CN1433719A - Material leading finger for arrangement device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a material leading finger (7) for arrangement device (4) of a strand making machine (1), for compacting the strand made of machining materials in tobacco industry especially tobacco when feeding the strand along strand feeding surface (23) of the material leading finger. The present invention is characterized in that the material leading finger (7) is partly made of alloy steel including high content of titanium carbide.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the Material leading finger of the collating unit of set frame, it is used in compacting when the bar bundle conveyor surface of Material leading finger is carried the bar bundle by the bar bundle that constitutes in the tobacco industry material processed and especially be made of tobacco.The invention still further relates to the collating unit of the set frame of the tobacco industry.
Background technology
The Material leading finger of collating unit is used for bar bundle that compacting is made of the tobacco industry institute material processed and that particularly be made of tobacco or other material of smoldering.In addition, compacting is dwindled bar bundle cross section ground and is carried out when carrying the bar bundle along Material leading finger.
Usually, in order to produce the cigarette bar, loose and the pipe tobacco that separates bunch is become a tobacco bunch on a bar bundle conveyer belt that goes in ring in a tobacco passage, described bundle forms in the district from the bar bundle continuously to be sent and is flattened, subsequently, it is deposited in one and moves on on the lapping bar in the collating unit with the arrangement band that goes in ring and be wrapped in collating unit material strips such as cigarette paper slip are wrapped.Originally still dividing the lapping bar that enters at the collating unit feed zone and when its process collating unit, at first forming U-shaped around tobacco bunch ground, subsequently, the complete winding of lapping bar live tobacco bunch and generally by bonding along overlapping the slot coiling tobacco bunch be closed, form a cylindrical duct thus.
For example, a kind of size or collating unit that is used for cigarette machine described in US-PS4732165.When along the strong compacting bar of Material leading finger bundle, possible obvious damage the quality of tobacco rods.The reason of infringement tobacco rods quality may be and since tobacco-containing material with belong to the conveyor surface friction of Material leading finger, so may result in blockage, this obstruction can cause density fluctuation again.When coefficient of friction was higher, Material leading finger wore and tore because of mechanical stress is higher comparatively fast, thereby the service life of Material leading finger is short.
Summary of the invention
Task of the present invention is, recently improves the bar beam quality mutually with existing Material leading finger, wherein especially will prolong the service life of Material leading finger as far as possible.
The Material leading finger of the collating unit by such set frame is finished this task, promptly this Material leading finger is used in compacting when the bar bundle conveyor surface of Material leading finger is carried the bar bundle by the bar bundle that constitutes in the tobacco industry material processed and especially be made of tobacco, and wherein Material leading finger is made of the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content at least in part.
The steel alloy that has high carbonization Ti content by use, Material leading finger has so obtained the long life, be that tobacco and tobacco particle can unexpectedly slide along the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content well, thereby, particularly surpass 100 meters/timesharing in bar bundle transporting velocity, even if under the situation of different humidity coefficients, between Material leading finger and tobacco particle, also there is very little coefficient of friction.Because sliding is good or coefficient of friction is little, thereby the wearing and tearing of Material leading finger are little.
At least the part of bar bundle conveyor surface is preferably made by the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content.By this form of implementation of the present invention, be equipped with steel alloy can for the sub-fraction of Material leading finger, like this with regard to escapable cost with high carbonization Ti content.For this reason, preferably a solid member that comprises bar bundle conveyor surface is welded on or compound on knot another part at Material leading finger.As the replacement mode, can form the thin layer that constitutes by alloy by laser ablation or by hot evaporation or as electron beam evaporation plating with high carbonization Ti content.
If steel alloy is the steel alloy of making by PM technique, then can obtain anti abrasive especially steel alloy.
In a preferred embodiment, the titanium carbide content of steel alloy surpasses 20wt%.In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the titanium carbide content of steel alloy is 31wt%-35wt%, especially 32wt%-34wt%.
Bonding is preferably martensite or austenite mutually.In martensite bonds mutually, obtained the steel alloy that can be easy to process, it has strong anti-corrosive properties according to the difference of its carbon content.For example, martensitic constituent and content thereof are as follows:
C：?0.5wt％-0.65wt％，
Cr：3.0wt％-19.5wt％，
Mo：2.0wt％-3.0wt％，
Cu：1.0wt％-1.5wt％，
Ni：0-0.25wt％，
Fe: surplus.
