EP3283243B1 - Ring rolling device having axially fixed rolling-element bearings - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a ring rolling apparatus according to the preamble of independent claim 1.

A known variant for producing rings, for example for ball bearings, is first to forge a ring blank, which is then further processed by ring rolling. For ring rolling, the ring blank is mounted around a mandrel and then rolled between the mandrel and a forming roll. The thickness of the ring blank is reduced and at the same time its circumference is increased, since no material is removed. To reduce the thickness of the ring blank, the nip between the mandrel and the forming roll must be continuously reduced, which can be done for example by a displacement of the mandrel to form the forming or vice versa.

In the DE 703 436 C discloses a ring rolling apparatus comprising a roller as a pressing member and a turntable with a plurality of rotatably mounted thorns around which are mounted to be rolled ring blanks. By turning the turntable, the mandrels are movable towards the pressing element every now and then. In this case, a shrinking roll gap is formed between the mandrel and the pressing element, in which the ring blank is rolled. The mandrels in each case engage in a conical bore in a mandrel-roll pin rotatably mounted in the turntable and are fixedly connected at the top with a second mandrel-roll pin.

Disadvantages of this ring rolling device are the relatively imprecise mounting of the mandrels, which leads to rolling inaccuracies, and the large, relatively heavy turntable, which slows down the operation.

A generic ring rolling device for expanding a ring blank is in the CH 706 844 A1 described. It comprises a pressing element, a plurality of rotatably mounted mandrels, around which in each case a ring blank can be stored, and a rotatable revolver drum in which the mandrels are rotatably mounted. By rotating the revolver drum, the mandrels are movable towards the pressing element from time to time. The turret drum is arranged relative to the pressing member so that by rotating the turret drum between the respective mandrel and the pressing member, a decreasing rolling gap is formed, in which the ring blank is rolled during rotation of the turret drum. For rotatable mounting of the mandrels, the turret drum per mandrel, for example, two roller bearings and at least two rotatably mounted support rollers, which support the mandrel in the direction of Revolvertrommeldrehachse out, so that the mandrel is located during rolling between the support rollers and the pressing member. The at least two rotatably mounted support rollers enable support of the mandrel during rolling to accommodate the rolling forces over a desired mandrel length and rotation of the mandrel during rolling about its mandrel rotation axis, wherein the mandrel rolls on its support rollers.

The ring rolling device according to CH 706 844 A1 has the advantage that both the feeding of the ring blank into the rolling position and the rolling of the ring blank by the revolver drum is rotated towards the pressing element. By this rotation, first a roll gap is formed and the ring blank is brought into contact with the pressing element and then the rolling gap is reduced, whereby the ring blank is rolled between the mandrel and the pressing element, that is, the wall thickness of the ring blank is reduced. The at least two rotatably mounted support rollers enable support of the mandrel during rolling to accommodate the rolling forces over a desired mandrel length and rotation of the mandrel during rolling about its mandrel axis of rotation. In this way, a good rolling precision can be achieved. However, a disadvantage of this known ring rolling device consists in the complexity of the device due to the many supporting rollers and their storage, which also has a negative influence on the rigidity of the system, and the relatively large masses to be moved, which are also caused by the supporting rollers.

The present invention is therefore based on the object to simplify a ring rolling device of the generic type constructive. The achievable rolling precision should be improved as much as possible, moving masses should be kept as low as possible and the rigidity should be increased as much as possible.

This object is achieved by the inventive ring rolling device, as defined in independent claim 1. Particularly advantageous embodiments of the invention will become apparent from the dependent claims.

The essence of the invention consists in the following: A ring rolling device for expanding a ring blank comprises a pressing element, a rotatably mounted mandrel having a first end portion, a second end portion and therebetween a central part, around which the ring blank is storable, and a feed arrangement, in in that the mandrel is rotatably mounted with its first end part in a first rolling bearing and with its second end part in a second rolling bearing so that the middle part of the mandrel is exposed for supporting the ring blank. By means of the feed arrangement, the mandrel to the pressing element now and then moved away from it, wherein between the mandrel and the pressing element, a decreasing roll gap is formed, in which the ring blank is rolled. The second rolling bearing is arranged axially fixed in the Zustellanordnung and the mandrel is axially movably mounted relative to the second rolling bearing, so that the second end portion of the mandrel from the second rolling bearing is pulled out or inserted into this. According to the invention, the first rolling bearing in the feed arrangement is arranged axially fixed and the mandrel is mounted axially movable relative to the first rolling bearing.

