EP3049676B1 - Pompe à vide - Google Patents

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EP3049676B1
EP3049676B1 EP14761870.6A EP14761870A EP3049676B1 EP 3049676 B1 EP3049676 B1 EP 3049676B1 EP 14761870 A EP14761870 A EP 14761870A EP 3049676 B1 EP3049676 B1 EP 3049676B1
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D19/00Axial-flow pumps
    • F04D19/02Multi-stage pumps
    • F04D19/04Multi-stage pumps specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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    • F04D19/00Axial-flow pumps
    • F04D19/02Multi-stage pumps
    • F04D19/04Multi-stage pumps specially adapted to the production of a high vacuum, e.g. molecular pumps
    • F04D19/042Turbomolecular vacuum pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D25/00Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D25/02Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D25/06Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/40Casings; Connections of working fluid
    • F04D29/52Casings; Connections of working fluid for axial pumps
    • F04D29/522Casings; Connections of working fluid for axial pumps especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/5806Cooling the drive system
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/582Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/584Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps cooling or heating the machine
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/58Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer
    • F04D29/582Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/5853Cooling; Heating; Diminishing heat transfer specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps heat insulation or conduction
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04DNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D29/00Details, component parts, or accessories
    • F04D29/05Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof, specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
    • F04D29/056Bearings

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Claims (6)

  1. Pompe à vide, en particulier pompe turbomoléculaire, comprenant
    des éléments de rotor (20, 22) reliés à un arbre de rotor (10),
    au moins un dispositif stator (24, 26) coopérant avec un élément de rotor (20, 22),
    un dispositif d'entraînement électrique (30) entraînant l'arbre de rotor (10),
    des paliers (32) portant l'arbre de rotor (10), et
    un carter comportant plusieurs parties de carter (14, 28, 34),
    des composants sensibles à la chaleur (32) tels que les paliers (32) étant reliés à une première partie de carter (34) et des composants à fort dégagement de chaleur (30, 24, 26) tels que le dispositif d'entraînement (30) étant reliés à une deuxième partie de carter (28), et
    la deuxième partie de carter (28) étant reliée de manière thermiquement conductrice au dispositif d'entraînement (30),
    caractérisée en ce que
    la deuxième partie de carter (28) est reliée au dispositif d'entraînement (30) par le biais d'une partie support (36), la première partie de carter (34) et la deuxième partie de carter (28) étant reliées entre elles au moyen d'une liaison à faible conductivité thermique ou étant découplées thermiquement l'une de l'autre.
  2. Pompe à vide selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'est relié à la partie support (36) au moins un dispositif stator (24), en particulier d'un étage Holweck, d'un étage de Siegbahn, d'un étage de Gaede ou d'un compresseur à canal latéral.
  3. Pompe à vide selon les revendications 1 à 2, caractérisée en ce que la deuxième partie de carter (28) est reliée à la partie support (36) et/ou au dispositif d'entraînement (30) et/ou au dispositif stator (24) avec une bonne conductivité thermique, en particulier par compression.
  4. Pompe à vide selon les revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la première partie de carter (34) est reliée à l'un des paliers, en particulier le palier (32) côté refoulement.
  5. Pompe à vide selon les revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que la première partie de carter (34) est reliée à un dispositif de commande, en particulier à faible dégagement de chaleur.
  6. Pompe à vide selon les revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la première partie de carter (34) et la deuxième partie de carter (28) sont reliées à un dispositif de refroidissement séparé.
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DE202013008470.7U DE202013008470U1 (de) 2013-09-24 2013-09-24 Vakuumpumpe
PCT/EP2014/069344 WO2015043962A1 (fr) 2013-09-24 2014-09-11 Pompe à vide

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JPS62168993A (ja) 1985-11-27 1987-07-25 Shimadzu Corp ヒ−トパイプ冷却式タ−ボ分子ポンプ
DE3613344A1 (de) 1986-04-19 1987-10-22 Pfeiffer Vakuumtechnik Turbomolekular-vakuumpumpe fuer hoeheren druck
DE3932228A1 (de) 1988-09-28 1990-04-05 Hitachi Ltd Turbovakuumpumpe
WO1994000694A1 (fr) 1992-06-19 1994-01-06 Leybold Aktiengesellschaft Pompe a vide a gaz et a friction
EP1236906A1 (fr) 2001-02-16 2002-09-04 Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH Pompe à vide
EP1344940A1 (fr) 2002-03-13 2003-09-17 BOC Edwards Technologies, Limited Pompe à vide
DE19702456B4 (de) 1997-01-24 2006-01-19 Pfeiffer Vacuum Gmbh Vakuumpumpe
EP1760319A1 (fr) 2004-06-25 2007-03-07 Osaka Vacuum, Ltd. Structure support de palier pour pompe turbomoléculaire
DE60037353T2 (de) 1999-02-19 2008-12-04 Ebara Corp. Turbomolekularpumpe
DE602004012546T2 (de) 2003-04-29 2009-04-16 Edwards Ltd., Crawley Vakuumpumpe
JP2010025122A (ja) 2003-02-18 2010-02-04 Osaka Vacuum Ltd 分子ポンプの断熱構造
JP2011007049A (ja) 2009-06-23 2011-01-13 Osaka Vacuum Ltd 分子ポンプ
JP4703279B2 (ja) 2004-06-25 2011-06-15 株式会社大阪真空機器製作所 複合分子ポンプの断熱構造
WO2012163996A2 (fr) 2011-05-31 2012-12-06 Fmc Kongsberg Subsea As Compresseur sous-marin directement entraîné par un moteur à aimant permanent à stator et rotor immergés dans un liquide

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JPS62168993A (ja) 1985-11-27 1987-07-25 Shimadzu Corp ヒ−トパイプ冷却式タ−ボ分子ポンプ
DE3613344A1 (de) 1986-04-19 1987-10-22 Pfeiffer Vakuumtechnik Turbomolekular-vakuumpumpe fuer hoeheren druck
DE3932228A1 (de) 1988-09-28 1990-04-05 Hitachi Ltd Turbovakuumpumpe
WO1994000694A1 (fr) 1992-06-19 1994-01-06 Leybold Aktiengesellschaft Pompe a vide a gaz et a friction
DE19702456B4 (de) 1997-01-24 2006-01-19 Pfeiffer Vacuum Gmbh Vakuumpumpe
DE60037353T2 (de) 1999-02-19 2008-12-04 Ebara Corp. Turbomolekularpumpe
EP1236906A1 (fr) 2001-02-16 2002-09-04 Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH Pompe à vide
EP1344940A1 (fr) 2002-03-13 2003-09-17 BOC Edwards Technologies, Limited Pompe à vide
JP2010025122A (ja) 2003-02-18 2010-02-04 Osaka Vacuum Ltd 分子ポンプの断熱構造
DE602004012546T2 (de) 2003-04-29 2009-04-16 Edwards Ltd., Crawley Vakuumpumpe
EP1760319A1 (fr) 2004-06-25 2007-03-07 Osaka Vacuum, Ltd. Structure support de palier pour pompe turbomoléculaire
JP4703279B2 (ja) 2004-06-25 2011-06-15 株式会社大阪真空機器製作所 複合分子ポンプの断熱構造
JP2011007049A (ja) 2009-06-23 2011-01-13 Osaka Vacuum Ltd 分子ポンプ
WO2012163996A2 (fr) 2011-05-31 2012-12-06 Fmc Kongsberg Subsea As Compresseur sous-marin directement entraîné par un moteur à aimant permanent à stator et rotor immergés dans un liquide

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