IP Library Granted Patent US 10,562,034
Granted Patent B2
US 10,562,034 · App. 15/032,756 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Roller mill and method for manufacturing roller mill

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Patent No.
US 10,562,034
App. No.
15/032,756
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a roller mill that is provided with: a rotary table; a raw coal adding tube that supplies solid fuel to the rotary table; and a roller that rotates about a rotating shaft by being pressed against a grinding surface of the rotary table and grinds solid fuel along with rotation of the rotary table. In such a roller mill, a position where an outer peripheral surface of the roller and the grinding surface of the rotary table come into contact with each other and a circumferential velocity of the outer peripheral surface equals a circumferential velocity of the grinding surface is located further to an inner circumferential side of the rotary table than a position where the outer peripheral surface and the grinding surface come into contact with each other at a center position in a width direction of the roller.

Claims (16)

1. A roller mill comprising:

a rotary table that rotates about a drive shaft by a driving force from a drive unit;

a fuel supply unit that supplies solid fuel to the rotary table; and

a roller that rotates about a rotating shaft by being pressed against a grinding surface of the rotary table and grinds the solid fuel along with rotation of the rotary table;

a first position where an outer peripheral surface of the roller and the grinding surface of the rotary table come into contact with each other and a circumferential velocity of the outer peripheral surface equals a circumferential velocity of the grinding surface being located further to an inner circumferential side of the rotary table than a second position where the outer peripheral surface and the grinding surface come into contact with each other at a center position in a width direction of the roller;

a radius of curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the roller being constant;

a first radius of curvature of the grinding surface at a third position corresponding to a first end surface of the roller on the inner circumferential side of the rotary table being less than a second radius of curvature of the grinding surface at a fourth position corresponding to a second end surface of the roller on an outer circumferential side of the rotary table; and

a distance in the rotating shaft direction from the first position to the third position being within 0.3 or 0.15 times a width of the roller.

2. A roller mill according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a dam ring provided on an end portion on the outer circumferential side of the rotary table, the dam ring suppressing discharge of the ground solid fuel to the outside of the rotary table and having a tapered surface that is inclined so as to decrease in height from the outer side toward the inner circumferential side of the rotary table.

3. A roller mill according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an adjustment mechanism that allows a distance of the roller to the drive shaft of the rotary table to be adjusted.

4. A method for manufacturing a roller mill including a rotary table that rotates about a drive shaft by a driving force from a drive unit; a fuel supply unit that supplies solid fuel to the rotary table; and a roller that rotates about a rotating shaft by being pressed against a grinding surface of the rotary table, grinds the solid fuel along with rotation of the rotary table, and has an outer peripheral surface with a constant radius of curvature; the method comprising:

a rotary table installing step of installing the rotary table;

a roller installing step of installing the roller so that a first position where the outer peripheral surface of the roller and the grinding surface of the rotary table come into contact with each other and a circumferential velocity of the outer peripheral surface equals a circumferential velocity of the grinding surface is located further to an inner circumferential side of the rotary table than a second position where the outer peripheral surface and the grinding surface come into contact with each other at a center position in a width direction of the roller; and

a rotary table forming step of forming the rotary table so that a first radius of curvature of the grinding surface at a third position corresponding to a first end surface of the roller on the inner circumferential side of the rotary table is less than a second radius of curvature of the grinding surface at a fourth position corresponding to a second end surface of the roller on an outer circumferential side of the rotary table, and a distance in the rotating shaft direction from the first position to the third position is within 0.3 or 0.15 times a width of the roller.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2016
From: MATSUMOTO, SHINJI; DAIMARU, TAKUICHIRO; FUKUI, KAZUSHI; TSUTSUBA, TAKASHI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 038411/0775 →