The pivot bearing of the mandrel in axially fixed bearings is structurally less expensive than the storage on different types of bearings and in addition to support rollers. In addition, less mass must be moved both during the movement of the delivery arrangement as well as the insertion of the mandrel through the ring blank and insertion into the second rolling bearing or vice versa when pulling out the mandrel again. The latter is the case because the bearings themselves are axially fixed and only the mandrel itself axially, that is to say in its longitudinal direction, must be moved. This allows a high speed when feeding and ring rolling of ring blanks in the machine cycle.

Preferably, the first and the second rolling bearing are designed as tangentially movable bearings, in particular spherical roller bearings or self-aligning ball bearings. Spherical roller bearings and self-aligning ball bearings withstand high radial and axial loads and are well suited to compensate for misalignments. Moreover, they are relatively compact.

Advantageously, axially fixed sleeve-shaped bushes for receiving the mandrel are rotatably mounted in the first and in the second rolling bearing. The bushes allow easy insertion of the mandrel in the bearings.

Preferably, the bushings are arranged tiltable relative to the axis of rotation of the first and the second rolling bearing, wherein expediently the tiltability of the bushings is limited by stops. This allows a safe insertion of the mandrel in the rolling bearing or their sleeves.

For easier insertion of the mandrel into the second rolling bearing, the bush arranged in the second rolling bearing advantageously has a funnel-shaped insertion bevel. For the same reason, the mandrel is advantageously formed conically or rounded at its front end on the second end portion.

To increase the rolling precision, the feed arrangement in an advantageous embodiment variant has a preferably adjustable stop element for the front end of the mandrel for positioning the mandrel in the longitudinal direction of the mandrel. This allows accurate positioning of the mandrel and the ring blank thereon for rolling and is particularly important if the mandrel and / or the pressing element has a profiling to be transmitted to the ring blank.

Expediently, the stop element partially protrudes into the second rolling bearing and is formed with a feed line opening into the interior of the second rolling bearing for a cleaning and / or cooling agent. As a result, the cans can be easily cleaned and / or cooled at times when no mandrel is stored in them or the mandrel is at least partially pulled out.

Advantageously, the stop element is rotatably mounted. As a result, the wear due to an adjacent, rotating mandrel can be significantly reduced.

In an alternative embodiment variant, the feed arrangement expediently comprises an alternative stop element for a stop collar on the first end part of the mandrel for positioning the mandrel in its longitudinal direction. Preferably, the alternative stop element is formed by the rotatably mounted in the first bearing sleeve. This design of the stop element is structurally particularly simple.

According to a preferred embodiment, the feed arrangement is a rotatable turret drum, wherein the turret drum is arranged relative to the pressing member so that by turning the turret drum between the mandrel and the pressing member, a decreasing nip is formed. The storage of the mandrel on a revolver drum is structurally favorable and allows a high machine cycle.

Preferably, the revolver drum comprises two spaced apart, rotationally rigidly interconnected, disc-like drum parts, in which the first roller bearing and the second roller bearing for the mandrel are arranged axially fixed. By the two rotatably connected to each other, disc-like drum parts of the mandrel can be stably and rotatably mounted on both sides of the ring blank supporting middle part.

Advantageously, the first and the second rolling bearing are each interchangeably mounted in the drum parts as a whole. As a result, the ring rolling device can be quickly and easily converted to another mandrel diameter.

Advantageously, at least the bushing arranged in the second rolling bearing has a form-locking element, preferably designed as an annular groove, for applying an assembly tool. Thus, the second rolling bearing can be easily removed by means of the tool from the ring rolling device.

Advantageously, the ring rolling device has a preferably closed cooling system for the roller bearings and / or infeed arrangement.

Advantageously, the inventive ring rolling device on a Dornverstelleinrichtung for adjusting the mandrel in the longitudinal direction of the mandrel. This makes it possible, by retracting the mandrel, feeding a ring blank into a loading position and again pushing the mandrel and pushing through the mandrel through the present in the loading position ring blank this ring blank in a simple manner around the mandrel around or store. Conversely, with the same or a further mandrel adjustment device, the finished rolled ring can be removed again by withdrawing the mandrel from the mandrel.

