EP0329378B1 - Vacuum heat treating furnace - Google Patents
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- EP0329378B1 EP0329378B1 EP19890301381 EP89301381A EP0329378B1 EP 0329378 B1 EP0329378 B1 EP 0329378B1 EP 19890301381 EP19890301381 EP 19890301381 EP 89301381 A EP89301381 A EP 89301381A EP 0329378 B1 EP0329378 B1 EP 0329378B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B5/00—Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces; Other furnaces in which the charge is held completely isolated
- F27B5/04—Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces; Other furnaces in which the charge is held completely isolated adapted for treating the charge in vacuum or special atmosphere
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
- F27D1/12—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs incorporating cooling arrangements
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D9/00—Cooling of furnaces or of charges therein
- F27D2009/0002—Cooling of furnaces
- F27D2009/0018—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing through a pattern of tubes
- F27D2009/0021—Cooling of furnaces the cooling medium passing through a pattern of tubes with the parallel tube parts close to each other, e.g. a serpentine
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- the present invention relates to a vacuum heat treating furnace, more specifically to a vacuum heat treating furnace capable of being highly stable against heat treatments, including baking treatment to be applied on the component parts of particle accelerators and conducting said heat treatment at high efficiency.
- vacuum heat treating furnaces in which a thermal shield enclosure and a heater designed to heat the inner space of said enclosure is provided in a vacuum chamber, have been known.
- the vacuum chamber is normally composed of steel materials with high melting points, including common steel and stainless steel.
- These steel materials possess high heat radiation rate and low thermal conductivity, and hence sufficient space is provided between the vacuum chamber and the thermal shield enclosure disposed therein so that these steel materials can withstand the heat transferred from the hot heat treating portion.
- a cooling piping is also provided to cool the wall of the vacuum chamber.
- the invention provides a vacuum heat treating furnace having a thermal shield enclosure defining an inner heat treatment region, supported by an insulating supporting element and located inside a vacuum chamber having a connection for a vacuum exhaust system, so that said inner heat treatment region is spaced from the vacuum chamber wall, an electric heater for heating said heat treatment region and an electric power supply connection to said electric heater, characterised in that said vacuum chamber is formed of aluminium or of an aluminium alloy and the inner wall surface of said vacuum chamber is provided with a smooth finish.
- the invention may provide a vacuum heat treating furnace which overcomes the defects of the conventional devices in terms of size and cost, and is capable of achieving the downsizing of the vacuum chamber and the elimination or simplification of the cooling system through improvement of the material of the vacuum chamber.
- the furnace is highly stable against heat treatments, including baking treatment, and can conduct said heat treatment as high efficiency.
- Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of one of the embodiments of the vacuum heat treating furnace according to the present invention.
- a thermal shield enclosure 4 supported by an adiabatic supporting element 3 made of ceramic or other material is provided within a vacuum chamber 2 having a connection portion 1 to a vacuum exhaust system.
- the external surface of this thermal shield enclosure 4 is isolated from the inner wall surface 2a of the vacuum chamber 2 via space 5.
- a heat treatment region 6 is provided, and an electric heater 7 composed of tungsten wire, nichrome wire or the like and designed to heat this heat treatment region 6 is embedded in the wall of the thermal shield enclosure 4. This heater 7 is linked to an electric power supply system 8.
- the vacuum chamber 2 is formed of aluminium metal material (aluminium or aluminium alloy whose main ingredient is aluminium), and the inner wall surface of said vacuum chamber 2 is smoothly finished. It is preferable to provide the inner wall surface of the vacuum chamber 2 with a specular finish.
- the melting point is about 600°C, lower than that of about 1200°C of the steel material which has been employed for the vacuum chamber in the conventional heat treating furnaces.
- the heat radiation rate on the surface area of aluminium metal material is in the order of 0.04, and said aluminium metal material offers markedly less heat absorption than the conventional vacuum chamber materials, such as soft steel (a radiation rate of 0.5) and stainless steel (a radiation rate of 0.4).
- thermal conductivity As for thermal conductivity also, while the conventional soft steel is 167 kJ/mh°C (40 kcal/mh°C) and stainless steel 63 kJ/mh°C (15 kcal/mh°C), the aluminium material according to the preferred embodiment is 711 kJ/mh°C (170kcal/mh°C), which indicates that the latter provides improved release of the heat absorbed.
- the lower melting point of the aluminium metal material does not adversely affect the thermal resistance strength vacuum chamber 2. Accordingly, the flow rate of the cooling water used in the cooling system comprised of a cooling water piping 9 designed to cool the vacuum chamber 2 can be reduced, and the capacity of the cooling water pump (not shown) can also be made smaller, thereby permitting the simplification of the cooling system.
