阅读说明：本技术 磁悬浮式泵 (Magnetic suspension type pump ) 是由 平栉真男 于 2020-04-10 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明具备：固定部；旋转部,其配置于固定部的内部,由径向方向支持磁体产生的径向磁通非接触地支持于固定部的中心；在固定部与旋转部之间,由设置于固定部的定子和从该定子分离地设置于旋转部的转子构成的马达部；以及设置于旋转部的轴心的一端侧的叶轮；叶轮具有前板、后板以及设置于前板和后板之间从叶轮的中心部分延伸至外周缘部的叶片；前板与后板在从叶片的外周缘部沿周方向隔开规定距离的位置起向叶轮的中心方向分别具有规定的大小的切除部分；切除部分形成为前板的切除部分的大小小于后板的切除部分的大小。藉此,能提供一种能通过构造结构将叶轮上作用的轴向载荷设定为合适的大小的磁悬浮式泵。(The present invention is provided with: a fixed part; a rotating part which is arranged inside the fixed part and supports the radial magnetic flux generated by the radial direction supporting magnet at the center of the fixed part in a non-contact manner; a motor unit including a stator provided in the stationary portion and a rotor provided in the rotating portion so as to be separated from the stator, between the stationary portion and the rotating portion; and an impeller provided on one end side of the axis of the rotating portion; the impeller is provided with a front plate, a rear plate and blades which are arranged between the front plate and the rear plate and extend from the central part to the outer peripheral part of the impeller; cut-out portions of a predetermined size are formed in the front plate and the rear plate in the center direction of the impeller from positions spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction from the outer peripheral edge of the blade; the cut-out portion is formed such that the size of the cut-out portion of the front plate is smaller than the size of the cut-out portion of the rear plate. Thus, a magnetic levitation type pump capable of setting an axial load acting on the impeller to an appropriate magnitude by a structural structure can be provided.)

1. A magnetic suspension type pump is characterized in that,

the disclosed device is provided with:

a fixed part;

a rotating portion disposed inside the fixed portion, the rotating portion being supported in a center of the fixed portion in a non-contact manner by a radial magnetic flux generated by a radial direction supporting magnet;

a motor unit including a stator provided on the fixed unit and a rotor provided on the rotating unit so as to be separated from the stator, between the fixed unit and the rotating unit; and

an impeller provided on one end side of an axis of the rotating portion;

the impeller having a front plate, a rear plate, and blades disposed between the front plate and the rear plate extending from a central portion to an outer peripheral portion of the impeller;

the front plate and the rear plate have cut-out portions of a predetermined size in a direction toward a center of the impeller from positions spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction from the outer peripheral edge of the blade;

the cut-out portion is formed such that the cut-out portion of the front plate is smaller than the cut-out portion of the rear plate.

2. The magnetic levitation type pump as recited in claim 1,

of the cut-out portions of the front and rear plates, a forward portion in the rotation direction of the blade is formed in the front wall from the outer peripheral edge.

3. The magnetic levitation type pump as recited in claim 1 or 2,

the cut-out portion is formed at a predetermined distance from a connecting portion of the blade with the front plate and the rear plate.

4. The magnetic levitation type pump as recited in any one of claims 1 through 3,

the ratio of the size of the cut-out portion of the front plate to the size of the cut-out portion of the rear plate is configured to be a ratio at which a constant axial load acts forward on the impeller.

5. The magnetic levitation type pump as recited in any one of claims 1 through 4,

further provided with:

an axial direction support portion having: a fixed magnetic wall which is arranged from the other end part of the axle center of the rotating part to be far away from the axle center direction and is connected with the fixed magnetic part of the fixed part to be close to the rotating part; and an axial direction shaft support force adjusting coil disposed on the fixed magnetic wall and generating an axial magnetic flux overlapping with a leakage magnetic flux of the radial magnetic flux flowing from the rotating portion to the fixed magnetic wall through a gap;

and a control unit that controls the magnitude of the current applied to the axial direction shaft support force adjustment coil to apply an axial direction shaft support force to the rotating portion via the axial magnetic flux.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a magnetic levitation type pump in which a rotating portion rotates in a state of levitating by magnetic force at the center of a fixed portion.

Background

Conventionally, there is a magnetic levitation type pump including a magnetic levitation type motor in which a rotating portion is levitated at the center of a fixed portion by a magnetic force, thereby eliminating the need for a sliding bearing as a mechanical sliding member. The magnetic suspension type pump does not have a mechanical sliding member in a portion of the motor, and therefore, contamination does not occur and maintenance of consumable parts is not required. Therefore, the magnetic levitation type pump is used in the semiconductor industry, in the field of processing medical solutions and the like related to pharmaceuticals, in the field of processing gas-containing two-phase liquids, and the like.

As a conventional technique of this type, there is a magnetic levitation type pump which the applicant previously applied (for example, see patent document 1). The magnetic levitation type pump includes a fixed portion and a rotating portion disposed inside the fixed portion and rotating around a rotation center, and the rotating portion is supported and rotated in a magnetic levitation manner at the center of the fixed portion so as to be in non-contact with the stator provided on the fixed portion and the rotor provided on the rotating portion via a motor portion including the stator and the rotor. The magnitude of the axial load applied to the impeller provided at one end portion in the axial direction of the rotating portion is adjusted by the magnitude of the current applied to the axial direction force adjusting coil disposed at the other end portion.

Prior art documents:

patent documents:

patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2017-158325.

