JPH0815094A - Facility for testing internal combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make assembly and disassembly of an internal combustion engine testing facility easier so as to quickly transfer the facility between lines by installing the testing facility in a soundproof knocked-down test chamber and, at the same time, mounting auxiliary facilities and a control board on a protruded section formed by protruding a floor section. CONSTITUTION:A soundproof facility main body 10 is constituted in a test chamber 16 composed of a bottom wall 11, left and right side walls 12, front wall 13, rear wall 14, and roof wall 15. A protruded section 11A is formed by protruding part of the bottom wall 11 outward from one of the side walls 12 and auxiliary facilities 40 and a control board 60 are installed in the space on the section 11A. An internal combustion engine 1 and testing device 30 are installed in the chamber 16 and a mobile crane 27 used for installing the engine 1 and device 30 is fitted to the lower surface of the roof wall 15. The exhaust air from the chamber 16 is discharged by using a fan 48 on the section 11A and successively provided ventilation duct 55. At the time of operating the engine 1, the chamber 16 is closed and the operation of the engine 1 is monitored through windows 21 provided in the walls 12 and 13. This facility can be easily assembled when the chamber 16 is carried in a testing site and set at a desired place. In addition, the facility can be easily disassembled and carried.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine test facility used for performing a performance test on an internal combustion engine before it is incorporated into a vehicle body, for example, in an automobile assembly plant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a facility of this kind, a structure disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 126131/1990 has been provided. In this conventional configuration, the first test device for the internal combustion engine is provided at a plurality of positions on the turntable in the circumferential direction, the carry-in route and the carry-out route of the internal combustion engine are provided outside the turntable, and side parts of the carry-out route are provided. Is provided with a test chamber having a second test device. The test chamber is defined by the surrounding wall and the partition wall.

According to this conventional configuration, after the line setting for the carry-in route and the carry-out route is performed, the surrounding wall or partition wall is constructed on the floor at a predetermined position on the side of the carry-out route, and the entrance / exit and transfer are performed. The second test device, the control device, and the like are carried into the test chamber through the loading port and installed at a predetermined place. Further, a cooling water supply device, a fuel supply device, and the like, which are incidental devices for testing, are installed at a predetermined place outside the enclosure or the like.

[0004]

According to the above-mentioned conventional structure, various devices and equipment such as the second test device, the control device, the cooling water supply device, the fuel supply device, etc. are assembled in the manufacturing factory and the trial run is performed. Since it is disassembled and packaged for easy transportation, transported to the installation site, and then reassembled, the work from the trial run to the installation is troublesome and a considerable period of time is spent.

When the number of the second test devices used in one line is reduced and the second test device is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the enclosure cannot move, and therefore, the empty space is not present in one line. The enclosure (test room) remains and becomes a dead space, and a new enclosure must be constructed on another line. Furthermore, the second test equipment, cooling water supply equipment, fuel supply equipment, etc. have moved (moved).
However, disassembly and reassembly work are troublesome and not easy.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce disassembly and assembly during transportation to enable quicker use,
Moreover, there is a point to provide an internal combustion engine test facility that can be easily and quickly moved between lines with the progress of use without causing a dead space and without new construction.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the internal combustion engine test equipment of the first aspect of the present invention comprises a soundproof structure body having a bottom wall portion, a side wall portion and a ceiling wall portion as a test chamber. A test device for an internal combustion engine is installed in the test chamber, and the bottom wall portion has an outwardly projecting portion with respect to the side wall portion, and the space above the projecting portion is used to perform the test. It is equipped with an accessory device and a facility control panel that can be connected to the power supply.

The second aspect of the present invention is the internal combustion engine test equipment according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the accessory device is a ventilation device that communicates with a water supply device, a fuel supply device, and an exhaust device leading to a test device of the internal combustion engine. It is composed of a device.

The third aspect of the present invention is the internal combustion engine test equipment according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the internal combustion engine test apparatus has an internal combustion engine control panel. Further, the fourth invention is the internal combustion engine test equipment according to the first or second invention, wherein the internal combustion engine test apparatus has an internal combustion engine control panel and a dynamometer.

Moreover, the fifth invention is based on the above-mentioned first to fourth inventions.
In the internal combustion engine test equipment according to any one of the inventions, a rolling wheel is provided below the equipment body.

[0011]

According to the structure of the first invention described above, the internal combustion engine test facility, which has completed the test run in the stationary operation state in the manufacturing plant, has many devices such as a test device and ancillary devices at predetermined positions of the facility body. It can be moved (transported) from the manufacturing factory to the installation site while being installed in the. And the internal combustion engine test equipment transported to the installation site can be installed facing the predetermined line by landing the bottom wall portion,
At the installation site, the installation floor surface is flattened, and almost no new construction is needed. Then, by simply connecting the equipment control panel to the power source, the internal combustion engine test equipment can be brought into an operable state.

