EP0877107A2 - Method and apparatus for the transport of a group of cans - Google Patents

Abstract

To move bobbins, a group of bobbins together with bobbin carriers are brought into an initial workstation, and the carriers remain with the bobbins while being filled with wound material. The filled bobbins, with their carriers, are moved to the textile machines as required. Also claimed is an assembly with bobbin carriers (6,60,61,63-68) moved with the bobbin groups (31,310,311) into the initial workstation (A1) and remain at the drawing station (2) while the bobbins (3) are filled.

Description

The present invention relates to a method according to the preamble of the claim 1 and an apparatus for performing this method.

It is known to use a transport vehicle to arrange several in a row Cans to transport as a group of cans and to one on a route bring the wagon where the cans from the transport vehicle to the the wagons arranged and always remaining there are handed over (DE 42 33 357 A1). The cans are placed one after the other along the line existing car and the transport vehicle replaced, for which it is necessary is to provide an empty space for a jug on the transport vehicle and continue to drive step by step along the wagon of the route so that Transferring a full can from the car of the route to the transport vehicle and by transferring an empty can from the transport vehicle to the car the route this exchange can be carried out. This is a complicated one Drive and control mechanism required.

The object of the present invention is therefore a method and a corresponding one To create device that can transport into the workplace of the Route as well as simplified from this.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features of claim 1.

Since a complete can group is exchanged, there is no device required to perform complicated maneuvering and positioning movements on the route to perform as is necessary when one pot after another between Transport vehicle and route must be replaced. This will Effort for the design, manufacture, material and time during the Work reduced compared to the conventional method and device.

So that as little time as possible is needed to change the can carrier along the route is, the method according to the invention can be conveniently according to Claim 2 be trained. In this way the provision and collection take place of a can carrier regardless of the filling of the cans.

By an advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention 3 can be ensured that a can carrier is always on the route in time provided with empty cans or a can carrier with full cans is picked up.

It is useful if the can carrier, which has been replaced on the route is against another can carrier, now with unchanged equipment Application is according to claim 4, whether for immediate processing of the fiber slivers located in the cans of this group of cans or for temporary storage in a jug magazine for processing at the appropriate time the sliver to be fed to a textile machine. In this way waiting times are shortened, which leads to better efficiency of the tape processing Textile machinery leads.

The sliver processing textile machines, e.g. B. flyers or open-end spinning machines, have a large number of similar jobs. To the invention To be able to apply the method in an optimal way, it is useful if the can carrier and also the working position of the textile machine and / or the storage position of the can magazine with regard to its dimensions are coordinated with one another according to claim 5.

Find several can carriers in a textile machine or in a can magazine side by side, there is a risk that when manipulating the can carrier the neighboring or the neighboring can carriers are moved, which may lead to production disruptions. To this unwanted To prevent can carriers from moving, is the invention Process preferably further developed according to claim 6.

As mentioned, monitoring can shorten the waiting time on the route the filling work can be achieved. Similarly, it is beneficial, though on a sliver processing textile machine monitoring according to claim 7 and a subsequent triggering of a function according to claim 8, for. B. triggering an acoustic or optical signal or an exchange a can carrier according to claim 9 is provided.

According to the invention, a device according to FIGS Features provided according to claim 10. Because the can carrier brought into the route also during the filling of the cans arranged on the can carrier Jug group remains on the line and only after the cans have been filled Leaving the route together with this group of pitchers will be used for the exchange these cans between the transport vehicle (can car) and the route only simple movement and control processes are required, which means construction costs, the manufacture and the material for the elements required for this as well as saving time during work.

By expedient further development of the subject of the invention according to claim 11 can the waiting time by a timed to the filling of the cans Can exchange can be shortened. Feeding is under can exchange of a can carrier with empty cans to the route and the removal of a can carrier understood with filled cans, even when feeding and picking up of a can carrier independently of one another at different times respectively.

Not only on the route, but also on the sliver processing textile machines and possibly provided can magazines for the intermediate storage of the Pitchers to avoid loading and unloading the can carrier and thereby reducing time to save, it is useful if the device according to the invention according to claim 12 is trained.

For the optimal storage of can carriers on or in a textile machine or in a jug magazine are preferably jug magazine and / or textile machine on the one hand and can carrier on the other hand dimensionally according to claim 13 Voted.

If the displacement device of the route is designed according to claim 14, then can be exchanged, even if still not all cans of a group of cans on a can carrier is filled with sliver again. While one pitcher group is filled another can carrier with filled cans can be picked up and another Can carriers with empty cans are provided.

The can carrier can be designed in different ways; a special one simpler and therefore more cost-effective can carrier results in training accordingly Claim 15 and possibly 16. Further appropriate training of the can carrier result from the claims up to 17 to 23.

In principle, the can carrier can be transported manually or automatically. In the case of automatic transport, the can carrier is expediently carried by one according to claims 24 and possibly 25 trained can wagons.

Komponente" eine Strecke als faserbandliefernde Textilmaschine, eine faserbandverbrauchende Textilmaschine und ein Kannenmagazin, stets in der Einzahl oder in der Mehrzahl, in Frage kommen.A can carrier holder is preferably provided on the individual components of the system, wherein as

Component "a stretch as a sliver-supplying textile machine, a sliver-consuming textile machine and a jug magazine, always in the number or in the majority.

Around the can carrier on the textile machine, in a can magazine and / or in Securing a can car can be a further development of the subject of the invention be provided according to one or more of claims 27 to 34.

To the can carrier on the sliver processing without avoidable loss of time To be able to replace textile machine if the sliver in one or several of the cans of the group of cans on the can carrier leaked or broken, monitoring and control can be carried out according to a or more of claims 35 to 37 may be provided.