Disclosure of Invention

The problems to be solved by the invention are as follows:

however, an axial load acts on the impeller of the magnetic levitation type pump as described below. Fig. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of an impeller 210 in a conventional magnetic levitation type pump 200, and fig. 14 is a view showing an outline of an axial load G acting on the impeller 210 in the magnetic levitation type pump 200 shown in fig. 13. As shown in fig. 13, the impeller 210 of the magnetic suspension pump 200 has a vane 213 provided between a front plate 214 and a rear plate 216, and fluid is sucked from a suction port 206 into an opening 211 provided in the center portion of the front plate 214 and is pumped radially outward (upward in the drawing) through a discharge port 207 of the vane 213. In this impeller 210, although fluid pressures act on the front plate 214 and the rear plate 216 as shown in fig. 14, the front plate 214 has an opening 211 and therefore has a smaller area than the rear plate 216, and the total PR of the fluid pressures acting on the rear plate 216 is a higher force than the total PF of the fluid pressures acting on the front plate 214. This force difference causes an axial load G to act on the impeller 210 in the forward direction.

Therefore, in the above-described conventional technique, the axial load applied to the impeller is adjusted by adjusting the magnitude of the current applied to the force adjustment coil in the axial direction. However, since the axial load varies depending on various factors such as the head and the type of fluid, it is difficult to adjust the coil current so that the axial load acting on the impeller becomes an appropriate magnitude depending on the usage conditions in the magnetic levitation type pump.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic levitation type pump capable of setting an axial load acting on an impeller to an appropriate magnitude by a structural structure.

Means for solving the problems:

in order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a fixing portion; a rotating portion disposed inside the fixed portion, the rotating portion being supported in a center of the fixed portion in a non-contact manner by a radial magnetic flux generated by a radial direction supporting magnet; a motor unit including a stator provided on the fixed unit and a rotor provided on the rotating unit so as to be separated from the stator, between the fixed unit and the rotating unit; and an impeller provided on one end side of the axis of the rotating portion; the impeller having a front plate, a rear plate, and blades disposed between the front plate and the rear plate extending from a central portion to an outer peripheral portion of the impeller; the front plate and the rear plate have cut-out portions of a predetermined size in a direction toward a center of the impeller from positions spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction from the outer peripheral edge of the blade; the cut-away portion is formed such that the size of the cut-away portion of the front plate is smaller than the size of the cut-away portion of the rear plate.

According to this configuration, the rotating portion is supported in a non-contact manner by the radial magnetic flux generated by the radial direction supporting magnet of the fixed portion, and the impeller is rotated by rotating the rotating portion by the motor portion. Further, by forming the cutout portion provided in the front plate of the impeller to be smaller than the cutout portion provided in the rear plate, the axial load acting on the impeller can be set to an appropriate value. Further, since the cut-out portion is provided at a position distant from the outer peripheral edge portion of the blade, and the outer peripheral edge portion of the blade is in a state of being connected to the front plate and the rear plate, the thrust force of the fluid generated by the impeller can be secured by the blade, the front plate, and the rear plate, and the magnitude of the axial load acting on the impeller can be made appropriate.

In the cut-out portions of the front plate and the rear plate, a front portion in the rotation direction of the blade is formed on the front wall from the outer peripheral edge portion. According to this configuration, the impeller rotates to cause the vane and the front wall formed by the cut-out portion in the front portion in the rotation direction of the vane to push the fluid, thereby improving the pushing force of the fluid.

The cut-out portion is formed at a predetermined distance from the connecting portion between the blade and the front plate and the rear plate. According to this configuration, since the front plate and the rear plate intersect the blades in the orthogonal direction, the axial load acting on the impeller can be set to an appropriate magnitude while ensuring the strength of the connection portion between the front plate and the rear plate.

The ratio of the size of the cut-out portion of the front plate to the size of the cut-out portion of the rear plate is configured to be a ratio at which a constant axial load acts forward on the impeller. With this configuration, since the axial load acting on the impeller can be adjusted, the axial load acting on the impeller can be set to an arbitrary magnitude, and the magnetically levitated rotating portion can be stably supported and rotated without contact.

Further, the present invention includes: an axial direction support portion having: a fixed magnetic wall which is arranged from the other end part of the axle center of the rotating part to be far away from the axle center direction and is connected with the fixed magnetic part of the fixed part to be close to the rotating part; and an axial direction shaft support force adjusting coil disposed on the fixed magnetic wall and generating an axial magnetic flux overlapping with a leakage magnetic flux of the radial magnetic flux flowing from the rotating portion to the fixed magnetic wall through a gap; and a control unit that controls the magnitude of the current applied to the axial direction shaft support force adjustment coil to apply an axial direction shaft support force to the rotating portion via the axial magnetic flux.

According to this configuration, the axial magnetic flux generated by the axial direction shaft support force adjustment coil disposed on the fixed magnetic wall is superimposed on the leakage magnetic flux of the radial magnetic flux flowing from the one end portion in the axial direction of the rotating portion toward the fixed magnetic wall, and the axial direction shaft support force acts on the rotating portion. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the axial load by providing the cut-out portions in the front plate and the rear plate of the impeller, and to adjust the axial load by which the axial direction shaft supporting force acts on the rotating portion. Further, by providing a magnetic circuit for applying axial support force only to the fixed magnetic wall side, the axial dimension of the rotating portion can be reduced, and the magnetic levitation type pump can be made compact.