Further, when the number of test devices used in one line is reduced and the test device is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the test device and the auxiliary device can be moved by moving (moving) the equipment body. Various devices and equipments including can be moved at once.

Further, according to the structure of the second aspect of the present invention, the accessory device including the water supply device, the fuel supply device, the exhaust device, and the ventilation device can be moved together with the equipment body. According to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention, the internal combustion engine control panel can be moved together with the equipment body at once.

Further, according to the structure of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the dynamometer can be moved together with the equipment body. Moreover, the fifth
According to the configuration of the invention, the equipment body can be easily moved by using the rolling wheels.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 is the main body of the soundproof structure, the bottom wall 11
A pair of left and right side wall portions 12, a front side wall portion 13, and a rear side wall portion 14
And the ceiling wall portion 15 form a rectangular parallelepiped test chamber 16 therein. The bottom wall portion 11 has a base body 17
A flat frame body 18 arranged on the base body 17 in the test chamber 16 and a grating plate 19 arranged on the flat frame body 18.
It is formed by. Further, the bottom wall portion 11 has a rear portion of the base body 17 protruding rearward (outward) with respect to the rear side wall portion 14, thereby forming a protrusion portion 11A. The front side wall portion 13 is formed as a double door (or lateral slide type or up-and-down type) opening / closing door, so that the loading / unloading port 20 is formed in the front portion by opening. A transparent window 21 is formed at a predetermined position on the front side wall portion 13 and the left and right side wall portions 12.

A test device for the internal combustion engine 1 is provided in the test chamber 16.
30 are installed. The test apparatus 30 includes an internal combustion engine control panel 31 provided on the grating plate 19 at a position on the rear side wall portion 14 side, and an internal combustion engine support apparatus provided with the internal combustion engine control panel 31 and the loading / unloading port 20. It is composed of 32 etc.

The internal combustion engine support device 32 is supported and guided by a base plate 33 provided on the grating plate 19, a pair of front and rear guide bodies 34 provided on the base plate 33, and both guide bodies 34. And a pair of left and right support bodies 35 whose positions can be freely changed in the left-right direction, and a receiving member 36 attached to the upper portions of these support bodies 35. Here, the support body 35 is configured so that the vertical position of the receiving tool 36 can be adjusted.

Inside the test chamber 16, a transfer means 25 for the internal combustion engine 1 to the test device 30 is provided. Transport means here
As 25, a fixed rail 26 in the front-rear direction arranged on the lower surface of the top wall portion 15 and a movable rail 27 that can move in and out of the carry-in / out port 20 by being supported and guided by the fixed rail 26.
And a winch device 28 supported and guided by the movable rail 27.
A winch format consisting of and is shown.

Utilizing the space above the projecting portion 11A, an auxiliary device 40 for testing and an equipment control panel 60 connectable to a power source are arranged. Here, the accessory device 40 includes a water supply device 41, a fuel supply device 45, an exhaust device 47, a ventilation device 52, and the like. Note that other accessory devices 40 include a power source, an air conditioner, a fire extinguishing device, and a lighting device as needed.

The water supply device 41 comprises a water supply tank 42 installed on one side of the protruding portion 11A, a water supply pump 43 connected to the water supply tank 42, and a water supply pipe 44 connected to the water supply pump 43. , Test device penetrating the rear side wall 14
It has reached 30 parts. Further, the fuel supply device 45 is of a tank type and is arranged by being fixed to the outer surface of the rear side wall portion 14. Then, the fuel pipe 46 from the fuel supply device 45 penetrates the rear side wall portion 14 and reaches the portion of the test device 30.

The exhaust device 47 includes an exhaust fan 48 installed in the center of the protruding portion 11A, a vertical silencer 49 connected to the outlet of the exhaust fan 48, and an vertical exhaust connected to the silencer 49. It is composed of a duct 50 and the like. Then, the exhaust pipe 51 connected to the suction port of the exhaust fan 48 penetrates the rear side wall portion 14 and the test apparatus 30.
Has been reached.

The ventilation device 52 includes a ventilation fan 53 installed on the other side of the protruding portion 11A, a vertical silencer 54 connected to the outlet of the ventilation fan 53, and a vertical silencer connected to the silencer 54. It is composed of a ventilation duct 55 and the like. A ventilation pipe 56 connected to the suction port of the ventilation fan 53 penetrates the rear side wall portion 14 and communicates with the inside of the test chamber 16. Also, for example, one of the left and right side wall portions 12
A ventilation fan 57 is provided in the. The ventilation duct 55 and the exhaust duct 50 are connected to each other through a common stay 58, and the rear side wall portion is formed.
Supported by 14.

