CN105313169A - Knife positioning apparatus - Google Patents
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- A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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Abstract
A knife positioning apparatus arranged in a rotatable drum assembly comprising a substantially cylindrical drum with an axis of rotation. The knife positioning apparatus comprises one or more knife modules each with a cutting edge and a positioning device. The positioning device is arranged to move the cutting edge of a knife module in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drum and substantially tangential to the circumference of the drum. The knife positioning apparatus further comprises a position sensor arranged to sense the position of the cutting edge of an individual knife module and communicate said position to the positioning device.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to equipment for cutter positioning and the method for the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool module in rotatable bulging assembly.Embodiments of the invention relate to the equipment for cutter positioning in the rotatable bulging assembly be arranged on tobacco cutting machine.
Background technology
Known cutting machine is used in the many different industry of a series of products of processing such as paper, fabric, tobacco and so on.Product material to be cut can be stratiform, fibrous or granular.
In tobacco industry, in the processing of preliminary tobacco, tobacco leaf is processed for cigarette manufacture.First the stratiform part of tobacco leaf is compressed, and then cutly in cutting machine is suitable for cigarette producers uses and the tobacco particle processed to produce.
Be known in the art the cutting machine for cutting tobacco leaf or tobacco stem, such as, as described in GB2010/051607.Cutting machine for tobacco leaf generally includes rotatable bulging assembly, and this rotatable bulging assembly comprises the multiple cutters be arranged on rotatable drum.The cutting edge of cutter stretches out from rotatable drum, they is oriented approximately tangent with the circumference of drum.
Along with drum rotates, cutter cuts off the compression tobacco-containing material extruded to rotatable drum from the mouth of cutting machine.Tobacco-containing material is cut into fragment, to be used as smoking material subsequently.The cutting edge of cutter is rust and need sharpening due to cut tobacco.Usual use emery wheel compensates the passivation of cutter.Emery wheel moves around along the direction being parallel to bulging rotation.Cutter stretch out edge along with they to contact through emery wheel emery wheel surface and by continuously grinding.Adjustable cutter compensates the sharpening action of emery wheel.
By making emery wheel periodically repair emery wheel through coming on the diamond, the end at the usual close rotatable bulging edge moved that moves around near emery wheel of this diamond.Diamond removes skim (this layer generally includes jointing material and abrasive material) from emery wheel.
Applicant has designed a kind of equipment for cutter positioning of improvement, and compared with existing system, this equipment for cutter positioning provides extra benefit to cutting machine.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, from first aspect, provide a kind of equipment for cutter positioning, be disposed in rotatable bulging assembly, described rotatable bulging assembly comprises the drum of the general cylindrical shape with rotation;
Described equipment for cutter positioning comprises one or more cutter module, each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge, and the direction that wherein said align member is arranged to the rotation making described cutting edge edge be approximately perpendicular to described drum is moved;
Described equipment for cutter positioning comprises position sensor further, this position sensor be arranged to the cutting edge detecting single cutter module position and by described location communication give described align member.
Preferably, described one or more cutter module is disposed on described columnar drum, and the cutting edge of the cutting edge of described cutter or multiple cutter is stretched out from described drum.The invention provides a kind of automated system, wherein the cutting edge of the cutter of each cutter module moves independent of other cutting edge or together with other cutting edge, makes cutting edge be arranged in the best geometric position for sharpening rapidly so that prepare for the cutting operation of described rotatable bulging assembly.
Preferably, described position sensor is arranged to the laser beam providing the rotation orientation being roughly parallel to described drum.Preferably, described position sensor is arranged to further and is communicated to described align member with the crossing situation (intersection) of described laser beam by the cutting edge of described cutter.Advantageously, this laser position sensors guarantees that described cutting edge is located in a rather accurate manner, preferably in 100 microns or better, makes it possible to the sharpening that described cutter is carried out in minimum delay.If described cutter does not initially extend enough far away, then the initial sharpening little increment due to the outside feeding of described cutter of described cutter and consuming time.During this period, machine can not be for the production of.If cutter initially extends too far away from described drum, then exist the risk of other parts of be damaged grinding stone or machine.
Preferably, described position sensor communicates with described align member via radio communication.