The invention has the following effects:

according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a magnetic levitation type pump capable of setting an axial load acting on an impeller to an appropriate magnitude by a structural structure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a magnetic levitation type pump according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a graph showing a radial direction supporting force in a magnetic levitation type motor of the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a view showing a state where an axial direction shaft supporting force is adjusted in the magnetic levitation type motor of the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of an impeller disposed in the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1, as viewed from the front plate side;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of the impeller shown in fig. 4 as viewed from the rear plate side;

fig. 6 is a perspective view showing an impeller of an embodiment different from that shown in fig. 4, as viewed from the front plate side;

fig. 7 is a view showing a cut-away portion of an impeller, (a) is a front view showing the cut-away portion on a front plate of the impeller shown in fig. 4, (b) is a front view showing the cut-away portion on a rear plate of the impeller shown in fig. 5, and (c) is a front view showing the cut-away portion on the front plate of the impeller shown in fig. 6;

fig. 8 is a perspective view showing an impeller of another embodiment different from the impeller shown in fig. 4, as viewed from the front plate side;

fig. 9 is a graph showing an overview of an axial load acting on an impeller in the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1;

fig. 10 is a graph showing a relationship between a rotation speed and an axial load of a magnetic levitation type pump using the impeller shown in fig. 4 and 6, (a) and a graph showing a relationship between a rotation speed and a head of a magnetic levitation type pump using the impeller shown in fig. 4 and 8;

fig. 11 is a diagram schematically showing an axial load and an axial-direction shaft supporting force acting on the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1;

fig. 12 is a graph showing a relationship between an axial direction shaft supporting force and a current in the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 1;

fig. 13 is a sectional view showing a part of an impeller in a conventional magnetic levitation type pump;

fig. 14 is a diagram showing an outline of an axial load acting on the impeller in the magnetic levitation type pump shown in fig. 13.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The concept of the front-rear direction in the present specification and claims is that the left direction of the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1 is the front direction, and the right direction is the rear direction. The direction of the rotation axis S of the rotating portion 50 is the "γ direction", the horizontal radial direction orthogonal to the γ direction is the "α direction", and the vertical radial direction orthogonal to the γ direction is the "β direction".

(Structure of magnetic suspension type pump)

Fig. 1 is a sectional view showing a magnetic levitation type pump 1 according to an embodiment. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a radial direction supporting force in the magnetic levitation type motor 10 of the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which the axial direction shaft supporting force is adjusted in the magnetic levitation type motor 10 of the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, the magnetic levitation type pump 1 includes a magnetic levitation type motor 10 inside a casing 2. The magnetic levitation type motor 10 is disposed inside the fixed portion 20, and includes a rotating portion 50 in which a rotating shaft 51 rotates about a rotating axis S. The rotating portion 50 is supported in a non-contact manner by the fixed portion 20 with a radial direction supporting force of the magnetic flux generated by the radial direction supporting portion 23 as described later.

The stator 21 is provided on the fixed portion 20, and the motor portion 40 is constituted by a rotor 52 provided on the rotating portion 50 separately from the stator 21. The motor unit 40 includes a plurality of rotor permanent magnets 53 disposed around the rotor 52 and a plurality of stator windings 22 disposed on the stator 21. The motor unit 40 is a permanent magnet motor unit. The stator winding 22 of the stator 21 is electrically connected to the control unit 70. The control unit 70 of the present embodiment includes a power supply. The controller 70 controls the current flowing through the stator winding 22 to generate a rotating magnetic field, and rotates the rotor 52 of the motor unit 40 to rotate the rotating unit 50. The control unit 70 includes an inverter for rotation control, and can arbitrarily adjust the rotation speed of the rotating unit 50.

The rotating portion 50 is provided with an impeller 80 at a tip portion (one end portion) in the axial direction. The rotation portion 50 is covered with a cylindrical cover 4. The inside of the stationary portion 20 facing the rotating portion 50 is also covered with the cylindrical cover 5. The space between these hoods 4, 5 is a space in which fluid can move. The impeller 80 is rotated by the rotating portion 50 to send fluid from the suction port 6 of the pump portion 3 toward the discharge port 7.

A radial direction support portion 23 is provided at a position apart from the front and rear directions of the motor portion 40. The radial direction support portion 23 has a radial direction support magnet 24 that contactlessly supports the rotating portion 50. The radial direction support magnet 24 includes radial direction support coils 26 provided on the front and rear fixed cores 25, a cylindrical first permanent magnet 28 provided at an outer peripheral position of the fixed portion 20, and a cylindrical second permanent magnet 54 provided around the rotating portion 50.

The radial direction support coil 26 is electrically connected to the control unit 70. The magnitude and direction of the current applied to the radial direction support coil 26 can be controlled by the control section 70. The first permanent magnet 28 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the fixed portion 20, and is provided separately from the front and rear positions of the fixed-side magnetic circuit 27 provided on the outer peripheral position of the stator 21. The second permanent magnet 54 is provided around the rotating portion 50, and is provided separately from the front and rear positions of the rotating-side magnetic circuit 55 of the rotor permanent magnet 53 provided with the rotor 52.

A radial position sensor 32 for detecting the position of the rotating portion 50 with respect to the fixed portion 20 is provided between the radial direction support coils 26. The radial position sensor 32 is provided on any one of the radial direction supporting portions 23 arranged at the front and rear positions in the axial direction of the rotation axial center S. The radial position sensor 32 is provided in plurality in the circumferential direction. Thereby, the positional changes in the horizontal radial direction α and the vertical radial direction β of the rotation axis S with respect to the γ direction are detected in the front portion and the rear portion of the rotation portion 50 with respect to the fixed portion 20. The radial position sensor 32 may be used as a displacement sensor or the like that detects a displacement from the fixed portion 20 to a sensor target (sensor target) provided on the rotating portion 50. The radial position sensor 32 is also connected to the control unit 70.