Be the bonding phase time with the austenite, obtaining outstanding anti-corrosive properties and outstanding wearability.Austenitic composition is best as follows:
Cr: about 18wt%,
Ni: about 12wt%,
Mo: about 2wt%,
Cu: about 1wt%,
Nb: about 0.85wt%,
Fe: surplus.
The steel alloy particularly suitable of the trade mark of Thyssen Stahl AG (Krefeld, No. 16, Oberschlesien street) " FERRO-TITANIT " by name makes to have the steel alloy of high carbonization Ti content.In titanium carbide and martensitic structure, preferred alloy is called as TITANIT-C-special steel (titanium carbide content is 33.0wt%) and FERRO-TITANIT-S (titanium carbide content is 32wt%).Preferred alloy with titanium carbide and austenitic structure is called " FERRO-TITANIT-U " by Thyssen Stahl AG and titanium carbide content is 34wt%.
Steel alloy preferably passes through cure process, can obtain very high wearability like this.Here, cure process is to carry out according to the heat treatment of manufacturer Thyssen Stahl AG regulation.
The collating unit of the tobacco industry set frame comprises one according to Material leading finger of the present invention or comprise a preferred Material leading finger as described above.
In addition, if so improving one is used at the device of tobacco rods being wiped off tobacco particle when bar bundle conveyer belt is sent into the collating unit that is arranged on collating unit bar bundle input area from the conveyer belt of cigarette bar production equipment, the at least a portion that is the bar bundle conveyor surface of removing device is to be made of the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content, is then also obviously prolonged the service life of this removing device.About removing device, please especially referring to EP0582136B1, the document is clear has described a corresponding removing device, and its disclosure should be included among the application fully.In described European patent document, when striking off tobacco particle at least for one and in the zone of scraping rib of bar bundle conveyer belt cooperating, be provided with one by imbedding the high rigidity surface that one deck particulate high-abrasive material at least forms.In described document, this surface preferably disposes the polycrystalline diamond.
The matrix of removing device also has a bar bundle conveyor surface, and according to the present invention, it has at least in part the respective alloy of high carbonization Ti content steel is arranged.This bundle conveyor surface in collating unit and on bar bundle throughput direction, align with the bar bundle conveyor surface of Material leading finger and with common vertical section of forming a beam passage of bar bundle conveyor surface of another inverted running at least of collating unit.By preferably so improving collating unit, promptly at least a portion of removing device bar bundle conveyor surface is made of the steel alloy that contains high titanium carbide composition, then also can prolong the service life of removing device.
The steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content of guide finger bundle conveyor surface is the same with removing device preferably.Therefore, preferably use identical steel alloy.
In addition, preferably give a set frame corresponding collating unit of the present invention of outfit of the tobacco industry or the improvement structure of aforesaid collating unit of the present invention.Description of drawings
Below, do not limit present general inventive concept ground by several embodiment and join the part accompanying drawing and illustrate the present invention, will be in all unspecified in this article invention details carefully referring to these accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the longitudinal section schematic diagram of the arrangement Material leading finger of cigarette bar production equipment,
Fig. 2 is the schematic cross-section along the Material leading finger of the A direction of Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is the front-view schematic diagram along the removing device of the arrow C direction of Fig. 1.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1 represents the arrangement Material leading finger of cigarette bar bundle production equipment.It shows payment end 2 and the collating unit 4 that an arrangement platform 6, a Material leading finger 7 and arrangement part 8 are arranged of drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt 3.Drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt 3 moves in tobacco passage 9 by arrow 11 directions and sends the tobacco bunch that is made of the pipe tobacco (not shown) and consign to collating unit 4 from forming district's (also not shown) from the bar bundle.Tobacco bunch is suspended in tobacco passage 9 on the drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt 3 and carries, and tobacco bunch is adsorbed on the drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt by one suction airstream that works by drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt at this.Arrangement platform 6 has a bar bundle conveyor surface 12 that is not shown specifically, it forms the bar beam passage that cross section arches upward, the radius that arches upward of this passage narrows down to the arrangement part gradually from the charging awl on the bar bundle direction of motion, and it is communicated with a bar beam passage 14 that forms according to required harness shape of arrangement part 8.In charging awl 13, to introduce an arrangement of on the direction of arrow 16, going in ring along bar bundle conveyor surface 12 and in bar beam passage 14 and be with 17, this arrangement band is bearing lapping bar 18 ground through collating unit 4.The technology of this equipment is well-known, therefore just need not be described in detail at this.