Preferably, described align member comprises stepper motor.In alternative embodiments, described align member comprises servomotor or can by hydraulic pressure or pneumatic actuation.The little angular movement (usual 1.8 °) that can be produced by stepper motor allows in extremely rapid succession realize the little of cutting edge and repeatably move, and provides the forward operation of basic continous thus on described cutter.
Preferably, described align member comprises feed bar and bellcrank (bellcrank) further, it is the transverse movement of cutting edge that described feed bar and described bellcrank are arranged to the converting rotary motion of described stepper motor, and described cutting edge is moved along the direction of the rotation being approximately perpendicular to described drum.Advantageously, this mechanism comprises less parts more solid compared with existing mechanism.The little angular movement produced by stepper motor is advanced by the transverse direction of the cutting edge effectively changing described cutter into.
Preferably, the cutting edge of the cutter of described one or more cutter module is oriented roughly tangent with the circumference of described rotatable drum.
Preferably, the align member of each cutter module activates independent of adjacent cutter module, and wherein the moving direction edge of each cutting edge is roughly away from the direction of the rotation of described drum.
After some or all cutters of replacing, expect each cutter to be advanced to desired locations, to grind.Some cutters may have length different from each other, so preferably can advance separately each cutter.This realizes by the present invention, because on the rotatable drum comprising multiple cutting edge, each cutter module comprises oneself independently align member.Other existing mechanism does not provide this adjustment convenience avoiding human error and interference.
In use, laser position sensors operates after cutter has been mounted to rotatable bulging assembly.Drum slow circumvolve, is preferably less than 50rpm, and the Angle Position of drum can be detected and the cutting edge of cutter is also detected.Signal from position sensor associates with just detected cutter, and this cutter is advanced to best pre-grinding position fast.Same steps can be repeated for other cutter be arranged on described rotatable bulging assembly.Positioning action can perform continuously or perform, to guarantee that cutting edge is all maintained at optimum position with interval frequently.
When operating, the position of the cutting edge of cutter is determined by the action of grinder, and the action of grinder is then determined by adamantine position.Can expect, comprise in the embodiment of laser beam at position sensor, when drum rotates with cutting speed, position sensor can not activate, because measurement can be subject to the obstruction of the flowing of cutting (tobacco) material.
The align member of the one or more cutter modules in rotatable bulging assembly also can activate simultaneously, make when cutter is consumed, cutter or their feed mechanism can continuously and with High-Speed Automatic withdrawals (that is, along roughly towards the direction of the rotation of drum).In other existing mechanism, operator needs use instrument sequentially to regain the mechanism of each cutter when preparing the new cutter of assembling.This is consuming time, usually needs about ten minutes or the longer time performs this operation in the cutting machine of usual ten cutters, this period machine can not be for the production of.
Preferably, rotatable bulging assembly comprises drum motor further.Preferably, the Angle Position of described drum is detected by position coder, and this position coder is arranged to the Angle Position detecting described drum, and communicates with described align member.Preferably, described position coder and described align member communicate with one another via radio communication.
Preferably, described device comprises control system, and this control system is arranged to and receives and send control signals to described cutter positioning component, position sensor and position coder.
Preferably, described control system comprises the WiFi antenna on the rotation being positioned at described rotatable drum and is positioned at the described rotatable static WiFi transceiver communicated with described position sensor of rousing outside.Preferably, wireless communication system comprises another the inner WiFi transceiver be positioned on described rotatable drum further, and it communicates with the align member of the individually actuating of each cutter module.
Preferably, described control system comprises processor.From the state of each align member, fault or warning message by WiFi from being transferred to ppu.
In use, can expect that whether the cutting edge of each cutter determined by described position sensor exists and by described processor process, will think that the align member of each cutter module produces suitable order.If the cutting edge of described cutter is not detected by described position sensor, then described align member will be ordered to advance described cutter.If the cutting edge of described cutter is detected by described position sensor, then the described align member of order is maintained its current position.Order for each cutter positioning component will be transferred to cutter drum by WiFi from described processor.Similarly, such as the data of tool feeding motion and align member error coded can be transferred to described processor from the component be arranged in described drum, and in a preferred embodiment, described processor is positioned at the outside of described drum and is static.
Advantageously, WiFi control system does not need to safeguard and has the reliability of height.Power supply for described align member and WiFi is transported to described drum by slip ring and brush.In existing system, signal is by pneumatic or mechanically transmission or transmit via collector ring, and all these suffer unreliability or loss, therefore needs frequent and needs the maintenance of technical ability.
