COIL AND TRANSFORMER HAVING SUCH A COIL

Abstract

The coil comprises a coil carrier, a coil wire at least partially surrounded by an insulating layer and wound around the coil carrier, as well as a protective cover layer at least partially covering the coil wire wound around the coil carrier. The coil wire is composed, at least partially, of silver, the insulating layer surrounding the coil wire is composed, at least partially, of a ceramic material, and the protective cover layer is composed, at least partially, of a ceramic material and/or a glass.

Claims

1-6. (canceled)

7. A coil for a measuring transducer of vibration-type, the coil comprising: a coil carrier; a coil wire at least partially surrounded by an insulating layer and wound around the coil carrier; and a protective cover layer at least partially covering the coil wire wound around the coil carrier, wherein the coil wire is composed of silver or a silver-alloy, wherein the insulating layer surrounding the coil wire is composed at least partially of a ceramic material, and wherein the protective cover layer is composed of a ceramic material or a glass.

8. The coil of claim 7, wherein the coil wire has a diameter of less than 0.5 mm

9. The coil of claim 7, wherein the coil wire has a diameter of not less than 0.05 mm.

10. The coil of claim 7, wherein the coil wire includes AgNiO 15.

11. The coil of claim 7, wherein the insulating layer includes at least one of the following: aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) and silicon oxide (SiO.sub.3).

12. The coil of claim 7, wherein the protective layer is a ceramic material containing zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2) or is a ceramic material conforming to EU-Directive 2011/65/EU (ROHS 2).

13. The coil of claim 7, wherein the protective layer is a glass conforming to EU Directive 2011/65/EU (ROHS 2).

14. The coil of claim 7, wherein the protective layer is a glass having CAS Registry Number 65997 17 3.

15. The coil of claim 7, wherein the protective layer is a glass containing at least one of the following: boron trioxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3), aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3), bismuth oxide (Bi.sub.2O.sub.3), and zinc oxide (ZnO).

16. The coil as claimed in claim 7, wherein a first subsection of the coil wire led along a first surface element of the coil carrier and a second subsection of the coil wire led along a second surface element of the coil carrier spaced from the first surface element are secured to the coil carrier by a ceramic adhesive, including a 1-component or a 2-component ceramic adhesive.

17. The coil as claimed in claim 7, wherein the coil carrier is composed at least partially of a ceramic material containing zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2) or containing a Y-stabilized zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2).

18. The coil as claimed in claim 9, wherein the protective cover layer is a glass containing at least one of the following: zinc oxide (ZnO) at a mass fraction of 3-12%, boron trioxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3) at a mass fraction of 5-15%, aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) at a mass fraction of 1-5%, and bismuth oxide (Bi.sub.2O.sub.3) at a mass fraction of 60-75%.

19. A measuring transducer of vibration-type, comprising: at least one measuring tube having a lumen surrounded by a tube wall and adapted to convey in the lumen a flowable medium having, at least at times, a temperature greater than 350 C., wherein the tube is embodied to execute mechanical oscillations about a static rest position; a permanent magnet connected with the at least one measuring tube; and a coil including: a coil carrier; a coil wire at least partially surrounded by an insulating layer and wound around the coil carrier; and a protective cover layer at least partially covering the coil wire wound around the coil carrier, wherein the coil wire is composed of silver or a silver-alloy, wherein the insulating layer surrounding the coil wire is composed at least partially of a ceramic material, wherein the protective cover layer is composed of a ceramic material or a glass, and wherein the coil is permeated by a magnetic field of the permanent magnet.

20. A measuring system for measurement of at least one measured variable of a flowing fluid or of a fluid having a temperature greater than 350 C., the measuring system comprising: a measuring- and operating electronics, including a microprocessor; and a measuring transducer including: at least one measuring tube having a lumen surrounded by a tube wall and adapted to convey in the lumen a flowable medium having, at least at times, a temperature greater than 350 C, wherein the tube is embodied to execute mechanical oscillations about a static rest position; a permanent magnet connected with the at least one measuring tube; and a coil including: a coil carrier; a coil wire at least partially surrounded by an insulating layer and wound around the coil carrier; and a protective cover layer at least partially covering the coil wire wound around the coil carrier, wherein the coil wire is composed of silver or a silver-alloy, wherein the insulating layer surrounding the coil wire is composed at least partially of a ceramic material, wherein the protective cover layer is composed of a ceramic material or a glass, and wherein the coil is permeated by a magnetic field of the permanent magnet.

