EP1738843B1 - Dispositif d'alimentation pour des barres métalliques et méthode correspondante - Google Patents

Dispositif d'alimentation pour des barres métalliques et méthode correspondante Download PDF

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EP1738843B1
EP1738843B1 EP06115933A EP06115933A EP1738843B1 EP 1738843 B1 EP1738843 B1 EP 1738843B1 EP 06115933 A EP06115933 A EP 06115933A EP 06115933 A EP06115933 A EP 06115933A EP 1738843 B1 EP1738843 B1 EP 1738843B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F23/00—Feeding wire in wire-working machines or apparatus
    • B21F23/005—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod
    • 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
    • B21D43/00—Feeding, positioning or storing devices combined with, or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, apparatus for working or processing sheet metal, metal tubes or metal profiles; Associations therewith of cutting devices
    • B21D43/006—Feeding elongated articles, such as tubes, bars, or profiles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F23/00—Feeding wire in wire-working machines or apparatus
    • B21F23/005—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod
    • B21F23/007—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod using pick-up means, e.g. for isolating a predefined number of wires from a bundle

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  • the present invention concerns a feed device for metal bars, and the relative method, able to be used in association with automatic machines, such as for example stirrup-making machines, bending machines, shaping machines, binding machines, or other similar machines for working bars.
  • automatic machines such as for example stirrup-making machines, bending machines, shaping machines, binding machines, or other similar machines for working bars.
  • the invention allows to feed metal bars, substantially continuously, to an automatic machine, eliminating downtimes while waiting for loading, and increasing the productivity of the machine.
  • Automatic machines for working metal bars are known, such as for example, stirrup-making machines, bending machines, shaping machines, binding machines or others, which work one or more bars at a time in order to make shaped pieces for the building trade or other type of product, or simply to prepare bars cut to size.
  • a feed store is normally provided, as for example disclosed in EP-A-501.212 , in which bars of various diameters are disposed in homogeneous bundles, from which on each occasion the bars to be sent to the machine are picked up, according to the specific requirements.
  • At least partly automatic devices have been proposed for feeding bars to work machines, some of which use magnetic pick-up means.
  • a purpose of the present invention is to achieve a feed device for metal bars which allows to considerably reduce the stand-by downtimes due to picking up and extracting the individual bars from the bundle.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a feed device for metal bars according to the present invention can be associated with any automatic machine for working said metal bars, and comprises at least a store in which the metal bars are disposed in different bundles, advantageously one for each different measurement of the bars; the feed device also comprises pick-up means suitable to extract one or more metal bars at a time from one of the bundles, according to requirements, in order to feed them to the automatic machine.
  • the feed device also comprises a translation unit comprising at least a supporting plane, disposed in an intermediate position between the store and the work machine, and transport means.
  • the translation unit allows to transfer the metal bars on each occasion, after they have been completely extracted from the bundle, towards the automatic machine, thus in practice achieving a dynamic unit for feeding the metal bars to the machine.
  • the pick-up means is free to operate substantially without ever stopping its functioning, so that a continuous extraction of the bars is achieved from the bundles, combined with a continuous feed of the bars to the work machine.
  • the automatic machine consists of a shearing machine suitable for cutting to size the bars extracted from the bundle.
  • two shearing machines are disposed at the two sides of the supporting plane in order to be fed alternately with bars by means of a movement with an opposite direction of the transport means.
  • the transport means comprises chains or belts disposed substantially orthogonal to the development of the supporting plane.
  • a feed device 10 is configured to feed, substantially continuously, a plurality of metal bars 11 to an automatic machine 13, shown only schematically in fig. 1 , for example a shearing machine, a stirrup-making machine or other analogous or comparable machine.
  • the feed device 10 is suitable to pick up metal bars 11 from a store 15 where they are grouped together, according to their diameter, in a plurality of homogeneous bundles, in this case disposed adjacent to each other.
  • the store 15 is of a substantially known type, for example with adjacent pockets, and therefore will not be described in detail here.
  • the device 10 comprises a pick-up member 16 disposed in cooperation with the terminal part of the metal bars 11, and a translation unit 40.
