EP1171661B1 - Dispositif et procede de fabrication de produits textiles a partir de fibres et/ou filaments - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede de fabrication de produits textiles a partir de fibres et/ou filaments Download PDF

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EP1171661B1
EP1171661B1 EP00912648A EP00912648A EP1171661B1 EP 1171661 B1 EP1171661 B1 EP 1171661B1 EP 00912648 A EP00912648 A EP 00912648A EP 00912648 A EP00912648 A EP 00912648A EP 1171661 B1 EP1171661 B1 EP 1171661B1
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Xavier Bathelier
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H3/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
    • D04H3/08—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating
    • D04H3/10—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating with bonds between yarns or filaments made mechanically
    • D04H3/105—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length characterised by the method of strengthening or consolidating with bonds between yarns or filaments made mechanically by needling
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
    • D04H1/00—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres
    • D04H1/40—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties
    • D04H1/44—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling
    • D04H1/46—Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres

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  • the present invention relates to a improved device for manufacturing textile products directly from fibers and / or filaments.
  • the invention also relates to a method of implementation of the device.
  • the present invention relates essentially to the realization of products obtained by the technique called "verticalization technique” and setting point by the Applicant.
  • the verticalization technique described consists in subjecting the fibers and / or filaments to a "transverse looping" accompanied by a “stretching” and obtain an accumulation of fibers and / or filaments under form of a "pseudo-yarn" in which the fibers and / or filaments are parallelized.
  • each fiber or filament is in principle involved in at least one loop so as to constitute a twist-free pseudo-yarn obtained by the accumulation of various elementary fibers and / or filaments well parallelized.
  • This twist-free pseudo-wire made up of parallel fibers and / or filaments can either be handled by needles of the tufting needles type and be leads to a substrate in order to make carpets as described in detail in publication EP-A-0479880, either be trained by gill needles in order to make mesh products as described in detail in the publication EP-A-0783608, or still be used for the production of coated-glued type products as described in detail in publication EP-A-0960227.
  • the condition on the orientation that must present the fibers and / or filaments with respect to the advance direction is a minimum requirement of profitability with regard to the bottom corner. In effect, below a certain angle, the fibers and / or filaments may no longer be properly parallelized during the creation of the pseudo-wire, which harms product performance.
  • the Applicant had proposed in the publication WO97 / 05315 a process called the DUO process where the processing of the fibers and / or filaments is split into performing a step prior to the looping step which is called the ripple step.
  • the looping step is conventionally carried out using a device constituted by the interpenetration of a first set of discs curlers with a first set of curler fingers while that the prior undulation step is also carried out at using a device made up of interpenetration of a second set of discs called inverter discs with a second set of fingers called undulating fingers.
  • the system made up of the whole inverter and the loopback assembly carrying out the duo device provided a beat speed of 1000 strokes per minute according to the limits of current technology, this which allows to produce / process between 200 and 250 kilos per hour while a classic nonwoven line remains 3 to 4 times more productive than a duo type device such as described above.
  • detachers or scrubbers at the pre-loop device request a precise adjustment of their arrangement, which will vary according to the nature of the fiber used.
  • detaching elements or strikers are also relatively difficult to reposition after disassembly following a jam for example.
  • the present invention aims to resolve these different problems while allowing the use of inexpensive and better adapted upstream equipment, and particular, the use of cotton card type cards which are short fiber cards with possibly removing the lapper and replacing it with a stretcher transverse.
  • the present invention also aims to get rid of the presence of detachers, and therefore of simplify the realization of the verticalization.
  • the present invention aims, in reducing efforts, being able to reduce sizing of the different organs and in particular of the organs rotating in the verticalization devices.
  • the present invention relates to a device for manufacturing textile products from fibers and / or filaments flowing in the form of a veil, essentially constituted by the interpenetration of a game of identical spaced looper discs located on an axis transverse joint with a set of looping fingers identical, characterized in that the looping discs have teeth on their perimeter relatively spaced.
  • Relatively spaced means that the distance between two successive teeth on the perimeter of a looper disc is at least 3 times the width of a individual tooth.
