VALVE SEAT MACHINING DEVICE, AND VALVE SEAT MACHINING METHOD USING SAID VALVE SEAT MACHINING DEVICE

Abstract

A valve seat processing machine (1) configured to process a valve seat (118) in a valve device (101) including a valve body portion (110) which forms a flow passage of fluid and a valve drive portion (120) which drives a valve element (124) capable of tightly engaging with the valve seat (118) in the valve body portion (110) includes: a base portion (10) attached to the valve body portion (110); a main body portion (20) movable relative to the base portion (10) in two different axial directions; a support portion (30) movable relative to the main body portion (20) in a drive direction of the valve element (124); a main spindle (40) rotatable relative to the support portion (30) about an axis parallel to the drive direction of the valve element (124); and a tool holder (50) configured to hold a tool (T) for processing the valve seat (118).

Claims

1. A valve seat processing machine configured to process a valve seat in a valve device including a valve body portion which forms a flow passage of fluid and a valve drive portion which is detachably provided on the valve body portion and which opens and closes the flow passage by driving a valve element capable of tightly engaging with the valve seat in the valve body portion, characterized in that the valve seat processing machine comprises: a base portion configured to be attached to the valve body portion; a main body portion provided on the base portion and movable relative to the base portion in two different axial directions; a support portion provided on the main body portion and movable relative to the main body portion in a drive direction of the valve element; a main spindle provided on the support portion and rotatable relative to the support portion about an axis parallel to the drive direction of the valve element; and a tool holder provided on the main spindle and configured to hold a tool for processing the valve seat, and the main body portion includes pressing means for pressing the base portion to form a gap between the main body portion and the base portion.

2. The valve seat processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the base portion has as many bolt insertion holes as existing bolt holes provided in the valve body portion, the bolt insertion holes being provided at the same pitch as the bolt holes.

3. The valve seat processing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the valve seat processing machine further comprises a ring member rotatably attached to an outer periphery of the main spindle and fixable to the valve body portion.

4. (canceled)

5. A valve seat processing method of processing a valve seat in a valve device including a valve body portion which forms a flow passage of fluid and a valve drive portion which is detachably provided on the valve body portion and which opens and closes the flow passage by driving a valve element capable of tightly engaging with the valve seat in the valve body portion, characterized in that the valve seat processing method comprises processing the valve seat into a shape corresponding to the valve element by removing the valve drive portion from the valve body portion, attaching the valve seat processing machine according to claim 1 to the valve body portion, and attaching a plurality of cutting tools with different cutting blade shapes to the tool holder in turns.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a structure of a valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0020] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view (cross-sectional view along the line II-II in FIG. 1 viewed in the direction of arrows) illustrating a structure of the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0021] FIG. 3 is an explanatory view (cross-sectional view along the line III-III in FIG. 1 viewed in the direction of arrows) illustrating a method of fixing a base portion and a main body portion in the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0022] FIG. 4 is an explanatory view (cross-sectional view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1 viewed in the direction of arrows) illustrating pressing means in the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0023] FIG. 5 is an explanatory view (cross-sectional view along the line V-V in FIG. 2 viewed in the direction of arrows) illustrating an anti-vibration ring in the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0024] FIG. 6 is an explanatory view illustrating a processing method of a valve seat using the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

[0025] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a valve device subjected to repair processing using the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0026] An embodiment of a valve seat processing machine in the present invention is described below in detail with reference to the attached drawings. As a matter of course, the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment, and various changes can be made within the scope not departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Embodiment 1

[0027] A structure of a valve device subjected to a repair processing using a valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention is described with reference to FIG. 7.

[0028] As illustrated in FIG. 7, a valve device 101 includes a valve body portion 110 which forms a flow passage 110a of steam and a valve drive portion 120 which is detachably provided on the valve body portion 110 and which operates a valve element 124 to be described later such that the valve element 124 opens and closes the flow passage 110a in the valve body portion 110. The valve device 101 is provided between a not-illustrated boiler and a not-illustrated steam turbine in power generation equipment. The valve body portion 110 forms the flow passage 110a through which steam supplied from the boiler to the steam turbine flows, and the valve drive portion 120 stops the flow of steam in the flow passage 110a and adjusts the flow rate of steam flowing through the flow passage 110a.