In 13 zones were bored in charging, drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt 3 shrank and will form that form and cigarette bar that be flattened usually is put on the process lapping bar 18 of collating unit 4 in the district at one unshowned bundle to the bar bundle conveyor surface of arrangement platform 6.In addition, tobacco rods is bored through charging at it and so be out of shape with 17 throughput direction 16 by strong compacting and according to the variation of charging awl cross section and along arrangement under the effect of drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt 3 in 13 o'clock, and promptly tobacco rods can enter by 6 of arrangement platforms and restraint the bar beam passage that conveyor surface 12 parts are surrounded.In the zone of bar bundle conveyor surface 12, be adjacent to arrangement platform 6 and as another bundle guide the Material leading finger 7 with a scraper 25 is being set.The bar bundle conveyor surface 12 of scraper 25 and arrangement platform 6 forms a bar bundle conveying device that continues the compacting tobacco bunch and make it to be shaped together.
Scraper 25 is fixed on the front of collating unit 4 Material leading fingers 7 by screw 22 or other suitable fixture.Scraper also can be integral with Material leading finger.Scraper is made of a matrix 19, the downside of matrix forms as bar bundle conveyor surface 21, and this downside is positioned at the opposite of bar bundle conveyor surface 12 of arrangement platform 6 on the scraper installation site, and so, two bar bundle conveyor surfaces 12 and 21 are around a bundle transfer passage 22.For this reason, shown in the scraper front view of Fig. 3,21 one-tenth recessed arches of bar bundle feed surface and align with the bar bundle conveyor surface 23 that forms at Material leading finger 7 downsides.Realized that the tobacco rods of sending here is deformed into the circular bar shape tobacco bunch this bundle conveyor surface structure other parts cooperating by known way and collating unit, meanwhile, lapping bar 18 with this tobacco bunch bag get up.
The sectional view of the local A of Fig. 1 shown in Figure 2 shows Material leading finger 7, and this Material leading finger comprises one according to steel alloy 30 of the present invention, and wherein a weld seam 31 couples together the remainder of steel alloy 30 of the present invention with Material leading finger 7.Can be clear that the bar bundle conveyor surface of protuberance.Steel alloy of the present invention 30 is connected with common steel alloy 32 by weld seam 31.Suitable steel alloy 32 commonly used is New Jersey Fa, Engineer Precision product sold numbering 9.0406.The another kind of suitable material that forms guide finger 32 by sintered powder is the Fa by German Ratingen, Zapp GmbH; The brand CPM10V of Co.KG.Certainly also have other steel or sintering metal to be suitable for the steel alloy 32 of making Material leading finger 7.Material leading finger 7 is made of also steel alloy 30 of the present invention fully and is fine.
In the schematic front view of Fig. 3, show scraper 25 along the arrow C direction.Can be clear that feed end 24 and wearing layer 27.As EP0582136D1 be described in detail, wearing layer can comprise a diamond layer 27.Scrape rib 26 and be arranged on the scraper feed end 24, wherein scrape rib alignment bar bundle conveyer belt 3 traffic directions 11 laterally and be right after in the front on bar bundle conveyer belt 3 surfaces or be close to this surface.On the surface of scraping rib 26, imbed the layer 27 that at least one is made of the particulate high-abrasive material.Layer 27 for example is made of the polycrystalline diamond and is sintered in the matrix that is made of hard metal.Scrape rib 26 and also can constitute, imbed the polycrystalline diamond in its surface by hard ceramic material.Diamond layer 27 is being scraped the whole width that the rib place spreads all over bar bundle conveyer belt 3, and scrapes all pipe tobaccos from bar bundle conveyer belt 3 reliably in this way.Thus one, tobacco rods reliably and is fully handed to lapping bar 18 from bar bundle conveyer belt 3.Since scrape rib 26 and be constitute by hard metal and be coated with just like polycrystalline diamond layer, so improved the wearability of scraping rib greatly and prolonged its service life thus considerablely.
