Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1998-12-17
2000-07-18
Ramirez, Nestor
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
310 64, 310 58, 310 54, 310 52, 310 67R, 310 68R, H02K 500
Patent
active
060911743
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an electric motor, especially a split-ring motor for a centrifugal pump, having an outer housing surrounding the motor and traversed by the displaced liquid for cooling.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electric motors with frequency converters are known wherein the electronic components which generate heat, are provided within the electric motor in proximity to the displaced medium in order to cool these components. The resulting expensive construction is costly in part because of its construction and/or because it requires, within the pump, relatively considerable space.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to so improve an electric motor of the type initially described that it can achieve a high cooling effectiveness with a simple construction and mounting as well as with reduced dimensions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This object is achieved according to the invention in that the motor space is closed at the side turned toward the driven side by a housing cover of metal on whose inner side a heat sink is applied with heat-generating components of the electronic circuitry and whose outer edge lies on the outer housing which is cooled. Such a housing cover at an end can optimally be used as a heat sink for electronic components. It is simple to fabricate and can be easily applied from the exterior. It is not only cooled by the external air but is also cooled by the displaced liquid. It is thus especially advantageous when the cover has a shield shape.
An optimum cooling is then achieved when the cover is composed of aluminum. It is also especially advantageous when the cover is formed with a cylindrical collar which rests against the inner side of the outer housing or shell for heat transfer thereto.
Preferably, according the invention, the heat-generating electronic components are directly affixed on the inner side of the cover.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, the sole FIGURE of which is a diagrammatic axial section of a split-ring motor and pump assembly provided with the cover of the invention.
SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION
A split-ring motor for a centrifugal pump comprises a shaft 2 which carries a rotor 3. The rotor 3 is surrounded by a stator 4 and between them is a cup-shaped split-ring 5. The interior of the split cup 5 is traversed by the displaced liquid of the circulating pump 6.
The shaft 2 carries on its driving side the impeller (not shown) of the pump 6 and is held in respective bearing 7 on its side proximal to the pump 6 and the respective bearing 8 at its end turned away from the pump. The bearing 8 remote from the pump 6 is held in a step-shaped constriction 9 of the split cup 5.
The stator 4 is surrounded by an outer shell or housing which is traversed by the displaced liquid. The outer shell forms, with a cylindrical inner sheet-metal member 10a and a cylindrical outer sheet-metal member 10b, an annular space for the displaced cooling liquid.
The inner sheet-metal member 10a is set back in a step-like manner at its side turned away from the pump and in this step 11 a coaxial housing cover 12 which has a cylindrical collar 13 is received. The collar 13 thus lies tightly against the step 11 which has a greater internal diameter than the diameter of the remainder of the inner sheet-metal member 10a, so as to transfer heat from the cover 12 to the inner sheet-metal member 10a and thus to the displaced liquid.
At the inner side of the metal housing cover 12, which can be composed of aluminum, at least one electronic component, especially a frequency converter, is tightly fastened thereagainst so that the heat of the electronic component is transferred to the cover 12. In addition, within the cylindrical collar 13 at least--one plate 14, parallel to the cover 12 is arranged with an electronic component carrier, such that a plurality of pins 15 project into a corresponding number of sleeves 16 at the end of the motor stator to establ
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Dubno Herbert
Lam Thanh
Ramirez Nestor
Wilo GmbH
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