EP3530364B1 - Dispositif de nettoyage haute pression pour matériaux sans fin - Google Patents

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EP3530364B1
EP3530364B1 EP19156670.2A EP19156670A EP3530364B1 EP 3530364 B1 EP3530364 B1 EP 3530364B1 EP 19156670 A EP19156670 A EP 19156670A EP 3530364 B1 EP3530364 B1 EP 3530364B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C43/00—Devices for cleaning metal products combined with or specially adapted for use with machines or apparatus provided for in this subclass
    • B21C43/02—Devices for cleaning metal products combined with or specially adapted for use with machines or apparatus provided for in this subclass combined with or specially adapted for use in connection with drawing or winding machines or apparatus
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
    • B05B13/02—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work
    • B05B13/0207—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the work being an elongated body, e.g. wire or pipe
    • B05B13/0214—Means for supporting work; Arrangement or mounting of spray heads; Adaptation or arrangement of means for feeding work the work being an elongated body, e.g. wire or pipe the liquid or other fluent material being applied to the whole periphery of the cross section of the elongated body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/02—Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
    • B08B3/022—Cleaning travelling work
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G3/00—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material
    • C23G3/02—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously
    • C23G3/023—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously by spraying
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G3/00—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material
    • C23G3/02—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously
    • C23G3/025—Details of the apparatus, e.g. linings or sealing means
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G3/00—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material
    • C23G3/02—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously
    • C23G3/025—Details of the apparatus, e.g. linings or sealing means
    • C23G3/026—Details of the apparatus, e.g. linings or sealing means for guiding the objects
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G3/00—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material
    • C23G3/02—Apparatus for cleaning or pickling metallic material for cleaning wires, strips, filaments continuously
    • C23G3/027—Associated apparatus, e.g. for pretreating or after-treating
    • C23G3/029—Associated apparatus, e.g. for pretreating or after-treating for removing the pickling fluid from the objects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/0409—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements
    • B05B3/0463—Rotor nozzles, i.e. nozzles consisting of an element having an upstream part rotated by the liquid flow, and a downstream part connected to the apparatus by a universal joint

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  • the present invention relates to a device for the surface treatment of a continuous material, such as a welding wire, in particular for surface cleaning, with a conveyor line for the continuous material, in which this is conveyed through the device in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
  • the invention also relates to a method for the surface treatment of an endless material, such as a welding wire, in particular for surface cleaning, and the use of a device for this purpose.
  • Endless materials in the form of metallic wires or strips are produced, for example, by drawing processes.
  • the endless material is cold-formed to the desired cross-sectional dimension.
  • wet drawing the continuous material to be formed is wetted with drawing agent, for example in the form of a water-oil emulsion or oil, in order to reduce friction in the drawing tool, to cool the material and to reduce work hardening. After the pull, the material is usually cleaned and the pulling agent removed.
  • the DE 102 12 436 A1 discloses a device for the treatment of strand-like metallic material, in particular strip or wire, which is passed continuously in the vertical direction through a treatment chamber of the device.
  • a selection of the treatments electrolytic coating, electrolytic cleaning or chemical pickling takes place on the metallic material when passing the treatment chamber, in which the working chamber is at least partially filled with a fluid, and that the Device has quick-change connections for modular treatment elements that are suitable for carrying out the selected treatment.
  • a disadvantage of known galvanic devices and methods is that they are usually only set up for a certain type of treatment of the surface and a change in the type of treatment the surface is associated with a large conversion effort.
  • the effect of galvanic treatments is limited to the galvanic processes taking place and the process speeds or costs are determined by their available framework conditions.
  • DE 10 2010 008 790 A1 which forms the basis for the preamble of claim 1, discloses an apparatus and a method for cleaning and drying continuous profiles.
  • the profiles are guided through a laterally open nozzle holder on which nozzles, in particular rotary nozzles, are arranged, which are directed in the direction of the centrally guided profile.
  • the fluid flow emitted by the nozzles is set in rotation, as a result of which the impurities or other dirt adhering to the profile are advantageously loosened.
  • the profile is held by the fluid flows in such a way that it is guided approximately centrally through the nozzle holder.