Description

[0038] The invention as well as other advantageous embodiments thereof will now be explained in greater detail based on examples of embodiments shown in the figures of the drawing. Equal parts are provided in all figures with equal reference characters; when perspicuity requires or it otherwise appears sensible, reference characters already shown in earlier figures are omitted in subsequent figures. Other advantageous embodiments or further developments, especially also combinations of, firstly, only individually explained aspects of the invention, result, furthermore, from the figures of the drawing, as well as also the dependent claims per se. The figures of the drawing show as follows:

[0039] FIGS. 1, 2, 3 in different, partially exploded views, an example of an embodiment of a coil of the invention, for example, serving as a component of a measuring transducer of vibration-type, or as a component of a vibronic measuring device formed therewith;

[0040] FIG. 4 another example of an embodiment of a coil of the invention; and

[0041] FIG. 5 in a sectioned, side view, a measuring tube of a measuring transducer of vibration-type having a permanent magnet secured thereto and a coil of the invention interacting with the permanent magnet.

[0042] Shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 is an example of an embodiment of a coil 1 of the invention serving, for example, as a component of a measuring transducer of vibration-type, or as a component of a vibronic measuring system formed therewith. Coil 1 is, especially, embodied as a high temperature resistant coil, namely a coil suitable for operating temperatures above 350 C., especially also above 400 C.

[0043] Coil 1 comprises, for example, a circularly cylindrical, coil carrier 12 having a first end 12+ formed by a first end face and a second end 12# distal to the end 12+, formed, for example, by a second end face parallel to the first end face, and a coil wire 14 wound around the coil carrier. Coil wire 14 can be, for example, one ply wound around the coil carrier. In an additional embodiment of the invention, the coil wire is present as more than one ply, namely wound around the coil carrier in two or more plies lying on top of one another. Thehere circularly cylindricalcoil carrier 12 can, in turn, be manufactured, for example, of a metal material, for example, steel or titanium, or a titanium-alloy. Coil support 12 can, however, also be made of a ceramic. Accordingly, in an additional embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the coil carrier 12 is composed, at least partially, for example, predominantly or completely, of a ceramic material, for example, especially a zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2) containing, or Y-stabilized ZrO.sub.2, ceramic. In an additional embodiment of the invention, the coil wire 14 has a wire diameter of less than 0.5 mm and/or of not less than 0.05 mm. Particularly for the case, in which the coil wire 14 is wound as only one ply on the coil carrier 12, it can be provided, as well as also indicated in the above cited US-A 2006/0081069, that an external thread is formed in the coil carrier 12 for accommodating the coil wire 14 and the coil wire is placed in the helical groove of the external thread.

[0044] Coil wire 14 of the invention is composed, at least partially, especially predominantly or completely, of silver, for example, a fine silver, or a silver-alloy, such as e.g. AgNiO 15. Moreover, the coil wire 14 of the invention is at least partially jacketed by an insulating layer 14a. The insulating layer 14a surrounding the coil wire is composed, at least partially, especially predominantly or completely, of an, especially high temperature resistant, ceramic material. The ceramic material can contain, for example, aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) and/or silicon oxide (SiO.sub.3). In an additional embodiment of the invention, the material, or the insulating layer 14a formed therewith, is a high temperature resistant, equally as well, flexible, insulation, for example, that, or of the type, provided by the firm, California Fine Wire, Grover Beach, Calif., USA, under the trademark Alcal E.

[0045] The coil wire 14 of the coil of the invention wound on the coil carrier 12 is, furthermore, coated with a protective cover layer 15 of an, especially electrically poorly or non-conducting, temperature-resistant material, in such a manner that the coil wire 14, as well as also evident in FIG. 1, 2 or 3, and their combinationis at least partially, especially predominantly or completely, covered by the protective cover layer 13 and/or at least partially embedded therein. Protective cover layer 15 is composed, at least partially, especially predominantly or completely, of a ceramic material containing, for example, zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2), and/or a glass containing, for example, zinc oxide (ZnO) and/or boron trioxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3) and/or aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) and/or bismuth oxide (Bi.sub.2O.sub.3). The protective cover layer 15 can advantageously be produced by applying on the coil wire 14 already wound on the coil carrier 12 a corresponding glass, or ceramic, paste and thereafter firing at firing temperatures not destroying the insulating layer jacketing the coil wire. In an additional embodiment of the invention, the protective cover layer is manufactured of a material conforming to EU-Directive 2011/65/EU (ROHS 2) and/or having a CAS Registry Number 65997-17-3 and/or having a firing temperature of less than 800 C., for example, a bismuth-aluminum-silicate-glass containing ZnO at a mass fraction of 3-12%, B.sub.2O.sub.3 at a mass fraction of 5-15 m %, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 at a mass fraction of 1-5% and Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 at a mass fraction of 60-75%.

