The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stator of a rotating electric machine.
In a rotating electric machine, a rotating magnetic field is generated by supplying AC power to a stator winding, and a rotor rotated by the rotating magnetic field. Further, it is also possible to convert mechanical energy applied to the rotor into electric energy and output AC power from the coil. Thus, the rotating electric machine operates as an electric motor or a generator. As a stator of such a rotating electric machine, a configuration in which ends of segment coils are connected by welding is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
When this type of rotating electric machine is mounted on an automobile, minimization is required to mount the electric rotating machine in a limited narrow space. With the miniaturization, the coil end needs to be reduced. After inserting the approximately U-shaped segment conductor into a slot, the stator coil is formed by twist-molding and welding. In order to further reduce the size of the welding-side coil end, it is necessary to sharpen the twisting angle of the coil twisting portion, and it is necessary to further increase a twisting load during the twist-molding. On the other hand, when the twisting load is increased, the twisting jig and the coil are likely to be displaced during the twist-molding, and the height and position of the coil end are displaced. In addition, displacement of the coil end in the height direction, circumferential direction or radial direction causes problems such as a decrease in workability in a subsequent welding process of the coil end and a decrease in connection reliability of the welded portion. A low coil end cannot be achieved due to variations in height.
An object of the invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a stator of a rotating electric machine that can reduce the size of a coil end.
According to the invention, a method for manufacturing a stator, which includes a stator core and a stator coil to which ends of a plurality of substantially U-shaped segment coils inserted into slots of the stator core are connected, includes twisting the end of the segment coil using a twisting jig. In the twisting, in a state in which the end of the segment coil is inserted into a groove portion of the twisting jig, an edge portion forming a part of the groove portion is used as a twisting fulcrum, and a load is applied to the segment coil to forma press trace of the edge portion on the segment coil.
With a method for manufacturing a stator of a rotating electric machine according to the invention, the size of the coil end can be reduced.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described using the drawings.
In the following description, an electric motor used for a hybrid vehicle is used as an example of the rotating electric machine. In the following description, an “axial direction” refers to a direction along the rotating shaft of a rotating electric machine. The circumferential direction indicates a direction along the rotation direction of the rotating electric machine. “Radial direction” refers to the rotary radial direction (radial direction) with the rotating shaft of the rotating electric machine as the center. The “inner peripheral side” indicates the radially inner side (inner diameter side), and the “outer peripheral side” indicates the opposite direction, that is, the radially outer side (outer diameter side).
The stator 20 is fixed to the inner peripheral side of the housing 50. On the inner peripheral side of the stator 20, the rotor 11 is rotatably supported. The housing 50 is configured by an electric motor casing formed by cutting a ferrous material such as carbon steel, by casting cast steel or an aluminum alloy, or by pressing to form a cylindrical shape. The housing 50 is also called a frame member or a frame.
A liquid cooling jacket 130 is fixed to the outer peripheral side of the housing 50.
The inner peripheral wall of the liquid cooling jacket 130 and the outer peripheral wall of the housing 50 form a refrigerant passage 153 for a liquid refrigerant RF such as oil or ATF (automatic transmission fluid). The refrigerant passage 153 is formed so as not to leak. The liquid cooling jacket 130 houses bearings 144 and 145 and is also called a bearing bracket.
In the case of direct liquid cooling, the refrigerant RF passes through the refrigerant passage 153, flows out from the refrigerant outlets 154 and 155 toward the stator 20, and cools the stator 20. The stator 20 may be directly bolted or shrink-fitted to the case without the housing 50.
The stator 20 is configured by a stator core 21 and a stator coil 60. The stator core 21 is formed by stacking thin sheets of silicon steel plates. The stator coil 60 is wound around a large number of slots 15 provided on the inner periphery of the stator core 21. Heat generated from the stator coil 60 is transmitted to the liquid cooling jacket 130 via the stator core 21 and is radiated by the refrigerant RF flowing through the liquid cooling jacket 130.
The rotor 11 includes a rotor core 12 and a rotating shaft 13. The rotor core 12 is formed by laminating thin plates of silicon steel plates. The rotating shaft 13 is fixed to the center of the rotor core 12. The rotating shaft 13 is rotatably held by the bearings 144 and 145 attached to the liquid cooling jacket 130, and rotates at a predetermined position inside the stator 20 where facing the stator 20.
