EP3476560B1 - Device with improved ejector - Google Patents

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EP3476560B1
EP3476560B1 EP18201915.8A EP18201915A EP3476560B1 EP 3476560 B1 EP3476560 B1 EP 3476560B1 EP 18201915 A EP18201915 A EP 18201915A EP 3476560 B1 EP3476560 B1 EP 3476560B1
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Gerardus Johannes Franciscus Pruyn
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B7/00—Moulds; Cores; Mandrels
    • B28B7/10—Moulds with means incorporated therein, or carried thereby, for ejecting or detaching the moulded article
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B5/00—Producing shaped articles from the material in moulds or on moulding surfaces, carried or formed by, in or on conveyors irrespective of the manner of shaping
    • B28B5/02—Producing shaped articles from the material in moulds or on moulding surfaces, carried or formed by, in or on conveyors irrespective of the manner of shaping on conveyors of the endless-belt or chain type
    • B28B5/021—Producing shaped articles from the material in moulds or on moulding surfaces, carried or formed by, in or on conveyors irrespective of the manner of shaping on conveyors of the endless-belt or chain type the shaped articles being of definite length
    • B28B5/022—Producing shaped articles from the material in moulds or on moulding surfaces, carried or formed by, in or on conveyors irrespective of the manner of shaping on conveyors of the endless-belt or chain type the shaped articles being of definite length the moulds or the moulding surfaces being individual independant units and being discontinuously fed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B7/00—Moulds; Cores; Mandrels
    • B28B7/0002—Auxiliary parts or elements of the mould
    • B28B7/0008—Venting channels, e.g. to avoid vacuum during demoulding or allowing air to escape during feeding, pressing or moulding

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  • the invention relates to a device with an improved ejector.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a device, comprising:
  • mould container presses to which the present invention relates, deformable clay is pressed in mould cavities.
  • the green brick formed in the mould cavity is then released in order to be dried and fired.
  • a mould container press comprises a chain conveyor, also referred to as mould conveyor, which is assembled from a large number of mutually connected mould containers.
  • Each mould container generally comprises a plurality of mould cavities in which the green bricks are formed. Ejectors are arranged in each mould cavity for the purpose of pressing the green brick from the respective mould cavity in a downward direction. During demoulding the opening of the respective mould cavity is directed downward, whereby the force of gravity contributes to the green brick releasing from the bottom.
  • Clay is press in the mould cavities with great force, whereby a desired degree of filling of the mould cavity is achieved and the green brick obtains a desired shape.
  • the mould cavities are usually covered in sand prior to being filled with clay. The green brick will thereby have one or more than one sand-covered side.
  • a mould container pressing device provides several significant advantages relative to devices traditionally applied for the manufacture of Wasserstrich bricks. These advantages are on the one hand the possibility of producing larger numbers of green bricks per unit of time.
  • the brick thickness can be easily adjusted by varying the position of the bottom of the mould cavity. This possibility exists because, in a mould container pressing device, the green brick is removed on the same side of the mould cavity as from where the clay was initially arranged in the mould cavity.
  • bottoms with protruding parts can be applied in simple manner in order to reduce the volume of clay per green brick and to thus save raw materials.
  • BR 9 201 837 is a device with which green bricks can be pressed out of a mould container. It shows a drum with mould containers arranged therein, wherein a ejecting member is provided on the bottom of each mould container. This ejecting member can be displaced away from the bottom via a drive rod which runs along a cam, and thus press a green brick from a mould cavity.
  • EP 1 595 665 in the name of applicant is recognized as further prior art.
  • the invention now has for its object to provide a device of the above stated type, wherein said drawbacks do not occur, or at least do so to lesser extent.
  • the separator comprises a division of the bottom into a first part and a second part, wherein the second part is surrounded by the first part. Because the second part is surrounded by the first part, a substantially flush surface is created.
  • the device according to the invention is less susceptible to soiling than the device known from BR 9 201 837 .
  • the ejecting member therein after all lies against the bottom, whereby the clay extends all the way around the ejecting member and on the side walls of the ejecting member reaches to a position close to the edges of the ejecting member facing toward the bottom.
  • a green brick is made from a viscous and sticky substance, and will thereby tend to stick to the ejecting member.
  • green bricks display a very high degree of adhering behaviour due to the mould cavities not being covered with sand.
  • a green brick does not release from the bottom properly, a clay residue will remain behind. As long as this residue is present in the mould cavity this is not necessarily a problem, and it will be replenished with new clay in the subsequent filling step of the mould cavity. Problems do however occur when the press-out mechanism lying behind the bottom becomes soiled with clay residue.
