MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INSULATED WIRE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMING
20190279791 ยท 2019-09-12
Inventors
Cpc classification
H01F41/08
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H01F41/08
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
In an insulated wire for electromagnetic forming, both of insulation performance and thinning of an insulating member that covers a wire of a coil are realized. A manufacturing method of the insulated wire for electromagnetic forming includes: winding an insulating tape around a wire to insulate the wire by multiple layers of the insulating tape; and winding the insulated wire to form a coil for electromagnetic forming. The insulating tape is wound such that ends of the adjacent insulating tapes on a wire side in a tape width direction do not overlap each other.
Claims
1. A manufacturing method of an insulated wire for electromagnetic forming, the manufacturing method comprising: winding an insulating tape around a wire to insulate the wire by a plurality of layers of the insulating tape; and winding the insulated wire to form a coil for electromagnetic forming, wherein the insulating tape is wound such that ends of the adjacent insulating tapes on a wire side in a tape width direction do not overlap each other.
2. The manufacturing method of an insulated wire for electromagnetic forming according to claim 1, wherein the insulating tape is wound while a position thereof gradually moves in a wire longitudinal direction such that the number of winding layers becomes the same at each position in a portion to be insulated of the wire.
3. The manufacturing method of an insulated wire for electromagnetic forming according to claim 2, wherein when the insulating tape is wound, the two insulating tapes of the same tape width are wound such that the number of the winding layers becomes three at each of the positions in the portion to be insulated of the wire.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Embodiment(s) of the present disclosure will be described by reference to the following figures, Wherein:
[0018]
[0019]
[0020]
[0021]
[0022]
[0023]
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0024] A description will hereinafter be made on an embodiment with reference to the drawings. Specific aspects will be described to facilitate understanding of the present disclosure. However, each of these aspects merely exemplifies the embodiment, and various other embodiments can also be implemented.
[0025] An electromagnetic forming device according to this embodiment is a device that is formed in a cylindrical shape.
[0026] A bobbin 12 that is a hollow cylindrical member is provided on an innermost side of the electromagnetic forming device 10. The bobbin 12 is formed of an insulating member such as a resin. A coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is provided around an outer circumference of the bobbin 12. The coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is formed by winding around the bobbin 12 a wire that has been subjected to insulation processing. An outer side of the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is covered with an insulating tape 16. The insulating tape 16 is provided for purposes of protecting the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 and improving insulation performance.
[0027]
[0028]
[0029] Although no particular limitation is imposed on a material of the insulating tape 22, a description will herein be made on the insulating tape 22 that is formed by knitting glass fiber or ceramic fiber as an example. Size of the insulating tape 22 can be set as desired, and, for example, the insulating tape 22 is formed to be about 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm in thickness and about 5 mm to 20 mm in width. The insulating tape 22 is wound around the wire 20 while being applied with a tensile force that pulls the insulating tape 22 in a tape longitudinal direction.
[0030] In the example shown in
[0031] As described above, each of these insulating tapes 22 is actually formed to be much thinner in a thickness direction than in a width direction. For example, in the case where the thickness is 0.1 mm and the width is 10 mm a ratio therebetween is 1:100. Accordingly, each of the insulating tapes 22 is thinly wound around a surface of the wire 20 in substantially a parallel state with the surface of the wire 20. It should be noted that the insulating tapes 22 are enlarged in the thickness direction in
[0032] As shown in
[0033] Similarly, the insulating tape 22b as the light-colored tape moves towards the left side of the drawing by six-ninths of the tape width while making the single loop, and thereafter becomes the insulating tape 22d. The insulating tape 22b further moves towards the left side of the drawing by six-ninths of the tape width while making the additional single loop, and thereafter becomes the insulating tape 22f. That is, the light-colored tape is wound while moving in the wire longitudinal direction at the same speed as the dark-colored tape.
[0034] The dark-colored tape and the light-colored tape that are adjacent to each other are dislocated from each other by three-ninths of the tape width. For example, the insulating tape 22d as the light-colored tape that is adjacent to an upper side of the insulating tape 22c as the dark-colored tape is dislocated on an advancing direction side in the wire longitudinal direction from the insulating tape 22c, by three-ninths of the tape width. In addition, the insulating tape 22e as the dark-colored tape that is adjacent to an upper side of this insulating tape 22d is further dislocated on the advancing direction side in the wire longitudinal direction from the ins dating tape 22d by three-ninths of the tape width.
