EP1588458B1 - Dispositif de connexion electrique pour filiere delivrant des filaments notamment de verre - Google Patents

Dispositif de connexion electrique pour filiere delivrant des filaments notamment de verre Download PDF

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EP1588458B1
EP1588458B1 EP04702355A EP04702355A EP1588458B1 EP 1588458 B1 EP1588458 B1 EP 1588458B1 EP 04702355 A EP04702355 A EP 04702355A EP 04702355 A EP04702355 A EP 04702355A EP 1588458 B1 EP1588458 B1 EP 1588458B1
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Jean-Pierre Renaudin
Bertrand Flin
Jean-Louis Thiriet
Jean-François VINCENT
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/06—Riveted connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/11—End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/26—End pieces terminating in a screw clamp, screw or nut
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/621—Bolt, set screw or screw clamp
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/16—Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts

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  • the invention relates to a fiberizing installation delivering filaments, in particular glass filaments, and more particularly to an electrical connection piece via which one of the elements of the fiberizing installation is supplied with current for the purpose of heating it.
  • a fiberizing installation comprises a glass block (flow block) which receives molten glass from a channel connected to the furnace in which the melting of the glass is obtained, an intermediate block (bushing block) and a bushing.
  • the die is provided at the bottom with a plate provided with a multitude of orifices from which the molten glass flows to be stretched into a multiplicity of filaments.
  • These filaments whose diameter may vary from 5 to 33 microns are gathered in at least one sheet which converges to an assembly device to form at least one wick and be for example wound.
  • the wick can also be cut (cut son) or projected on a carpet (mats son continuous).
  • the products obtained are used mainly in various reinforcement applications.
  • the die is made of platinum and rhodium alloy, electrically conductive materials and resistant over time to very high temperatures. This die is heated by the Joule effect to maintain at a certain temperature, of the order of 1100 to 1400 ° C, the glass it contains so that it remains in the molten state to be stretched from the orifices of the bottom. Faculty.
  • the heating of the die is carried out from an electrical transformer by the connection of two terminals each located on each of the opposite ends of the die, to electrical connection elements external to the die.
  • the terminals of the die are reported by welding against the side walls of the die. They protrude to be connected to the external connection elements.
  • These external connection elements are each in the form of a jaw of electrically conductive material, preferably copper, which comes by its two wings to pinch a terminal of the die, the jaw being connected to a fixed terminal of current supply which is connected to the electrical transformer.
  • the jaw is a piece that is suspended after the connection terminal of the die and mechanically fixed by clamping with a screw through the wings of the jaw.
  • connection between the fixed terminal and the jaw it is ensured by the simple contact of a portion of the jaw against the terminal, the latter being maintained at the desired height by any suitable system of attachment to a fixed element of the environment of the die, advantageously against the wall of the fiberizing cabin.
  • the document WO 99/22430 discloses a power supply system comprising at least one electrical connection terminal, an electric power supply terminal and at least one electrical connection device connecting an electrical connection terminal to the current supply terminal, the device having a connection jaw connected to an electrical connection terminal.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide an electrical connection device which allows, on the one hand, to adapt to different dimensions of dies, on the other hand to reduce the weight and reduce the cost of equipment supported by the industry, while providing the electrical energy necessary for heating the sector.
  • the invention therefore relates to a fiber-drawing installation intended to deliver filaments, in particular glass filaments, comprising a die from which the filaments are drawn and which is heated by at least one electrical supply system comprising at least one electrical connection terminal.
  • a power supply terminal and at least one electrical connection device connecting an electrical connection terminal to the current supply terminal, the device comprising a connection jaw connected to the electrical connection terminal;
  • the installation is characterized in that the electrical connection device also comprises an electrical connection piece without protective sheath and consisting of a flexible body which is able to deform, of an end which is connected to the jaw, and of a free opposite end which is connected to the current supply terminal, the connection terminal having a connecting portion which cooperates with the connection piece, and the current supply terminal having a contact surface against which is reported the free end of the connecting piece.
