EP0309809B1 - Safety control system for hydraulic presses - Google Patents

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EP0309809B1
EP0309809B1 EP88114983A EP88114983A EP0309809B1 EP 0309809 B1 EP0309809 B1 EP 0309809B1 EP 88114983 A EP88114983 A EP 88114983A EP 88114983 A EP88114983 A EP 88114983A EP 0309809 B1 EP0309809 B1 EP 0309809B1
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  • the invention relates to a safety controller for hydraulic presses, in which two switchable valves are provided in series in a pressure medium line, which is connected to a lower pressure medium space in a cylinder-piston unit, the closed positions of which can be monitored separately, depending on the safety control can be influenced by the monitoring result.
  • a known safety control of this type (DE-OS 15 02 197), which also contains numerous other components, serves to avoid the execution of a dangerous press stroke using a light barrier or a light curtain, with continuous monitoring of the control system for malfunctions in the same . Monitoring of the valves lying in series for tightness in their closed positions is not provided here.
  • the object of the invention is to monitor the tightness of each valve in its closed position after each actuation in the closed position, so that a press stroke in the working direction can only be initiated if the effectiveness of both valves has been checked to this extent. This is important insofar as a valve alone would be able to hold the plunger of the press securely, but if a valve leaked, the required double security would no longer be provided.
  • each of the named valves arranged in series can be arranged by a valve group consisting of a plurality of individual valves arranged in parallel with one another be educated.
  • the monitoring then refers to the entire valve group and thus to all of its individual valves at the same time.
  • the invention is based on the knowledge on which it is based that the tightness of a valve is confirmed when a pressure difference between its two connections does not disappear, that is to say there is no pressure equalization via the valve.
  • the invention is that the series connection of two valves, a pressure control unit is connected in parallel, the pressure medium line in the outflow direction before the first valve through an upper pressure connection, between the two valves through a medium pressure connection and after the second valve by one Low pressure connection is connected that in the pressure control unit a separate differential pressure switch and the two differential pressure switches together an adjustable pressure control valve with the active positions of an increase in the medium pressure from the upper pressure, a maintenance of the medium pressure and a lowering of the medium pressure in the low pressure is connected in parallel.
  • the basic mode of operation of the safety controller is based on the fact that a pressure difference is present at both differential pressure switches when the valves are tightly closed and does not disappear.
  • the response of both differential pressure switches enables, for example via an AND gate, the formation of a signal which means the correct effectiveness of the two valves and can accordingly be given to the rest of the control of the press.
  • the weight of the tappet which is usually connected to the piston of the cylinder-piston unit, creates the upper pressure in the case of tightly closed valves in the line area of the upper pressure connection, which means that the medium pressure is built up in the line area of the medium pressure connection via the pressure control valve, while only the one in the line area of the low pressure connection the pressure medium filling resulting low pressure prevails.
  • the set medium pressure is maintained by the pressure control valve. If the first valve leaks, on the other hand, the upper pressure also builds up in the line area of the medium pressure connection, as a result of which the pressure difference at the differential pressure switch connected in parallel with the first valve disappears, which consequently does not respond.
  • the pressure control valve has a control piston with three positions of its valve, that the control piston has a first, smaller pressure surface at one end and a second, smaller and a larger pressure surface on a shoulder piston, the two smaller pressure surfaces being below one another rectified and in total equal in area to the opposite, larger application area, and that the wiring of the pressure control unit also the upper pressure connection with the first, smaller application area and a first connection of the valve of the control piston, the low pressure connection with the second, smaller application area and the second connection of the Valve of the control piston and the medium pressure connection with the larger pressure area and the opposite third connection of the valve of the control piston verb Indet, the valve of which is closed in the central position of the control piston, the first is connected to the third port in the end position when the pressure on the two smaller pressurizing surfaces is predominant and the third port is connected to the second port in the end position when the pressure on the larger pressurizing surface is predominant .
  • the pressure in the line area of the medium pressure connection is reduced to the low pressure, so that only the low pressure acts on the larger pressure area and the overpressure acting on the first, smaller pressure area shifts the control piston to the end position in which the pressure in acts in the line area of the medium pressure connection and builds up the medium pressure in the assigned line area again.
  • the piston area A R delimits the lower pressure medium space to which the pressure medium line 11 is connected.
  • the pressure medium line 11 are connected in series two valves 4 and 5, which are each represented by the parallel connection of several individual valves (Fig. 1).
  • a pressure control unit 7 is connected in parallel to the two valves 4 and 5, which in the outflow direction upstream of the first valve 4 via an upper pressure connection 2, between the two valves 4 and 5 via a medium pressure connection 3 and after the second valve 5 via a low pressure connection 1 to the pressure medium line 11 is connected.
  • a pressure medium source 6, for example a pressure medium system or a pump, and an outlet to a sump 12 in the outflow direction after the second valve 5 are also connected to the pressure medium line 11.
  • a first differential pressure switch D 1 the first valve 4 and between the medium pressure connection 3 and the low pressure connection 1
  • a second differential pressure switch D 2 the second valve 5 are connected in parallel between the upper pressure connection 2 and the medium pressure connection 3.
  • the pressure control unit 7 contains an adjustable pressure control valve 8, which is connected to the upper pressure connection 2, the medium pressure connection 3 and the low pressure connection 1.
  • the line area under high pressure is in each case within the pressure control unit 7 by narrow hatching, the line area under medium pressure is shown by wide hatching and the absence of hatching is the low line Line area under pressure is shown.
  • Each of the two differential pressure switches D1 and D2 each consists of a one-sided spring-loaded measuring cylinder-piston unit, the two cylinder chambers with the upper pressure connection 2 on the one hand and the medium pressure connection 3 on the other hand (D1) or the medium pressure connection 3 on the one hand and the low pressure connection 1 on the other hand (D2 ) are connected, and a switching element responsive to the respective position of the piston of the measuring cylinder-piston unit, which responds when the piston has moved in the direction opposite the spring load, and accordingly does not respond when the piston is in the position according to the direction of action of the spring load remains.
  • the control piston 13 has a first, smaller application area A at one end and a second, smaller application area A and a larger application area 2A at the other end to a shoulder piston, the two smaller application areas A and A being aligned with one another and, in total, having the same area as the opposite, larger application area 2A are.
  • the wiring of the pressure control unit 7 also connects the upper pressure connection 2 with the first, smaller application area A and a first connection of the valve of the control piston 13, the low pressure connection 1 with the second, smaller application area A and the second connection of the valve of the control piston 13 and the medium pressure connection 3 with the larger contact surface 2A and the opposite third connection of the valve of the control piston 13.
  • its valve In the central position of the control piston 13, its valve is closed (FIGS. 6 and 7).
  • the first connection - connected to the upper pressure connection 2 - to the third connection - connected to the medium pressure connection 3 - is connected (FIG. 9).
  • the third connection - connected to the medium pressure connection 3 - to the second connection - connected to the low pressure connection 1 - is connected (FIG. 8).

