Profiled Blade and Fan Impeller

Abstract

A profiled blade for a fan impeller comprising a profiled body produced from at least one bent sheet metal strip. The profiled body includes a profile top part with a convex curvature, a profile bottom part located at a distance from the profile top part, and first and second profile noses. Each of the profile noses has a convex curvature and joins the profile top part to the profile bottom part at ends of the profiled body. The profile top part and/or the profile bottom part is divided into at least first and second profile sections. The first profile section is joined to the first profile nose and the second profile section is joined to the second profile nose. A first free end region of the first profile section is joined to a second free end region of the second profile section by adhesive force.

Claims

1. A profiled blade for a fan impeller, comprising: a profiled body produced from at least one bent sheet metal strip, the profiled body comprising: a profile top part with a convex curvature; a profile bottom part located at a distance from the profile top part; and first and second profile noses each having a convex curvature and joining the profile top part to the profile bottom part at ends of the profiled body, wherein at least one of the profile top part or the profile bottom part is divided into at least first and second profile sections, wherein the first profile section is joined to the first profile nose and the second profile section is joined to the second profile nose, and wherein a first free end region of the first profile section is joined to a second free end region of the second profile section by adhesive force.

2. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein a free end of at least one profile section is angled relative to the profile top part and the profile bottom part and located between the profile top part and the profile bottom part.

3. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein a free end region of a profile section is in planar contact with a contact surface of another profile section, the contact surface being strip-shaped and offset against a surface of the profiled body.

4. The profiled blade according to claim 3, wherein the contact surface is oriented parallel to the surface of the profiled body.

5. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein the angled free end region of the at least one profile section joins the profile top part to the profile bottom part.

6. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein the profile bottom part has a concave curvature and/or the profile bottom part has at least two profile sections.

7. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the free end regions is additionally joined by adhesive force to the profile bottom part or the profile top part or to a profile element.

8. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein the profiled body is formed from precisely one sheet metal strip.

9. The profiled blade according to claim 1, wherein both the first and second profile sections of the profile top part or the profile bottom part have a free end region, which is angled relative to the profile top part and the profile bottom part and which extends between the profile top part and the profile bottom part.

10. The profiled blade according to claim 9, wherein each of the angled free end regions of the profile sections has a strip-shaped contact surface which is offset against a surface of the profiled body, and wherein a profile element joins adjacent contact surfaces and in some regions defines the surface of the profiled body.

11. A fan impeller, comprising: a disc-shaped circular blank arranged coaxially with an axis of rotation and comprising a hub assembly; a ring arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation and at a distance from the circular blank; and a plurality of profiled blades fixed to the circular blank and to the ring with axially opposite end faces, each of the profiled blades having a profiled body produced from at least one bent sheet metal strip, the profiled body comprising: a profile top part with a convex curvature; a profile bottom part located at a distance from the profile top part; and first and second profile noses each having a convex curvature and joining the profile top part to the profile bottom part at ends of the profiled body, wherein at least one of the profile top part or the profile bottom part is divided into at least first and second profile sections, wherein the first profile section is joined to the first profile nose and the second profile section is joined to the second profile nose, and wherein a first free end region of the first profile section is joined to a second free end region of the second profile section by adhesive force.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Advantageous variants of the disclosure are shown on the drawing, of which:

[0020] FIG. 1 is a perspective representation of a first embodiment of a profiled blade, wherein an angled end region between a profile top part and a profile bottom part is designed as a reinforcing strut.

[0021] FIG. 2 is a perspective representation of a second embodiment of a profiled blade, wherein the angled end regions of opposite profile sections enclose an acute angle relative to one another.

[0022] FIG. 3 is a perspective representation of a third embodiment of a profiled blade, wherein opposite profile sections, each with angled end regions, are designed as reinforcing struts between a profile top part and a profile bottom part and joined to one another by a profile element.

[0023] FIG. 4 is a perspective representation of the third embodiment of a profiled blade without the profile element.

[0024] FIG. 5 is a perspective representation of a variant if the third embodiment, wherein the profile element is additionally designed as a reinforcing strut.

[0025] FIG. 6 shows a fan impeller for use with profiled blades according to FIGS. 1 to 5 and 7 to 14.

