Process for the production of laminated cores

• US 6,629,358 B2
• Filed: 03/08/1999
• Issued: 10/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: thyssenkrupp Transrapid GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Original Assignee: Thyssen Transrapid System GmbH, Vantico Inc.
• Inventors: Moser, Thomas, Moser, Roland, Gehrig, Michel, Massen, Ulrich, Hahn, Wolfgang, Miller, Luitpold, Setiabudi, Frans
• Primary Examiner(s): Tugbang, A. Dexter
• Application Number:
  US09/117,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20010001895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,674 Days
• Field of Search: 296/09, 295/96, 295/98, 29D/IG.1, 29D/IG.29, 310/42, 310/43, 264/272.19, 264/272.2, 264/261, 156/305, 156/330
• US Class Current: 29/609
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 13/03 Electric propulsion by linear motors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E01B 25/32 Stators, guide rails or slide rails
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/0213 Manufacturing of magnetic circuits made from strip(s) or ribbon(s) magnetic cores made by winding a ribbon H01F27/25
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/024 with slots
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 41/02 Linear motors; Sectional motors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 29/001 Method or apparatus involving adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49009 Dynamoelectric machine
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49078 Laminated

Abstract

The method of manufacturing a sheet stack for electromagnetic assemblies, consisting of ferromagnetic material, includes forming the sheet stack from raw magnetic steel sheets in a shaping tool without the use of spacers, if necessary with the help of positioning aids, and simultaneously introducing a hardenable mixture into the shaping tool in order to totally surround the sheet stack and to form an anti-corrosion layer and hardening or hardening out this casting compound according to the pressure-gelating method to connect the sheets together and to form the finished sheet stack in one single working step. An electromagnetic assembly including at least one of the sheet stacks and an additional component is made in the same working step by a method including making the finished sheet stack in accordance with the foregoing pressure-gelating method, connecting the finished sheet stack to the additional component to form the assembly and surrounding the assembly with the mixture in order to form the anti-corrosion layer.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a finished sheet stack, consisting of ferromagnetic material, for electromagnetic assemblies, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of raw magnetic steel sheets;

stacking said sheets for providing a sheet stack;

positioning said stack in a cavity defined by wall portions of a shaping tool; and

then providing said finished sheet stack by means of a pressure-gelation method said pressure-gelation method comprising the steps of providing a liquid, thermally hardenable mixture which comprises a duroplastic epoxy resin component and a hardener component;

introducing said mixture under pressure into said cavity such that said mixture is introduced into cavities between said sheets so as to connect them with one another as well as surrounds said sheets and said sheet stack as a whole on preselected sides;

hardening or hardening out said mixture at least as long until removal of said sheets stack from said shaping tool can take place; and

heating said shaping tool at least during hardening or hardening onto said mixture;

whereby in one single working step, both said sheets are connected together and said sheets and said sheet stack are surrounded on said preselected sides with an anti-corrosion layer having a thickness which is selected by a spacing between said sheet stack and said wall portions of said shaping tool.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said raw magnetic steel sheets are not pre-treated and the hardenable mixture has a composition with electrical insulating properties so that a mutual electrical insulation is formed between said sheets.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said sheets and said sheet stack are completely surrounded with said anti-corrosion layer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said cavity is at least partly evacuated before or during introduction of said mixture into said cavity.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, further using at least one section of the sheet stack for mounting a positioning member during introduction of the sheet stack into the shaping tool.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, further using a spacer member made of a porous material as a positioning member during introduction of the sheet stack into the shaping tool.

7. A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic assembly including at least one sheet stack, consisting of ferromagnetic material, and an additional component, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of raw magnetic steel sheets;

stacking said sheets for providing a sheet stack, forming said assembly from said stack and said component;

positioning said assembly in a cavity defined by wall portions of a shaping tool and then providing said finished assembly by means of a pressure-gelation method, said pressure-gelation method comprising the steps of providing a liquid, thermally hardenable mixture which comprises a duroplastic epoxy resin component and a hardener component;

introducing said mixture under pressure into said cavity such that said mixture is introduced into cavities between said sheets so as to connect them with one another as well as surrounds said sheets, said sheet stack and said assembly as a whole on preselected sides;

hardening or hardening out said mixture at least as long until removal of said assembly from said shaping tool can take place; and

heating said shaping tool at least during hardening or hardening onto said mixture;

whereby in one single working step, said sheets are connected together, said stack is connected with said component and said assembly is surrounded on said preselected sides with an anti-corrosion layer having a thickness which is selected by a spacing between said sheet stack, said component and said wall portions of said spacing tool.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein said raw magnetic steel sheets are not pre-treated and the hardenable mixture has a composition with electrical insulating properties so that a mutual electrical insulation is formed between said sheets.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said sheets and said sheet stack are completely surrounded with said anti-corrosion layer.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein said cavity is at least partly evacuated before or during introduction of said mixture into said cavity.

11. A method as defined in claim 7, further using at least one section of the sheet stack for mounting a positioning member during introduction of the sheet stack into the shaping tool.

12. A method as defined in claim 7, further using a spacer member made of a porous material as a positioning member during introduction of the sheet stack into the shaping tool.