  • DE 201 10 009 U1 discloses a device for cleaning the surface of a wire, which is drawn to the desired diameter by means of a drawing device and subsequently refined with, for example, a galvanic finishing device, a device being arranged between the drawing device and the finishing device which has a guide for the wire passing through and the at least has a washing device at the wire inlet and a drying device at the wire outlet, the washing device being designed as a separate chamber of the device, in particular at the wire outlet end of which a spray nozzle for cleaning liquid is provided, by means of which the passing wire can be sprayed preferably against the wire transport direction and can thus be cleaned, and wherein the drying device is designed as a separate chamber of the device, in particular at the wire outlet end of which a compressed air-fed air nozzle is arranged, by means of which the flow Fende wire is preferably dryable against the wire transport direction.
  • JP 3055578B2 also discloses an apparatus and method for cleaning and fine wires in a wire drawing plant.
  • the invention is based on the object of reducing or avoiding the disadvantages mentioned, in particular to create a device for removing drawing means on drawn wire surfaces, with which material surfaces are simple, fast, inexpensive, reliable and in particular in one Continuous processes can be treated and / or cleaned without interruption or delay, the device also being compact and simple.
  • a device according to claim 1. Also disclosed is a method for surface treatment of a continuous material, in particular for surface cleaning, in which the continuous material in the direction of its longitudinal axis through a conveyor line of a device for surface treatment, in particular a device according to the invention , is conveyed, and is acted upon by a fluid jet via at least one high pressure nozzle, the fluid jet executing an oscillating movement relative to a nozzle axis that runs from an outlet opening of the high pressure nozzle to the continuous material, in particular a precession movement around the nozzle axis.
  • the invention relates to a use of a device according to the invention, in particular according to one of claims 1 to 8, for the production of highly clean surfaces of a metallic continuous material and / or a use of a device according to the invention, in particular according to one of claims 1 to 8, in the production a welding wire.
  • the nozzle axis can in particular intersect the outlet opening of the high pressure nozzle and the longitudinal axis of the continuous material essentially in the middle and is that axis in the direction of which the jet would leave the nozzle without oscillating movement.
  • endless material in the context of the present description of the invention does not mean that the material is actually endless, that is, has no beginning and no end, but rather refers to material which, with any cross-sectional shape, such as circular, oval, elliptical, polygonal, in particular rectangular, has a length which is great relative to its respective cross-sectional dimensions.
  • An endless material in the context of the invention is to be understood in particular as a metallic endless material, for example in the form of a metal wire or metal strip, in particular a welding wire. Such endless material is usually wound up on rolls or spools after its production and is supplied to its respective use in this way.
  • a surface treatment within the meaning of the invention is to be understood as meaning, for example, cleaning, pickling or etching of the material surface.
  • the aim of the treatments can above all be to clean the material surface in advance of subsequent treatment steps or to improve the corrosion resistance.
  • the invention can serve to remove functional coatings applied to the material in advance of cold forming, such as a zinc phosphate and / or zinc-calcium-phosphate layer to reduce the coefficient of friction, from the surface after forming, in particular before a possibly subsequent coating step.
  • the device and the method according to the invention are particularly advantageously suitable for use in the course of modern in-line systems, with the material being able to be cleaned in a continuous cycle quickly and efficiently in direct connection with cold forming.
  • the device according to the invention can be used in particular after a wire / strip drawing device and / or before a surface finishing / Coating device be arranged.
  • Such an arrangement is particularly suitable for the production of drawn steel wires with a refined surface, for example copper-plated.
  • the device according to the invention is preferably itself designed as a continuous system. It has, on the one hand, an inlet and, on the other hand, an outlet for the continuous material conveyed through the device via the conveying path from the inlet to the outlet.
  • the device according to the invention also preferably has a conveying device for the endless material.
  • the conveying device primarily serves to guide and position the material in the device, but can also include a drive unit for effecting an advance in the conveying direction.
  • it can comprise a plurality of guide rollers which are provided with suitable guide grooves in which the endless material is guided.
  • the position of the continuous material in the device and in the conveying path is always defined by the conveying device.
  • the conveying path can form a treatment chamber for treating the continuous material.
  • the high-pressure nozzle is positioned and designed in such a way that the fluid jet exiting from it is or is directed onto the continuous material guided in a defined manner by the conveying devices in the conveying path.
