EP1837096A1 - Procédé destiné à la fabrication d'une douille conique - Google Patents

Procédé destiné à la fabrication d'une douille conique Download PDF

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EP1837096A1
EP1837096A1 EP07005976A EP07005976A EP1837096A1 EP 1837096 A1 EP1837096 A1 EP 1837096A1 EP 07005976 A EP07005976 A EP 07005976A EP 07005976 A EP07005976 A EP 07005976A EP 1837096 A1 EP1837096 A1 EP 1837096A1
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conical sleeve
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Martin Jun. Niklas
Johann Köpf
Nikolaus Reimann
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Otto Bihler Handels Beteiligungs GmbH
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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
    • B21F37/00—Manufacture of rings from wire
    • 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
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/16—Making other particular articles rings, e.g. barrel hoops
    • 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
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/16—Making other particular articles rings, e.g. barrel hoops
    • B21D53/20—Making other particular articles rings, e.g. barrel hoops washers, e.g. for sealing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F3/00—Coiling wire into particular forms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21K—MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES, RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS
    • B21K1/00—Making machine elements
    • B21K1/76—Making machine elements elements not mentioned in one of the preceding groups
    • B21K1/761—Making machine elements elements not mentioned in one of the preceding groups rings

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a cone-shaped sleeve and a conical sleeve produced by the method according to the invention.
  • Conical sleeves are used in hydraulic or pneumatic systems and in particular in the sanitary sector, in order to support a sealing effect, for example, between a supply line to a valve and an angle valve connected thereto.
  • Such angle valves serve to be able to interrupt a supply line connected to the angle valve, for example a domestic installation, from the supply line to the fitting. Since the valves are usually supplied with both hot and cold water, usually two angle valves and thus also two conical sleeves are required per installed valve. From this it is clear that the Konushülse is a mass product that must be produced in very large quantities.
  • the invention proposes that for producing a cone-shaped sleeve, a wire section is wound into a wire ring segment, and the wire ring segment is converted to the cone-shaped sleeve.
  • This method is based on the plastic deformation of a wire section, so that can be dispensed with a machining production.
  • the material waste arising during the production process of the conical sleeve can be avoided, which is particularly advantageous in view of the scarcity of resources in the materials from which the conical sleeve is made.
  • the plastic deformation steps can be performed significantly faster compared to the machining, so that more cone sleeves can be produced per unit time. Overall, therefore, a more cost-effective production of cone sleeves is made possible by the claimed method.
  • the wire section In order to achieve a favorable distribution of material in the wire section with regard to the forming into the cone-shaped sleeve, it is preferable for the wire section to be formed into a flat wire section before winding.
  • the cross-sectional area of the wire portion which is normally, but not exclusively, formed circular, is transformed into an oval-like cross-sectional area having two longitudinal sides which are interconnected by broad sides, wherein the broad sides are formed shorter than the longitudinal sides.
  • the wire section is cut from a wire strand.
  • a free end of the wire strand, which forms the wire section to be formed wound according to the above method to a wire ring segment, wherein previously preferably the forming is performed to the flat wire section.
  • the wire segment formed by the winding, still connected to the wire strand is cut off after winding from the wire strand.
  • the wire strand or the wire section is rolled or is pulled by a drawing tool.
  • the cone-shaped sleeve made of the wire ring segment by forming same preferably circumferentially sweeps an angle between about 345 ° and about 360 °, wherein it is particularly preferred if the angle is about 355 °.
  • the cone sleeve has two circumferentially opposite free ends, which form an opening in the conical sleeve in the circumferential direction.
  • This opening causes the tapered sleeve can be elastically deformed in their use to a certain extent, so that they can be optimally adapted to corresponding supply lines or sealing elements, which may not always be completely identical due to manufacturing inaccuracies.
  • This adaptability of the conical sleeve, the sealing effect at the transition between an angle valve and a fitting supply line can be improved.
  • the forming into the cone-shaped sleeve is preferably carried out as a pressing process using a stamping die and a stamping mold.
  • a wire material is preferably a non-ferrous metal, in particular a copper alloy, for.
  • a copper alloy for.
  • brass into consideration, because these materials can be very well by plastic forming, such as rolling, drawing and pressing, bring in a desired shape.
  • the finished conical sleeve preferably has a radial inner surface, which in the axial direction substantially parallel to the winding axis of the Conical sleeve is formed, and a radial outer surface which is formed inclined in the axial direction to the winding axis.