  • the clay extends all the way around the ejecting member and can thus easily find its way between the ejecting member and the bottom as soon as the ejecting member moves back in the direction of the bottom. According to the invention, this is effectively prevented by a division of the bottom into a first part and a second part, wherein the second part is surrounded by the first part. This is because the clay hereby only comes into contact with a surface of the first and the second bottom part which faces toward the open side of the mould cavity.
  • the second part is a release plate displaceable relative to the first part of the bottom.
  • the device comprises:
  • a circulating conveyor formed from connected mould containers is driven in stepwise manner so that the one or more than one mould cavity of the mould containers can be filled during a brief standstill.
  • This stepwise displacement is effectively utilized in a demoulding stage by arranging a stop on the frame, which is configured to transmit an impulse to the bottom in a stepwise displacement of the conveyor.
  • the bottoms of the mould cavity have already been displaced outward to an extent such that the green bricks are situated largely outside the mould cavity and are preferably hanging only from the bottoms.
  • the stepwise displacement of the conveyor is accelerated and decelerated, the green bricks hanging from the bottom are likewise accelerated and decelerated.
  • a rather sudden and strong impulse is transmitted to the bottoms in that a collision with the stop arranged on the frame takes place. Because of this jolt, the green bricks will release from the bottoms more easily.
  • the ejector comprises for this purpose a drive rod extending from the release plate through the mould container bottom, and the drive rod is configured to collide with the stop in a stepwise displacement of the conveyor.
  • the separator can thus transmit an impulse to the bottom in order to knock loose the green brick. If desired, this impulse is transmitted only to a specific part of the bottom. It is also possible to envisage the separator comprising an air supply configured to bring air between the bottom and the green brick formed in the mould cavity. According to a second mechanism, an optionally present vacuum between the green brick and the bottom can hereby be released, and the sticking of the green brick to the bottom will be reduced. The green brick will then release from the bottom more easily under the influence of the force of gravity.
  • the force of gravity also forms the basis of the third mechanism, wherein the separator comprises a division of the bottom into a first part and a second part, which are movable relative to each other.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pressing device 1 for forming green bricks 3 from clay in mould containers 2.
  • Green bricks 3 are formed in mould cavities 4 which are provided in the mould containers 2.
  • Clay is here pressed from a reservoir 5 into the mould cavities 4 of mould containers 2 ( Figure 1 ).
  • Mould containers 2 are connected to form a chain/conveyor 6, which is generally referred to as mould conveyor and is tensioned between chain wheels 7, and is supported by travel rollers 11. Only one chain wheel 7 is shown in Figure 1 , and the other has been omitted so as to show the ejectors 8 lying therebehind.
  • mould cavities 4 are trimmed on their open upper side by a trimmer (not shown), after which drying plates 9 are placed on mould containers 2.
  • After green bricks 3 have been released from mould cavities 4 they are discharged on the drying plates 9 via discharge conveyor 10 for further treatment, comprising of drying and firing of the green bricks.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show respectively a perspective view and a cross-sectional side view of a device comprising a mould container 2 with at least one mould cavity 4, wherein the mould cavity 4 is bounded by a bottom 12 and a wall 13.
  • the device further comprises at least one ejector 8 per mould cavity 4, comprising the bottom 12 which is movable in mould cavity 4 for the purpose of ejecting a green brick 3 formed in mould cavity 4, and a separator 14 configured to release green brick 3 from bottom 12.
  • Separator 14 comprises inter alia a driver 15.
  • the shown driver 15 is configured to transmit an impulse to bottom 12, and in the shown embodiment is a stop 16 ( Figure 8 ) with a curved stop surface 17.
  • Stop 16 takes the form of a disc.
  • Figure 8 shows the function of stop 16 when a drive rod 18 comes into contact therewith, as will be further elucidated in the following. Stop 16 then transmits an impulse via the drive rod to bottom 12.
  • stop 16 need not necessarily take the form of disc 17.
  • stop 16 can take the form of a sawtooth profile (not shown), which will result in a vibration of bottom 12. In that case a series of smaller impulses is transmitted to bottom 12, instead of a large impulse transmitted once.
  • Separator 14 further comprises an air supply configured to bring air between bottom 12 and the green brick 3 formed in mould cavity 4. This air flow A is shown in Figure 8 .