Both the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention are simple and also allow subsequent implementation on existing ones Machines or systems. Because the cans of a group of cans not only during transport, but also for filling up as a can group submitted together to the route and after filling from here again can be picked up as a complete can group, the taxable as well the time required for a can change, which in the sense of the present Invention is seen as part of the can transport, reduce. He follows this can exchange automatically, so can the device compared to previously known automatic devices simpler and therefore also less expensive be designed and manufactured.

Fig. 1:

in schematischer Darstellung eine erfindungsgemäß ausgebildete Anlage mit einer Strecke, einer bandverarbeitenden Textilmaschine und einem Kannenmagazin sowie mit mehreren Kannenträgem, um Kannengruppen als komplette Einheiten innerhalb dieser Anlage zu transportieren;

Fig. 2:

in der Draufsicht einen Teil einer Strecke mit einer Verschiebeeinrichtung sowie einem zur Übergabe an die Verschiebeeinrichtung bereitstehenden Kannenträger;

Fig. 3:

einen Kannenwagen gemäß Fig. 2 in der Seitenansicht;

Fig. 4:

zwei Offenend-Spinnmaschinen im Querschnitt mit als Paletten ausgebildeten Kannenträgern, von denen einer durch eine Bedienungsperson unter Zuhilfenahme eines Gabelstaplers unter eine der Offenend-Spinnmaschinen in die Arbeitsstellung gebracht wird; und

Fig. 5:

in der Draufsicht Teilbereiche von zwei Offenend-Spinnmaschinen, bei denen eine erste Bedienungsperson einen als Palette ausgebildeten Kannenträger mit leeren Kannen von seinem Arbeitsplatz unter der Maschine herauszieht und eine zweite Bedienungsperson mit Hilfe eines Kannenwagens einen Kannenträger mit vollen Kannen heranbringt.

Exemplary embodiments are explained in more detail below with reference to drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1:

a schematic representation of a system designed according to the invention with a draw frame, a belt-processing textile machine and a can magazine, and with several can carriers, in order to transport groups of cans as complete units within this system;

Fig. 2:

in plan view a part of a route with a displacement device and a can carrier available for transfer to the displacement device;

Fig. 3:

a can car according to Figure 2 in side view.

Fig. 4:

two open-end spinning machines in cross section with can carriers designed as pallets, one of which is brought into the working position by an operator with the aid of a forklift under one of the open-end spinning machines; and

Fig. 5:

in plan view partial areas of two open-end spinning machines, in which a first operator pulls out a can carrier designed as a pallet with empty cans from his workplace under the machine and a second operator brings a can carrier with full cans to it with the help of a can cart.

The essence of the invention is first explained with the aid of FIG. 1, which in Scheme of a system 1 with a large number of individual components such as a route 2, a belt processing textile machine 4 and a can magazine 5.

The above-mentioned components can be provided in the single or in the plurality within the system 1 as required, as can also be seen, for example, from FIGS. 4 and 5 (see the two belt-processing textile machines 4). The selected component names are not to be interpreted in a narrow word, but are to be understood as synonyms for a certain type of machine or system parts. This is how the term stands in the sense of the present invention Line "2 for one or more tape-supplying or tape-producing machine (s), in which cans 3 are filled with fiber tapes 30 (FIG. 4).

The cans 3 are essentially rectangular in shape, as shown; however, the present invention can also be used in conjunction with Jugs (not shown) can be used.

Various types of spinning machines can be used as belt processing textile machines 4 Find application, for example ring spinning or open-end spinning machines, but also flyers or knitting or warp knitting machines for the manufacture of fur-like knitted or knitted fiber tapes 30 are supplied. For the The following explanation was only an exemplary embodiment of an open-end spinning machine chosen.

The special design of the can magazine 5 is also for the present invention basically irrelevant; In principle, a parking space E (Fig. 1) is sufficient for Pitch 3 out for this purpose.

The cans 3 filled in the line 2 are as a can group 31 on a can carrier 6 arranged with which they always as a complete unit between the individual components of the system 1 are transported back and forth. According to the In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, a plurality of can car 7 are provided, each of which can accommodate a can group 31 as a unit and of the (tape-dispensing or -generating) route 2 for further processing belt processing or consuming textile machine 4 or for intermediate storage brings to the can magazine 5.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the can car 7 is designed as an automatic machine - the drive of which is not shown for reasons of clarity of the drawings - which can be moved on a path 70 between the individual components of the system 1. The term Bahn "is not to be understood in a narrow interpretation of the word; it should also include infrared or ultrasound guides or the like. If the can car is steered manually, this term falls under this term Bahn "also any type of path along which the can wagon is or can be transported.

After the plant 1 has been roughly described, its individual Components are examined in more detail.

First, with the help of a can car 7, a can carrier 6 filled with empty cans 3 is brought to a route 2, which is equipped in a conventional manner with one or more filling heads 23. The route 2 has a displacement device 20, to which the can carrier 6 with the complete can group 31 is transferred. Then, with the help of the displacement device 20, this complete, empty cans 3 having cans group 31 together with the can carrier 6 receiving them for filling the cans 3 into a first working position A ₁ - further working positions exist on other components of the system 1 and will be explained later - brought.

The working position A ₁ on the line 2 is understood to be the area in which any can 3 of a can carrier 6 is located in the feed area to the filling head 23, with the aid of which the cans 3 are filled with sliver 30 in a conventional manner (see FIG. 4) will.

In this first working position A ₁ , the cans 3 located on the can carrier 6 pass this filling head 23 one after the other in the direction of the arrow f ₁ . The can 3 to be filled is removed by a gripping device (not shown) of the route 2 first in the direction of the double arrow f ₂ for a short time from the can carrier 6 and lifted under the filling head 23 and then, after the can 3 has been filled, by the Gripping device, not shown, placed back on the can carrier 6 at the correct position within the can group 31. After the can 3 that has just been filled has been returned to its starting position on the can carrier 6, it is moved one step, ie by one can width, in the direction of the arrow f ₁ , so that the next empty can 3 is in the working position A ₁ arrives, in which it is brought back under the filling head 23 by the gripping device of the path 2. For the entire duration during which any can 3 of the can group 31 belonging to the can carrier 6 is filled, the can carrier 6 remains with the remaining cans 6 of this can group 31 in this (first) working position A ₁ on the route 2.

