ROTOR HAVING A SQUIRREL CAGE

Abstract

A rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine incudes a magnetically conductive body, having substantially axially running slots distributed around the circumference. A squirrel cage includes electrical conductors which are arranged in the slots. The electrical conductors are electrically contacted at the two end faces of the rotor by short-circuit rings. The magnetically conductive body includes a base body and at least two further additional bodies, which axially adjoin the base body. A first one of the at least two additional bodies directly axially adjoins the end face of the base body, and a second one of the at least two additional bodies and optionally any further additional body axially adjoin the first additional body. The slots have radially exposed slot portions in the axial end regions of the rotor such that the conductors can be moved radially outward.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine, said rotor comprising; a magnetically conductive body including slots that are distributed around a circumference and substantially run axially, said magnetically conductive body including a base body and adjacent to the base body on each end face of the base body at least two further additional bodies, with a first one of the at least two further additional bodies axially directly adjoining the end face of the base body and a second one of the at least two further additional bodies axially adjoining the first one of the at least two further additional bodies, wherein the slots have on each of the end faces of the magnetically conductive body radially exposed slot sections which extend in the second one of the at least two further additional bodies and only for a predetermined axial section in the first one of the at least two further additional bodies, said base body formed by laminations and designed axially continuous or formed of partial base laminated cores, with the first one of the at least two further additional bodies made of homogeneous material and having an axial thickness which corresponds to a multiple of a lamination thickness; a squirrel cage including electrical conductors arranged in the slots such that the radially exposed slot sections enable the conductors to move radially outward; and short-circuit rings arranged on the end faces of the rotor to electrically contact the conductors.

12. The rotor of claim 11, wherein the first one of the at least two further additional bodies is a disk and the second one of the at least two further additional bodies is a disk and/or a partial laminated core.

13. The rotor of claim 11, wherein the base body includes a disk on each of the end faces thereof, with a predefinable axial section with axially exposed slots and a further disk and/or a partial laminated core with exposed slots in each case.

14. The rotor of claim 11, wherein the slots of the base body and the axial section of the first one of the at least two further additional bodies are half-open or closed.

15. The rotor of claim 11, further comprising a torque-generating structure of a synchronous machine, such as a permanent magnet and/or a structure generating a reluctance torque.

16. A method for producing a rotor of a rotary dynamoelectric machine, comprising: producing a magnetically conductive body with slots that are distributed around a circumference and substantially run axially; adjoining a first one of at least two further additional bodies axially directly against an end face of the magnetically conductive body and a second one of the at least two further additional bodies axially adjoining the first one of the at least two further additional bodies; producing a squirrel cage with electrical conductors that are arranged in the slots and electrically contacted on two end faces of the rotor by short-circuit rings; and removing material starting axially from the end faces of the rotor on a radially outer edge, such that the slots have radially exposed slot sections to enable the conductors to move radially in a region of the radially outer edge, with the radially exposed slot sections extending in the second one of the at least two further additional bodies and only for a predetermined axial section in the first one of the at least two further additional bodies.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the magnetically conductive body is axially constructed of a base body and the first and second ones of the at least two additional bodies.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the conductors of the squirrel cage are produced by die casting or centrifugal casting.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising covering radially open slots or partially open slots of the magnetically conductive body during production of the conductors with a centrifugal casting process.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising: closing the slots of the base body before removing the material; and die casting the conductors.

Description

[0024] The invention and further embodiments of the invention will now be explained in greater detail on the basis of schematic representations of exemplary embodiments; in which;

[0025] FIG. 1 shows a partial longitudinal section of a squirrel cage rotor,

[0026] FIG. 2 shows a partial transverse section of a squirrel cage rotor,

[0027] FIGS. 3, 4 show further partial longitudinal sections of squirrel cage rotors,

[0028] FIG. 5 shows a machined partial longitudinal section of a squirrel cage rotor,

[0029] FIG. 6 shows a partial transverse section of a squirrel cage rotor,

[0030] FIGS. 7, 8 show schematic longitudinal sections of dynamoelectric machines.

[0031] FIG. 1 shows a partial longitudinal section of a rotor 5, which is embodied as a squirrel cage rotor and which has a magnetically conductive body, with slots 10 that are distributed around the circumference and substantially run axially. The different slot shapes shown in this figure are exemplary and may also be designed in a different manner.

[0032] The magnetically conductive body has a base body 12, and a plurality of additional bodies 11, 28 that are arranged in axial succession.

