An embodiment of the present invention relates to a wound iron core in which a plurality of iron core materials are wound and a method of manufacturing the wound iron core.
Recently, energy-saving and efficiency improvement have been strongly promoted as found in a so-called top-runner system which is applied in Japan as a dominant technical trend in small-sized transformer for power distribution, for example, and in establishment of standards for higher efficiency on a worldwide basis, for example. Particularly, efforts for reducing a no-load loss, which is a power loss generated in an iron core or a so-called “iron loss”, have been made all over the world, and manufacturers are fiercely competing with each other for improvement of the iron core material or improvement of an iron core structure. Here, as an iron core for a transformer, a laminated iron core in which thin cut silicon steel sheets are laminated and a wound iron core in which a thin cut silicon steel sheet is wound are known. Since a flow of a magnetic flux in the iron core is not easily interrupted in the wound iron core, it is more advantageous than the laminated iron core in terms of reduction of the iron loss.
Patent Literature 1, for example, discloses a typical constitution example of such wound iron cores. This type of wound iron core generally has the following constitution. That is, an iron core material is taken up by a circular winding die from a thin cut silicon steel sheet while being cut per winding, that is, by each turn. After that, a molding die is placed and pressed onto an inner side and an outer side of the wound iron core material, whereby a substantially rectangular iron core window is formed at a center. In the wound iron core manufactured as above, a cut part is formed at a joint of both end portions of each of the iron core materials. By arranging the cut parts while sequentially shifting them in steps in a circumferential direction of the iron core material, the flow of the magnetic flux can be made smooth, whereby magnetic resistance of a magnetic path is lowered, and an increase of the iron loss is suppressed.
Patent Literature
Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-284136
A gap can easily occur at the cut part of each of the iron core materials, and such gaps have only magnetic permeability of air. Thus, the magnetic flux cannot easily pass the gap part and most of the magnetic flux flows by bypassing the gap. Thus, magnetic flux density can easily increase in the vicinity of the gap, whereby the iron loss in the vicinity of the gap tends to extremely increase. The iron loss which is a loss generated in the iron core material has a correlation with the magnetic flux density, and it is confirmed that the iron loss increases by substantially a square of the magnetic flux density in a region with high magnetic flux density, for example.
This embodiment provides a wound iron core that can suppress an increase of the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gap in the iron core material and a method of manufacturing the wound iron core.
A wound iron core according to this embodiment includes an iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound and a window part formed at a center of the iron core main body part. The iron core materials have a cut part at least at one location per winding. The cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in a periphery of the window part.
A method of manufacturing a wound iron core according to this embodiment is a method of manufacturing a wound iron core which includes the iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound and a window part formed at a center of the iron core main body part, the iron core material having a cut part at least at one location per winding, and the wound iron core is wound so that the cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in a periphery of the window part.
A plurality of embodiments according to a wound iron core and a method of manufacturing the wound iron core will be described below by referring to the attached drawings. Before describing this embodiment, a prior-art wound iron core will be referred to. That is, in a prior-art wound iron core 100 exemplified in
In this case, in the wound iron core 100, three iron core materials 100a form each of iron core material groups 104a, 104b, 104c, and 104d. That is, one iron core material group 104 is formed each time a predetermined number of iron core materials 100a are laminated from an inner side which is the closest to the window part 102. Moreover, the plurality of iron core materials 100a included in each of the iron core material groups 104 are wound so that the respective cut parts 103 are located while shifting in steps from each other in a circumferential direction.
Moreover, a position in the circumferential direction of each of the plurality of cut parts 103 included in one iron core material group 104 and a position in the circumferential direction of each of the plurality of cut parts 103 included in another iron core material group 104 adjacent to the iron core material group 104 substantially or perfectly match each other. That is, the wound iron core 100 has a constitution that a position of the cut part 103 returns to the same position for each of the plurality of iron core materials 100a constituting the iron core material group 104 and is repeated.
Moreover, in the wound iron core 100, four of the iron core material groups 104a, 104b, 104c, and 104d constitute a first hand 100A. The wound iron core 100 becomes a wound iron core having a size according to an application by providing a second hand, a third hand, . . . on an outer side of this first hand 100A.