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Sicherheitssteuerung für hydraulische Pressen, bei der in einer Druckmittelleitung, die an einen unteren Druckmittelraum in einer Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit angeschlossen ist, zwei schaltbare Ventile in Hintereinanderschaltung vorgesehen sind, deren Schließstellungen getrennt überwachbar sind, wobei in Abhängigkeit von dem Überwachungsergebnis die Sicherheitssteuerung beeinflußbar ist.The invention relates to a safety controller for hydraulic presses, in which two switchable valves are provided in series in a pressure medium line, which is connected to a lower pressure medium space in a cylinder-piston unit, the closed positions of which can be monitored separately, depending on the safety control can be influenced by the monitoring result.

Eine bekannte Sicherheitssteuerung dieser Art (DE-OS 15 02 197), die noch zahlreiche, weitere Bauteile enthält, dient der Vermeidung der Ausführung eines gefährlichen Pressenhubes unter Verwendung einer Lichtschranke oder eines Lichtvorhanges, wobei eine laufende Überwachung der Steuerung auf Störungen in derselben vorgesehen ist. Eine Überwachung der in Hintereinanderschaltung liegenden Ventile auf Dichtigkeit in ihren Schließstellungen ist hierbei nicht vorgesehen.A known safety control of this type (DE-OS 15 02 197), which also contains numerous other components, serves to avoid the execution of a dangerous press stroke using a light barrier or a light curtain, with continuous monitoring of the control system for malfunctions in the same . Monitoring of the valves lying in series for tightness in their closed positions is not provided here.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, die Dichtigkeit jedes Ventiles in seiner Schließstellung nach jeder Betätigung in die Schließstellung zu überwachen, so daß nur bei insoweit überprüfter Wirksamkeit beider Ventile ein Pressenhub in Arbeitsrichtung eingeleitet werden kann. Das ist insofern von Bedeutung, als zwar ein Ventil allein in der Lage wäre, den Stößel der Presse sicher zu halten, bei Undichtigkeit eines Ventiles jedoch die erforderliche doppelte Sicherheit nicht mehr gegeben wäre.The object of the invention is to monitor the tightness of each valve in its closed position after each actuation in the closed position, so that a press stroke in the working direction can only be initiated if the effectiveness of both valves has been checked to this extent. This is important insofar as a valve alone would be able to hold the plunger of the press securely, but if a valve leaked, the required double security would no longer be provided.