  • the fluid forming the fluid jet can in particular be a liquid, a plurality of solids, for example in the form of powder, grinding powder, polishing powder, etc., or a liquid mixed with solids.
  • the fluid is preferably water, oil, an emulsion or the like.
  • abrasively effective particles can be added to the fluid as solid bodies, which make it easier to remove adhesions or layers on the continuous material.
  • a particular advantage of the invention is that the fluid jet hits the surface of the endless material to be cleaned while executing an oscillating movement, in particular a precession movement. Such a movement firstly causes better cleaning of the surface in that particles are torn from the surface, and secondly it ensures that the entire surface is reached by the fluid jet.
  • the high-pressure nozzle is arranged relative to the conveyor line in such a way that the nozzle axis is oriented at an angle ⁇ between approx. 25 ° and approx. 65 °, preferably between approx. 35 ° and approx. 55 °, more preferably approx. 45 ° to the longitudinal axis of the continuous material is.
  • a fluid jet impinging at such an angle advantageously has a particularly good cleaning effect, since the energy of the jet can be used particularly efficiently.
  • the high-pressure nozzle is arranged relative to the conveying path in such a way that the fluid jet has a movement component which is opposite to the conveying direction of the endless material through the conveying path. In this way, the relative speed of the fluid jet impinging on the material is increased and the cleaning effect can be improved.
  • the device comprises a plurality of high-pressure nozzles which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of the conveying path (in series).
  • Such an arrangement is extremely efficient, since the surface of the endless material can be cleaned in stages. In an advantageous manner, particularly high conveying speeds of the endless material can be run, with cleaning of the intended quality being ensured.
  • You can also use the different nozzles different cleaning agents or fluids are applied to the plurality of high-pressure nozzles, for example first a water jet on the inlet side and then oil solvent or fluid mixed with abrasive particles.
  • the device can comprise a plurality of high-pressure nozzles which are arranged next to one another in the radial direction around the conveying path. With nozzles arranged differently from the continuous material in the radial direction, cleaning on all sides of the continuous material can be ensured with particular advantage.
  • the high-pressure nozzle can be rotated around the conveying path. Good cleaning on all sides can thus be achieved using a small number of high-pressure nozzles.
  • the cleaning effect of the rotating high-pressure jet can be increased even further by the additional rotation component.
  • the device can have a heating device for a fluid which forms the fluid jet.
  • the high-pressure fluid is preferably heated to a temperature of approx. 50 ° C to a maximum of approx. 95 ° C, preferably from approx. 65 ° C to a maximum of approx. 90 ° C, more preferably to a maximum of approx.
  • Such a fluid temperature can advantageously lower the viscosity of the lubricant used when drawing the continuous material and adhering to it, which further increases the cleaning efficiency.
  • the device can also comprise a pump in order to generate a fluid jet with a pressure in a range from 100 bar to 180 bar, preferably from 120 bar to 170 bar, particularly preferably from approx. 160 bar.
  • a pump in order to generate a fluid jet with a pressure in a range from 100 bar to 180 bar, preferably from 120 bar to 170 bar, particularly preferably from approx. 160 bar.
  • pressure parameters used in the cleaning process can be used can be adapted particularly easily and quickly to the prevailing circumstances (type of soiling, type of continuous material, etc.).
  • the device can also have a fluid trough for collecting and / or processing the fluid. Alternatively or additionally, it can have a hose skimmer for removing impurities, in particular surface foam, from the surface of the fluid in the fluid trough.
  • the fluid used for cleaning can be (re) used in a closed circuit, which makes the invention particularly efficient, inexpensive and environmentally friendly.
  • soiling removed from the continuous material in the form of surface foam consisting of stearate (Na, Ca) can be removed easily, effectively and inexpensively from the bath surface and disposed of in a collecting container.
  • the device has at least one flushing device.
  • This can in particular be designed in the form of a cascade flushing.
  • the flushing device is arranged after the high-pressure nozzle in the conveying direction of the continuous material and serves to remove and flush away impurities that have already been loosened from the surface.
  • several rinses in particular two rinses, can be provided within the scope of the invention.
  • the device can in particular have a modular structure, with at least one cleaning module and at least one rinsing module. Such modules can be combined and used with one another in the desired manner, number and sequence.
