EP1924732B1 - Dispositif de detection de fil de trame et de couche d'une nappe de tissu textile transportee - Google Patents

Dispositif de detection de fil de trame et de couche d'une nappe de tissu textile transportee Download PDF

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EP1924732B1
EP1924732B1 EP06792483A EP06792483A EP1924732B1 EP 1924732 B1 EP1924732 B1 EP 1924732B1 EP 06792483 A EP06792483 A EP 06792483A EP 06792483 A EP06792483 A EP 06792483A EP 1924732 B1 EP1924732 B1 EP 1924732B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06H—MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
    • D06H3/00—Inspecting textile materials
    • D06H3/12—Detecting or automatically correcting errors in the position of weft threads in woven fabrics
    • D06H3/125—Detecting errors in the position of weft threads

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  • the invention relates to a device for weft thread and position detection of a conveyed textile web, comprising an oscillatory weft yarn detection unit and an image acquisition unit according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device provided for this purpose is resorted to a sectionally rotatory and executed around a central position around oscillatory movement of a slit-shaped diaphragm element.
  • the textile material passing through in front of the panel element is irradiated by a light source located behind it. If the instantaneous angular position of the slit-shaped diaphragm element now coincides with the current position of the weft thread, a minimization of the received light intensity is registered in a photoelement arranged behind the slit-shaped diaphragm.
  • the position of the weft threads of the fabric can be determined very quickly.
  • Such a method is particularly well suited for simple weave structures and a higher conveying speed of the textile material.
  • a considerable drop in measurement accuracy occurs because the woven structures falsify the measurement signal, in some cases considerably, or at lower product speeds, the peaks in the angle-dependent intensity value distribution on the photoelement become more indistinct and unclear identify.
  • From the EP 0 816 554 B1 is a method for distortion correction of a pattern printed or otherwise provided with visually recognizable patterns web, in particular woven, knitted or knitted known.
  • the recognizable on the web pattern is taken by a CCD image capture device, converted into image signals and processed in an image processing device for generating control signals.
  • the control signals are used for a subsequent distortion correction of the web.
  • the CCD image acquisition device can be arranged according to the teaching specified therein both in the transverse direction, as well as in the longitudinal direction to the conveying direction of the web and therefore both for registering a delay, as well as for controlling a repeat of the web.
  • Such a method, or a device provided for carrying out such a method can be operated at lower goods speeds and used for distortion control of patterned webs and in part also for weft thread recognition.
  • the above-mentioned oscillatory measuring method for registering the weft yarn layer and said CCD image recognition method thus relate to two different application areas defined by different speeds of goods transport or a non-existent or existing pattern structure of the material web.
  • the oscillatory measuring method or the CCD image recognition method can not be used or with only insufficient accuracy.
  • the conveyor system or straightening machine must therefore either be retrofitted on a case by case basis, or necessarily have both an oscillatory measuring device and a CCD image recognition device.
  • the device should also make it possible to operate the straightening machine with arbitrary web speeds and at the same time to ensure reliable structural recognition of the web both with regard to the pattern and the fabric structure at all times.
  • a combined scanning of the web both in terms of weft position, as well as the position of the web should be made possible in total, depending on the requirement both a reflected light and a transmitted light measurement of the sought quality and manufacturing parameters must be made possible.
  • a device for weft thread and position detection of a conveyed textile web comprising an oscillatory weft detection unit and an image acquisition unit with the Features of claim 1.
  • a device for weft thread and position detection of a conveyed textile web comprising an oscillatory weft detection unit and an image acquisition unit with the Features of claim 1.
  • the device is characterized in that the oscillatory weft detection unit and the image acquisition unit are formed as integral components of a compact measuring head arrangement arranged on one or both sides of the web, wherein the measuring head arrangement comprises a series of lighting units for both reflected light and transmitted light operation of the oscillatory weft detection unit and the image acquisition unit and a control and evaluation electronics integrated into the measuring head arrangement for operating the oscillatory weft yarn detection unit and the image acquisition unit.
