The present invention relates to a turbomolecular pump device.
A turbomolecular pump device is configured to drive a rotor provided with rotary vanes by a motor to rotate at a high speed with respect to stator vanes to thereby evacuate gas molecules and is used in connection with various types of vacuum processing devices. Examples of turbomolecular pumps of this kind includes one that is provided with a water cooling structure for cooling the motor main body and the power unit (for example, the patent literature 1).
The water cooling structure is suitable for locally cooing a limited portion (portion having a shape that is easy to cool). However, when it is intended to cool a relatively wide area such as a power unit of a turbomolecular pump, merely providing a water cooling mechanism will result in insufficient cooling. It may be conceived to use a cooling fan unit in combination with the water cooling mechanism. However, taking into consideration the short service life of fans, it is inappropriate to adopt the cooling fan unit.
A turbomolecular pump device according to the present invention comprises: a turbomolecular pump main body; a power unit that drives the turbomolecular pump main body; and a water cooling unit that is provided between the turbomolecular pump main body and the power unit, wherein components provided in a casing of the power unit are classified into an intensive cooling required component that requires intensive cooling, a moderate cooling required component that requires moderate cooling, and a no cooling required component that requires substantially no cooling, the intensive cooling required component is arranged in a first space for cooling by heat transfer to the water cooling unit, the moderate cooling required component is arranged in a second space for cooling by heat transfer to an inner surface of the casing, and the no cooling required component is arranged in a third space for cooling by radiation or local convection within the casing.
It is preferable that the intensive cooling required component is mounted, in the first space, on a first substrate that is in contact with the water cooling unit, the moderate cooling required component is mounted on a second substrate that is in contact with the inner surface of the casing, and the no cooling required component is mounted on a third substrate arranged in the third space between the first substrate and the second substrate.
When the intensive cooling required component is insulated, it is preferable that the intensive cooling required component is mounted, in the first space, in contact with the water cooling unit. And, when the moderate cooling required component is insulated, it is preferable that the moderate cooling required component is mounted, in the second space, in contact with the inner surface of the casing.
When the intensive cooling required component is not insulated, it is preferable that the intensive cooling required component is mounted, in the first space, in contact with the water cooling unit via an insulation sheet. And, when the moderate cooling required component is not insulated, it is preferable that the moderate cooling required component is mounted in contact with the inner surface of the casing via an insulation sheet that is in contact with the inner surface of the casing.
It is preferable that the substrate, on which the no cooling required component is mounted constituted by glass epoxy or phenol resin, and that the substrate constituted by glass epoxy or phenol resin is supported by the water cooling unit or the first substrate so that the substrate is arranged at a position separate from the first and the second substrates.
When the turbomolecular pump main body comprises stator vanes, rotary vanes, a rotor that rotates the rotary vanes, and a rotor motor that drives the rotor, then the power unit comprises a power system circuit including a three-phase inverter that drives the rotor motor, a power device that controls the inverter, a regeneration brake resistor that converts regeneration power from the rotor motor into heat, and the like. The three-phase inverter and the power device as the intensive cooling required components may be arranged in the first space, and the regeneration brake resistor may be arranged in contact with the water cooling unit.
When the turbomolecular pump main body comprises stator vanes, rotary vanes, a rotor that rotates the rotary vanes, and a rotor motor that drives the rotor, then the power unit comprises a power system circuit including a three-phase inverter that drives the rotor motor, a power device that controls the inverter, a regeneration brake resistor that converts regeneration power from the rotor motor into heat, and the like. The three-phase inverter and the power device as the intensive cooling required components may be arranged, in the first space, on a first substrate, and the regeneration brake resistor may be arranged in contact with the water cooling unit.
For the first substrate, on which the three-phase inverter and the power device are mounted, a high heat-conductive substrate such as a metal-based substrate, a substrate with metal core, and a ceramic substrate employing a ceramic of high heat-conductivity like aluminum nitride may be used. In this case, the regeneration brake resistor may be ring-shaped, and the high heat-conductive first substrate may be arranged on an inner side of the ring-shaped regeneration brake resistor.
For the regeneration brake resistor, a sheathed heater may be employed.
