Heat treatment furnace, heating device, manufacturing method of wire electrode and heat diffusion treatment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11835294-B2
Application number	US-202117160391-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2021
Priority date	Jan 30, 2020
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure is a heat treatment furnace which heats an element wire for a wire electrode to perform a heat diffusion treatment and includes: first, second and third rotary electrodes to which a voltage is applied; a motor that rotationally drives the rotary electrodes; and a control device. The first, second and third rotary electrodes are arranged in a manner that the element wire is laid in a V-shape or an I-shape in an order of the second rotary electrode, the first rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode from the upstream side in a travel direction of the element wire. The element wire is caused to travel, a voltage is applied to the first, second and third rotary electrodes, and a current flows through and heats the element wire which travels in a first heating section and a second heating section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat treatment furnace, which moves an element wire having been zinc-galvanized at a predetermined speed and heats the element wire to perform a heat diffusion treatment, comprising:
a first rotary electrode, a second rotary electrode and a third rotary electrode to which a voltage is applied; a motor that rotationally drives the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode; and a control device;
wherein the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode are arranged in a manner that the element wire is laid in a V-shape or an I-shape in an order of the second rotary electrode, the first rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode from the upstream side in a travel direction of the element wire;
wherein the motor is driven according to a command from the control device to cause the element wire to travel, a voltage is applied to the first rotary electrode, and a voltage having a sign opposite to that of the first rotary electrode is applied to the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode; and
wherein a current flows through and heats the element wire which travels in a first heating section between the second rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode and in a second heating section between the third rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode,
wherein the heat treatment furnace further comprises cooling covers arranged on peripheries of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode, respectively,
wherein each of the cooling covers comprises a pipeline for circulating a cooling medium, the control device circulating the cooling medium in the pipeline by a cooling pump and cooling the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode and during cooling medium circulation, the heat treatment furnace is configured to not directly cool the element wire,
wherein the heat treatment furnace further comprises a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor, the first temperature sensor being arranged in a vicinity of the first heating section or the second heating section of a travel path of the element wire and detecting a temperature of the element wire, the second temperature sensor being attached to the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode or the third rotary electrode and detects a temperature of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode or the third rotary electrode,
wherein the control device controls an application voltage applied to the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode, and the third rotary electrode by the temperatures detected by the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor.

2. The heat treatment furnace according to claim 1 , wherein a dancer roller device is arranged on the travel path of the element wire, and the control device detects the position of the dancer roller device and controls the rotation of the motor.

3. The heat treatment furnace according to claim 1 , wherein a heat insulation cover is arranged in the first heating section and the second heating section.

4. A heating device, comprising: the heat treatment furnace according to claim 1 , a delivery device for delivering the element wire to the heat treatment furnace, and a winding device for winding a heat treatment wire discharged from the heat treatment furnace.

5. A manufacturing method of a wire electrode, in which an element wire used for a wire electrode is heated and subjected to a heat diffusion treatment,
wherein the element wire travels on a V-shaped or an I-shaped path formed by laying in an order of a second rotary electrode, a first rotary electrode and a third rotary electrode, and the element wire is heated and subjected to the heat diffusion treatment by causing a current to flow through the element wire in a first heating section between the second rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode and in a second heating section between the third rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode while cooling the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode and not direct cooling the element wire,
wherein the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode are cooled by cooling covers arranged on peripheries of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode, respectively, wherein each of the cooling covers comprises a pipeline for circulating a cooling medium, the control device circulating the cooling medium in the pipeline by a cooling pump and cooling the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode, and
wherein a temperature of the element wire and a temperature of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode or the third rotary electrode are detected by a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor, and an application voltage applied to the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode, and the third rotary electrode is controlled.

6. A heat diffusion treatment method, in which an element wire used for a wire electrode is heated and subjected to a heat diffusion treatment,
wherein the element wire travels on a V-shaped or an I-shaped path formed by laying in an order of a second rotary electrode, a first rotary electrode and a third rotary electrode, and the element wire is heated and subjected to the heat diffusion treatment by causing a current to flow through the element wire in a first heating section between the second rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode and in a second heating section between the third rotary electrode and the first rotary electrode while cooling the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode and not direct cooling the element wire,
wherein the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode are cooled by cooling covers arranged on peripheries of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode, respectively, wherein each of the cooling covers comprises a pipeline for circulating a cooling medium, the control device circulating the cooling medium in the pipeline by a cooling pump and cooling the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode and the third rotary electrode, and
wherein a temperature of the element wire and a temperature of the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode or the third rotary electrode are detected by a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor, and an application voltage applied to the first rotary electrode, the second rotary electrode, and the third rotary electrode is controlled.

Assignees

• Sodick Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawahara Tetsuro
• Asaoka Tomoaki
• Nakamura Masaru

Classifications

• F27B9/28 Primary

  for treating continuous lengths of work · CPC title

• F27B9/062

  electrically heated · CPC title

• C23C10/28 Primary

  using solids, e.g. powders, pastes · CPC title

• C21D9/561

  with a controlled atmosphere or vacuum · CPC title

• C21D9/62

  with direct resistance heating · CPC title