[0029] The valve body portion 110 is provided with a first opening portion 111 opening to one side (right side in FIG. 7) in a horizontal direction, a second opening portion 112 opening to one side (lower side in FIG. 7) in a vertical direction, and a third opening portion 113 opening to the other side (upper side in FIG. 7) in the vertical direction. In the valve body portion 110, the first opening portion 111 is connected to the not-illustrated boiler, and the second opening portion 112 is connected to the not-illustrated steam turbine. The steam generated in the not-illustrated boiler flows into the valve device 101 (valve body portion 110) via the first opening portion 111 and then flows out to the not-illustrated steam turbine via the second opening portion 112. In other words, the flow passage 110a communicating with the first opening portion 111 and the second opening portion 112 is formed in the valve body portion 110.

[0030] The third opening portion 113 is formed to communicate with the flow passage 110a and be opposed to the second opening portion 112. Moreover, the third opening portion 113 is formed to be opened on an upper surface 114 of the valve body portion 110. The upper surface 114 on which the third opening portion 113 is opened is a processed surface processed to be flat. The valve drive portion 120 in the valve device 101 is attached to the upper surface 114 of the valve body portion 110.

[0031] The valve drive portion 120 includes an attachment plate 121 which is fixed to the valve body portion 110 (upper surface 114), a drive portion main body 122 which is provided on the attachment plate 121 and has a not-illustrated drive source, and a valve stem 123 and the valve element 124 which are operated in one direction (vertical direction which is an up-down direction in FIG. 7) by the drive portion main body 122.

[0032] Multiple bolt holes 115 are formed near the third opening portion 113 on the upper surface 114 of the valve body portion 110, and stud bolts 116 are screwed to these bolt holes 115, respectively. Meanwhile, in the attachment plate 121 of the valve drive portion 120, a valve stem insertion hole 125 in which the valve stem 123 can be inserted is formed at a position corresponding to the third opening portion 113 of the valve body portion 110, and bolt insertion holes 126 in which the stud bolts 116 can be inserted are formed at positions corresponding to the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116 of the valve body portion 110.

[0033] The stud bolts 116 on the upper surface 114 (valve body portion 110) are inserted into the bolt insertion holes 126 of the attachment plate 121 (valve drive portion 120), and nuts 117 are screwed to the stud bolts 116 from front ends thereof to fix the attachment plate 121 (valve drive portion 120) to the upper surface 114 (valve body portion 110). Note that the multiple bolt holes 115 and the multiple stud bolts 116 in the valve body portion 110 are provided to surround the third opening portion 113 and be away from one another by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction (see FIG. 1). Moreover, the multiple bolt insertion holes 126 in the valve drive portion 120 are provided to correspond to the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116, that is, provided to surround the valve stem insertion hole 125 and be away from one another by the predetermined distance in the circumferential direction (as many bolt insertion holes 126 as the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116 are provided at the same pitch as the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116) (see FIG. 7).

[0034] The drive portion main body 122 is fixed to the attachment plate 121 by not-illustrated fixing means. The valve stem 123 is provided to be inserted in the valve stem insertion hole 125 of the attachment plate 121 from the drive portion main body 122 and protrude downward. The valve element 124 is attached to the front end side (lower end side in FIG. 7) of the valve stem 123.

[0035] The valve stem 123 and the valve element 124 are operated in the axial direction of the valve stem 123 (up-down direction in FIG. 7) by the not-illustrated drive source of the drive portion main body 122. A valve seat 118 having a shape corresponding to the valve element 124 is provided in the second opening portion 112 of the valve body portion 110, and the valve element 124 is tightly engaged with the valve seat 118 by the operation of the valve drive portion 120. The valve element 124 tightly engaged with the valve seat 118 closes the flow passage 110a in the valve body portion 110 and the flow of steam from the not-illustrated boiler to the not-illustrated steam turbine is stopped.