If all the cans 3 of this group of cans 31 are filled, the can carrier becomes 6 now together with the complete can group 31 on the can car 7 handed over and with its help either for direct processing of the slivers 30 a sliver processing textile machine 4 or if just all such sliver processing textile machines 4 with slivers 30 are supplied, the or one of the can magazines 5 for intermediate storage fed.

According to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the displacement device 20 has a length which can accommodate more than just one can group 31, the cans 3 of which are just being filled. Rather, a first waiting position B is provided in the direction of displacement (arrow f ₁ ) before the working position A ₁ , into which a second can group 310 arranged on a second can carrier 60 can already be fed in the direction of the arrow f ₃ , if not all of the first can carrier 6 assigned cans 3 are filled. In the direction of displacement (arrow f ₁ ) after the working position A ₁ , a second waiting position C is provided, in which a can carrier 61 with an already filled can group 311 can be deposited in between so that it can be brought to a can car 7 in the direction of arrow f ₄ at a given time and is transported away with the help of the car 7.

After its cans 3 have been filled, the can carrier 6 moves from the working position A ₁ to the second waiting position C, which has now become vacant, and from which it can be picked up by the car 7 at the appropriate time. Simultaneously with the gradual shifting of the first can carrier 6 into the waiting position C, the second can carrier 60, which has always been in the immediate vicinity of the first can carrier 6, now also gradually moves from its waiting position B into the working position A ₁ .

It goes without saying that the total length of the displacement device 20th is not only so large that only three can carriers 6, 60 ... side by side space Find. In order to avoid waiting times caused by the car 7 driving up its emptying and / or loading on the open-end spinning machine (selected as Example of a belt processing textile machine 4) or on the can magazine 5 in order to be able to compensate, it will be advisable in practice to use the sliding device 20 so large that they have a certain buffer function can exercise.

According to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, route 2 has a control device 21, to which a control device 210 is connected in terms of control by means of a control line 211. This monitoring device 210 monitors the position of the can carrier 6 located in the working position A ₁ and thus the progress of the filling work.

A signal is triggered by the monitoring device 210 connected to the control device 21 when the can carrier 6 leaves the working position A ₁ in the direction of the waiting position C. This signal can, for example, trigger an optical or acoustic signal so that a can carrier 60 can be brought manually or automatically from a can car 7 in the direction of arrow f ₃ into the first waiting position B, and then by the displacement device 20 in the direction of arrow f ₁ to be brought step by step to the working position _A1.

In the exemplary embodiment shown, in which a plurality of can carriers 6, 60, 61... Are located side by side simultaneously in the displacement device 20, this is always moved in one and the same direction (arrow f ₁ ). For this reason, the displacement device 20 is equipped with an endless belt or chain (not shown).

If such a displacement device 20 having an endless belt or an endless chain is used, the displacement device 20 in the simplest and most compact design has such a length that it can accommodate at least two can carriers 6, 60 and 6, 61 at the same time side by side. The feed area to the filling head 23 is located in the working position A ₁ on the border between the two can carriers 6, 60 and 6, 61. Even while the last can 3 of the leading can carrier 6 is being filled, another can carrier 60 is already being used by a can carriage 7 brought into the waiting position B in the direction of arrow f ₃ . The can car 7 is then brought into a position in which after filling all the cans 3 of the previous can group 31 it can take over the can carrier 6, which is moved for this transfer to the can car 7 in the direction of arrow f ₄ .

The exchange of can carriers 6, 60, 61 ... takes place in the described embodiment by parking a can carrier 60 with empty cans 3 in the waiting position B of the route 2 and picking up another can carrier 61 with filled cans 3 from the waiting position C. As can be seen from the above description, the waiting position B or C can also coincide with the working position A ₁ in a simplified embodiment of the displacement device 20.

If the displacement device 20 of the route 2 is sufficiently long, it can be done without interrupting work with one and the same can car 7 first a can carrier 60 delivered to the waiting position B with an empty can group 310 and then another can carrier 61 with a filled can group 311 can be picked up from waiting position C.

In the case of a route 2 with more than one head, what has been said above applies analogously to both filling heads 23; in such a case there is a separate displacement device for each filling head 20 provided.

Simply because on the route 2 the cans 3 are not individually from the car 7 to be transferred to the shifting device 20 and back becomes an essential one Improvement in time, construction and material expenditure achieved. Filling a can 3 on the route 2 only takes a relatively short time, so that a frequent can change is required, so that the simplification described and impact improvement.

On the other hand, on a fiber ribbon processing textile machine 4 there is a can change not so often necessary, especially when using fine yarns a spinning machine, the can emptying takes longer, so that one at such Textile machine 4 can change carried out in the usual way is not as important as on a track 2. Nevertheless, according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 1 similar to the Route 2, so that those described in connection with route 2 Advantages also come to bear on the sliver processing textile machine 4.

After taking over a can carrier 6 with a complete, filled cans 3 having can group 31 from route 2, the can car 7 brings the Can carrier 6 to the sliver 30 processing textile machine 4 or, if there just no filled cans 3 are required for intermediate storage in the Jug magazine 5. There the can carrier 6 is placed together with the one on it Can group 31 parked to remain (processing of slivers 30 or intermediate storage of the can group 31), while the can car 7 without Can carrier 6 continues to take on further tasks.

1 shows, the can groups 31, 310, 311 and thus also the can groups 31, 310, 311 carrying can carriers 6, 60, 61 each of the same size. On in this way, the can carrier 6, 60, 61 at any point in the system 1 (draw frame (s) 2, sliver processing textile machine (s) 4 and jug magazine (s) 5) are used.