  • Shown separator 14 preferably comprises a division of bottom 12 into a first part 19 and a second part 20, wherein first part 19 and second part 20 of bottom 12 are movable relative to each other. By reducing the contact surface the adhesive force can be reduced, and green brick 3 will release from bottom 12 under the influence of the force of gravity.
  • Figures 4 and 5 show that second part 20 is surrounded by first part 19 of bottom 12.
  • Second part 20 forms here a release plate 21 displaceable relative to first part 19 of bottom 12.
  • the first part 19 of bottom 12 defines a fixed bottom part.
  • Driver 15 is preferably configured to transmit an impulse to the release plate 21 of bottom 12.
  • Release plate 21 covers a smaller surface area than the whole bottom 12, whereby the knock will be even more effective. All stated mechanisms for releasing green brick 3 from bottom 12 co-act when the impulse is transmitted only to release plate 21, instead of to the whole bottom 12. Release plate 21 will then after all be able to move relative to first part 19 of bottom 12 and, in addition to an impulse transmission, will here also be able to admit air between green brick 3 and bottom 12, wherein an optionally present vacuum between green brick 3 and bottom 12 is released. In addition, the effective contact surface between bottom 12 and green brick 3 can be reduced.
  • Ejector 8 further comprises a hollow ejector shaft 22 which extends from bottom 12 through a mould container bottom 23.
  • Drive rod 18 of detector 8 extends from release plate 21 through mould container bottom 23.
  • a particularly compact device is obtained when drive rod 18 extends through the hollow ejector shaft 22 ( Figure 4 ).
  • driver 15 When driver 15 is configured to drive the drive rod 18, it will drive release plate 21 via drive rod 18.
  • the driver can thus displace release plate 21 and thereby transmit an impulse to green brick 3, admit air between green brick 3 and bottom 12, and reduce the effective contact surface between green brick 3 and bottom 12. All these aspects contribute to the releasing of green brick 3 from bottom 12.
  • drive rod 18 is a pull rod (not shown) and that driver 15 is configured to displace release plate 21 relative to first part 19 of bottom 12 in the direction of mould container 2.
  • driver 15 is configured to displace release plate 21 relative to first part 19 of bottom 12 in the direction of mould container 2.
  • Such a device can make use of two mechanisms of separator 14. The inward displacement of the release plate allows air to come between green brick 3 and bottom 12, and reduces the effective contact surface between green brick 3 and bottom 12.
  • release plate 21 is pulled back sufficiently far, in the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 2-8 the green brick 3 will only remain in contact with first part 19 of bottom 12.
  • the drive rod is however more preferably a push rod. This is because, if drive rod 18 is a push rod and driver 15 is configured to displace release plate 21 away from mould container bottom 23 and first part 19 of bottom 12, three mechanisms of separator 14 are employed. The outward displacement of release plate 21 transmits an impulse, allows air to come between green brick 3 and bottom 12, and reduces the effective contact surface between green brick 3 and bottom 12. When release plate 21 is pushed out sufficiently far, green brick 3 will only remain in contact with release plate 21, i.e. with the second part 20 of bottom 12 in the preferred embodiment shown in Figures 2-8 .
  • Device 1 is preferably a mould container pressing device for manufacturing green bricks 3 from clay for the brick manufacturing industry, wherein the mould container pressing device comprises a circulating conveyor 6 formed from connected mould containers 2, and wherein ejector 8 is configured to eject during a demoulding stage a green brick 3 present in mould cavity 4.
  • a mould container pressing device is shown in Figure 1 .
  • Such a mould container pressing device moreover makes it possible to provide bottoms 12 with protruding parts 34 (shown only in Figure 3 ), also referred to as frogs, whereby material can be saved and whereby the necessary durations of a drying step and a firing step in the production process of the Wasserstrich bricks can be reduced.
  • protruding parts 34 shown only in Figure 3
  • frogs protruding parts 34
  • Such material and energy-saving provisions are not applicable in conventional production processes for the manufacture of Wasserstrich bricks. If material has to be saved in a conventional production process for Wasserstrich bricks, then this material must be actively removed from the green brick in an additional production step after forming of the green brick.
  • the device comprises an elongate carrier 24 which is provided on the end surfaces with pressure rollers 25.
  • pressure rollers 25 come into contact with a cam disc 26 which is drivable in a circuit with a cam disc drive shaft 27.
  • cam disc 26 By rotating cam disc 26 in the direction R the pressure rollers 25 are pushed away counter to the action of compression springs 28.