The fixed portion 20 of the magnetic levitation type motor 10 is provided with a fixed magnetic wall 31 as a rear end portion (the other end portion) in the axial direction close to the impeller 80 of the rotating portion 50 in the opposite direction. The fixed magnetic wall 31 is provided in connection with the fixed magnetic part 30 connected with the fixed iron core 25 of the radial direction support part 23. The fixed magnetic wall 31 is provided with an axial direction supporting portion 60, and the axial direction supporting portion 60 includes an axial direction shaft supporting force adjusting coil 61 for applying an axial direction shaft supporting force to the rotating portion 50. The axial direction shaft support force adjustment coil 61 is electrically connected to the control section 70. The control unit 70 can control the magnitude and direction of the current applied to the axial supporting force adjusting coil 61.

The fixed magnetic wall 31 is provided with an axial position sensor 33 for detecting the axial position between the rear end of the rotating portion 50 and the fixed portion 20. The axial position sensor 33 can be used as, for example, a displacement sensor or the like that detects displacement from the fixed portion 20 to a sensor target provided on the rotating portion 50. The axial position sensor 33 is connected to the control unit 70. The control unit 70 may be a controller including various control circuits.

According to the above-described magnetic levitation type pump 1, the radial direction supporting force is generated in the horizontal radial direction α and the vertical radial direction β by the radial axis supporting magnetic flux generated by applying the current to the radial direction supporting coil 26 of the radial direction supporting portion 23, and the rotating portion 50 disposed inside the fixed portion 20 can be supported in a non-contact state. The motor unit 40 rotates the rotating unit 50 to rotate the impeller 80.

As shown in fig. 2, according to the magnetic levitation type motor 10, a radial magnetic flux Ψ S1 (thick arrow) is generated as a bias magnetic flux between the permanent magnets 28 and 54 from the N pole to the S pole. The positions are shown in the figure as facing each other with the rotation axis S therebetween. The radial magnetic flux Ψ S1 flows, for example, from the N pole of the first permanent magnet 28 disposed at the rear of the fixed portion 20 to the S pole of the first permanent magnet 28 disposed at the front through the fixed-side magnetic circuit 27. Then, the N-pole of the first permanent magnet 28 flows to the S-pole of the second permanent magnet 54 provided at the front portion of the rotating portion 50 through the fixed magnetic portion 29, the fixed core 25 of the radial direction supporting portion 23, and the rotating magnetic portion 56 of the rotating portion 50. Then, the N-pole of the second permanent magnet 54 flows through the rotation-side magnetic circuit 55 of the rotating portion 50 to the S-pole of the second permanent magnet 54 provided at the rear portion. Then, the N-pole of the second permanent magnet 54 flows to the S-pole of the first permanent magnet 28 in the rear portion through the rotating magnetic part 57, the fixed iron core 25 of the radial direction supporting part 23, and the fixed magnetic part 30. In this way, the radial magnetic flux Ψ s1 flows annularly through the outer peripheral portion of the fixed portion 20, the fixed core 25 of the radial direction support portion 23 provided at the front-rear position of the motor portion 40, and the rotating portion 50. The radial magnetic flux Ψ s1 (thick arrow) generated by the permanent magnets 28 and 54 is superimposed with the radial magnetic flux Ψ s2 (thin arrow) generated by the current applied to the radial direction support coil 26. The two radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1, Ψ s2 can be generated in the same direction or in different directions to increase or decrease the magnetic fluxes, and the radial supporting force can be adjusted by controlling the resultant magnetic fluxes of these radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1, Ψ s 2.

Further, the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s2 flow from the front portion to the rear portion of the rotating portion 50, and thus a part of the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s2 flows as leakage magnetic fluxes Ψ s10 in the fixed magnetic wall 31 across the gap H from the rear end portion of the rotating portion 50. The leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10 flows from the fixed magnetic wall 31 to the fixed magnetic portion 30 to return the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s 2. Since the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10 flows from the rotating portion 50 to the fixed magnetic wall 31, a rearward axial supporting force F γ that attracts the fixed magnetic wall 31 is generated in the rotating portion 50 by the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s 10.

As described above, the rotating portion 50 is applied with the backward axial supporting force F γ toward the fixed magnetic wall 31 by the flow of the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s 2. Therefore, according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 using the magnetic levitation type motor 10, the axial load G acting on the portion of the impeller 80 attracts and opposes the rotating portion 50 in the forward direction, and the axial supporting force F γ acting in the reverse backward direction can be generated.

On the other hand, as shown in fig. 3, according to the magnetic levitation type motor 10, by applying the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1 (fig. 12) to the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61 provided on the fixed magnetic wall 31, the axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 (right-hand rule) flows from the fixed magnetic wall 31 to the rear end of the rotating portion 50. The axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 generated by the axial support force adjustment coil 61 overlaps the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10 of the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s2 generated by the radial support magnet 24. However, the axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 is a magnetic flux that repels the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10 that flows from the rotating portion 50 toward the fixed magnetic wall 31. Therefore, the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10 flowing from the rotating portion 50 toward the fixed magnetic wall 31 and the axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 flowing from the fixed magnetic wall 31 toward the rotating portion 50 are magnetic fluxes that repel each other at a portion of the gap H. Therefore, by overlapping the axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 and the leakage magnetic flux Ψ s10, the axial supporting force — F γ in the forward axial direction can be applied to the rotating portion 50.