Selbstverständlich kann jedes der genannten, in Hintereinanderschaltung angeordneten Ventile durch eine aus mehreren in Parallelschaltung zueinander angeordnete Einzelventile bestehende Ventilgruppe gebildet sein. Die Überwachung bezieht sich dann auf die ganze Ventilgruppe und damit auf sämtliche Einzelventile derselben gleichzeitig.Of course, each of the named valves arranged in series can be arranged by a valve group consisting of a plurality of individual valves arranged in parallel with one another be educated. The monitoring then refers to the entire valve group and thus to all of its individual valves at the same time.

Die Erfindung beruht auf der ihr zugrundeliegenden Erkenntnis, daß die Dichtigkeit eines Ventiles dann bestätigt ist, wenn eine Druckdifferenz zwischen dessen beiden Anschlüssen nicht verschwindet, also kein Druckausgleich über das Ventil stattfindet.The invention is based on the knowledge on which it is based that the tightness of a valve is confirmed when a pressure difference between its two connections does not disappear, that is to say there is no pressure equalization via the valve.

Bei einer Sicherheitssteuerung der eingangs genannten Art besteht die Erfindung darin, daß der Hintereinanderschaltung zweier Ventile eine Druckkontrolleinheit parallelgeschaltet ist, die an die Druckmittelleitung in Abströmrichtung vor dem ersten Ventil durch einen Oberdruckanschluß, zwischen den beiden Ventilen durch einen Mitteldruckanschluß und nach dem zweiten Ventil durch einen Niederdruckanschluß angeschlossen ist, daß in der Druckkontrolleinheit jedem der beiden Ventile ein gesonderter Differenzdruckschalter und den beiden Differenzdruckschaltern gemeinsam ein einstellbares Druckregelventil mit den Wirkstellungen einer Erhöhung des Mitteldruckes aus dem Oberdruck, einer Haltung des Mitteldruckes und einer Absenkung des Mitteldruckes in den Niederdruck parallelgeschaltet ist.In a safety controller of the type mentioned, the invention is that the series connection of two valves, a pressure control unit is connected in parallel, the pressure medium line in the outflow direction before the first valve through an upper pressure connection, between the two valves through a medium pressure connection and after the second valve by one Low pressure connection is connected that in the pressure control unit a separate differential pressure switch and the two differential pressure switches together an adjustable pressure control valve with the active positions of an increase in the medium pressure from the upper pressure, a maintenance of the medium pressure and a lowering of the medium pressure in the low pressure is connected in parallel.

Die grundsätzliche Wirkungsweise der Sicherheitssteuerung beruht darauf, daß bei dicht geschlossenen Ventilen an beiden Differenzdruckschaltern eine Druckdifferenz ansteht und nicht verschwindet. Das Ansprechen beider Differenzdruckschalter ermöglicht, beispielsweise über ein UND-Gatter, die Bildung eines Signales, das die ordnungsgemäße Wirksamkeit der beiden Ventile bedeutet und entsprechend auf die übrige Steuerung der Presse gegeben werden kann.The basic mode of operation of the safety controller is based on the fact that a pressure difference is present at both differential pressure switches when the valves are tightly closed and does not disappear. The response of both differential pressure switches enables, for example via an AND gate, the formation of a signal which means the correct effectiveness of the two valves and can accordingly be given to the rest of the control of the press.

