Heat treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10690416-B2
Application number	US-201715677100-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2017
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

A heat treatment device includes: a heat treatment chamber which accommodates an object to be treated; a cooling gas supply unit which supplies a cooling gas into the heat treatment chamber; a cooling gas circulation unit which circulates the cooling gas in the heat treatment chamber; and a gas purge unit which gas-purges, with an inert gas, a portion in which there is a possibility of mixing of the cooling gas supplied into the heat treatment chamber and an oxygen gas, in which the cooling gas supply unit supplies a hydrogen gas into the heat treatment chamber as the cooling gas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat treatment device comprising:
a heat treatment chamber which accommodates an object to be treated;
a cooling gas supply unit which supplies a cooling gas into the heat treatment chamber;
a cooling gas circulation unit which includes an impeller which is provided in the heat treatment chamber, a rotary shaft which passes through a wall portion of the heat treatment chamber and is connected to the impeller, and a motor which is provided outside the heat treatment chamber and is configured to rotate the rotary shaft, and circulates the cooling gas in the heat treatment chamber, the motor having a housing which accommodates a rotor and a stator of the motor, and a gas introduction part and a gas exhaust part which are provided at the housing of the motor; and
a gas purge unit which supplies an inert gas to the gas introduction part and gas-purges, with the inert gas, at least an inside of the housing of the motor,
wherein the cooling gas supply unit supplies a hydrogen gas into the heat treatment chamber as the cooling gas.

2. The heat treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the gas purge unit includes a first gas purge pipe which supplies the inert gas into the motor, a gas purge chamber which surrounds at least the motor, and a second gas purge pipe which supplies the inert gas into the gas purge chamber.

3. The heat treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein the gas purge chamber surrounds the heat treatment chamber together with the motor.

4. The heat treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a seal member which is provided around the rotary shaft and seals between the heat treatment chamber and the motor.

5. The heat treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a hydrogen gas recovery unit which recovers the hydrogen gas supplied into the heat treatment chamber.

6. The heat treatment device according to claim 5 , wherein the hydrogen gas recovery unit includes a first recovery tank which recovers the hydrogen gas in the heat treatment chamber by a pressure equalizing operation.

7. The heat treatment device according to claim 6 , wherein the hydrogen gas recovery unit further includes a second recovery tank which recovers the hydrogen gas in the heat treatment chamber by driving of a vacuum pump after the pressure equalizing operation.

8. The heat treatment device according to claim 6 , further comprising a compressor which pressurizes the hydrogen gas recovered in the first recovery tank and supplies the pressurized hydrogen gas as the cooling gas into the cooling gas supply unit.

9. The heat treatment device according to claim 7 , further comprising a compressor which pressurizes the hydrogen gas recovered in the first and second recovery tanks and supplies the pressurized hydrogen gas as the cooling gas into the cooling gas supply unit.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp
• Ihi Machinery & Furnace Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katsumata Kazuhiko

Classifications

• F27B5/02

  of multiple-chamber type · CPC title

• F27B19/02

  combined in one structure · CPC title

• F27B5/04

  adapted for treating the charge in vacuum or special atmosphere · CPC title

• C21D9/0062

  Heat-treating apparatus with a cooling or quenching zone · CPC title

• F27D7/04

  Circulating atmospheres by mechanical means · CPC title