Simultaneously, according to the present invention, bar bundle conveyor surface also can have the steel alloy 30 with high carbonization Ti content of the present invention, and thus one, also can prolong service life of scraper 25 significantly.Therefore, change the intermittent phase, also improved the economy that machine uses simultaneously by prolonging.
The preferred embodiment of steel alloy of the present invention and steel alloy of the present invention was described in the front.It can be tissue that is made of titanium carbide and martensite or the tissue that is made of titanium carbide and austenite.The preferred constituent of corresponding preferred alloy steel of the present invention is the product " FERRO-TITANIT " by Thyssen Stahl AG's production of German Krefeld.Titanium carbide content preferably surpasses 20wt% and especially 31wt%-35wt%.
In addition, these materials also have such advantage, promptly can not change the tobacco taste in tobacco processing course.The corresponding constituent of steel alloy of the present invention can not react with tobacco and can't influence tobacco flavor.
According to the present invention, Material leading finger 7 and/or scraper 25 can have unshowned in the drawings passage, and lubricating fluid and/or cleaning fluid can flow out from these passages, thereby bar bundle conveyor surface can slide better and maybe can be cleaned totallyer.In addition, certain fragrance also can discharge from these passages, improves the tobacco taste thus.Lubricating fluid and/or cleaning fluid also can additionally improve the taste of tobacco.
The geometry of Material leading finger also can be different from the shape shown in Fig. 1,2.Material leading finger also can have as US-PS4,732,165 shape shown in Figure 6.The disclosure of this patent should all be included among the application.
The Reference numeral list The 1-set frame; 2-pays end; 3-drawing-in type bar bundle conveyer belt; The 4-collating unit; 6-puts platform in order; The 7-Material leading finger; 8-puts part in order; 9-tobacco passage; The 11-direction of arrow; 12-bar bundle conveyor surface; 13-The charging cone; 14-bar beam passage; The 16-direction of arrow; 17-puts band in order; 18-lapping bar; 19-Matrix; 21-bar bundle conveyor surface; The 22-screw; 23-bar bundle conveyor surface; The 24-feed end; 25-scrapes Cutter; 26-scrapes rib; The 27-wearing layer; The 30-steel alloy; The 31-weld seam;
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1. the Material leading finger (7) of the collating unit (4) of a set frame (1), it is used in compacting when the bar bundle conveyor surface (23) of Material leading finger is carried the bar bundle by the bar bundle that constitutes in the tobacco industry material processed and especially be made of tobacco, it is characterized in that Material leading finger (7) is made of a steel alloy (30) with high carbonization Ti content at least in part.
2. according to the described Material leading finger of claim 1 (7), it is characterized in that at least a portion of bar bundle conveyor surface (23) is made of the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content (30).
3. according to claim 1 and/or 2 described Material leading fingers (7), it is characterized in that steel alloy (30) is the steel alloy of being made by powder metallurgy.
4. according to one of claim 1-3 or multinomial described Material leading finger (7), it is characterized in that the titanium carbide content of this steel alloy surpasses 20%.
5. according to the described Material leading finger of claim 4 (7), it is characterized in that the titanium carbide content of this steel alloy is 31wt%-35wt% and especially 32wt%-34wt%.
6. according to one of claim 1-5 or multinomial described Material leading finger (7), it is characterized in that bonding is martensite or austenite mutually.
7. according to one of claim 1-6 or multinomial described Material leading finger (7), it is characterized in that steel alloy (30) is through cure process.
8. the collating unit (4) of the set frame of the tobacco industry (1), it has according to one of claim 1-7 or multinomial described Material leading finger (7).
9. according to the described collating unit of claim 8 (4), it is characterized in that, being provided with one is used at the device (25) that tobacco rods is scraped tobacco particle when bar bundle conveyer belt (3) consigns to collating unit (4) from a bundle conveyer belt of a cigarette bar production equipment, this device is arranged in the bar bundle feed zone of collating unit (4), and wherein this at least a portion of striking off the bar bundle conveyor surface of a device (25) is made of the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content (30).
10. according to claim 8 and/or 9 described collating units, it is characterized in that the steel alloy with high carbonization Ti content of Material leading finger (7) bar bundle conveyor surface (22) is identical with the steel alloy of removing device (25).
11. the set frame of the tobacco industry, it has according to one of claim 8-10 or multinomial described collating unit (4).
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