  • the flexible body of the connecting piece consists of an assembly of strips stacked on each other.
  • the flexible body of the connecting piece consists of a braid.
  • the connecting piece is made of copper and / or aluminum.
  • an anti-oxidation coating covers the connecting piece.
  • the end of the connecting piece connected to the jaw is fixed thereto by mechanical holding means, such as welding or screwing.
  • the end of the connecting piece opposite to that connected to the jaw is constituted by a rigid connection pad.
  • the fixing of the connection device to the connection terminal is carried out by screwing the portion with the connection jaw, and the fixing of the connection device to the current supply terminal is carried out by means of fixing of the mutual cooperation.
  • These mutual cooperation fixing means consist of projecting elements and of lights in which are intended to engage the projecting elements.
  • the mutual cooperation fixing means are adapted so as to adjust the positioning of the connection of the free end of the electrical connection piece to the current supply terminal regardless of the location of the terminals of the die. .
  • the current supply terminal has a geometry adapted to contact by its contact surface a plurality of free ends of respective connection devices respectively connected to a plurality of connection terminals.
  • connection portion of a connection terminal is housed in a groove of the connecting jaw, the portion comprising a recess which is traversed by a fixing screw and which is shaped to adjust the position of the fixation.
  • FIG. 1 is schematically reproduced a fiber drawing installation 10 which conventionally comprises a glass taking block 11, an intermediate block 12, and a die 13.
  • the die 13 is provided at the bottom with a plate 14 which is provided with a multitude of orifices 15, pierced in nipples, from which the molten glass flows to be stretched into a multiplicity of filaments 16.
  • the number of orifices is around and even exceeds 4000.
  • the filaments are gathered in a single ply 17 which comes into contact with a coating device 20 intended to coat each filament with a sizing. of aqueous or anhydrous type.
  • the device 20 may consist of a tank continuously fed by a sizing bath and a rotating roller whose lower part is constantly immersed in the bath. This roll is permanently covered with a film of size which is taken in passing by the filaments 16 sliding on its surface.
  • the sheet 17 then converges to an assembly device 21 where the various filaments are joined together to give rise to a glass fiber mesh 1.
  • the assembly device 21 can be constituted by a simple grooved pulley or a plate provided with a notch.
  • the wick 1 leaving the assembly device 21 enters a wire guide 22 to be wound around a support 23 with a horizontal axis with respect to the vertical arrival of the wire to the guide wire.
  • the wick is thus wound directly from the die to form a roving R.
  • this die is made of a platinum-rhodium alloy which ensures good thermal conductivity, mechanical resistance over time with respect to high temperatures, as well as good electrical conductivity in the overall range. its body, and at its connection terminals which are connected to at least one electrical connection device 3.
  • each lateral end 13a, 13b of the die In order to optimize the distribution of the electrical power supplied to the die and to lighten the mass suspended from the die, while providing sufficient energy for heating the die, provision is made on each lateral end 13a, 13b of the die. a plurality of connection terminals, for example three terminals 6, 7, 8 ( figure 2 ).
  • each of the terminals 6, 7, 8 on the side 13a, and similarly but not illustrated on the opposite side 13b of the die, are connected by an electrical connection device 3 to a fixed current supply terminal 9.
  • the terminals 6, 7, 8 are in the same material as the die 13 and are welded to each of the lateral ends 13a, 13b.
  • a terminal is advantageously in the form of an L ( figure 3 ), one of the wings 60 is secured by its free end of the end 13a of the die, while the other wing 61 perpendicular to the flange 60 and directed parallel to the lateral end of the die to the lower part of the die is connected to a connection device 3.
  • the flange 61 has a recess 62 intended to house, as will be described later, a fastening screw of the connection device and to adjust the position or the height of the fastener.