Das Gewicht der üblicherweise mit dem Kolben der Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit verbundenen Stößels erzeugt bei dicht geschlossenen Ventilen im Leitungsbereich des Oberdruckanschlusses den Oberdruck, wodurch über das eingestellte Druckregelventil im Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses der Mitteldruck aufgebaut wird, während im Leitungsbereich des Niederdruckanschlusses nur der dort aus der Druckmittelfüllung resultierende Niederdruck herrscht. Der eingestellte Mitteldruck wird durch das Druckregelventil aufrechterhalten. Bei Undichtigkeit des ersten Ventiles baut sich dagegen der Oberdruck auch im Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses auf, wodurch die Druckdifferenz an dem zu dem ersten Ventil parallelgeschalteten Differenzdruckschalter verschwindet, der folglich nicht anspricht. Bei Undichtigkeit des zweiten Ventiles findet dagegen im Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses ein Druckabbau auf den Niederdruck statt, wodurch die Druckdifferenz an dem zu dem zweiten Ventil parallelgeschalteten Differenzdruckschalter verschwindet, der folglich nicht anspricht.The weight of the tappet, which is usually connected to the piston of the cylinder-piston unit, creates the upper pressure in the case of tightly closed valves in the line area of the upper pressure connection, which means that the medium pressure is built up in the line area of the medium pressure connection via the pressure control valve, while only the one in the line area of the low pressure connection the pressure medium filling resulting low pressure prevails. The set medium pressure is maintained by the pressure control valve. If the first valve leaks, on the other hand, the upper pressure also builds up in the line area of the medium pressure connection, as a result of which the pressure difference at the differential pressure switch connected in parallel with the first valve disappears, which consequently does not respond. If there is a leak of the second valve, on the other hand, a pressure reduction to the low pressure takes place in the line area of the medium pressure connection, as a result of which the pressure difference at the differential pressure switch connected in parallel with the second valve disappears, which consequently does not respond.

Falls in die Verbindung des Mitteldruckanschlusses zu dem Druckregelventil eine Drosselstelle eingebaut ist, hat dies im Störfall die Wirkung, daß die Druckflüssigkeit nur verzögert aus dem unteren Druckmittelraum der Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit abfließen kann, der Stößel also nur langsam absinken kann.If a throttle point is installed in the connection of the medium pressure connection to the pressure control valve, this has the effect in the event of a malfunction that the hydraulic fluid can only flow out of the lower pressure medium space of the cylinder-piston unit with a delay, so that the tappet can only sink slowly.

Eine vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung der Sicherheitssteuerung besteht darin, daß das Druckregelventil einen Regelkolben mit drei Stellungen seines Ventiles aufweist, daß der Regelkolben einenends eine erste, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche und anderenends an einem Ansatzkolben eine zweite, kleinere und eine größere Beaufschlagungsfläche aufweist, wobei die beiden kleineren Beaufschlagungsflächen untereinander gleichgerichtet und in der Summe flächengleich mit der entgegengerichteten größeren Beaufschlagungsfläche sind, und daß die Beschaltung der Druckkontrolleinheit außerdem den Oberdruckanschluß mit der ersten, kleineren Beaufschlagungsfläche und einem ersten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens, den Niederdruckanschluß mit der zweiten, kleineren Beaufschlagungsfläche und dem zweiten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens und den Mitteldruckanschluß mit der größeren Beaufschlagungsfläche und dem entgegengesetzten dritten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens verbindet, wobei in der Mittelstellung des Regelkolbens dessen Ventil geschlossen, in der Endstellung bei Überwiegen des Druckes auf die beiden kleineren Beaufschlagungsflächen der erste mit dem dritten Anschluß und in der Endstellung bei Überwiegen des Druckes auf die größere Beaufschlagungsfläche der dritte mit dem zweiten Anschluß verbunden ist.An advantageous embodiment of the safety control system is that the pressure control valve has a control piston with three positions of its valve, that the control piston has a first, smaller pressure surface at one end and a second, smaller and a larger pressure surface on a shoulder piston, the two smaller pressure surfaces being below one another rectified and in total equal in area to the opposite, larger application area, and that the wiring of the pressure control unit also the upper pressure connection with the first, smaller application area and a first connection of the valve of the control piston, the low pressure connection with the second, smaller application area and the second connection of the Valve of the control piston and the medium pressure connection with the larger pressure area and the opposite third connection of the valve of the control piston verb Indet, the valve of which is closed in the central position of the control piston, the first is connected to the third port in the end position when the pressure on the two smaller pressurizing surfaces is predominant and the third port is connected to the second port in the end position when the pressure on the larger pressurizing surface is predominant .