In any of the above explained turbomolecular pump devices, the turbomolecular pump main body may comprise a pump main body casing of inlet side and a base casing of outlet side, which are connected with bolts on their flanges. Further, the water cooling unit comprises a flat-shaped water cooled jacket provided with a conduit for cooling water. The base casing is connected via a flange thereof with bolts to an upper side of the water cooled jacket, so that an outer circumference of the water cooled jacket is fitted into an open end of the casing of the power unit and connected with bolts enabling to prevent the water cooled jacket from rotating.
According to the present invention, each component that constitutes the power unit can be cooled efficiently without using any cooling fan unit.
A turbomolecular pump device according to an embodiment of the present invention is explained with reference to
A cooling unit 13 is provided between the pump main body 11 and the power unit 14 and cools heat generating members in the power unit 14, mainly electronic components of a motor drive circuit. As shown in
The pump main body 11 is provided with a casing 110. The casing 110 is provided with connection flanges 110UF, 110LF on the upper side and the lower side in
As shown in
The power unit casing 140 is explained with reference to
The power unit 14 is explained with reference to
The magnetic bearing control unit 14g includes a control unit 141g that performs bearing control and an excitation amplifier 142g that supplies excitation current to the magnetic bearing 17 based on a control signal calculated by the control unit 141g.
The number of rotations of the rotor 20 detected by a rotation number sensor 19 is input to the inverter control circuit 14f, which controls the 3-phase inverter 14c based on the input rotation number of the rotor. Symbol 14h indicates a regeneration brake resistor (sheathed heater) for consuming regeneration surplus power, which consumes regeneration power at the time of speed reduction of the rotor by means of the regeneration brake resistor 14h. On/off of the current that flows through the regeneration brake resistor 14h is controlled by controlling the on/off of a transistor 14j by a transistor control circuit 14i. Symbol 14k indicates a diode for preventing reverse flow of power upon regeneration.
As illustrated in
The intensive cooling required components 50 are components that require intensive cooling. They include, for example, a power device 51 or a resistor 52, a power coil transformer 53, a large electrolytic capacitor and so on that generate heat of about 5 W or more as shown in
The substrate 81 on which the intensive cooling required components 50 are mounted is a high heat-conductive substrate. On a side on which the components are mounted is provided with an insulation film through which the components 50 and wiring are arranged. The high heat-conductive substrate 81 is fixed to the jacket main body 13A inside the ring-shaped regeneration brake resistor 14h such that the rear side surface (the side opposite to the component mounting side) of the substrate is almost entirely in contact with the lower side of the jacket main body 13A of the cooling unit 13. Therefore, the intensive cooling required components 50 can be highly cooled by the cooling unit 13 through the high heat-conductive substrate 81. For the components 50 that particularly require intensive cooling, a heat conductive compound 50A is provided between the components 50 and the component mounting side of the substrate 81 to further increase the efficiency of cooling.
The substrate 82 on which moderate cooling required components 60 are mounted is a high heat-conductive substrate and the component mounting side thereof is provided with an insulation film. The components 60 and wiring patterns are arranged on the insulation film. The rear side (the side opposite to the component mounting side) of the substrate 82 is fixed so that the rear side of the substrate 82 is almost entirely in contact with the bottom side of the power unit casing 140. Therefore, the heat generated in the moderate cooling required components 60 is efficiently dissipated to the external air through the high heat-conductive substrate 82 and the power unit casing 140. Although the absolute cooling efficiency of is lower than that of the intensive cooling required components 50, a sufficient cooling is achieved for the moderate cooling required components 60.
The substrate 83 on which the no cooling required components 70 are mounted is made of glass epoxy or phenol resin. The substrate 83 is arranged in a space between the high heat-conductive substrates 81 and 82, separated from these substrates. For example, as shown in
As mentioned above, the components of the power unit 14 are classified into the intensive cooling required components 50, the moderate cooling required components 60, and the no cooling required components 70. The intensive cooling required components 50 are arranged in a first space where the components are cooled by heat transfer to the water cooling unit 13, the moderate cooling required component s 60 are arranged in a second space where the components are cooled by heat transfer to the inner surface of the casing 140, and the no cooling required components 60 are arranged in a third space where the components are cooled by heat radiation or by heat transfer to the surrounding members through local convection in the casing 140. Therefore, components that require cooling can be cooled efficiently depending on the extent to which cooling is required, and there is no need to install a cooling fan.