Preferably, equipment for cutter positioning is as described above disposed in tobacco cutting machine.
According to the present invention, from second aspect, provide a kind of method of cutting edge of aligned cutting tool module in rotatable bulging assembly, described method comprises:
There is provided the rotatable drum with rotation, cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, and wherein said cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge;
There is provided the position sensor of the cutting edge away from described cutter, wherein said position sensor is arranged to the position detecting described cutting edge;
Activate described align member, make the cutting edge of the cutter of described cutter module edge be approximately perpendicular to the direction transverse shifting of the rotation of described drum;
The position of described cutting edge is detected with described position sensor;
Described align member is given, so that the cutting edge of described cutter module is positioned at pre-position by the location communication of the cutting edge of described cutter.
Preferably, on rotatable bulging assembly, the method for the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool module is performed by the embodiment of equipment for cutter positioning as described above.
Preferably, described position sensor is arranged to the laser beam providing the rotation orientation being roughly parallel to described drum, and be arranged such that, when the cutting edge of cutter module is crossing with described laser beam, described position sensor and corresponding align member communicate the further movement stopping described cutting edge.
Actuation step can perform after operator changes some or all cutters.
Preferably, one or more cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, and each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge.Preferably, described rotatable drum is arranged to and rotates to make cutter module be near described position sensor, makes actuating, detection and communication steps be performed to locate the cutting edge of described cutter module.
Preferably, described rotatable drum one step comprising one or more cutter module comprises position coder, this position coder is arranged to determines when cutter module is near described position sensor, makes actuating, detection and communication steps can be performed to locate the cutting edge of described cutter module subsequently.In the rotatable drum with more than one cutter module, the Angle Position of described drum is detected by described position coder, makes to be associated by the align member of the tool position of described laser beam detection with correct cutter module.The Angle Position of described drum can communicate to described processor by described position coder, makes the align member of correct cutter module.
Preferably, described equipment for cutter positioning for performing the method for the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool module comprises control system further, and this control system is arranged to from the one or more reception control signal described align member, position sensor and position coder and this control signal to be sent in described align member, described position sensor and described position coder one or more.
The invention provides a kind of equipment for cutter positioning for the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool in rotatable bulging assembly, wherein positioning action is automatic and does not need a large amount of inputs of operator.Therefore positioning action is simplified and operating cost reaches minimum.The present invention does not also need operator to touch sharp-pointed cutting edge or is close to the moving-member in rotatable bulging assembly, and this risk making operator injured is down to minimum.
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Embodiments of the invention are described in detail by means of only the mode of example now with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the sectional view comprising the cutting machine of rotatable bulging assembly forming a prior art part;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view of the rotatable bulging assembly for cutter sweep forming a prior art part;
Fig. 3 is the diagram of the cutter module of equipment for cutter positioning according to an embodiment of the invention, and cutter module comprises align member and cutting edge;
Fig. 4 is the diagram of the cutter module of equipment for cutter positioning according to an embodiment of the invention, and cutter module comprises align member and holds the region of cutting edge;
Fig. 5 is the diagram of the align member described in Fig. 3 of alternative angle;
Fig. 6 is the diagram of the layout of cutting edge on the rotatable bulging assembly of equipment for cutter positioning according to an embodiment of the invention and position sensor, and position sensor comprises laser; And
Fig. 7 is the diagram of a part for the rotatable bulging assembly comprising wireless communication system.
Detailed description of the invention
See Fig. 1 of accompanying drawing, the cutting machine 100 forming a prior art part is shown.Cutting machine 100 has rotatable bulging assembly 101, the drum 102 that rotatable bulging assembly 101 comprises the general cylindrical shape with the rotation X extended in paper plane and the multiple cutters 103 stretched out from the circumference of columnar drum 102.Cutting machine 100 also comprises the mouth 104 of contiguous drum 102 and is arranged as the conveyer belt 105 carried to mouth 104 material (not shown) to be cut, and at mouth 104 place, material to be cut is transported to drum 102 and is cut by cutter 103.