Die mit der schon beschriebenen grundsätzlich gleiche Wirkungsweise dieser Ausgestaltung der Sicherheitssteuerung ergibt sich aufgrund der angegebenen Verhältnisse der Beaufschlagungsflächen an dem Regelkolben. Bei Dichtigkeit beider Ventile herrscht Gleichgewicht zwischen dem auf die erste, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkenden Oberdruck und dem auf die entgegengerichtete größere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkenden Mitteldruck, wobei der auf die zweite, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkende Niederdruck vernachlässigbar ist. Der Regelkolben verharrt in der Mittelstellung, bei der dessen Ventil geschlossen ist. Bei Undichtigkeit des ersten Ventiles baut sich der Oberdruck in dem Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses auf, so daß der Oberdruck auf die größere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkt und den Regelkolben in die Endstellung verschiebt, in der der Oberdruck in dem Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses in den Leitungsbereich des Niederdruckanschlusses abgebaut wird. Bei Undichtigkeit des zweiten Ventiles erfolgt ein Druckabbau in dem Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses auf den Niederdruck, so daß nur noch der Niederdruck auf die größere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkt und der auf die erste, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche wirkende Oberdruck den Regelkolben in die Endstellung verschiebt, in der der Oberdruck in dem Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses wirkt und den Mitteldruck in dem zu geordneten Leitungsbereich wieder aufbaut.The basically the same principle of operation of this embodiment of the safety control, which has already been described, results from the specified conditions of the application surfaces on the control piston. If both valves are sealed, there is a balance between the upper pressure acting on the first, smaller acting area and the medium pressure acting on the opposite, larger acting area, the low pressure acting on the second, smaller acting area being negligible. The control piston remains in the middle position, when its valve is closed is. If the first valve leaks, the top pressure builds up in the line area of the medium pressure connection, so that the top pressure acts on the larger pressure area and shifts the control piston to the end position in which the top pressure in the line area of the medium pressure connection is reduced to the line area of the low pressure connection. If the second valve leaks, the pressure in the line area of the medium pressure connection is reduced to the low pressure, so that only the low pressure acts on the larger pressure area and the overpressure acting on the first, smaller pressure area shifts the control piston to the end position in which the pressure in acts in the line area of the medium pressure connection and builds up the medium pressure in the assigned line area again.

Bei einem Rückhub des Stößels, der an einem Teil der Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit befestigt ist, wird Druckflüssigkeit aus einer Druckmittelquelle in entgegengesetzter Richtung durch die geöffneten beiden Ventile gefördert. Hierbei stellt sich im Leitungsbereich des Niederdruckanschlusses ein höherer, im Leitungsbereich des Mitteldruckanschlusses ein mittlerer und im Leitungsbereich des Oberdruckanschlusses ein niedrigerer Druck ein. Die beiden Differenzdruckschalter bleiben hierbei unbetätigt und liefern keine Signale. Das Ausbleiben dieser Signale während des Rückhubes kann in der Steuerung der Presse zur Kontrolle der Funktionsfähigkeit der Differenzdruckschalter (zyklische Eigenüberwachung der Differenzdruckschalter) in dem Sinne ausgenutzt werden, daß ein neuer Arbeitshub nur eingeleitet werden kann, wenn zuvor die Signale von den beiden Differenzdruckschaltern einmal verschwunden sind.During a return stroke of the tappet, which is attached to a part of the cylinder-piston unit, pressure fluid is conveyed from a pressure medium source in the opposite direction through the opened two valves. This results in a higher pressure in the line area of the low pressure connection, a medium pressure in the line area of the medium pressure connection and a lower pressure in the line area of the upper pressure connection. The two differential pressure switches remain unactuated and do not provide any signals. The absence of these signals during the return stroke can be used in the control of the press to check the functionality of the differential pressure switch (cyclical self-monitoring of the differential pressure switch) in the sense that a new working stroke can only be initiated if the signals from the two differential pressure switches have previously disappeared are.

In der Zeichnung sind zwei Ausführungsbeispiele der Sicherheitssteuerung schematisch dargestellt, wobei die gesamte übrige Steuerung für die hydraulische Presse nicht dargestellt ist.

Fig. 1
zeigt den allgemeinen Aufbau.
Fig. 2 bis 5
zeigen das erste Ausführungsbeispiel in vier verschiedenen Stellungen.
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zeigen das zweite Ausführungsbeispiel ebenfalls in vier verschiedenen Stellungen.
In the drawing, two exemplary embodiments of the safety control system are shown schematically, the entire remaining control system for the hydraulic press not being shown.
Fig. 1
shows the general structure.
2 to 5
show the first embodiment in four different positions.
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show the second embodiment also in four different positions.

