EP2435199A2 - Appareil automatisé pour l'avancement différentiel de tringles et/ou barres métalliques pour la construction d'éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes et procédé de production correspondant - Google Patents

Appareil automatisé pour l'avancement différentiel de tringles et/ou barres métalliques pour la construction d'éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes et procédé de production correspondant

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EP2435199A2
EP2435199A2 EP10747435A EP10747435A EP2435199A2 EP 2435199 A2 EP2435199 A2 EP 2435199A2 EP 10747435 A EP10747435 A EP 10747435A EP 10747435 A EP10747435 A EP 10747435A EP 2435199 A2 EP2435199 A2 EP 2435199A2
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bars
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metal rods
curvilinear
automated apparatus
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Claudio Bernardinis
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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
    • B21F27/00—Making wire network, i.e. wire nets
    • B21F27/12—Making special types or portions of network by methods or means specially adapted therefor
    • B21F27/121—Making special types or portions of network by methods or means specially adapted therefor of tubular form, e.g. as reinforcements for pipes or pillars
    • B21F27/125—Making special types or portions of network by methods or means specially adapted therefor of tubular form, e.g. as reinforcements for pipes or pillars by attaching individual stirrups to longitudinal wires
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F1/00—Bending wire other than coiling; Straightening wire
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F27/00—Making wire network, i.e. wire nets
    • B21F27/08—Making wire network, i.e. wire nets with additional connecting elements or material at crossings
    • B21F27/10—Making wire network, i.e. wire nets with additional connecting elements or material at crossings with soldered or welded crossings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F27/00—Making wire network, i.e. wire nets
    • B21F27/12—Making special types or portions of network by methods or means specially adapted therefor

