EP1393830B1 - Maschine zum kontinuierlichen Biegen von Metallblech - Google Patents

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EP1393830B1
EP1393830B1 EP03017934A EP03017934A EP1393830B1 EP 1393830 B1 EP1393830 B1 EP 1393830B1 EP 03017934 A EP03017934 A EP 03017934A EP 03017934 A EP03017934 A EP 03017934A EP 1393830 B1 EP1393830 B1 EP 1393830B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D5/00—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves
    • B21D5/06—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles
    • B21D5/10—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles for making tubes
    • B21D5/12—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles for making tubes making use of forming-rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D5/00—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves
    • B21D5/06—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles
    • B21D5/08—Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves by drawing procedure making use of dies or forming-rollers, e.g. making profiles making use of forming-rollers

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  • the present invention concerns a machine for continuous sheet metal bending, and in particular a bending machine used in the manufacture of pipes or open profiles.
  • the bending machines used in pipe manufacturing are those bending machines provided with a series of stations placed in series and suitably spaced apart, wherein each station has a pair of opposed driven forming rollers through which the sheet metal to be processed passes.
  • the rollers of each pair have a complementary profile and in particular, whilst the bottom roller has a concave profile, the top roller has a convex profile which reproduces exactly the curvature of the bottom roller.
  • Each pair of opposed rollers has a radius of curvature smaller than the radius of curvature of the station situated directly upstream. Therefore, the sheet metal which is in the flat condition at the first station will progressively change its profile as it travels through the machine, taking on a substantially tubular shape at the last station and will thus be ready to be welded.
  • US-A-5 704 243 in accordance with the preamble of claim 1, discloses a station for a sheet metal bending machine, said station being provided with two opposed forming rollers to define the bending profile of the sheet metal, whereby each forming roller is defined by a pair of rotating elements coaxial and facing each other and means for varying the distance between the rotating elements of each pair are provided.
  • JP-A-2000 117330 and JP-A-09239448 show bending stations provided with two opposed forming rollers to define the bending profile of the sheet metal.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, providing a machine that allows a reduction in set up times for passing from production of a pipe with a certain diameter to a pipe with a different diameter.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a bending machine that allows the production waste due to setting up of the machine to be eliminated.
  • Another object of the present invention is to simplify production of sheet metal pipes, reducing down time of the bending machine with a consequent improvement in investment and running costs of the machine.
  • the bending machine has two or more bending stations disposed in series, each station being provided with two opposed forming rollers to define the bending profile of the sheet metal, and is characterised in that each forming roller is defined by a pair of rotating elements, coaxial and facing each other, and in that means to vary the distance between the rotating elements of each pair are provided.
  • the machine further comprises means for varying the inclination of the axis of rotation of each rotating element.
  • the means for varying the distance comprise a movable support for the rotating element.
  • the movable support comprises sliding means slidably engageable on guides of the station to vary the reciprocal distance along the axis of rotation of the facing rotating elements.
  • Each movable support advantageously comprises sliding means slidably engageable on vertical guides of the station to vary the vertical position of said rotating elements.
  • the means for varying the inclination of said rotating elements comprise a cylinder-piston assembly.
  • the means for varying the inclination of the two rotating elements advantageously comprise at least two points of hinging.
  • the bending machine 1 comprises a plurality of stations 2 disposed in series.
  • Each station 2 as can be seen better in Figure 2, is provided with two opposed rollers (3, 4) through which the sheet metal to be processed passes, able to define the bending profile of the sheet metal, that is to say the shape taken on by the sheet metal after passing in the station.
  • Each roller (3, 4) is defined by a pair of coaxial rotating elements (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b), facing each other and appropriately spaced apart from each other.
  • the top roller 3 is defined by the two rotating elements 3a and 3b
  • the bottom roller 4 is defined by the two rotating elements 4a and 4b.
  • top rotating element 3a cooperates with the rotating element 4a to which it is opposed and together with which defines the outer left bending profile of the sheet metal
  • top rotating element 3b cooperates with the rotating element 4b to which it is opposed to define the outer right bending profile of the sheet metal.
  • the station 2 is provided with means for varying the reciprocal distance of the two facing rotating elements.
  • means are present for horizontally translating along the common axis of rotation the position of the two rotating elements which define the same roller.
  • Each station is also provided with means, described in greater detail further on, for varying the inclination of each rotating element (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) and in particular the inclination of the axis of rotation of each rotating element.
  • each rotating element (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) is advantageously supported by a mobile support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) provided with sliding means 8 able to engage a guide (not shown) disposed level with the base 30 or with the top 31 of the station 2, parallel to the axes of rotation of the rotating elements.
  • a mobile support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) provided with sliding means 8 able to engage a guide (not shown) disposed level with the base 30 or with the top 31 of the station 2, parallel to the axes of rotation of the rotating elements.
  • supports 5a and 5b of the bottom rotating elements slide on slides 32 disposed on the base 30 of the station 2
  • the top supports 6a and 6b slide on slides 33 disposed at the top 31 of the station 2.
  • each rotating element (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b), as can be seen better in Figure 3, are formed by an upright 9 hinged at 16 to an L-shaped crosspiece 10 fixed to a supporting metal tube 23 of the rotating element.
  • the upright 9 in turn consists of a cylinder-piston assembly formed by a cylinder 11 provided with an inner chamber wherein a piston, not shown directly, slides.
  • the latter is provided with a stem 12 which extends outside the cylinder 11 and is hinged at 16 to the crosspiece 10.
  • the cross piece 10, at the end not constrained to the upright 9, has a point 14 of hinging with the movable support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b).
  • Each supporting metal tube 23, and thus the rotating element (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) associated therewith, is fixed rotatably to the mobile support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) through a pin provided in the hinging point 14 which in this manner forms the pivot around which the rotating element (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) rotates to vary its inclination.
  • the upright 9 has, level with its base, a further hinging point 15.
  • Positioning relative to the rotating elements (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) is adjusted by suitable automation means.
  • suitable automation means there are present hydraulic operating means of the cylinder piston assemblies, four electric motors 17 each of which is dedicated to sliding a support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) and two motors 18, disposed at the top of the station 2, for vertical movement of the rollers 3 and 4.
  • each support (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) has, for horizontal translation thereof, a nut screw type engagement 7 with a motor 17.
  • top supports 6a and 6b are slidably engaged in vertical guides 21 which allow, under the guidance of the motors 18, vertical translation of said top supports 6a and 6b. Vertical translation of the supports 6a and 6b leads to vertical translation of the rotating elements 3a and 3b.
  • the bottom supports 5a and 5b are mounted, for their vertical movements, on slides 32 vertically slidable in the guides 21.
  • the slides 32 also are guided in their vertical movements by motors 18 which thus allow the position of the bottom rotating elements 4a and 4b to be varied vertically.
  • each supporting element (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) vertically in a separate manner makes it possible to carry out both so-called fixed centre pipe processing - where the axis of symmetry of the pipe remains fixed and thus the sheet metal is bent around said axis as it travels through the successive stations 2 of the machine - and fixed throat processing where the central portion of the metal sheet which will form the bottom end of the pipe remains fixed.
  • All the motors 17 and 18 and the cylinder-piston assemblies are adjusted by an electronic processor, not shown, per se known in the art and normally used for this purpose, able to memorize the relative positions of the rotating elements according to the type of pipe or of open section being produced and operate the motors 17, 18 and/or the cylinder-piston assemblies to vary the position of the rotating elements according to the pipe or to the profile processed.
  • the processor is able to respond to messages sent by suitable position control instruments, such as optical rulers or incremental encoders, not directly shown, to vary the relative position of the rotating elements (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) so that the latter match each other perfectly in the pre-set radiuses of curvature.
  • suitable position control instruments such as optical rulers or incremental encoders, not directly shown
  • the rotating elements of the stations 2 are all idle, but it would nevertheless be possible to motorise them without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • intermediate stations 20 provided with driven rotating members are present between two adjacent stations, as shown in Figure 1.
  • the rotating elements have a cylindrical shape provided with curved surfaces.
  • the top rotating elements have a convex curved side profile and the bottom rotating elements have a concave curved side profile corresponding to that of the top rotating elements to define together therewith the outer bending shape of the sheet metal.