  • the device can also comprise a drying device.
  • this can be designed in the form of at least one compressed air nozzle. This is set up to feed the continuous material running through the conveyor line with a compressed air jet apply.
  • the drying device is preferably arranged in the conveying direction of the continuous material after the high-pressure nozzle or after the flushing device, in particular at the end just before the continuous material runs out of the device.
  • the drying device can in particular be designed to direct a high pressure air jet and / or warm air jet onto the cleaned continuous material.
  • each individual module can preferably have such a drying device at or shortly before its outlet.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 an embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention is shown.
  • This is designed as a compact device 1 for the removal of drawing soaps on drawn wire surfaces in a continuous process.
  • An endless material 2 in the form of one with one in the Figures 1 to 5 Steel wire 2, not shown, drawn in the drawing device is introduced through an inlet 3 into the device 1 and conveyed there through a conveying path 4 to an outlet 5.
  • the conveyor line 4 has guide rollers 6, at least one of which is driven.
  • the guide rollers 6 serve to convey the wire 2 in the direction of the conveying direction A indicated in FIGS. Four and five. They can be adjusted to one another in such a way that wire with a diameter of 0.8 mm to 4.0 mm can be processed.
  • the conveying path 4 is divided into an inlet-side cleaning section 7, a subsequent first flushing section 8 and a second flushing section 9 on the outlet-side.
  • the device 1 has a housing 10 which accommodates functional components of the device and also forms an essentially hermetically closed interior through which the conveying path 4 runs and in which the cleaning and rinsing processes carried out with the device 1 are carried out.
  • the housing 10 consists essentially of stainless steel and is designed to be thermally insulated by means of insulation 11, for example by means of mineral wool 11. In order for maintenance and adjustment work to enable access to the conveyor line 4 and the functional components in the housing 10, this is provided with access flaps 12, 13.
  • Connections 46 can be provided for a vapor extraction, by means of which the spray mist produced by the increased temperature can be drawn off.
  • the vapor suction is preferably equipped with a separation device, by means of which the liquid content contained in the spray mist can be at least partially separated and recovered.
  • the cleaning section 7, which forms a high-pressure flushing section 7, are, as is particularly evident in FIG Figure 5 can be seen, two high-pressure nozzles 14, 15 are arranged on a carrier plate 16, 17 each.
  • the high-pressure nozzles 14, 15 are designed in such a way that they direct a fluid jet 18 executing a precession movement onto the wire 2 conveyed through the conveying path 4 at a speed of up to 30 m / s.
  • the fluid jets 18 impinging on the wire surface 19 remove stearates and oils from the wire surface 19 that have adhered to the wire surface 19 due to a previous drawing process.
  • hot water with a maximum temperature of 85 ° C. and a pressure of 160 bar is used as the high-pressure cleaning fluid 18.
  • the cleaning medium 18 is tempered in the present case by means of bathroom heaters 45 indicated in the figures.
  • the bathroom heaters 45 can preferably be formed by heating elements in flange design, in particular electrical resistance heaters.
  • a fluid tub 20 is arranged in a bottom area of the cleaning section 7. This serves in particular to catch and collect the cleaning fluid that is emitted by the rinsing nozzles 14, 15 and dripping off the wire 2. Impurities detached from the wire 2 collect as surface foam on the fluid surface of the fluid trough 20.
  • the device 1 has a hose skimmer 21 with which such surface foam is deposited and a disposal, for example in the form of a sludge bucket, can be fed.
  • High-pressure fluid cleaned of coarse impurities is withdrawn from the fluid trough 20, which is provided with a gradient and a drain valve 22 arranged at the lowest point of the trough 20, passed through a filter 23 and fed again to the high-pressure nozzles 14, 15 by means of a high-pressure pump 24 via a high-pressure line 25 .
  • the high-pressure pump 24 is designed as a high-pressure piston pump with a fine filter, in the present case has a drive power of about 3 KW and compresses the fluid in such a way that a high-pressure jet 18 with a pressure in a range with any values from approx. 100 bar to approx. 180 bar or from approx. 120 bar to approx. 170 bar or in the present case from approx. 160 bar is generated.
  • the piston pump 24 can be designed so that it can be backwashed and thus integrated into the hydraulic system of the device 1.