The equipment control board 60 is arranged by being fixed to the outer surface of the rear side wall portion 14, and a plug 62 is provided at the free end of a cord 61 connected to the equipment control board 60, so that an external power source is provided. It can be freely connected to. Not connected cord 61
Are collectively locked by hooks 63 provided on the rear side wall portion 14.

In the above-described embodiment, the trial run is performed in the manufacturing factory in the stationary operation state. That is,
With the water tank 42 filled with water and the fuel supply device 45 filled with fuel (oil), the cord 61 is removed from the hook 63, and the plug 62 is connected to the power source to enable operation. Become. Then, the front side wall portion 13 is opened, and the internal combustion engine 1 is supplied to the internal combustion engine support device 32 through the loading / unloading port 20.

At that time, the supply is carried out via the conveying means 25. That is, the movable rail 27 is moved so as to project relative to the fixed rail 26, and the internal combustion engine 1 located outside (external transfer means) is lifted via the winch device 28. Then, the movable rail 27 is moved in and out of the fixed rail 26 to position the internal combustion engine 1 above the internal combustion engine support device 32. Next, the winch device 28 is moved with respect to the movable rail 27, and the winch device 28 is operated to operate the internal combustion engine 1
Is lowered and thus the internal combustion engine 1 is placed on the receiving member 36 group.

Before and after this, the lateral position of the support 35 and the vertical position of the receiver 36 are adjusted according to the model of the internal combustion engine 1. Then, the water supply pipe 44, the fuel pipe 46, the exhaust pipe 56, etc. are connected to the internal combustion engine 1 placed on the receiving member 36 group. Further, the front side wall portion 13 is closed and closed, whereby the test chamber 16 is sealed.

In the closed state, the warm-up operation of the internal combustion engine 1 is first performed under the control of the internal combustion engine control panel 31, and then the operating conditions such as idle adjustment, ignition timing adjustment, and exhaust gas adjustment are performed. Furthermore, noise, vibration, responsiveness, etc. are inspected. Exhaust gas analyzers, vibration meters, sound level meters and the like necessary for the inspection can be loaded from the outside through the loading / unloading port 20 and used.

The power source of each device is obtained by the control panel 31, and the internal combustion engine 1 is operated under the condition of measurement and inspection. At that time, since the internal combustion engine 1 is located in the test chamber 16 which is partitioned and sealed by the soundproof structure main body 10, it is not affected by the sound of the adjacent internal combustion engine 1 or external noise. Therefore, accurate measurement (judgment) can be performed. Then, a measurement or the like can be performed by an operator who has entered the test chamber 16 through the loading / unloading port 20 and operates the internal combustion engine control panel 31.

At this time, in the test device 30, the fuel supply device 45
Fuel from the internal combustion engine 1 is supplied to the internal combustion engine 1 through the fuel pipe 46, and the exhaust gas generated in the internal combustion engine 1 is exhausted by the exhaust device 47.
When the exhaust fan 48 is operated, it is sucked into the exhaust pipe 51 and then discharged through the silencer 49 and the exhaust duct 50. Further, the supply of cooling water to the internal combustion engine 1 is
By operating the water supply pump 43 of the water supply device 41, the water supply tank
This is done by sending the cooling water 42 through the water supply pipe 44.

The inside of the test room 16 is constantly ventilated,
At that time, the exhaust air from the test chamber 16 is sucked into the ventilation pipe 56 by the operation of the ventilation fan 53 of the ventilation device 52, and is exhausted through the silencer 54 and the ventilation duct 55. Air is supplied to the test chamber 16 by a ventilation fan 57.

The internal combustion engine 1 that has been subjected to the intended test as described above is stopped and drained, and the water supply pipe 44, the fuel pipe 46, the exhaust pipe 51, etc. are connected to the internal combustion engine 1. Be refused. After that, internal combustion engine 1
Is suspended by the transport means 25, and is carried out to the outside through the open loading / unloading port 20.

The internal combustion engine test equipment, which has undergone the trial run as described above, is transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site. At that time, loading on a transportation vehicle (or a container ship) is performed by applying a fork of a forklift to the bottom wall portion 11 of the equipment body 10. That is, transportation by a transporting vehicle or the like is performed with many devices and devices such as the test device 30, the internal combustion engine control panel 31, and the accessory device 40 arranged at predetermined positions.

This internal combustion engine test facility is transported to the installation site and for a given internal combustion engine transport line,
It is installed with the loading / unloading port 20 facing each other. At that time, the installation can be easily performed by landing the bottom wall portion 11, and at the installation site, the installation floor surface is flattened, and almost no new construction is required. The installation may be performed alone or in parallel.

After installation, the internal combustion engine test facility
After supplying the cooling water and the fuel, simply connecting the equipment control panel 60 to the power source allows the intended operation to be performed in the same manner as the trial operation described above. When the number of test devices 30 used in one line is reduced and the test device 30 is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the equipment control panel 60
After disconnecting the connection to the power source of (1), by moving (moving) the equipment main body 10, various devices and equipment including the test device 30 and the auxiliary device 40 can be moved at once.

