JP2001226845A - Yarn heat treatment roller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a yarn heat treatment roller that improves the durability of a bearings by controlling rise in temperature of the bearing. SOLUTION: This yarn heat treatment roller is obtained by equipping a revolving shaft 3 for rotating a roller main body 4 with a cooling fan 21 to be rotated together with the revolving shaft 3 and cols a first and a second heat pipes 26 and 27 by air flow caused by the rotation of the cooling fan 21 to cool bearings 11 and 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a yarn heat treatment roller for heating a yarn wound by a spinning winder for drawing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a spinning system, a plurality of yarns to be wound around a take-up winder are wound between yarn heat treatment rollers, and each heater is heated by a heater in each roller. The yarn is drawn according to the peripheral speed ratio. Each yarn heat treatment roller includes a cylindrical support, a rotating shaft, a roller body, and a heater. The rotating shaft is supported by a bearing inside the support. The roller body is disposed outside the support and is connected to one end of the rotating shaft. The heater is provided between the support and the roller body.

[0003] When the heating of the yarn by the yarn heat treatment roller is started, the heat generated by the heater is transmitted from the support to the outer ring of the bearing. In addition, the heat of the heater is transmitted from the roller body, the connecting portion between the roller body and the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft to the inner ring of the bearing, thereby increasing the temperature of the bearing.
This increase in the temperature of the bearing deteriorates the lubricant of the bearing and shortens the life of the bearing, and also reduces the durability of the yarn heat treatment roller. As means for solving this problem, a heat pipe is provided outside the outer ring of the bearing, and the heat of the bearing is transmitted to a heat dissipating member provided with a large number of fins and dissipated by the heat pipe, whereby each bearing is A device that suppresses a temperature rise has been proposed.

[0004]

However, in the conventional cooling method of the bearing of the yarn heat treatment roller, the heat is not sufficiently released, and the cooling of the bearing may be insufficient.

An object of the present invention is to provide a yarn heat treatment roller capable of suppressing a rise in temperature of a bearing and improving durability.

[0006]

A yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention is connected to a rotating shaft supported by a bearing inside a support and one end of the rotating shaft outside the support. And a heater disposed between the support and the roller body. In the yarn heat treatment roller, a cooling fan that rotates with the rotation shaft is provided on the other end side of the rotation shaft, and a cooling unit that radiates heat of the bearing by blowing air due to the rotation of the cooling fan is provided. The yarn heat treatment roller heats the yarn by rotating the roller body with a rotating shaft and heating the roller body with a heater. By rotating the cooling fan together with the rotating shaft, air wind can be generated. In addition, heat from the heater is transmitted from the support to the bearing to increase the temperature of the bearing, but the air flow of the cooling fan acts on the cooling means, and the heat of the bearing is taken away by the air flow. Can be cooled sufficiently. Then, when cooling the bearing using the air flow of the cooling fan and the cooling means, the air flow is transmitted inside and outside the roller, so that heat can be prevented from being trapped inside the roller, and the bearing can be sufficiently cooled.

In the yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention (claim 2), the cooling means is constituted by a heat pipe for transmitting the heat of the bearing to the vicinity of the cooling fan. The heat of the bearing is transmitted to the cooling fan by the heat pipe. Then, the air flow of the cooling fan acts on the heat pipe, and the heat of the bearing is removed from the heat pipe by the air flow, so that the bearing can be cooled.

In the yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention (claim 3), the cooling means is constituted by an air passage extending from the vicinity of the bearing to the vicinity of the cooling fan. The air flow of the cooling fan can be guided to the vicinity of the bearing by the air passage. Then, the bearing can be cooled by removing the heat of the bearing by the air wind.

The air passage extends from the vicinity of the cooling fan to the vicinity of the bearing through the outside of the support and from the vicinity of the bearing to the other end of the rotary shaft through the inside of the heater. It is preferable that the structure be open to the outside.
The air flow of the cooling fan can be guided to the vicinity of the bearing by the air passage, and the bearing can be cooled by removing the heat of the bearing by the air flow. Then, the air wind that has taken heat from the bearing is released to the outside through the air passage, so that the bearing can be sufficiently cooled without heat remaining in the roller. In addition, providing the air passage between the support and the heater can reduce the amount of heat transferred from the heater to the support and the bearing by the airflow flowing in the air passage. Further, it is preferable that air can be introduced into the vicinity of the cooling fan from the outside.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. An example in which the yarn heat treatment roller is applied to the spinning system X in FIG. 1 will be described.