The ring rolling device according to the invention preferably has a ring blank feed device with which ring blanks can be supplied individually to a point at which the mandrel can be pushed through the supplied ring blank, that is to say the loading position mentioned above. This, together with the mandrel adjustment device, makes it easy to store a ring blank around the mandrel.

Advantageously, several mandrels are rotatably mounted in the Zustellanordnung. As a result, different methods can run simultaneously at different stations. For example, a ring blank may be mounted around a mandrel at a first station, a ring blank rolled at a second station, and a ring blank from a mandrel at a third station be removed. The rolling throughput can be increased significantly, that is, in a shorter time more ring blanks can be rolled into rings.

Due to the higher rolling throughput ring rolling is possible in the cycle of producing ring blanks and the ring rolling device can be attached, for example, to a cold or hot forming machine. When attached to a hot forming machine, the advantage can be exploited so that the still warm ring blanks produced by the hot forming machine can be rolled directly with the ring rolling device. An additional warming of the ring blanks can be omitted for a hot ring rolling. In principle, however, a preliminary warming of the ring blanks before ring rolling is possible and inventive ring rolling devices can be used both for a hot ring rolling and a cold ring rolling.

In hot ring rolling, cooling of the components of the rolling means, such as e.g. Mandrel, pressing element, drive roller, etc., be provided.

Preferably, the inventive ring rolling device has a drive device for driving the pressing element, so that the ring blank is rotatable during rolling by the movement of the pressing element. This makes it possible to rotate the ring blank on the rotatably mounted mandrel by means of the pressing member during rolling several times, wherein the ring blank is rolled to a smaller thickness with each rotation. In this way, a larger Thickness reduction and a more uniform, material-gentle rolling can be achieved.

Advantageously, the pressing element is a rotatably mounted drive roller. Such a drive roller can, for example, be driven continuously by means of a motor and in turn transmit its rotational movement to the ring blank mounted around the mandrel as soon as it comes into contact with the drive roller. Compared to a linear pressing element, which would also be conceivable in the case of the ring rolling device according to the invention, the turning of the drive roller can take place continuously and at constant speed, and a return of the pressing element after rolling is dispensed with.

Fig. 1

- eine Perspektivansicht eines Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemässen Ringwalzvorrichtung;

Fig. 2

- einen Schnitt durch die Ringwalzvorrichtung von Fig. 1 kurz vor dem Walzen eines Ringrohlings;

Fig. 3

- einen Schnitt durch die Ringwalzvorrichtung von Fig. 1 analog Fig. 2, jedoch während des Walzens eines Ringrohlings;

Fig. 4-5

- verschiedene perspektivische Detailansichten von Teilen der Ringwalzvorrichtung von Fig. 1;

Fig. 6

- eine Schnittansicht einer Revolvertrommel der Ringwalzvorrichtung von Fig. 1;

Fig. 7

- eine vergrösserte Ansicht des Ausschnitts VII der Fig. 6;

Fig. 8

- einen Axialschnitt durch eine Anschlaganordnung der Ringwalzvorrichtung gemäss einem zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel;

Fig. 9-10

- zwei perspektivische Ansichten der Anschlaganordnung der Fig. 8;

Fig. 11

- einen alternativen Dorn der Ringwalzvorrichtung;

Fig. 12

- einen Detailschnitt der Ringwalzvorrichtung mit einem in Anschlagposition befindlichen Dorn gemäss Fig. 11; und

Fig. 13

- einen Schnitt durch ein in ein Wälzlager der Ringwalzvorrichtung eingesetztes Montage- bzw. Demontagewerkzeug.

In the following, the ring rolling device according to the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings by means of exemplary embodiments. Show it:

Fig. 1

a perspective view of an embodiment of a ring rolling device according to the invention;

Fig. 2

- A section through the ring rolling device of Fig. 1 just before rolling a ring blank;

Fig. 3

- A section through the ring rolling device of Fig. 1 analogous Fig. 2 but during rolling of a ring blank;

Fig. 4-5

various perspective detail views of parts of the ring rolling device of Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 6

a sectional view of a revolver drum of the ring rolling device of Fig. 1 ;

Fig. 7

- an enlarged view of section VII of the Fig. 6 ;

Fig. 8

- An axial section through a stop assembly of the ring rolling device according to a second embodiment;

Fig. 9-10

two perspective views of the stop assembly of Fig. 8 ;

Fig. 11

an alternative mandrel of the ring rolling device;

Fig. 12

- A detail section of the ring rolling device with a located in the stop position mandrel according Fig. 11 ; and

Fig. 13

- A section through an inserted into a rolling bearing of the ring rolling assembly or disassembly tool.