In use, drum 102 rotates with the speed between 200rpm and 600rpm usually, but can rotate with much higher speed.Arrow in Fig. 1 illustrates the direction of rotation of drum 102 around its rotation X.Along with cutter 103 cuts the material transported by mouth 104, their quick rusts.In order to compensate this, cutting machine 100 has the emery wheel (or grinding stone) 106 being arranged as sharpening and maintaining the profile of cutter 103.Emery wheel 106 is made up of abrasive material and jointing material usually.The rotation X that emery wheel 106 is parallel to drum 102 in use moves around.It is desirable that, by cutter 103 from drum 102 outwards feeding, to compensate the wearing and tearing of emery wheel 106.
See Fig. 2 of accompanying drawing, rotatable bulging assembly 101 is shown, this rotatable bulging assembly 101 is generally used on the cutting machine 100 of the Fig. 1 forming a prior art part.Multiple cutters 103 that rotatable bulging assembly 101 comprises columnar drum 102 and stretches out from the circumference of columnar drum 102.Rotatable bulging assembly 101 also comprises the cutting tool gripper 107 for being held in place on drum 102 by cutter 103 and is positioned at immediately below each cutter 103 to hold the chamber 108 of cutting material (not shown).
See Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of accompanying drawing, a part for equipment for cutter positioning 200 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.In figure 3, equipment for cutter positioning 200 comprises cutter module 202, and cutter module 202 comprises tool support 204 and comprises the cutter of cutting edge 205 (not shown in Fig. 4).Cutter is supported on tool support 204.Equipment for cutter positioning 200 comprises the align member 206 being arranged as mobile described cutter further.Align member 206 comprises stepper motor 208, is arranged on the nut 210 on threaded rod 212 and is arranged to by making cutter slide along the direction of arrow shown in Fig. 3 on support member 204 and advances the bellcrank 214 of cutter.
In Fig. 5 of accompanying drawing, the cutter positioning component 206 shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of alternative angle is shown.The various parts of align member 206 are marked.For the sake of clarity, the other parts of the such as tool support 204 of cutter module 202 and cutter and so on are omitted, and these other parts utilize align member 206 to be disposed in rotatable bulging assembly usually.
The rotary motion provided by stepper motor 208 can change the transverse movement of the cutting edge of the cutter (not shown) slided on tool support 204 into.Stepper motor 208 is used to by reduction gearing 216, the nut 210 be arranged on threaded rod 212 be rotated.The transverse movement of nut 210 is stoped by thrust bearing 219, makes the rotation of nut 210 cause the transverse movement of threaded rod 212.This motion is then by being applied to the bellcrank 214 of cutter by thrust (direction along shown in the arrow in Fig. 4) and changing 90 °, and the cutting edge 205 of aligned cutting tool also advances the cutting edge 205 of cutter when needed thus.
In use, equipment for cutter positioning 200 is by the part for rotatable bulging assembly (not shown), rotatable bulging assembly comprises rotatable drum, the cutting edge of the cutter of cutter module 202 stretches out from the circumference of this rotatable drum, is similar to the cutter 103 stretched out from rotatable bulging assembly 101 shown in Fig. 2.The propelling of the cutting edge activated by align member 206 along roughly tangent with the circumference of drum direction, and is approximately perpendicular to bulging rotation.Align member 206 is also arranged such that its mechanism can be retracted to prepare for receiving new untapped cutter.Rotatable bulging assembly can comprise the other cutter module with the align member that can activate independently of one another.
Equipment for cutter positioning 200 comprises position sensor (see Fig. 5) further, this position sensor away from cutter module 202 cutting edge 204 and be arranged to detect cutter cutting edge position and whether will detect that cutting edge communicates to processor.In use, can expect that required action communicates to align member 206 with this information of post processing by processor.If cutting edge 205 is not detected, then order align member advances cutter with predetermined motion.If cutting edge is detected, then order align member maintains its current position.
See Fig. 6 of accompanying drawing, a part for the layout of multiple cutters 203 on rotatable bulging assembly 201 all with cutting edge and equipment for cutter positioning 200 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown.Each cutter 203 is usually by the part for being positioned at the cutter module 202 on rotatable drum, and the align member that cutter module 202 will comprise as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 further.In Figure 5, only the cutter 203 of cutter module 202 is illustrated, and other parts of rotatable bulging assembly 201 are for the sake of clarity omitted.