Here, a problem of this type of structure such as the prior-art wound iron core will be referred to. That is, as illustrated in
Magnetic flux density=n/(n−1)
Moreover, between the cut parts C of each of the iron core materials M, or in other words, in a region G between the gaps of each of the iron core materials M, the magnetic flux density of the magnetic fluxes passing through the region G increases as the magnetic fluxes bypass the gap. Thus, an eddy current generated by the passing magnetic fluxes increases in the region G, and the generated iron loss also increases with that.
Thus, in this embodiment, a problem in such prior-art constitution is solved by an innovative technical idea illustrated below. That is, as illustrated in
According to this embodiment, the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gaps of the cut parts C can be suppressed to 4/(4−1) times, that is, approximately 1.33 times, whereby the iron loss in the vicinity of the gap can be made smaller.
Moreover, according to this embodiment, the four cut parts C included in the one hand are divided into two cut-part groups G1 and G2 each constituted by two cut parts C, and each of the cut-part groups G1 and G2 is dispersed so as to be disposed in different side parts of the wound iron core. As a result, one cut-part group can be accommodated in one side part of the wound iron core and thus, the iron loss can be reduced without being restricted by a length of each side of the window part.
Subsequently, a plurality of embodiments according to the wound iron core to which the technical idea of this embodiment is applied will be exemplified.
The wound iron core 10 exemplified in
The wound iron core 10 is used as an iron core for a transformer and the like by assembling a coil, not shown, to the long side parts 14b and 14d. The plurality of iron core materials 10a constituting the wound iron core 10 are obtained by cutting from the silicon steel sheet per winding, that is, by each turn and thus, in this case, they have one cut part 15 at each winding. This cut part 15 is a portion which becomes a joint between both end portions of each of the iron core materials 10a. And a gap can be formed easily at a portion where the cut part 15 is formed in each of the iron core materials 10a, that is, at the joint of the both end portions of each of the iron core materials 10a.
This wound iron core 10 has a constitution in which iron core material groups 16a, 16b, 16c, and 16d are formed at each predetermined number of, or in this case, four iron core materials 10a. That is, one iron core material group 16 is formed each time the predetermined number of the iron core materials 10a are laminated from an inner side which is the closest to the window part 12 side. The number of the iron core materials 10a forming one iron core material group 16 can be changed as appropriate. Moreover, the number of the iron core materials 10a forming each of the iron core material group 16 may be made different from each other as appropriate.
Moreover, the plurality of iron core materials 10a included in each of the iron core material groups 16 are wound so as to be located in steps so that each of the cut parts 15 are shifted from each other in the circumferential direction. Moreover, the iron wound iron core 10 constitutes a first hand 10A by the four iron core material groups 16a, 16b, 16c, and 16d. And by providing a second hand, a third hand, . . . on an outer side of this first hand 10A, the wound iron core 10 becomes a wound iron core having a size according to the application.
The wound iron core 10 has a constitution in which the plurality of cut parts included in one hand are dispersed in a periphery of the window part 12. That is, the wound iron core 10 has a constitution in which a cut-part group 17 constituted by a plurality of the cut parts 15 included in one iron core material group 16 and a cut-part group 17 constituted by a plurality of the cut parts 15 included in another iron core material group 16 are disposed so as to be dispersed in the periphery of the window part 12. In this case, a cut-part group 17a of the iron core material group 16a is located on the one short side part 14a, a cut-part group 17b of the iron core material group 16b is located on the one long side part 14b, a cut-part group 17c of the iron core material group 16c is located on the other short side part 14c, and a cut-part group 17d of the iron core material group 16d is located on the other long side part 14d. That is, each of the cut-part groups 17a to 17d is disposed so as to be dispersed in each of the side parts 14a to 14d different from each other.
Subsequently, one example of the method of manufacturing the wound iron core 10 will be described. That is, as exemplified in
Subsequently, as exemplified in
According to the wound iron core 10 according to this embodiment, on each of the side parts 14 including each of the cut-part groups 17, assuming that the magnetic flux flowing through the one iron core material 10a is indicated by two magnetic flux lines, for example, 32 magnetic fluxes per hand flow through 15 iron core materials 10a. Thus, the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gap of the cut parts 15 can be suppressed to 16/(16−1) times, that is, to approximately 1.06 times. Therefore, the iron loss in the vicinity of the gap can be made smaller.