The following definition applies to the following description: If reference signs have been given in a figure for the purpose of clarity of drawing, but are not mentioned in the directly related part of the description, reference is made to their explanation in the preceding or following parts of the description. Vice versa are not included in all figures to avoid overcharging graphic for the immediate understanding less relevant reference numerals. For this purpose, reference is made to the other figures.

That in the Fig. 1 and 2 illustrated embodiment of an inventive ring rolling device comprises a pressing element as a drive roller 1, which has at its periphery a rolling surface 11 which is bounded on both sides by a collar 12 and 13 respectively. The collar 12 and 13 prevent during the ring rolling a lateral expansion of the ring blank 9. The drive roller 1 is rotatably supported by a shaft 14 on a bearing plate 15 and is driven by a drive means 10.

The bearing plate 15 is, for example, via three rail gripping elements 151, 152 and 153 in the direction of a Revolvertrommeldrehachse 39 (FIG. Fig. 2 ) adjustable above and below each attached to a rail 81 and 82, which in turn are firmly anchored in a machine frame 8. By means of an adjusting spindle 154, the bearing plate 15 and thus the drive roller 1 mounted thereon can be adjusted in the direction of the roll gap, whereby the size of the roll gap can be adjusted at its narrowest point. The adjusting spindle 154 has for this purpose, for example, an external thread which engages in an internal thread in a passage 83 through the machine frame 8, through which the adjusting spindle 154 is arranged.

When ring rolling the ring blank 9 is rolled between the drive roller 1 and a mandrel 2, which in a Delivery arrangement in the form of a revolver drum 3 is rotatably mounted. Fig. 2 can be seen that in the present revolving drum 3 five mandrels 2 evenly distributed, based on the revolving revolver axis 39 at an angular distance of 72 °, are rotatably mounted. The turret drum 3 is rotatably mounted on the machine frame 8 via a shaft 33 and is rotated by means of a drive device 30, for example an electric drive or servomotor.

For feeding ring blanks 9 to the spikes 2 in the revolving drum 3, the ring rolling device shown has a ring blank feed device 5. The ring blank feed device 5 is designed to supply ring blanks 9 individually to a point at which a mandrel 2 can be pushed through the supplied ring blank 9, that is to say a loading position. The ring blank feed device 5 has a supply chute 51 in which a plurality of ring blanks 9 can be stored. The storage chute 51 is provided at its lower end with an opening through which passes a ring blank 9 due to gravity directly to the loading position. In order to prevent ring blanks 9 from falling uncontrollably in the direction of the loading position, there is a hinged retaining element 52 which is held in a retaining position by means of a spring element 54 acting on a cam follower 53, in which it holds the ring blanks 9 in the supply shaft 51. In order to release a single ring blank 9, the cam follower 53 is simply acted upon by means of a control cam 55 which is rotatably mounted about the revolver rotating shaft 39 and counter to the spring force.

To store a ring blank 9 around a mandrel 2 and later to be able to remove a rolled ring 90 from the mandrel 2 again, the ring rolling device has a mandrel adjusting device 4 for adjusting the mandrel 2 in the longitudinal direction of the mandrel 2. Since the storage of the ring blank 9 around the mandrel 2 around and the removal of the rolled ring 9 from the mandrel 9 from the mandrel 2 takes place at two different locations, namely on the one hand directly below the supply chute 51 and on the other hand, approximately after a rotation of the revolver drum 3 by about 150 °, the mandrel 4 comprises two separate adjusting cylinders 41 and 42, which are fixed to the machine frame 8.

For the removal of the rolled ring 90 after removal from the mandrel 2, a discharge channel 6 is arranged below the point of the ring removal in the illustrated ring rolling device.