[0036] A structure of the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

[0037] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a valve seat processing machine 1 roughly includes: a base portion 10 fixed to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101; a main body portion 20 provided on the base portion 10 to be movable relative to the base portion 10 in a horizontal X-axis direction (up-down direction in FIG. 1) and a horizontal Y-axis direction (left-right direction in FIGS. 1 and 2); a support portion 30 extending in one horizontal direction (leftward in FIGS. 1 and 2) from the main body portion 20 to be movable relative to the main body portion 20 in a vertical Z-axis direction (up-down direction in FIG. 2); a main spindle 40 provided on a front end side (left end side in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the support portion 30 and supported to be movable relative to the support portion 30 in a vertical W-axis direction (up-down direction in FIG. 2) and to be rotatable relative to the support portion 30 about a vertical C axis; and a tool holder 50 provided in a front end portion (lower end portion in FIG. 2) of the main spindle 40 and holding a cutting tool T.

[0038] The valve seat processing machine 1 is used to perform repair processing on the valve seat 118 of the valve device 101 when the valve seat 118 is eroded, and is attached to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101 in place of the valve drive portion 120 (see FIG. 7). Specifically, the valve seat processing machine 1 is movable and can perform repair processing on the valve seat 118 with the valve device 101 (valve body portion 110) attached to the not-illustrated boiler and the not-illustrated steam turbine.

[0039] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the base portion 10 of the valve seat processing machine 1 has a flat shape obtained by combining a circular portion 11 and a rectangular portion 12 (see FIG. 1). The base portion 10 is fixed to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101 in the circular portion 11, and the main body portion 20 of the valve seat processing machine 1 is fixed to the base portion 10 in the rectangular portion 12 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

[0040] The circular portion 11 of the base portion 10 is provided with a main spindle through hole 13 (having substantially the same diameter as the third opening portion 113 and having a larger diameter than the third opening portion 113 in FIGS. 1 and 2) in which the main spindle 40 can be inserted and multiple (12 in FIG. 1) bolt through holes 14 in which the stud bolts 116 can be inserted. The main spindle through hole 13 is formed at a position corresponding to the third opening portion 113, and the multiple bolt through holes 14 are provided at positions corresponding to the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116 of the valve device 101, that is, provided to surround the main spindle through hole 13 and be away from one another by a predetermined distance in the circumferential direction (as many bolt through holes 14 as the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116 are provided at the same pitch as the bolt holes 115 and the stud bolts 116).

[0041] The stud bolts 116 of the valve body portion 110 in the valve device 101 are inserted into the bolt through holes 14 of the base portion 10 in the valve seat processing machine 1 and nuts 15 are screwed to the stud bolts 116 from the front ends thereof to fix the base portion 10 (valve seat processing machine 1) to the valve body portion 110 (valve device 101).

[0042] Since the valve seat processing machine 1 (base portion 10) is provided with as many bolt through holes 14 as the multiple stud bolts 116 in the valve device 101 at the same pitch as the stud bolts 116, the stud bolts 116 of the valve device 101 can be inserted into the bolt through holes 14 of the base portion 10 when the valve seat processing machine 1 is turned relative to the valve device 101 by one pitch (or multiple pitches). Accordingly, the base portion 10 (valve seat processing machine 1) can be attached to the valve body portion 110 (valve device 101) with the pitch of the base portion 10 being shifted in a unit of one pitch. By making the attachment direction of the valve seat processing machine 1 to the valve device 101 variable as described above, the valve seat processing machine 1 can be attached to the valve device 101 (valve body portion 110) while avoiding interference with another not-illustrated device (peripheral structure and the like) when such a device exists near the valve device 101.

[0043] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3, the main body portion 20 of the valve seat processing machine 1 is provided with flanges 21 at symmetric positions (on upper and lower sides in FIG. 1). The flanges 21 are held down, together with liners 22 formed substantially at the same height (length in the up-down direction in FIG. 3) as the flanges 21, by hold-down fittings 23 and bolts 24, and the main body portion 20 is thereby fixed to the base portion 10.

[0044] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the base portion 10 is provided with protruding portions 16, 17 located around (on four sides in FIG. 1) the main body portion 20. X-axis direction position adjustment bolts 18 are screwed to the protruding portions 16 located on both sides (upper and lower sides in FIG. 1) of the main body portion 20 in the horizontal X-axis direction, and the main body portion 20 can be moved in the X-axis direction on the base portion 10 by turning the X-axis direction position adjustment bolts 18. Y-axis direction position adjustment bolts 19 are screwed to the protruding portions 17 located on both sides (left and right sides in FIG. 1) of the main body portion 20 in the horizontal Y-axis direction, and the main body portion 20 can be moved in the Y-axis direction on the base portion 10 by turning the Y-axis direction position adjustment bolts 19. In other words, the position of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 in the horizontal plane (X-Y plane) can be adjusted by using the X-axis direction position adjustment bolts 18 and the Y-axis direction position adjustment bolts 19.