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  • Bending Of Plates, Rods, And Pipes (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Folding Of Thin Sheet-Like Materials, Special Discharging Devices, And Others (AREA)

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  1. Station (2) für eine Blechbiegemaschine, versehen mit zwei einander gegenüberliegenden Formwalzen (3, 4), um das Biegeprofil des Blechs zu definieren, wobei jede Formwalze (3, 4) durch ein Paar von Drehelementen (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) definiert ist, die koaxial und zueinander gerichtet sind, und wobei Mittel zum Verändern des Abstands zwischen den Drehelementen jedes Paars (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b), Mittel zum Verändern der Neigung der Drehachse der Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b), und Mittel zum senkrechten Bewegen zumindest eines der Paare von Drehelementen (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) bereitgestellt sind, wobei die Mittel zum Verändern des Abstands eine bewegliche Stütze (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) für jedes Drehelement (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) umfassen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede Stütze (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) unabhängig beweglich und neigbar ist und Gleitmittel umfasst, die gleitend an senkrechten Führungen (21) der Station (2) eingreifen können, um ihre senkrechte Position zu verändern.
  2. Station (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede unabhängig bewegliche und neigbare Stütze (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) Gleitmittel (8) umfasst, die gleitend an Führungen (21) der Station (2) eingreifen können, um den Abstand zwischen den zueinander gerichteten Drehelementen (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) zu verändern.
  3. Station (2) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mittel zum Verändern der Neigung der Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) einen Zylinder-Kolben-Aufbau umfassen, der auf ein tragendes Metallrohr (23) des Drehelements wirkt, wobei jedes tragende Metallrohr drehbar an eine bewegliche Stütze (5a, 5b; 6a, 6b) gezwungen ist.
  4. Station (2) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Mittel zum Verändern der Neigung der Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) zumindest zwei Gelenkpunkte umfasst.
  5. Station (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ferner Automatisierungsmittel zum Verändern der Stellung der Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) umfasst.
  6. Station (2) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Automatisierungsmittel zumindest einen Elektromotor, zumindest einen Prozessor und hydraulisch tätige Mittel für den Zylinder-Kolben-Aufbau umfassen.
  7. Station (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Steuermittel für die gegenseitige Stellung der Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) umfasst.
  8. Station (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) eine gekrümmte Profilform aufweisen.
  9. Station (2) nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die oberen Drehelemente (3a, 3b) ein konvex gekrümmtes Profil aufweisen, und dass die unteren Drehelemente (4a, 4b) ein konkav gekrümmtes Profil aufweisen, das dem der oberen Drehelemente (3a, 3b) entspricht.
  10. Station (2) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Drehelemente (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) leer laufen.
  11. Blechbiegemaschine (1), umfassend zumindest zwei Stationen (2) nach zumindest einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die in Reihe angeordnet sind.
  12. Maschine (1) nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ferner Zwischenstationen (20) umfasst, die mit angetriebenen Walzen versehen sind, um das Blech zwischen den verschiedenen Stationen (2) der Maschine (1) zu bewegen.
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