EP3863978A1 - Roller bed for glass panes - Google Patents
Roller bed for glass panesInfo
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- EP3863978A1 EP3863978A1 EP19783324.7A EP19783324A EP3863978A1 EP 3863978 A1 EP3863978 A1 EP 3863978A1 EP 19783324 A EP19783324 A EP 19783324A EP 3863978 A1 EP3863978 A1 EP 3863978A1
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- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B35/00—Transporting of glass products during their manufacture, e.g. hot glass lenses, prisms
- C03B35/14—Transporting hot glass sheets or ribbons, e.g. by heat-resistant conveyor belts or bands
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- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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- C03B35/14—Transporting hot glass sheets or ribbons, e.g. by heat-resistant conveyor belts or bands
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Definitions
- the present invention is in the technical field of processing glass panes and relates to a roller bed for the overlying transport of glass panes.
- the invention relates in particular to a device for bending glass panes, which comprises a roller bed according to the invention.
- a roller bed comprises a plurality of stationary transport rollers, which are arranged in parallel in one plane and, with their roller sections pointing upwards, together form a flat support surface for the glass panes.
- Each transport roller is rotatably supported at both ends.
- the glass panes rest on the support surface with their own weight and are frictionally connected to the transport rollers so that they can be transported transversely to the transport rollers by actively turning the transport rollers along a transport direction.
- the roller bed is used to transport glass panes into a bending chamber, the interior of which is heated to a high temperature suitable for bending the glass panes, which is, for example, in the range from 600 ° C. to 800 ° C.
- a high temperature suitable for bending the glass panes which is, for example, in the range from 600 ° C. to 800 ° C.
- multi-stage disc bending is generally required for complex disc shapes, which can also require the use of several bending molds, such bending chambers are typically much larger than the length of the transport rollers, so that the rotary bearings are located on one side of the transport rollers within the bending chamber and the pivot bearings are on the opposite side of the transport rollers outside the bending chamber.
- the sections of the transport rollers located outside the bending chamber are also used for rotating the transport rollers.
- Quartz material is typically used as the material for the transport rollers, which has the advantage of a relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion, so that the transport rollers, even if they have different temperatures at different roller sections, form a uniformly flat contact surface for the glass panes, thereby causing undesirable deformation of the glass panes on top is avoided.
- Such rolls of quartz material are also known to those skilled in the art Rolls of so-called jused silica material known.
- fused silica is advantageous in terms of avoiding contamination of the glass panes.
- the transport rollers are typically rotatably supported at the two opposite ends.
- a sleeve-shaped metal cap is placed on each of the ends, from which a bearing journal protrudes, which is inserted into a central opening of a metallic axial ball bearing.
- the metal caps are each connected to the transport rollers in a rotationally fixed manner, for example by an adhesive connection and / or a non-positive connection, for example by means of shrink fitting.
- DE 10 2009 018822 A1 discloses a roller bearing with an inner roller shell and an outer roller shell, between which roller bodies are located.
- the two rolling shells are made of hard metal, the rolling elements made of hard metal or ceramic material.
- DE 10 2016 2061 1 A1 discloses a roller bearing with a plurality of roller bodies made of different materials, wherein the first roller bodies have a metallic material and the second roller bodies have a ceramic material.
- the object of the present invention is to avoid the disadvantages mentioned above.
- a roller bed for the overlying transport of glass panes comprises a plurality of stationary transport rollers, typically cylindrical transport rollers, which are each rotatably mounted about a central axis of rotation.
- the transport rollers are parallel to each other, i.e. with parallel axes of rotation, arranged in one plane and together with their respective roller sections pointing upwards form a flat support surface for supporting glass panes.
- the glass panes rest on the support surface with their own weight and are frictionally connected to the transport rollers so that they can be transported transversely to the transport rollers or transversely to the axes of rotation by actively rotating the transport rollers along a transport direction.
