WO2006013817A1 - 動圧軸受装置 - Google Patents
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing device.
- This hydrodynamic bearing device is a spindle of information equipment, such as magnetic disk devices such as HDD, optical disk devices such as CD-ROM, CD-R / RW, DVD-ROM / RAM, and magneto-optical disk devices such as MD and MO. It is suitable as a bearing device for a motor, a laser scanner (LBP) polygon scanner motor, a projector color wheel, or a small motor such as an electric device such as an axial fan.
- LBP laser scanner
- a radial bearing portion that supports a rotating member having a shaft portion and a flange portion in a non-contact manner in the radial direction, and a thrust bearing portion that supports the rotating member in a non-contact manner in a thrust direction are provided.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-061641
- a dynamic pressure groove as dynamic pressure generating means is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve or the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion constituting the radial bearing portion.
- dynamic pressure grooves are provided on both end surfaces of the flange portion constituting the thrust bearing portion, or on the opposite surfaces (for example, the end surface of the bearing sleeve and the end surface of the housing bottom).
- the housing includes a generally cylindrical side portion and a bottom portion provided on one end side of the side portion.
- the bottom part may be formed integrally with the side part, in addition to being fixed to the inner periphery of one end side of the side part as a separate bottom member from the side part.
- this is mainly formed of metal, in order to form it more inexpensively, a hydrodynamic bearing having a housing formed of grease is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-314534 (Patent Document 2). ing.
- a hydrodynamic bearing device comprising: a radial bearing portion to be supported; and a thrust bearing portion for supporting the rotating member in a thrust direction in a thrust direction by a dynamic pressure action of a lubricating fluid generated in a thrust bearing gap between the rotor and the rotating member.
- the dynamic pressure bearing device used for the spindle motor of the recording disk drive device has a low evaporation rate and low viscosity.
- ester-based lubricating oil is used (see, for example, Patent Document 4).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-061641
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-314534
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-291648
- Patent Document 4 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-172336
- Each component of the hydrodynamic bearing device such as the housing has a high processing accuracy and assembly to ensure the high rotational performance required as the performance of information equipment increases.
- the vertical accuracy is required, and the smaller and lighter information equipment is required to reduce the size and weight of the hydrodynamic bearing device.
- the cost reduction requirements for the hydrodynamic bearing device are becoming more and more severe.
- ester-based lubricating oil used in this type of hydrodynamic bearing device contains an ester group, it has high reactivity with other members. Therefore, the product produced by the reaction between the resin material forming the housing and the lubricating oil may cause deterioration of the lubricating oil or deterioration of the bearing device.
- a housing made of resin is usually formed by injection molding a resin material, but the resin material generates gas (outgas) in a high temperature atmosphere.
- gas outgas
- the outage generated in a high-temperature atmosphere may contaminate the surface of a disk such as a hard disk, which causes a reduction in the cleanliness of the bearing device or the recording disk drive.
- an object of the present invention is to further improve the accuracy, light weight, and cost of a housing in a non-contact type hydrodynamic bearing device.
- the present invention aims to ensure the cleanliness of the bearing device by forming the housing in this type of hydrodynamic bearing device with a resin material having high oil resistance and low outgassing properties. Target.
- the present invention provides a housing for housing a bearing sleeve that forms a radial bearing gap with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion, and the housing is made of polysulfide sulfide. It was formed with a resin composition having (PPS) as a base resin.
- the housing which is entirely formed of a metal material, is replaced with a resin composition, so that light weight is achieved.
- a resin composition since it is formed from a resin composition, it can be injection-molded. Therefore, productivity can be improved and costs can be reduced as compared with the case where the entire housing is machined.
- polyphenylene sulfide PPS
- PEEK polyether ether Ketones
- PES polyethersulfone
- PPSF polysulfone sulfone
- PAI polyamideimide
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PES is particularly suitable in consideration of fluidity in a molten state.
- polyphenol-lensanolide is a force usually generated by the polymerization reaction of paradichlorobenzene (PDCB) and sodium sulfate.
- PDCB paradichlorobenzene
- a salt such as NaCl is also generated as a by-product.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- sodium ions may elute into the lubricating oil, such as the part of the resin formed using this resin as the base resin. Elution of Na ions into the lubricating oil may cause degradation and deterioration of the lubricating oil and change in viscosity, which may reduce the performance of the equipment.
- the content of Na ions in the scab composition containing the above-mentioned poly-lens sulfide (PPS) as the base scabbage is suppressed to 2000 ppm or less.
- a resin composition conforming to these conditions An example of the sucrose is linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS).
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- NaCl or the like, which is a by-product of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) is reduced, and for example, the amount contained in polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) as Na ions is also reduced. Therefore, the elution amount of Na ions in the lubricating oil is suppressed, and the cleanliness inside the bearing or outside the bearing is maintained, so that deterioration of the bearing performance can be avoided.
- the housing for the hydrodynamic bearing device is required to have high strength and impact resistance with the recent portability of electronic equipment.
- radial bearing clearances and thrust bearing clearances must be managed with high precision and high dimensional stability is required. Therefore, in the present invention, carbon fiber as a filler is blended with polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) as a base resin. According to this, the strength of the housing can be increased and the dimensional change accompanying the temperature change of the resin can be suppressed. As a result, it becomes possible to control the radial bearing gap and the thrust bearing gap with high accuracy during use, and the bearing performance is ensured.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- a shaft member can have high electroconductivity by mix
- static electricity charged on the rotating side member (eg, disk) during use can be released to the grounding side member via the housing.
- the carbon fiber preferably has a tensile strength of 3000 MPa or more.
- examples of PAN-based (polyacrylonitrile-based) carbon fibers include high strength and high conductivity.