In einer Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit 10 begrenzt die Kolbenfläche AR den unteren Druckmittelraum, an den die Druckmittelleitung 11 angeschlossen ist. In der Druckmittelleitung 11 liegen in Hintereinanderschaltung zwei Ventile 4 und 5, die jeweils durch die Parallelschaltung mehrerer Einzelventile dargestellt sind (Fig. 1). Den beiden Ventilen 4 und 5 gemeinsam ist eine Druckkontrolleinheit 7 parallelgeschaltet, die in Abströmrichtung vor dem ersten Ventil 4 über einen Oberdruckanschluß 2, zwischen den beiden Ventilen 4 und 5 über einen Mitteldruckanschluß 3 und nach dem zweiten Ventil 5 über einen Niederdruckanschluß 1 an die Druckmittelleitung 11 angeschlossen ist. An die Druckmittelleitung 11 ist außerdem eine Druckmittelquelle 6, beispielsweise ein Druckmittelsystem oder eine Pumpe, und ein Ablauf zu einem Sumpf 12 in Abströmrichtung nach dem zweiten Ventil 5 angeschlossen.In a cylinder-piston unit 10, the piston area A R delimits the lower pressure medium space to which the pressure medium line 11 is connected. In the pressure medium line 11 are connected in series two valves 4 and 5, which are each represented by the parallel connection of several individual valves (Fig. 1). A pressure control unit 7 is connected in parallel to the two valves 4 and 5, which in the outflow direction upstream of the first valve 4 via an upper pressure connection 2, between the two valves 4 and 5 via a medium pressure connection 3 and after the second valve 5 via a low pressure connection 1 to the pressure medium line 11 is connected. A pressure medium source 6, for example a pressure medium system or a pump, and an outlet to a sump 12 in the outflow direction after the second valve 5 are also connected to the pressure medium line 11.

In der Druckkontrolleinheit 7 sind zwischen dem Oberdruckanschluß 2 und dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 ein erster Differenzdruckschalter D₁ dem ersten Ventil 4 und zwischen dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 und dem Niederdruckanschluß 1 ein zweiter Differenzdruckschalter D₂ dem zweiten Ventil 5 parallelgeschaltet. Außerdem enthält die Druckkontrolleinheit 7 ein einstellbares Druckregelventil 8, das mit dem Ober druckanschluß 2, dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 und dem Niederdruckanschluß 1 verbunden ist.In the pressure control unit 7, a first differential pressure switch D 1, the first valve 4 and between the medium pressure connection 3 and the low pressure connection 1, a second differential pressure switch D 2, the second valve 5 are connected in parallel between the upper pressure connection 2 and the medium pressure connection 3. In addition, the pressure control unit 7 contains an adjustable pressure control valve 8, which is connected to the upper pressure connection 2, the medium pressure connection 3 and the low pressure connection 1.

In den die beiden Ausführungsbeispiele betreffenden Fig. 2 bis 5 und Fig. 6 bis 9 ist innerhalb der Druckkontrolleinheit 7 jeweils durch enge Schraffur der unter hohem Druck stehende Leitungsbereich, durch weite Schraffur der unter mittlerem Druck stehende Leitungsbereich und durch Fehlen einer Schraffur der unter niedrigem Druck stehende Leitungsbereich dargestellt.In FIGS. 2 to 5 and FIGS. 6 to 9 relating to the two exemplary embodiments, the line area under high pressure is in each case within the pressure control unit 7 by narrow hatching, the line area under medium pressure is shown by wide hatching and the absence of hatching is the low line Line area under pressure is shown.

Jeder der beiden Differenzdruckschalter D₁ und D₂ besteht jeweils aus einer einseitig federbelasteten Meß-Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit, deren beide Zylinderräume mit dem Oberdruckanschluß 2 einerseits und dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 andererseits (D₁) bzw. dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 einerseits und dem Niederdruckanschluß 1 andererseits (D₂) verbunden sind, und einem auf die jeweilige Stellung des Kolbens der Meß-Zylinder-Kolben-Einheit ansprechenden Schaltglied, das anspricht, wenn sich der Kolben in Richtung entgegen der Federbelastung bewegt hat, und entsprechend nicht anspricht, wenn der Kolben in der Stellung gemäß der Wirkungsrichtung der Federbelastung verharrt.Each of the two differential pressure switches D₁ and D₂ each consists of a one-sided spring-loaded measuring cylinder-piston unit, the two cylinder chambers with the upper pressure connection 2 on the one hand and the medium pressure connection 3 on the other hand (D₁) or the medium pressure connection 3 on the one hand and the low pressure connection 1 on the other hand (D₂ ) are connected, and a switching element responsive to the respective position of the piston of the measuring cylinder-piston unit, which responds when the piston has moved in the direction opposite the spring load, and accordingly does not respond when the piston is in the position according to the direction of action of the spring load remains.