Moreover, according to the wound iron core 10, since the cut parts 15 are dispersed in the periphery of the window part 12, a whole length La of the cut-part groups 17 disposed on each of the side parts 14, that is, the length La between the cut part 15 of the first iron core material 100a and the cut part 15 of the last iron core material 100a forming each of the cut-part groups 17 does not become longer. Therefore, an effect similar to that of the case where the number of the iron core materials 10a constituting substantially one iron core material group 16 is increased can be obtained without being restricted by a length Lb of one side of the window part 12.
Moreover, according to the wound iron core 10, a distance between the cut parts 15 of each of the iron core materials 10a, or in other words, between the gaps of each of the iron core materials 10a is not made larger. Thus, in this regard, too, the magnetic flux density can be suppressed without making the whole length La of the cut-part group 17 longer or without being restricted by the length Lb of the one side of the window part 12.
A wound iron core 20 exemplified in
This wound iron core 20 is constituted by bending a portion forming a corner part 23 in each of the iron core materials 20b at a predetermined bending position in advance and by winding those bent iron core materials 20a. The bending position of each of the iron core materials 20b is set as appropriate in accordance with a size of the wound iron core 20 to be manufactured, the number of iron core materials 20b to be wound and the like.
According to this constitution, dimensional accuracy at the corner part 23 is improved, and each of the cut parts 25 can be positioned by using each of the corner parts 23 as a reference. Therefore, the cut-part groups 27b to 27d of each of the iron core material groups 26b to 26d can be disposed so as to be dispersed with accuracy in the periphery of the window part 22. Moreover, nonconformity that a gap becomes too wide at the cut part 25 of each of the iron core materials 20b does not occur easily anymore, and an increase of the magnetic flux density can be further suppressed.
A wound iron core 30 exemplified in
By means of this embodiment, too, an increase of the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gap can be suppressed as in each of the aforementioned embodiment, and the iron loss can be made smaller. Moreover, as illustrated in
A wound iron core 40 exemplified in
According to this embodiment, too, an increase of the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gap can be suppressed similarly to each of the aforementioned embodiments, and the iron loss can be made smaller. Moreover, in a process of manufacturing the wound iron core 40 to which a coil, not shown, is assembled, by assigning two workers on both sides of the coil in the axial direction and having them alternately insert the iron core materials 40a into the coil, a plurality of the wound iron cores 40 to which the coil is assembled can be efficiently manufactured in a simultaneous process while the work is shared.
The wound iron core according to each of the embodiments described above includes an iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound and a window part formed at a center of the iron core main body part. The iron core materials have one cut part at least at one location per winding. The cut part is disposed so as to be dispersed in a periphery of the window part. According to this constitution, an increase of the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of the gap of the iron core material can be suppressed without being restricted by the length of the window part.
Moreover, the method of manufacturing the wound iron core according to this embodiment is a method of manufacturing a wound iron core including an iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound and a window part formed at a center of the iron core main body part, the iron core material having a cut part at least at one location per winding, and the wound iron core is wound so that the cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in a periphery of the window part. According to this manufacturing method, the wound iron core which can suppress an increase of the magnetic flux density in the vicinity of a gap of the iron core material without being restricted by a length of the window part can be manufactured.
This embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit a range of the invention. These novel embodiments can be put into practice in the other various forms and are capable of various types of omission, replacement and changes within a range not departing from the gist of the invention. This embodiment and its variation are included in the range of the invention and the gist and are included in the invention described in the appended claims and its equivalent range.
For example, the iron core material is not limited to those having a cut part at one location per winding but may have a cut part at plural spots per winding. That is, as long as the iron core has a cut part at least at one location per winding, it is included in the technical idea according to this embodiment. In this case, it is assumed that a plurality of the cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in a periphery of a window part so that each of the cut parts is not overlapped at the same position.
Moreover, as illustrated in
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2014-143135 | Jul 2014 | JP | national |
2014-184183 | Sep 2014 | JP | national |
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PCT/JP2015/063461 | 5/11/2015 | WO | 00 |