- the reinforcement effect, dimensional stability effect, electrostatic removal effect, and the like due to the blending of these carbon fibers with the base resin are more prominently taken into account when the aspect ratio of the carbon fibers is taken into consideration. That is, as the fiber length of the carbon fiber increases, the reinforcing effect increases as the electrostatic removal effect, and as the fiber diameter decreases, wear resistance, particularly damage to the sliding counterpart material, can be suppressed. From these viewpoints, specifically, the aspect ratio of the carbon fiber is preferably 6.5 or more.
- the filling amount of carbon fiber as a filler into the base resin is preferably 10 to 35 vol%. This is because, for example, if the filling amount is less than 10 vol%, the reinforcing effect due to the filling of the carbon fiber does not sufficiently exert the electrostatic removal effect, and if the filling amount exceeds 35 vol%, the housing This is because it becomes difficult to ensure the moldability of the mold.
- the hydrodynamic bearing device incorporated in these drive devices is miniaturized, that is, the housing is also miniaturized.
- the housing may have fine dynamic pressure grooves on the upper end face and inner bottom face, in which case the dimensional accuracy is directly linked to the function of the product. For this reason, the resin composition is required to have a low melt viscosity at the time when it is supplied into a mold.
- the melt viscosity of the resin composition is desirably 310 Pa or less and a shear rate of lOOOOs- 1 of 500 Pa's or less.
- 310 ° C corresponds to the temperature of the molten resin in the melting cylinder of the injection molding machine. According to this, the molten resin can be filled with high precision in the region corresponding to the resin part in the cavity, and the moldability is ensured.
- the present invention can be provided as a hydrodynamic bearing device including a thrust bearing portion that is freely contactlessly supported.
- the dynamic pressure bearing device is preferably provided for the information device as a motor having a dynamic pressure bearing device, a rotor magnet, and a stator coil that generates a magnetic force between the rotor magnets, particularly a hard disk (HDD). It is suitable for a magnetic disk drive device such as
- a housing having a bottom part integrally or separately, a bearing sleeve fixed to the inner periphery of the housing, and a relative rotation with respect to the bearing sleeve and the housing.
- a hydrodynamic bearing device that supports the rotating member in a radial direction and a thrust direction in a non-contact manner by applying a dynamic pressure of the lubricating fluid generated in the bearing gap, and using an ester-based lubricating oil as a lubricating fluid, and
- the housing was made of a resin material based on one of polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyamide (PA), thermoplastic polyimide (TPI), or polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). .
- polyether ether ketone PEEK
- polyphenylene sulfide PPS
- polyamide PA
- thermoplastic polyimide T PI
- PBT polybutylene terephthalate
- the above-mentioned resin material has the advantage of mainly having the advantage that the outgas generation amount at the time of solidification is small, and also has excellent properties such as low water absorption and high heat resistance.
- carbon fiber and inorganic fiber also act as a reinforcing material, and by adding them to the resin material, a reinforcing effect for the resin-made housing can be obtained.
- These dimensional stability effects and reinforcing effects can be sufficiently exerted by blending the above fillers with a resin material in a total amount of 15 wt% or more.
- the total amount of filler exceeds 50 wt%, the moldability of the resin molded product (housing) will be adversely affected, such as insufficient fluidity of the resin material in the molding die. Therefore, the total amount of filler should be kept below 50wt%.
- the housing is formed by injection molding of a resin material.
- the air in the die may be involved.
- the mold is provided with a gas vent for evacuating the air inside the mold and facilitating filling.
- the air entrained inside the resin material is discharged to the outside. I can't let you. For this reason, the air remaining inside the resin material stays inside the resin molding, causing voids and blisters in the molding.
- carbon fiber may be contained in the housing in an amount of lwt% or more.
- the air inside the resin material is transferred to the outside of the molded product through the interface between the carbon fiber exposed on the molding surface of the resin molded product and the resin around the carbon fiber. Since it is released, it is possible to improve the moldability of the resin molded product by avoiding the generation of voids inside the molded product and the flaking of the molded product.
- the above force The blending amount of the carbon fiber in the filler is preferably at least 1 wt% or more, particularly 5 wt% or more in consideration of wear resistance.
- the blending ratio of the carbon fiber exceeds 35%, the stretchability of the housing is lowered.
- the housing is difficult to extend.
- workability is impaired. Therefore, for such applications, it is desirable that the proportion of carbon fiber contained in the housing be 35% or less. Even if the elongation of the housing is not a problem, if the carbon fiber content exceeds 40 wt%, the moldability is greatly reduced. Therefore, it is desirable to keep the carbon fiber content to 40 wt% or less.
- the filler contains inorganic fibers, for example, whisker that is a needle-like single crystal, in addition to carbon fibers.
- inorganic fibers for example, whisker that is a needle-like single crystal
- a filler mainly containing inorganic fibers that does not contain carbon fibers can be used. If the blending ratio force of inorganic fibers exceeds Owt%, the moldability is similarly reduced, so the blending amount of inorganic fibers is preferably 40 wt% or less.
- inorganic fibers are preferably those containing no silicon (Si).
- the gasified organic Si is recrystallized inside or around the bearing device. For example, if there is a risk of adhering to the disk surface or the head, but inorganic fibers that do not contain silicon, these problems can be avoided and the cleanliness around the bearing device and the bearing device can be kept higher. Can do.
- a housing of a bearing device used for a spindle motor for a recording disk drive device such as a hard disk is required to have conductivity for releasing static electricity generated during driving of the motor to the ground side through nosing.
- the filler contains carbon fiber
- the carbon fiber if the average fiber length is 500 m or more, the carbon fiber itself has sufficient conductivity, so that the conductivity of the housing can be secured.
- the average fiber length exceeding ⁇ m is because the carbon fiber is shredded when remelted with a screw during recycling (when reusing the solidified resin remaining in the mold runner spool).