A spinning system X shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 heats and draws a plurality of yarns Y spun from a spinning machine, and winds them up by a spinning winder Z. The heat stretching of each yarn Y is performed by a first godet roller GR1 and a second godet roller GR2.
It is done with. Each of the godet rollers GR1 and GR2 forms a roller pair of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 and the separator roller SR. The plurality of yarns Y spun from the spinning machine enter the first godet roller GR1 and are wound several times between the yarn heat treatment roller 1 and the separator roller SR. Each yarn Y that has left the first godet roller GR1 is
After entering the second godet roller GR2 and being wound several times between the yarn heat treatment roller 1 and the separator roller SR,
It is developed in the roller axis direction, and is wound up by the spinning winder Z for each package. At this time, by making the peripheral speed of the second godet roller GR2 faster than that of the first godet roller GR2, each yarn Y wound between the godet rollers GR1 and GR2 is heated and drawn.

Next, the specific structure of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The yarn heating roller 1 shown in FIG. 3 includes a support 2, a rotating shaft 3, a roller body 4, and a heater 5, and rotates the rotating shaft 3 by driving a drive motor 9.

The support 2 supports the rotating shaft 3.
It consists of a support member 6 and a support frame 7. Support member 6
Is formed in a cylindrical shape having a flange 8 and is arranged concentrically with the rotating shaft 3. The support member 6 is integrated with the support bracket 7 by attaching the flange 8 to the support bracket 7 with bolts. The support bracket 7 is arranged so as to form an air suction path P between the support bracket 7 and the drive motor 9 in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3. The drive motor 9 is fixed on the support bracket 7. A cooling space U is formed inside the support bracket 7. This cooling space U is open to the air suction path P.
Thus, the support 2 enables air to be introduced into the cooling space U from outside the roller 1.

The rotating shaft 3 is inserted into an inner peripheral hole 10 of the supporting member 6 and is rotatably supported by the supporting member 6 by a pair of bearings 11 and 12. The bearings 11 and 12 are provided on both ends of the support member 6 in the axial direction. Further, the rotating shaft 3 penetrates through the inside of the support member 7 and the drive motor 9
And protrude to the opposite side. The rotating shaft 3 is reduced in diameter on the driving motor 9 side and protrudes into the cooling space U, and is connected to a driving shaft 9 a of the driving motor 9 by a coupling 13. Thus, the rotation shaft 3 rotates with respect to the support member 6 by driving of the drive motor 9.

The roller body 4 is arranged at a distance from the outside of the cylindrical portion of the support member 6. The roller body 4 is formed in a cup shape in which one end of the cylindrical body is closed by a side wall 14. On the side wall 14 of the roller body 4,
A boss 15 protruding into the cylindrical body is integrally formed.
The roller body 4 is inserted into the outside of the support member 6 from the opening side of the cylindrical body, and is connected to one end side of the rotary shaft 3 by press-fitting the boss 15 to the tip of the rotary shaft 3. Then, the nut 16 is screwed to the tip of the rotating shaft 3 from the outside of the side wall 14 and fastened to the rotating shaft 3 by tightening the nut 16. Thus, the roller body 3 is cantilevered from the tip of the rotating shaft 3 to the vicinity of the flange 8 of the support member 6, and is rotated together with the rotating shaft 3. Further, the roller body 4 forms a connecting portion 37 with the boss 15 and the rotating shaft 3.

The heater 5 is attached to the support member 6 via a heater support member 17 so as to face the inside of the roller body 4 between the support member 6 and the roller body 4.
The heater support member 17 is arranged at a distance from the cylindrical portion of the support member 6, and is pressed against the flange 8 of the support member 6 via a spacer 18. Thus, the heater 5 heats the cylindrical body of the roller body 4 from the inside.

The yarn heat treatment roller 1 is provided with each bearing 1
A cooling structure and a heat transfer suppressing structure for suppressing the temperature rise of the heat exchangers 1 and 12 are provided.

The cooling structure of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 includes a cooling fan 21 for generating an air flow for cooling the bearings 11 and 12 and an air flow of the cooling fan 21 for the bearings 11 and 1.
2 and first and second cooling means 51 and 52 for cooling the cooling water.

The cooling fan 21 is disposed in the cooling space U of the support bracket 7 and is provided on the rotating shaft 3 so as to be able to blow air from the air suction path P to the support member 6 side. The cooling fan 21 is rotated together with the rotating shaft 3 and draws air outside the rollers from the air suction path P into the cooling space U to generate an airflow in the cooling space U.