5 and 6 show another embodiment of the present invention.
That is, the test apparatus 30 installed in the test chamber 16 is configured by adding a dynamometer (for example, an eddy current type electric dynamometer) 70 that requires cooling water to the internal combustion engine control panel 31 and the internal combustion engine support device 32. , And an accessory device 40 provided on the protrusion 11A.
In addition, a dynamometer water supply device 71 connected to the dynamometer 70 is added. Here, the dynamometer water supply device 71 is a water supply tank.
72, a heat exchanger 74, etc., which are connected to the water supply tank 72 via a circulation pipe 73, and the water supply tank 72
The water supply pipe 75 and the drainage pipe 76 connected to the
Is connected to the dynamometer 70.

According to this alternative embodiment, the dynamometer 70 and the dynamometer water supply device 71 can be moved together with the equipment body 10. When the dynamometer 70 is an AC or DC electric dynamometer, cooling water is not required, so the dynamometer water supply device 71 is omitted, and instead, a control panel is installed in the corner of the test room 16. To be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the movement (relocation) is performed by using the forklift. For example, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 2, the caster wheels (rolling wheels) are attached to the bottom wall portion 11. ) 80 and traveling wheels (rolling wheels) 81 may be attached for traveling. By operating the jack type level adjusting device 82 at a fixed position, the level of the equipment main body 10 can be adjusted, and the unevenness of the floor surface and the level of the external transfer means can be dealt with. It should be noted that the traveling can be performed in a tow type by a driving vehicle by providing a towed rod 83 on the bottom wall portion 11.

The internal combustion engine test facility can be installed indoors or outdoors, and can be installed independently regardless of the internal combustion engine transportation line.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, in the internal combustion engine test facility which has completed the test operation in the manufacturing plant, many devices and equipment such as a test device and ancillary devices are arranged at predetermined positions of the facility body. Until then, it can be transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site, and at the installation site, it can be installed facing the predetermined line by landing. Therefore, the disassembling work and the reassembling work accompanying the movement can be reduced, and the work from the trial operation to the installation can be easily and quickly performed. At the installation site, the installation floor surface is flattened, and almost no new construction is needed. Furthermore, after installation, simply connect the equipment control panel to the power supply,
It can be operated quickly.

When the test equipment in one line is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the equipment main body is moved (moved) to allow various equipment and devices including the test equipment and auxiliary equipment. Therefore, the relocation can be performed easily and quickly without causing a dead space in one line and without constructing a new equipment main body in another line.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the auxiliary device including the water supply device, the fuel supply device, the exhaust device, and the ventilation device can be moved together with the equipment body. Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the internal combustion engine control panel can be moved together with the equipment main body.

According to the fourth invention having the above-mentioned structure, the dynamometer can be moved together with the equipment main body. Moreover, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the equipment body can be moved easily and quickly by using the rolling wheels.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an internal combustion engine test equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a main part of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional side view of an internal combustion engine test equipment according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internal Combustion Engine 10 Equipment Main Body 11 Bottom Wall 11A Projection 12 Left and Right Side Walls 13 Front Side Wall 14 Rear Side Wall 15 Top Wall 16 Testing Room 20 Loading / Exiting Port 25 Conveying Means 30 Internal Combustion Engine Testing Equipment 31 Internal Combustion Engine Control Panel 32 Internal combustion engine support device 40 Ancillary device 41 Water supply device 45 Fuel supply device 47 Exhaust device 52 Exhaust device 52 Ventilation device 57 Ventilation fan 60 Facility control panel 61 Code 62 Plug 70 Dynamometer 71 Water supply device for dynamometer 80 Caster wheels (rolling wheels) 81 Traveling wheels (Rolling wheels) 82 Level adjuster 83 Towed rod

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bottom wall portion, a side wall portion, and a ceiling wall portion constitute a soundproof structure main body having a test chamber inside, and a test apparatus for an internal combustion engine is installed in the test chamber, and the bottom wall portion is provided. Has an outward protruding portion with respect to the side wall portion, and using the space above this protruding portion, an auxiliary device for testing and an equipment control panel connectable to a power source are arranged. Characteristic internal combustion engine test equipment. 2. The internal combustion engine test according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device comprises a water supply device leading to the internal combustion engine test device, a fuel supply device and an exhaust device, and a ventilation device communicating with the test chamber. Facility. 3. The internal combustion engine test equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the internal combustion engine test device has an internal combustion engine control panel. 4. The internal combustion engine test apparatus includes an internal combustion engine control panel and a dynamometer.
Internal combustion engine test facility described. 5. The internal combustion engine test equipment according to claim 1, wherein a rolling wheel is provided in a lower portion of the equipment main body.