- the reinforcement function will be reduced. This problem can be solved by adding a powdered conductive agent as a filler.
- the powdered conductive agent for example, carbon black and carbon nanomaterials, metal powders, etc. can be used.
- carbon black is particularly preferred from the viewpoint of low conductivity deterioration due to.
- carbon black is preferably blended with 2 to LOwt% in a resin molding such as nosing. This is because if the blending amount of carbon black is less than 2 wt%, the carbon black does not function sufficiently as a conductive agent in the resin molding, and if the blending amount exceeds 10 ⁇ %, This is because a problem occurs in the formability.
- the upper limit of the total amount of the filler may be 35 wt%.
- a smaller and lighter housing can be manufactured at low cost.
- the elution of ions having a partial strength of the resin is suppressed, the cleanliness of the hydrodynamic bearing device is maintained, so that the desired bearing performance can be stably exhibited for a long period of time.
- a cocoon based on rosin having high oil resistance and low outgassing properties can be formed of a grease material, and the cleanliness of the bearing device and the disk drive device incorporating the bearing device can be kept high. Also, by forming the housing with carbon fiber or inorganic fiber depending on the application, or with a resin material containing an appropriate amount of filler such as carbon black, it has excellent moldability, dimensional stability, and electrostatic removability. You can get housing.
- FIG. 1 conceptually shows one configuration example of a spindle motor for information equipment incorporating a fluid dynamic bearing device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- This spindle motor for information equipment is used in a disk drive device such as an HDD, and is composed of a hydrodynamic bearing device 1 that supports a rotating member 3 having a shaft portion 2 in a non-contact manner in a freely rotating manner, and a radial gap, for example. And a stator coil 4 and a rotor magnet 5 which are opposed to each other via a motor bracket and a motor bracket (holding member) 6.
- the stator coil 4 is attached to the outer periphery of the motor bracket 6, and the rotor magnet 5 is attached to the outer periphery of the rotating member 3.
- the housing 7 of the hydrodynamic bearing device 1 is fixed to the inner periphery of the motor bracket 6 by means such as press-fit adhesion.
- the rotating member 3 holds one or more disk-shaped information recording media D such as magnetic disks.
- the hydrodynamic bearing device 1 includes a sleeve 7, a bottom member 10 that covers and closes one end of the housing 7, and a bearing sleeve 8 that is fixed inside the sleeve 7. And a rotating member 3 that rotates relative to the housing 7 and the bearing sleeve 8.
- the following description will be made with the side covered by the bottom member 10 of the housing 7 as the downward direction and the side opposite to the covered side as the upward direction.
- the rotating member 3 includes, for example, a hub portion 9 that covers the upper side of the sleeve 7 and the winging 7 and a shaft portion 2 that is inserted into the inner periphery of the bearing sleeve 8.
- the hub portion 9 is provided on a disc-shaped plate portion 9a covering the upper side of the housing 7, a cylindrical portion 9b extending downward in the axial direction from the outer peripheral portion of the plate portion 9a, and an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 9b.
- Disc It has a mounting surface 9c and a flange 9d.
- the disc-shaped information recording medium shown in the figure is externally fitted on the outer periphery of the plate portion 9a and placed on the disc mounting surface 9c. Then, the disc-shaped information recording medium is held on the hub portion 9 by an appropriate holding means (not shown).
- the shaft portion 2 is formed integrally with the hub portion 9, and is provided with a flange portion 11 as a separate member at its lower end as a retaining member.
- the flange portion 11 is made of metal and is fixed to the shaft portion 2 by means such as screw connection.
- the bearing sleeve 8 is formed in a cylindrical shape, for example, by a porous body having a sintered metal force, in particular, a sintered metal porous body mainly containing copper.
- two upper and lower regions serving as radial bearing surfaces of the first radial bearing portion R1 and the second radial bearing portion R2 are separated in the axial direction.
- herringbone-shaped dynamic pressure grooves 8al and 8a2 as shown in FIG. 3 are formed in the two regions.
- the upper dynamic pressure groove 8a 1 is formed axially asymmetric with respect to the axial center m (the axial center of the upper and lower inclined groove regions), and the axial dimension of the upper region from the axial center m XI Is larger than the axial dimension X2 of the lower region.
- one or a plurality of axial grooves 8bl are formed on the outer peripheral surface 8b of the bearing sleeve 8 over the entire axial length.
- three axial grooves 8bl are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
- a spiral dynamic pressure groove 8c1 as shown in FIG. 3B is formed in a region of the lower end surface 8c of the bearing sleeve 8 that becomes the thrust bearing surface of the thrust bearing portion T2. .
- the housing 7 is a resin molded product, and is mainly composed of a cylindrical side portion 7a.
- a spiral-shaped dynamic pressure groove 7al l as shown in FIG. 4 is formed in the region that becomes the thrust bearing surface of the thrust bearing portion T1 of the upper end surface 7al of the side portion 7a.
- the dynamic pressure groove 7al 1 is formed by forming a molding die for the dynamic pressure groove 7a 11 on the surface of a mold for molding the upper end surface 7a 1 of the housing. By transferring to the upper end surface 7al of the side portion 7a, the side portion 7a is molded at the same time.
- a tapered outer wall 7b is formed on the outer periphery of the side portion 7a.
- This taper-shaped outer wall 7b is an annular ring whose radial dimension is gradually reduced between the inner peripheral surface 9bl of the tubular portion 9b and the lower end side force of the housing 7 upward.
- Shaped seal space S is formed. The seal space S communicates with the outer diameter side of the thrust bearing gap of the thrust bearing portion T1 when the shaft portion 2 and the hub portion 9 are rotated.
- a press-fit portion 7c into which the bottom member 10 is press-fitted is formed at the lower end portion of the side portion 7a.