Fig. 3 corresponds largely Fig. 2 , the only difference is that the revolver drum 3 in Fig. 3 rotated about 10 ° counterclockwise further than in Fig. 2 ,

In Fig. 2 There is a first ring blank 9 in the loading position directly below the supply shaft 51 and it is just a first mandrel 2 pushed through this first ring blank 9. A second ring blank 9, which is mounted around a second mandrel 2, which is located at an angular distance of 72 ° to the first mandrel 2, is close to the contact with the drive roller 1, so it has not yet been rolled.

To go to the in Fig. 3 to reach the situation shown, the revolver drum 3 is rotated by about 10 ° in the counterclockwise direction. In this case, the first ring blank 9 remains for the time being in the loading position directly below the supply shaft 51, but it can be seen that the first mandrel 2 has rotated by about 10 ° and now rests against the left inside of the first ring blank 9, so that he will follow this with a further rotation.

The second ring blank 9 has come into contact with the latter by rotating the revolver drum 3 due to the reduction of the nip between the second mandrel 2 and the drive roller 1 and has been rolled to a smaller thickness. By contact with the preferably constant-speed rotating, driven by the drive means 10 drive roller 1, a torque is transmitted to the ring blank 9, so that this together with the rotatably mounted second mandrel 2 to rotate about the axis of rotation of the mandrel, that is his Center axis, is brought around. Depending on the size of the ring blank and the desired wall thickness reduction, it has proven to be particularly advantageous to rotate the ring blank during rolling three to thirty times, in particular eight to twelve times, preferably approximately ten times. To achieve this, the rotational speeds of the drive roller 1 and the revolver drum 3 are suitably selected. The multiple turning of the ring blank 9 during ring rolling enables a greater reduction in thickness and a more uniform, material-sparing rolling.

In the 4 and 5 the mandrel 4 is shown in more detail. As already described above, the mandrel adjustment device 4 comprises two separate adjustment cylinders 41 and 42 attached to the machine frame 8. The adjustment cylinder 41 comprises an extendible piston 411 to which a push head 412 is attached. The push head 412 pushes at the in Fig. 4 illustrated situation against a head 21 of the mandrel 2 and thus upon extension of the piston 411 the mandrel 2 in the mandrel longitudinal direction in the revolving drum 3 into where it is inserted through a located in the loading position ring blank 9.

The adjusting cylinder 42 comprises an extendible piston 421 to which a rear gripping head 422 is attached. The Hintergreifkopf 422 engages behind in the in the 4 and 5 illustrated situations, the mandrel head 21 of a further mandrel 2 and thus pulls when retracting the piston 411 this mandrel 2 in the mandrel longitudinal direction of the revolving drum 3 and thus out of the finished in this revolver drum position ring 90 out. In Fig. 4 the mandrel 2 is still in the Ausgansposition in the revolving drum 3, while in Fig. 5 partially moved out of the revolving drum 3. The engagement of the mandrel head 21 by the rear gripping head 422 takes place by rotating the revolver drum 3, whereby the mandrel head 21 is pushed over a rear engagement part 4220 of the rear grip head 422.

Thus, the mandrel 2 is not unintentionally moved out of the revolving drum 3 when turning the revolver drum 3 in the counterclockwise direction, the has Ring rolling device on a hold-down 40 which is fixed in a flange about a mounted on the machine frame 8 mounting tube 81. This hold-down 40 forms a stop for the mandrel head 21, as best of Fig. 5 seen.

Out Fig. 6 It can be seen that the revolver drum 3 in the illustrated embodiment, two spaced apart, on the common shaft 33 (see Fig. 2 ) rotatably connected to each other, disc-like drum parts 31 and 32 comprises, in each of which an end portion of the mandrels 2 is rotatably mounted, so that in each case a central part of the mandrels 2, around which a ring blank 9 is mounted, between the two disc-like drum parts 31, 32 exposed , Between the two disc-like drum parts 31, 32 is a spacer 34 ( Fig. 2 ), which determines the mutual distance of the drum parts 31 and 32.

The most significant difference of the inventive ring rolling device relative to the ring rolling device according to CH 706 844 A1 consists in the manner in which the mandrels 2 are rotatably mounted in the revolving drum 3. In the known ring rolling device, the mandrels are supported, inter alia, on rotatable support rollers. In contrast to this, the mandrels 2 in the ring rolling device according to the invention are each mounted in two roller bearings arranged axially fixedly in the revolving drum 3, as shown in FIG Fig. 6 and in particular in the enlarged detail view of Fig. 7 is shown.

