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US20120216404A1
US20120216404A1 US13/389,543 US201013389543A US2012216404A1 US 20120216404 A1 US20120216404 A1 US 20120216404A1 US 201013389543 A US201013389543 A US 201013389543A US 2012216404 A1 US2012216404 A1 US 2012216404A1
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Jesper Hoejland Hoeyer
Hans Kurt Petersen
Erik Thomas Bonde
Ole Mortensen
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K27/00—Construction of housing; Use of materials therefor
    • F16K27/10—Welded housings
    • F16K27/102—Welded housings for lift-valves
    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49405—Valve or choke making
    • Y10T29/49426—Valve or choke making including metal shaping and diverse operation

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  • the present invention relates to a method to manufacture a valve using metal injection moulding and welding the valve housing to the upper part of the valve without damaging the inner cavity of the valve housing.
  • a valve housing is usually manufactured by forging or turning or a combination of those. In a traditional forging process it is difficult to manufacture details inside the valve and often further adaption of the housing is necessary after the forging giving extra work and also expensive material is wasted. When manufacturing a valve typically soldering or screw joints are used to assemble the housing to the other parts of the valve.
  • Metal injection moulding is a manufacturing method that at relatively low costs allows manufacturing parts effectively and precise.
  • metal powder is mixed with a polymeric binder.
  • the MIM material is heated and then injected in a mould.
  • the part obtained after the injection moulding is slightly larger in size than the final part.
  • the part then goes through a debinding process where about 90% of the polymeric binder is removed.
  • the part is sintered to remove the majority of the remaining polymeric binder and the sintering also makes the metal powder to fuse together creating a solid part.
  • the sintering also makes the part shrink to its final size.
  • a problem by MIM is that the walls of the part have to be relatively thin to allow the debinding process and the sintering to remove almost all the polymeric binder. Therefore making parts to be welded by using the MIM process is difficult because thin walls easy deforms during welding.
  • the invention provides a method for manufacturing a valve, the valve comprising a housing and an upper part, the housing is manufactured by metal injection moulding, the housing comprises an welding cap, and the upper part is welded to the welding cap.
  • metal injection moulding makes it possible to manufacture the housing cheap using a minimum of material since the waste of material is very limited.
  • the thickness of the walls must be limited to allow for the debinding process and the sintering process to remove almost all of the polymeric binder. If the walls are too thick it is difficult to remove almost all of the polymeric binder. Therefore the walls must be relatively thin compared with a housing manufactured in a traditional way. Thin walls give a problem when the housing is welded to the upper part as the welding can deform the housing making it difficult for the inner parts to move freely. Therefore a welding cap is added to the housing; the upper part is then welded to the welding cap, and deformation of the inner cavity of the housing is avoided.
  • a further advantage of using metal injection moulding is that the housing can be made in steel. Using the conventional manufacturing methods it is hard and expensive to make a housing in steel, therefore brass is often used for a housing since it is easier to work in brass. However to manufacture the housing in steel is easy using metal injection moulding, it is efficient and cheap using a minimum of material.
  • Metal injection moulding can also be used for other metals like ceramics, magnetic materials, and combinations of different materials in same part.
  • the housing comprises an inner liner and the inner liner end and the welding cap end are separated by a groove.
  • the inner liner is defining the form of the inner cavity, the inner liner must be strait to keep the inner parts in place and avoid obstacles to the free movement of the inner parts.
  • the inner liner and the welding cap are placed side by side separated by a groove. The groove makes some distance between the welding cap and the inner liner so heat from the welding cannot deform the inner liner.
  • the end of the welding cap can be staggered compared to the end of the inner liner so the end of the inner liner is lower than the end of the welding cap avoiding the risk of the inner liner getting in contact with the upper part. Such a contact is unwanted since it might prevent a good contact between the welding cap and the upper part.
  • the upper part can comprise a guiding ring placed on the upper part so the guiding ring gets in contact with the inner edge of the welding cap.
  • the guiding ring helps placing and keeping the valve housing and the upper part in correct position for the welding.
  • the housing is manufactured so all parts of the housing have a uniform thickness. This is done to ensure that the debinding process and the sintering remove almost all the polymeric binder. In the preferred embodiment all parts of the housing is about 1 mm. Of course in areas where different part meets the thickness can be a little larger.
  • the dept of the welding seem should preferably be less than the thickness of the welding cap to avoid the risk of the inner liner is hit by molten material during welding risking deformation.
  • FIG. 1 shows a valve of the preferred embodiment of the valve.
  • FIG. 2 shows a 3-D drawing of the housing showing the welding cap and the inner liner of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows the housing seen from above.
  • FIG. 1 shows the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the valve 1 comprising a housing 2 , an inlet 3 , an outlet 4 , and an upper part 5 .
  • a guiding tube 6 around the guiding tube 6 the valve comprises a solenoid, but this is not shown on the drawing.
  • Inside the guiding tube 6 are an armature 7 and an armature top 8 .
  • a spring 9 keeps the valve closed when the armature 7 is not activated by the electromagnetic coil.
  • the housing 2 comprises an inner cavity 10 and a valve seat 11 and the nozzle 20 , in the inner cavity 10 is the inner parts comprising a servo piston 12 and a servo closure member 13 .
  • the housing further comprises a welding cap 14 , an inner liner 15 and a groove 16 , the groove 16 is placed between the welding cap 14 and the inner liner 15 .
  • the servo closure member 13 moves up and down in the inner cavity 10 .
  • the servo closure member 13 is following the inner liner 15 , therefore it is very important that the inner liner 15 is strait since bumps or other obstacles will hinder the free movement of the servo closure member 13 . This is the main reason the welding must not deform the inner liner 15 .
  • the upper part 5 can have a guiding ring (now shown), the guiding ring meets the inner edge of the welding cap 14 , so when the upper part 5 is placed on top of the housing 2 , the guiding ring ensure the upper part 5 is placed in the right place for welding.
  • FIG. 2 shows the housing 2 in a 3-d drawing.
  • the inner liner end 17 is staggered slightly lower than the welding cap end 18 so when the upper part 5 is placed on top of the housing 2 there is a small gab between the inner liner end 17 and the upper part 5 .
  • FIG. 3 shows the housing 2 seen from above with the welding cap 14 , the inner liner 15 , the groove 16 , the leaks 19 , the inner cavity 10 and the nozzle 20 .
  • the size of the nozzle 20 can be increased by cutting, so the nozzle 20 can be made in varying sizes to fit the wanted characteristics of the valve.

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