- the inner peripheral surface 7cl of the press-fit portion 7c has a larger diameter than the inner peripheral surface 7d to which the bearing sleeve 8 is fixed, and the thickness of the press-fit portion 7c is thinner than the side portion 7a on the surface.
- the outer periphery of the housing 7 (the outer periphery of the side portion 7a) is fixed to the inner periphery of the motor bracket 6.
- the housing 7 may be formed integrally with the side portion 7a and the bottom member 10 as described above (not shown) in addition to the separate members.
- the housing 7 and the bearing sleeve 8 are integrally molded with grease, and dynamic pressure generating means (for example, in a region where this member and the flange portion 11 fixed to the lower end of the shaft portion 2 face each other (for example, The shape may be provided with a dynamic pressure groove).
- the housing 7 is a molded resin product, in consideration of oil resistance, water absorption resistance, heat resistance, etc., polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyether sulfone ( PES), polysulfone (PPSF), polyamideimide (PAI), etc. can be used as the base resin.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PEEK polyether ether ketone
- PES polyether sulfone
- PPSF polysulfone
- PAI polyamideimide
- polyphenylene sulfide is preferable.
- Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) is generally produced by a polycondensation reaction between sodium sulfate and paradichlorobenzene, and at the same time contains sodium chloride, a by-product. Therefore, it is necessary to wash polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) using an appropriate solvent.
- a solvent for washing a solvent having a relative dielectric constant of at least 10 or more is preferably 20 or more, more preferably 50 or more.
- washing with such a solvent mainly removes Na from polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) end groups, thus reducing the Na content in polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) (for example, 2000ppm or less) And can be used as a resin material for forming the housing 7. It also has the merit of increasing the crystallization speed by removing Na from the terminal group.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- Polyphenylene sulfide includes cross-linked polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), Power that can be broadly divided into semi-linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) with fewer side chains and linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) with fewer side chains Among these, linear polyphenylene-len sulfide (PPS) with fewer side chains ) Force The number of molecular end groups per molecule is small, which is more preferable in that the Na content is small.
- linear polyphenylene sulfide is easier to clean than other types of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), or it is not necessary to reduce the amount of contained Na ions by cleaning.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- concentration of ions contained those having 2000 ppm or less, more preferably ⁇ m, and more preferably 500 ppm or less correspond to the above-mentioned linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS). According to this, since the elution amount of Na ions into the lubricating oil can be suppressed, the surface of the disk-shaped information recording medium or the disk head (not shown) held by the dynamic pressure bearing device 1 or the rotating member 3 is not Na. Ion can be prevented from precipitating.
- Carbon fiber can be blended in the base resin as a filler. According to this, it is possible to increase the strength of the housing 7 and to suppress a dimensional change accompanying a temperature change of the housing 7 to obtain a high dimensional stability. As a result, it is possible to control the radial bearing gap during use and the thrust bearing gap with high accuracy, and to ensure the bearing performance.
- the high conductivity of the carbon fiber is expressed, and the housing 7 can have sufficient conductivity (for example, 10 7 ⁇ ′cm or less in volume resistance). As a result, static electricity charged on the disk during use can be released to the grounding side member (such as the motor bracket 6) via the rotating body 3 and the housing 7 (also via the bearing sleeve 8).
- PAN polystyrene-based carbon fiber
- Pich polystyrene-based carbon fiber
- force strengthening effect tensile strength required for molded products is 120 MPa
- impact absorption High tensile strength (preferably 3000 MPa or more) is particularly high!
- PAN-based carbon fiber is preferred as a material having electrical conductivity.
- PAN-based carbon fiber one having the following size range can be used.
- carbon fibers of 100 ⁇ m or more (more preferably 1 mm or more).
- the hardened resin in the mold may be taken out, melted again, kneaded with the virgin resin composition, and reused (recycled). is there.
- some fibers will be recycled repeatedly, so if the initial fiber length is too long, the fiber will become significantly shorter than the original fiber length due to the cutting involved in the recycling, so that Changes in the properties of the composition (such as a decrease in melt viscosity) become significant.
- the fiber length is as short as possible. Specifically, it is desirable that the average fiber length is 500 m or less (preferably 300 ⁇ m or less).
- the selection of the fiber length of the carbon fiber described above can be determined depending on the history of the resin composition used in the actual injection molding process. For example, when using only a virgin resin composition, or when using a mixture of recycled resin compositions, and the ratio of the virgin resin composition is large, the strength, conductivity, etc. may decrease. From the standpoint of control, it is preferable to use carbon fibers in the size range described in (1) above. On the other hand, a large proportion of recycled resin composition is used! From the viewpoint of suppressing changes in the properties of the object, it is desirable to use carbon fibers having the dimensional range described in (2) above.
- the smaller the fiber diameter of the carbon fiber the larger the number of blends. Therefore, it is effective for uniform product quality and has a large aspect ratio.
- the reinforcement effect by fiber reinforcement is also enhanced. Therefore, it is desirable that the aspect ratio of the carbon fiber is large. Specifically, an aspect ratio of 6.5 or more is preferable.
- the average fiber diameter is suitably 5 to 20; ⁇ ⁇ in consideration of workability and availability.
- the filling amount of the carbon fiber into the base resin is 10 to 35 vol%, more preferably 15 to 25 vol%. Good. This is because if the carbon fiber filling amount is less than 10 vol%, the reinforcing effect by the carbon fiber will not be sufficiently exerted by the electrostatic removal effect, and the wear resistance of the housing 7 at the sliding part with other members This is because if the filling amount exceeds 35 vol%, the formability of the nosing and udging 7 deteriorates, and it becomes difficult to obtain high dimensional accuracy.