The sliver processing textile machine 4 has a large number of side by side arranged spinning stations D or other workplaces (e.g. at a Knitting or knitting machine), which are all of the same design. The textile machine 4 is because of their great length divided into several sections 40, each a specific one Number of spinning positions D - which here as a synonym for any question upcoming jobs stand - have.

So that the can carriers 6, 60, 61 with the cans 3 find their place on or under these textile machines 4 without having to fiddle with and maneuvering for a long time with the can carriers 6, 60, 61 if a can group 31, 310, 311 with empty cans 3 is to be exchanged as a complete unit for a can group 31, 310, 311 with filled cans 3, the sections 40 and the can carriers 6, 60, 61 are dimensioned in accordance with FIGS. 1 and 5 such that either a single can carrier 6, 60, 61 or an integer multiple thereof in an optimal manner at the same time in a second, third, fourth ... working position A ₂ , A ₃ , A ₄ ... (Fig. 5) on or under the textile machine 4. So that one and the same can carrier 6, 60, 61 can be used in all the components of the system 1, the can carriers 6, 60, 61 and also the displacement device 20 of the line 2 are also of a size to the sections 40 of the sliver processing textile machine 4 - or vice versa, the sections 40 adapted to the standard size (as pallets) can carriers 6 ... - adapted.

While usually on a route 2 with an endless belt or chain becomes a certain buffer zone as described above is one such a buffer zone is not provided on textile machines 4 processing sliver; there must only be sufficient play so that the pot carriers 6, 60, 61 sufficient maneuvering space is available during their exchange stands. Basically, as will also be described later in connection with FIG. 5 is, first a can carrier with empty cans 3 from the sliver processing Textile machine 4 fetched before another can carrier filled cans 3 can take the place of the first can carrier.

According to FIGS. 1 and 5, two can carriers 66 and 67 provided with five cans 3 per section 40, but this is by no means interpret restrictively; it is easily possible, instead, pro Section 40 only one can carrier or three or more can carriers with one to place a different number of cans 3 per group of cans. This depends on the size of the can carrier and the type of sliver processing Textile machine 4 on which the cans 3 are housed for processing the slivers 30 Need to become.

As stated above, the open-end spinning machine is the one on which this one is concerned Description refers and which is shown in the drawings, only an example of a belt processing textile machine 4. Other belt processing Textile machines 4, e.g. B. circular knitting machines, have no sections 40th such as the ring spinning or the rotor or other type of open-end spinning machine on. Even in such a case, it is beneficial to use the sliver processing or consuming textile machine 4 and the can carrier 4 dimensionally to coordinate with each other, even if the space available in circular fur knitting machines are cheaper than spinning machines or flyers, so that these circular knitting machines u. U. waived this mutual dimensional coordination can be.

The can magazine 5 is designed so that a defined number, ie. H. an integer multiple, of jug carriers 66, 67 can be placed side by side. For each can carrier there is a defined parking space E (storage position) reserved so that the intended number of can carriers within the can magazine 5 can actually find space and not by inaccurate parking space is wasted by porters.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic transport device shown there is the Appendix 1, a central control device 71 is provided, which via a control line 710 with the control device 21 of the (tape supplying) route 2, upper one Control line 711 with a control device 41 of the belt processing textile machine 4 and a control line 712 with the car 7 in terms of tax Connection is established. 1, a further control line 713 is provided, which with another tape processing textile machine 4, not shown, in terms of tax can communicate.

It is not necessary that the Control line "in the sense of the present invention is formed by a cable; wireless control connections, for example by radio, infrared etc. can also be used instead of cable connections.

These control lines 710, 711, 713 etc. give the central control device 71, which coordinates the work of the can car 7 or the can car 7, knowledge of how far the work on the individual components of the system 1 has progressed or how many can carriers 6 ... are provided for collection there, and can set corresponding priorities for the work of the car 7 or 7. Correspondingly, the control device 71 defines transport routes and transport start times and gives its control commands to the suitable can car 7, which then drives the machine 2 or 4 or the can magazine 5. If only a single, self-contained path 70 is provided for a plurality of can wagons 7, a direction of rotation is defined for them, for example according to arrow f ₅ . The path lengths that a car 7 has to travel through until it reaches the components to be operated or started by it depend on this direction of rotation, which is to be taken into account by the control device 71.

Depending on the size of the system 1, it may be that a closed rail circuit not sufficient, especially if several belt processing textile machines 4 must be operated within the same system 1. In this case it is useful if the components to be started and operated are not all are arranged one behind the other within a closed path 70, but if this track 70 has branches 700, 701 etc., on which the can car 7 can leave the main rail circuit for further, not shown, in a parallel rail section 702 arranged system components such as further lines 2, further sliver processing textile machines 4 or can magazines 5 can be reached and operated.

In the case of a self-propelled can car 7, this has a can carrier holder 72 for the can carrier 6, 60, 61, 66, 67, who has no other task to perform has to carry 31 as the complete can group. The can car 6, 60, 61, 66, 67 can therefore be very simple, so that even a commercially available Pallet with standard dimensions can perform this task (see Fig. 4 and 5).

If a standard pallet can be used as a can carrier, so the components of Appendix 1 and the pallet size to be selected matched to each other that, as mentioned before, always an integer majority of can carriers 6 ... on or under the textile machine 4 or its sections 40 Finds space.

The can carriers 6 ... required in large numbers each remain on the individual Components of the system 1. These can carriers 6 ... are structured simple and therefore not expensive to manufacture and maintain. The Can car 7 in turn, of which only a few copies required and which are complex to set up, especially in automatic systems, do not need to remain on the individual components of Appendix 1.