Further, the rotor 11 is provided with a permanent magnet 18 and an end ring (not illustrated).
To assemble the rotating electric machine, the stator 20 is inserted into the housing 50 in advance and attached to the inner peripheral wall of the housing 50, and then the rotor 11 is inserted into the stator 20. Next, the bearings 144 and 145 are fitted to the liquid cooling jacket 130 such that the bearings 144 and 145 are fitted to the rotating shaft 13.
The detailed configuration of the main part of the stator 20 used in the rotating electric machine 10 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to
The stator core 21 is provided with, for example, 72 slots 15 that open on the inner diameter side in the circumferential direction. A slot liner 200 is provided in each slot 15 to ensure electrical insulation between the stator core 21 and the stator coil 60.
The slot liner 200 is formed in a B shape or an S shape so as to wrap a copper wire. A varnish 204 is dropped to fix the stator core 21, the stator coil 60, and the slot liner 200. The varnish 204 penetrates into the gap between the stator core 21, the stator coil 60, and the slot liner 200 to perform fixing, insulation, and insulation protection. The varnish 204 uses a polyester resin or an epoxy resin varnish.
The varnish 204 penetrates into the slot 15. Further, the coil ends 61 and 62 may be applied with the varnish 204 as needed. As a method for applying the varnish 204, a dropping impregnation method using a nozzle or a method for dipping the stator in the varnish liquid surface may be used.
The coil ends 61 and 62 are used by being annularly disposed between segment conductors for interphase insulation and interconductor insulation. Thus, in the stator 20 according to this embodiment, since an insulating paper 203 is provided in the coil end 61 and the coil end 62, even if the insulating film is damaged or deteriorated, the required dielectric withstand can be held. The insulating paper 203 is, for example, an insulating sheet of heat-resistant polyamide paper, and has a thickness of about 0.1 to 0.5 mm.
A method for winding the stator coil 60 will be briefly described with reference to
The segment conductor 28 is inserted into the stator slot from the axial direction.
Then, the end of the segment conductor 28 protruding from the other end of the stator slot is twist-molded into a predetermined shape. As illustrated in
At this time, the segment conductor 28 is formed with a conductor straight portion 28S that is a portion to be inserted into the slot 15, and a conductor oblique portion 28D that is a portion inclined toward the conductor welding portion 28E of a mating segment conductor. Two, four, six, . . . (a multiple of 2) segment conductors are inserted into the slot.
A coil twisting step of twist-molding the end of the segment conductor 28 using a twisting jig 600 of this embodiment will be described with reference to
In the coil twisting step, first, as illustrated in
A modification of the twisting jig 600 will be described with reference to
In the coil twisting process, as in the first embodiment, the edge portions 620 and 621 of the twisting jig 600 are used as a twisting fulcrum, and a load is applied to the segment conductor to form the press traces of the edge portions 620 and 621 on the segment conductor using the edge portions 620 and 621 of the twisting jig 600, thereby performing twisting. As described above, even when two edge portions are formed, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, since the twisting fulcrum in a bent portion 28K from the conductor oblique portion 28D to the conductor welding portion 28E is dispersed in two places and the segment conductor is bent in a stepwise manner, the bending angle of the segment conductor is gently bent compared to a case where the twisting fulcrum is one place. As a result, it is possible to prevent the insulating coating of the segment conductor 28 from breaking or floating. Further, as the coil end is reduced, the distance between the welding portion and the insulating coating is likely to be short. If there is a damaged portion of the insulating coating, it is likely to be affected by heat during welding. In this embodiment, with the two twisting fulcrums, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the adhesion between the segment conductor and the insulating coating in the bent portion, so that the thermal effect during welding can be reduced.
Further, in the examples of
In this embodiment, an example is described in which two edge portions serving as twisting fulcrums are provided, but three or more edge portions may be provided. When the edge portion is provided at a plurality of places, it is preferable that the press traces corresponding to all the edges are formed on the segment conductor. However, at least one or more press traces may be formed among the plurality of the edges.
As described above, according to the invention, it is possible to provide a method for manufacturing a stator capable of reducing the size of a coil end.
Further, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes various modifications. For example, the above embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the invention, and the invention is not necessarily limited to having all the configurations described. In addition, some of the configurations of the embodiments may be omitted, replaced with other configurations, and added to other configurations.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2017-244623 | Dec 2017 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/JP2018/043323 | 11/26/2018 | WO | 00 |