- cooling water piping may be provided to cool the high temperature area comprising of heat treatment region 6 and thermal shield enclosure 4.
- cooling absorbing equipment may be provided in vacuum chamber in order to absorb pollution materials generated from the high temperature area, which impede thermal efficiency of the vacuum heat treating furnace.
- the vacuum heat treating furnace according to the present invention has been accomplished by adopting aluminium metal material for the vacuum chamber, having low heat radiation and high thermal conductivity, although said material has been conventionally thought unsuitable for material of a vacuum heat treating furnace because of its lower melting point.
- a combination of the thermal characteristics of aluminium metal material, whose heat radiation is 1-digit lower than the conventional steel materials and whose thermal conductivity is markedly higher, and smoothly finished inner wall surface of the vacuum chamber can improve the heat resistance of the vacuum chamber and make the space between the vacuum chamber and the thermal shield enclosure inside said chamber to be less than the conventional types. This could reduce the size and weight of the vacuum chamber or widen the heat treatment region within the thermal shield enclosure wall. Since the quantity of heat transferred from the thermal shield enclosure to the vacuum chamber becomes less, it becomes possible to substantially simplify or eliminate the cooling system which is used to cool the vacuum chamber. Furthermore, the improved thermal efficiency of the vacuum heat treating furnace can help to save the power applied on an electric heater.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a vacuum heat treating furnace, more specifically to a vacuum heat treating furnace capable of being highly stable against heat treatments, including baking treatment to be applied on the component parts of particle accelerators and conducting said heat treatment at high efficiency.
- Conventionally vacuum heat treating furnaces, in which a thermal shield enclosure and a heater designed to heat the inner space of said enclosure is provided in a vacuum chamber, have been known. In such conventional vacuum heat treating furnaces, the vacuum chamber is normally composed of steel materials with high melting points, including common steel and stainless steel.
- These steel materials possess high heat radiation rate and low thermal conductivity, and hence sufficient space is provided between the vacuum chamber and the thermal shield enclosure disposed therein so that these steel materials can withstand the heat transferred from the hot heat treating portion. A cooling piping is also provided to cool the wall of the vacuum chamber.
- For the aforementioned reasons, in the conventional vacuum heat treating furnaces, the vacuum chamber attained larger size, and a large amount of cooling water had to be introduced into the cooling piping; it inevitably became costly.
- Viewed from one aspect the invention provides a vacuum heat treating furnace having a thermal shield enclosure defining an inner heat treatment region, supported by an insulating supporting element and located inside a vacuum chamber having a connection for a vacuum exhaust system, so that said inner heat treatment region is spaced from the vacuum chamber wall, an electric heater for heating said heat treatment region and an electric power supply connection to said electric heater, characterised in that said vacuum chamber is formed of aluminium or of an aluminium alloy and the inner wall surface of said vacuum chamber is provided with a smooth finish.
- At least in preferred embodiments, the invention may provide a vacuum heat treating furnace which overcomes the defects of the conventional devices in terms of size and cost, and is capable of achieving the downsizing of the vacuum chamber and the elimination or simplification of the cooling system through improvement of the material of the vacuum chamber. The furnace is highly stable against heat treatments, including baking treatment, and can conduct said heat treatment as high efficiency.
- An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of one of the embodiments of a vacuum heat treating furnace according to the present invention:
- Figs. 2 and 3 are partially sectional views of the transformed version of the cooling system of the vacuum heat treating furnace as illustrated in Fig. 1
- Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of one of the embodiments of the vacuum heat treating furnace according to the present invention.
- In this example, a
thermal shield enclosure 4 supported by an adiabatic supportingelement 3 made of ceramic or other material is provided within avacuum chamber 2 having a connection portion 1 to a vacuum exhaust system. The external surface of thisthermal shield enclosure 4 is isolated from theinner wall surface 2a of thevacuum chamber 2 viaspace 5. - Inside the thermal shield enclosure 4 a heat treatment region 6 is provided, and an electric heater 7 composed of tungsten wire, nichrome wire or the like and designed to heat this heat treatment region 6 is embedded in the wall of the
thermal shield enclosure 4. This heater 7 is linked to an electric power supply system 8. - In the vacuum heat treating furnace according to the preferred embodiment, the
vacuum chamber 2 is formed of aluminium metal material (aluminium or aluminium alloy whose main ingredient is aluminium), and the inner wall surface of saidvacuum chamber 2 is smoothly finished. It is preferable to provide the inner wall surface of thevacuum chamber 2 with a specular finish. - Pertaining to the aluminium metal material as described above, the melting point is about 600°C, lower than that of about 1200°C of the steel material which has been employed for the vacuum chamber in the conventional heat treating furnaces. However, the heat radiation rate on the surface area of aluminium metal material is in the order of 0.04, and said aluminium metal material offers markedly less heat absorption than the conventional vacuum chamber materials, such as soft steel (a radiation rate of 0.5) and stainless steel (a radiation rate of 0.4). As for thermal conductivity also, while the conventional soft steel is 167 kJ/mh°C (40 kcal/mh°C) and stainless steel 63 kJ/mh°C (15 kcal/mh°C), the aluminium material according to the preferred embodiment is 711 kJ/mh°C (170kcal/mh°C), which indicates that the latter provides improved release of the heat absorbed.