  • the translation unit 40 comprises a supporting plane 17, on which the pick-up member 16 deposits the metal bars 11 on each occasion picked up from the store 15, and transport means, for example a belt 30, associated with a base 27.
  • the pick-up member 16 comprises a frame 19 which develops in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal development of the store 15, and hence of the bars 11, on which a trolley 20 may slide, supporting a drawing assembly 21 and a magnetic loader 22.
  • the trolley 20 moves to position the drawing assembly 21, and the magnetic loader 22 in correspondence with the specific bundle of metal bars 11 according to the diameter required on each occasion.
  • the drawing assembly 21 is the type with rollers 23 and is suitable to receive one or more bars 11 at a time from the magnetic loader 22.
  • the assembly 21 is activated to completely extract the bar 11 from the relative bundle of the store 15 and deposit it on the supporting plane 17, as will be explained in detail hereafter.
  • the magnetic loader 22 comprises, in this case, two magnets, one vertical 25 and one horizontal 26, which allow to pick up one or more metal bars 11 from the bundle, and to position them between the rollers 23 of the drawing assembly 21.
  • the vertical magnet 25 moves in the direction of the arrow F and lifts the terminal part of a plurality of bars 11 from the relative bundle, substantially taking them to the same level as a horizontal median axis X that passes through the rollers 23, but distanced horizontally from the latter by some tens of centimetres.
  • the horizontal magnet 26, which is normally stationed on the horizontal median axis X of the rollers 23, moves towards the bars 11 in order to contact the outermost one of those held by the vertical magnet 25, and then inverts its direction and draws the bar 11 to be gripped between the rollers 23.
  • the sequence of movement of the horizontal magnet 26 can be repeated.
  • the supporting plane 17 comprises a plurality of benches 117 separated at intervals longitudinally from each other and disposed transversely to the development of the bars 11.
  • Each bench 117 consists in this case of a succession of cylindrical elements 29, free to rotate with respect to the relative axis Y, in order to promote the sliding of the bars 11 when they are extracted and progressively deposited on the supporting plane 17.
  • the transport chains 30 allow the lateral translation of the metal bars 11, once they have been completely extracted from the relative bundle, towards the machine 13.
  • the base 27 also supports, on the opposite side with respect to the pick-up member 16, an abutment element 28 which functions as a header for the bars 11 and stops their movement of inertia when they are released by the rollers 23.
  • a plurality of blades 31, protruding from the plane defined by the benches 117, are associated with each of the transport chains 30.
  • the transport chains 30 are associated with toothed crowns ( fig. 3 ), respectively, a drive crown 32 and a driven crown 33.
  • Each drive crown 32 is keyed to a common drive shaft 34, in turn made to rotate by means of a drive member 35, so that all the transport chains 30 can be moved with a single drive member 35.
  • the feed device 10 as described heretofore functions as follows.
  • the relative bundle is identified, and the trolley 20 is moved transversely to the store 15 so as to dispose the vertical magnet 25 of the magnetic loader 22 in correspondence with said bundle.
  • the vertical magnet 25 lifts a plurality of bars 11 from the bundle so that the horizontal magnet 26 can pick up, as we said, at least one of the bars 11 and position it between the rollers 23.
  • the rollers 23 are activated to extract it completely from the bundle and unload it onto the supporting plane 17.
  • the metal bar 11 translates on the cylindrical transport elements 29 until it is released by the rollers 23 and stops against the abutment 28.
  • the trolley 20 can move to pick up a new bar 11 of the same or different diameter according to requirements.
  • the chains 30 can be driven to start to translate, orthogonally to their axis, the bars 11 already disposed on the supporting plane 17 towards the work machine 13.
  • the thrust blades 31 contact the relative bar 11 and draw it progressively towards the machine 13.
  • the machine 13 can comprise, or be served by, a shearing assembly 36 which develops substantially alongside the supporting plane 17.
  • the shearing assembly 36 can comprise a roller-way on which the bars 11, progressively translated laterally, are unloaded by the movement of the chains 30.