But it doesn't just cost and time to manufacture and Maintenance of the can car 7 reduced. There are further cost reductions in practice by the fact that the cans 3 not on the route 2 and possibly also on each other component of the system 1 individually from a car 7 removed and on the route 2 and, if desired, on or in the band processing Textile machine 4 or the can magazine 5 provided or from there must be taken over again individually. Rather, the cans 3 remain all the time on the can carriers 6, 60, 61, 66, 67, so that otherwise for the individual reloading of the cans 3 is omitted and thus the time for reloading required time is reduced to a minimum.

In the range of motion of a spinning station D fed by a can 3 There is a monitoring device 42 in each of the sliver 30 (Band guard - see FIGS. 1 and 4), which uses a control line 420 with the control device 41 of the belt processing textile machine 4 is connected. If the sliver 30 fed to a spinning station D runs out or breaks, reports the monitoring device 42 immediately sends this to the control device 41.

The monitoring device 42 can be designed differently. For example a can change (as a change of a complete, on a can carrier 6 ... can group 31 ...) can only be carried out if the slivers 30 of all cans 3 of this group of cans 31 ... expired or have been interrupted, a single, common monitoring device is sufficient 42 for the entire can group 31 .... In this fur there are Monitoring device 42 only then sends a signal to control device 41, when none of the spinning positions D assigned to this can group 31 ... are working , whereupon the control device 41 exchanges the can carrier 6 ... with the empty cans 3 against a can carrier 6 ... with filled cans 3 requests from the central control device 71.

Alternatively, however, each spinning station D can also have a separate monitoring device 42 may be assigned so that each individual sliver 30 of this group of cans 31 ... monitored and its leakage or interruption registered and sent to the Control device 41 is reported. If desired, the control device 41 an adjustment device 410 may be assigned. With the help of this adjustment device 410 a value can be set for the number of non-working cans 3 on a can carrier 6 ... can group 31 ..., in which the Sliver 30 has run out or is interrupted, so that when this is reached Value, d. H. with a preset number of such registrations, one Function is triggered. If desired, such a function can already be used for Leakage or interruption of a single sliver 30 (but only at two or more fiber ribbons 30 up to the total number of this can group 31 delivered slivers 30 that have been processed or interrupted) to be triggered. In the presence of an automatic transport device (automatically controlled can car 7) is a request signal to the Central control device 71 issued so that an exchange of the can carrier 6 ... is initiated against one with filled cans 3. Is not an automatic one Can transport device is provided so that there is also no central control device 71 there, the monitoring device 42 (with interposition the control device 41) instead an acoustic or optical or a combined signal generated by an operator 9 the absence of this sliver 30 or sliver 30 indicates that this operator 9 carry out the exchange of the can carrier by hand can.

Even if the exchange of a can group 31 ... for another can group with filled cans 3 takes place before all the cans 3 of the previous can group 31 ... have been emptied, this early exchange of the can groups 31 ... is still recommended , since the sliver residues in the other cans 3 of the can group 31 ... that were previously in the working position A ₂ are usually so insignificant that there is a wait for the other cans 3 of this can group 31 ... to have been emptied , due to the longer downtimes of the already failed spinning stations D is more expensive than such an exchange and therefore has to be bought expensive.

With a low degree of automation of plant 1, if desired, on Monitoring device 210 on route 2 and / or on the monitoring device 42 on the belt processing textile machine 4; in this In this case, the operator 9 himself has to make a timely exchange of a can carrier 6 ...

The above description shows that both the method and the device can be changed and modified in many ways. So can individual features replaced by equivalents in the context of the present invention or the features are used in other combinations. For example it is not necessary that the can car 7 as a self-driving car are trained. It is quite advantageous and useful, especially for smaller plants or in plants, in which a lower degree of automation is provided, the transport of the can carrier 6, 60, 61, 66, 67 between the individual components of Appendix 1 manually using simple can carts 73 or 79 to carry out the handle 730 for this purpose has (Fig. 2, 3 and 5).

The can car 79 can in turn be designed differently, for example have a similar can carrier receptacle 72 as that with the help 1 explained can car 7th

Even with manually movable can wagons 73 and 79, one path (lane 70) must be kept clear along which he between the individual components of Appendix 1 can be moved.

According to the design shown in FIG. 4, a forklift 78 is used as a can truck, which picks up and carries through the can carrier 65, which is designed as a pallet Pumps "from the floor 10 so that the can carrier 65 can be brought to the desired location within the system 1.

In Fig. 4 it is shown that the belt processing textile machine 4 (here an open-end spinning machine) already two can carriers 63 and 64 with can groups 312 and 313 are located. The textile machine 4 has below the spinning positions D with the spinning units, not shown, such a clear height h, that a can carrier 63, 64 or 65 etc. fits here and also the slivers 30 can be fed to the spinning units unhindered. Furthermore there must be sufficient space for the automatic maintenance machines 43 to be unimpeded can drive along the textile machine 4.

A gap that cannot be seen in FIG. 4 (second working position A ₂ - see FIG. 5) below the textile machine 4 has previously arisen in that a forklift 78 has picked up a can carrier (not shown) with a group of cans with empty cans. An operator 9 has then moved up to a new can carrier 65 with a can group 314 with filled cans 3 and is just about to equip this second working position A ₂ with the new complete can group 314. The operator 9 therefore guides the can carrier 65 with the help of the forklift 78 into this working position A ₂ and lets the can carrier 65 down there, so that the forklift 78 can leave the textile machine 4 again without taking the can carrier 65 and the can group 314 carried by it.

According to a further simple embodiment (FIG. 5), the can car 79 only a platform (not shown) on which the expediently by a standard pallet made of can carriers 6 ... is parked.

In principle, there are options for using the can carrier 6 either with the help of a separate transport medium, e.g. B. a can car 7, 79 or a forklift 78 or the like, by hand or automatically between the individual components to transport the system 1 or the can carrier 68 as an integrated To form part of the can car 73 (Fig. 2 and 3). This will help of its handle bar 730 as a whole between the individual components of the System 1 transported and as a whole with one and the same can group 315 on the individual components of Appendix 1 for those to be carried out there Work or storage deposited.