  • a connection device 3 ( figures 3 and 4 ) comprises a jaw 4 intended to be connected to the wing or connecting portion 61 of a terminal of the die, and an electrical connecting piece 5 connected by one of its ends 51 to the jaw 4, its opposite end 52 being intended to be connected to the fixed current supply terminal 9.
  • the jaw 4 has a shape in particular U and comprises a core 40 and two wings 41, 42 substantially opposite and perpendicular to the core so as to constitute a groove 43. In the connection position, is housed in the groove 43 the wing 61, and a clamping screw 44 passing through the wings 41, 42 of the jaw and the recess 62 of the terminal carries the mechanical holding of the jaw to the terminal.
  • the recess 62 is sufficiently sized to adjust the height of the attachment to control the insertion height of the flange 61 in the groove 43 so as to play on the contact surface between the jaw and the terminal, thereby to adjust the temperature of the die.
  • the electrical connection piece 5 consists of a U-shaped flexible body 50 which is able to deform, and of two opposite ends 51 and 52.
  • the electrical connection piece is made of copper and / or aluminum, preferably made entirely of copper, and has no protective sheath.
  • the flexibility of the body 50 makes it possible to absorb the mechanical stresses generated by the expansion of the die during its heating, without creating forces opposing this expansion, in particular due to the weight of the equipment supported by the die and to the rigidity of the terminals.
  • the body 50 may consist of an assembly of strips stacked on each other as illustrated or a braid.
  • the strip has the additional advantage of a spring effect tending to raise the end 51 and thus to oppose the vertical forces generated by the weight of the equipment.
  • the braid has the additional advantage of being twisted on itself, thus giving this type of connection the ability to adapt to all forms and orientations of the terminal of the die.
  • the end 51 formed as the body 50 is connected to the jaw 4 and is fixed by suitable fixing means 53 such as welding or screwing.
  • the free end 52 of the connecting piece 5 consists of a rigid connection area terminating the flexible body 50 which is secured to it for example by welding.
  • connection pad 52 is intended to be connected to the fixed current supply terminal 9. It comprises fixing means 54 intended to mutually cooperate with fixing means 91 arranged on the terminal 9.
  • the current supply terminal 9 is a part fixed to the wall P of the fiberizing cabin, via an electrically insulating sole S, at a height suitable for facing the connection devices 3.
  • the bar 9 is connected to a transformer not shown. It is made of copper to achieve the best electrical conduction of the current up to the connection pad 52, connected to it by mechanical contact.
  • the terminal 9 has a connection face or contact surface 90 against which is pressed the connection pad 52 of the flexible link.
  • connection terminal 9 advantageously has the form of a bar ( figure 2 ) and extends along the length of the end 13a of the die to facilitate the connection of the devices 3 on a single element.
  • a single piece 9 is necessary to connect all the devices 3.
  • the contact surface 90 of the bar 9 comprises the fixing means 91 which are intended to mutually cooperate with the fastening means 54 of each of the devices 3. These mutual cooperation means are constituted by projecting elements such as studs and by lights in which the protruding elements can engage. A clamping plate 92 and additional fixing means 93 of the nut type are associated with them.
  • the fixing means are adapted to adjust the positioning of the connection of the connection pad 52 of the electrical connection piece, to the bar 9 relative to the location of the terminals of the die.
  • the fixing means 54 or 91 it is permissible to secure the devices to the bar 9 by adjusting the positioning of the fixing means 54 or 91 as a function of the distance separating two connection pads 52 which depends on the number of terminals of the dies.
  • the fixing means 91 of the bar are formed by the projecting elements fixed on the bar, while the means 54 of the connecting piece consist of lights passing through the connection pads 52 these lights being advantageously oblong to adapt the positioning of the connection.
  • the projecting elements may be integral or reported against the bar and able to be moved and locked in position on the contact surface 90, while the means 54 consist of shape lights round or oblong.

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