[0035] As a result of winding of the two insulating tapes 22 just as described, the insulating tapes 22 as a whole are sequentially wound around the wire 20 at intervals of three-ninths of the tape width. For example, on the upper side of the wound insulating tape 22c, the insulating tape 22d is wound in a dislocated manner therefrom on the advancing direction side in the wire longitudinal direction by three-ninths of the tape width. That is, the insulating tape 22d is arranged such that three-ninths thereof on the advancing direction side contacts the surface of the wire 20 and that sixth-ninths thereof on a reverse side from the advancing direction overlaps sixth-ninths of the adjacent insulating tape 22c on the advancing direction side that is located on a lower side of the insulating tape 22d. Similarly, on the upper side of the insulating tape 22d, the insulating tape 22e is wound in the dislocated manner therefrom on the advancing direction side in the wire longitudinal direction by three-ninths of the tape width. Furthermore, on an upper side of the insulating tape 22e, the insulating tape 22f is wound in the dislocated manner therefrom on the advancing direction side in the wire longitudinal direction by three-ninths of the tape width.
[0036] As shown in
[0037] Since the insulating tapes 22 are wound as described above, the insulated wire 24 is brought into a state where three layers of the insulating tapes 22 are wound around the wire 20 in an entire circumferential direction at each position of the insulated wire 24 in the wire longitudinal direction. For example, at a position indicated by an arrow 28a in
[0038] A situation slightly differs at a position that is indicated by an arrow 28b and is located at an end of the insulating tape 22 in the tape width direction. At this position, the insulating tapes 22 are in a state where an end of the insulating tape 22c on the wire 20 side in the tape width direction is located in a lowermost layer, an upper side thereof is covered with the insulating tapes 22d, 22e, and an end of the insulating tape 22f on the upper side in the tape width direction is located in an uppermost layer. That is, at the position indicated by the arrow 28b, the insulating tape 22c in the lowermost layer and the insulating tape 22f in the uppermost layer are arranged at the same position when seen in the wire longitudinal direction (the right-left direction in
[0039] In general, a slight error occurs when the insulating tapes 22 are wound around the wire 20. A magnitude of the error depends on operation control of a winding device, characteristics of the insulating tapes 22, and the like, and is assumed to be about 15% of the tape width (about 1.5 mm when the tape width is 10 mm), about 10% thereof, or about 5% thereof. Thus, the case where the insulating tape 22c and the insulating tape 22f are wound in a slightly separated state when seen in the wire longitudinal direction or the case where the insulating tape 22c and the insulating tape 22f are wound in a slightly overlapping state when seen in the wire longitudinal direction is considered.
[0040] In the case where the insulating tape 22c and the insulating tape 22f are wound in the slightly separated state, the total thickness of the insulating tapes 22 is t=0.3 or t=0.2 at all the positions near the arrow 28b. Then, when the multiple insulated wires 24 are juxtaposed to form the coil for electromagnetic forming 14, a portion of the insulated wire 24 with the thickness of t=0.3 is arranged in contact with the adjacent insulated wire 24 with the thickness of t=0.2. Meanwhile, in a portion of the insulated wire 24 with the thickness of t=0.2: that is, in a clearance between the end of the insulating tape 22c in the tape width direction and the end of the insulating tape 22f in the tape width direction, the insulation performance that is equivalent to the insulation performance of a periphery of the clearance can be secured. A reason therefor is that, because the power tends to flow along the ends of the insulating tapes 22c, 22f in the tape width direction in this narrow range, it is considered that a creepage distance is extended. Note that the insulation performance of this clearance may be improved by additional processing such as filling of an additional insulating member in the clearance.
[0041] Meanwhile, in the case where the insulating tape 22c and the insulating tape slightly overlap each other in the portion near the arrow 28b when seen in the wire longitudinal direction, such a portion is covered with the four-layered insulating tapes 22. Thus, the insulation performance of the portion is higher than that of the peripheral portion. However, the thickness of the layers of the insulating tapes 22 is increased in the four-layered portion. Accordingly, in the case where it is desired to prioritize avoidance of the four-layered portion, the insulating tape 22c and the insulating tape 22f may be arranged in the manner to be slightly separated from each other so as to prevent the overlap therebetween while the error is taken into consideration. Alternatively, additional processing may be performed after the insulating tapes 22 are wound. In the additional processing, the four-layered portion of the insulating tape 22 is scraped to have the thickness of the three layers.