In this way, the axial direction axial supporting force fy generated by the radial magnetic fluxes Ψ s1 and Ψ s2 can be converted into the forward axial direction axial supporting force fy by the axial direction axial supporting force fy generated by the axial magnetic flux Ψ s3 of the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61. The axial direction axial supporting force-F γ can be controlled by the magnitude of the current applied to the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61 by the control unit 70.

Further, the axial load G acting on the impellers 80, 90 can be set to an appropriate magnitude by the structural configuration of the impeller 80 and the impellers 90 of different embodiments described below.

(construction of impeller)

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an impeller 80 provided in the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1, as viewed from the front plate side. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4 as viewed from the rear plate side. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an impeller 90 of an embodiment different from the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, as viewed from the front plate side. In the impeller 90 of fig. 6, only the front plate 94 is different from the impeller 80 of fig. 4, and therefore, the same components as the impeller 80 in the other components are denoted by the reference numerals obtained by adding "10" to the reference numerals of the impeller 80, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The impeller 80 shown in fig. 4 has an opening 81 at the center portion of a front plate 84, and a plurality of blades 83 extending from the periphery of the opening 81 to the outer peripheral edge portion of the impeller 80 are provided radially around a projection 82 provided at the center portion of the impeller 80. The vanes 83 are disposed between a front plate 84 and a rear plate 86, and have a curved shape as shown in fig. 5. The blade 83 intersects the front plate 84 and the rear plate 86 in orthogonal directions.

As shown in fig. 5, a cutout 87 having a predetermined size is provided in the outer peripheral portion of the back plate 86 in the direction toward the center of the impeller 80 from a portion spaced apart from the outer peripheral edge 83a of the blade 83 by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction. In the cutout portion 87, a front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 80 is formed as a front wall 87a along a curved surface of the blade 83 from the outer peripheral edge, and a rear portion in the rotation direction M of the blade 83 is formed as a rear wall 87b having an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge toward the center of the impeller 80. The cut-away portion 87 of the rear plate 86 is shaped as large as possible. The impeller 80 of the present embodiment has five blades 83, and cut-away portions 85 are provided between the blades 83.

As shown in fig. 4, a cutout portion 85 having a predetermined size is provided in the front plate 84 of the impeller 80 in the center direction of the impeller 80 from a portion spaced apart from the outer peripheral edge portion 83a of the blade 83 by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction. In the cut-out portion 85 of the front plate 84, a front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 80 is formed as a front wall 85a along a curved surface of the blade 83 from an outer peripheral edge. The rear portion of the blade 83 in the rotation direction M is formed as a rear wall 85b having an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge portion toward the center of the impeller 80, similarly to the rear plate 86. The front wall 85a and the rear wall 85b are connected to the rear wall 85b and the front wall 85a of the adjacent blade 83, respectively, by an arc portion 85c having a circular arc shape centering on the rotation center of the impeller 80. In the cut-out portion 85 of the front plate 84, the front wall 85a has a curved shape similar to the curved shape of the blade 83, and is formed at a predetermined distance from the connecting portion between the rear plate 86 and the blade 83. The cut-out portion 85 is also provided in a portion between the five blades 83. The cut-out portion 85 of the front plate 84 is smaller in area than the cut-out portion 87 of the rear plate 86.

In impeller 90 shown in fig. 6, rear plate 96 is formed with cut-away portion 97 having front wall 97a along curved surface of blade 83 from outer peripheral edge in front portion in rotation direction M of impeller 80, and rear wall 97b having an angle rising from outer peripheral edge toward center of impeller 90 in rear portion in rotation direction M of blade 93, similarly to rear plate 86 of impeller 80. The cut-away portion 97 of the rear plate 96 is also shaped as large as possible. The cutout 95 provided in the front plate 94 is larger than the cutout 85 provided in the front plate 84 of the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4. The impeller 90 reduces the radial dimension of the circular arc portion 95c formed between the front wall 95a and the rear wall 95b in the cutout portion 95 of the front plate 94, thereby making the area of the cutout portion 95 larger than the cutout portion 85 of the impeller 80. The cut-out portion 95 of the impeller 90 is also formed such that a front wall 95a located at a front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 90 is formed into a curved surface along the curvature of the blade 83 from the outer peripheral edge portion, and a rear wall 95b is formed at an angle rising toward the center of the impeller 90 from the outer peripheral edge portion. The impeller 90 also has five blades 93, and a cut-off portion 95 is provided between the blades 93. The area of the cut-out 95 of the front plate 94 is small compared to the area of the cut-out 97 of the rear plate 96.

According to these impellers 80, 90, the cut-out portions 85, 95 of the front plates 84, 94 and the cut-out portions 87, 97 of the rear plates 86, 96 are provided at portions spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction from the outer peripheral edges 83a, 93a of the blades 83, 93 on the outer peripheral portions of the impellers 80, 90. Therefore, the outer peripheral edges 83a and 93a of the vanes 83 and 93 are connected to the front plates 84 and 94 and the rear plates 86 and 96. Further, by providing the cut-out portions 85, 87, 95, 97, the front walls 85a, 95a of the front plates 84, 94 and the front walls 87a, 97a of the rear plates 86, 96 are present from the outer peripheral edge portions at the front portions in the rotational direction M of the blades 83, 93. Therefore, the front walls 85a, 87a, 95a, 97a can also push the fluid together with the vanes 83, 93 by the rotation of the impellers 80, 90. Therefore, the discharge pressure of the impellers 80 and 90 can be improved.

