EP0841278B1 - Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines - Google Patents

Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines Download PDF

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EP0841278B1
EP0841278B1 EP97113827A EP97113827A EP0841278B1 EP 0841278 B1 EP0841278 B1 EP 0841278B1 EP 97113827 A EP97113827 A EP 97113827A EP 97113827 A EP97113827 A EP 97113827A EP 0841278 B1 EP0841278 B1 EP 0841278B1
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Josef Bertrams
Paul Straaten
Karl-Heinz Bruss
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H67/00Replacing or removing cores, receptacles, or completed packages at paying-out, winding, or depositing stations
    • B65H67/06Supplying cores, receptacles, or packages to, or transporting from, winding or depositing stations
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • the invention relates to a bobbin change and Transport device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the transport system can, such as in the DE 32 35 442 C2 describes a coherent Have transport loop, which are both the Spinning heads producing ring spinning machine around as well processing the spinning bobbins into large-volume packages Automatic winder extends through.
  • DE 39 19 525 A1 is, for example State-of-the-art transport device with its own Transport system for the ring spinning machine and its own Transport system for the cheese winder is provided. Each run within these separate transport systems spinning machine specific respectively winding machine-specific transport pallets.
  • the two Transport systems have a common contact area a transfer device that enables the spinning bobbins or empty cases from the transport pallets of one Transport system on the other's transport pallets Transfer system.
  • Transport devices of this type enable use machine-specific transport pallets, as problematic However, the one arranged in the contact area Implementation proven. That is, the ones known so far Implementing devices (DE 39 19 525 A1, DE 40 34 824 A1) work either discontinuously, which adversely affects the Throughput volume affects the facility or they are relatively complex in terms of their design and prone to failure.
  • the Invention based on the object, the known bobbin change and to improve transport facilities.
  • the conversion device enables the Advantages of in connection with the association of Ring spinning machines / winding machines known per se Bobbin changing and transport devices with a separate Transport system both in the area of the ring spinning machine and also in the area of the winder, where at the same time the disadvantages of such bobbin changing and Transport devices can be avoided.
  • the transfer device with its two in the same direction rotating, adjacent transport discs and their on the Transport discs arranged, positively controlled coil and Sleeve handling devices are characterized by a robust, less susceptible to faults.
  • the transport disks have driver elements that, arranged on the disc circumference at regular angular intervals, both a transport path area during a disk rotation of the transport system assigned to the ring spinning machine as also a transport route area of the winding machine go through the assigned transport system. In this way can move through the transport discs at the same time, however separate transport routes, machine-specific Transport pallets of both transport systems are transported.
  • the coil and Sleeve handling devices as set out in claim 2 Controlled via stationary control links.
  • the preferably control jacket designed like a cylinder jacket each have an upper and a lower control curve.
  • the upper Control curve the height shift of the base body of the coil and handling devices and thus the vertical Displacement of the sleeves or coils initiated, while over the lower control curve the associated sleeve base positioning or sleeve gripping devices can be controlled (claim 3).
  • the base body has, as in claims 8 to 10 executed a device both for positioning the Sleeve base as well as a device for gripping the sleeve in the Area of the sleeve tip.
  • the two devices are over a control rod mechanically coupled so that on simple Way is ensured that both devices always act simultaneously.
  • control rod mechanically controlled sleeve grippers as external grippers trained, the movable gripper arm against a fixed Stop is pivotable and the sleeve tip from the outside acted upon.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of an inventive Implement 1 shown, for reasons of better Clarity on the representation of the on Transport discs 8, 9 arranged coil and Sleeve handling devices 42 was dispensed with.
  • the transfer device 1, which is between the transport system 2 a ring spinning machine (not shown) and the Transport system 3 one (also not shown) Dispenser is arranged has two outer, preferably linear transport routes 4 or 6. Between the transport routes 4 and 6 are in the same direction rotating transport discs 8 and 9 arranged on their Outer circumference in each case a few, preferably offset by 120 ° arranged driving elements 8 ', 8' ', 8' '' or 9 ', 9 '', 9 ''' '.
  • the transport disks 8, 9 are over a Drive element 11, for example a toothed belt or a Roller chain connected to a drive unit 12.
  • the Drive element 11 runs, as usual, via appropriate Gears 13, 14, 15 or a deflection wheel 16. As indicated in FIG. 1, the transport disks 8, 9 rotate doing so in the direction of arrows 10.