[0026] FIG. 7 is a perspective representation of a fourth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0027] FIG. 8 is a perspective representation of a fifth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0028] FIG. 9 is a perspective representation of a sixth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0029] FIG. 10 is a perspective representation of a seventh embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0030] FIG. 11 is a perspective representation of a eighth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0031] FIG. 12 is a perspective representation of a ninth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0032] FIG. 13 is a perspective representation of a tenth embodiment of a profiled blade.

[0033] FIG. 14 is a perspective representation of an eleventh embodiment of a profiled blade.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] In the embodiments of profiled blades 1, 41, 81, 121, 161, 201, 241, 281, 321, 361, 401 described in greater detail below, structures of identical function are identified by the same reference numbers, increased by 40 in each case. The respective structures are described only once in each case. Initially, there will be an explanation of the profiled blade 1 shown in greater detail in FIG. 1, on the basis of which the basic components of the further profiled blades 41, 81, 121, 161, 201, 241, 281, 321, 361, 401 shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 and 10 to 14 are revealed.

[0035] A profiled blade 1 shown in FIG. 1 is produced, purely by way of example, from a rectangular sheet metal strip 2. The sheet metal strip 2 has two longest edges 3, 4, which, in the illustrated embodiment, define a drop-type or kidney-type profile of the profiled blade 1 designed as a profiled body 7, and two end region edges 5, 6. In the illustrated embodiment, the longest edges 3, 4 are arranged as mutually parallel planes oriented at right angles to planes in which the end region edges 5, 6 are located. The sheet metal strip 2 may, for example, be a section of a strip material not shown in the drawing or cut out of a flat metal sheet, not shown in the drawing.

[0036] In the illustrated embodiment, it is provided that the sheet metal strip 2 has been bent, at a distance from the respective end regions 5, 6 which corresponds to approximately 25 percent of the respective overall length of the two longest edges 3, 4, in opposite directions and a right angles to the two longest edges 3, 4, using different bending radii which are considerably larger than a material thickness of the sheet metal strip 2. This forming process results in a profiled body 7 having, purely by way of example, a constant profiling along a profile axis 8.

[0037] The profiled body 7 of the profiled blade 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises, purely by way of example, a profile top part 9 with a convex curvature, a profile bottom part 10 with a concave curvature and two convex profile noses 11, 12, which, in the illustrated embodiment, join the profile top part 9 to the profile bottom part 10 to form a single piece. A first profile nose 11 forms a front edge 16 of the profiled blade 1, while a second profile nose 12 forms a rear edge 15 of the profiled blade 1.

[0038] In the profiled blade 1, it is, purely by way of example, provided that the profile top part 9 is formed from two profile sections 17, 18, a first profile section 17 extending between the first end region edge 5 and the first profile nose 11, while a second profile section 18 extends between the second end region edge 6 and the second profile nose 12. In the illustrated embodiment, it is provided that a surface 19 of the profile top part 9 is defined by a top side 20 of the first profile section 17 and by a top side 21 of the second profile section 18, and that an end region 22 of the first profile section 17, which can also be described as a first end region 22, lies on the second profile section 18 in a manner described in greater detail below. The end region 23 of the second profile section 18, which can also be described as a second end region 23, extends from the top side 21 into an interior 14 of the profiled blade 1 which, with the exception of open end faces, is bounded by the sheet metal strip 2. Starting from the top side 21 of the second profile section 18, the end region is provided with two at least substantially rectangular and opposite folds 24, 25 in order to form a strip-shaped contact surface 26 offset against a surface 19 of the profiled body 7 and preferably extending parallel to the surface 20 of the first profile section 17 and offset by the material thickness of the sheet metal strip 2. From the contact surface 26, the end region 23 extends, after a further at least substantially rectangular fold 27, at right angles to a concave inner surface 28 of the profile bottom part 10 and is at the end bent once more at right angles with a fold 31. This forms a contact surface 29, which is parallel to the inner surface 28 and can be used for joining to the inner surface 28 by adhesive force.

[0039] By way of example, it is provided that the two profile sections 17, 18 are welded to one another at the surface 19 in a manner not shown in detail in the region of a parting line 30. Following the welding of the parting line 30, it can further be provided that the contact surface 29 is joined to the inner surface 28 by adhesive force using a liquid adhesive. Alternatively, the two profile sections 17, 18 can be soldered, exclusively welded or exclusively bonded to one another.

