EP1706318A1

EP1706318A1 - Axial bearing for a spooling roller

Info

Publication number: EP1706318A1
Application number: EP05700323A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Ernst Meier; Alois Tanner
Original assignee: ATS Automatic Taping Systems AG
Current assignee: ATS Automatic Taping Systems AG
Priority date: 2004-01-21
Filing date: 2005-01-19
Publication date: 2006-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 2025-01-19
Also published as: CA2551984C; ATE374719T1; WO2005070766A1; CA2551984A1; US20070158490A1; ES2296125T3; DE502005001628D1; US7475845B2; EP1706318B1

Abstract

An axial bearing, for a spooling roller on a spooling machine, with a shaft fixed to a machine frame, or to a machine chassis, a fixed rear cover disc, a hub freely rotating about the shaft and a flange, arranged on the free front face of the shaft with a front cover disc. At least one stud chamfers in the radial direction, away from the shaft in the region of the flange, engaging in but without projecting beyond a guide slot of a bayonet sleeve, detachably connected to the flange. The open guide slot, on the front face, rises up to an arched peak, turns away from the front face of the bayonet sleeve at a separation and runs toward the front face with a blind terminus. A pressure spring, tensioned on the shaft, is arranged between a shaft mounting and the hub, which presses the roller core with the spooling roller, over the hub, in the axial direction on the flange and forms therewith a rapid closure with the centered spooling roller. The separation (a) corresponds to the separating of the roller core, or the mounted but not yet pressurized spooling roller, from the rear cover disc.

Description

Axle bearing for a roll of banderoles

The invention relates to an axle bearing for a band roll of a banding machine with a shaft rigidly attached to a machine frame or on a machine frame and also a rigidly attached rear cover plate, a freely rotatable hub on the shaft and a flange arranged on the free end face of the shaft a front cover plate.

In banding machines, a band-shaped film made of paper, plastic or a composite is guided in a band guide that limits the extent as a loop around a stack of packaged goods. This band guide is designed as an open or closed arch, depending on the rigidity of the banderoles, the dimensions and the use of the banded packaged goods stack.

In principle, the packaged goods to be banded can be of any design, for example square, rectangular, round or trapezoidal with respect to the base area. At least one banderole is created, with several at the same time or in succession.

A fully automatic banding machine initially forms a loop that is stable or held up, in which the stack of packaged goods is placed. The stack of packaged goods can also be inserted before the loop is formed, sensor-controlled or triggered with a hand or foot switch, the banderole clamped at its free end is withdrawn until it lies snugly against the packaged goods. Then the clamped end is glued or welded and cut off with the tape.

The basic principle of banding is widely known. In the EP 0551244 A1 describes a banding machine that includes cold welding. This further development guarantees a clean closure, requires less maintenance, prevents deposits of film fire and the replacement of heating elements.

Even though banderole rolls currently deliver up to around 800 m of paper and even 1300 m of film, they have to be replaced relatively frequently during continuous operation. Smaller banderole rolls are used in non-specialized companies and may be replaced depending on use. A roll change must therefore be as simple as possible with regard to the tensioning of the roll and the threading of the banderole.

The usual band widths for banderoles are 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75 and 100 mm. The diameter is large to very large compared to the bandwidth, which is why cover disks are arranged on both sides to avoid lateral dislocations, which do not rotate when unrolling.

Banderole reels have a cardboard reel core, which is pushed onto the freely rotatable hub. Because of unavoidable manufacturing tolerances, the banderole rolls are often slipped on insufficiently, the banderoles which are wound on the roll and laterally offset rub against a cover disk, resulting in a braking effect, which overloads the tape feed motor. Annoying operational disruptions that have negative effects on production costs should be remedied as a precaution.

The invention has for its object to provide an axle bearing of the type mentioned, which allows easier roll change and trouble-free operation.

According to the invention, the object is achieved in that in the region of the flanges at least one bolt projects radially from the shaft and does not protrude into a guide slot that is detachably connected to the flange. bound bayonet sleeve engages, the front open guide slot rises into an arcuate apex and turns at a distance a from the end face of the bayonet sleeve and ends blindly in the direction of the end face of the bayonet sleeve, a compression spring is arranged between a shaft bracket and the hub on the shaft , which presses the roll core with the banderole roll over the hub in the axial direction on the flange and forms a quick-release fastener with a centered banderole roll, the distance a corresponding to the distance of the roll core of the inserted, not yet pressed banderole roll from the rear cover plate. Advantageous and further developing embodiments of the axle bearing are the subject of dependent patent claims.