In the two disc-like drum parts 31 and 32 are uniformly distributed over the circumference five first bearings 310 and five second bearings 320 axially fixed, each with a first roller bearing 310 and a second roller bearing 320 are axially aligned. In the rolling bearings 310 and 320 respectively sleeve-shaped bushes 311 and 321 are rotatably mounted and secured against axial movement ( Fig. 7 ). In each case, a bushing 311 and a sleeve 321 together take a mandrel 2. When retracted into the revolver drum 3 mandrel 2 (lower part of Fig. 6 ) is a first end portion of the mandrel 2 in the sleeve 311 of the first rolling bearing 310 and a second end portion of the mandrel 2 in the sleeve 321 of the second rolling bearing 320. Between the two end portions is the central portion of the mandrel 2, on which the to be rolled Blank 9 rests. When from the revolving drum 3 partially pulled out mandrel 2 according to the upper part of Fig. 6 is the front, left in the drawing, the second end portion of the mandrel 2, which was previously received in the sleeve 321 of the second rolling bearing 320, now in the sleeve 311 of the first rolling bearing 310. At the retracting or outward movement of the mandrels 2 remain the rolling bearings 310 and 320 and the rotatably mounted in them bushings 311 and 321 axially stationary, so it will only the mandrels themselves are moved. This has the advantage of a smaller displaced mass, allowing faster and easier shifting.

The first and second rolling bearings 310 and 320 are, as shown here, preferably designed as a spherical roller bearing, for example, according to DIN 635-2. Spherical roller bearings hold high radial and axial Loads stood and are well suited to compensate for misalignments. Moreover, they are comparatively compact. The rotatable in the spherical roller bearings 310 and 320 bushings 311 and 321 are tiltable due to the inherent properties of spherical roller bearings to a certain extent relative to the axis of rotation of the bearing, which just allows the compensation of misalignments. The tiltability of the bushings 311 and 321 is limited by radial stops 312 and 322 so far that the mandrels can be inserted smoothly into the second rolling bearing, without the rotational movement is impeded at maximum deflection.

In addition to spherical roller bearings, there are also other bearings which are tangentially free within a certain range (e.g., carbide or toroidal roller bearings, self-aligning ball bearings, or combined bearings). Decisive is the tangential freedom of the bearings. Under tangential freedom is to be understood that they can compensate for misalignment between the axis of rotation of the bearing and the axis of rotation of the stored mandrel. Spherical roller bearings are preferred because of their long service life.

To facilitate insertion of the mandrels 2 in the bushes 321 of the second rolling bearing 320 321 a funnel-shaped insertion slope 323 is formed on the bushes. Furthermore, the mandrels 2 are conical or rounded at their front ends 2a. As a result, the bearings can easily and quickly align with each other, without jamming of the mandrel takes place in the sleeve.

To position the mandrels 2 in their longitudinal direction is in the drum part 32 of the revolving drum 3 coaxial with the second rolling bearings 320 each (eg by means of a screw thread) axially adjustable stop member 325 is provided, which extends slightly into the second bearings 320 and the bushes 321 inside , The adjustability of the stop element, the requirements are lowered to the machining accuracy and allows readjustment or replacement in case of wear. The stop element 325 has a supply line 326, which opens via smaller, not designated branch lines in the interior of the sleeve 321. About this supply line, the sleeve 321 at times when there is no mandrel 2 in them, from outside a cleaning and / or a coolant can be supplied.

Instead of the rotationally fixed stop member 325, a stop assembly may be provided with a rotatably mounted stop member, as in the Figures 8-10 is shown. The stop assembly 3250 includes an externally provided with a thread 3251 fixed part 3252 in which by means of a ball bearing 3253 a stop member 3254 is rotatably mounted. The stop element 3254 has a supply line 3255, which opens via smaller branch lines 3256 into the interior of the sleeve 321. About this supply line, the sleeve 321 at times when there is no mandrel 2 in it, from outside a cleaning and / or a coolant can be supplied. The stop assembly 3250 is like the stop member 325 screwed into the drum part 32 of the revolver drum 3 and can be adjusted axially via the thread 3251.

As an alternative to the longitudinal positioning of the mandrel 2 over its front end 2a, the longitudinal positioning can also take place by means of an alternative stop element, which cooperates with a collar 22 formed directly on the mandrel head 21 at the rear end of the mandrel. The Fig. 11 shows a mandrel 200 equipped with such a collar 22.

