Noise reduction mechanism of fan device and molding method of porous damping material therefor

Abstract

Porous damping material (40) is attached to an entire inner circumference of the fan shroud (20) opposing to an end of a fan (4) and is exposed to opposing space without using conventional perforated metal. Accordingly, jet noise caused by strong swirl between the fan (4) and the fan shroud (20) can be damped by the damping material (40) and impulsive sound scarcely occurs. Thus, both of the impulsive sound and the jet noise can be effectively damped, thereby securely reducing noise. The pours member (401) constituting the porous damping material (40) is a die-molding product made by a die (150) having a cavity (153).

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to a noise reduction mechanism of a fan device and a molding method of porous damping material used therefor. More specifically, it relates to a noise reduction mechanism of a fan device used for engine cooling system of special-purpose vehicle including construction equipment such as excavator and other vehicles, and industrial cooling system.[0003] 2. Description of Related Art[0004] Conventionally, in an engine cooling system of vehicles, coolant is circulated between the engine and radiator. In such cooling system, a fan is attached proximal to the radiator, so that heat is exchanged between cooling air sucked in by the fan and the coolant in the radiator to cool the engine by the coolant after heat exchange.[0005] In the above, a fan shroud is provided around the fan to straighten flow of the cooling air passing through the radiator, thus enhancing heat exchange by the radiator to improve cooling efficiency of...

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Benefits of technology

[0015] Accordingly, both of the impulsive sound and the jet noise can be effectively damped and the noise between the end of the fan and the fan shroud can be securely decreased.

[0067] As mentioned above, according to the above arrangement, since the size of the die required for molding can be reduced, thus reducing die cost and facilitating transportation and storage of the porous member.

Problems solved by technology

A strong swirl is generated at a slight gap between an end of the fan and the fan shroud in accordance with rotation of the fan, which causes jet noise.

However, according to the noise damper disclosed in the publications, since the perforated metal is used at the portion where the strong swirl is generated, high-frequency impulsive sound can be generated by an impact caused when the cooling air bumps into step portion of the through-holes of the perforated metal.

Accordingly, though the noise damper can reduce the jet noise, the impulsive sound can be newly generated, thus being unable to effectively reduce the overall noise.

Further, since the conventional perforated metal is not used, the cooling air does not bump into the hard step portion, thus being unlikely to generate impulsive sound.

However, a lot of trouble is required for cutting the porous damping material into a desired shape by the above-described cutting machine.

Further, it is not economical to form the fan shroud into a shape considering the fan performance such as the bell-mouth shape.

This is because, for instance, when the fan shroud is made of metal, great die cost is necessary on account of large size press die and, when the fan shroud is made of resin, the size of the molding die is enlarged and cost thereof is significant.

On the other hand, since the porous damping material directly confronts the fan, the porous damping material can be deteriorated or damaged by colliding with dust or rainwater snapped by the fan, thus deteriorating weather-resistance and durability of the porous damping material.

However, attachment work of the resin sheet or the cloth sheet onto the surface of the porous damping material by adhesion or thermal bonding is not easy and requires a lot of work, thus deteriorating productivity.

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