[0046] In an additional embodiment of the invention, the coil includes, furthermore, a base 11 having a first end 11+ formed by a first end face and a second end 11# distal to the end 11+ and formed by a second end face, for example, a second end face parallel to the first end face. Thehere circularly cylindrical, or disc shapedbase 11 can, for example, same as the coil carrier, be made of a metal material, for example, steel or titanium, or a titanium-alloy, or, for example, also a ceramic. Base and coil carrier are, in such case, adapted to be mechanically connected with one another, for example, also releasably, by means of a screw 13. For such purpose, the base 11 of this embodiment has a passageway 11A, for example, a straight and circularly cylindrical, passageway 11A, extending from its end 11+ to its end 11# and the coil carrier 12 has a passageway 12A, for example, a straight and sectionally circularly cylindrical passageway 12A, extending from its end 12+ to its end 12#. Furthermore, the coil carrier 12 is so arranged relative to the base 11 that the second end face of the coil carrier faces the base 11here namely, for example, the first end face of the base 11and the passageway 12A of the coil carrier 12 aligns with the passageway 11A of the base, and, indeed, in such a manner that, such as directly evident from the combination of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the screw 13, for example, embodied as a flat head screwis so positioned that it is accommodated partially by the passageway 11A, as well as also partially by the passageway 12A. In order to enable a screwed joining of the coil 1 with additional add-on parts, or to provide easy connection opportunities for the coil 1, screw 13 is dimensioned in an embodiment of the invention relative to the particular lengths of the two passageways 11A, 12A, such that it extends beyond the second end of the base, once it is positioned in the two passageways 11A, 12A. To establish a screwed connection of base 11 and coil carrier 12 relative to one another, for example, a nut can be provided, which is rotated onto the extension of screw 13 to bear against the base 11; the screwed connection can, however, for example, also be produced, as schematically indicated in FIG. 3, by providing an internal thread on the inner wall of the base 11 surrounding passageway 11A of the base 11, such that the external thread of the screw 13 engages with the internal thread of base 11.

[0047] In an additional embodiment of the invention, , as indicated in FIG. 4, a first subsection of the coil wire 14, for example, a first subsection led along a first imaginary surface element of the coil carrier 12, and a second subsection of the coil wire 14 spaced from the first subsection of the coil wire 14, for example, a second subsection led along a second imaginary surface element of the coil carrier 12 spaced from the above described surface element, are each secured on the coil carrier 12 by means of a ceramic adhesive 16, for example, a 1- or even 2-component ceramic adhesive applied on the first and second subsections as well as on subsections of the coil carrier. Advantageously applied as ceramic adhesive can be, for example, that available from the firm, Aremco Products, Executive Blvd., Valley Cottage, N.Y. under the designation Cerambond 571 or a like ceramic adhesive.

[0048] For electrical connection with a spatially remote electronic circuit (not shown), for example, an electronics of a vibronic measuring device, or with some other electrical component, coil 1 includes, furthermore, a first connection line 111 comprising at least one conductor 111A of electrically conductive material as well as at least a second connection line 112 comprising at least one conductor 112A of electrically conductive material. The conductors of the connection lines 111, 112 can be, for example, of the same material, respectively, for example, in each case, of silver or a silver alloy or copper or a copper alloy. Each of the connection lines 111, 112 includes, as evident from FIGS. 1 and 2, additionally, a, for example, tubular, insulation 111B, 112B of an electrically non- or poorly conducting material jacketing the particular conductors 111A, 112A. Particularly for the mentioned case, in which the coil 1 serves as a component of a measuring transducer of vibration-type, such that the coil is exposed to mechanical oscillations during operation, the connection lines 111, 112 have, according to an additional embodiment, in each case, a textile insulation for the electrical insulation of the conductors, for example, an electrical insulation produced by means of glass fibers. Alternatively thereto or in supplementation thereof, the insulation can, however, for example, also be formed by means of a homogeneous lacquer layer or a plastic sleeve jacketing the conductors. As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the conductor of the connection line 111 is electrically conductively connected, for example, by material bonding, thus by a soft- or hard soldered, or brazed, connection, with an exposed (i.e., not coated with insulation), first end 14+ of the coil wire and the conductor of the connection line 112 is electrically conductively connected, for example, here also by material bonding, thus by a soft- or hard soldered, or brazed, connection, with a second end 14# (likewise not coated with insulation) of the coil wire.

