JP2008128036A - Compression mechanism fixing structure for sealed compressor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compression mechanism fixing structure for a sealed compressor that can bear a high pressure refrigerant and high speed rotation. <P>SOLUTION: This compression mechanism fixing structure for the sealed compressor is for fixing the compression mechanism housed in a housing 3. A die 19a having an inner diameter d is formed at an appropriate place on a side surface of a frame 19 which is a constituting member of the compression mechanism, and the housing 3 is pressed against the die 19a from the outside using a punch 40 having an outer diameter D equal to the inner diameter d (D=d). Thereby, caulked parts 30 plastically deforming the housing 3 are provided at a plurality of locations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor.

Conventionally, a hermetic compressor used for refrigerant compression of an air conditioner or the like is known. This hermetic compressor is configured such that, for example, a compression mechanism such as a scroll compression mechanism and an electric motor as a drive source are housed in a housing. The scroll compression mechanism is a combination of a spiral fixed scroll and a orbiting scroll wall, and the volume of the compression chamber formed between the walls is gradually increased by orbiting the orbiting scroll relative to the fixed scroll. The fluid in the compression chamber is reduced and compressed.
In a conventional hermetic compressor, particularly a hermetic compressor for an air conditioner, in order to fix the compression mechanism to the housing, a plug welding structure having advantages such as cost and design freedom is widely adopted. For example, in the case of a scroll compression mechanism, a plug welding structure in which an upper bearing which is a component of the compression mechanism is fixed to a housing by plug welding is common.

Further, as a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor, it is disclosed that a compression mechanism part incorporated in a hermetic case is closely fixed by resistance heating caulking. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
Further, as a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor, a structure in which a housing is caulked in an unheated state is disclosed. In this case, satisfactory results can be obtained by setting the base diameter of the caulking tool equal to 1.3 to 1.35 times the diameter of the concave groove formed in the bearing housing. (For example, see Patent Document 2)

In addition, a hermetic compressor has been proposed in which there is no fear of foreign matters such as welding spatter or refrigerant leakage, and the stress received by the compression mechanism when the compression mechanism is fixed in the hermetic container is reduced. In this hermetic compressor, a concave portion is formed in the outer peripheral portion of the compression mechanism portion facing the inner peripheral portion of the hermetic container, and the pressing jig is pressed against the hermetic container toward the bottom portion of the concave portion, The pressing part of the sealed container is plastically deformed and fixed. In addition, this patent document describes that the pressing force and the distortion at the time of fixing can be reduced by locally heating (for example, about 1000 ° C.) the closed container facing the recess before pressing by the pressing jig. ing. (For example, see Patent Document 3)
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-1131880 Japanese Patent No. 3567237 JP-A-2005-330827

By the way, in recent air conditioners, the refrigerant is shifting to a high-pressure refrigerant (R410A, carbon dioxide, etc.) due to refrigerant regulation as a countermeasure for environmental problems. For this reason, the pressure specification of the hermetic compressor that compresses the refrigerant is increased, the thickness of the housing is increased, and the load on the plug welded portion for fixing the compression mechanism is also increased.
In recent air conditioners, hermetic compressors incorporating an inverter-controlled motor are common. For this reason, the operation of the compression mechanism is rotated at a high speed, and the load on the plug welded portion that fixes the compression mechanism increases.

From such a background, there is a limit to fixing the compression mechanism by the conventional plug welding structure, and a highly reliable compression mechanism fixing structure for a hermetic compressor that can withstand high-pressure refrigerant and high-speed rotation is desired. Note that the caulking structure described in Patent Document 2 has a problem in application when the plate thickness of the housing increases with the use of high-pressure refrigerant.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor that can withstand high-pressure refrigerant and high-speed rotation.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs the following means.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor for fixing a compression mechanism housed in a housing, wherein a die having an inner diameter d is formed at an appropriate side surface of the compression mechanism. Further, by using a punch having an outer diameter D (D = d) equal to the inner diameter d, the housing is pressed from the outside toward the die, and the housing is plastically deformed to provide a plurality of crimped portions. It is characterized by this.