  • the device for weft and position detection forms a closed installable measuring system, with both the weft position, as well as the fabric position as needed simultaneously or alternately with the oscillatory detection method or image recognition in both a reflected light, and in a transmitted light configuration leaves. All necessary components are summarized at a designated section of the production or conveyor system of the web, with a removal and installation or fitting a variety of individual components avoided and the installation and implementation costs for the detection device is sustainably reduced.
  • the device consists of a measuring head arrangement consisting of two opposite partial measuring heads with the material web passing between the partial measuring heads.
  • a first part measuring head includes an oscillating or rotating slit diaphragm with a photodetector for the weft detection unit and a second part measuring head a lighting device in transmitted light configuration for the oscillatory slit diaphragm.
  • the second partial measuring head has an image acquisition device, wherein the first partial measuring head contains a lighting device in transmitted light configuration for the image acquisition device.
  • a one-sided arrangement for a reflection operation is possible.
  • the two partial measuring heads complement each other functionally.
  • the first part of the measuring head is used to scan the web for image acquisition, which is performed in the second part of the measuring head, while the second part of the measuring head for the transillumination of the web for oscillatory weft detection is formed.
  • the image acquisition and the weft detection thus take place in different partial measuring heads and thus do not interfere with each other.
  • light sources are integrated in the respective measuring head.
  • the first part measuring head can have an illumination device for incident light operation of the oscillatory weft detection unit, and the second part measuring head can accordingly have a lighting device for an incident light operation of the image detection unit.
  • the oscillatory weft detection unit and the image acquisition unit together with an illumination unit for incident light operation in the first component measuring head and to provide at least one illumination unit for transmitted light operation of the weft detection unit and / or the image acquisition unit in the second component measuring head.
  • the lighting unit for the transmitted light operation can be easily exchanged and replaced if necessary.
  • At least one lighting unit in each of the aforementioned embodiments is designed both for incident light and transmitted light operation in a first variant as a continuously emitting light source, in particular a high-power light source.
  • At least one lighting unit is a light source operating in flash mode. At least one lighting unit is formed in an advantageous development as a monochromatic light source.
  • the image detection unit has a gradient optical system in combination with a mirror device delimiting the overall length of the partial measuring head provided for this purpose.
  • Such optics are very sharp, especially at close range, while the mirror device contributes to the compact shape of the respective partial measuring head.
  • the measuring head arrangement is expediently encapsulated against adverse environmental influences, in particular atmospheric humidity or high ambient temperatures. Furthermore, in a further advantageous embodiment, the measuring head arrangement can have measuring devices for detecting physical-chemical environmental parameters of the material web, in particular an air humidity sensor and / or a temperature sensor.
  • Fig. 1 shows a textile web 5 with an oscillatory weft yarn detection unit 10 on a first side of the web and one on the Both the weft detection unit, as well as the image detection unit are formed as integral parts of a measuring head assembly 30, which is located on both sides of the web.
  • the measuring head arrangement has a number of illumination units 40, which ensure both incident light and transmitted light operation for the weft detection unit or the image acquisition unit.
  • the weft detection unit and the image acquisition unit are each assigned an evaluation electronics 50, which also controls the functional sequence of the illumination devices.
  • the components arranged on one side of the web 5 are combined to form a first part measuring head 60a and the components arranged on the other side of the web are combined to form a second part measuring head 60b and thus form closed compact functional units, which are expediently encapsulated.
  • the partial measuring head 60a has a slit diaphragm 70 oscillating about an average angular position with a photodetector 75 arranged behind the slit diaphragm. This transmits the angle-dependent light intensity in a measurement voltage, which is processed by the transmitter 50.
  • the second partial measuring head 60b arranged on the other side of the material web 5 has an illumination device 80 which is arranged in a transmitted light configuration with respect to the slit diaphragm 70.
  • the illumination device 80 is a high-power light source, which expediently has an optical system for generating a parallel beam and whose emission direction is oriented perpendicular to the surface of the material web.
