Contact of working surfaces for spherical washers and recommendations for determining the gap in the joint

Abstract

In article analyzes the technical requirements for spherical washers used in threaded connections of pumps, which made it possible to highlight contradictions in paragraphs of the current standards for pump fasteners. They regarding recommendations for manufacturing technology and control of the working surfaces of washers. Publication analysis in the spherical surfaces lapping showed the absence of research in the spherical surfaces contact after lapping and the dependence of contact parameters by the technological parameters for this operation. The presence of a gap in conjunction with spherical washers after the lapping process was proved geometrically. Its location was determined, and a mathematical dependence was obtained to determine the maximum gap value in conjunction. It was found that the gap depends on the design parameters of the washers' conjunction and the abrasive material grain size used for lapping. Recommendations for selecting the abrasive material grain size for the lapping operation for the most common values of the roughness parameters for the working surfaces of spherical washers have been formed. In the article was proposed to introduce into the technical requirements for the spherical washers drawings changes concerning the gap size allowable in the conjunction, and as well as tolerances value changes of the radii of the working surfaces of the washers, thus increasing their manufacturability without conflicting with the requirements of the current standards.