- the melt viscosity of a resin composition in which a filler such as carbon fiber is mixed with the base resin is 310 ° C at a shear rate of lOOOOs- 1 , so that the cavity is filled with molten resin with high accuracy. It is better to keep it below 500 Pa's. Therefore, the melt viscosity of the base resin is preferably less than lOOPa • s at 310 ° C and a shear rate of 1000 s- 1 in order to compensate for the increase in viscosity due to filling of the filler.
- the housing 7 as a finished product can be used regardless of its size, and is preferably used for a magnetic disk drive device such as a hard disk (HDD) while being assembled in the hydrodynamic bearing device 1. can do.
- a magnetic disk drive device such as a hard disk (HDD)
- FIG. 2 illustrates the case where the thrust bearing portion T1 is formed between the upper end surface 7al of the housing and the hub portion 9, but this thrust bearing portion is connected to the upper end surface 10a of the bottom member 10 and the hub. It can also be formed between the lower end surface l ib of the lung portion 11.
- base resin polyphenylene sulfide
- other thermoplastic resins can be thermoset unless the effect of the present invention is impeded.
- inorganic materials such as metal fibers, glass fibers, and whiskers may be added.
- PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
- carbon black can be added as a conductive agent.
- the required properties of Nozzing and Uzing 7 were evaluated for a plurality of greave compositions having different compositions.
- One type of base resin is linear And two kinds of cross-linked polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyether sulfone (P ES), and polycarbonate (PC) were used.
- the fillers to be blended into the base resin are three types of carbon fibers with different fiber diameters (different aspect ratios), two of which are PAN-based. 1 type is Pich type). The combination of these base resins and fillers (carbon fibers) and the compounding ratio are as shown in Fig. 5 (b).
- LC 5G manufactured by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Co., Ltd. was used as linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and two types of crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide (PPSN o. L, As No. 2), T-4 from Dainippon Ink Chemical Co., Ltd. and MB-600 from Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Co., Ltd. as Sumitomo Using 4100G manufactured by Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and S-2000 manufactured by Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd. as polycarbonate (PC), two types of PAN-based carbon fibers (No. 1 and No. 2) are used.
- PPS linear polyphenylene sulfide
- PPSN o. L As No. 2
- T-4 from Dainippon Ink Chemical Co., Ltd.
- MB-600 from Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- PC polycarbonate
- HM35—C6S manufactured by Toho Tenax Co., Ltd. and MLD 10000 manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc. in the order of No. 1 and others, manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical Co., Ltd. as one kind of Pich carbon fiber (No. 1) K223NM was used.
- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was blended as a release agent.
- KTL-620 manufactured by Kitamura Co., Ltd. was used.
- the evaluation items were (l) Na ion content [ppm], (2) Na ion elution [gZc m 2 ], (3) Volume resistance [ ⁇ 'cm] (4) Oil resistance ( Tensile strength reduction rate) [%], (5) Ring wear depth [m], and (6) Wear depth of sliding mating material [m].
- the evaluation method of each evaluation item (measurement method of evaluation item value) and acceptance criteria are as shown below.
- the specimen (waxed butter body) was incinerated by the sulfuric acid ashing method, then dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid, and the Na ion concentration was measured by an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The specific procedure is shown below.
- A Weigh 0.10 specimens and collect 0.3g of concentrated sulfuric acid in a platinum dish.
- Ii In the drafter, heat and carbonize the specimen on the electric heating ceramic plate, cover with pineapple and heat until no smoke is emitted.
- U Transfer the platinum dish to a 700 ° C matsufuru electric furnace (high temperature furnace) and heat it for an additional 40 minutes to completely incinerate the specimen.
- the amount of Na ion elution of the specimen (nosing) after insert molding was measured using ion chromatography.
- the specific procedure is shown below.
- A A predetermined amount of ultrapure water is put into an empty beaker, and a specimen whose surface area is calculated in advance is put therein.
- IIi Place the beaker in an ultrasonic cleaner for a certain period of time to elute ions contained on the surface and inside of the specimen into ultrapure water.
- a beaker containing only pure water to which no specimen is charged is similarly set in an ultrasonic cleaner for a certain period of time and used as a blank.
- the ultrasonic cleaner used at this time is desirably a frequency of 30 to 50 kHz and an output of about 100 to 150 W.
- U Measure the amount of Na ions contained in the ultrapure water charged with the specimen prepared above by ion chromatography (Measurement value A). Separately measure the amount of Na ions contained in the blank (Measurement value B).
- E The measured value A force minus the measured value B is taken as the Na ion concentration per 1 ml of the sample ultrapure water, and this is multiplied by the amount of ultrapure water used for ion elution and the surface area of the sample is divided. Thus, the amount of Na ions eluted per unit surface area [gZcm 2 ].
- a pass / fail judgment standard a value of 0.01 / z gZcm 2 or less was accepted ( ⁇ ), and a value exceeding 0.01 / z gZcm 2 was rejected (X).
- Measurement was performed by the four-probe method according to JIS 7194. In addition, as pass / fail judgment criteria, 10 7 ⁇ ⁇ cm or less was accepted ( ⁇ ), and 10 7 ⁇ ⁇ cm or more was rejected (X).
- the No. 1 dumbbell specified in JIS K7113 is immersed in lubricating oil and placed in a constant temperature bath at 120 ° C, and the tensile strength up to lOOOOh is sequentially measured every lOOh, and the tensile strength of the sample at the start of the test
- Lubricating oils include di (2-ethylhexyl) as diester oil. Sil) aselate was used.
- Tensile strength measurement was carried out by the method stipulated in JIS K7113, and the rate of decrease was calculated by the following formula force.
- the ring-shaped specimen was measured in a ring-on-disk test in which the specimen side was rotated in a state where it was pressed against a disk-shaped sliding mating member with a predetermined load in lubricating oil.
- a ring-shaped resin molded body having a diameter of 21 mm (outer diameter) X 17 mm (inner diameter) X 3 mm (thickness) was used as a specimen.