According to such a compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor, a die having an inner diameter d is formed at an appropriate side surface of the compression mechanism, and a punch having an outer diameter D (D = d) equal to the inner diameter d is used. By pressing the housing from the outside toward the die, there are multiple crimped parts that are plastically deformed. The compression mechanism can be fixed by caulking.
Such a structure for fixing the compression mechanism by the caulking portion is a case where the material of the housing on which the convex portion is formed by plastic deformation by caulking is a thick plate of a rolled steel plate having a plate thickness of 3.5 mm or more. Is preferred.

In the invention described above, the caulking portion is preferably plastically deformed by heating the housing to a predetermined temperature or higher, thereby greatly improving the caulking workability. In this case, the predetermined temperature (heating temperature) is preferably in the range of 700 ° C. to 800 ° C., and the more preferable predetermined temperature is in the range of 750 ° C. to 800 ° C.
Moreover, in said invention, it is preferable to perform R process to the front-end | tip corner | angular part of the said punch, and, thereby, a favorable allowance can be formed easily. In this case, the R processing is preferably set to a value equivalent to the pressing depth of the punch.

  According to the present invention described above, the inner diameter d of the die and the outer diameter D of the punch are the same (d = D) even in the case of a thick plate having a housing thickness of 3.5 mm or more in order to cope with the high-pressure refrigerant. By caulking in this way, it is possible to form a high-strength and highly reliable caulking portion having a sufficient allowance for the plastically deformed housing member to be in close contact with the die of the compression mechanism. Therefore, a high-strength and highly reliable hermetic compressor that can withstand high-pressure refrigerant even when the plate thickness of the housing is increased and the compression mechanism is rotated at high speed by using an inverter. The structure for fixing the compression mechanism can be provided.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a compression mechanism fixing structure for a hermetic compressor according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the configuration of a scroll compressor will be described as a hermetic compressor.
As shown in FIG. 3, the scroll compressor 1 includes a housing (housing) 3, a fixed scroll 5, a turning scroll 7, a rotating shaft 9, and a rotation prevention unit 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the housing 3 is a sealed container in which the fixed scroll 5, the orbiting scroll 7, and the like are housed and installed. The housing 3 is provided with a discharge cover 13, a suction pipe (not shown), a discharge pipe 17, and a frame (housing) 19. The discharge cover 13 separates the inside of the housing 3 into a high pressure chamber HR and a low pressure chamber LR.
The suction pipe guides fluid from outside to the low pressure chamber LR, and the discharge pipe 17 guides fluid from the high pressure chamber HR to the outside. The frame 19 supports the fixed scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 7.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating shaft 9 transmits the rotational driving force of a motor (not shown) provided below the housing 3 to the orbiting scroll 7. The rotating shaft 9 is supported substantially vertically in the housing 3 and is rotatably supported. An eccentric pin 9 a that revolves and drives the orbiting scroll 7 is provided at the upper end of the rotating shaft 9. The eccentric pin 9 a is a cylindrical portion that extends upward from the end surface at a position eccentric from the rotation center of the rotating shaft 9 by the orbital revolution radius r of the orbiting scroll 7 on the end surface of the rotating shaft 9.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 7 compress the fluid flowing into the low pressure chamber LR of the housing 3 and discharge it to the high pressure chamber HR. As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed scroll 5 and the orbiting scroll 7 are arranged such that the fixed scroll 5 is arranged on the upper side and the orbiting scroll 7 is arranged on the lower side, and both the scrolls 5 and 7 are engaged with each other.
The fixed scroll 5 is fixed to the housing 3 by being fixedly supported by the frame 19. A compressed fluid discharge port 21 is provided at the center of the back surface of the end plate 5a of the fixed scroll 5 (the center of the upper surface in FIG. 3). On the other hand, the orbiting scroll 7 is supported by the frame 19 so as to be able to make a revolving orbiting movement with respect to the fixed scroll 5. A boss 23 into which the eccentric pin 9a of the rotary shaft 9 is inserted is provided at the center of the back surface of the end plate 7a of the orbiting scroll 7 (the center of the lower surface in FIG. 1). Similarly, on the back surface of the end plate 7a, a recess 25 is formed on the circumference of a predetermined radius from the center of the orbiting scroll 7 in which the ring 41 of the rotation prevention unit 11 is disposed. The concave portion 25 is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed from the rotating shaft 9 side.