  • Conveyor belts 4 'and 6' run in the area of the outer transport routes 4 and 6, respectively. These in each case in the direction of arrow 5 or arrow 7 endlessly revolving conveyor belts 4 'and 6' are, as usual, acted upon by electric drives 17 and 18, respectively.
  • the transport routes 4 and 6 touch the transport disks 8 and 9, respectively, and have deflecting elements 19, 21 and 20, 22 in this area, respectively.
  • Similar deflection elements 23 and 24 are also arranged in the area between the transport disks 8 and 9.
  • the deflection elements 19, 23, 22 prescribe the transport path of the spinning machine-specific transport pallets 25, while the deflection elements 20, 24, 21 determine the transport path of the winding machine-specific transport pallets 26.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the invention Transfer device 1 according to section II-II of FIG. 1.
  • the conversion device 1 has one A variety of sheet metal parts assembled chassis 27.
  • this chassis 27 28 and 29 are on trunnions
  • the transport disks 8 and 9 are rotatably mounted arranged.
  • journal 29 is on the one hand in the bottom plate 30 of the chassis 27 and on the other hand via a Assembly member 32 rotatably in an open to the top Recess 31 of the chassis 27 set.
  • Assembly member 32 On the journal 29 is further, rotatable via bearing 33, the transport disk 9 stored.
  • the transport disc 9 is via a gear 15 and a drive element 11 connected to a drive unit 12.
  • a support structure 34 is also on the journal 29 a control link 35 designed in a rotationally fixed manner fixed.
  • the control link 35 has an upper control curve 36 and a lower control curve 37.
  • the support structure 38 is made from a number of support columns 39, in the present Embodiment three offset by 120 ° Support columns 39, and a cover plate 43 with a Plain bearing 44. About the plain bearing 44 is the Support structure 38 in its upper region rotatable on Supported journal 29.
  • On the support columns 39 are how can be seen, for example, from FIG. 3, in each case via a Parallelogram guide 40, the base body 41 of the coil and Sleeve handling devices 42 mounted adjustable in height.
  • Figures 4 and 5 each show a coil and Sleeve handling device 42 in detail.
  • FIG. 4 shows a rear view of a coil and Sleeve handling device 42.
  • each of the support pillars 39 which in turn are fixed on the transport disk 9, via a parallelogram guide 40 of the base body 41 of the Spool and tube handling device 42 vertical articulated.
  • a rear Control roller 45 arranged on the upper cam 36th a stationary control link 35 rests and the base body 41 during the rotation of the transport disk 9 and thus the entire coil and Sleeve handling device 42 lifts defined or lowered.
  • the control roller 45 is additional by a spring element 46 in contact with the control cam 36 held.
  • the base body 41 is also about a pivot axis 47 limited mobility, a two-armed lever 48 arranged.
  • the cranked lever 48 has its end in the direction of Transport disc 9 pointing lever arm 50 over Guide plate 49, which in the pivoting of the lever 48 in Direction S on the sleeve base of the sleeve to be handled (spinning cop or empty sleeve) comes into contact and thereby the sleeve base positioned.
  • a control roller 52 is arranged on the lower control curve 37 of the stationary control link 35 is present and is acted upon by a spring element 53.
  • the Lever 48 is also via a control rod 54 with a pivoted gripper arm 55 of an outer sleeve gripper 56 connected.
  • the control rod 54 is connected to the lever 48 via a pivot axis 57 and to the gripper arm 55 of the outer sleeve gripper 56 via a clamping element 61.
  • the lever 48 actuated via the control roller 52 is pivoted, the outer sleeve gripper 56 is actuated simultaneously via the control rod 54, so that when the guide plate 49 is positioned on the sleeve base, the gripper arm 55 is simultaneously pivoted about the pivot axis 58 in the direction R and thereby the Presses sleeve tip against a fixed stop 62.
  • the spinning machine's own transport pallets 25 are by a in the transport section 4 extending deflector 19 in Direction of the transport disc 8 deflected and by it Driving elements 8 ', 8' 'or 8' '' in the direction of arrow 10, that is towards the transport disk 9, forwarded.
  • the same process runs simultaneously in the area of Transport disc 9 from.
  • the dishwasher-specific Transport pallets 26 are so by a deflector 20 deflected that the driving elements 9 ', 9' 'or 9' '' of Transport disc 9 capture the transport pallets 26 and correspondingly in the direction of arrow 10 to the transport disk 8 carry on.
