The present disclosure relates to a rotor assembly applied to a motor, and more particularly to a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same.
Generally, a permanent magnet electric machine or a permanent magnetic motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a winding disposed thereon. The rotor includes a permanent magnet disposed thereon. The rotor is formed by stacking a plurality of rotor laminations, such as but not limited to, silicon steel sheets. In that, the rotor is rotated by the magnetic force generated between the stator and the rotor.
In order to improve the efficiency or performance of the motor, it is necessary to increase the torque ratio generated by a unit current. The value of the torque ratio is called as Torque Constant (KT), which is often used to evaluate the efficiency or performance of the motor. When the motor has a larger torque constant KT, only a lower current is required under the same torque demand, which can effectively reduce the copper wire loss and improve the efficiency.
Mostly, a flower-petal-shaped rotor design is exploited in a conventional permanent magnet motor, which has a plurality of slots disposed around the outer diameter of the rotor to organize the magnetic flux, so as to achieve the effects of improving the motor torque or reducing the cogging torque. However, in case of designing a flower-petal-shaped rotor, in order to ensure that the output torque performance (larger torque) can be maintained under an optimal torque ripple condition (smoother operation), it is necessary to balance the arc depth of the arc portion, the disposing position of the magnet and the size of the rib. When the simulation analysis software is utilized, due to a huge amount of variation factors, it takes a very long time to obtain the design value to balance the performance. Moreover, the dimensional parameters for the rotor are coupled with each other, and it results in increasing the difficulty of calculating the optimal size of the rotor.
Therefore, there is a need for providing a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same to overcome the above drawbacks.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same. With a motor air gap width value and a slot width value of a magnet-receiving slot, a magnetic depth value formed between the magnet-receiving slot and the edge of the main body portion is designed, so as to minimize the torque ripple in the maximum output torque range. Thus, the endurance of anti-demagnetization of the output torque of motor is improved, and it achieves the effect of improving the efficiency of motor.
Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same. With a motor air gap width value and a slot width value of a magnet-receiving slot, an arc depth value of an arc portion formed between two of the adjacent magnet-receiving slots and caved from the outer edge of the rotor toward the central axis of the rotor assembly is designed, so as to minimize the torque ripple in the maximum output torque range. Thus, the mutual influence of the leak flux of motor and the air-gap flux distribution/density is eliminated, and it achieves the effect of improving the efficiency of motor.
A further object of the present disclosure is to provide a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same. With a motor air gap width value and a slot width value of a magnet-receiving slot, a first rib width value of a first rib formed between the magnet-receiving slot and an arc portion, and a second rib width value of a second rib formed between each two of the adjacent magnet-receiving slots are designed, so as to avoid the demagnetization of the magnet by the flux weakening control and reduce the leak flux caused by the rotor ribs effectively. It ensures the rotor assembly to provide the best output torque performance, thereby improving the efficiency of the motor.
A still further object of the present disclosure is to provide a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same. By optimizing the size and parameters, it simplifies the design and speeds up the development of products.
In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a rotor lamination is disclosed. The rotor lamination is applied to a motor. The motor has a motor air gap width value. The rotor lamination includes a main-body portion, a plurality of edges and a plurality of magnet-receiving slots. The rotor lamination includes a main-body portion, a plurality of edges and a plurality of magnet-receiving slots. The main-body portion has a center configured to be spatially corresponding to and located at a central axis of the motor. The plurality of edges are disposed around outside of the main-body portion. The plurality of magnet-receiving slots are configured to accommodate a plurality of magnets of the motor therein, and disposed on the main-body portion around the central axis. Each of the plurality of magnet-receiving slots accommodates the magnet corresponding thereto. The magnet-receiving slot has a slot width value in an outward direction extending from the central axis. The magnet-receiving slot and the corresponding edge at outside of the main-body portion form a magnet depth value. The magnet depth value is greater than a sum value of a first rate constant multiplied by the slot width value and then subtracted the motor air gap width value, and is less than the sum value of the first rate constant multiplied by the slot width value and then plus the motor air gap width value.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a rotor assembly is provided. The rotor assembly is applied to a motor. The motor has a motor air gap width value. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of rotor laminations. The plurality of rotor laminations are stacked along a central axis of the motor. Each of the plurality of rotor laminations includes a main-body portion, a plurality of edges and a plurality of magnet-receiving slots. The main-body portion has a center spatially corresponding to and located at the central axis. The plurality of edges are disposed around outside of the main-body portion. The plurality of magnet-receiving slots are configured to accommodate the plurality of magnets, and disposed on the main-body portion around the central axis. Each of the plurality of magnet-receiving slot has a slot width value in an outward direction extending from the central axis. The magnet-receiving slot and the corresponding edge at outside of the main-body portion form a magnet depth value. The magnet depth value is greater than a sum value of a first rate constant multiplied by the slot width value and then subtracted the motor air gap width value, and is less than the sum value of the first rate constant multiplied by the slot width value and then plus the motor air gap width value.