In the scroll compressor 1 having the above-described configuration, in order to fix the compression mechanism housed inside the housing 3, a plurality of locations arranged at equal pitches (for example, 120 degrees pitch) in the circumferential direction at appropriate positions on the side surface of the compression mechanism. A caulking portion 30 is formed. In addition, the compression mechanism in the scroll compressor 1 is comprised by the flame | frame etc. which function as a fixed scroll 5, the turning scroll 7, the rotation prevention part 11, and an upper bearing.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the caulking portion 30 is formed with a die 19a having an inner diameter d formed on a frame 19, and a punch 40 having an outer diameter D is used to direct the member of the housing 3 from the outside toward the die 19a. The portion of the housing 3 that forms the low-pressure chamber LR is plastically deformed into a concave shape by pressing so as to be driven.

Here, the inner diameter d of the die 19a and the outer diameter D of the punch 40 are set to the same dimension (d = D).
In this way, a die 19a having an inner diameter d is formed at an appropriate position on the side surface of the frame 19 constituting the compression mechanism, and the housing 3 is formed from the outside by using a punch 40 having an outer diameter D set to the same size as the inner diameter d. When pressed toward 19a, a hooking margin having sufficient strength is formed in the caulking portion 30 in which the housing 3 is plastically deformed. That is, the housing 3 pressed by the convex portion of the punch 40 is plastically deformed and enters the space of the die 19a, and the length L of the housing-side material serving as a hanging allowance can be sufficiently secured by engaging with the frame 19 side. Therefore, sufficient caulking strength can be obtained.

  Accordingly, when a plurality of the same caulking portions 30 are formed at equal pitches in the circumferential direction, the compression mechanism is formed by caulking that has a sufficient margin for the housing 3 whose plate thickness is increased due to the high pressure refrigerant. Can be securely fixed. Such a structure for fixing the compression mechanism by the caulking portion 30 is made of a material such as a soft steel (SG255R) having a thickness of 3.5 mm or more, especially the material of the housing 3 on the side where the convex portion is formed by plastic deformation by caulking. It is suitable when it is a thick plate made of a steel plate. Note that cast iron (FC20) is generally used as the material of the frame 19 described above.

By the way, when the caulking portion 30 described above is formed, it is preferable that the vicinity or the entire caulking portion of the housing 3 is heated to a predetermined temperature or more to be plastically deformed. The predetermined temperature in this case, that is, the temperature at which the housing 3 is heated is preferably in the range of 700 ° C. to 800 ° C., and the more preferable predetermined temperature for heating is 750 ° C. to 800 ° C. In addition, the temperature range described here shall include 700 degreeC, 750 degreeC, and 800 degreeC.
When the caulking portion 30 is formed by performing such heating, the workability of a thick plate made of a rolled steel plate that is a material of the housing 3 is greatly improved, so that a hook margin having sufficient caulking strength can be easily and reliably formed. can do.

Here, the lower limit of 700 ° C. is a temperature at which the material (steel material) of the housing 3 becomes a little red, and if the housing 3 is not heated to this extent, a very large load is required, and the desired caulking shape is required. Is difficult to form.
Further, the upper limit of 800 ° C. is not preferable because if the film is heated more than this, an oxide film is formed on both the inner and outer surfaces of the housing 3. In particular, the inside of the housing 3 cannot be treated with an oxide film after the caulking portion 30 is formed.