- the two opposite ends (end sections) of each transport roller are each rotatably supported by a rotary bearing, so that the transport rollers can be rotated about their longitudinal axis by means of the rotary bearings.
- the roller bed has at least one transport roller which is rotatably supported at its two ends by two rotary bearings, one end being directly coupled to a ceramic rotary bearing.
- directly coupled means that the end of the transport roller is coupled directly to the ceramic rotary bearing, without the interposition of an attachment part on the transport roller that differs from the transport roller and that consists in particular of a material different from the material of the transport roller, such as a sleeve-shaped one Metal cap.
- the end of the transport roller, which is coupled to the ceramic pivot bearing thus has no attachments attached to the transport roller, which are used for the pivot bearing of the transport roller or for coupling to the pivot bearing.
- the end of the transport roll itself which is also from the Material of the transport roller is coupled to the ceramic pivot bearing.
- “directly coupled” means that, depending on the design of the ceramic pivot bearing, the end of the transport roller is either connected to the ceramic pivot bearing or is rotatably connected.
- the end of the transport roller is connected to the ceramic axial rotary bearing in a rotational test.
- the ceramic axial rotary bearing typically has two concentric (ceramic) bearing sleeves, between which there are (ceramic) rolling elements, the end of the transport roller being connected to the inner bearing sleeve in a rotational test.
- the end of the transport roller lies directly freely on the bearing rollers, the bearing rollers being passively rotated by actively rotating the transport roller or the transport roller being passively rotated by actively rotating the bearing rollers.
- the roller bed typically has a plurality of transport rollers, each of which has an end which is directly coupled to a ceramic rotary bearing.
- the inventors have surprisingly found that the (direct) ceramic rotary bearing of transport rollers, even in hot environments, such as in bending chambers, can achieve very satisfactory results with regard to the maximum useful life and wear of the transport rollers.
- the invention thus advantageously avoids the problems described at the outset, which can occur with the use of metal caps for the rotary mounting of the transport rollers in hot environments.
- a cooling of the ends of the transport rollers coupled with ceramic pivot bearings is not necessary, which saves costs and in particular reduces the complexity of the systems in which the roller bed is used.
- Each ceramic rotary bearing consists exclusively of one or more ceramic materials, ie it has no non-ceramic material, in particular no metallic material.
- Each ceramic rotary bearing preferably consists of at least one ceramic material which is selected such that a quotient which is formed from a counter is given by the absolute value of the difference between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the ceramic material of the ceramic rotary bearing and a thermal expansion coefficient of the material of the transport rollers , and a denominator given by the thermal Expansion coefficient of the ceramic material of the ceramic rotary bearing is less than 0.8, preferably less than 0.5, particularly preferably less than 0.2, in particular less than 0.1.
- the transport rollers preferably each consist of quartz material, as a result of which the advantages described at the outset of only a very slight deformation of the transport rollers when sections of the transport rollers are at different temperatures, and of a reduced risk of contamination of glass panes transported on the support surface can be achieved.
- the transport rollers can in particular also consist of at least one ceramic material, which can be the same as or different from the at least one ceramic material of the ceramic pivot bearings.
- the ceramic rotary bearings can consist of a wide variety of ceramics.
- the inventors have found that ceramic rotary bearings consisting of quartz (jused silica) or consisting of silicon nitride (S1 3 N 4 ) have proven to be particularly suitable.
- the ceramic pivot bearing is a ceramic axial pivot bearing (e.g. axial ball bearing) in which the end of the transport roller coupled to the ceramic pivot bearing is inserted in a central opening in a rotationally fixed manner.
- axial rotary bearing is to be understood in the sense of the invention as a rotary bearing which, in the state of rotary coupling with the transport roller, has a component which can be fixedly connected to the transport roller and can be rotated about an axis of rotation which is identical to the central axis of rotation of the transport roller .