  • the fluid trough 20 is provided with automatic level monitoring and also has a height-adjustable overflow nozzle.
  • the device 1 For exchanging the fluid and emptying the fluid tub 20, the device 1 also has a bilge pump 26.
  • a bilge pump 26 On the outlet side of the cleaning section 7, two blow-off nozzles 27 are arranged in series one after the other, which after the high-pressure cleaning blow off any fluid adhering to the wire 2 from its surface 19 before the wire 2 enters the subsequent first flushing section 8. In this way it is ensured that as little or no cleaning fluid as possible comes out of the cleaning section 7. Furthermore, such blowing off causes an even better cleaning of the wire surface 19.
  • the high-pressure cleaned wire 2 After passing through the cleaning section 7, the high-pressure cleaned wire 2 reaches the first rinsing section 8, where it is rinsed with a first rinsing medium.
  • rinsing is carried out with hot water at a temperature of about 60 ° C.
  • the rinsing medium is applied to the wire 2 via two first rinsing nozzles 28 under a pressure of approximately 8 bar.
  • the first rinsing section 8 has its own fluid trough 29 for collecting and catching the rinsing medium used in the first rinsing section 8.
  • the flushing pressure pump 30 is designed as a high-pressure piston pump with a fine filter, in the present case has a drive power of approximately 0.75 KW and compresses the flushing fluid in such a way that it emerges from the flushing nozzle 28 at a pressure of a maximum of 10 bar.
  • the flushing pump 30 can be designed so that it can be backwashed and thus integrated into the hydraulic system of the device 1.
  • the fluid trough 29 is also provided with automatic level monitoring and has a height-adjustable overflow nozzle which is not shown in detail in the figures. Rinsing medium emerging from this can be transferred to the cleaning section 7 via a line not shown in the figures and used there as a high-pressure cleaning fluid. Alternatively or additionally, it can be disposed of separately.
  • two blow-off nozzles 31 are arranged in series one after the other, which blow the rinsing liquid off the wire 2 before the wire 2 runs into the outlet-side rinsing section 9.
  • the wire 2 After passing through the first rinsing section 8, the wire 2 runs into the rinsing section 9 on the outlet side.
  • Two further rinsing nozzles 32 are arranged in this, by means of which the wire 2 is rinsed again with a further rinsing medium. In the present case, it is again rinsed with hot water at a temperature of about 60 ° C. and under a pressure of about 8 to 10 bar.
  • the rinsing section 9 on the outlet side also has a fluid trough 33 for collecting the rinsing medium, which is provided with a gradient and a drain valve 37 located at the lowest point of the trough 33, as well as a rinsing pump 34 for delivering rinsing medium again to the rinsing nozzle 32.
  • the rinsing pressure pump 34 is again designed as a high-pressure piston pump with a fine filter, has a drive power of around 0.75 kW and compresses the flushing fluid to a pressure of a maximum of 10 bar.
  • the irrigation pump 34 can be designed so that it can be backwashed and thus integrated into the hydraulic system of the device 1.
  • the fluid trough 33 is also provided with an automatic level monitoring system and has a height-adjustable overflow nozzle which is not shown in detail in the figures.
  • Rinsing medium emerging from this can be transferred to the first rinsing section 8 via a line not shown in the figures and used there as rinsing fluid.
  • the second flushing section 9 has a fresh medium inlet 38 that can be opened by means of a pneumatic solenoid valve (not shown in the figures).
  • blow-off nozzles 35 are again arranged, by means of which compressed air is applied to the wire 2 in order to remove flushing medium adhering to its surface 19.
  • the first flushing section 8 and the second flushing section 9 together form a cascade flushing.
  • blow-off nozzles 27, 31, 35 of the different sections 7, 8, 9 of the device 1 are connected to a single pneumatic supply system 40, via the possibly tempered compressed air at a pressure in a range from approx. 4 bar to approx. 6 bar Is provided.
  • the continuous material is also guided in the first rinsing section 8 and in the second rinsing section 9 by guiding rollers running along with it and is positioned in the intended manner relative to the rinsing nozzles 28, 32 and blow-off nozzles 31, 35 there.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a precession movement of a fluid jet 18 as used within the scope of the invention.