In der Leitungsverbindung zwischen dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 und dem Druckregelventil 8 befindet sich ferner eine Drosselstelle 9.There is also a throttle point 9 in the line connection between the medium pressure connection 3 and the pressure control valve 8.

Während bei dem ersten Ausführungsbeispiel (Fig. 2 bis 5) ein Druckregelventil 8 üblicher Art vorgesehen ist, weist das zweite Ausführungsbeispiel (Fig. 6 bis 9) ein spezielles Druckregelventil 8 auf. Dieses enthält einen Regelkolben 13 mit drei Stellungen seines Ventiles. Der Regelkolben 13 weist einenends eine erste, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche A und anderenends an einem Ansatzkolben eine zweite, kleinere Beaufschlagungsfläche A und eine größere Beaufschlagungsfläche 2A auf, wobei die beiden kleineren Beaufschlagungsflächen A und A untereinander gleichgerichtet und in der Summe flächengleich mit der entgegengerichteten größeren Beaufschlagungsfläche 2A sind. Die Beschaltung der Druckkontrolleinheit 7 verbindet außerdem den Oberdruckanschluß 2 mit der ersten, kleineren Beaufschlagungsfläche A une einem ersten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens 13, den Niederdruckanschluß 1 mit der zweiten, kleineren Beaufschlagungsfläche A und dem zweiten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens 13 und den Mitteldruckanschluß 3 mit der größeren Beaufschlagungsfläche 2A und dem entgegengesetzten dritten Anschluß des Ventiles des Regelkolbens 13. In der Mittelstellung des Regelkolbens 13 ist dessen Ventil geschlossen (Fig. 6 und 7). In der Endstellung des Regelkolbens 13 bei Überwiegen des Druckes auf die beiden kleineren Beaufschlagungsflächen A und A ist der erste Anschluß - verbunden mit dem Oberdruckanschluß 2 - mit dem dritten Anschluß - verbunden mit dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 - verbunden (Fig. 9). In der Endstellung des Regelkolbens 13 bei Überwiegen des Druckes auf die größere Beaufschlagungsfläche 2A ist der dritte Anschluß - verbunden mit dem Mitteldruckanschluß 3 - mit dem zweiten Anschluß - verbunden mit dem Niederdruckanschluß 1 - verbunden (Fig. 8).While a pressure control valve 8 of a conventional type is provided in the first embodiment (FIGS. 2 to 5), the second embodiment (FIGS. 6 to 9) has a special pressure control valve 8. This contains a control piston 13 with three positions of its valve. The control piston 13 has a first, smaller application area A at one end and a second, smaller application area A and a larger application area 2A at the other end to a shoulder piston, the two smaller application areas A and A being aligned with one another and, in total, having the same area as the opposite, larger application area 2A are. The wiring of the pressure control unit 7 also connects the upper pressure connection 2 with the first, smaller application area A and a first connection of the valve of the control piston 13, the low pressure connection 1 with the second, smaller application area A and the second connection of the valve of the control piston 13 and the medium pressure connection 3 with the larger contact surface 2A and the opposite third connection of the valve of the control piston 13. In the central position of the control piston 13, its valve is closed (FIGS. 6 and 7). In the end position of the control piston 13 when the pressure on the two smaller pressurizing surfaces A and A predominates, the first connection - connected to the upper pressure connection 2 - to the third connection - connected to the medium pressure connection 3 - is connected (FIG. 9). In the end position of the control piston 13 when the pressure on the larger pressure surface 2A predominates, the third connection - connected to the medium pressure connection 3 - to the second connection - connected to the low pressure connection 1 - is connected (FIG. 8).

In den Fig. 2 und 6 ist die Stellung dargestellt, wenn die beiden Ventile 4 und 5 dicht geschlossen sind. Die beiden Differenzdruckschalter D₁ und D₂ haben angesprochen. An die Steuerung der Presse wird ein Signal gegeben, daß ein Pressenhub in Arbeitsrichtung eingeleitet werden kann.2 and 6, the position is shown when the two valves 4 and 5 are tightly closed. The two differential pressure switches D₁ and D₂ have responded. A signal is given to the control of the press that a press stroke can be initiated in the working direction.