The central element of the invention is the bayonet sleeve, which is longitudinally displaceable and simultaneously rotatable on the rigid shaft in accordance with the guide slots with bolts guided therein. The guide slots with the arcuate apex allow the banderole roll to be pressed from the front to the rear cover disk and lateral displacements to be directed with a continuous rotation of the flange in a first phase. When turning further, the banderole roll is removed again from the rear cover plate due to the retraction of the flange and the action of a compression spring and is held in the end position approximately in the middle of the two cover plates. Turning in the same direction allows the two cover disks to align the banderole roll in the first phase and in the second phase, after reaching the stop, the roll is placed approximately in the middle between the cover disks. The end position of the guide slot can still have a catch.

With suitable means, in particular with a screw, the axial position of the bayonet sleeve can be positioned and locked in accordance with the bandwidth of the banderole roll. The use of the same axle bearing for different bandwidths is of considerable economic importance. The course of the guide slots is arbitrary per se, they are generally linearly increasing, merge into a circular arc and are again linearly formed up to the blind end. However, they can also increase degressively. The slope preferably has an angle of 30 to 60 °, preferably approximately 45 °, and leads back to the blind end in the same angular range after the curve. With regard to the distance of this blind end from the apex surface of the bayonet sleeve, the guide slot is reduced to 0.3 to 0.7 a, preferably about 0.5 a. At the latter value of 0.5 a, the banderole roll lies in the middle between the two cover disks, which is generally the aim.

The distance a is matched to the special conditions of the axle bearing. After turning the flange until the apex is reached with a feed rate a, the banderole roll must be taken from the flange or the front cover plate until both cover plates fit snugly against the banderole roll. When turning further, the flange must be withdrawn, i. H. the crown has been exceeded. If the distance a is too large, this is not possible; if the distance a is too small, the banderoles are not aligned.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the roll core of the band roll is not pushed directly onto the hub, but onto protruding spring clips. This is essential because on the one hand the roller core does not have to be pressed forcefully onto the hub if the inside diameter is in the lower tolerance range, but on the other hand it does not flutter or flutter if it is in the upper tolerance range.

With the present invention, not only is the tensioning of banderole rolls made easier and more reliable, but also made insensitive to manufacturing tolerances for the inside diameter of the roll core. The automatic straightening of the banderole on the banderole roll and the automatic positioning of the roll core in the middle of the cover discs by means of back springing the relaxed hub when the flange is turned completely automatically leads to the best solution.

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments shown in the drawing, which are also the subject of dependent claims. They show schematically:

1 is a view of a banding machine with a band roll,

2 shows a partially broken open view of an axle bearing of an attached band roll,

3 is a side view of FIG. 2,

4 shows the band roll according to FIG. 2 with the rear and front cover disks applied,

5 shows a side view according to FIG. 4,

6 shows the band roll according to FIG. 2 in the end position,

7 is a side view of FIG. 6,

8 is an axial section through a banderole roll in the position of FIGS. 7 and

- Fig. 9, the guide slots of the bayonet sleeve in a developed view.

Fig. 1 shows a banding machine 10 with a height-adjustable chassis 12 on lockable wheels 14, components not essential to the invention are shown, but not specifically described, because they are known to the person skilled in the art. A front cover disk 18 with a banderole roll 20 is rotatably mounted on a cross strut 16 of the chassis 12. A banderole 22 is unwound via a band storage device 24, which comprises three stationary deflection rollers 26 and three deflection rollers 30 supported on a pivotable lever 28. When the loops are formed very quickly, the band store 24 serves as a reserve, the lever 28 is raised and lowers again under the influence of gravity. After the band store 24, the band 22 is drawn into a band channel 32 which is arranged in a machine housing 34 with a folding table plate 36. In this machine housing 34 further known machine elements are arranged, in particular a belt drive roller 38, a transport roller 42 pressing the sleeve 22 against the belt drive roller 38 or allowing this freewheeling when a lever 40 is in the appropriate position, an encoder roller 44 running exactly with the sleeve 22 Hold-down plate 46, a welding and cutting unit 48, and a digital control 60 electrically connected to the drive of the belt drive roller 38 and the rotary encoder roller 44.

In the present case, the belt guide 50 in the area of stacked packaged goods 52 is open, by means of two support domes 54 arranged symmetrically in plan, which can easily be supplemented by a horizontal channel open at the bottom, for example according to EP 0456604 A1.