The cut-out portions 85, 95 of the front plates 84, 94 and the cut-out portions 87, 97 of the rear plates 86, 96 are formed at predetermined distances from the connecting portions between the front plates 84, 94 and the rear plates 86, 96 and the blades 83, 93. Accordingly, the connecting portions between the blades 83 and 93 and the front plates 84 and 94 and the rear plates 86 and 96 intersect in the orthogonal direction, respectively, and therefore the strength of these connecting portions can be ensured.

(cut-away portion of impeller)

Fig. 7 is a view showing the cut-away portions 85, 87, 95 of the impellers 80, 90, (a) is a front view showing the cut-away portion 85 on the front plate 84 of the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, (b) is a front view showing the cut-away portion 87 on the rear plate 86 of the impeller 80 shown in fig. 5, and (c) is a front view showing the cut-away portion 95 on the front plate 94 of the impeller 90 shown in fig. 6. Fig. 7 shows the relationship between the cut-out portions 85, 87, 95 and the blades 83 in a state where the impellers 80, 90 are viewed from the front (a state where they are viewed from the front side shown in fig. 4 and 6). Fig. 7 (b) is a view with the front plate 84 removed. The cut-out portions 85, 87, 95 are indicated by oblique lines. Only a portion of the circular impellers 80, 90 are shown in these figures.

As shown in fig. 7 (a), of the cut-away portion 85 provided in the front plate 84 of the impeller 80 of fig. 4, the front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 80 is formed as a curved front wall 85a that follows the curved surface of the blade 83 from the outer peripheral edge. The rear portion of the blade 83 in the rotation direction M is formed as a rear wall 85b having an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge toward the center of the impeller 80. Further, a circular arc portion 85c centered on the rotation center of the impeller 80 is formed in a portion between them. The cutout portion 85 is formed at a predetermined distance from a connecting portion (a dotted line portion) between the front plate 84 and the blade 83.

As shown in fig. 7 (b), of the cut-out portions 87 provided in the rear plate 86 of the impeller 80 of fig. 4, the front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 80 is formed as a curved front wall 87a that is continuous with the rear wall 87b of the adjacent blade 83, with a curved surface that follows the curve of the blade 83 from the outer peripheral edge. The rear portion of the blade 83 in the rotation direction M is formed as a rear wall 87b having an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge toward the center of the impeller 80. The front wall 87a has a curved shape similar to the curved shape of the blade 83. The cut-away portion 87 is formed from a connecting portion of the back plate 86 and the blade 83 with a predetermined distance.

In this impeller 80, when the area of the cutout portion 87 provided in the rear plate 86 shown in fig. 7 (b) is "1", the area of the cutout portion 85 provided in the front plate 84 shown in fig. 7 (a) is "0.5". That is, in the impeller 80, the size of the area of the cutout portion 85 of the front plate 84 is set to 1: the ratio of 0.5 is formed small. In this way, the impeller 80 has the cutout portion 87 with the largest area formed in the rear plate 86, and the cutout portion 85 with a predetermined area smaller than the cutout portion 87 is formed in the front plate 84.

As shown in fig. 7 (c), of the cut-away portions 95 provided in the front plate 94 of the impeller 90 of fig. 6, the front portion in the rotation direction M of the impeller 90 is formed as a curved front wall 95a that follows the blades 93 from the outer peripheral edge. The rear portion of the blade 93 in the rotation direction M is formed as a rear wall 95b having an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge toward the center of the impeller 90. An arc portion 95c centered on the rotation center of the impeller 90 is formed in a portion between them. The cut-out portion 95 is formed from a connecting portion (a dotted line portion) of the front plate 94 and the blade 93 with a predetermined distance. The rear plate 96 of the impeller 90 is the same as that in fig. 7 (b) and therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

In this impeller 90, when the area of the cut-out portion 87 (97) provided in the rear plate 86 (96) shown in fig. 7 (b) is "1", the area of the cut-out portion 95 provided in the front plate 94 shown in fig. 7 (c) is "0.65". That is, in impeller 90, the size of the area of cutout 95 of front plate 94 is set to 1: the ratio of 0.65 is formed small. Impeller 90 also has a cutout 97 of a maximum area formed in back plate 96, and a cutout 95 of a predetermined area smaller than cutout 97 is formed in front plate 94.

In this way, the area of the cut-out portions 85, 95 in the front plates 84, 94 of the impellers 80, 90 and the area of the cut-out portions 87, 97 in the rear plates 86, 96 are in the following relationship: cut-out portions 87, 97 having a large area are formed in the rear plates 86, 96, and cut-out portions 85, 95 having a smaller area than the cut-out portions 87, 97 of the rear plates 86, 96 are formed in the front plates 84, 94. The size of the cut-out portions 85, 95 of the front plates 84, 94 and the size of the cut-out portions 87, 97 of the rear plates 86, 96 may be in other ratios as long as the above-described size relationship is ensured. The magnitude of the axial load G can be set to a predetermined magnitude as described later by the difference between the area of the cut-out portions 85, 95 of the front plates 84, 94 and the area of the cut-out portions 87, 97 of the rear plates 86, 96.

Further, the portions of the vanes 83 and 93 and the portions of the front walls 85a, 95a, 87a, and 97a of the cut-out portions 85, 95, and 87 of the front plates 84 and 94 and the rear plates 86 and 96 can push the fluid, and the discharge pressure can be improved.