[0049] In the case of the coil 1 shown in each of FIG. 1, 2, 3, or 4, an intermediate space 20 occurring between the second end face of the coil carrier and the first end face of the base can also be advantageously used supplementally to affix the connection lines 111, 112, in such a manner that a strain relief for connection lines 111, 112 is provided for protecting the above-mentioned connections between the connection lines 111, 112 and the coil wire 14namely the connection produced between the conductor of the connection line 111 and the end 14+ of the coil wire, and the conductor of the connection line 112 and the end 14# of the coil wire, and the coil wire 14 per se, against possible overloadings and destruction associated therewith, for instance, as a result of tensile- or even shaking forces acting on the connection lines. Accordingly, in the case of this embodiment of the coil 1, each of the at least two connection lines 111, 112 can be placed in the installed position, in each case, partially in the intermediate space 20 formed between coil carrier and base, in order to be secured there by means of a frictional locking resulting from the interaction of the connection lines, base, coil carrier and screw. In the example of an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, screw 13 forms a screwed connection, which exerts an axial clamping force on the coil carrier, namely a force acting in the direction of an imaginary longitudinal axis of the screw, for instance, in such a manner that coil carrier and/or screw experience resulting elastic deformations. Thus, base 11, coil carrier 12 and connection lines 111, 112 can be adapted to bring about a force-based securing of the connection lines in the intermediate space 20 by exploiting restoring, or clamping, forces generated by elastic deformations of coil carrier, and screw. The level of the clamping forces, or the resulting static friction, securing the connection lines can be appropriately set by means of the screw, in particular, a tightening torque applied to the screw. Especially in the case of application of connection lines having textile insulation for the conductors, it can, additionally, be advantageous, to let the insulation extend at least into the intermediate space 20, ideally, however, such as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4also slightly beyond, in such a manner that sections of each of the conductors 111A, 112A located within the intermediate space 20 are jacketed by insulation 111B, respectively 112B. In this way, on the one hand, very high retention forces for the force-based interlocking securing of the connection lines 111, 112 can be achieved and, on the other hand, in very simple, equally as well, effective manner, a separation or ripping of the insulation is prevented, or at least further propagation of possible cracks in the insulation safely suppressed.

[0050] As already mentioned, the coil of the invention is, especially, also provided to serve as a component of a measuring transducer of vibration-type, for example, an oscillation exciter or an oscillation sensor, for instance, a vibronic measuring device formed by means of such a measuring transducer, for example, a Coriolis, mass flow measuring device, density-measuring device or viscosity-measuring device. Such a measuring transducer includes, such as schematically shown in FIG. 5, at least one measuring tube 101 having a lumen 101B surrounded by a tube wall 101A. The at least one, for example, at least sectionally straight and/or at least sectionally curvedmeasuring tube is especially adapted to convey in its lumen 101B a flowable, or at least at times flowing, medium, for example, a gas or a liquid, and during that to be caused to vibrate, for example, in order to cause the at least one measuring tube to execute mechanical oscillations about its static rest position, oscillations which are suitable to induce in the flowing medium Coriolis forces dependent on a mass flow rate m, and/or which are suitable to induce in the flowing medium frictional forces dependent on a viscosity of the medium, and/or which are suitable to induce in the flowing medium inertial forces dependent on a density of the medium. Especially, the measuring transducer is also provided for applications, in which the medium to be measured has, at least at times, a temperature over 350 C., especially greater than 400 C. The measuring transducer includes, furthermore, a permanent magnet 2 connected with the at least one measuring tube 101here namely secured externally on its tube wall 101A, for example, a tube wall of a stainless steel, titanium, tantalum, zirconium or a nickel based alloy. Coil 2 is, in turn, mounted such that it is permeated by a magnetic field of the permanent magnet. For example, the coil 2 can, such as shown in FIG. 5, be secured on an, in given cases present, additional measuring tube 102, especially an additional measuring tube embodied equally to measuring tube 101, or, however, alsosuch as quite usual in the case of measuring transducers of vibration-type having a single measuring tubebe secured on an, in given cases present, counteroscillator operationally not flowed-through by a medium to be measured. The measuring transducer cansuch as already indicated, furthermore, be a component of a (vibronic) measuring system serving for measurement of at least one measured variable, for example, a temperature, a mass flow rate, a density and/or a viscosity, of a flowing fluid, especially a gas, a liquid or a flowable dispersion, and/or such having a temperature greater than 350 C., especially greater than 400 C., which measuring system includes, moreover, a measuring- and operating electronics electrically connected with the measuring transducer, especially its coil(s) and/or a measuring- and operating electronics formed by means of a microprocessor.