- the ceramic axial rotary bearing has two concentrically arranged (hollow cylindrical) ceramic bearing sleeves, between which there are ceramic rolling elements (eg balls) that enable the two bearing sleeves to rotate relative to one another about a common central axis of rotation.
- the transport roller is non-rotatably connected to the inner bearing sleeve.
- a non-rotatable connection of the inner position sleeve with the end of the transport roller can be done, for example, by friction.
- the two concentric bearing sleeves and the rolling elements consist of at least one ceramic material.
- the end of the at least one transport roller which is inserted non-rotatably into the opening of a ceramic axial rotary bearing, has a cylindrical shape and has a smaller diameter than the remaining part of the transport roller. This measure advantageously allows the radial dimension of the ceramic axial rotary bearing to be reduced.
- the diameter of the cylindrical end of the transport roller is particularly advantageously selected such that a quotient, which is formed by a numerator, is given by the absolute value of the difference between a thermal expansion of the end of the transport roller and a thermal expansion of the ceramic axial rotary bearing, and a denominator, given by the thermal expansion of the ceramic axial rotary bearing, in each case based on the same radial direction, is less than 0.8, preferably less than 0.5, particularly preferably less than 0.2, in particular less than 0.1.
- the roller bed has at least one transport roller with a first end, which is directly coupled to a ceramic rotary bearing, and a second end (opposite the first end), to which a metal attachment, in particular a metal cap, is attached , wherein the metallic attachment is directly coupled to a metallic pivot bearing.
- the attachment consists of a metallic material, for example stainless steel, and is firmly connected to the end of the associated transport roller, for example by means of a material connection (for example adhesive) and / or a non-positive connection (for example by shrinking on) and / or a positive connection.
- the roller bed typically has a plurality of Transport rollers on which one end is rotatably supported by ceramic and the other end is rotatably supported by metal.
- the ceramic pivot bearing of a respective transport roller can be arranged in a hot environment, for example in a bending chamber for glass panes, wherein the metallic pivot bearing and associated metal add-on part can be arranged outside the hot environment.
- the metallic attachments outside of the hot environment can advantageously be used for rotating the transport rollers, for example by using a pinion chain mechanism in which a pinion is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a respective transport roller, for example in the area of the metallic attachment part. The problem described at the beginning does not occur, since the metal add-on parts and the metallic pivot bearings are arranged outside the hot environment.
- the ceramic pivot bearing for the ceramic pivot bearing of the transport roller consists exclusively of one or more ceramic materials.
- the metallic pivot bearing for the metallic pivot bearing of the transport roller preferably consists exclusively of one or more metallic materials.
- the metallic pivot bearing for the rotatable mounting of a transport roller is advantageously a metallic axial pivot bearing, the metallic add-on part having a bearing journal which is inserted in a central opening of the metallic axial pivot bearing in a rotationally fixed manner.
- the metallic thrust bearing e.g. thrust ball bearing
- the metallic thrust bearing is typically constructed in analogy to the ceramic thrust bearing and has two concentrically arranged (hollow cylindrical) metallic bearing sleeves, between which there are metallic rolling elements (e.g. balls) that rotate the two bearing sleeves around a common one enable central axis of rotation.
- the bearing journal of the metal add-on part is connected to the inner bearing sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner.
- Such a rotationally fixed connection can be made, for example, by frictional connection.
- the two concentric bearing sleeves and the rolling elements are made of a metallic material, e.g. stainless steel.
- the roller bed comprises at least one (cylindrical) transport roller with one end which is directly coupled to a ceramic rotary bearing, the ceramic rotary bearing comprising at least two rotatable bearing rollers, in particular exactly two bearing rollers, made of at least one ceramic material.
- the bearing rollers made of a ceramic material are arranged with their axes of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotatably coupled transport roller so that the end of the transport roller can be brought to rest directly on the bearing rollers (ie without an additional attachment being interposed).