The can car 73 (FIGS. 2 and 3) or 79 (FIG. 5) - regardless of whether the can carrier 6 ... is an integrated part thereof or not - has a chassis 74 with at least one pair of wheels 740, the common axis 743, or the two axes of the wheels 741, 742 of this pair of wheels 740 is or are oriented parallel to the longitudinal extension (double arrow f ₆ ) of the can group 31. This common axle 743 does not need or the two axles (not shown) of the pair of wheels 740 do not need to be steerable, since the can wagons 73 and 79 can be maneuvered well even without the steerability of the wheels 741 and 742. The bearing (s) 744 for the axle (s) 743 is or are therefore rigidly connected to the can carriage 79 or to the can support 68 which is designed as an integral part of the can carriage 73. It is possible without difficulty to insert the can carrier 6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 or 67 or the can car 73 with an integrated can carrier 68 into a can carrier receptacle 72 adapted to the can carrier 6 ... along the route 2 , a belt processing textile machine 4 or a can magazine 5 at least partially move in to transfer the can carrier 6 ... or the can carriage 73 by moving to the can carrier receptacle 72 and thus to the line 2, the belt processing textile machine 4 or the can magazine 5 .

According to FIG. 2, the can carrier receptacle 72 has two can carrier guides on both sides 720 on which the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 are parked becomes. For this purpose the can carrier 6 etc. or the can car has 73 with respect to the group of cans arranged on it in the form of a row of cans 31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315 on the underside of skids 62 (see Fig. 4) with which he is in all or different components of Appendix 1 (including forklift 78 or can 7 or 79). The can carrier guides 720 in turn each have a roller conveyor 721 with rollers 722 to move the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 facilitate. Such a roller conveyor 721 is on the individual components of the Appendix 1, if desired also on the can wagon independent of the can carrier 6 ... 7 or 79 ... provided.

In particular, a can wagon 73 that functions as a can carrier and that fits into the can carrier receptacle 72 to be maneuvered in must be positioned exactly to drive this into the can holder 72 without much effort to be able to perform. For this purpose, it is basically sufficient if only a single pair of wheels 740 is provided, because in this way the can car 73 handled very easily, d. H. can be directed. However, this is only provided only pair of wheels 740, the can car 73 is unstable.

In order to fundamentally prevent the risk of tipping over, therefore, according to FIGS. 2 and 3 provided that the car 73 besides the pair of wheels 740 - in relation to the Pair of wheels 740 or the direction of movement of the can carriage defined thereby 73 - at least one leading wheel 75 or trailing wheel 76 or even has both leading and trailing wheels 75 and 76. This wheel 75 or 76 or, if provided, these two wheels 75 and 76, has or each have a vertical pivot axis carried by the can car 73 750 or 760, so that the car 73 on the one hand by this leading or trailing wheel 75 or 76 or stabilized by these two wheels 75 and 76 and on the other hand, steering is possible without difficulty.

A further improvement in the steerability of the car 73 can be Formation of the chassis 74 (pair of wheels 740 and wheels 75 and 76) according to FIG. 3 to reach. In this embodiment, the axis has 743 or axes (not shown) of the pair of wheels 740 a greater distance from the floor 731 of the Can car 73 as the horizontal axes 751 and 761 of the wheels 75 and 76. This allows the car 73 to a certain extent around the axis (s) 743 of the wheels 741 and 742 of the pair of wheels 740 are tilted, the can car 73 assumes a stable end position when it is not on its pair of wheels 740 also rests on wheel 75 or 76 while in its unstable intermediate position with neither of these two wheels 75 and 76 in contact with the floor 10 arrives and is supported solely on the pair of wheels 740. The fewer wheels come into contact with the floor 10 when maneuvering, the easier it is to leave the car 73 steer. On the other hand, the can car 73 is supported only unstable due to the non-steerable pair of wheels 740, which is why for the Transporting the car 73 from one component of the system 1 to the other always one of the other two steerable wheels 75 or 76 to support the Kannenwagens 73 is used.

The possibility of moving the car 73 around the axis 743 (or the two axes) of being able to tilt the pair of wheels 740 leads to the further advantage of the Retracting the car 73 (both with integrated and with separate Training the can carrier) in the can carrier receptacle 72 the leading Raise the end of the car 73 by tilting it about the said axis (s) 743 to be able to. As a result, the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 on the can carrier guide 720, the starting area of which is designed as a ramp 723 can be to the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 further from Lift off floor 10. The roller conveyor 721 mentioned can extend into the ramp 723 extend into it.

If no roller conveyor 721 is provided, the can carrier 6... Or can carriage 73 is adequately secured in its position in or on the individual components of system 1 and (in the case of non-integrated design) on the can carriage 79 or 7 due to the friction . If a roller conveyor 721 is provided, it is generally also not to be expected that the can carrier 6... Or the can carriage 73 will leave its position within the can carrier receptacle 72. Nevertheless, there are further measures for locking the can carrier 6 ... in its working position A ₁ (on route 2), A ₂ , A ₃ , A ₄ ... (on the belt-processing textile machine 4), at parking space E (in the can magazine 5 ) or in relation to the transport medium (can car 7, 79 or forklift 78). For example, the roller conveyor 721 can have an inclination (not shown) such that the can carrier (integrated or individual with the can carriage 73) receives a movement component which moves it into the can carrier receptacle 72 so that it moves to the end facing away from the operating side System comes to a suitable stop 724. In this case, however, greater effort is required to remove the can carrier from the can carrier receptacle 72. To avoid this, according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 it is provided that the can carrier 68 at a suitable location, for. B. according to FIGS. 2 and 3 on its side, has a recess 77 in which a locking device 8 can engage.