A switch is arranged under a flap cover 58 and, as shown, can also be designed as a foot switch 56.

The actuation of a switch 56 activates the tape drive roller 38, which pulls or pushes the tape 22 through the tape guide 50 at high speed. After the formation of a sheet free in the present case, the front end of the band 22 is clamped. The belt roll drive 38 rotates in the opposite direction and pulls the band around the inserted, stacked packaged goods 52 with adjustable tension, which is referred to as return.

According to FIGS. 2 and 3, a rigid shaft 62, which runs perpendicular to the machine frame 16 and has a free-running hub 64, is arranged in a shaft holder 90 of an axle bearing 11. A rear cover plate 68 is fastened to the machine frame 16 via a U-shaped bearing block 66. 3, a banderole roll 20 with a roll core 70 made of cardboard is partially pushed onto the hub 64. The front cover plate 8 is applied to the banderole roll 20. The roller core 70 has the distance a from the rear cover disk 68.

The front cover disk 18, which abuts the band roll 20, is integrated in a flange 74. With its inner bore, the flange 74 lies coaxially on a bayonet bush 76, which in turn is pivotably mounted on the shaft 62. Radially outside the bayonet sleeve 76, the flange 74 is designed as a handwheel with longitudinal ribs 112. The bayonet sleeve 76, which in the present case is sleeve-shaped, has two diagonally opposite guide slots 78 which openly end on the inner end face 80 of the bayonet sleeve 76. In each of these guide slots 78, a bolt 84 which projects perpendicularly from the shaft 62 is guided. The guide slots 78 are shown in detail in FIG. 9.

From this starting point on the inner end face 80 of the bayonet sleeve 76, a unit consisting of the flange 74, the bayonet sleeve 76 and the front cover plate 18 is rotated with slight pressure in the axial direction of the shaft 62 in the direction of the arrow 82 - that is to say clockwise until the pressing point shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is reached. The band roll 20 with a width b is pushed further until the roll core 64 stops at the step 72 of the hub 64 and the rear cover disk 68, which is now flush with the surface. At this pressing point, laterally offset bands 22 are also directed to a width b of the band roll 20. The step 72 of the retracted hub 64 and the rear cover disk 68 are flush with the surface. The hub 64, which is not only free-running but also freely displaceable in the axial direction of the shaft 62, is pressed against the cross strut 16. At this pressing point, the bolts 84 in the guide slots 78 have reached the highest point, the apex 118 (FIG. 9).

The unit consisting of the flange 74, the bayonet sleeve 76 and the front cover plate 18 is now rotated in the direction of arrow 86, again clockwise, into the working point shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. Corresponding to the guide slot 78 with the guided bolt 84, the unit mentioned has moved again in the direction of the free end face 96 of the shaft 62. The banderole roll 20 can spring back into the exemption shown in FIG. 7, it is now at a distance from the front cover plate 18 and the rear cover plate 68. A compression spring 88 shown in FIG. 8 displaces the hub 64 from the shaft holder 90 and thus also from the rear cover plate 68 away, the hub 64 can now rotate freely together with the banderole roll 20. Another compression spring 100 also removes the front cover disk 18 from the banderole roll 20. On the inside of the flange 74, an annular stop 92 is formed, which has the same diameter as the roll core 70. The ring stop 92 expediently has a slidable inner surface. If the front cover plate 18 comes too close to the band roll 20, the ring stop 92 grinds on the roll core 70 and thus keeps the band material away from the front cover plate 18. Therefore, there is only a small frictional loss, which is only a fraction of the frictional loss that would arise if the band material grinds on the front cover plate 18.

8 shows the final or working position of the axle bearing 11 according to FIG. 6 and in detail. The band roll 20 has a width b of 15 mm in the present case, the distance c of the band roll 20 from the rear cover plate 68 is approximately 5 mm, the distance d of the band roll 20 from the front cover plate 18 is approximately 4 mm. The band roll 20 rests on the freely rotating hub 64. It is centered on spring clips 94. The shaft 62 is fixed on the machine frame 16 via the shaft holder 90.

The compression spring 88, which wraps around the shaft 62, holds the hub 64 and the shaft holder 90 at an axial distance of a few millimeters. If a force is exerted on the hub 64, it rests directly on the shaft holder 90. If the back pressure is removed, the original distance is restored manufactured, the hub 64 springs back.