[0040] In the second embodiment of a profiled blade 41 shown in FIG. 2, the two end regions 62, 63 of the profile sections 57, 58 are, starting from a respective top side 60, 61 defining the surface 59 of the profile top part 49 of the profiled blade 41, bent at an acute angle towards the respective top side 60, 61. As a result, the two end regions 62, 63 extend at an angle to the inner surface 68 of the profile bottom part 50 in the interior 54 of the profiled blade 41. In addition, both end regions 62, 63 are provided with a fold 71, 72 near the end region edge 45, 46, in order to form there in each case a contact surface 69, which is oriented parallel to the inner surface 68 and can be joined to the inner surface 68 by adhesive force. In the region of each fold 64, 65, the opposite profile sections 57, 58 form a parting line 70, which can be closed by welding, for example. In the process of this welding operation, an adhesive joint can be produced between the two profile sections 57, 58 as well.

[0041] In the third embodiment of a profiled blade 81 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, both profile sections 97, 98 are designed like the second profile section 18 of the profiled blade 1 shown in FIG. 1 and arranged at a distance from one another. Each of the end regions 102, 103 of the profile sections 97, 98 therefore has a series of opposing folds 104, 105, 107, 111. In contrast to the embodiment according to FIG. 1, a division of the profile bottom part 90 into the two profile sections 97, 98 is provided in the third embodiment of the profiled blade 81, so that the two end regions 102, 103, starting from the profile bottom part 90, extend to the profile top part 89 and are there fixed to an inner surface 113 of the profile top part 89 with contact surfaces 109. Each of the end regions 102 has a strip-shaped contact surface 106, which is oriented parallel and with an offset to the respective top side 100, 101 of the profile sections 97, 98 and has a distance from the respective top side 100, 101 which corresponds to a material thickness of the sheet metal strip 82 in the illustrated embodiment. As a result of the spacing of the two end regions 102, 103, a gap 115 is formed between the two strip-shaped contact surfaces 106 of the two end regions 102, 103. This gap 115 is undesirable in terms of aerodynamics and furthermore has a negative effect on the dimensional stability of the profiled blade 81. In order to avoid these negative effects, the gap 115 is covered by a profile element 114, which is plate-shaped purely by way of example and joined to the two contact surfaces 106 of the two end regions 102, 103 by adhesive force. This measure creates a two-part profiled blade 81 of high strength.

[0042] The profiled blade 121 shown in FIG. 5 is a variant of the profiled blade 81, differing only in the design of the profile element 154. In contrast to the profile element 114 shown in FIG. 3, this is not plate-shaped with a slightly concave curvature, but rather has a central web 156, which is integrally formed, oriented parallel to the profile axis 128, extends, starting from an underside 157 of the profile element 154, towards the inner surface 151 of the profile top part 129 and is fixed to this inner surface 151 by adhesive force, thereby providing an additional stabilization of the profiled blade 121.

[0043] By way of example, it can be provided that the profiled blades 1, 41, 81, 121, 161, 201, 241, 281, 321, 361, 401 described above are used in the production of a fan impeller 560 as shown, purely by way of example, in FIG. 6 equipped with profiled blades 1. Such a fan impeller 560 is used to deliver a gaseous fluid and, purely by way of example, comprises a plurality of blades 1 arranged in an annular spatial volume about an axis of rotation 92 with pre-settable angular spacing. With their axial opposing end regions, the blades 1 are fixed to supporting members 563, 564. A first supporting member is designed as a disc-shaped circular blank 563 coaxial with the axis of rotation and comprises a hub assembly 565. A second supporting member, on the other hand, is designed as a ring 564 coaxial with the axis of rotation 562. In this context, it is provided that each of the profiled blades 1 is arranged with the first profile nose 11 radially on the inside, while the second profile nose 12 is arranged radially on the outside. The curvature of the profile top part 9 and the profile bottom part 10 causes, at a rotation of the fan impeller 560 about the axis of rotation 562 in a clockwise direction as shown in FIG. 6, a rearward directed rotation of the profiled blades 1, resulting in an axial inflow of fluid along the axis of rotation 562 through the ring 564 into the annular spatial volume and from there outwards in the radial direction. The fluid first approaches the profile nose 11 of the profiled blade 1 and then flows towards the outside along the profiled blades 1 in the radial direction.