[0042] A brief description will herein be made on a mode of a process of winding the insulating tape 22 around the wire 20. In this process, the insulating tape 22 is fixed to an initial position on the wire 20 by using an adhesive, for example, and the tensile force that pulls the insulating tape 22 in the tape longitudinal direction is applied to the insulating tape 22. In this state, the insulating tape 22 moves in the wire longitudinal direction while the wire 20 rotates. In this way, the insulating tape 22 is wound around the wire 20. A winding structure as shown in
[0043] In this way, the insulated wire 24 in which the three-layered insulating tape 22 is wound around each of the positions of the wire 20 is formed. Since the thickness of the insulating tape 22 is constant at t=0.3 in the insulated wire 24, as shown in
[0044] Next, with reference to
[0045] In the example shown in
[0046] For fixation and caulking by electromagnetic forming, these fixed members are arranged around the instrument panel reinforcement 50, and the electromagnetic forming device 10 is installed in the instrument panel reinforcement 50. The coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is energized in a pulse-like manner (a large current flows therethrough in a short time). At this time, magnetic flux is generated in the coil for electromagnetic forming 14, and the magnetic flux induces an electrical current in the instrument panel reinforcement 50. An electromagnetic force acts between the induced current and the magnetic flux. As a result, a wall surface of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 that opposes the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 receives a significant amount of force, and a diameter of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 is increased in a short time. Thereafter, the fixed members that are arranged in the vicinity of the wall surface of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 are caulked and fixed thereto.
[0047] The amount of the force that increases the diameter of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 by electromagnetic forming is increased in accordance with density of the magnetic flux generated from the coil for electromagnetic forming 14. In addition, density of the magnetic flux is increased by arranging the wire 20 densely. Accordingly, in the case where a magnitude of a voltage that is applied to the wire 20 is the same, the diameter of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 can be further increased when the wire 20 is arranged densely. In addition, in the case Where the wire 20 is arranged densely, the diameter of the instrument panel reinforcement 50 can be increased by the force, whose magnitude is substantially the same as that in the case where the wire 20 is arranged sparsely, even when the voltage that is applied to the wire 20 is reduced. In general, in the case where the voltage that is applied to the wire 20 is reduced, deterioration of the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is suppressed, and thus life of the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 can be extended. In addition, due to the above reason, the instrument panel reinforcement 50 can be manufactured efficiently.
[0048] With reference to
[0049] More specifically, the dark-colored insulating tape 72d is wound on the outer side of the light-colored insulating tape 72c in a manner to overlap therewith for substantially the entire tape width. After making the single loop, the light-colored insulating tape 72e is wound such that six-tenths of the tape width thereof directly contacts the wire 20 and that four-tenths of the tape width thereof overlaps the dark-colored insulating tape 72d. In addition, the dark-colored insulating tape 72f is wound on the outer side of the light-colored insulating tape 72e in a manner to overlap the light-colored insulating tape 72e for the entire tape width.
[0050] Accordingly, in the reference example shown in
[0051] As a result of winding the insulating tapes 72 just as above, thickness of the insulating tapes 72 differs by positions of the insulated wire 70 in the wire longitudinal direction. For example, at the position near an arrow 76a, the insulating tapes 72c, 72d, 72e, 72f overlap each other to form four layers. Meanwhile, at the position near an arrow 76b, the insulating tapes 72e, 72f overlap each other to only form two layers. That is, in the insulated wire 70, a portion where the thickness of the insulating tapes 72 is t=0.4 and a portion where the thickness of the insulating tapes 72 is t=0.2 coexist.
[0052] In the case where the coil for electromagnetic forming 14 is formed by using the insulated wire 70, a distance between the adjacent insulated wires 70 is determined by a portion of each of the insulated wires 70 in thickness of t=0.4. Accordingly, compared to the case where the insulated wire 24 shown in
[0053] As has been described so far, the electromagnetic forming device 10 according to this embodiment differs from the case in the reference example shown in
[0054] In the description that has been made so far, in the electromagnetic forming device 10 according to this embodiment, the two insulating tapes 22 of the same width are wound around the wire 20 in the insulated wire 24. However, even when the single insulating tape 22 is used, winding as shown in
[0055] The example in which the insulated wire 24 is insulated by the three-layered insulating tapes 22 has been described so far. However, the insulating tapes 22 can be provided in the two layers, four layers, five layers, or more. The number of the winding layers only has to be determined in consideration of securement of the insulation performance and necessity of thinning.
[0056] Instead of being the rectangular wire, the wire 20 may be in another cross-sectional shape such as a circular wire. The insulating tapes 22 can be wound irrespective of the cross-sectional shape of the wire 20.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0057] 10: Electromagnetic forming device
[0058] 12: Bobbin
[0059] 14: Coil for electromagnetic forming
[0060] 16, 22, 72: Insulating tape
[0061] 20: Wire
[0062] 24, 70: Insulated wire
[0063] 26a, 26b, 74a , 74b: Clearance space
[0064] 28a, 28b, 76a, 76b: Arrow
[0065] 50: Instrument panel reinforcement
[0066] 52: D-seat pipe
[0067] 53: P-seat pipe
[0068] 54: D-seat extension
[0069] 56: Mounting bracket LH
[0070] 58: Steering wheel support member
[0071] 60: Maneuverability stabilizing brace
[0072] 61: D-seat brace
[0073] 62: P-seat brace
[0074] 64: Mounting bracket RH
[0075] 66: P-seat extension