  • the illumination device 80 is controlled by an electronic control unit 50 within the second partial measuring head.
  • the second partial measuring head contains an image capture device 90, which is preferably designed as a CCD camera. The image capture device is also controlled by the control electronics 50.
  • an illumination device 100 integrated into the first sub-measuring head 60a is used for image formation in transmitted-light mode. In its construction, this substantially corresponds to the illumination device 80.
  • the first sub-measuring head 60a also has an illumination device 110 which interacts with the oscillatory slit 70 in an incident light mode and locally illuminates the material web 5.
  • a number of illumination devices 115 integrated into the second partial scan head 60 b are provided for an incident light operation of the image capture device 90.
  • the lighting devices can be designed in the form of the usual types of light sources. Preferably, either intense white light sources in continuous or flash operation or monochromatic light sources are used.
  • monochromatic light makes it possible to prevent the passage of light, for example from the illumination device 80 into the image capture device 90 or from the illumination device 100 to the oscillatory weft detection device via corresponding color filters.
  • a gradient optical system 127 is provided in optional combination with a mirror unit 130, which transmits the structures of the web 5 to the image-capturing device 90, i. the CCD camera, images.
  • the mirror unit 130 can be designed to be adjustable and can thus be conveniently changed in two angularly perpendicular axes in their angular position.
  • the gradient optics 127 ensures a particularly good resolution of the web structures in the vicinity.
  • Fig. 2 shows another exemplary embodiment of the measuring head assembly 30.
  • the partial measuring head 60a includes both the weft detection unit 10 and the image acquisition unit 20 with the corresponding components.
  • the partial measuring head 60b has illumination devices for the transmitted light operation of the weft detection unit and the image acquisition unit.
  • a single light source 120 is provided for this purpose.
  • the partial measuring head 60a off Fig. 2 also has illumination devices 115a and 115b for incident light operation.
  • the lighting device 115a and 115b are independently activatable.
  • a sensor 150 for detecting physical or chemical environmental parameters in the vicinity of the web 5 is integrated in the sub-measuring head 60a.
  • the image capture device 90 is integrated in the sub-measuring head 60a, that the lens is protected by a lens shield 160 from the ingress of scattered radiation.
  • the oscillatory weft detection unit 10 can be operated in incident light, while the image detection unit 20 operates in transmitted light mode.
  • a comparable lens shield is also possible for the slit 70 and can be performed accordingly within the scope of professional practice.
  • Fig. 3 shows the surface of the partial measuring head 60a Fig. 2 viewed from the web.
  • the illumination devices 115 have, for optimum illumination of the corresponding area of the material web, a shape that at least partially encloses the openings for the slit 70 and the lens shield 160, respectively.
  • the detection field of the weft detection unit 10 or the image detection unit 20 can be illuminated to a large extent homogeneously.
  • the illumination devices 115 can have special focusing or diffuser optics with which on the one hand sufficiently clear local illumination of the respective detection field can be achieved with a minimum scattered light component while the detection field is uniformly illuminated.
  • the device according to the invention for weft thread and position detection of a conveyed textile web allows, by virtue of its described properties, an automatic, independent selection of the optimal measuring method with regard to the tissue properties, depending on the type of material of the web.
  • the resulting camera image is subjected to a configurable filtering, followed by a transformation of the gray-scale image (spatial domain) into the frequency domain by means of a fast Fourier transform (FFT).
  • FFT fast Fourier transform
  • a fixed sector in the frequency domain determined by evaluation angle and minimum or maximum thread frequency, the maximum is sought, which is attributable to the dominant thread structure.
  • the then recognizable angular deviation with respect to the vertical corresponds to the current angular position of the thread structure, wherein the vertical distance to the center corresponds to the frequency of the thread structure.
  • the maximum can be shifted by undersampling to higher frequencies, so that the angular resolution can be increased, so that at a relatively small yarn frequency, the maximum to be sought for determining a Materialbandverzugshongs not in the vicinity of the zero point and is difficult to detect.
  • typical properties are determined which are stored in a so-called recipe memory.