Equipment for cutter positioning 200 comprises position sensor 220, and position sensor 220 comprises laser beam 222.Position sensor 220 comprises transmitter 224 and receiver 226 further, and transmitter 224 and receiver 226 are arranged such that laser beam 222 is parallel to bulging rotation X and consistent relative to the desired locations of circumference of drum with cutting edge.
Can expect the replacing subsequently of some or all cutting edges on rotatable bulging assembly, drum will be slowly rotated, and the extension of each cutting edge can be detected by (laser) position sensor 220.Be connected to bulging rotary position encoder (not shown) and determine which cutter 203 is near laser beam 222.The stepper motor 208 corresponding with detected cutter module 202 activated subsequently, until the interrupted laser beam detection of cutting edge 203 of cutter arrives.When the cutting edge 203 of each cutter of each cutter module 202 is properly oriented according to laser sensor 220, allows emery wheel 106 pairs of cutters 203 to carry out sharpening, and restart the cutting operation of cutting machine 100.The laser detection of cutter is roused with being initially positioned to carry out when low speed rotation, usually carries out when being less than 50rpm.
See Fig. 7 of accompanying drawing, a part for rotatable bulging assembly 301 is shown, this part comprises a part for the rotatable drum 302 with rotation and WiFi control system.The other parts comprising the rotatable drum 302 of cutter module are for the sake of clarity omitted.WiFi control system comprises the antenna 238 be arranged on the rotation X of drum 302 and the internal transceiver 330 be arranged on drum 302, and internal transceiver 330 is arranged to and communicates with the align member of each individually actuating on each cutter module respectively.Be arranged as the static WiFi transmitter (not shown) that communicates with position sensor and the outside being arranged as the control system of machine (not shown) communicated with align member, position sensor and rotatable drum and being positioned at rotatable drum 302.All signals of communication send by WiFi.
In use, after the one or more cutter 103 of replacing, the rotatable drum of rotatable bulging assembly, by slow circumvolve, makes the cutting edge 205 of cutter be arranged to and is detected by position sensor.The align member 206 corresponding with the cutter module of described cutter 103 will advance cutter 103, until cutting edge is in optimum position, when namely laser beam is interrupted.
Desired position data are transferred to align member 206 from inside drum WiFi transceiver 330.Described position data comprises the physical location (that is, whether laser interrupts) of the cutting edge 103 corresponding respectively to each align member as determined by position sensor 216.The align member 206 of cutting edge corresponding to the cutter in considering in response to position data, to continue as required or to stop the described cutter 103 of propelling.Ppu is transferred to by WiFi from drum from the state of each align member, fault or warning message.Power supply for stepper motor, processor and WiFi is transported to drum by slip ring and brush.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to equipment for cutter positioning and the method for the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool module on the rotatable bulging assembly of tobacco cutting machine, but will understand, the present invention is used in the cutting edge of aligned cutting tool on the cutting machine for processing other any material in other any industry.
To understand, the position sensor of any type can be used.
Position sensor directly can communicate with align member, maybe can exist such as via the intermediate communication step of processor.The amount of cutting edge movement can be determined by the position sensor communicated with align member in response to the location communication received from position sensor or processor or can determine by processor or by align member itself.
Although in the described embodiment, the best orientation of cutting edge and position are parallel to bulging rotation, can expect, in alternative embodiments, the location dimension of cutter can be expected to be held in alternative orientation, that is, angled relative to rotation.
Although equipment for cutter positioning uses after being described to preferably to change the one or more cutters on rotatable bulging assembly when drum rotates with relatively low speed, but can expect, equipment for cutter positioning of the present invention also can operate when cutting machine operates.This be convenient to rotatable drum or continued operation or with while interval operation frequently by cutter from the outwards movement of rotatable drum, to compensate the wearing and tearing of emery wheel and the correct geometrical relationship maintained between cutting edge and the extrded material just cut.This needs the minimum input from user and provides quality standard for cutting material.
In other mechanism, the intermittence of cutter advances and causes the cutting edge moment when tool contact grinding stone overheated, and this softening cutting edge also reduces its sharpness.Continuous print cutter advances the heat that process of lapping is produced to reach minimum, therefore guarantees that the metallurgy characteristic of cutter is maintained.
