This application is the U.S. National Phase under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application PCT/JP2019/032723, filed Aug. 22, 2019, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. JP2018-157873, filed Aug. 24, 2018. The International Application was published under PCT Article 21(2) in a language other than English.
The present invention relates to a sliding member suitable for, for example, mechanical seals, bearings, and other slide parts. In particular, the present invention relates to a sliding member such as a sealing ring or a bearing required to reduce friction on sliding surfaces and to prevent leakage of the fluid from the sliding surfaces.
In a mechanical seal which is an example of a sliding member, in order to maintain sealing performance in the long term, there is a technique for balancing conflicting conditions of “sealing” and “lubrication”. For example, in a pair of sliding members that slide relative to each other, those in which a spiral groove is provided on a sliding surface of a sliding component, and using a pumping action of the spiral groove, a sealed fluid that is likely to leak to a low-pressure fluid side is pushed back to the sealed fluid side, thereby improving sealing function of the sliding surface are known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
However, in the above technique, the pumping action of the spiral groove is exhibited only at above a certain rotating speed, and therefore a low-speed rotating equipment could not obtain sufficient sealing effect even if the spiral groove is provided on the sliding surface.
The present invention has an object to provide a sliding member that can exhibit a pumping action even at low-speed rotation and can exhibit sealing function and lubrication function.
To solve the above problem, a sliding member according to a first embodiment of the present invention is a pair of sliding members that slide relative to each other on sliding surfaces, and is characterized in that:
at least one of the sliding surfaces includes a dynamic pressure generation mechanism, and the curvature of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism increases according to the flow path length from an inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism.
According to the first aspect, the shape of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism is such that the curvature is small at the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism (the curvature radius is large) and the curvature is increased in proportion to the flow path length from the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism (the curvature radius is small). Thereby, the difference between the angle at which the fluid flows into the dynamic pressure generation mechanism and the angle of the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism can be reduced. Moreover, as the fluid within the dynamic pressure generation mechanism flows to the flow path downstream side, the rotational velocity of the fluid is efficiently converted into the radial velocity. Thereby, it is possible to reduce a loss in inflow when the fluid flows into the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism, and it is possible to generate a pumping action even at low-speed rotation.
The sliding member according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the angle between an inner circumferential edge of the sliding surface and the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism is set to from 0° to 45°.
According to the second aspect, an angle θ1 between an inner circumferential edge 5b of the sliding surface S and the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism is 0°≤θ1≤ to 45°, thereby it is possible to extremely reduce a loss in inflow when the fluid flows into the dynamic pressure generation mechanism.
The sliding member according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the shape of the flow path is represented by the following formulas:
ϕ=ϕ0+ϕvS+ϕuS2 (Formula 2)
where P is a position vector of a point on the dynamic pressure generation mechanism, P0 is a position vector of the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism, s is a flow path length from P0 to P, h is an entire length of the flow path of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism, S is what s is normalized by h, ϕ is a tangential angle at P, i=√−1 is an imaginary unit, ϕ0 is a tangential angle at P0, ϕv is an increment of the tangential angle to ϕ0 in h in a circular arc of the length h having ϕ0, and ϕu is an increment of the tangential angle to ϕv in h.
According to the third aspect, easily by means of the above formulas, it is possible to reduce a loss in inflow when the fluid flows into the inlet opening of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism, and it is possible to generate a pumping action even at low-speed rotation.
The sliding member according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the flow path is such that one end communicates with a leakage side and the other end is surrounded by a land portion.
According to the fourth aspect, since the dynamic pressure generation mechanism exhibits a pumping action even at low-speed, even when dynamic pressure by the dynamic pressure generation mechanism is not sufficiently generated at low-speed, the fluid flowed into the dynamic pressure generation mechanism can generate positive pressure by a wedge effect, and therefore it is possible to maintain the sliding surface at a fluid lubrication state even at low-speed rotation.
The sliding member according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the flow path is made of a groove portion.
According to the fifth aspect, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism can be easily constituted from the groove portion.
The sliding member according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the flow path is a pseudo flow path made of a dimple group consisting of a plurality of dimples.
According to the sixth aspect, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism can be easily constituted from the dimple group.
Hereinafter with reference to the drawings, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described illustratively based on an embodiment. However, the dimensions, materials, shapes, relative arrangements, and others of components described in the embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to them unless otherwise described explicitly.