- One end of the transport roller lies freely on the at least two storage rollers and is supported downwards by the storage rollers, ie there is no fixed connection (only a frictional connection) between the transport roller and the storage rollers.
- the coupling between the end of the transport roller and the at least two bearing rollers is such that the bearing rollers are rotated when the transport roller is actively rotated, or the transport roller is rotated by actively rotating the bearing rollers.
- This embodiment of the invention enables simple maintenance and replacement of the transport roller and / or storage rollers, since they are not firmly connected to one another.
- the associated ceramic roller bearing can be used further, which can save costs.
- the ceramic bearing rollers consist exclusively of at least one ceramic material, ie they have no non-ceramic material.
- the roller bed comprises a plurality of transport rollers which are rotatably mounted in a ceramic manner in this way.
- the roller bed advantageously has at least one transport roller, in which one end is directly coupled to a ceramic roller bearing, and in which a metallic add-on part, in particular a metal cap, is fastened to the other end and is directly coupled to a metallic rotary bearing.
- the metallic rotary bearing is particularly advantageously a metallic axial rotary bearing, the metallic add-on part having a (metallic) bearing journal which is inserted in a central opening of the metallic axial rotary bearing in a rotationally fixed manner.
- At least one ceramic pivot bearing has a cover through which the penetration of Contamination, in particular dust, in the ceramic pivot bearing is reduced or completely blocked. This reduces the wear of the ceramic pivot bearing due to external contaminants and enables longer use even in relatively dusty environments, such as in a bending chamber for bending glass panes.
- Each ceramic rotary bearing preferably has such a cover.
- the invention further extends to a device for bending glass panes ("bending system”), which has a heatable bending chamber with at least one bending mold for bending glass panes and a roller bed according to the invention for bending glass panes from an area outside the bending chamber into the bending chamber transport.
- the roller bed consists of a first set of transport rollers and a second set of transport rollers, the transport rollers of the first set being arranged at least partially, in particular completely, within the bending chamber and the transport rollers of the second set being arranged completely outside of the bending chamber.
- the ceramic pivot bearing is located within the bending chamber for each transport roller.
- each transport roller can be located inside or outside the bending chamber, it preferably being outside the bending chamber and preferably being a metallic pivot bearing.
- a metallic add-on part for the fixed connection to the metallic pivot bearing is preferably attached to a respective transport roller of the first set in a rotationally fixed manner, the metallic add-on parts likewise being located outside the bending chamber.
- the transport rollers of the first set of transport rollers are thus preferably each rotatably mounted with a ceramic bearing and at the other end with a rotating metal bearing, it being advantageous if the ceramic rotating bearing is located inside the bending chamber and the metallic rotating bearing is located outside the bending chamber.
- each transport roller of the second set is rotatably mounted on two metallic pivot bearings, ie both ends of the transport rollers are rotatably supported on metal.
- the device for bending glass panes has a preheating station for preheating glass panes to be bent, the roller bed according to the invention for transport of disks from the preheating station into the bending chamber, so that the roller bed is partly arranged in the bending chamber and partly in the preheating chamber.
- the transport rollers (of the second set) completely penetrate the preheating chamber, their (preferably metallic) rotary bearings being located outside the preheating chamber.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a bending system according to the invention in a plan view from above, parts of the bending system, which are irrelevant for the understanding of the invention, are not shown.
- Fig. 2 is a (vertical) sectional view of the bending system of Fig. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an end of a transport roller which is fixedly connected to a metal cap, a bearing journal of the bearing sleeve being received in a metallic axial ball bearing;
- Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of an end of a transport roller which is received in a ceramic axial ball bearing, the
- Diameter of the end is smaller than that of the transport roller
- Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of an end of a transport roller which is received in a ceramic axial ball bearing, the
- the diameter of the end is the same as that of the transport roller
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic perspective view of a ceramic bearing roller of a ceramic roller bearing for a transport roller
- Fig. 7 shows a further schematic perspective view of the ceramic
- Fig. 8 is a schematic representation of the ceramic rotary bearing
- Transport roller which rests freely on the bearing rollers of Figures 6 and 7.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 in which an exemplary embodiment of the bending system 1 according to the invention for bending glass panes 8 is illustrated schematically.