  • the spinning heads 59 are lifted from the spinning machine-specific transport pallets 25 by the spool and handling devices 42 arranged on the transport disc 8.
  • the spinning reels 59 are placed on the opposite transport disc side on the winding machine-specific transport pallets 26, which in turn have been freed from their empty cores 60 by corresponding bobbin and tube handling devices 42 on the transport disc 9.
  • the empty sleeves 60 drawn off from the transport pallets 26 by the bobbin and sleeve handling devices 42 of the transport disc 9 are correspondingly deposited on the spinning machine-specific transport pallet 25, which in the meantime is empty and transferred to the region of the transport disc 9 via the deflector element 23. Then the transport pallets 25, which are now equipped with empty sleeves 60, pass over the deflecting element 22, onto the transport path 6 and are discharged in the direction of arrow 7 to the transport system 2 of the ring spinning machine.
  • the invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiment shown. With regard to the structural design of the transfer device, further variants are quite conceivable. It is essential to the invention that the spinning bobbins delivered on spinning machine-specific transport pallets are continuously converted to winding machine-specific transport pallets or that the empty cores delivered on winding machine-specific transport pallets are continuously converted to the spinning machine-specific transport pallets.

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  1. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines pour une combinaison de machines constituée d'un métier continu à filer à anneau et d'une bobineuse, muni d'un système de transport propre au métier à filer et d'un système de transport propre à la bobineuse, dans lequel circulent respectivement des palettes de transport spécifiques aux machines, ainsi que d'un dispositif de déplacement placé à un point de jonction des deux systèmes de transport et qui permet de passer des canettes et des bobinots vides des palettes de transport d'un système de transport aux palettes de l'autre système de transport, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de déplacement (1) dispose de deux disques de transport (8, 9) adjacents, tournant dans le même sens, ainsi que de dispositifs à commande forcée de manipulation des bobines et des bobinots (42), placés sur chacun des disques de transport (8, 9), pour le levage et l'abaissement des canettes (59) ou des bobinots vides (60), les disques de transport (8, 9) présentant des éléments d'entraínement (8', 8", 8''' et 9', 9", 9"') sur leur pourtour extérieur qui, pendant une rotation du disque, parcourent aussi bien une partie de la trajectoire de transport attribuée à un système de transport (2) qu'une autre partie de la trajectoire de transport attribuée à l'autre système de transport (3).
  2. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs de manipulation des bobines et des bobinots (42) peuvent être commandés par des coulisses de commande (35) placées de manière stationnaire.
  3. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les coulisses de commande (35) présentent respectivement une came de commande (36) supérieure pour le déplacement en hauteur du corps de base (41) du dispositif de manipulation des bobines et des bobinots (42) ainsi qu'une came de commande (37) inférieure pour l'actionnement d'un dispositif de positionnement du pied de bobinot (49) et d'un dispositif de prise des bobinots (56).
  4. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les deux disques de transport (8, 9) peuvent être contraints en continu par un agrégat d'entraínement (12) commun.
  5. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que des éléments de guidage (19, 23, 22) définissant la trajectoire de transport des palettes de transport (25) spécifiques aux métiers à filer et des éléments de guidage (20, 24, 21) définissant la trajectoire de transport des palettes de transport (26) spécifiques aux bobineuses sont placés dans la partie des disques de transport (8, 9),
  6. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une structure porteuse (38) en forme de dispositif à colonne de support est installée respectivement sur les disques de transport (8, 9), le corps de base (41) d'un dispositif de manipulation des bobines et des bobinots (42) étant placé de manière déplaçable en hauteur sur chacune des colonnes de support (39) par l'intermédiaire d'un guidage en parallélogramme (40).
  7. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un rouleau de commande (45) est placé sur le corps de base (41), rouleau qui est posé sur la came de commande (36) supérieure de la coulisse de commande (35) placée de manières stationnaire.
  8. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un levier (48) déplaçable autour d'un axe de pivotement (47) est placé sur le corps de base (41), ce levier présentant une tôle de guidage (49) pour le positionnement du pied de bobinot et un rouleau de commande (52) adjacent à la came de commande (37) inférieure.
  9. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le levier (48) est couplé mécaniquement à un dispositif de prise des bobinots (56) au moyen d'une tige de commande (54).
  10. Dispositif de changement et de transport de bobines selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de prise des bobinots (56) est formé comme un crochet extérieur.
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