Method for making a strengthened spinner having integrally formed ribs

• US 5,743,157 A
• Filed: 07/31/1996
• Issued: 04/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Owens- Corning Fiberglas Technology Incorporated (Owens Corning)
• Original Assignee: Owens- Corning Fiberglas Technology Incorporated (Owens Corning)
• Inventors: Hinze, Jay W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Watts, Douglas D.
• Application Number:
  US08/692,898
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 76/107.1, 76/107.4, 76/107.6, 148/653, 148/676, 65/513-518, 65/521-523
• US Class Current: 76/107.6
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/16 over shaping mandrels or formers
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 37/045 Construction of the spinner cups
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 37/047 Selection of materials for the spinner cups
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 37/0805 Manufacturing, repairing, or other treatment of bushings, nozzles or bushing nozzle plates

Abstract

A method of forming a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material is disclosed. A dispersion strengthened metal is warm worked at a temperature above the minimum warm working temperature and below the recrystallization temperature of the metal to form a spinner having an annular peripheral wall and a plurality of ribs formed integrally with the peripheral wall and extending radially inwardly therefrom. The spinner is heat treated to recrystallize the metal to a coarse grain structure, and a plurality of fiber-forming orifices are formed in the peripheral wall.

Claims

1. A method of forming a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material comprising:

warm working a dispersion strengthened metal at a temperature above the minimum warm working temperature and below the recrystallization temperature of the metal, to form a spinner having an annular peripheral wall and a plurality of ribs formed integrally with the peripheral wall and extending radially inwardly therefrom;

heat treating the warm worked spinner to recrystallize the metal to a coarse grain structure; and

forming a plurality of orifices through the peripheral wall.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the warm working comprises a spin forming operation in which the metal is spun on a mandrel and forced against the mandrel to take the shape thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the metal is spin formed onto a mandrel having a cylindrical surface with slots formed therein to form the ribbed peripheral wall of the spinner.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the metal is spin formed onto the mandrel by a roller under a hydraulic pressure within the range from about 0.7 MPa to about 7.0 MPa, the roller making from about 10 passes to about 20 passes against the metal.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the metal is spin formed onto the mandrel by a roller under a hydraulic pressure within the range from about 1.4 MPa to about 4.2 MPa.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of warm working includes warm working to form ribs having an average length within the range from about 0.25 cm to about 0.76 cm.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of warm working includes warm working to form ribs having an average width within the range from about 0.1 cm to about 0.25 cm.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of warm working includes warm working to form a plurality of channels between the ribs, such that the ratio of the average width of the channels to the average width of the ribs is within the range from about 1:

1 to about 3;

1.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein from about 200 to about 400 ribs are formed integrally with the peripheral wall.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of warm working comprises spin forming the metal onto a mandrel having a cylindrical surface with slots formed therein, by making from about 10 to about 20 passes with a roller under a hydraulic pressure within the range from about 0.7 MPa to about 7.0 MPa against the metal to force the metal against the cylindrical surface, wherein the metal takes the shape of the cylindrical surface to form the ribbed peripheral wall of the spinner.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the warm working comprises spin forming a generally circular plate of metal.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of iron-based oxide dispersion strengthened alloys, nickel-based oxide dispersion strengthened alloys, and mixtures thereof.

13. The method of claim 10 further including removing the spinner from the mandrel after spin forming by cooling the spinner, then heating the spinner to a temperature at least about 500 C. higher than the temperature of the mandrel.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of warm working includes warm working to form a plurality of channels between the ribs, such that the ratio of the average width of the channels to the average width of the ribs is within the range from about 1:

1 to about 3;

1.

14. A method of forming a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material comprising:

spin forming a dispersion strengthened metal at a temperature above the minimum warm working temperature and below the recrystallization temperature of the metal, to form a spinner having an annular peripheral wall and a plurality of ribs formed integrally with the peripheral wall and extending radially inwardly therefrom, wherein the metal is spin formed onto a mandrel having a cylindrical surface with slots formed therein, the metal is forced against the cylindrical surface by a roller under a hydraulic pressure within the range from about 0.7 MPa to about 7.0 MPa, the roller making from about 10 passes to about 20 passes against the metal, wherein the metal takes the shape of the cylindrical surface to form the ribbed peripheral wall of the spinner;

heat treating the spin formed spinner to recrystallize the metal to a coarse grain structure; and

forming a plurality of orifices through the peripheral wall.

16. A method of forming a spinner for centrifuging fibers from molten material comprising:

spin forming a dispersion strengthened metal at a temperature above the minimum warm working temperature and below the recrystallization temperature of the metal, to form a spinner having an annular peripheral wall and a plurality of ribs formed integrally with the peripheral wall and extending radially inwardly therefrom, the ribs having a generally frustoconical radial cross section, wherein the metal is spin formed onto a mandrel having a cylindrical surface with slots formed therein, the metal is forced against the cylindrical surface by a roller under a hydraulic pressure within the range from about 0.7 MPa to about 7.0 MPa, the roller making from about 10 passes to about 20 passes against the metal, wherein the metal takes the shape of the cylindrical surface to form the ribbed peripheral wall of the spinner;

heat treating the spin formed spinner to recrystallize the metal to a coarse grain structure; and

forming a plurality of orifices through the peripheral wall.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of spin forming includes spin forming to form ribs having an average length within the range from about 0.25 cm to about 0.76 cm.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of spin forming includes spin forming to form ribs having an average width within the range from about 0.1 cm to about 0.25 cm.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of spin forming includes spin forming to form a plurality of channels between the ribs, such that the ratio of the average width of the channels to the average width of the ribs is within the range from about 1:

1 to about 3;

1.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of iron-based oxide dispersion strengthened alloys, nickel-based oxide dispersion strengthened alloys, and mixtures thereof.