  • the rinsing fluid jets can also execute such a precession movement, i.e. not only the high-pressure nozzles 14, 15 but also the rinsing nozzles 28, 32 are or can be designed to produce such a precession movement.
  • Figure 6 shows the respective nozzle 14, 15, 28, 32 has a nozzle axis 39 which is arranged at an angle ⁇ to the conveying direction A or the longitudinal direction of the continuous material 2.
  • Hydraulics or mechanics in the nozzle 14, 15, 28, 32 which are known per se and are not illustrated in more detail, stimulate the fluid jet 18 leaving this under a corresponding pressure to a precession movement about the nozzle axis 39.
  • the jet 18 rotates around the precession axis 39 on a conical surface 40, which has a precession angle ⁇ to the nozzle axis 39, this rotation in FIG Figure 6 is indicated by arrows 41.
  • arrows 41 For the sake of clarity, in Figure 6 only one nozzle 14, 15, 28, 32 is shown.
  • the respective nozzles of the sections 7, 8, 9 are arranged in a corresponding manner on different sides of the continuous material 2, in particular on diametrically opposite sides.
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 illustrate the implementation of a device 1 according to the invention in an in-line system with a unit 41 connected downstream of the device for copper plating the wire 2 cleaned in the device 1.
  • Wire 2 running out of the outlet 5 is fed directly to an inlet 42 of the copper plating unit 41, in this coated with copper and after leaving the unit 41 through its outlet 43 wound in a winding device, not shown.

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  1. Dispositif (1) de traitement de surface d'un matériau sans fin (2), notamment de nettoyage de surface, avec une ligne de transport (3) pour le matériau sans fin (2), dans laquelle ligne ce matériau est transporté dans une direction (A) de son axe longitudinal par le dispositif (1), et au moins une buse haute pression (14, 15) prévue pour soumettre le matériau sans fin (2) passant par la ligne de transport (3) à un jet de fluide (18), où la buse haute pression (14, 15) est conçue de telle manière que le jet de fluide (18) exécute un mouvement oscillant par rapport à un axe de buse qui s'étend à partir d'un orifice de sortie (44) de la buse haute pression (14, 15) jusqu'au matériau sans fin (2), où la buse haute pression (14, 15) est disposée par rapport à la ligne de transport (3) de sorte que l'axe de buse (39) est orienté dans un angle α entre environ 25 ° et environ 65 ° et que la buse haute pression (14, 15) est disposée par rapport à la ligne de transport (3) de sorte que le jet de fluide (18) présente une composante de mouvement qui est orientée opposée à la direction de transport (A) du matériau sans fin (2) par la ligne de transport (3), caractérisé en ce que la buse haute pression (14, 15) peut être mise en rotation autour de la ligne de transport (3).
  2. Dispositif (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une multiplicité de buses haute pression (14, 15) qui sont disposées les unes derrière les autres en direction de la ligne de transport (3).
  3. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une multiplicité de buses haute pression (14, 15) qui sont disposées les unes à côté des autres dans la direction radiale autour de la ligne de transport (3).
  4. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un dispositif de chauffage (45) pour un fluide formant le jet de fluide (18).
  5. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une pompe (24) afin de créer un jet de fluide (18) avec une pression dans une plage de 100 bar à 180 bar, de préférence de 120 bar à 170 bar, de manière particulièrement préférée d'environ 160 bar.
  6. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente une cuve de fluide (20) permettant de capter et/ou de préparer le fluide, et/ou un skimmer tubulaire (21) permettant le retrait d'impuretés, notamment de la mousse de surface, de la surface du fluide dans la cuve de fluide (20).
  7. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présente au moins un dispositif de nettoyage (8, 9), notamment sous la forme d'un nettoyage en cascade, qui est disposé dans la direction de transport du matériau sans fin (2) derrière la buse haute pression (14, 15).
  8. Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend au moins un dispositif de séchage (27, 31, 35), notamment sous la forme d'au moins une buse d'air comprimé (27, 31, 35), conçue pour soumettre le matériau sans fin (2) passant par la ligne de transport (3) à un jet d'air comprimé.
  9. Utilisation d'un dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8 pour le traitement de surface d'un matériau sans fin, notamment pour le nettoyage de surface du matériau sans fin.
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