  • the number of teeth on the perimeter of a looper disc is between 8 and 16.
  • the distance between two teeth successive around the perimeter of a looper disc is between 20 and 60 mm.
  • the height of the teeth is between 1 and 5 mm.
  • the slope of the teeth facing the arrival of the veil is between 20 and 40 degrees.
  • the distance between two teeth successive on the perimeter of a looper disc does not exceed pitch 1.5 times the average length of the fibers and / or filaments veil.
  • a transfer member preferably a picking plate or needle.
  • organs of transfer and preferably the needles, carry out a sinusoidal rectilinear movement obtained from a connecting rod / eccentric system.
  • the movement of the turntables transfer or needles and the rotational movement of looper discs is obtained using a single arm main control supporting eccentrics and exhibiting a reduction which is defined by the number of teeth.
  • the veil of fibers and / or filaments has at the entrance a weight of between 10 and 30 g / m 2 .
  • the average orientation of the fibers and / or filaments in the veil when entering the device is between 10 and 25 degrees from the direction of advance of the veil.
  • the entry veil is made up of fibers and / or filaments of a length included between 20 and 70 mm.
  • a stretching is carried out transverse on the veil before the first stage consisting in subjecting the fibers and / or filaments to a transverse looping accompanied by stretching.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the device intended for implementing the method according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 shows a sectional view of the device for driving the main organs of the device according to the invention, which are the needles and the looping discs.
  • Figures 4a to 4e show the different phases of wire formation according to the process of the present invention and its transfer to the needles.
  • inventions described in Figures 1 and 2 are devices according to the present invention and which use the so-called verticalization technique which has has been described in great detail in publications EP-A-0479880, WO96 / 10667 and WO97 / 05315.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the device for the implementation of the method according to the present invention.
  • the system essentially consists of the interpenetration of a set of "looping" discs 10 identical, spaced and located on a common transverse axis 0, with a set of identical “looper” fingers 20 also.
  • the looper discs 10 are driven at a preferably constant and uniform speed of rotation and set so that the peripheral speed of the discs looper is equal to the speed of entry of the veil consisting of fibers and / or filaments.
  • these discs looper 10 are provided with teeth 101, 102, 103 relatively spaced.
  • “relatively spaced” is meant that the distance between two successive teeth 101 and 102 by example according to the perimeter of the disk is worth at least 3 times the width of an individual tooth.
  • the distance between two consecutive teeth is defined by the fiber accumulation value and / or veil filaments to create the title pseudo-thread wish.
  • the number of teeth present on the perimeter of a looper disc is between 8 and 16.
  • the number of teeth depends on the diameter of the discs but also the ratio between the weight of the product desired weight of the incoming sail.
  • the teeth on these discs could be basically sized the same so that the continuous teeth on the discs of the state of the art with regard to the function veil training.
  • the other functions require a very specific shape.
  • Function wire drive to the eye of the needle requires sufficient height, preferably at least equal to 3 mm.
  • the thread clearing function out of the tooth at the time of descent of the needles will require a precise, slightly curved profile of the active part of the tooth
  • the slope of the tooth which makes facing the advance of the veil is between 20 and 40 degrees, which allows it a good penetration in the veil while allowing easy release of the loop carried out constituting the pseudo-wire towards the organs of collection and transfer.
  • each looper finger 20 is provided a transfer member which can be a picking plate or, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, a needle 30. All of the organs of transfer, and more specifically needles 30 allows collect and transfer the pseudo-thread obtained by accumulation of fibers and / or filaments.
  • These needles 30 are integral with a overhang 35 and simultaneously carry out a movement of back and forth which can be especially a movement sinusoidal rectilinear generated by a system rod / cam.
  • These needles 30 are intended to transfer the pseudo-wire by perforating a support which is arranged on a series of anvils 40 on which it moves. This support not shown is intended to make the coating of soil.
  • the movement of the hands 30 and the movement of rotation of the looper discs 10 is obtained using of a single main control shaft 100 supporting eccentrics 110 connected to a connecting rod 120 -cissor assembly classic 130 fitted with transmission 140, 142 up to looper shaft 0 with a reduction equal to number of teeth 101, 102 present at the periphery of a disc 10 as shown in detail in Figure 3.
