marks are formed is more preferably 0.5 mm or less.
In addition, it has been confirmed that the effect of reducing loss can be obtained even when the magnetic domain fine differentiation processed parts are provided only partially in the width direction generally orthogonal to the rolling direction of the electromagnetic steel plates. Some of the embodiments described above have been presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.
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