  • Pressure rollers 25 displace carrier 24, which is connected via hollow ejector shaft 22 to bottoms 12.
  • a rotation R of the cam disc drive shaft 27 drives the bottoms 12 of mould cavities 4 in mould container 2 via the cam disc 26, pressure rollers 25, carrier 24 and hollow ejector shaft 22 for the purpose of pressing the green bricks 3 out of mould cavities 4.
  • Figure 6 shows a first situation in which bottoms 12 and the green brick are in a retracted position
  • Figure 7 shows an extended situation of bottoms 12 and green bricks 3, wherein green bricks 3 are otherwise still stuck to bottoms 12.
  • the speed with which bottoms 12 are displaced during demoulding of green bricks 3 can be adjusted with the shape of cam disc 26 and the rotation speed of cam disc 26.
  • pressure rollers 25 can be further supported by a longitudinal guide 29.
  • Compression springs 28 press the pressure rollers 25 against longitudinal guide 29 during the further transport in transport direction T.
  • longitudinal guide 29 is preferably provided with an inclining surface 30 which serves as temporary provision in the event that cam disc 26 were to break down.
  • cam disc 26 is advantageous because it provides additional adjustability, which also provides the possibility for relatively rapid pressing out. If such an adjustability is however unnecessary, the skilled person will appreciate that, as an alternative, pressure rollers 25 can be carried via an inclining surface (in accordance with inclining surface 30) onto longitudinal guide 29. In that case the incline of the inclining surface will however preferably be more moderate than shown in the figures.
  • Figure 8 shows a situation in which the head 33 of a bolt 32 comes into contact with stop edge 16.
  • a bracket 31 with bolt 32 is arranged around carrier 24. It is noted that some relative displacement between carrier 24 and bracket 31, i.e. in downward direction in Figure 3 , is preferably possible, whereby bracket 31 can move relative to carrier 24, and can herein drive the drive rod 18, when head 33 collides with stop 16.
  • Stop 16 functions here as driver 15, and transmits via bracket 31 and the drive rod 18 connected thereto an impulse to release plate 21.
  • Drive rod 18 moves here in the longitudinal direction of hollow ejector shaft 22, and release plate 21 is displaced away from first part 19 of bottom 12. This results in the occurrence of the already discussed mechanisms which contribute to the releasing of green brick 3 from bottom 12: the impulse, the supply of air between bottom 12 and green brick 3, and the reduction of the contact surface between bottom 12 and green brick 3.
  • bottom 12 inside mould cavity 4 takes place in two steps.
  • carrier 24 is displaced, wherein bottom 12 is driven as a whole.
  • the whole bottom 12 consists of first part 19 and second part 20.
  • Second part 20 forms the release plate 21.
  • bolt 32 comes into contact with stop 16 with its head 33, and bracket 31 is thereby displaced relative to carrier 24.
  • release plate 21 is driven relative to first part 19 of bottom 12. Because the displacement of release plate 21 in the second step can take place independently of carrier 24, the impulse transmission is optimized.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show an alternative embodiment wherein the first part 19 of bottom 12 is the release plate 21 and wherein the second part 20 of bottom 12 is the fixed bottom part. This is therefore the reverse of the preferred embodiment described above with reference to Figures 2-8 , although the operating principle remains substantially unchanged.
  • a relative displacement takes place between first bottom part 19 and second bottom part 20, whereby green brick 3 obtains a reduced contact surface and releases from bottom 12 more easily under the influence of the force of gravity.
  • the second part 20 is also surrounded by first part 19, whereby the fixed bottom part is in this embodiment surrounded by release plate 21, which is displaceable relative to the fixed bottom part.
  • the fixed bottom part further comprises a protrusion 34, also referred to as a frog, which extends into the mould cavity and with which the volume of clay per green brick 3 can be reduced in order to thus save raw materials.
  • a device 1 with mould containers 2 provided with at least one mould cavity 4 makes it possible to apply frogs 34 in the manufacture of Wasserstrich bricks.
  • Wasserstrich bricks are characterized by a smooth, levelled-off surface structure which is not covered with sand. Because mould cavities 4 cannot be covered with sand in the manufacture of Wasserstrich bricks, it was a common occurrence during demoulding that green brick 3 would remain stuck to bottom 12 of mould cavity 4.
  • the device shown in figures 9 and 10 is however particularly advantageous because the protrusion 34 extending into mould cavity 4 not only saves raw materials, but also contributes to the releasing of green brick 3 from mould cavity 4 and from bottom 12.

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