(impeller of other embodiments)

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an impeller 100 according to another embodiment different from the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, as viewed from the front plate side. The impeller 100 shown in fig. 8 is an example of a shape different from the shape of the front wall 105a of the impeller 80 at the cut-away portion 105 of the front plate 104 and the front wall 107a at the cut-away portion 107 of the rear plate 106. In impeller 100 of fig. 8, the same components as impeller 80 are denoted by the reference numerals of impeller 80 with "20" added thereto, and the description thereof is omitted.

In impeller 100 shown in fig. 8, front wall 105a of cutout portion 105 provided in front plate 104 is formed at an angle such that the outer peripheral portion rises from the outer peripheral edge portion toward the center of impeller 100. The front wall 107a of the cutout portion 107 provided in the rear plate 106 is also formed at an angle such that the outer peripheral portion rises from the outer peripheral edge portion toward the center of the impeller 100. Thereby, on the outer peripheral portions of the cut-out portions 105, 107 of the front plate 104 and the rear plate 106, upright front walls 105a, 107a are formed at the front portion in the rotation direction M. Since the other structures of the impeller 100 are the same as those of the impeller 80, descriptions of the other structures are omitted.

According to this impeller 100, the front wall 105a of the front plate 104 and the front wall 107a of the rear plate 106 are present from the outer peripheral edge in the front portion in the rotation direction M of the blades 103. Since the front walls 105a and 107a are formed at an angle rising from the outer peripheral edge portion toward the center of the impeller 100 in the outer peripheral portion, the force with which the front walls 105a and 107a push the fluid can be further increased together with the blades 103 by the rotation of the impeller 100. Therefore, the discharge pressure of the impeller 100 can be further improved.

(axial load acting on magnetic suspension type pump)

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing an outline of an axial load acting on the impeller 80 (90, 100) in the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1. Fig. 10 (a) is a graph showing a relationship between the rotation speed and the axial load of the magnetcisuspension pump using the impeller shown in fig. 4 and 6, and fig. 10 (b) is a graph showing a relationship between the rotation speed and the head of the magnetcisuspension pump using the impeller shown in fig. 4 and 8. In fig. 10 (a), the axial load G is represented by (+) and (-) as the forward load and the backward load.

As shown in fig. 9, in the impeller 80 (90, 100) of the magnetic levitation type pump 1, the cut-out portions 85 (95, 105) are provided in a part of the outer peripheral portion of the front plate 84 (94, 104), and the cut-out portions 87 (97, 107) are provided in a part of the outer peripheral portion of the rear plate 86 (96, 106). Therefore, the total PF of the fluid pressures acting on the portions where the cut-out portions 85 (95, 105) of the front plates 84 (94, 104) are provided is smaller than the pressure of the corresponding areas of the cut-out portions 85 (95, 105) as compared with the front plate 114 shown in fig. 14. In addition, the sum PR of the fluid pressures acting on the portions of the cut-out portions 87 (97, 107) where the rear plates 86 (96, 106) are provided is smaller than the pressure of the corresponding areas of the cut-out portions 87 (97, 107) as compared with the rear plate 116 shown in fig. 14.

By providing the cutout portions 87 (97, 107) having a large area in the rear plate 86 (96, 106) and providing the cutout portions 85 (95, 105) having a smaller area than the rear plate 86 (96, 106) in the front plate 84 (94, 104) as described above, the impeller 80 (90, 100) can be controlled so that the predetermined axial load G acts on the impeller 80 (90, 100) with appropriate values of the forces of the fluid pressures acting on the front plate 84 (94, 104) and the rear plate 86 (96, 106) of the impeller 80 (90, 100).

As shown in fig. 10 (a), according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 including the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, the axial load as shown by the dashed-dotted line L1 can be obtained. Further, according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 including the impeller 90 shown in fig. 6, the axial load as shown by the solid line L2 can be obtained. Further, a two-dot chain line L3 indicates an axial load in the magnetic levitation type pump 100 provided with the impeller 210 having no cut-out portion shown in fig. 13.

From this graph, the axial load G when the magnetic levitation type pump 1 is operated can be made a load substantially close to 0 by using the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4. In addition, when the impeller 90 shown in fig. 6 is used, the area of the cut-out portion 95 of the front plate 94 is increased as compared with the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, and thus the total PF of the fluid pressures acting on the front plate 94 is smaller than that of the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, so that the axial load G can be slightly increased in the (+) direction. The impeller 90 is an example of an appropriate value of the axial load G on the (+) side when the magnetic levitation type pump 1 is operated due to the area of the cut-off portion 95.

In this way, the impellers 80, 90 are provided with the large-area cut-out portions 87 (97) in the rear plates 86 (96), and the appropriately small-area cut-out portions 85 (95) in the front plates 84 (94). Therefore, according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 including the impellers 80 and 90, the axial load G can be set to a value appropriately smaller than the magnetic levitation type pump 100 shown in fig. 13.

As shown in fig. 10 (b), according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 including the impeller 80 shown in fig. 4, the lift can be increased as the rotation speed increases as shown by the chain line L5. Further, according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 including the impeller 100 shown in fig. 8, the lift can be further increased as the rotation speed increases than the impeller 80 as shown by the solid line L6. As described above, according to the impeller 100, the front wall 104a of the front plate 104 and the front wall 106a of the rear plate 106 are formed upright, whereby the pushing force of the fluid generated by the front walls 104a and 106a can be increased to raise the head.

The graphs (a) and (b) in fig. 10 show an example in which the impellers 80, 90, and 100 are used in the magnetic levitation type pump 1 as an example. In the case where the configuration of the magnetic levitation type pump 1 is different, the size relationship of the cut-out portions 85, 87, 95, 97, 105, 107 provided in the impellers 80, 90, 100 may be set according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1, with the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 having a large area formed in the rear plates 86, 96, 106 being maintained, and the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 having a smaller area than the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 of the rear plates 86, 96, 106 being formed in the front plates 84, 94, 104.