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1. an equipment for cutter positioning, be disposed in rotatable bulging assembly, described rotatable bulging assembly comprises the drum of the general cylindrical shape with rotation;
Described equipment for cutter positioning comprises one or more cutter module, and each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge;
Wherein said align member is arranged to and described cutting edge is moved along the direction of the rotation being approximately perpendicular to described drum;
Described equipment for cutter positioning comprises position sensor further, this position sensor be arranged to the cutting edge detecting single cutter module position and by described location communication give described align member.
2. equipment for cutter positioning according to claim 1, wherein said position sensor is arranged to the laser beam providing the rotation orientation being roughly parallel to described drum, and wherein said position sensor is arranged to further and is communicated to described align member with the crossing situation of described laser beam by the cutting edge of cutter.
3. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein said position sensor communicates with described align member via radio communication.
4. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein the align member of each cutter module comprises stepper motor.
5. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein the align member of each cutter module comprises servomotor.
6. equipment for cutter positioning according to claim 4, described align member comprises feed bar and bellcrank further, wherein said feed bar and described bellcrank are arranged to the converting rotary motion of described stepper motor the transverse movement of the cutting edge being cutter, and described cutting edge is moved along the direction of the rotation being approximately perpendicular to described drum.
7. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, the cutting edge of the cutter of wherein said one or more cutter module is oriented roughly tangent with the circumference of described rotatable drum.
8. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein the align member of each cutter module activated independent of adjacent cutter module, and wherein the moving direction edge of the cutting edge of each cutter is roughly away from the direction of the rotation of described drum.
9. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, the align member of wherein said one or more cutter module activated simultaneously, and wherein the moving direction of each cutting edge along roughly towards the direction of the rotation of described drum.
10. the equipment for cutter positioning according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein said rotatable bulging assembly comprises motor and position coder further, described position coder is arranged to the Angle Position detecting described drum and cutter module, and wherein said position coder is arranged to and communicates with the align member of described cutter module.
11. equipment for cutter positionings according to claim 10, wherein said position coder, position sensor and described align member communicate with one another via radio communication.
12. equipment for cutter positionings according to the aforementioned claim of any one, wherein said device comprises control system, and this control system is arranged to and receives and send control signals to described align member, position sensor and position coder.
13. equipment for cutter positionings according to the aforementioned claim of any one, are disposed in tobacco cutting machine.
The method of the cutting edge of 14. 1 kinds of aligned cutting tool modules in rotatable bulging assembly, described method comprises:
There is provided the rotatable drum with rotation, cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, and wherein said cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge;
There is provided the position sensor of the cutting edge away from described cutter, wherein said position sensor is arranged to the position detecting described cutting edge;
Activate described align member, make the cutting edge of described cutter edge be approximately perpendicular to the direction transverse shifting of the rotation of described drum;
The position of the cutting edge of described cutter is detected with described position sensor;
Give described align member by the location communication of the cutting edge of described cutter, be positioned at pre-position with the cutting edge of the cutter by described cutter module.
15. methods according to claim 14, are performed by the equipment for cutter positioning described in any one in claim 1 to 13.
16. methods according to claim 14, wherein said position sensor is arranged to the laser beam providing the rotation orientation being roughly parallel to described drum, and be arranged such that, when the cutting edge of the cutter of cutter module is crossing with described laser beam, described position sensor communicates with the align member of described cutter module the further movement stopping the cutting edge of described cutter.
17. according to claim 14 to the method according to any one of 16, one or more cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge, and wherein actuation step performs after operator changes some or all cutters.
18. according to claim 13 to the method according to any one of 17, one or more cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge, wherein said rotatable drum is arranged to and rotates to make cutter module be near described position sensor, makes actuating, detection and communication steps be performed to locate the cutting edge of described cutter module.
19. according to claim 13 to the method according to any one of 18, one or more cutter module is drawn together in described rotatable bulge, each cutter module comprises align member and has the cutter of cutting edge, wherein said rotatable drum comprises position coder further, this position coder is arranged to the Angle Position detecting described drum, and determine which cutter module is near described position sensor thus, and wherein activate, to detect and communication steps is performed to locate the cutting edge of described cutter module.
20. according to claim 13 to the method according to any one of 19, wherein said device comprises control system further, and this control system is arranged to from the one or more reception control signal described align member, position sensor and position coder and this control signal to be sent in described align member, described position sensor and described position coder one or more.
21. 1 kinds of equipment for cutter positionings roughly as described with reference to the accompanying drawings above.
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