[0033] A squirrel cage 6 with electrical conductors 7 that are arranged in slots 10 is provided in the magnetically conductive body. The electrical conductors 7 are in each case electrically contacted on the two end faces 9 of the rotor 5 by means of allocated short-circuit rings 8.

[0034] In this context, the conductors 7 in the slots 10 are generated through the use of aluminum die casting technology or centrifugal casting technology or by premanufactured conductor bars. In the case of the casting technologies, the short circuit ring 8 is also cast. In the case of premanufactured conductor bars, at a subsequent electrical contacting between the conductor bars and a premanufactured short-circuit ring 8 is necessary, at least on one end face.

[0035] In this state, although the squirrel cage rotor is already functional in principle, during operation of the dynamoelectric machine, thermal loads and/or centrifugal force loads however, as stated above, cause damaging shear stresses at the connecting point between conductors 7 arranged in the slots 10 and the short-circuit rings 8.

[0036] The additional bodies 11, 28 connecting axially to the base body 12 are embodied as disks in the first additional body 11 and as disks and/or partial laminated cores in the following additional bodies 28.

[0037] In addition to squirrel cage 8, the rotor 5 may also have further torque-generating features, such as embodiments as reluctance rotors and/or permanent magnets. This then allows the dynamic electric machine 1 to start up directly on the electrical network without the interconnection of a converter.

[0038] The base body 12 is preferably designed as laminated and the first additional body 11 connects axially thereto. Further disks and/or a partial laminated core connect axially thereto.

[0039] In the axial direction, the conductor 7 has at least one step 19, which is represented as an increase in the cross-section in the first additional body 11 and as a further increase in the cross-section in the further additional bodies 28. This increases the stability.

[0040] The short-circuit ring 8 protrudes radially inward on the end face 9 of the axially last additional body 28 and lies against the end face 9.

[0041] The shape of the slots 10 in the base body 12 can be designed in almost any given manner. In the additional bodies 28, however, the slot walls 15 of the slots 10 according to FIG. 2 have parallel flanks or are designed as open slot walls with a slight opening angle. Thus, it is now possible according to the invention, by lathing the radially outer boundary up to conductor 7 from the disk and/or the partial laminated core, for radial movement of the conductors 7 radially outward to take place in the additional bodies 28 during operation of the electric machine 1.

[0042] FIGS. 3, 4 differ in the design of the further additional body 28. In one case, the second additional body 28 is also a disk. In FIG. 4, the further additional body 28 is a partial laminated core. In FIG. 1, the further additional bodies 28 are a disk and a partial laminated core. All these embodiments have in common that the first additional body 11 is designed as a disk. In this context, this disk corresponds in its axial thickness to the multiple (4 to 15 times) of a sheet thickness.

[0043] The key point is that, during lathing, the process of material removal ends axially within the disk of the first additional body 11. The lathed section 17 extends axially from the outer side of the short-circuit ring 8 until reaching the first additional body 11.

[0044] The relief or the material removal thus ends in the homogeneous material of said disk or plate with corresponding axial thickness, which connects to the base body as first additional body.

[0045] The axial material removal is not permitted to finish before then, as this would otherwise end in the partial laminated core, if applicable, which leads to sheets that are turned to different extents or even to sheet segments that are torn out.

[0046] The radial ends of the conductors 7 are thus axially exposed in the further additional bodies 28 and are only partially axially exposed in the first additional body 11.

[0047] FIG. 5 shows a partial longitudinal section of the squirrel cage rotor according to FIG. 1 after machining. In this context, starting axially from the short-circuit ring 8, the tooth tip connections have been lathed in the region of the slots 10 of the last additional body 28 and partially of the first additional body 11.

[0048] According to the invention, this now allows the short-circuit ring 8 to move radially to the side, even with thermal load, without shear stresses being generated at the connecting point to the conductors 7.

[0049] Due to the design of the slot shapes in the additional bodies 28, 11 according to FIG. 6, the conductor 7 is able to move radially.

[0050] Machines of this kind according to FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 have axially continuous magnetically conductive bodies for rotor 5 and stator 2, or they are formed of partial base laminated cores 26, in order to thus also obtain radial cooling.

[0051] In this context, air currents 23 are conducted through the dynamoelectric machine 1 or a closed-off inner cooling circuit is present. The air currents 23 are provided by a shaft-mounted fan 22 and/or separately driven fan.

[0052] These partial base laminated cores 26 also form the base body 12, i.e. the material removal described above does not take place there.

[0053] The invention can also be used for staggered rotors.