[0045] Moreover, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4, multiple (four in FIG. 1) screw holes 25 penetrating the flanges 21 in the vertical direction (up-down direction in FIG. 4) are formed in the main body portion 20, and lifting bolts 26 are screwed into the screw holes 25. The main body portion 20 can be lifted from the base portion 10, that is, a gap can be formed between the base portion 10 and the main body portion 20 by screwing the lifting bolts 26 into the flanges 21. A not-illustrated height adjustment liner can be inserted in the gap (between the base portion 10 and the main body portion 20) by lifting the main body portion 20 and forming a gap between the base portion 10 and the main body portion 20 as described above. Specifically, the tilt of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 (tilt of the main spindle 40 relative to the vertical direction) can be adjusted by inserting the not-illustrated height adjustment liner on one end side of the main body portion 20 and lifting only the one end side of the main body portion 20.

[0046] Making the X-axis direction position, Y-axis direction position, and tilt of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 fixed to the valve device 101 adjustable as described above enables accurate processing in which the main spindle 40 is aligned with the center of the valve seat 118. Note that, by using the liners 22, the hold-down fittings 23, and the bolts 24 to fix the main body portion 20 to the base portion 10, the main body portion 20 can be fixed to the base portion 10 with the X-axis direction position, the Y-axis direction position, and the tilt being adjusted.

[0047] As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5, the main spindle 40 is provided with a rotatably-supported anti-vibration ring 41. The anti-vibration ring 41 can prevent shaking (vibration and pitching) of the main spindle 40 caused by processing resistance and the like when the processing is performed by the cutting tool T provided at the front end of the main spindle 40, and includes a ring portion 41a having an inner diameter which is substantially the same as (slightly larger than) the outer diameter of the main spindle 40 and multiple (four in FIG. 5) protruding bolts 41b capable of protruding outward from the ring portion 41a. The protruding amounts of the protruding bolts 41b from the ring portion 41a are adjusted by turning the protruding bolts 41b, and the anti-vibration ring 41 is thereby fixed to, for example, the inside of the third opening portion 113 while allowing rotation of the main spindle 40 about the C axis.

[0048] A valve seat processing method using the valve seat processing machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

[0049] When erosion occurs in the valve device 101 due to drive of the not-illustrated boiler and the not-illustrated steam turbine, the following repair work is performed while the drive of the boiler and the steam turbine is stopped (in regular inspection or the like).

[0050] First, the valve drive portion 120 attached to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101 is removed (see FIG. 7), and the valve seat processing machine 1 is attached to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101, in place of the valve drive portion 120 (see FIG. 2). Specifically, the base portion 10 in the processing machine 1 is fixed to the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101 by inserting the stud bolts 116 installed in the valve body portion 110 into the bolt through holes 14 of the base portion 10 and screwing the nuts 15 to the stud bolts 116.

[0051] In this case, when another not-illustrated device (peripheral structures and the like) exists around the valve device 101, the valve seat processing machine 1 is installed in consideration of workability and interference with the other device. Since the base portion 10 is provided with as many bolt through holes 14 as the stud bolts 116 at the same pitch as the stud bolts 116, the attachment direction of the valve seat processing machine 1 (base portion 10) relative to the valve device 101 (direction in which the rectangular portion 12 is located) can be set to any of various directions. Accordingly, the valve seat processing machine 1 can be installed in consideration of workability and interference with the other not-illustrated device (see FIG. 1).

[0052] Next, the position (X-axis direction position and Y-axis direction position) in the horizontal plane and tilt of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 are adjusted. Specifically, the X-axis direction position and the Y-axis direction position of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 are adjusted by using the X-axis direction position adjustment bolts 18 and the Y-axis direction position adjustment bolts 19 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), and the tilt of the main body portion 20 relative to the base portion 10 (tilt of the main spindle 40 relative to the vertical direction) is adjusted by lifting the main body portion 20 with the lifting bolts 26 and inserting the not-illustrated height adjustment liner (see FIGS. 1 and 4).