- a disc material made of A50 56 having a surface roughness of RaO. 04 m, ⁇ 30 mm (diameter) X 5 mm (thickness) was used as a sliding counterpart.
- di (2-ethylhexyl) azelate was used as a diester oil.
- the kinematic viscosity of this lubricating oil at 40 ° C is 10.7 mm 2 Zs.
- the contact pressure of the sliding material against the specimen was 0.25 MPa
- the rotation speed (circumferential speed) was 1.4 m / min
- the test time was 14 hours
- the oil temperature was 80 ° C.
- the pass / fail judgment criteria are 3 111 or less for the ring wear depth (O), and more than 3 / zm for fail (X), and the wear depth of the sliding counterpart is 2 m. The following was deemed acceptable ( ⁇ ) and those exceeding 2 m were regarded as unacceptable (X).
- FIG. 6 shows the evaluation results regarding the evaluation items (1) to (6) of each specimen.
- Comparative Example 1 when the blending ratio of carbon fibers is small (10 vol%), not only the volume resistance of the specimen is insufficient, but also the wear resistance of the ring cannot be ensured.
- Comparative Example 2 when the blending ratio of the carbon fibers is large (> 35 vol%), the wear resistance of the sliding counterpart material cannot be ensured.
- Comparative Example 3 in the case where cross-linked polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) was used as the base resin, dissolved Na ions were detected to such an extent that adverse effects on the lubricating oil could not be ignored.
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- FIG. 7 shows a fluid dynamic bearing device 21 according to the second embodiment.
- the hydrodynamic bearing device 21, the housing 7, the bearing sleeve 8 fixed inside the housing 7, and the rotating member 3 that rotates relative to the housing 7 and the bearing sleeve 8 are provided.
- the opening side of the housing 7 as the upward direction and the side opposite to the opening side as the downward direction.
- the rotating member 3 includes, for example, a hub portion 9 that covers the opening side of the sleeve 7 and a shaft portion 2 that is inserted into the inner periphery of the bearing sleeve 8.
- the hub portion 9 is provided on a disc portion 9a that covers the opening side of the housing 7, a cylindrical portion 9b that extends downward in the axial direction from the outer peripheral portion of the disc portion 9a, and an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 9b. It has a disk mounting surface 9c and a flange 9d. A disc-shaped information recording medium (not shown) is fitted on the outer periphery of the disc portion 9a and placed on the disc mounting surface 9c. Then, the disc-shaped information recording medium is held on the hub portion 9 by an appropriate holding means (not shown).
- the shaft portion 2 is formed integrally with the hub portion 9 and is provided with a flange portion 10 as a separate member at the lower end thereof.
- the flange portion 10 is made of metal and is fixed to the shaft portion 2 by means such as screw connection.
- the bearing sleeve 8 is formed in a cylindrical shape, for example, with a porous body made of sintered metal, in particular, a sintered body porous body mainly composed of copper.
- two upper and lower regions serving as radial bearing surfaces of the first radial bearing portion R1 and the second radial bearing portion R2 are provided apart in the axial direction.
- herringbone-shaped dynamic pressure grooves 8al and 8a2 as shown in FIG. 3 (a) are formed in the two regions.
- the upper dynamic pressure groove 8al is formed axially asymmetric with respect to the axial center m (the axial center of the region between the upper and lower inclined grooves), and the axial dimension XI of the upper region from the axial center m is It is larger than the axial dimension X2 of the lower area.
- one or a plurality of axial grooves 8bl are formed on the outer peripheral surface 8b of the bearing sleeve 8 over the entire axial length.
- three axial grooves 8bl are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. Is formed.
- a dynamic pressure groove 8cl as shown in FIG. 3B is formed in a region of the lower end surface 8c of the bearing sleeve 8 which becomes the thrust bearing surface of the thrust bearing portion T2.
- the housing 7 includes a cylindrical side portion 7a and a bottom portion 7b located on the lower end side of the side portion 7a, and at least the side portion 7a is made of a resin material.
- a dynamic pressure groove 7al 1 as shown in FIG. 4 is formed in a region of the upper end surface 7al of the side portion 7a that becomes the thrust bearing surface of the thrust bearing portion T1.
- the dynamic pressure groove 7al l is formed by forming the dynamic pressure groove 7al l on the surface of the mold for molding the side part 7a of the housing 7, and the side of the molding part side is formed when the side part 7a is molded. By being transferred to the upper end surface 7al of the part 7a, the side part 7a is molded at the same time.
- a bottom portion 7b formed separately from the side portion 7a is attached to the lower portion of the side portion 7a as a retrofit.
- the bottom 7b is made of a metal material or a resin material.
- the bottom part 7b is fixed to the side part 7a by means such as adhesion (including press-fit adhesion), and in the latter case, the bottom part 7b is attached to the side part 7a by means such as ultrasonic welding or laser welding. Fixed.
- a tapered outer wall 7c is formed on the outer periphery of the side portion 7a.
- This tapered outer wall 7c forms an annular seal space S whose radial dimension gradually decreases from the bottom 7b side of the housing 7 to the inner peripheral surface 9bl of the cylindrical portion 9b. .
- This seal space S communicates with the outer diameter side of the thrust bearing gap of the thrust bearing portion T1 when the shaft portion 2 and the hub portion 9 are rotated.
- the interior of the hydrodynamic bearing device 21 is filled with lubricating oil, including the internal pores of the bearing sleeve 8 (porous pores of the porous body yarn).
- the oil level of the lubricating oil is always maintained in the seal space S.
- Various types of lubricating oil can be used.
- the lubricating oil provided for a hydrodynamic bearing device for a recording disk drive such as a hard disk is required to have a low evaporation rate and low viscosity.
- ester-based lubricating oils such as dioctyl sebacate (DOS) and dioctylazetate (DOZ) are suitable.