  • recipe memory For example, the evaluation of the camera image by means of edge filtering with subsequent averaging over the respective image.
  • the resulting value represents a measure of the horizontal edges contained in the image and their characteristics and is therefore a characteristic of the respective type of fabric.
  • the current properties are compared with those in the recipe memory and the recipe with the most common matching properties is determined. If changes are detected here, this is considered a change of the goods and the matching, new recipe is selected. In this way, it is no longer necessary to make a new set up of the system during a web change or the treatment of different fabrics or knitted fabrics, so that production downtime can be avoided.

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  1. Dispositif de détection de fil de trame et de position d'une nappe de tissu textile transportée (5), comprenant une unité de détection de fil de trame oscillatoire (10) et une unité d'imagerie (20), caractérisé en ce que l'unité de détection de fil de trame oscillatoire et l'unité d'imagerie sont configurées en tant que constituants intégraux d'un agencement de tête de mesure (30) compact agencé des deux côtés de la nappe de tissu textile, où l'agencement de tête de mesure présente une série d'unités d'illumination (40) destinées à une utilisation tant en lumière incidente qu'en lumière transmise de l'unité de détection de fil de trame oscillatoire et de l'unité d'imagerie ainsi qu'une électronique intégrée de commande et d'évaluation (50) intégrée dans l'agencement de têtes de mesure pour la commande de l'unité oscillatoire de détection de fil de trame et de l'unité d'imagerie.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'agencement de tête de mesure (30) est constituée de deux têtes de mesure partielle opposées (60a, 60b) avec la nappe de tissu textile défilant entre les têtes de mesure partielles, où une première tête de mesure partielle (60a) présente un diaphragme oscillatoire (70) avec un photodétecteur (75) pour l'unité de détection de fil de trame (10) et une deuxième tête de mesure partielle (60b) présente un dispositif d'illumination en configuration à lumière transmise pour le diaphragme oscillatoire, et la deuxième tête de mesure partielle présente une unité d'imagerie (90), la première tête de mesure partielle contenant un dispositif d'illumination (100) en configuration à lumière transmise pour le dispositif d'imagerie.
  3. Dispositif suivant les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la première tête de mesure partielle (60a) présente un dispositif d'illumination (110) pour un fonctionnement en lumière incidente de l'unité de détection de fil de trame oscillatoire et que la deuxième tête de mesure partielle (60b) présente un dispositif d'illumination (115) pour un fonctionnement en lumière incidente de l'unité d'imagerie.
  4. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'unité oscillatoire de détection de fil de trame et l'unité d'imagerie sont réunies ensemble avec une unité d'illumination pour un fonctionnement en lumière incidente (115) dans la première tête de mesure partielle (60a) et que la deuxième tête de mesure partielle (60b) présente au moins une unité d'illumination (120) pour un fonctionnement en lumière transmisse de l'unité de détection de fil de trame et / ou de l'unité d'imagerie.
  5. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications qui précèdent, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une unité d'illumination (40) est une source lumineuse émettant en continu, en particulier une source lumineuse à haut rendement.
  6. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une unité d'illumination (40) est une source lumineuse travaillant en mode flash.
  7. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une unité d'illumination (40) est une source lumineuse monochromatique.
  8. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications qui précèdent, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'imagerie présente une optique à gradient d'indice (127) en combinaison avec un dispositif de réflexion (130) limitant la longueur de construction de la tête de mesure partielle correspondante.
  9. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications qui précèdent, caractérisé en ce que l'agencement de têtes de mesure est encapsulé aux fins de protection contre des influences environnementales néfastes, en particulier l'humidité de l'air ou des températures ambiantes élevées.
  10. Dispositif suivant l'une quelconque des revendications qui précèdent, caractérisé en ce que l'agencement de têtes de mesure présente des dispositifs de mesure pour la saisie de paramètres physico-chimiques ambiants de la nappe de tissu textile, en particulier un détecteur d'humidité de l'air et / ou une sonde de température (150).
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