- the bending system 1 comprises a central bending chamber 2 with a bending shape 3 for bending glass panes 8 and a preheating chamber 4 for preheating glass panes 8 to be bent.
- the preheating chamber 4 typically has different temperature zones with increasing temperatures in the direction of the bending chamber 2, the an the temperature zone adjacent to the bending chamber has the same temperature as the bending chamber 2, which is, for example, in the range from 700 ° C. to 800 ° C.
- the roller bed 5 which is used to transport glass panes 8 from the preheating chamber 4 into the bending chamber 2.
- the bending installation 1 comprises further components, such as a prestressing chamber for prestressing curved glass panes 8, which, however, are irrelevant for the understanding of the invention, so that the description and description thereof are unnecessary.
- the roller bed 5 comprises a plurality of cylindrical transport rollers 6, which are each rotatably supported at their two ends about a central axis of rotation.
- the transport rollers 6 are arranged parallel to one another (with parallel axes of rotation) in the same plane and, together with their respectively upwardly facing roller sections, together form a flat support surface 7 for supporting glass panes 8.
- a glass disc 8 which only supports the support surface 7 rests by its own weight, shown schematically.
- the glass panes 8 located on the support surface 7 have a frictional connection with the transport rollers 6 and can be rotated about them by actively rotating the transport rollers 6 respective axes of rotation are transported in a transport direction transverse to the axes of rotation.
- the two opposite ends of each transport roller 6 are each rotatably supported in a rotary bearing 9, 9 ', which are not shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.
- the roller bed 5 can be divided into a first set 10 of transport rollers 6, which are each partially located within the bending chamber 2, and a second set 11 of transport rollers 6, which are arranged entirely outside the bending chamber 2 (ie partially in the preheating chamber 4) .
- the transport rollers 6 each consist of quartz material. All pivot bearings 9, 9 'of the transport rollers 6 of the second set 11 of transport rollers 6 are located outside the preheating chamber 4 and thus outside the heated or hot area of the preheating chamber 4.
- the outer environment of the preheating chamber 4 is much cooler and has an ambient temperature of for example at 21 ° C.
- the one rotary bearing 9 of each transport roller 6 of the first set 10 of transport rollers 6 is located inside the hot bending chamber 2, the other rotary bearing 9 'outside the bending chamber 2.
- the outer environment of the bending chamber 2 is much cooler than the interior of the Bending chamber 2, for example, an ambient temperature of 21 ° C.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of an end 13 of a transport roller 6 made of quartz material, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a one-piece metal cap 12 which consists of a metallic material, for example stainless steel.
- the metal cap 12 is, for example, firmly connected to the end 13 of the transport roller 6 by an adhesive. It is also conceivable, for example, to thermally shrink the bearing sleeve onto the end 13, so that the metal cap 12 and the transport roller 6 are firmly connected to one another by a force fit.
- the metal cap 12 has a cylindrical bearing journal 14 which is arranged centrally to the axis of rotation 15 of the transport roller 6 and which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a rotary bearing 9, 9 ′ designed in the form of a metallic axial ball bearing.
- the axial ball bearing consists of a metallic material, especially stainless steel.
- the axial ball bearing comprises two concentric (metallic) bearing sleeves, between which there are metallic balls, which cause a relative rotation of the two bearing sleeves about a common central axis of rotation is identical to the axis of rotation 15 of the transport roller 6, allow.
- the exact structure of the thrust ball bearing is not shown in FIG. 3, since it is well known to the person skilled in the art from thrust ball bearings that are commercially available.
- the bearing pin 14 is connected to the inner bearing sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner, for example by thermal shrinking.