(relationship between Current value and axial support force in axial direction in the embodiment)

Fig. 11 is a diagram schematically showing an axial load G and an axial supporting force F γ acting on the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a graph showing a relationship between the axial direction shaft supporting force F γ and the axial direction shaft supporting force adjusting coil current E1 in the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1. The vertical axis shown in fig. 12 represents an axial supporting force F γ generated from the fixed magnetic wall 31 toward the rotating portion 50. Of the axial direction shaft support forces F γ, the rearward axial direction shaft support force F γ is "+", and the forward axial direction shaft support force — F γ is "-". The horizontal axis shown in fig. 11 indicates the axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1.

As shown in fig. 11, in the magnetic levitation type pump 1, the axial load G is applied from the impeller 80 to the rotating portion 50 of the magnetic levitation type motor 10, but the axial direction axial supporting force F γ can be generated by applying the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1 (fig. 12) to the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61.

As shown in fig. 12, according to the magnetic levitation type pump 1 shown in fig. 1, even in a state where no current flows through the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61, the axial direction axial supporting force F γ of "+" is generated backward. However, the axial direction axial supporting force F γ can be reduced by applying the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1 to the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil 61, and the axial direction axial supporting force F γ can be set to "substantially 0" by adjusting the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1. When the axial direction axial supporting force adjusting coil current E1 is further increased from this state, the axial direction axial supporting force F γ is in a forward "-" state.

In the above-described magnetic levitation type pump 1, the area ratio of the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 provided in the front plates 84, 94, 104 of the impellers 80, 90, 100 to the area ratio of the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 provided in the rear plates 86, 96, 106 is set to an appropriate size, so that the axial supporting force F γ can be set to a state shown by the broken line R in a state of slightly acting toward the "+" side. This state is a state in which the axial load G of the impellers 80, 90, 100 slightly acts in the "+" direction, and in the magnetic levitation pump 1 of this embodiment, the axial direction shaft support force F γ acts in a direction drawing the axial load G toward each other. In this state, the axial direction shaft supporting force F γ is small, and the axial direction shaft supporting force adjustment coil current E1 for controlling the axial direction shaft supporting force F γ is small, so that the control is stable.

The adjustment は for slightly applying the axial load G of the impellers 80, 90, 100 in the "+" direction can be arbitrarily controlled by adjusting the areas of the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 of the front plates 84, 94, 104 of the impellers 80, 90, 100 and the areas of the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 of the rear plates 86, 96, 106 as described above. Therefore, the axial load G can be made to be an appropriate magnitude by the structural configuration.

(conclusion)

As described above, according to the above-described magnetic levitation type pump 1, the axial load G acting on the impellers 80, 90, 100 can be controlled to an appropriate magnitude by appropriately setting the sizes of the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 provided on the front plates 84, 94, 104 of the impellers 80, 90, 100 and the sizes of the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 provided on the rear plates 86, 96, 106. That is, according to the impellers 80, 90, 100, the axial load G acting on the impellers 80, 90, 100 can be set to an appropriate magnitude by setting the blades 83, 93, 103 to the maximum diameter, providing the large cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 in the rear plates 86, 96, 106 to reduce the axial load G, and then providing the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 of an appropriate magnitude in the front plates 84, 94, 104.

The blades 83, 93, 103 have the largest diameters, and front walls 85a, 95a, 105a of the cut-out portions 85, 95, 105 of the front plates 84, 94, 104 and front walls 87a, 97a, 107a of the cut-out portions 87, 97, 107 of the rear plates 86, 96, 106 are located in front of and behind the blades. Accordingly, the fluid can be pushed out by the vanes 83, 93, 103 and the front walls 85a, 95a, 105a, 87a, 97a, 107a, and the discharge pressure can be improved. Therefore, the discharge pressure of the magnetic levitation type pump 1 can be improved and the axial load G can be adjusted to an appropriate value.

(other embodiment)

The magnetic levitation type pump 1 of the above embodiment is an example, and the impellers 80, 90, and 100 may be provided in other magnetic levitation type pumps 1, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

The impellers 80, 90, and 100 of the above embodiments are merely examples, the number of the blades 83, 93, and 103, the shapes, the area ratios, and the like of the cut-out portions 85, 95, and 105 of the front plates 84, 94, and 104 and the cut-out portions 87, 97, and 107 of the rear plates 86, 96, and 106 may be set according to the specification of the magnetic levitation pump 1, and the impellers 80, 90, and 100 are not limited to the above embodiments.

The above embodiment is an example, and various configurations may be changed within a range not to impair the gist of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

Description of the symbols:

1 magnetic suspension type pump

6 suction inlet

7 discharge port

10 magnetic suspension type motor

20 fixed part

40 motor part

50 rotating part

60 axial direction support part

61 axial direction shaft support force adjusting coil

70 control part

80 impeller

81 opening part

83 blade

83a outer peripheral edge portion

84 front plate

85 cut-away portion

85a front wall

86 backboard

87 cut-away portion

87a front wall

90 impeller

94 front panel

95 cut-away portion

95a front wall

96 rear plate

97 cut-away portion

97a front wall

100 impeller

104 front plate

105 cut-away portion

105a front wall

106 back plate

107 cut-away portion

107a front wall

G axial load

Line L1 dotted line

L2 solid line

L3 is a two-dot chain line.