EP1925682A1 - Procédé de production de composants pour moteurs à combustion ou turbines - Google Patents

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EP1925682A1
EP1925682A1 EP07118021A EP07118021A EP1925682A1 EP 1925682 A1 EP1925682 A1 EP 1925682A1 EP 07118021 A EP07118021 A EP 07118021A EP 07118021 A EP07118021 A EP 07118021A EP 1925682 A1 EP1925682 A1 EP 1925682A1
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Wolfgang Limberg
Ralf Pieplow
Nils Mildner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
    • B22F3/22—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces for producing castings from a slip
    • B22F3/225—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces for producing castings from a slip by injection molding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F5/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
    • B22F5/008—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product of engine cylinder parts or of piston parts other than piston rings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F5/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
    • B22F5/009—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product of turbine components other than turbine blades
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L3/00—Lift-valve, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces; Parts or accessories thereof
    • F01L3/20—Shapes or constructions of valve members, not provided for in preceding subgroups of this group
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F2998/00—Supplementary information concerning processes or compositions relating to powder metallurgy
    • B22F2998/10—Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
    • B22F2999/00—Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L2301/00—Using particular materials
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L2303/00—Manufacturing of components used in valve arrangements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49229—Prime mover or fluid pump making
    • Y10T29/49298—Poppet or I.C. engine valve or valve seat making

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  • the present invention relates to a method for the production of components for internal combustion engines or turbines, in particular for the production of hollow valve components.
  • valves are moving parts, the drive power to be applied grows exponentially with the weight the oscillating masses, ie the valves. This results in the requirement to further optimize valves in terms of weight without sacrificing mechanical and thermal resistance.
  • Hollow valves with a shaft, a poppet and a valve disc, wherein valve cone and valve disc together form a cavity are, for example, from DE 198 04 053 A1 known. According to the current state, such hollow valves or hollow valve parts are formed either by hot extrusion or compression and forging.
  • the valve cone and valve disc mainly heat-resistant steels such as material no. 1.4882 (X 50 CrMnNiNbN 21 9), 1.4871 (X 53 CrMnNiN 21 9) or 2.4955 (NiFe 25 Cr 20 NbTi).
  • Other materials, in particular titanium-based lightweight materials in powder form can not or not economically be processed into hollow-valve components with said processes because of the high reactivity of titanium with respect to oxygen, nitrogen and carbon and the associated embrittlement of the material.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a method for producing components for internal combustion engines or turbines, in particular for the production of hollow valve components such as valve cones or valve plates, with which other materials can be processed economically.
  • titanium-based materials can also be economically processed to hollow-valve components in particular with the method according to the invention, thus achieving a further weight saving over known hollow valves.
  • Titanium alloys containing aluminum and / or vanadium as additional constituents are preferably used. These additional alloying ingredients are each preferably contained in an amount of 2 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of the alloy.
  • the binder is preferably selected from the group consisting of: polyamides, polyoxymethylene, polycarbonate, styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, polyimide, natural waxes and oils, thermosets, cyanates, polypropylene, polyacetate, polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, Polymethyl methacrylate, anilines, mineral oils, water, agar, glycerol, polyvinyl butyryl, polybutyl methacrylate, cellulose, oleic acid, phthalates, paraffin waxes, carnauba wax, ammonium polyacrylate, diglyceride stearate and oleate, glyceryl monostearate, isopropyl titanate, lithium stearate, monoglycerides, formaldehyde, octyl acid phosphate, olefin sulfonates, phosphate
  • the mixing in the kneader is preferably carried out at a temperature of 50 to 250 ° C, more preferably 90 to 150 ° C.
  • the injection molding is preferably carried out at a temperature of the mixture of 90 to 150 ° C and preferably at a pressure of 400 to 800 bar.
  • the chemical debinding is preferably carried out in a paraffin bath, preferably in a hexane bath.
  • the chemical debinding is carried out at a temperature of preferably 10 to 65 ° C, more preferably from 30 to 50 ° C.
  • the thermal debinding is carried out at a temperature of less than 450 ° C, preferably 200 to 350 ° C and preferably in a vacuum at a pressure of preferably 2 to 20 mbar.
  • the sintering is preferably carried out at 80 to 90% of the melting temperature of the metal or the metal alloy and more preferably in a protective gas atmosphere.
  • the protective gas is argon.
  • the sintering can also be done in a vacuum.
  • the pressure is preferably 10 -3 to 10 -5 mbar.
  • Such Holhventilbaumaschinener produced can be connected to each other in a conventional manner by positive and non-positive and molten joining methods.
  • valve disk and poppet can be joined together by a shrink connection.
  • Valve stem and valve stem can be connected by a molten joining process.
  • a titanium alloy containing 6% by weight of aluminum and 4% by weight of vanadium was processed into a valve disk and a poppet.
  • Valve cones and plates were assembled by means of a shrink connection.
  • Figure 1 shows an illustration of the assembled valve disk and cone in plan view and as a section along the line A-A.
  • Figure 2 shows a manufactured hollow valve member according to the preferred embodiment as a whole component (right) and cut open (left).

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EP07118021A 2006-10-20 2007-10-08 Procédé de production de pièces de soupape creuses pour moteurs à combustion ou turbines et pièce ainsi produite Not-in-force EP1925682B1 (fr)

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