The first cooling means 21 includes the first heat pipe 2
6 and the second heat pipe 27. First and second
The heat pipes 26 and 27 are filled with a heat transfer medium such as steam, and transfer heat of the bearings 11 and 12 to a lower temperature side.

A plurality of first heat pipes 26 are provided, each of which is inserted into each of the insertion holes 6a of the support member 6. Each heat pipe 26 is arranged near the outer side of the outer ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12, extends from the cooling space U in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3, and reaches the vicinity of the bearing 12 via the vicinity of the bearing 11. The plurality of heat pipes 26 support the support member 6.
Are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction (see FIG. 4).
Further, each heat pipe 26 protrudes into the cooling space U and is arranged around the outside of the cooling fan 21. Thus, the first heat pipe 26 transfers the heat of each of the bearings 11 and 12 from the outside of the outer ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12 to the vicinity of the cooling fan 21 in the cooling space U. This first heat pipe 2
Reference numeral 6 denotes a cooling means on the outer ring side of each of the bearings 11 and 12.

A plurality of second heat pipes 27 are provided, each of which is inserted into each insertion hole 3 a of the rotating shaft 3, and rotates together with the rotating shaft 3. . Each heat pipe 27 is disposed near the inner side of the inner ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12, and the cooling space U
Extends in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3 and reaches the vicinity of the bearing 12 through the vicinity of the bearing 11. The plurality of heat pipes 27 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft 3 (see FIG. 4). Each heat pipe 27 is disposed so as to protrude into the cooling space U and face the cooling fan 21. Thus, the second heat pipe 27 transmits the heat of each of the bearings 11 and 12 to the cooling space U from the inside of the inner ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12. This second heat pipe 2
Reference numeral 7 denotes a cooling means on the inner ring side of each of the bearings 11 and 12.

The first and second heat pipes 26,
The insertion structure shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, each of the heat pipes 26 and 27 has an insertion hole 3a,
A gap 45 having a heat insulating effect is formed between the space and the insertion hole 3a, 6a. In addition, each heat pipe 2
The support members 6 and 27 are supported on the support member 6 and the rotating shaft 3 by pipe members 46 inserted into the insertion holes 3a and 6a. Then, a gap 45 on the bearing 12 side of each of the heat pipes 26 and 27.
The heat transfer material 4 covering the heat pipes 26 and 27
7 is loaded. In this insertion structure, each of the heat pipes 26 and 27 is insulated from the support member 6 and the rotating shaft 3 by a gap 45, and each of the bearings 11, 27 from the outside of the outer ring of the bearing 12 or the inside of the inner ring by the heat transfer material 47. 12 can be effectively conducted and transmitted to the cooling fan 21 in the cooling space U. FIG.
In the insertion structure, the bearing 12 is provided inside the heater 5 and the heater support member 17, and can sufficiently cool the bearing 12 in view of the direct influence of the heat of the heater 5. Note that the second heat pipe 27 is disposed at a position eccentric with respect to the axis of the rotating shaft 3. Therefore, when the rotating shaft 3 rotates, the cooling space U of the second heat pipe 27
The portion protruding from the rotary shaft 3 is turned around the axis of the rotary shaft 3, so that the cooling is performed efficiently.

The second cooling means 52, as shown in FIG.
The air flow of the cooling fan 21 is introduced outside the outer rings of the bearings 11 and 12 to cool the bearings 11 and 12, and is configured as an air passage 28. The air passage 28 includes a plurality of air passages 29 and first and second air passages 30 and 31. Each air passage hole 29 is formed in the support member 6, penetrates near the outside of the first heat pipe 26, and communicates the cooling space U between the support member 6 and the heater support member 17. The plurality of air holes 29 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the support member 6 (see FIG. 4). The first and second air passages 30 and 31 are formed by a cylindrical guide body 32 as a double annular space between the support member 6 and the heater support member 17 over both axial ends of the rotary shaft 3. I have.
The first air passage 30 communicates with the cooling space U through each air passage hole 29, extends outside the support member 6, and extends through the bearing 11.
Through the outer ring of the bearing 12 to the outer ring of the bearing 12. The second air path 31 communicates with the first air path 30 through a communication hole 32 a of the guide body 32 on the bearing 12 side, extends through the inside of the heater support member 17, and is on the other end side of the rotating shaft 3. It reaches the flange 8 of the support member 6. Also, the second
The air path 31 communicates with the outside of the roller through a gap between the support member 6, the heater support member 17, and the spacer 18. Thus, the air passage 28 introduces the air wind of the cooling fan 21 from each air passage 29 into the first air passage 30, and guides the air wind to the outside of the outer ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12 by the first air passage 30. . In addition, the air flow is discharged from the roller outside by flowing the air flow from the first air path 30 to the second air path 31.
Therefore, outside air can be passed through the rollers. This second
The cooling means 52 serves as an outer ring side cooling means for the bearings 11 and 12.