[0044] As a result of the design of the profiled blades 1 as profiled bodies 7, a very strong and cost-effective fan impeller 560 is obtained in combination with the disc-shaped circular blank 563 and the ring 564.

[0045] The profiled blades 161, 201, 241, 281, 321, 361, 401 and 441 shown in FIGS. 7 to 14 can be divided into two groups. The profiled blades 161, 201, 241 form a first group, while the profiled blades 281, 321, 361, 401, 441 form a second group.

[0046] In the profiled blades 161, 201, 241 of the first group, it is provided that the profile top parts 169, 209, 249 and the profile bottom parts 170, 210, 250 of the respective profiled bodies 167, 207, 247 are divided into profile sections 177, 217, 257 and 178, 218, 258, and that end regions 182, 222, 262 and 183, 223, 263 are arranged opposite one another with their end faces and joined to one another by adhesive force. To ensure a dimensional stability for the profiled blades 161, 201, 241, a profile element 194, 234, 274 adhesively joined to facing inner surfaces of the end regions 182, 222, 262 and 183, 223, 263 is in each case located between the end regions 182, 222, 262 and 183, 223, 263. In the embodiment according to FIG. 7, the profile element 194 is S-shaped. In the embodiment according to FIG. 8, the profile element 234 is designed in the manner of a double T-beam (i.e., an I-beam). In the embodiment according to FIG. 9, the profile element 274 is designed as a variant of the profile element 234 according to FIG. 8 and has on opposing surfaces an external web 275 each, by which the end regions 262, 263 lying on the profile element 274 are spaced from one another.

[0047] The profiled blades 281, 321, 361, 401, 441 of the second group can be described as variants or further developments of the profiled blades 1, 41, 81, 121, wherein, as in the case of the profiled blades 161, 201, 241 of the first group, both the profile top parts 289, 329, 369, 409, 449 and the profile bottom parts 290, 330, 370, 410, 450 are divided into profile sections 297, 337, 377, 417, 457 and 298, 338, 378, 418, 458. As in the case of the profiled blades 1, 41, 81, 121, at least one of the end regions 302, 342, 382, 442, 462 and 303, 343, 383, 443, 463 of the profiled blades 281, 321, 361, 401, 441 is profiled in such a way that it can serve as a contact surface for an opposite end region each.

[0048] Accordingly, the profiled blade 281 according to FIG. 10 is a variant of the profiled blade 1 according to FIG. 1.

[0049] In the profiled blade 321, both end regions 343 of the profile top part 329 and the profile bottom part 330 are folded twice in opposite directions, thereby forming contact surfaces for the two end regions 342 of the profile top part 329 and the profile bottom part 330.

[0050] In the profiled blade 361, the end region 382 of the profile section 377 of the profile top part 369 rests against a contact surface of the folded end region 383 of the profile section 378. Furthermore, the end region 383 of the profile section 378 of the profile bottom part 370 rests against a contact surface of the folded end region 377 of the profile bottom part 370. Accordingly, the profiled blade 361 has two reinforcing struts between the profile top part 369 and the profile bottom part 370.

[0051] In the profiled blades 401 and 441, the end regions 423 of the profile top part 409 and the profile bottom part 410 form contact surfaces for the end regions 422 of the profile top part 409 and the profile bottom part 410. The end regions 423 are in addition folded in such a way that the end region 423 of the profile top part 409 is arranged with its end face opposite the end region 423 of the profile bottom part 410, whereby a gap not identified in detail is formed, which can be joined by adhesive force before the end regions 422 of the profile top part 409 and the profile bottom part 410 are joined to the contact surfaces by adhesive force.

[0052] The profiled blade 441 is a variant of the profiled blade 401, wherein the end region 463 of the profile top part 409 forms a contact surface both for the end regions 462 of the profile top part 449 and the profile bottom part 450 and for the end region 463 of the profile bottom part 450. In this case, it can likewise be provided that end regions 463 of the profile top part 449 and the profile bottom part 450 are first joined together by adhesive force and that the end regions 462 are then joined to the contact surfaces of the end regions 463 by adhesive force.