How out Fig. 12 shows, the alternative stop element is here formed by the rotatably mounted in the first bearing 310 bushing 311, at the end face of the collar 22 rests with retracted mandrel 200. The alternative stop element can thus rotate with the mandrel, so that friction between the mandrel and the stop element is avoided. The collar 22 is slightly smaller in diameter than the mandrel head 21, so that the latter can still be safely engaged behind by the rear grip 422.

The end face of the mandrel head 21 is formed slightly curved so that the mandrel, if it is pressed in the direction of the head, a smaller frictional torque acts. Alternatively, the front side could, for example, be conical or flat.

The bearings 310 and 320 are formed as inserts that can be easily installed as a whole in the revolver drum 3 and again removed from this. As a result, the ring rolling device can be quickly and easily converted to another mandrel diameter. Also, these inserts allow the cooling of the bearings and the both revolver drum parts in a closed circuit.

Out Fig. 7 It can be seen that the rolling bearings 310 and 320 are spirally enclosed by a coolant channel 317 and 327, respectively, which communicate with annular grooves 318a and 318b and 328a and 328b via which coolant can be supplied or discharged again. The spiral coolant channels 317 and 327 and the annular grooves 318a and 318b or 328a and 328b form a closed coolant system for cooling the roller bearings 310 and 320 or the two revolver drum parts 31 and 32 with unsealed external coolant supply and coolant discharge lines. Unspecified seals in the inserts prevent the ingress of dirt and water both during rolling and when not in use.

The first rolling bearing 310 shown on the right in the drawings are accessible from the (also shown on the right) front side of the ring rolling device ago and therefore relatively easy to install and remove. In the case of the second rolling bearings 320 shown on the left, however, this is more complicated if the revolving drum 3 is not to be dismantled. In order to easily disassemble or reinsert also the second rolling bearings 320, their bushes 321 are equipped with a positive locking element which allows the intervention of a special, equipped with gripping elements mounting tool. The positive locking element is in Fig. 7 shown embodiment formed as an inner circumferential groove 329. The bushings 311 of the first roller bearings 310 likewise have an annular groove 319 on, which can be used at most also for the preparation of a tool.

An example of an assembly tool 1000 is shown in FIG Fig. 13 shown. It comprises a tubular handle 1010 with a flange 1011 and a tubular extension 1012, the outer diameter of which corresponds to the inner diameter of the bushes 321. In handle 1010, a plunger 1013 against the force of a coil spring 1014 inwardly (in the figure to the left) slidably disposed. At the front (inner) end of the plunger 1013 sits a gate valve 1015, whose outer diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the sleeve 321 and on the extension 1012 facing side has a conical taper.

To disassemble a second rolling bearing 320, the axially aligned first rolling bearing 310 is first removed from the drum part 31 of the revolving drum 3. Then, the tool 1000 is inserted into the bushing 321 of the second rolling bearing 320 ahead of the resulting opening in the barrel member 31 with its gate valve 1015, as shown in FIG Fig. 13 is shown. The plunger 1013 is kept pressed inwards, so that between the locking slide 1015 and the extension 1012, an annular gap is formed, in which there is at least one locking ball 1016. By releasing the plunger 1013, the coil spring 1014 pushes the lock slider 1015 outward (rightward in the figure). As a result, the blocking ball 1016 is pressed radially outward beyond the bevel of the blocking slide 1015 until it engages in the annular groove 329 of the sleeve 321. Now, the second rolling bearing 320 by means of the tool 1000 from the second Drum part 32 is pulled out and removed by the first drum part 31 through from the ring rolling device. To insert a second rolling bearing 320, the procedure is reversed, wherein the tool 1000 can be pulled out of the rolling bearing 320 used with the ram 1013 pushed in.

In the example shown, the tool 1000 as a gripping element on a ball 1016 or more balls. Balls have the advantage that they can be easily blocked in their final position without having to be aligned.

The above-described embodiment of the delivery arrangement as a revolver drum, in particular with a plurality of rotatably mounted on her thorns, although preferred, but the invention is not limited thereto. Thus, for example, the feed arrangement can also be realized as a movable mandrel bearing arrangement which can be moved in one or two dimensions via corresponding drive devices, the mandrel being brought into the loading position, moved against the drive roller and brought away from the drive roller into the unloading position.