- the housing 7 (side portion 7a in this embodiment) is required to have high oil resistance (low oil absorption) against the ester-based lubricating oil. In addition to this, outgas generation during solidification is required. It is necessary to keep the amount and water absorption low. Furthermore, high heat resistance is also required.
- the resins satisfying the above required properties include polyether ether ketone (PEEK), poly-phenylene sulfide (PPS), polyamide (PA), thermoplastic polyimide (TPI), and poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PBT). According to this, the housing 7 having excellent cleanliness, dimensional stability, and heat resistance can be obtained.
- polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and polyamide (PA) can be more preferably used in consideration of cost and fluidity (viscosity) during molding.
- polyamides aromatic polyamides can be said to be a more suitable grease since they have particularly low water absorption and good dimensional stability.
- PA9T manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd. can be given as an example.
- the housing 7 can be reinforced, and the dimensional change accompanying the temperature change of the housing 7 can be suppressed to obtain high dimensional stability.
- the total amount of these fillers is preferably 15 to 50 wt% in the housing 7. The reason for this is that if the value is below the lower limit of the above numerical range, the dimensional stability effect is not sufficiently exhibited, and if the upper limit is exceeded, the fluidity of the resin in the molding die is lowered and the moldability of the housing 7 is adversely affected. It is for exerting.
- the inorganic fibers those not containing key silicon (Si) are particularly preferable.
- titanate power, lithium whisker power, acid-zinc whisker, aluminum borate whisker, and the like are preferable. This is because when inorganic fibers containing silicon (Si) are used as the filler, the gasified organic Si adheres to the bearing device, for example, the disk surface of the node disk by recrystallization, and the bearing device, This is because the cleanliness around the bearing device may be reduced.
- the amount of inorganic fibers to be combined is preferably 40 wt% or less from the viewpoint of maintaining good fluidity of the resin material in the molding die.
- the carbon fiber When the housing is molded using carbon fiber as a filler, the carbon fiber partially protrudes or is exposed on the molding surface of the housing 7. For this reason, by containing carbon fiber in the housing 7, when the resin material is poured into the molding die, the air in the mold wound inside the resin material becomes the It is discharged to the outside of the molded product through the interface between the carbon fiber exposed on the molding surface and the resin around the carbon fiber. This avoids the generation of voids inside the housing 7 and the swelling of the housing 7 and improves the moldability of the housing 7. Can be increased. This degassing action by the carbon fiber is sufficiently manifested by containing at least 1 wt% of carbon fiber in the housing 7. In addition, if the compounding power Owt% of the carbon fiber is exceeded, it becomes difficult to maintain good moldability and dimensional stability of the housing 7, so the carbon fiber content should be suppressed to 40wt% or less.
- the upper end surface 7al of the housing 7 constituting the thrust bearing surface and the lower end surface 9al of the hub portion 9 (the rotating member 3) are in sliding contact with each other when the dynamic pressure bearing device 1 is started or stopped.
- the carbon fiber content in the housing 7 is preferably 5 to 35 wt%. This is because at least 5 wt% of carbon fiber is required to fully exhibit the effect of improving the wear resistance of the housing 7, and sufficient when other members (for example, the bottom 7b) are press-fitted into the housing 7. This is because it is necessary to keep the above content within 35 wt% in order to ensure a sufficient elongation.
- Examples of fillers that can be blended in the rosin material that forms the rosin 7 include powdered conductive agents such as carbon black in addition to the carbon fibers and inorganic fibers. According to this, it is preferable that the carbon black is contained in the housing 7 in an amount of 2 to LOwt%.
- static electricity generated when the rotating member 3 rotates is transmitted through the housing 7 to the grounding side member (in this embodiment, the motor bracket). By letting it escape to 6), it is possible to prevent charging of other members (for example, the head of a node disk). Also, during assembly work of the hydrodynamic bearing device 1, static electricity may be charged on the components such as the housing 7, and dust may adhere to these components.
- Carbon black is usually contained in the housing 7 in such a form that fine particles are aggregated.
- the spool and runner at the time of molding the housing 7 are melted and kneaded for recycling. Fine particles are dispersed. Therefore, the electrical conductivity of the housing 7 does not deteriorate even if the waste material of the housing 7 is repeatedly recycled.
- the housing 7 includes a welded portion with another member (for example, the bottom portion 7b), the housing 7 is molded by suppressing the total amount of the filler contained in the housing 7 to 35 wt% or less. It is possible to sufficiently secure the welding force with other members while maintaining the properties and dimensional stability.
- the nosing and udging 7 are formed of the above-mentioned resin material, high oil resistance and low outgassing can be achieved.
- the housing with high performance, low water absorption, and high heat resistance can be formed. According to this, the cleanliness of the hydrodynamic bearing device 1 and the disk drive device incorporating this bearing device can be kept high. it can. Furthermore, moldability, dimensional stability, and electrostatic removability can be achieved by, for example, injection molding of a resin material containing a suitable amount of a conductive agent such as carbon fiber, inorganic fiber, or carbon black depending on the application. Even an excellent housing 7 can be obtained.
- the first radial bearing portion R1 and the second radial bearing portion R2 are configured to support the rotating member 3 in a non-contact manner so as to be rotatable in the radial direction.
- a thrust bearing gap is formed between the upper end surface 7al of the side 7a of the nose and udging 7 and the lower end surface 9al of the bottom 9 of the shaft 9 integrally formed with the shaft 2.
- a thrust bearing portion T1 that supports the rotating member 3 in a non-contact manner so as to be rotatable in the thrust direction is configured.
- a thrust bearing clearance is formed between the lower end surface 8c of the bearing sleeve 8 and the upper end surface 10a of the flange portion 10 of the shaft portion 2, and the dynamic pressure action of the lubricating oil is generated in the thrust bearing clearance to rotate.