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  • the present invention refers to an automated apparatus for the differential advancement of metal rods and/or bars for the construction of rectilinear and/or curvilinear electro-welded elements, and associated production method, particularly adapted to the field of industrialised production of electro- welded flat metal nets and/or of three-dimensional curvilinear elements.
  • Such machine operates in line and on the same work surface in plants for forming metal nets and three-dimensional reticular structures, and its operation has been conceived as being completely automated i.e. managed with known automatic command and control systems, so that no manual intervention is required by operators within the continuous and automated production line.
  • the present invention consists in a machine composed of two similar automated assemblies facing each other, that operate in mutual coordination and in mutual cooperation, and which are mutually connected by an automated gripper crossbar with angular position controlled by suitable means.
  • Such assemblies move in such a way as to individually implement differential programmed advancements, so determining programmed angular positions of the connecting crossbar and thus variously positioning the longitudinal rods to form nets or other electro-welded elements, so forming electro- welded reticular structures and/or simple flows of metal rods and/or bars that are rectilinear and/or curvilinear in shape, to the right and/or to the left.
  • curvatures lack precision because they are executed each time with tools and means that need to be manually adjusted, meaning that the experience of the specific personnel responsible has a bearing on the outcome.
  • DE 33 24 678 Al teaches an apparatus and a method for forming rectilinear and curvilinear products which has two vertically arranged cylinder actuators, each being hinged by means of a simple hinge to a transom.
  • the latter known apparatus is rather complicated in view of its vertical arrangement of the cylinder actuator and is not suitable for working on large curvilinear grids, particularly in view of the limited flexibility of its two simple hinges.
  • the apparatus of DE 33 24 678 Al can only form the curvilinear grids in one direction only, namely either left of right.
  • the present automated apparatus comes to the rescue to compensate for the drawbacks found.
  • Such apparatus ensures the operation of forming curvilinear with the required flexibility and, also rectilinear products with consistency and completely automatically without the manual intervention of operators on the plant production line. In this way the apparatus prevents: accidents, slowdowns in production, non-conforming products or products that do not come up to standard.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to devise an automated machine or apparatus for the differential advancement of metal rods and/or bars for the construction of rectilinear and/or curvilinear electro-welded reticular elements, that has the following and principal characteristics:
  • Be capable of being inserted in a production line for forming flat metal nets and/or three-dimensional structures, positioned upstream of the welding station that performs the automatic electro-welding between the longitudinal rods and the transversal rods;
  • Be capable of being used for forming both rectilinear and/or curvilinear products, both to the right and to the left;
  • the invention consists in a machine constituted, roughly speaking, by two horizontal lateral assemblies that are symmetrical with the central flow from which the longitudinal steel wires or rods that will form the electro-welded reticular product originate.
  • Each assembly has the task of moving forward and backward independently and in a controlled fashion, and/or to operate in synchrony. Between such groups there is a crossbar, the ends of which are hinged on the moving parts of the two assemblies.
  • varying the travel of the single lateral assemblies determines an angular position of the connecting crossbar, which is also fitted with special automatic grippers for gripping the metal wires or rods. Therefore the different travel or stroke of drawing the longitudinal wires determines their inclination in their proceeding forwards, and so welding the transversal wires with the longitudinal wires at constant intervals produces electro-welded curvilinear and/or rectilinear reticular elements.
  • the crossbar with the automatic grippers proceeds in the same direction in a position that is perpendicular to the flow of the longitudinal rods or wires, advancing longitudinal rods by the same length, and therefore obtaining a rectilinear finished product.
  • the connecting crossbar, hinged proceeds in its advancement in an inclined manner causing the longitudinal wires to also be drawn forward with different travel lengths, thus determining the angular inclination with respect to the normal advancement, to the right or to the left. In this case a curvilinear reticular product is obtained.
  • the travel length of the right-hand advancement assembly needs to be adjusted by an amount that is less than that of the corresponding assembly positioned on the left, and vice- versa for a product with final curvature to the left.
  • Such connecting crossbar hinged at its ends on the two controlled-movement side assemblies, is fitted with several automatic grippers, adapted for any diameter of the rods, which are correctly positioned along the crossbar with automatic or manual adjustments at the same intervals as those of the longitudinal rods.
  • the present machine or apparatus enables the automated construction, obviously with the assistance of suitable means of automatic management and control known to technicians skilled in the art, of particular flat (planar) and/or three-dimensional reticular structures, such as for example electro-welded metal nets or three-dimensional curved and/or rectilinear elements without the direct manual intervention of operators on the plant itself.
  • An advantageous characteristic of the present invention is the way in which the crossbar connecting the two lateral advancement assemblies and fitted with automatic grippers is hinged. Indeed, to allow a complete range of angular positions of the crossbar with respect to the two side assemblies which are fixed but movable only longitudinally, the crossbar is hinged simply at one end while at the other end the crossbar is double- hinged, i.e. on a lever which is also hinged on the other controlled-advancement lateral assembly.
  • the side and type of hinging is irrelevant: what is important is that the crossbar is at least hinged in a simple manner at one end, while at the other end it is necessary to have hinging that is indirect, articulated and defined on a free lever or on an arm.
  • the method for producing a curvilinear and/or rectilinear reticular product is very simple: all that is required is to establish, from the design data, the direction of the curve and the radius of curvature of the final product, to automatically intervene on the respective travels or strokes of the two lateral advancement assemblies, thus also determining the final angular position of the connection crossbar. After this the crossbar requires intervention by exactly positioning the automatic grippers for gripping and releasing, at established intervals for the longitudinal wires. Once the machine has been pre-adjusted, it is ready to operate continuously and automatically.
  • the grippers grip the wires or longitudinal rods, after which the two lateral groups advance along their pre-set travels or stokes until they reach the perpendicular line of the crossbar.
  • the automatic electro-welding station performs the welding of the transversal rod to the longitudinal rods.
  • the automatic grippers release the longitudinal rods and the two lateral advancement assemblies return to the starting position, bringing back such crossbar for a new advancement cycle.
  • the transversal wires or rods are, each time, electro-welded downstream to the longitudinal wires or rods, in order to form a rigid product, before performing the advancement of such longitudinal wires with the crossbar.
  • the distance between the two lateral advancement assemblies determines the width of the finished product: the same can also be said for the associated connecting crossbar which can be fitted with any number of automatic grippers and positioned automatically or manually in the setting-up phase.
  • the invention fully fulfills the set aims, i.e. those of: provide a completely automatic machine for the production of electro-welded flat and/or three-dimensional reticular elements, with curvilinear and/or rectilinear shape; the machine is capable of supplying curvilinear products both to the left and to the right; operator intervention consists only of the initial adjustment of the machine, then the processing is carried out completely automatically; devise a machine that is safe, conceived to prevent any accident on the part of the operator or operators of the plant; devise a machine that is automatic and reliable, in that being automatic it ensures the correctness and conformance of the finished product that is always the same, something that is not ensured by manual interventions.
  • FIG. 1 shows, in a plan view, the apparatus for the differential advancement of the longitudinal rods or wires that constitute an electro-welded rectilinear metal net;
  • FIG. 2 shows, in a plan view, the machine in the previous figure, showing the formation of a net curved to the left, with the right-hand advancement assembly travelling a longer path or stroke than that of the left-hand assembly;
  • FIG. 3 shows, in a plan view, the machine in the previous figures, showing the formation of a net curved to the right, in which the right-hand advancement assembly travels a shorter path or stroke than that of the left-hand assembly;
  • FIG. 4 shows, in a plan view, the machine in the previous figure but enlarged so as to better show how the machine operates.
  • the automated machine or apparatus for the differential advancement of metal rods and/or bars for the construction of rectilinear (1) and/or curvilinear (1.1), (1.2) electro-welded elements is constituted by two lateral advancement assemblies, to the left (14) and to the right (10), similar and facing each other, mutually connected by a crossbar (2) fitted with automatic grippers (7) that act on the rods (8).
  • the ends of the crossbar are hinged respectively to the left at (3) and to the right at (4)(5)(6).
  • Each lateral advancement assembly involves the use at a minimum of a reduction gear (16) or (12) which is stepper controlled, with an output driven gear that acts on a rectilinear toothed rack (15) or (11), disposed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of flow of the bars (8).
  • These toothed racks are integrally joined to the protruding hinging arm (1.3) or (9) and to the respective advancement assembly (14) or (10). In this way, the forward and backward actuation of the reduction gears (16) and (12) determines the advancement or retreat of the respective assemblies (14) and (10), according to the longitudinal direction.
  • the crossbar (2) at its left hand end, for example, is hinged simply at (3), while the other side is hinged in an articulated manner on a lever (5) at (4) and (6).
  • Such technical solution is necessary to allow the crossbar to have a variable length of hinging, since it can be set to different inclinations with respect to the transversal direction and to the fixed and parallel distance of the two lateral advancement assemblies (14) and (10).
  • the machine is extremely advantageous in that it is fitted with computerised adjustment, control and management both of the individual paths of the two lateral advancement assemblies (14) and (10) and of the positioning of the automatic grippers