The locking device 8 can be designed differently and automatically or be operable by an operator 9.

As already shown above, the displacement device of the route 2 can be different be trained. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the 1, is not designed as an endless belt or chain, but as a sledge or carriage, which is dimensioned such that it always only a single can carrier 6 ... and can take this with Progress of his work step by step from an initial position to an end position and then brought back to its original position.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the locking device 8 is in the slide-shaped displacement device 24 is arranged. The locking device 8 has a two-armed, pivotally mounted locking lever 80, which by a tension spring 81 in contact with one arranged in the displacement device 24 Stop 84 is held and is acted upon such that he with his one Detent pawl 82 end in the path along the can carrier guide 720 in the can holder 72 to be moved 6 ... or Jug cart 73 protrudes. The other, free end 83 of the locking lever 80 protrudes over the outer contour of the slide or carriage-shaped displacement device 24 out of route 2. This has a stationary stop 22, which at Accumulation of the free end 83 of the locking lever 80 against the action of the tension spring 81 is pivoted, whereby the detent pawl 82 from the path of movement of the can carrier 6 ... or the can carrier 73 is withdrawn and releases it.

If the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 with integrated can carrier 68 moved into the can carrier receptacle 72, he must the locking lever 80th Push out of the trajectory until it reaches the correct end position the can carrier 6 ... or the can carriage 73 into the recess 77 can intervene to the can carrier 6 ... or the can car 73 in his Secure position. The can carrier 6 ... remains in this secured position. or the can car 73, while the route 2, the cans 3 of the can carrier 6 ... or 68 fills, the displacement device 24 step by step Step past the filling station 23 of route 2. Are all 3 cans on the can holder 31 located in the can carrier, the displacement device brings 24 finally the free end 83 of the locking lever 80 for contact with the stationary stop 22, whereby the locking lever 80 is pivoted so that the Can carrier 6 ... is released and removed from the displacement device 24 can be. Has the can carrier 6 ... the displacement device 24 leave, it is moved back to its original position.

Introducing a new can group 31 ... with the help of another can carrier 6 ... can be placed anywhere on the movement path of the displacement device 24 take place, d. H. both in their one and in their other end position as also in one of their intermediate positions.

As the embodiment just described shows, it is not necessary that the tape-delivering machine (route 2), as shown in FIG. 1, in addition to a (first) working position A _1, also a first and possibly second waiting position B and / or C. having.

Various designs of a locking device have already been discussed, e.g. B. a stop 724 at the closed end of a can carrier receptacle 72, a locking device 8 and the friction of the can carrier guide 720. If with a can carrier equipped with a chassis (Can car 73) no locking device 8 is provided, then that Chassis can be disabled in any other way. this happens according to the embodiment described above, in that the can carrier 73rd by tilting around the pair of wheels 740 on the can carrier guide 720 and is pushed onto this, whereby the chassis 74 is lifted off the floor 10 becomes. In kinematic reversal, it is also conceivable among the components the system 1 lowerable plates or the like. To provide for locking, d. H. Fixation the can carrier 6 ... can be lowered from its current position. In both described embodiments, the locking device thus has a lifting device on, in the first case directly or indirectly (via the can car 73) the can carrier 6 ... acts to lift it off the floor 10 while in the other case, this merely pulls away the support for the chassis 74.

Reference list

1

investment

10th

floor

2nd

route

20th

Displacement device

21

Control device

210

Monitoring device

211

Control line

22

attack

23

Filling head

24th

Displacement device

3rd

Jug

30th

Sliver

31

Pitcher group

310

Pitcher group

311

Pitcher group

312

Pitcher group

313

Pitcher group

314

Pitcher group

315

Pitcher group

4th

Textile machine

40

section

41

Control device

410

Adjusting device

42

Monitoring device

420

Control line

43

Maintenance machine

5

Jug magazine

6

Can carrier

60

Can carrier

61

Can carrier

62

Runners

63

Can carrier

64

Can carrier

65

Can carrier

66

Can carrier

67

Can carrier

68

Can carrier

7

Can car

70

train

700

branch

701

branch

702

Rail section

71

Control device

710

Control line

711

Control line

712

Control line

713

Control line

72

Can carrier holder

720

Can carrier guide

721

Roller conveyor

722

role

723

ramp

724

attack

73

Can car

730

Handlebar

731

ground

74

chassis

740

Pair of wheels

741

wheel

742

wheel

743

axis

744

camp

75

wheel

750

Swivel axis

751

axis

76

wheel

760

Swivel axis

761

axis

77

Recess

78

Forklift

79

Can car

8th

Locking device

80

Locking lever

81

Tension spring

82

Rastkline

83

The End

84

attack

9

Operator

f ₁

arrow

f ₂

Double arrow

f ₃

arrow

f ₄

arrow

f ₅

arrow

f ₆

Double arrow

H

Height

A ₁

Working position

A ₂

Working position

A ₃

Working position

A ₄

Working position

B

Wait position

C.

Wait position

D

Spinning station

E

parking space

Claims (37)