Referring to
A mechanical seal 1 in
In the mechanical seal 1, the rotating-side sealing ring 3 and the stationary-side sealing ring 5 have the sliding surfaces S formed radially, and the mechanical seal 1 prevents a sealed fluid from flowing out from the outer circumferential side of the sliding surface S to the leakage side on the inner circumferential side at each other's sliding surfaces S.
In addition, in
Although the materials of the rotating-side sealing ring 3 and the stationary-side sealing ring 5 are selected from silicon carbide (SiC) excellent in wear resistance, carbon excellent in self-lubricity and the like, for example, both may be SiC or combinations of SiC as the rotating-side sealing ring 3 and carbon as the stationary-side sealing ring 5 are possible.
As shown in
The dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 has a shape in which the curvature of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 continuously increases toward the toe part 11b (the downstream side) from the inlet opening 11a (the upstream side). The shape of a center line of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 expressed in polar coordinate system is represented by the following Formula (1) to Formula (3):
ϕ=ϕ0+ϕvS+ϕuS2 (Formula 2)
where P0 is a position vector of a starting point (the inlet opening 11a of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11), P is a position vector of a point on the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11, s is a length (m) of a curved line from P0 to P, h is an entire length (m) of a flow path of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11, S is what s is normalized by the entire length h of the flow path, ϕ is a tangential angle (rad) at P of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11, i=√−1 is an imaginary unit, ϕ0 is an initial direction (a tangential angle (rad) of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 at P0), ϕv is an increment (rad) of the tangential angle to ϕ0 in h in a circular arc of the length h having the initial direction ϕ0, and ϕu is an increment (rad) of the tangential angle to ϕv in h of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11. That is, the tangential angle ϕ=ϕ0+ϕv+ϕu in h (S=1).
For example, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is defined by the above four parameters h, ϕ0, ϕv, and ϕu. In addition, when both ϕ0 and ϕv are zero, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 coincides with an equiangular spiral. When ϕv and ϕu are positive values, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 forms a curved line convexed toward the leakage side of the sliding surface S. In order to define the shape of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 according to the present invention, ϕv and ϕu are set within the ranges of 0≤ϕ≤2 and 0≤ϕu≤1. Moreover, when ϕv and ϕu are negative values, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 forms a curved line concaved toward the leakage side of the sliding surface S. In
As shown in
In
On the other hand,
Thus, the sliding member having the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 according to the present invention can exhibit a pumping action even at low-speed rotation (around 10 rpm) and suck the fluid from the leakage side when the rotating-side sealing ring 3 begins to rotate, and can push back, to the sealed fluid side, the sealed fluid that is likely to leak to the low-pressure fluid side, and therefore it is possible to improve sealing performance. Specifically, the angle θ1 between the inner circumferential edge 5b of the sliding surface S and the inlet opening 11a of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is 0°≤θ1≤45°, preferably 0°≤θ1≤10°, and therefore it is possible to extremely reduce a loss in inflow when the fluid flows into the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11. Here, θ1 corresponds to ϕ0 in Formula 2.
Moreover, since the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 exhibits a pumping action even at low-speed, even when dynamic pressure by the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is not sufficiently generated at low-speed, positive pressure can be generated by a wedge effect at the toe part 11b of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11, and therefore it is possible to maintain the sliding surface S at a fluid lubrication state even at low-speed rotation.
As described above, the sliding member according to the present invention exhibits the following effects.
Hereinbefore, although the embodiment of the present invention has been described by the drawings, its specific configuration is not limited to the embodiment, and any changes and additions made without departing from the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention.
In the above embodiment, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is made up of the groove portion, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism may be made up of a pseudo flow path in which minute dimples are arranged adjacent to each other.
Although the outer circumferential side is described as the sealed fluid side and the inner circumferential side is described as the leakage side, the present invention is not limited thereto, and is also applicable to a case where the inner circumferential side is the sealed fluid side and the outer circumferential side is the leakage side. For example, the inlet opening 11a of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is assumed as the outer circumferential edge of the sliding surface, and ϕv and ϕu are set within the ranges of −2≤ϕv≤0 and −1≤ϕu≤0, thereby capable of defining the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11.
Moreover, the dynamic pressure generation mechanism 11 is provided on the sliding surface S of the stationary-side sealing ring 5, but may be provided on the sliding surface S of the rotating-side sealing ring 3.
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20210301865 A1 | Sep 2021 | US |