- a second thrust bearing portion T2 is formed that supports the member 3 in the thrust direction in a non-contact manner.
- a thrust bearing surface having a dynamic pressure groove 7al 1 is provided on the upper end surface 7al of the side portion 7a of the housing 7 (thrust bearing portion T1), and the lower end surface of the bearing sleeve 8
- a thrust bearing surface having a dynamic pressure groove 8c 1 is provided in 8c (thrust bearing portion T2)
- the present invention can be similarly applied to a dynamic pressure bearing device in which only the thrust bearing portion T1 is provided. it can.
- the shaft portion 2 has a straight shape without the flange portion 10. Therefore, the louver 7 can be formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape by forming the bottom portion 7b integrally with the side portion 7a from a resin material.
- the shaft portion (rotating member) 12 includes a flange portion 20 provided integrally or separately at the lower end thereof.
- the housing 17 includes a cylindrical side portion 17a and a bottom portion 17b that forms a separate structure from the side portion 17a and is positioned at the lower end portion of the side portion 17a.
- a seal portion 13 protruding to the inner peripheral side is formed.
- the inner bottom surface 17bl of the bottom 17b of the winging 17 is formed with, for example, a spiral-shaped dynamic pressure groove, and the lower end surface 18c of the bearing sleeve 18 has a similar shape.
- a pressure groove is formed.
- a thrust bearing portion Tl 1 is formed between the lower end surface 18c of the bearing sleeve 18 and the upper end surface 20a of the flange portion 20 of the shaft portion 12, and the inner bottom surface 17b 1 and the flange portion of the bottom portion 17b of the housing 17 are formed.
- a thrust bearing portion T12 is formed between the lower end surface 20b of 20 and the lower end surface 20b.
- the side portion 17a of the housing 17 is formed of a resin material together with the seal portion 13. Therefore, if the same resin material and filler as in the first or second embodiment are selected for the side portion 17a of the housing 17, the housing is excellent in cleanliness, dimensional stability, moldability, and electrostatic removability. You can get 17. Further, when the bottom portion 17b is formed of a resin material, the material composition can be the same as that of the side portion 17a. In this case, since the bottom portion 17b is fixed to the side portion 17a by means of ultrasonic welding or the like, the total amount of the filler in the side portion 17a of the louvering 17 is 35 wt% or less in consideration of the weldability. Is preferred.
- FIG. 9 shows a hydrodynamic bearing device 41 according to the fourth embodiment.
- the seal portion 23 is formed separately from the side portion 27a of the housing 27, and is fixed to the inner periphery of the upper end portion of the housing 27 by means such as press fitting or welding.
- the bottom 27b of the housing 27 is molded with a resin material integrally with the side 27a of the housing 27, and forms a bottomed cylindrical shape.
- Other configurations are the same as those in the third embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.
- the housing 27 is integrally formed of a resin material with the side portion 27a and the bottom portion 27b. For this reason, if the same resin material and filler as in the first or second embodiment are selected for the housing 27, the cleaning and dimensional stability, moldability, and electrostatic removability can be improved. Can be obtained.
- Example 2 In order to prove the usefulness of the present invention, carbon fiber, inorganic fiber (boron) is used with any one of polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and polyamide (PA) as a base material.
- PEEK polyether ether ketone
- PPS polyphenylene sulfide
- PA polyamide
- the housing 7 is formed by changing the blending ratio of each, and comparison is made with respect to the required characteristics for the nozzle 7 It was.
- H3110 manufactured by Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd. is used as the ester-based lubricant
- PEEK150P manufactured by Victrex MC Co. is used as the polyether ether ketone (PEEK), Fortron 0 220A9 manufactured by Polyplastics Co., Ltd. as Rensulfide (PPS), Genesta N1000 manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd. as polyamide (PA), and Besfite HTA-C6 manufactured by Toho Tenac Co., Ltd. as carbon fiber — E as an aluminum borate whistle power, Arborex Y manufactured by Shikoku Kasei Co., Ltd., Panatetra WZ-0501 manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Ketchin Black Black EC manufactured by Co., Ltd. was used.
- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was blended as a release agent. Specifically, KT-300M manufactured by Kitamura Co., Ltd. was used.
- Fig. 10 shows the test results of the housing 7 in which inorganic fibers (aluminum borate whisker or acid-zinc whisker whisker) and carbon black are blended at different blending ratios as fillers.
- inorganic fibers aluminum borate whisker or acid-zinc whisker whisker
- carbon black are blended at different blending ratios as fillers.
- examples 1 to 5 according to the present invention all aspects of moldability, dimensional stability (low linear expansion coefficient), electrostatic removability, and elongation were superior to those of the comparative examples. Results were obtained.
- the effect of venting gas inside the resin material was observed.
- Fig. 11 shows the test results for Knowsing 7 in which carbon fiber and inorganic fiber (aluminum borate whisker) and vigorous bon black were blended at different blending ratios as fillers.
- Comparative Examples 7 to 7 Those that do not contain carbon fiber, such as LO, have poor wear resistance.
- Comparative Example 12 if the amount of carbon fiber is too large (exceeding 35 wt%), the mating material (the rotating member 3 and the like) is damaged, so the wear resistance decreases.
- those containing 5 wt% or more of carbon fiber, such as formulation examples 7 to 10 are good. It showed good wear resistance.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a spindle motor for information equipment incorporating a fluid dynamic bearing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the hydrodynamic bearing device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a sectional view of the bearing sleeve, and (b) is a view of the bearing sleeve as viewed from the direction A in FIG. 3 (a).
- FIG. 4 is a view of the housing as viewed from the direction B in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a fluid dynamic bearing device according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a fluid dynamic bearing device according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a fluid dynamic bearing device according to a fourth embodiment.
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