The heat transfer suppressing structure of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 is as follows.
It suppresses the amount of heat transferred to the inner race of each of the bearings 11 and 12 through the heater 5, the side wall 14, the boss 15 and the rotating shaft 3 of the roller body 4, and is constituted by a suppression means 35.

As shown in FIG. 6, the suppressing means 35 reduces the area of contact between the roller body 4 and the rotating shaft 3 at the connecting portion 37, that is, the heat transfer area S, so that the heater 5, the roller body 4 4 is to suppress the amount of heat transfer from the side wall 14 and the boss 15 to the rotating shaft 3. This reduction of the heat transfer area S is performed by forming a concave annular groove 38 that makes the boss 15 of the roller body 4 and the rotating shaft 3 non-contact. Annular groove 38
Has a predetermined width t in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 3 and
Is formed on the outer circumference on one end side. The first suppressing means 35 suppresses the heat transfer from the heater 5 and the roller body 4 to the rotating shaft 3 by reducing the heat transfer area S, so that each bearing 11, 1
2. Reduce the amount of heat transfer to the inner ring. The boss 15
A gap 39 is formed between the shaft 3 and the rotating shaft 3 by the annular groove 38, and the heat transfer effect to the rotating shaft 3 is also suppressed by the heat insulating effect of the gap 39. In addition, the width t of the annular groove 38 is appropriately adjusted according to the manner of connection between the boss 15 and the rotating shaft 3. Further, the annular groove 36 may be formed on the inner periphery of the boss 15. This suppressing means 35 is provided for each bearing 11,
By reducing the amount of transmission to the inner ring of the bearings 12, the bearings 11 and 12 serve as means for cooling the inner ring side.

Next, the operation of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 5 and 6.

In FIG. 3, the yarn heat treatment roller 1 is
By driving the drive motor 9, the rotating shaft 3, the roller body 4
, And at the same time, the roller body 4 is heated by the heater 5. Thus, the yarn heat treatment roller 1 winds the plurality of yarns Y spun from the spinning machine several times with each separator roller SR as described with reference to FIG. Heat.

When the heating of each yarn Y is started, the heater 5
Is transferred from the heater support member 17 and the support member 6 to the outer rings of the bearings 11 and 12. Further, the heat of the heater 5 is transferred from the side wall 14 of the roller body 4, the boss 15, and the rotating shaft 3 to the inner rings of the bearings 11 and 12, and
Raise the temperature of 1,12.

However, simultaneously with the heat transfer from the heater 5, the heat pipes 26 and 27 of the first cooling means 51
The heat of each bearing 11 is absorbed from the outside of the outer ring of each of the bearings 11 and 12 or from the inside of the inner ring, and is transferred to the cooling space U and radiated. At the same time as the rotation of the rotating shaft 3, the cooling fan 21 is rotated to generate air wind in the cooling space U. Thus, the heat pipes 26 and 27 of the first cooling means 51 are
The heat is taken away by the air wind generated in the cooling space U and is cooled, so that the bearings 11 and 12 are indirectly cooled by the air wind (see FIG. 3). Further, the second heat pipe 27
Is cooled by rotating itself with the rotating shaft 3.

The air flow from the cooling fan 21 is introduced into the air passage 28 of the second cooling means 52,
In the process of flowing through the inside, heat is taken from the outer rings of the bearings 11 and 12 to cool the bearings 11 and 12 and the like. In addition, the air wind from which heat is taken from the bearings 11 and 12 flows from the first air path 30 to the second air path 31, and the second air path 31
In the process of flowing, the heater support member 17 is cooled to suppress heat transfer to the support member 6 and the bearings 11 and 12 (see FIG. 5). Therefore, the roller body 4 is heated by the heater 5.
Is heated, the first air is blown using the air flow of the cooling fan 21.
The heat pipes 26 and 27 of the cooling means 51 and the air passage 28 of the second cooling means 52 can effectively cool the bearings 11 and 12 from outside the outer rings of the bearings 11 and 12 and from inside the inner rings. As a result, the temperature rise of each of the bearings 11 and 12 can be effectively suppressed.