The heating temperature of 750 ° C. is a temperature at which the material of the housing 3 changes in structure. Therefore, at a temperature higher than this temperature, the load necessary for caulking is greatly reduced due to the change in structure. In general, a steel material has a characteristic that it is more likely to be deformed as the temperature is higher without the above-described structural change.
That is, the heating temperature of the housing 3 is preferably in a range from 700 ° C. at which the load is reduced to a little red hot and caulking, to 800 ° C. at which the oxide film is not generated. A more preferable heating temperature of the housing 3 is from 750 ° C. at which a load necessary for caulking is greatly reduced due to a change in structure to 800 ° C. which is a temperature at which no oxide film is generated on the material.

Moreover, it is preferable that the punch 40 which forms the caulking portion 30 described above is subjected to R processing on the tip corner portion 41 thereof. The radius R in this R processing is preferably set to a value equivalent to the pressing depth by the punch 40. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the radius R of R processing formed at the tip corner 41 of the punch 40 and the pressing depth H of the punch 40 are set to the same dimension (R = H).
By using the punch 40 having such a tip shape, it is possible to easily form a good engagement allowance that is intimately adhered to the inner peripheral surface of the die 19a and has sufficient caulking strength.

  On the side of the die 19a, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a chamfering process in which a chamfering process of a dimension S is performed on the corner of the entrance so that the material of the housing 3 is smoothly plastically deformed during caulking. It is preferable to provide the part 19b. Accordingly, the inlet diameter d ′ of the die 19a is a value obtained by adding 2S to the outer shape D of the punch 40 (d ′ = D + 2S). In addition, the dimension S suitable in this case is about 0.5 to 1 mm.

Thus, according to the present invention described above, the inner diameter d of the die 19a and the outer diameter D of the punch are used even when the housing 3 is a thick plate having a thickness of 3.5 mm or more in order to cope with the high-pressure refrigerant. , And the same (d = D), the plastically deformed member of the housing 3 has a high engagement strength and a high reliability with a sufficient allowance for close contact with the die 19a of the frame 19 on the compression mechanism side. The caulking portion 30 can be formed.
In the description of the above-described embodiment, the member on the compression mechanism side that crimps the housing 3 is the frame 19 of the scroll compression mechanism. However, the member can be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the compression mechanism.

Accordingly, even when the housing 3 is increased in thickness to cope with the high-pressure refrigerant, or when the compression mechanism is rotated at a high speed by using an inverter, the caulking portions 30 formed at a plurality of locations as necessary are sufficient. It is possible to provide a compression mechanism fixing structure of a scroll compressor that can withstand, has high strength, and is highly reliable.
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, For example, it can change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, such as a closed compressor not being limited to a scroll compressor.

It is an expanded sectional view showing a caulking part as one embodiment of a compression mechanism fixed structure of a hermetic compressor concerning the present invention. It is the example of a shape of the die | dye shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a front view, (b) is AA sectional drawing of (a). It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part structure of a scroll compressor as one Embodiment of the compression mechanism fixing structure of the hermetic type compressor which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Scroll compressor (sealed compressor)
3 Housing 5 Fixed scroll 7 Orbiting scroll 19 Frame 19a Die 30 Caulking part 40 Punch

Claims (5)

A compression mechanism fixing structure of a hermetic compressor for fixing a compression mechanism housed in a housing,
A die having an inner diameter d is formed at an appropriate position on the side of the compression mechanism, and the housing is pressed from the outside toward the die using a punch having an outer diameter D (D = d) equal to the inner diameter d. A structure for fixing a compression mechanism of a hermetic compressor, wherein a plurality of caulking portions for plastically deforming the housing are provided.   The compression mechanism fixing structure for a hermetic compressor according to claim 1, wherein the caulking portion heats the housing to a predetermined temperature or more to cause plastic deformation.   2. The structure for fixing a compression mechanism of a hermetic compressor according to claim 1, wherein the caulking portion plastically deforms the housing by heating the housing in a range of 700 ° C. to 800 ° C. 3.   2. The structure for fixing a compression mechanism of a hermetic compressor according to claim 1, wherein the caulking portion plastically deforms the housing by heating the housing in a range of 750 ° C. to 800 ° C. 3.   The compression mechanism fixing structure for a hermetic compressor according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tip corner portion of the punch is rounded.

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