  • the shearing assembly 36 comprises a drawing assembly with rollers 37 and shears 39, by means of which segments 12 of a desired length are formed, for example to be supplied in turn to a work machine 13, or to be used in any other way.
  • a shearing assembly 36, and/or a work machine 13 are provided on both sides of the supporting plane 17, so as to be able to be both served alternately by inverting the direction of movement of the transport chains 30.
  • any other known transport mechanism may be provided, such as for example a step-by-step mechanism, with actuators, or vibratory, cascade, or other suitable to guarantee the formation of a feed unit for the automatic machine 13.
  • a gripper loader may be provided, or a mechanical arm, rollers or other known type suitable for the purpose.

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  1. Dispositif d'alimentation de barres métalliques (11) vers une machine de travail (13), ledit dispositif (10) comprenant au moins un magasin (15) dans lequel lesdites barres métalliques (11) sont regroupées en au moins un paquet, et un moyen de prélèvement (16) apte à extraire une ou plusieurs barres (11) à la fois de l'un desdits, paquets afin de les amener à ladite machine de travail (13), ledit dispositif d'alimentation comprenant aussi une unité de translation (40) dotée d'au moins un plan de support (17) desdites barres (11), placé en position intermédiaire entre ledit magasin (15) et ladite machine de travail (13), et un moyen de transport (30) pouvant être actionné sélectivement pour transférer latéralement les barres métalliques (11), après qu'elles aient été complètement extraites du paquet, vers ladite machine de travail (13), dispositif caractérisé en ce que ledit plan de support (17) comprend une pluralité de bancs (117) séparés longitudinalement à intervalle les uns des autres, ledit moyen de transport (30) étant placé entre au moins deux desdits bancs adjacents (117)..
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits bancs (117) sont placés en position sensiblement transversale au développement longitudinal du plan de support (17).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chacun desdits bancs (117) comprend un ou plusieurs éléments cylindriques en rotation libre par rapport à un axe (Y), sensiblement perpendiculaire au développement longitudinal du plan de support (17).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de transport comprend au moins une chaîne motorisée (30), placée transversalement au développement longitudinal dudit plan de support (17).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit plan de support (17), au niveau d'une extrémité opposée à celle qui fait face audit magasin (15), possède un élément de butée (28) destiné à diriger et arrêter lesdites barres métalliques (11).
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ladite chaîne (30) supporte au moins une lame de poussée (31) qui dépasse dudit plan de support (17).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus, caractérisé en ce que le sens de déplacement dudit moyen de transport (30) peut être sélectivement inversé afin de déplacer en translation les barres métalliques (11) d'un côté ou de l'autre dudit plan de support (17).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus, caractérisé en ce que ladite machine de travail (13) comprend ou coopère avec une structure (36) destinée à cisailler lesdites barres métalliques (11) à dimension.
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de prélèvement (16) comprend un chariot (20) pouvant glisser transversalement au développement longitudinal du magasin (15) et comprenant au moins une structure d'extraction (21) et une structure de chargement (22).
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ladite structure de chargement (22) comporte un moyen d'extraction de type magnétique (25, 26).
  11. Méthode d'alimentation de barres métalliques (11), placées en au moins un paquet dans un magasin (15), vers une machine de travail (13), caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend les étapes suivantes :
    au moins une barre (11) est complètement extraite dudit paquet par un élément de prélèvement (16) et placée sur un plan de support (17) placé en position intermédiaire entre ledit magasin (15) et ladite machine de travail (13) ;
    - un moyen de transport (30) est actionné, en coopération avec ledit plan de support (17), afin de transférer latéralement la barre métallique (11) sur une pluralité de bancs (117) séparés longitudinalement à intervalle les uns des autres, ledit moyen de transport (30) étant placé entre au moins deux desdits bancs adjacents (117), après qu'elle ait été complètement extraite du paquet, vers ladite machine de travail (13) ;
    - simultanément à ladite étape de transfert latéral de la barre extraite (11), l'élément de prélèvement (16) est actionné pour effectuer un nouveau cycle d'extraction d'une deuxième barre métallique (11) et de déchargement de celle-ci sur ledit plan de support (17).
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