Further, the amount of heat transferred from the side wall 14, the boss 15 and the rotating shaft 3 of the roller body 4 to the inner races of the bearings 11 and 12 is suppressed by the reduction of the heat transfer area S by the suppressing means 35 (see FIG. 1). See FIG. 6). Therefore, each bearing 11,
The temperature rise of each of the bearings 11 and 12 from the inner ring 12 side can be suppressed.

In the yarn heat treatment roller 1 of the present invention, the first
In addition, the bearings 11 and 12 are cooled by the second cooling means 51 and 52, and the amount of heat transferred to the inner rings of the bearings 11 and 12 is suppressed by the suppression means 35. The rise can be effectively suppressed, and the deterioration of the lubricant and the like of each of the bearings 11 and 12 can be eliminated, and the life of each of the bearings 11 and 12 can be extended. As a result, the durability of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 can be improved. Further, by providing the cooling fan on the rotating shaft 3, it is possible to cool the bearings 11 and 12 by utilizing the existing structure without connecting an air supply source to the cooling space U separately. . Further, the air wind generated in the cooling space U is directly blown to the bearing 11 to cool the bearing 11, and then to cool the bearing 11, 1
2. The air is exhausted to the outside of the roller through gaps such as the rotating shaft 3 and the support member 6. Further, as described above, the air wind is exhausted to the outside of the roller through the air passage 28 as well. Therefore, in the cooling space U, the heat pipes 26 and 27 can be effectively cooled by the air introduced from the outside of the roller without the heat taken from the heat pipes 26 and 27 being trapped.

As the yarn heat treatment roller 1 of the present invention, only one of a cooling structure and a heat transfer suppressing structure can be adopted. When employing the cooling structure, any one of the first and second cooling means 51 and 52 may be employed. When only the second cooling means 52 is employed, the bearings 11 and 12 can be cooled without providing the cooling fan 21, and the heat transfer to the bearings 11 and 12 can be suppressed. That is, since each heat pipe 27 is eccentric from the axis a of the rotating shaft 3 as shown in FIG. 4, the rotation of the rotating shaft 3 causes the heat pipe 27 to rotate so as to cut off the air in the cooling space U. Therefore, each heat pipe 27 can be cooled by air generated by rotation of the rotating shaft 3 without providing the cooling fan 21.

The application example of the yarn heat treatment roller 1 is not limited to the spinning system X. Further, the number and arrangement of the heat pipes 26 and 27 and the air holes 29 are not limited to those shown in FIG.

[0036]

The yarn heat treatment roller of the present invention acts on the cooling means by applying the air flow of the cooling fan to the cooling means, and the heat of the bearing is taken away by the air flow, thereby cooling the bearing. Even if the roller body is heated by the above, the temperature rise of the bearing can be suppressed. Therefore, the life of the bearing can be prolonged without deteriorating the lubricant of the bearing, and the durability of the yarn heat treatment roller can be improved. Further, since the cooling fan is provided on the rotating shaft, it is not necessary to separately provide or connect an air supply source, and the bearing can be easily cooled using an existing structure.

In the yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention (claim 2), the air flow of the cooling fan acts on the heat pipe, and the heat of the bearing is removed from the heat pipe by the air flow, so that the bearing can be cooled. .

In the yarn heat treatment roller according to the present invention (claim 3), the air flow of the cooling fan is guided to the bearing by the air passage, and the heat of the bearing is removed by the air flow, whereby the bearing can be cooled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing a spinning system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing a spinning system.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a yarn heat treatment roller of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a first cooling unit and a second cooling unit in the yarn heat treatment roller of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part showing suppression means in the yarn heat treatment roller of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 yarn heat treatment roller 2 rotating shaft support 3 rotating shaft 4 roller body 5 heater 21 cooling fan 26 first heat pipe 27 second heat pipe 28 air passage 51 first cooling means 52 second cooling means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rotating shaft supported by a bearing inside a support, a roller body disposed outside the support and connected to one end of the rotating shaft, and a portion between the support and the roller body. A cooling fan that rotates with the rotating shaft at the other end of the rotating shaft, and cools the bearing by blowing air by the rotation of the cooling fan. A yarn heating roller provided with a means. 2. The yarn according to claim 1, wherein the cooling means is a heat pipe that absorbs heat of the bearing and transfers the heat to the vicinity of the cooling fan, and cools the heat pipe by blowing air from the cooling fan. Strip heat treatment roller. 3. The yarn heat treatment roller according to claim 1, wherein the cooling means is an air passage extending from the vicinity of the cooling fan to the vicinity of the bearing, and introduces air from the cooling fan into the air passage.