Stator for an electric machine
The invention relates to a stator for an electric machine, which has a core comprised of laminated sheet metal ( 1 ), the pole teeth ( 2 ) of each laminated sheet metal ( 1 ) of the core being connected to one another via respective webs ( 3 ). The laminated metal sheets ( 1 ) of the core are made from a two-state steel and, in the area of the pole teeth ( 2 ), have a high relative permeability and, in the area of the webs ( 3 ), have a section ( 5, 6, 7 ) with a low relative permeability.
1. A stator for an electric machine having a core comprising a plurality of lamination plates each having a plurality of pole teeth connected to one another by respective bridge pieces disposed between the pole teeth, said plurality of lamination plates of the core are comprised of a two-state steel, wherein said plurality of lamination plates have a high relative permeability in a region of the pole teeth and have a low relative permeability in a section in a region of the bridge pieces, wherein the section of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, and wherein the gap is continuous and has no offset between adjacent lamination plates of the stator.
2. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the high relative permeability is 900 or above.
3. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the low relative permeability is approximately 1.
4. The stator according to claim 2 , wherein the low relative permeability is approximately 1.
5. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein said effective gap extends parallel to a center axis (A) of the stator.
6. The stator according to claim 4 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends parallel to a center axis (A) of the stator.
7. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to a center axis (A) of the stator.
8. The stator according to claim 4 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to a center axis (A) of the stator.
9. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to a center axis (A) of the stator in a first half of the core and extends inclined at the negative of the predetermined angle in relation to the center axis (A) of the stator a second half of the core.
10. The stator according to claim 4 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to a center axis (A) of the stator in a first half of the core and extends inclined at the negative of the predetermined angle in relation to the center axis (A) of the stator a second half of the core.
11. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein said stator is a segmented stator that has a flux return ring situated around the core.
12. A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric machine having a core comprising a plurality of lamination plates each having a plurality of pole teeth connected to one another by respective bridge pieces disposed between the pole teeth, said method comprising the steps of:
producing the plurality of lamination plates composed of a two-state steel with a high relative permeability; and
executing a heat treatment of the plurality of lamination plates in a region of the bridge pieces, thereby producing sections possessing a low relative permeability and yielding a continuous effective gap with no offset between adjacent lamination plates.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the high relative permeability is in the vicinity of 900 or above.
14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the low relative permeability is in the vicinity of 1.
15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the heat treatment includes a heating of the sections of the bridge pieces to temperatures of greater than 1100° C.
16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the heating of the sections of the bridge pieces includes the stop of moving a plasma welding head over the sections.
17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, wherein said effective gap extends parallel to a center axis (A) of the stator.
18. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to a center axis (A) of the stator.
19. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the sections of the individual lamination plates are embodied so that in the region of the respective bridge piece between each pair of pole teeth, the core has an effective gap with a low relative permeability, wherein said effective gap extends inclined at a predetermined angle in relation to the center axis (A) of the stator in a first half of the core and extends inclined at the negative of the predetermined angle in relation to the center axis (A) of the stator in a second half of the core.
20. The method according to claim 12 , further including the steps of:
stacking said plurality of lamination plates to form the core;
attaching coils onto the pole teeth of the core resulting in a coil-equipped core; and
inserting the coil-equipped core into a flux return ring.
21. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the heat treatment of the plurality of lamination plates in the region of the bridge pieces extends over the entire area of the bridge pieces so that the entire bridge pieces comprise sections possessing a low relative permeability.
22. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the heat treatment of the plurality of lamination plates in the region of the bridge pieces is performed after the lamination plates have been stacked to form the core.