  • the low level of effort generated during this treatment provides an effect of mass where the positive drive of some fibers allows training the entire veil.
  • this mass effect takes place as long as the distance between two consecutive teeth on the same disc hardly exceed the average length of fibers in the veil.
  • the present invention frees itself from the presence of detachers, who masked the sight of the needles and prevented the operator from anticipating problems such as jams.
  • the defects are eliminated or reduced accumulation of fibers and / or filaments in the eye of needles using the method according to this invention. Indeed, this accumulation which was not really positive according to the state of the art could be the cause of faults which were directly reflected on the finished product with holes or gaps.
  • the needles intended for the production of tufted products or mesh products are greatly simplified. Indeed, the reduction of the forces and therefore of the torque on the shaft a discs allows a smaller disc diameter and therefore a reduction of the needle overhang. Likewise, the removing detachers also reduces the needle height. The needles present by therefore a more compact design and are more rigid, and are therefore less expensive to produce.
  • Figures 4a to 4e describe more particularly the different phases of formation of a yarn according to the process of the present invention and its transfer to needles.
  • the needles are animated of a sinusoidal rectilinear movement and that their position is identified as a function of the angle expressed in degrees of the control shaft, the top dead center corresponding to 0 degree.
  • the disc which is driven in a circular motion uniform, rotates 360 / n degrees where n is the number of teeth.
  • the veil was introduced and began its progression to needles.
  • the mass effect previously described allows a homogeneous distribution of fibers during the looping step except at the location itself teeth where the fibers are slightly repelled due to the "point" effect of the top of the teeth which enters the veil at the time of its engagement. If this peak effect did not occur, some fibers would loop more than the desired value (corresponding to the depth of the tooth), which would harm performance. The depth of the tooth and its shape general must take this into account.
  • the thread has advanced slightly while the needle has reached its top dead center.
  • the distance between the base of the tooth where the fibers are accumulated and the bottom eye exactly matches the loopback value (distance between the end of the finger and the smooth part of the discs) which determines the height of the loop.
  • the wire is is thus stretched in the bottom of the eye, which will ensure its gripping by the needle. It should be noted that this grip here is completely “positive” and does not depend on nothing about the nature of the fiber or its resilience.
  • the needle started to go down. the profile of the tooth is studied so that the wire is not retained, what is achieved on the horizontal distance between the bottom eye and tooth, taking into account relative movements needle / disc, is constant.
  • the fibers that were located behind the tooth began to build up against the needle to constitute the thread which will be grasped during the next cycle.
  • Example 1 Line for product in 2 meters
  • This example describes a product line in two meters to a car destination, for example.
  • a "short fiber” card generates a veil of 40 g / m 2 in 1 meter of useful width.
  • This veil is collected by the expander which brings it up to 2 meters while orienting the fibers around the average value of 20 ° (relative to the machine direction).
  • the weight of the veil has increased to 20 g / m 2 .
  • the device according to the present invention is fitted with a set of identical 150 mm diameter discs with 12 teeth (about 40 mm between the teeth). In this case, 40mm of machine-direction haze will be condensed to form a thread, which will be tufted all the 2 mm.
  • a card veil that cannot be weighed down indefinitely it may be wise to add to the card a rotary capacitor device, common equipment in the area of nonwovens which will increase the weight of the veil straight out of the card.
  • the maximum production of this type of card is of the order of 120 kg / h, which corresponds exactly to the capacity of a device according to the present invention (device for verticalization) beating at 1000 cps / min. Productions between upstream and downstream machines are harmonized perfectly. The investment ratio between machines upstream and downstream machines is around 1. The line achieves maximum profitability there.
  • Example 2 Line for product in 4 meters
  • the conduct of the line is identical to that of Example 1. Two cards of 1 meter will be used, the sails of which will be superimposed to obtain, after 4 meters transverse stretching, a veil of 20 g / m 2 entering the device according to the present invention.

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