- the inner bearing sleeve defines an opening 16 for the bearing pin 14.
- the end 13 of the transport roller 6, on which the metal cap 12 is placed, has a cylindrical shape with a smaller diameter than the transport roller 6 itself. This allows the radial dimension of the metal cap 12 and those of the thrust ball bearing can be reduced.
- Figure 4 shows a schematic representation of an end 13 of a transport roller 6 made of quartz material, which is direct, i.e. is connected in a rotationally fixed manner without a metallic add-on part to a rotary bearing 9 designed in the form of a ceramic axial ball bearing.
- the axial ball bearing consists of at least one ceramic material and has no non-ceramic material.
- the ceramic axial ball bearing comprises two concentric bearing sleeves (made of ceramic material), between which balls (made of ceramic material) are located.
- the end 13 (made of quartz material) of the transport roller 6 is non-rotatably connected to the inner bearing sleeve, for example by thermal shrinking.
- the inner bearing sleeve defines an opening 16 into which the end 13 of the transport roller 6 is inserted in a rotationally fixed manner.
- the end 13 of the transport roller 6 has a cylindrical shape with a smaller diameter than the remaining part of the transport roller 6. This allows the radial dimension of the ceramic axial ball bearing to be reduced, so that a larger number of transport rollers 6 are arranged in the roller bed 5 by the distance adjacent transport rollers 6 is reduced. This advantageously reduces the forces acting on a transport roller 6 and its rotary bearing, so that its service life can be increased and the risk of breakage or damage is generally reduced.
- FIG. 5 shows a variant of the ceramic rotary bearing of FIG. 4, which differs only in that the end 13 of the transport roller 6 has no reduced diameter with respect to the diameter of the remaining part of the transport roller 6.
- the transport roller 6 can be fixed in the ceramic axial ball bearing without further processing.
- a further embodiment of a ceramic rotary bearing of the transport rollers 6 is explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.
- the ceramic rotary bearing 9 mounted on a carrier 21 comprises two ceramic bearing rollers 17 with a cylindrical shape, which are each rotatably mounted in a holder 18.
- each bearing roller 17 has a central bearing bore 20 which is penetrated by a bearing pin 19 fastened to the holder 18.
- the bearing roller 17 is rotatable about the bearing pin 19, which defines the axis of rotation.
- the bearing rollers 17 consist exclusively of at least one ceramic material.
- the bracket 18 and the bearing pin 19 consist exclusively of at least one ceramic material.
- the end 13 of the transport roller 6 lies freely on the two bearing rollers 17 and is supported downwards by the bearing rollers, there being no fixed connection, only a frictional connection, between the transport roller 6 and the bearing rollers 17.
- the bearing rollers 17 By actively rotating the transport roller 6, the bearing rollers 17 (passive) also rotate.
- the transport roller 6 can be rotated (passively) by actively rotating the bearing rollers 17. This enables simple maintenance and replacement of the transport roller 6 or the bearing rollers 17, since these are not firmly connected to one another.
- all the transport rollers 6 can have a ceramic rotary bearing according to an embodiment as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8.
- the transport rollers 6 of the second set 11 of transport rollers 6 are each rotatably supported at both ends 13, whereas the transport rollers 6 of the first set 10 of transport rollers 6 are each rotatably supported at one end 13 and are rotatably supported on the ceramic end 13.
- the invention provides a roller bed and a device for bending glass panes, which, compared to a conventional roller bed, enable glass panes to be manufactured more easily and cost-effectively.
- An elaborate cooling of the metallic rotary bearing of transport rollers inside a hot environment is not required.
- the complexity of bending systems for glass panes is reduced. Downtimes due to maintenance or repair of a cooling system for metallic rotary bearings of transport rollers do not occur.
- transport rollers can also be directly and rotatably coupled to a ceramic pivot bearing without metallic add-on parts in order to be used in a hot environment with a long service life and little wear.
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