Claims (18)

1. Ring rolling device for enlarging a ring blank (9), with a press element (1), with a rotatably mounted mandrel (2; 200), which has a first end part, a second end part and a middle part between these, around which the ring blank (9) can be mounted, and with an advancing arrangement (3) in which the mandrel (2; 200) is rotatably mounted with its first end part in a first rolling bearing (310) and with its second end part in a second rolling bearing (320), such that the middle part of the mandrel (2; 200) lies free for the mounting of the ring blank (9), and by means of which advancing arrangement (3) the mandrel (2; 200) is movable towards the press element (1) and away from the latter again, wherein a roll gap which decreases in size, and in which the ring blank (9) is rolled, is formed between the mandrel (2; 200) and the press element (1), wherein the second rolling bearing (320) is arranged axially fixed in the advancing arrangement (3), and the mandrel (2; 200) is mounted so as to be axially movable relative to the second rolling bearing (320), such that the second end part of the mandrel (2; 200) can be pulled out of the second rolling bearing (320) or pushed into the latter, characterized in that the first rolling bearing (310) is also arranged axially fixed in the advancing arrangement (3), and the mandrel (2; 200) is mounted so as to be axially movable relative to the first rolling bearing (310).
2. Ring rolling device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the first and second rolling bearings (310, 320) are designed as tangentially movable bearings.
3. Ring rolling device according to Claim 2, characterized in that the first and second rolling bearings (310, 320) are designed as spherical roller bearings or self-aligning ball bearings.
4. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that axially fixed sleeve-shaped bushings (311, 321) for receiving the mandrel (2; 200) are mounted rotatably in the first and second rolling bearings (310, 320).
5. Ring rolling device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the bushings (311, 321) are arranged so as to be tiltable relative to the rotation axis of the first and second rolling bearings (310, 320) .
6. Ring rolling device according to Claim 5, characterized in that the tiltability of the bushings (311, 321) is limited by stops (312, 322).
7. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 4 to 6, characterized in that at least the bushing (321) arranged in the second rolling bearing (320) has a funnel-shaped insertion bevel (323).
8. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 4 to 7, characterized in that at least the bushing (321) arranged in the second rolling bearing (320) has a form-fit element, preferably designed as an annular groove (329), for the engagement of an assembly tool (1000).
9. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the mandrel (2; 200) at its front end (2a) on the second end part has a conical or rounded shape.
10. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the advancing arrangement (3) has a preferably adjustable stop element (325; 3254) for the front end (2a) of the mandrel (2), for positioning the mandrel (2) in the longitudinal direction thereof.
11. Ring rolling device according to Claim 10, characterized in that the stop element (325; 3254) protrudes partially into the second rolling bearing (320) and is designed with a feed line (326; 3255), for a cleaning agent and/or coolant, emptying into the interior of the second rolling bearing (320).
12. Ring rolling device according to Claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the stop element (3254) is mounted rotatably.
13. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the advancing arrangement (3) has a stop element for a stop collar (22) on the first end part of the mandrel (200), for positioning the mandrel (200) in the longitudinal direction thereof.
14. Ring rolling device according to Claims 4 and 13, characterized in that the stop element is formed by the bushing (311) mounted rotatably in the first rolling bearing (310).
15. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the advancing arrangement is a rotatable revolver drum (3), wherein the revolver drum (3) is arranged relative to the press element (1) such that, by rotating the revolver drum (3), a decreasing roll gap is formed between the mandrel (2; 200) and the press element (1).
16. Ring rolling device according to Claim 15, characterized in that the revolver drum (3) comprises two disc-like drum parts (31, 32) which are spaced apart from each other and are rigidly connected to each other for conjoint rotation and in which the first rolling bearing (310) and the second rolling bearing (320) for the mandrel (2; 200) are arranged in an axially fixed manner.
17. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the first and second rolling bearings (310, 320) are each mounted in the advancing arrangement (3) so as to be exchangeable in their entirety.
18. Ring rolling device according to one of Claims 1 to 17, characterized in that it has a preferably closed cooling system (317, 318a, 318b, 327, 328a, 328b) for the rolling bearings (310, 320) and/or advancing arrangement (3).

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