  • a conical sleeve comes with its inner surface in abutment with an outer surface of a supply line to a valve and with its inclined, conical outer surface in contact with a corresponding inner circumference of a union nut, which is bolted to the angle valve.
  • a centering of the nut to be screwed with the angle valve with respect to the fitting supply line is achieved by the conical design.
  • the conical sleeve preferably has a radial cross-sectional area in the form of a triangle or a trapezium.
  • Fig. 1a which is a lateral plan view
  • a wire strand 10 is passed through two opposing rollers, of which only one roller 12 is shown.
  • the flat wire section 14 is then a winding device, not shown fed, in which it is wound with one of its side surfaces 16 adjacent to a winding mandrel with a winding axis W.
  • the flat wire section 14 is formed into a wire ring segment 18.
  • the wire ring segment 18 has a helical spring-like shape and is cut off by a winding device associated, also not shown cutting device from hitherto continuous, but transformed wire strand 10. The cutting takes place approximately at the point indicated by the arrow S point of the wire ring segment 18th
  • wire ring segment 18 After cutting off, one has in the production process the wire ring segment 18 as an individual part, as indicated in FIG. 1b). This wire ring segment 18 still has substantially the same radial cross-sectional area as the flat wire section 14.
  • the wire ring segment 18 is then fed to a press in which it is converted by a stamping process into a finished tapered sleeve 20, which in the figure 1c) in a Sectional view along the line C - C of the plan view in Fig. 1d) is shown.
  • the conical sleeve 20 has a radial outer peripheral surface 22, which is inclined with respect to the winding axis W.
  • a radial inner peripheral surface 24 extends substantially parallel to the winding axis W, wherein it is also possible to provide in this inner peripheral surface 24, for example, a kind gradation, as indicated at 26, to the best possible connection of the tapered sleeve 20 to a sealing element allow, so that an optimal sealing function is ensured.
  • the conical sleeve 20 has a radial cross-sectional area 28, which has the shape of a trapezoid.
  • the conical sleeve 20 is designed as a ring segment which has an opening 30 in the circumferential direction, in which two free ends 32, 34 of the conical sleeve 20 lie opposite one another at a desired spacing.
  • the conical sleeve 20 covers an angle of about 345 ° to 360 °, so that between the two free end 32 and 34 formed opening 30 has an angle ⁇ of about 0 to 15 °. It is particularly preferred in this case if the angle ⁇ is in the range of approximately 2 to 8 °.
  • the opening 30 allows the conical sleeve 20 to be elastically deformed in accordance with its material properties and in dependence on the angle ⁇ formed by the opening 30. As a result, the conical sleeve 20 can be optimally adapted in a completely assembled state to its associated components.
  • An angle valve 40 has a threaded connection 42, which can be connected to a supply line, not shown, for example, a domestic installation. Furthermore, the angle valve 40 has a fitting connection 42 substantially orthogonal fitting connection 44, to which a fitting supply line 46 by means of a sealing member 48, the conical sleeve 20 and a union nut 50, which can be screwed onto the Armaturzu effet für Technology 44, can be connected.
  • the sealing element 48 is placed on an edge 52 of the feed connection 44, and then fastened by means of the nut 50.
  • the nut 50 has a corresponding with the inclined outer peripheral surface 22 of the conical sleeve 20 inner peripheral surface, so that by tightening the nut 50 on the connecting thread portion 44, an axial force is exerted on the conical sleeve 20 and thus on the sealing element 48, so that between the angle valve 40 and the fitting supply line 46 due to the crimp connection produced an optimum sealing effect is ensured.
  • the angle valve 40 has a shut-off device 56, with which the flow from the supply line to the fitting supply line 46 can be regulated or turned off.
  • conical sleeves can also come in other types of valves or wiring or the like. Be used.
  • conical sleeves have a diameter of about 5 to 25 mm, in particular in the use mentioned.
  • cone sleeves can be made with larger dimensions.
  • sleeves with the proposed forming method, it is also possible to produce sleeves with a different shape, in particular double-conical sleeves or the like, for hydraulic applications, for example.
  • the proposed method for producing a tapered sleeve represents a cost-effective and resource-saving alternative to the previously known machining production, wherein approximately 5 to 10 times the number of tapered sleeves can be produced per unit of time compared to the known machining method. Based on tests carried out by the Applicant, a production of approximately 200 conch pulses per minute can be expected, which number may vary up or down in actual production, depending on the size of the sleeve to be produced.

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EP0879661A1 (fr) * 1997-05-20 1998-11-25 Societe Financiere D'etude Et De Developpement Industriel Et Technologique - Sofedit Procédé de fabrication d'une pièce annulaire tronconique et pièce obtenue par ceprocédé
EP1402972A1 (fr) * 2001-07-03 2004-03-31 Kanai, Hiroaki Materiau de fil metallique pour bague de fixation, procede de fabrication de ce materiau de fil metallique pour bague de fixation et dispositif pour fabriquer ce materiau de fil metallique pour bague de fixation ainsi que procede de fabrication d'une bague de fixation pour raccorder les tuyaux en ut
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