An axial bore 120 is cut out of the shaft 62 from the free end face 96. A pressure piece 98 is inserted into this bore and rests on a compression spring 100 in the bore 120. The spring force of the compression spring 100 is absorbed by a screw 102 which acts axially on the pressure piece 98 and which is screwed to the bayonet bushing 76.

The bayonet sleeve 76 is screwed to the flange 74, the end face 122 of the flange 74 has a distance t that can be adjusted from the end face 124 of the bayonet sleeve 76 in accordance with the bandwidth b of the banderole 22. This distance is fixed with a screw 106.

At the front of the hub 64, in the part extending into the flange 74, an Si ring 108 and a shim 110 are arranged on the shaft.

If a torque is exerted on the flange 74 in the area of the longitudinal ribs 112, the unit consisting of the flange 74 of the bayonet bushing 76 and the front cover disk 18 is rotated, the bolts 84 anchored in the shaft 62 in the guide slots 78 bring about an axial movement of the Bayonet bushing 76 and thus the entire unit mentioned in the direction of the rear cover disk 68. The distance x of the end face 124 of the bayonet bushing 76 from the free end face 96 of the shaft 62 changes in accordance with the rotation, and the distance t of the end faces 122, 124 from the flange 74 and bayonet sleeve 76 remains unchanged with the same bandwidth b. The details are described in FIGS. 2 to 7.

A brass brush 114 is arranged on the rear cover disk 68 as a ground contact with a spacer 116.

9, the guide slots 78 with the apex 118 of the deflection bend are shown in detail. In particular, the distance a of the apex 118 is from the inner face 80 of the bayonet sleeve 76 and the slope α of the guide slots 78 can be seen. The bolts 84 are in the working position.

Claims

claims

1. axle bearing (11) for a band roll (20) of a banding machine (10) with a rigidly attached to a machine frame (16) or on a machine frame shaft (62) and a likewise rigidly attached rear cover plate (68), one on the shaft (62) freely rotatable hub (64) and a flange (74) arranged on the free end face (96) of the shaft (62) with a front cover disk (18), characterized in that in the region of the flange (74) at least one bolt (84) protrudes radially from the shaft (62), which does not protrude into a guide slot (78) of a bayonet sleeve (76) detachably connected to the flange (74), the guide slot (78), which is open at the end, rising into an arcuate apex (118) merges with a distance (a) from the end face (80) of the bayonet sleeve (76) and ends blindly in the direction of the end face (80), one between a shaft holder (90) and the hub (64) on theShaft (62) tensioned compression spring (88) is arranged, which presses the roll core (70) with the banderole roll (20) over the hub (64) in the axial direction on the flange (74) and with this a quick release with centered banderole roll (20) forms, the distance (a) corresponding to the distance of the roll core (70) or the inserted, not yet pressed banderole roll (20) from the rear cover plate (68).

2. axle bearing (11) according to claim 1, characterized in that two diagonally opposite bolts (84) project from the shaft (62) in the guide slot (78).

3. axle bearing (11) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the guide slots (78) for the bolts (84) with preferably linear or de- gradual gradient, pass in a circular arc with a vertex (118) and preferably descend linearly.

4. axle bearing (11) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the slope of the guide slots (78) has an angle α of 30 to 60 °, preferably about 45 °.

5. axle bearing (11) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the guide slots (78) after the apex an end position with a distance of (0.3 to 0.7) .a, preferably about = 0.5 a from the inner end face (80) of the bayonet sleeve (76).

6. axle bearing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the guide slots have a latching after reaching the end position.

7. axle bearing (11) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the distance (t) of the end face (124) of the bayonet sleeve (76) from the free end face (122) of the flange (74) corresponding to the width (b ) the band (22) is adjustable.

8. axle bearing (11) according to claim 7, characterized in that in a from the free end face (96) of the shaft (62) outgoing axial bore (120) a compression spring (100) and a longitudinally displaceable pressure piece (98) are arranged, wherein the position of the pressure piece (98) and the bayonet sleeve (76) connected to it can be adjusted with a screw (102).

9. axle bearing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the roller core (70) rests with play on the hub (64) and is centered with spring clips (94).

10. axle bearing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the flange (74) has a ring stop (92) in the region of the roller core (70) used, which preferably has a slidable inner surface.

11. Axle bearing (11) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that outside of the roller core (70) is a radially extending, via a spacer (116) surface retractable brass brush (114) is arranged as a ground contact.