Process for the simultaneous transport of cans which can be filled with sliver and which are arranged in a row on a can carrier and form a can group and which are transported between a line and a further textile machine or a can magazine, characterized in that the can group together with the can carrier for Filling the cans is brought into a first working position on the line, where the can carrier remains during the filling of the cans of this group of cans, until after filling all the cans on the can carrier it is fed together with these to the further textile machine or the can magazine. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the can carrier with the can group is brought into a first waiting position, from there for filling into the first working position and after filling into a second waiting position. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the filling of the cans on the route is monitored and, depending on the progress of the filling of the cans of the group of cans located on the route, a signal for exchanging the can carrier with the full cans of this group of cans for another Can carrier with empty cans from another group of cans is created. Method according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the can carrier is conveyed together with the can group located on it into a further working position or into a storage position and there while working with the slivers located in the cans or during storage the jug group is left. Method according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the number of cans belonging to a can group is determined in such a way that an integral multiple of such can carriers each accommodating one can group simultaneously in the working and / or in the storage position Finds space. Method according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the can carrier is locked in its working position and / or storage position and / or with respect to its transport medium. Method according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the slivers which leave the cans belonging to a can group are monitored and the leakage or interruption of one or more of these slivers is registered. A method according to claim 7, characterized in that a number of registrations is determined in which a function is triggered. Method according to Claim 8, characterized in that, as a function, the initiation of an exchange of the can carrier with the can group arranged thereon is triggered by another can carrier which also carries a can group. Device for the simultaneous transport of a group of cans which can be filled with sliver between a shifting device assigned to a route and a further textile machine or a can magazine, with a can carrier for receiving a group of cans arranged in a row, for carrying out the method according to one or more of Claims 1 to 9 , characterized in that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) together with this group of cans (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) a first working position (A ₁ ) on the route (2) to remain while filling the cans (3) is deliverable. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that a monitoring device (210) is assigned to the line (2) for monitoring the progress of the filling of the cans (3) of the group of cans (31, 310, 311, 312) located on the line (2), 313, 314, 315), the monitoring device (210) being connected to a control device (21) which, depending on the progress of filling the cans (3), sends a signal for exchanging the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) with the full cans (3) of this group of cans (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) against another can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65 , 66, 67, 68) with empty cans (3) of another group of cans (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315). Apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) together with the can group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315 ) can be brought into a further working position (A ₂ , A ₃ , A ₄ ) on or in the further textile machine (4) or into a storage position in a can magazine (5) to remain in the cans (3) during the processing thereof Jug group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) fiber slivers (30) or during the storage of this jug group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315). Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the further textile machine (4) and / or the can magazine (5), that of the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 , 67, 68) can be delivered, on the one hand, and the can carriers (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) on the other hand are matched to one another in such a way that an integer multiple of can carriers (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) can be placed side by side simultaneously in or on this textile machine (4) or a section (40) thereof or in a can magazine (5). Apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that the shifting device (20) associated with the section (2) has an endless belt or chain, on which or which one after the other at least two can carriers (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 , 67, 68) can be placed, one of which is in the first working position (A ₁ ) of the route (2). Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67) is designed as a pallet. Apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that the pallet forming the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67) has the usual standard dimensions to which the further textile machine (4) or a section (40) thereof or the can magazine (5) is adapted. Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 16, characterized in that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) is assigned a chassis (74) with at least one pair of wheels (740) . Apparatus according to claim 17, characterized in that it has at least one pair of wheels (740) at least one axis (743) which extends essentially parallel to the longitudinal extent of the can group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315). Apparatus according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the at least one axis (743) is received by at least one non-rotatable bearing (744). Device according to one or more of claims 17 to 19, characterized in that, in addition to this pair of wheels (740), a single wheel (75, 76) is provided which is leading or lagging with respect to the direction of movement defined by the pair of wheels (740) . Apparatus according to claim 20, characterized in that both a leading and a lagging wheel (75, 76) is provided. Apparatus according to claim 20 or 21, characterized in that the individual wheel (75, 76) is carried by an axis (751, 761) rotatable about a vertical pivot axis (750, 760). Device according to one or more of claims 20 to 22, characterized in that the pair of wheels (740) and the at least one individual wheel (75, 76) are matched to one another in such a way that in an unstable intermediate position the chassis (74) is removed only from the pair of wheels ( 740) is supported, while in a stable tilting position it is supported by the pair of wheels (740) and a single wheel (75, 76). Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 23, characterized by a can car (7, 78, 79) which supports the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67) for transport on the route ( 2), another textile machine (4) or a jug magazine (5) or delivers it there after transport. Apparatus according to claim 24, characterized in that a control device (71) is assigned to the can car (7), by means of which the transport route and the start of transport can be determined. Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 25, characterized in that the displacement device (20, 24) of the draw frame (2), another textile machine (4), a can magazine (5) and / or a can carriage (7, 78, 79) has a can support receptacle (72) adapted to the can support (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67). Device according to one or more of claims 17 to 26, characterized in that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) is assigned a locking device (720, 724, 8), with its Help the chassis can be disabled. Apparatus according to claim 27, characterized in that the locking device (720) has a lifting device. Apparatus according to claim 28, characterized in that the lifting device (720) can be brought into action on the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68). Apparatus according to claim 28 or 29, characterized in that the lifting device on the one hand a pair of runners (62) that the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) with respect to the row of cans on each End, and on the other hand a can carrier guide (720) on the textile machine (4), the can magazine (5) or the can carriage (7, 78, 79) for receiving the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 , 67, 68) with the help of its runners (62). Apparatus according to claim 30, characterized in that the can carrier guide (720) has a ramp (723). Apparatus according to claim 31, characterized in that the can carrier guide (720) has a roller conveyor (721). Device according to claim 31 or 32, characterized in that a controllable locking device (8) is assigned to the can carrier guide (720). Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 33, characterized in that the locking device (8) by running onto a stationary stop (22) for releasing the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) can be actuated. Device according to one or more of claims 10 to 34, characterized in that the cans (3) together with a can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) in a belt-processing textile machine (4th ) located can group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) is assigned at least one monitoring device (42) which, when at least one of the slivers (30) of this can group (31, 310, 311, 312,) runs out or is interrupted, 313, 314, 315) can be addressed. Apparatus according to claim 35, characterized in that the monitoring device (42) is assigned an adjusting device (410), by means of which a value for the number of cans (3) on the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) located can group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) can be determined, in which the sliver (30) has leaked or broken. Apparatus according to claim 36, characterized in that when the monitoring device (42) responds or when a preset value is reached, the can carrier (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) is replaced by another, a can group (31, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315) carrying can carriers (6, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) can be triggered.

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