In particular, in the power unit 14 according to the above-mentioned embodiment, the intensive cooling required components 50 and the moderate cooling required components 60 are mounted on high heat-conductive substrates, respectively, and the substrates are arranged in contact with the water cooling unit 13 or the inner surface of the casing 140 to cool the substrates by heat transfer. To this end, therefore, it is only necessary to arrange the substrates with components already mounted to be in contact with the water cooling unit 13 or the bottom of the casing 140, thereby facilitating an effective assembly work.
As shown in
Because the regeneration brake resistor 14h is attached to the cooling unit 13 through the bracket 21 made of a heat-conductive material, the heat generated when the regeneration brake is operated is transferred to the cooling unit 13. As a result, an excessive increase in temperature can be suppressed.
It is to be notified that the sheathed heater 14h may be fixed by using a plurality of clasps fixed on the bottom of the jacket main body 13a at predetermined intervals along the contour of the sheathed heater 14h instead of the mounting bracket 21. In this case, if the sheathed heater 14h is pressed against the bottom of the jacket main body 13a, the heat conductivity can be improved. The shape of the regeneration brake resistor need not be ring-shaped as shown in
In the turbomolecular pump device 10 according to an embodiment, the jacket main body 13a and the power unit 140 are fitted with each other by means of the substantially octagonal terrace portion 13e and the substantially octagonal stepped portion 14b to constitute a torque reaction structure. When the rotor of the pump main body 11 is in contact with the inner circumference of the pump casing due to disturbance, impact torque is generated. With this impact torque, when the pump casing 110 rotates relatively with respect to the vacuum processing device until it stops, inertial forces act on the cooling unit 13 and the power unit 14 due to their own weights so that the torque due to inertial forces act on the fastening portion (first fastening portion) in which the evacuation casing 120 and the cooling unit 13 are fastened to each other. Also, the torque due to inertial forces is applied to a fastening portion (second fastening portion) in which the cooling unit 13 and the power unit casing 140 are fastened to each other. The inertial torque due to self-weight of the power unit 14 is transferred from the substantially octagonal circumferential stepped portion 14b to the octagonal terrace portion 13e of the jacket main body 13a. Since the jacket main body 13a is fastened to the evacuation casing 120 with the bolts 13B, the shear force due to inertial torque acts on the bolts 13B. As a result, no large shear force due to the inertial force acts on the bolts 14B that fasten the jacket main body 13a to the power unit casing 140. Therefore, the diameter of the bolts 14B may be set relatively small since it is unnecessary to take inertial torque into consideration.
The turbomolecular pump device according to above-mentioned embodiment may be modified as follows.
(1) The intensive cooling required components 50 are mounted on the high heat-conductive substrate 81, and this substrate 81 is attached in contact with the cooling unit 13. However, the intensive cooling required components 50 may be attached to the cooling unit 13 in its insulated state. When the components themselves are not insulated, they are attached to the cooling unit through an insulation sheet having good heat conductivity.
(2) The moderate cooling required components 60 are mounted on the high heat-conductive substrate 82, and this substrate 82 is attached in contact with the inner surface of the casing 140. However, the moderate cooling required components 60 may be attached to the inner surface of the casing 140 in their insulated state. When the components themselves are not insulated, they are attached to the inner surface of the casing 140 via an insulation sheet having good heat conductivity.
It is to be notified that as far as the features of the present invention are not damaged, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.
Therefore, the present invention can be applied to various types of turbomolecular pumps including a power unit 14 that drives a turbomolecular pump main body and a water cooling unit 13 inserted between the turbomolecular pump main body 11 and the power unit 14, wherein components provided in the casing 140 of the power unit 14 are classified into the intensive cooling required components 50 that require intensive cooling, the moderate cooling required components 60 that require moderate cooling, and the no cooling required components 70 that require substantially no cooling and the intensive cooling required components 50 are arranged in the first space where the intensive cooling required components 50 are cooled by heat transfer to the water cooling unit 13, the moderate cooling required components 60 are arranged in the second space where the moderate cooling required components 60 are cooled by heat transfer to the inner surface of the casing 140, and the no cooling required components 70 are arranged in the third space where the no cooling required components 70 are cooled in the casing 140 by radiation or local convection.
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