- In the
vacuum chamber 2 made of such aluminium metal material, smooth finish of the inner wall surface helps to reduce the quantity of heat transferred from thethermal shield enclosure 4 throughspace 5 to thevacuum chamber 2 resulting from heater 7. The heat transferred onto theinner wall surface 2a of thevacuum chamber 2 quickly shifts in the thickness direction of the wall of thevacuum chamber 2 due to the high thermal conductivity of the aluminium metal material, and can be released from the external surface of thevacuum chamber 2. - The lower melting point of the aluminium metal material does not adversely affect the thermal resistance
strength vacuum chamber 2. Accordingly, the flow rate of the cooling water used in the cooling system comprised of acooling water piping 9 designed to cool thevacuum chamber 2 can be reduced, and the capacity of the cooling water pump (not shown) can also be made smaller, thereby permitting the simplification of the cooling system. - As illustrated in Fig. 2, since it is also possible to make the
cooling water piping 9 smaller, it is possible to embed said coolingwater piping 9 in the wall of thevacuum chamber 2. - Furthermore, as indicated in Fig. 3. sufficient cooling effect can be obtained by merely providing radiating
fins 10 on the external wall surface of thevacuum chamber 2. - Additionally, cooling water piping may be provided to cool the high temperature area comprising of heat treatment region 6 and
thermal shield enclosure 4. Furthermore, cooling absorbing equipment may be provided in vacuum chamber in order to absorb pollution materials generated from the high temperature area, which impede thermal efficiency of the vacuum heat treating furnace. - The vacuum heat treating furnace according to the present invention has been accomplished by adopting aluminium metal material for the vacuum chamber, having low heat radiation and high thermal conductivity, although said material has been conventionally thought unsuitable for material of a vacuum heat treating furnace because of its lower melting point.
- In the vacuum heat treating furnace according to the preferred embodiment, a combination of the thermal characteristics of aluminium metal material, whose heat radiation is 1-digit lower than the conventional steel materials and whose thermal conductivity is markedly higher, and smoothly finished inner wall surface of the vacuum chamber can improve the heat resistance of the vacuum chamber and make the space between the vacuum chamber and the thermal shield enclosure inside said chamber to be less than the conventional types. This could reduce the size and weight of the vacuum chamber or widen the heat treatment region within the thermal shield enclosure wall. Since the quantity of heat transferred from the thermal shield enclosure to the vacuum chamber becomes less, it becomes possible to substantially simplify or eliminate the cooling system which is used to cool the vacuum chamber. Furthermore, the improved thermal efficiency of the vacuum heat treating furnace can help to save the power applied on an electric heater.
Claims (3)
- A vacuum heat treating furnace having a thermal shield enclosure defining an inner heat treatment region, supported by an insulating supporting element and located inside a vacuum chamber having a connection for a vacuum exhaust system, so that said inner heat treatment region is spaced from the vacuum chamber wall, an electric heater for heating said heat treatment region, and an electric power supply connection to said electric heater, characterised in that said vacuum chamber is formed of aluminium or of an aluminium alloy and the inner wall surface of said vacuum chamber is provided with a smooth finish.
- A vacuum heat treating furnace as claimed in claim 1 wherein cooling means in the form of cooling liquid conduits or fins are associated with the vacuum chamber.
- A vacuum heat treating furnace as claimed in claim 2 wherein cooling liquid conduits are embedded in the wall of the chamber.
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JP63032046A JP2777798B2 (en) | 1988-02-15 | 1988-02-15 | Vacuum heat treatment furnace |
JP32046/88 | 1988-02-15 |
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EP0329378A2 EP0329378A2 (en) | 1989-08-23 |
EP0329378A3 EP0329378A3 (en) | 1990-10-03 |
EP0329378B1 true EP0329378B1 (en) | 1993-06-16 |
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EP0329378A2 (en) | 1989-08-23 |
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