Device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of inner ring of aeroengine bearing and method for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of aeroengine bearing based on electric-magnetic composite field

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11612984-B2
Application number	US-202217738029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2022
Priority date	May 6, 2021
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing by an electric-magnetic composite field includes a driving device, an ultrasonic shot peening device, a pulsed current generator and a magnet yoke-coil device. The driving device includes a motor and a rotating shaft. The motor drives the rotating shaft to drive a bearing inner ring to synchronously rotate. The ultrasonic shot peening device includes an ultrasonic shot peening cavity, an ultrasonic probe and steel balls, the ultrasonic probe extends into the cavity from an opening in a lower end of the cavity, and the steel balls are placed on the ultrasonic probe. An opening in an upper end of the cavity is placed below the bearing inner ring. The pulsed current generator generates pulsed current on the bearing inner ring. The magnet yoke-coil device can excite a magnetic field around the bearing inner ring.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field, the device comprising a driving device, an ultrasonic shot peening device, a pulsed current generator and a magnet yoke-coil device, wherein:
the driving device comprises a motor and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is configured for fixedly installing a bearing inner ring to be machined, and an output shaft of the motor is connected to the rotating shaft and drives the rotating shaft to drive the bearing inner ring to rotate synchronously; the ultrasonic shot peening device comprises an ultrasonic shot peening cavity, an ultrasonic probe and steel balls, openings are respectively formed in an upper end and a lower end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity, the ultrasonic probe extends into the ultrasonic shot peening cavity from the opening in the lower end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity, and the steel balls are placed on the ultrasonic probe and cover an upper surface of the ultrasonic probe; the opening in the upper end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity is placed below and in clearance fit with the bearing inner ring to be machined; ultrasonic impact surface nanometer strengthening is able to be carried out on the bearing inner ring by separately starting the ultrasonic probe and the motor;
an input-end contact and an output-end contact of the pulsed current generator are in contact with two ends of the bearing inner ring respectively and are configured for generating pulsed current on the bearing inner ring to excite an electric field;
the magnet yoke-coil device comprises a magnet yoke plate and a current-carrying coil wound around the magnet yoke plate, the magnet yoke plate is installed on a side of the bearing inner ring, and the current-carrying coil is configured for being connected with the pulsed current so as to excite a magnetic field around the bearing inner ring,
wherein a rotation axis of the bearing inner ring is perpendicular to a direction of the magnetic field and a direction of electric field.

2. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is integrally installed on a first lifting frame, and a gap between the bearing inner ring and the opening in the upper end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity is adjusted through the first lifting frame.

3. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonic shot peening cavity is installed on a fixing support, the ultrasonic probe is installed on a second lifting frame, and a distance between the upper surface of the ultrasonic probe and a raceway of the bearing inner ring is adjusted through the second lifting frame.

4. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein the opening in the upper end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity is designed to be in a cambered surface shape matched with a radian of the raceway of the bearing inner ring, so that the raceway of the bearing inner ring is tightly fitted for the ultrasonic shot peening cavity to prevent the steel balls from being sputtered out in an impact process.

5. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the magnet yoke plates is two, the two magnet yoke plates are respectively arranged on two sides of the bearing inner ring in parallel so as to cover the bearing inner ring, and the current-carrying coil is wound around the two magnet yoke plates and located above the bearing inner ring.

6. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein the ultrasonic shot peening device adopts high-frequency ultrasonic waves with a frequency of 20 KHz-10000 KHz; a diameter of the steel ball is 0.1 mm-10 mm, and a number of the steel balls is 10-1000, and an ultrasonic treatment time is 10s-1200s.

7. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein an electric pulse intensity range of the pulsed current generator is 1-10 6 A/cm 2 .

8. The device for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an inner ring of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field according to claim 1 , wherein a magnetic pulse intensity range of the magnet yoke-coil device is 0.01-100 Tesla.

9. A method for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field, wherein the method is carried out by adopting the device according to claim 1 , and comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing the driving device and the ultrasonic shot peening device which are matched with a selected aeroengine bearing according to a model of the selected aeroengine bearing, and preparing the pulsed current generator and a set of the magnet yoke-coil device;
S2, installation and adjustment of equipment: installing the ultrasonic shot peening cavity on a fixing support, then integrally installing the driving device on a first lifting frame, and enabling the opening in the upper end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity to be located right below the bearing inner ring; finally, installing the ultrasonic probe on a second lifting frame, covering the upper surface of the ultrasonic probe with steel balls, and feeding the ultrasonic probe into the ultrasonic shot peening cavity; adjusting a gap between the bearing inner ring and the opening in the upper end of the ultrasonic shot peening cavity to a set value through the first lifting frame, and adjusting a distance between the upper surface of the ultrasonic probe and a raceway of the bearing inner ring to a set value through the second lifting frame;
winding the current-carrying coil around the magnet yoke plates, and then enabling the magnet yoke plates around which the current-carrying coil is wound to cover the bearing inner ring needing shot peening;
enabling the input-end contact and the output-end contact of the pulsed current generator to be in contact with the two ends of the bearing inner ring respectively, and forming a loop by taking the bearing inner ring as a conductor; and
S3, electrifying the current-carrying coil to excite the magnetic field; electrifying the pulsed current generator to generate the pulsed current on the bearing inner ring to excite an electric field; then starting the motor to enable the bearing inner ring to rotate, and starting the ultrasonic shot peening device to enable the ultrasonic probe to generate high-frequency vibration to excite the steel balls in the ultrasonic shot peening cavity to impact a surface of the raceway of the bearing inner ring at a higher speed.

10. A method for targeted repair of micro-nano damage of an aeroengine bearing based on an electric-magnetic composite field, wherein the method is carried out by adopting the device according to claim 1 , and comprises the following steps:
S1, preparing the driving device and the ultrasonic shot peening device which are matched with a selected aeroengine bearing according to a model of the selected aeroengine bearing, and preparing the pulsed current generator and a set of the magnet yoke-coil device;
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Assignees

• Univ Wuhan Tech

Inventors

• Yin Fei
• Hua Lin
• Yang Chang

Classifications

• B24C1/10 Primary

  for compacting surfaces, e.g. shot-peening (for deforming sheet metal, tubes or profiles B21D31/06; as a metallurgical treatment C21D7/00, C22F1/00) · CPC title

• B24C9/00

  Appurtenances of abrasive blasting machines or devices, e.g. working chambers, arrangements for handling used abrasive material · CPC title

• B24C5/005 Primary

  Vibratory devices, e.g. for generating abrasive blasts by ultrasonic vibrations (sonic cleaning in general B08B3/12) · CPC title

• C22F1/00

  Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working (apparatus for mechanical working of metal B21, B23, B24) · CPC title

• F01D25/16

  Arrangement of bearings; Supporting or mounting bearings in casings (bearings per se F16C) · CPC title