Rotational Transmitter

• US 20080180279A1
• Filed: 02/22/2006
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komet Group GmbH (Flatlake Privatstiftung)
• Original Assignee: Komet Group GmbH (Flatlake Privatstiftung)
• Inventors: Hoerl, Roland, Graf, Heiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,044,822 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.31
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 1/0009 Energy-transferring means or control lines for movable machine parts; Control panels or boxes; Control parts control handles for driving or feeding mechanisms B23Q5/54
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2038/143 for signals
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2804 Printed windings
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/366 made of ferromagnetic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 38/18 Rotary transformers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/65 Means to drive tool
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/85 to move radially

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary transmitter for example for use in machine tools with adjusting tools. The rotary transmitter comprises a stator part (18) and a rotor part (26), each having a respective stator core part (72) and a rotor core part (74), which are separated from one another at mutually facing ends via an air gap, and each having at least one respective power winding (76, 78), which is wound on the stator core part and the rotor core part, in order to transmit power using the transformer principle, and having respective stator and rotor coupling turns (80′, 80″, 82′, 82″), which are associated with one another in pairs, for inductive data transmission. One aim of the invention is to transmit data without interference. A further aim is a low maintenance requirement. In order to achieve this, the invention primarily proposes that the coupling turns (80′, 80″, 82′, 82″) are separated from the area of the power winding (76, 78), and are shielded from them, by parts of the respective core parts (72, 74), and are arranged in the associated stator part and rotor part (18, 26) in each case forming a three-dimensioned curved loop.

Claims

1-32. -32. (canceled)

33. Rotary transmitter having a stator part (18) and a rotor part (26), each having a respective stator core part (72) and a rotor core part (74), which are separated from one another at mutually facing ends, and each having at least one respective power winding (76, 78), which is wound on the stator core part and the rotor core part, in order to transmit power using the transformer principle, and having respective stator and rotor coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

), which are associated with one another in pairs, for inductive data transmission, which are connected to transmitting and/or receiving electronics, in which the coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

) are separated from the area of the power winding (76, 78), and are shielded from them, characterized in that the coupling turns are arranged in the associated stator part and rotor part, in each case forming a three-dimensionally curved loop, in that the stator coupling turn (80′

, 80″

) has a turn branch (88′

) close to the rotor and a turn branch (88″

) remote from the rotor, which are connected to one another via at least one direction-changing loop (88′

″

), in that the rotary coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) has a turn branch (89′

) close to the stator and at least one turn branch remote from the stator, which are connected to one another via at least one direction-changing loop, in that the turn branches (88′

, 88″

) of the stator coupling turn (80′

, 80″

), together with the associated direction-changing loop (88′

″

) cover a partially cylindrical area, in that the turn branches of the rotor coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) together with the associated direction-changing loop cover a cylindrical area, in that the partially cylindrical area of the stator coupling turn (80′

, 80″

) and the cylindrical area of the associated rotor coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) are arranged with approximately the same cylinder radii, at an axial distance from one another coaxially with respect to the rotation axis (12) of the rotor part (28) and in that the turn branch (89′

) of the rotor coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) which is close to the stator, and the turn branch (88′

) of the stator coupling turn (80′

, 80″

) which is close to the rotor are arranged with approximately the same circumferential curvature parallel to one another and at an axial distance from one another.

34. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the direction-changing loops (88′

″

) are arranged essentially parallel to the axis of the cylindrical or partially cylindrical areas.

35. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the stator part (18) with its core part (72), the power winding (76) and the at least one coupling turn (80′

, 80″

) extends over a cylindrical segment.

36. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the rotor part (26) with its core part (74), the power winding (78) and the at least one coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) extends over a full cylinder.

37. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the core part (74) of the rotor part (26) has two core limbs (74′

, 74″

) which revolve cylindrically at a radial distance from one another and are connected to one another at one end by a radial yoke (74′

″

) forming a U-shaped cross section which is open on the stator side, in that the rotor power winding (78) revolves in the cylindrical area (86) between the core limbs (74′

, 74″

), and in that the at least one rotor coupling turn (82′

, 82″

) revolves radially outside the inner and/or outer core limb (74′

, 74″

).

38. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the core part (72) of the stator part (18) has two core limbs (72′

, 72″

) which run in a partially cylindrical form at a radial distance from one another and are connected to one another at one end by a radial yoke (72′

″

) forming a U-shaped cross section which is open on the rotor side, in that the rotor power winding (76) is arranged in the partially cylindrical area (84) between the core limbs (72′

, 72″

), and in that the at least one stator coupling turn (80′

, 80″

) is arranged radially outside the inner and/or outer core limb (72′

, 72″

).

39. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the stator and the rotor connecting contacts of the power windings (76, 78) and/or of the coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

) are each routed outwards on the yoke side.

40. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the ferromagnetic core parts (72, 74) are composed of ferritic material.

41. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that at least the turn branches (88′

) of the stator coupling turns (80′

, 80″

) which are close to the rotor, and/or the power windings (76), are fitted with a dielectric covering layer.

42. Rotary transmitter according to claim 41, characterized in that the covering layer is colored with an identification color.

43. Rotary transmitter according to claim 42, characterized in that the covering layer has a wall thickness of less than 1 mm, preferably of less than 0.5 mm.

44. Rotary transmitter according to claim 41, characterized in that the covering layer is composed of an insulator material and in that an apparatus is provided for monitoring the electrical conductivity of the covering layer.

45. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the at least one coupling turn (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

) is in the form of a preferably flexible conductor track printed on a flat material substrate.

46. Rotary transmitter according to claim 45, characterized in that the flat material substrate rests against an outer surface, which faces away from the power winding and is aligned parallel to the axis, of one of the core limbs (72′

, 72″

, 74′

, 74″

), or is adhesively bonded to it.

47. Rotary transmitter according to claim 45, characterized in that the flat material substrate additionally has a conductor area which is at ground potential and is surrounded by the coupling turn (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

).

48. Rotary transmitter according to claim 41, characterized in that the at least one coupling turn (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

) and/or the power winding (76, 78) are/is embedded in a potting compound which at the same time forms the covering layer.

49. Rotary transmitter according to claim 48, characterized in that the potting compound and/or the covering layer contain/contains a wear-resistant material.

50. Rotary transmitter according to claim 49, characterized in that the potting compound is composed of a plastic material mixed with ceramic particles.

51. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the stator part (18) is arranged in a housing (34) which is composed of a basic housing (34′

) for holding transmitting and/or receiving electronics with a connecting cable as well as an interchangeable housing (34″

), which is arranged detachably on the basic housing (34′

), for holding the power winding (76) and the at least one coupling turn (80′

, 80″

), and in that detachable plug contacts (62) are arranged between the basic housing (34′

) and the interchangeable housing (34″

) in order to produce electrical connections.

54. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the turn branches of the stator and rotor coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

), together with the associated direction-changing loops, cover partially cylindrical areas which are arranged with mirror-image symmetry with respect to one another.

55. Rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the turn branches of the stator and rotor coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

) together with the associated direction-changing loops, cover completely cylindrical areas which are arranged with mirror-image symmetry with respect to one another.

56. Machine tool having a machine frame (24), a machine spindle (22) which can be driven by a motor or motors, and a tool head (10) which is arranged detachably on the machine spindle, with the machine frame (24) being fitted in the vicinity of the spindle with the stator part (18) and with the tool head (10) being fitted with the rotor part (26) of the rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized in that the rotor-side surface of the stator part (18) has a swarf-repelling fluid flow applied to it.

57. Machine tool having a machine frame (24), a machine spindle (22) which can be driven by a motor or motors, and a tool head (10) which is arranged detachably on the machine spindle, with the machine frame (24) being fitted in the vicinity of the spindle with the stator part (18) and with the tool head (10) being fitted with the rotor part (26) of the rotary transmitter according to claim 33, characterized by a handling apparatus (66) for mounting or removing at least a part of the stator part (16) on/from the machine frame (24).

58. Machine tool according to claim 57, having a tool magazine, characterized in that the tool magazine has at least one space for holding the part of the stator part which has been removed from the machine frame.

52. Rotary transmitter having a stator part (18) and a rotor part (26), each having a respective stator core part (72) and a rotor core part (74), which are separated from one another at mutually facing ends via an air gap, and each having at least one respective power winding (76, 78), which is wound on the stator core part and the rotor core part, in order to transmit power using the transformer principle, and having respective stator and rotor coupling turns (80′

, 80″

, 82′

, 82″

), which are associated with one another in pairs, for inductive data transmission, which are connected to transmitting and/or receiving electronics, characterized in that the stator part (18) is arranged in a housing (34) which is composed of a basic housing (34′

) for holding transmitting and/or receiving electronics with a connecting cable as well as an interchangeable housing (34″

), which is arranged detachably on the basic housing (34′

), for holding the power winding (76) and the at least one coupling turn (80′

, 80″

), and in that detachable plug contacts (62) are arranged between the basic housing (34′

) and the interchangeable housing (34″

) in order to produce electrical connections.

53. Rotary transmitter according to claim 52, characterized in that the stator part (18) is arranged in a housing (34) which is open toward the rotor in the area of the power winding (76) and of the coupling turns (80′

, 80″

) forming a housing window (60), and in that the housing window (60) can be closed to form a seal by a cover (64) which can preferably be placed on and fixed to the housing (34) via a handling system (66).