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Abstract

La présente invention porte sur un appareil automatisé pour l'avancement différentiel de tringles et/ou barres métalliques pour la construction d'éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes pour la production de filets métalliques plats électro-soudés et/ou d'éléments tridimensionnels, l'appareil automatisé comprenant deux ensembles d'avancement latéraux similaires qui sont disposés pour se faire face dans le plan horizontal de l'appareil automatisé et pour se déplacer d'une façon pas-à-pas sur des trajectoires respectives qui sont parallèles, les trajectoires étant également parallèles à la direction d'alimentation des tringles et/ou barres métalliques longitudinales des éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes dans l'appareil automatisé, chacun des deux ensembles d'avancement latéraux similaires possédant un bras sur charnière faisant saillie respectif, les deux ensembles d'avancement latéraux similaires étant reliés l'un à l'autre par une barre transversale dotée de pinces automatisées pour agir sur les tringles et/ou barres métalliques longitudinales, les pinces automatisées étant ajustables le long de la longueur de la barre transversale, les pinces automatisées étant commandées pour saisir les tringles et/ou barres métalliques longitudinales dans une position de retrait, tirer les tringles et/ou barres métalliques longitudinales pour les faire avancer dans la direction d'alimentation correspondante, relâcher les tringles et/ou barres métalliques longitudinales en une position avancée et revenir à la position de retrait, la barre transversale étant reliée par une charnière à l'un des bras sur charnière faisant saillie au moyen d'une charnière simple et à l'autre bras sur charnière faisant saillie au moyen d'une charnière double. L'invention porte également sur un procédé correspondant.
EP10747435A 2009-05-27 2010-05-25 Appareil automatisé pour l'avancement différentiel de tringles et/ou barres métalliques pour la construction d'éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes et procédé de production correspondant Withdrawn EP2435199A2 (fr)

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ITUD2009A000104A IT1396085B1 (it) 2009-05-27 2009-05-27 Apparato automatizzato di avanzamento differenziale di tondini e/o barre metalliche per la costruzione di elementi elettrosaldati rettilinei e/o curvilinei, e relativo procedimento di produzione.
PCT/EP2010/057102 WO2010136421A2 (fr) 2009-05-27 2010-05-25 Appareil automatisé pour l'avancement différentiel de tringles et/ou barres métalliques pour la construction d'éléments électro-soudés rectilignes et/ou curvilignes et procédé de production correspondant

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