EP2391466B1 - Einhalsvorrichtungszulauf - Google Patents

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EP2391466B1
EP2391466B1 EP09782357.9A EP09782357A EP2391466B1 EP 2391466 B1 EP2391466 B1 EP 2391466B1 EP 09782357 A EP09782357 A EP 09782357A EP 2391466 B1 EP2391466 B1 EP 2391466B1
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    • 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
    • B21D51/00—Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/26—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tins; Closing same in a permanent manner
    • B21D51/2692—Manipulating, e.g. feeding and positioning devices; Control systems

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  • This invention relates to necker infeed for metal can manufacture and, in particular to the introduction of can bodies to a necker assembly for reducing the diameter of an open end of a can body.
  • An infeed to a die necking process comprises a row of can bodies, in which the can bodies contact each other.
  • the can bodies thus have a "pitch" (i.e. the distance between their centres) of one can diameter.
  • the can bodies are fed from this infeed to an infeed turret of the die necking machine.
  • Each turret on the die necking machine has a number of pockets, each pocket being adapted to receive and retain a can body, for example by vacuum.
  • the pockets to carry the can bodies on the infeed turret are separated by a (pocket) pitch. The closer this pocket pitch is to the can body diameter the better the feed onto the infeed turret. This can be achieved by having a large number of pockets on the infeed turret so as to bring the pockets closer together.
  • the infeed turret is fitted in combination with a waxer turret.
  • the waxer turret is required for applying a protective film of lubricant to the outside of each can body so as to reduce the friction as the can enters the tooling.
  • the waxer turret has a pair of rubber rollers which are used to rotate the can about its own axis.
  • the rollers hold the can on the theoretical pitch circle radius of the turret.
  • the rollers are made of resilient rubber since, if the rollers were of soft rubber, the can would be able to deflect the rollers and move around.
  • the infeed will work with a different number of pockets on infeed and transfer turrets. It is only the presence of waxer rollers, which may cause a problem with this type of dual turret infeed.
  • An alternative solution is to offset the turrets from each other slightly so that the can is able to pass "in front" of the rollers at the transfer point. The can is then guided onto the waxer turret.
  • This solution has been provided on a dual turret infeed, having 15 pockets on the infeed turret and 12 pockets on the waxer turret. The offset is introduced due to the different number of pockets together with the presence of the waxer rollers.
  • Feeding cans directly to the waxer turret has also been tried in US-5,206,054 but in the case of a large increase in pitch from infeed trackwork to waxer turret this was unsuccessful, because as the waxer turret grabs a can out of the infeed trackwork and takes it away for processing, following cans are able to squeeze past the back of the pocket on the waxer. This means that either the cans are picked up 'too far down' in the trackwork, leading to dented cans, or in the worst case, two cans could be fed simultaneously.
  • an infeed assembly for a can necking apparatus, the infeed assembly having an infeed turret and a waxer turret and in which the infeed assembly further includes a transfer turret between the infeed turret and the waxer turret, the number of pockets on the transfer turret being the same as the number of pockets on the waxer turret.
  • the waxer turret includes a pair of rollers for each pocket position.
  • the infeed turret may have a substantially larger number of pockets for holding can bodies than the number of pockets on the transfer turret, ideally twice the number of pockets as the number of pockets on the transfer turret.
  • the distance between the centres of the pockets on the infeed turret is ideally as close as possible to the diameter of can bodies which, in use, are handled by the assembly.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a 16 pocket infeed turret 10 and a can 5 passing from a pocket 12 on the infeed turret to a pocket 14 on a waxer turret 20.
  • the waxer turret 20 has a pair of rollers 16 for each of 12 pocket positions. These rollers are used to turn the can about its own axis for even application of the wax.
  • the can touches the rubber rollers 16 too early. This would result in the crushing of the can, necessitating shutdown of the entire machine.
  • FIG. 1 An alternative to the prototype of figure 1 is to match the number of pockets on the infeed turret to the number on the waxer turret as shown in figure 2 .
  • the infeed turret 15 of figure 2 has 12 pockets 18, as does the waxer turret 25.
  • the can 5 meshes cleanly with the rollers 16 of the waxer turret.
  • more pockets on the infeed turret gives a better result, so that this is not the optimum solution.
  • Turret 30 will be referred to as the "infeed turret”
  • turret 40 will be referred to as the “infeed transfer turret”
  • turret 50 is the "waxer turret”.
  • Cans enter the triple turret assembly via a chute 32 and are guided around S-shaped rail 34 around the turrets.
  • a vacuum may be used to aid retention of the cans.
  • the infeed turret 30 in the example of figure 3 has twelve pockets 36, the infeed transfer turret 40 has six pockets 46 and the waxer turret 50 also has six pockets 56. Although the waxer turret pockets 56 are less easy to see than the pockets of the other turrets in figure 3 , a pair of rollers 58 are apparent for each pocket position. The cans are then transferred from the waxer turret 50 into the first necking turret.

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  1. Zulaufsanordnung für eine Doseneinhalsvorrichtung, wobei die Zulaufsanordnung einen Zulaufsrevolverkopf (30) und einen Wachsauftragskopf (50) aufweist, und dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Zulaufsanordnung ferner einen Transferrevolverkopf (40) zwischen dem Zulaufsrevolverkopf (30) und dem Wachsauftragskopf (50) umfasst, wobei die Anzahl von Taschen (46) auf dem Transferrevolverkopf (40) gleich der Anzahl von Taschen (56) auf dem Wachsauftragskopf (50) ist.
  2. Zulaufsanordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Wachsauftragskopf (50) ein Paar Rollen (58) für jede Taschenstellung umfasst.
  3. Zulaufsanordnung nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, wobei der Zulaufsrevolverkopf (30) eine wesentlich größere Anzahl von Taschen (36) zum Halten von Dosenkörpern als die Anzahl von Taschen (46) auf dem Transferrevolverkopf (40) aufweist.
  4. Zulaufsanordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei der Zulaufsrevolverkopf (30) die doppelte Anzahl von Taschen (36) im Vergleich zur Anzahl von Taschen (46) auf dem Transferrevolverkopf (40) aufweist.
  5. Zulaufsanordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei der Abstand zwischen den Mittelpunkten der Taschen (36) auf dem Zulaufsrevolverkopf (30) so nah wie möglich an dem Durchmesser der Dosenkörper liegt, welche, während des Betriebs, von der Anordnung behandelt werden.
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GB0816167A GB0816167D0 (en) 2008-09-05 2008-09-05 Necker infeed
PCT/EP2009/061161 WO2010026115A1 (en) 2008-09-05 2009-08-28 Necker infeed

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