In den Fig. 3 und 7 ist die Stellung dargestellt, wenn die beiden Ventile 4 und 5 während eines Rückhubes des Stößels geöffnet sind. Keiner der beiden Differenzdruckschalter D₁ und D₂ spricht hierbei an.3 and 7, the position is shown when the two valves 4 and 5 are open during a return stroke of the plunger. Neither of the two differential pressure switches D₁ and D₂ speaks to this.

In den Fig. 4 und 8 ist die Stellung dargestellt, wenn das erste Ventil 4 undicht, das zweite Ventil 5 aber dicht geschlossen ist. Nur der Differenzdruckschalter D₂ hat angesprochen, der Differenzdruckschalter D₁ aber nicht. An die Steuerung der Presse wird kein Signal gegeben, daß ein Pressenhub in Arbeitsrichtung eingeleitet werden kann.4 and 8, the position is shown when the first valve 4 is leaking, but the second valve 5 is tightly closed. Only the differential pressure switch D₂ has responded, the differential pressure switch D₁ but not. No signal is given to the control of the press that a press stroke can be initiated in the working direction.

In Fig. 5 und 9 ist die Stellung dargestellt, wenn das erste Ventil 4 dicht geschlossen ist, das zweite Ventil 5 aber undicht ist. Nur der Differenzdruckschalter D₁ hat angesprochen, der Differenzdruckschalter D₂ aber nicht. An die Steuerung der Presse wird kein Signal gegeben, daß ein Pressenhub in Arbeitsrichtung eingeleitet werden kann.5 and 9, the position is shown when the first valve 4 is tightly closed, but the second valve 5 is leaking. Only the differential pressure switch D 1 has responded, but the differential pressure switch D 2 has not. No signal is given to the control of the press that a press stroke can be initiated in the working direction.

Claims (3)

  1. Safety-oriented control for hydraulic presses, in which two switchable valves (4, 5), the closed positions of which can be monitored separately, are provided in series in a pressure-medium line (11) which is connected to a lower pressure-medium space in a cylinder-piston unit (10), the safety-oriented control being influenceable as a function of the result of monitoring, characterised in that connected in parallel to the in-series arrangement of two valves (4, 5) is a pressure-monitoring unit (7) which, in the outflow direction, is connected to the pressure-medium line (11) in front of the first valve (4) by a top-pressure connection (2), between the two valves (4, 5) by a medium-pressure connection (3) and after the second valve (5) by a low-pressure connection (1), in that, in the pressure-monitoring unit (7), there is connected in parallel with each of the two valves (4, 5) a separate differential pressure switch (D₁, D₂) and connected in parallel with the two differential pressure switches (D₁, D₂) jointly there is an adjustable pressure control valve (8) having the operative positions comprising a raising of the medium pressure from the top pressure, a holding of the medium pressure and a lowering of the medium pressure into the low pressure.
  2. Safety-oriented control according to Claim 1, characterised in that the connection of the medium-pressure connection (3) to the pressure control valve (8) contains a restriction (9).
  3. Safety-oriented control according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the pressure control valve (8) has a control piston (13) with three positions of its valve, in that the control piston (13) has at one end a first, relatively small pressure-application surface (A) and, at the other end, on a step piston, a second, relatively small (A) and a relatively large pressure-application surface (2A), the two relatively small pressure-application surfaces (A, A) facing in the same direction as one another and the sum of their surface areas being equal to the opposing relatively large pressure-application surface (2A), and in that the circuit arrangement of the pressure-monitoring unit (7) furthermore connects the top-pressure connection (2) to the first, relatively small pressure-application surface (A) and a first connection of the valve of the control piston (13), the low-pressure connection (1) to the second, relatively small pressure-application surface (A) and the second connection of the valve of the control piston (13), and the medium-pressure connection (3) to the relatively large pressure-application surface (2A) and the opposite, third connection of the valve of the control piston (13), the valve of the control piston (13) being closed in the central position of the latter, the first connection being connected to the third connection in the end position when the pressure on the two relatively small pressure-application surfaces (A, A) predominates, and the third connection being connected to the second connection in the end position when the pressure on the relatively large pressure-application surface (2A) predominates.
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