[0053] In this case, for example, the adjustment amounts of the X-axis direction position, Y-axis direction position, and tilt of the main body portion 20 can be obtained based on measurement data obtained by attaching not-illustrated dial gages to two different positions of the main spindle 40 in the axial direction (up-down direction in FIG. 2) thereof and pressing the dial gages against the inner peripheries of the valve seat 118 and the third opening portion 113 in the valve body portion 110 of the valve device 101.

[0054] Next, the main body portion 20 is fixed to the base portion 10. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the main body portion 20 is fixed to the base portion 10 by installing the liners 22 near the flanges 21 in the main body portion 20 and holding down the flanges 21 and the liners 22 with the hold-down fittings 23 and the bolts 24.

[0055] Next, the anti-vibration ring 41 provided on the main spindle 40 is fixed to the inside of the third opening portion 113. Specifically, the anti-vibration ring 41 engaged with the main spindle 40 is moved in the axial direction (up-down direction in FIG. 2) to be set at a location of the third opening portion 113 and the protruding bolts 41b are adjusted to fix the anti-vibration ring 41 to the inside of the third opening portion 113 (see FIGS. 2 and 5).

[0056] Preparation for the repair processing of the valve seat 118, that is, installation of the valve seat processing machine 1 to the valve device 101 (valve body portion 110) is completed by the work described above.

[0057] Next, the repair processing of the valve device 101 by the valve seat processing machine 1 is performed.

[0058] First, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the main spindle 40 is rotationally driven with the tool holder 50 holding a cutting tool T.sub.1 for cutting an area a.sub.1 of the valve seat 118, and the support portion 30 is moved in the Z-axis direction (or the main spindle 40 is moved in the W-axis direction) to cut the area a.sub.1 of the valve seat 118. In this case, the support portion 30 (or the main spindle 40) is moved downward such that an eroded portion of the valve seat 118 can be removed.

[0059] Similarly, areas a.sub.2, a.sub.3, a.sub.4, a.sub.5 of the valve seat 118 are cut with the tool holder 50 holding cutting tools T.sub.2, T.sub.3, T.sub.4, T.sub.5 for cutting the areas a.sub.2, a.sub.3, a.sub.4, a.sub.5 of the valve seat 118. The entire valve seat 118 (all of the areas a.sub.1 to a.sub.5) can be thus subjected to repair processing by cutting the multiple areas a.sub.1 to a.sub.5 of the valve seat 118 by using the multiple cutting tools T.sub.1 to T.sub.5 with different cutting blade shapes. In other words, the valve seat 118 can be formed into a shape corresponding to the valve element 124 (see FIG. 7).

[0060] As described above, the repair processing of the valve seat 118 can be easily performed with the valve device 101 (valve body portion 110) attached to the not-illustrated boiler and the not-illustrated steam turbine.

EXPLANATION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0061] 1 valve seat processing machine [0062] 10 base portion of valve seat processing machine [0063] 11 circular portion [0064] 12 rectangular portion [0065] 13 main spindle through hole [0066] 14 bolt through hole [0067] 15 nut [0068] 16 protruding portion [0069] 17 protruding portion [0070] 18 X-axis direction position adjustment bolt [0071] 19 Y-axis direction position adjustment bolt [0072] 20 main body portion of valve seat processing machine [0073] 21 flange [0074] 22 liner [0075] 23 hold-down fitting [0076] 24 bolt [0077] 25 screw hole [0078] 26 lifting bolt (pressing means) [0079] 30 support portion of valve seat processing machine [0080] 40 main spindle of valve seat processing machine [0081] 41 anti-vibration ring (ring member) [0082] 41a ring portion of anti-vibration ring [0083] 41b protruding bolt of anti-vibration ring [0084] 50 tool holder [0085] 101 valve device [0086] 110 valve body portion [0087] 110a flow passage [0088] 111 first opening portion [0089] 112 second opening portion [0090] 113 third opening portion [0091] 114 upper surface [0092] 115 bolt hole [0093] 116 stud bolt [0094] 117 nut [0095] 118 valve seat [0096] 120 valve drive portion [0097] 121 attachment plate [0098] 122 drive portion main body [0099] 123 valve stem [0100] 124 valve element [0101] 125 valve stem insertion hole [0102] 126 bolt insertion hole