The work aims to determine the most reasonable and the most suitable sealing structure for the actual working conditions based on the analysis of the influence of the structural parameters on the sealing characteristics. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method was used for the numerical simulation of the fluid flow, and the models were established and meshed with GAMBIT. The effects of the structural geometric parameters of the sealing surface on the sealing characteristics were obtained by iterative analysis with Fluent software. With the leakage quantity required by the actual operating conditions for sealing as the yard stick, and comprehensively considering the limit pressure condition and the influencing factors on the parking operation, it is learned that the structure was the most reasonable and the most suitable for the actual working conditions when the sealing position y=−3.2 mm and the sealing angle was 0.04 rad. In conclusion, the structural geometric parameters of the sealing surface, such as the sealing angle of dynamic and static rings, the sealing position and the air-film thickness, etc., have significant impacts on the opening force and leakage quantity.
XUE Zhi-cheng, LI Yan-feng, LI Zheng, LU Yao, WU Qiu-Min, AI Bo.
Sealing Characteristics of Vacuum Adsorption Roller[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2017(7): 25-28