The above contents of the present disclosure will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this disclosure are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
Please refer to
Notably, as shown in
K1×T−1×g<Md<K1×T+1×g (1)
In the embodiment, the first rate constant K1 is ranged from 1.4 to 1.5. Table 1 shows the relationships of the output torques and torque ripples relative to different magnet depth values.
Furthermore, refer to
K2×T−1×g<Pd<K2×T+1×g (2)
In the embodiment, the second rate constant K2 is ranged from 0.5 to 0.6. Table 2 shows the relationships of the output torques and torque ripples relative to different arc depth values.
Furthermore, refer to
T/(g+T)−0.5×g<Rr<T/(g+T)+0.25×g (3)
In addition, the rotor lamination 20 further includes a plurality of second ribs 26 formed between the adjacent magnet-receiving slots 22, respectively. Each of the plurality of second ribs 26 has a second rib width value Rt. In the embodiment, the second rib width value Rt is greater than the sum value of the slot width value T divided by the sum of the slot width value T and the motor air gap width value g and then plus 0.25 times of the motor air gap width value g, and is less than the sum value of the slot width value T divided by the sum of the slot width value T and the motor air gap width value g and then plus 1.25 times of the motor air gap width value g. The above relationships of the second rib width value Rt, the slot width value T and the motor air gap width value g can be expressed as the following equation (4).
T/(g+T)+0.25×g<Rt<T/(g+T)+1.25×g (4)
Thus, the first rib width value Rr of the first rib 25 disposed between the corresponding magnet-receiving slot 22 and an arc portion 24, and the second rib width value Rt of the second rib 26 disposed between the corresponding two magnet-receiving slots 22 are designed, so as to avoid the demagnetization of the magnet by the flux weakening control and reduce the leak flux caused by the rotor ribs effectively. It ensures the rotor assembly 2 to provide the best output torque performance, thereby improving the efficiency of the motor.
In summary, the present disclosure provides a rotor lamination and a rotor assembly using the same. With a motor air gap width value and a slot width value of a magnet-receiving slot, a magnetic depth value formed between the magnet-receiving slot and an edge of the main body portion is designed, so as to minimize the torque ripple in the maximum output torque range. Thus, the endurance of anti-demagnetization of the output torque of motor is improved, and it achieves the effect of improving the efficiency of motor. Moreover, with the motor air gap width value and the slot width value of the magnet-receiving slot, an arc depth value of an arc portion formed between two of the adjacent magnet-receiving slots and caved from the outer edge of the rotor toward the axis of the rotor is designed, so as to minimize the torque ripple in the maximum output torque range. Thus, the mutual influence of the leak flux of motor and the air-gap flux distribution/density is eliminated, and it achieves the effect of improving the efficiency of motor. In addition, with the motor air gap width value and the slot width value of the magnet-receiving slot, a first rib width value of a first rib disposed between the magnet-receiving slot and the arc portion, and a second rib width value of a second rib disposed between two of the adjacent magnet-receiving slots are designed, so as to avoid the demagnetization of the magnet by the flux weakening control and reduce the leak flux caused by the rotor ribs effectively. It ensures the rotor assembly to provide the better output torque performance, thereby improving the efficiency of the motor. By optimizing the size and parameters, it simplifies the design and speeds up the development of products.
While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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201910567929.5 | Jun 2019 | CN | national |