JP2676356B2 - Top needle implanter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention mainly relates to a configuration of a top needle implantation device used in a carding machine in a carding process of spinning.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

A conventional top needle implanting device includes needle implanting means for implanting a substantially U-shaped needle cloth line on a supplied base cloth in a direction (θ-axis direction) penetrating the base cloth, and It has a lateral moving means for moving in the width direction (X-axis direction) and a base cloth feeding means for feeding the base cloth in the longitudinal direction of the base cloth (Z-axis direction). -It was operated via a transmission means such as gears and cams, and it was implanted in a prescribed needle tissue.

The conventional top needle implanting device described above implants a regular needle implant tissue, for example, a rib tissue / twill tissue, by exchanging replacement parts such as a gear wheel and a cam.

However, in order to meet the recent demand for higher quality and higher performance in the carding process, the optimum needle grafting structure for each top needle cloth, eg carding as shown in Figs. 10 and 11 It was very difficult to implant a new needle-grafting tissue which changes sequentially in the action direction A with the conventional top needle-planting device.

In addition, there is a problem in that setting the needle implantation conditions by exchanging the replacement parts increases the man-hours required for adjustment as the needle implantation becomes more complicated.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, removes the replacement parts such as the gears and cams, and drives the needle implanting means, the lateral moving means, and the base cloth feeding means by separate driving devices, respectively. The present invention provides a top needle implanting device of simultaneous 1-axis drive, 2-axis + 1-axis, which can be controlled by a microcomputer and can cope with any new needle implant tissue.

The top needle implanting device of the present invention includes a position detector composed of a pulsar provided in the vicinity of the needle implanting device and connected to a driving device, a data calculating device operated by position data output from the position detector, and an initial stage. And a control means for comparing each value set by the needle-planting condition setting means with the value of the data computing means to control each drive device of the needle-planting means, lateral moving means, and base cloth feeding means. It is characterized by.

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a top needle implantation device of the present invention (the needle implantation means is omitted), and FIG. 2 is a side view of the main portion.

The top needle-implanting device of the present invention comprises a main body (1) having a substantially U-shaped needle cloth line (not shown) on the supplied base cloth (2) in a direction (θ-axis direction) penetrating the base cloth. The needle implantation means (3), the lateral movement means (4) for moving the needle implantation means (3) in the width direction (X-axis direction) of the base cloth (2), and the base cloth (2) in the longitudinal direction of the base cloth. And a base cloth feeding means (5) for feeding in the direction (Z-axis direction), and each of the above means is a drive device (6), (7),
Driven by (8).

The needle implanting means (3) comprises a needle wire supplying device, a needle wire cutting device, a needle wire forming device, a needle hole punching device for the base cloth, and a substantially U-shaped device.
It is composed of a V-shaped needle wire driving device, a waist bending device, etc., and is driven by a drive device (6) composed of a stepping motor.

Further, a position detector (9) composed of a pulsar connected to a driving device (6) is provided near the needle implantation means (3).

The lateral moving means (4) is composed of a lateral moving screw such as a lead screw and a ball screw, and the needle moving means (3) is fitted to the lateral moving screw, and a driving device (7) including a servomotor is used. Driven.

If a ball screw is used for the lateral movement means (4), the needle implantation accuracy can be greatly improved and the needle implantation speed can be increased.

The base cloth feeding means (5) feeds a base cloth (2) supplied from a base cloth roller (10) provided at a lower portion of the main body to a feed roller (1).
The image is sent upward by 1), and approximately U by the needle implantation means (3).
The base cloth (2) on which the letter-shaped needle wire is planted is wound around a wooden roll (12), and is driven by a driving device (8).

The drive devices (6), (7) and (8) are controlled by a microcomputer including an NC unit (13), a personal computer (14) and the like.

Further, a position detector (9) composed of a pulser provided to be connected to the drive device (6) of the needle implanting means (3), and data calculation calculated by the position data output from the position detector (9). Means, and the values initially set by the needle-planting condition setting means and the values of the data calculating means are compared to drive the needle-planting means (3), the lateral moving means (4), and the base cloth feeding means (5). And a control means for controlling the device.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the microcomputer of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the microcomputer of the present invention.

A personal computer is used to create, store, and transfer needle transplant data as the needle transplant condition setting means, and is operated and managed by a disk.

The personal computer used for the needle setting condition setting means can transfer the needle setting data to the NC units of the plurality of top needle setting devices, and can perform group management.

Fig. 5 shows the structure of the program in the disc. The main program is called by auto start, each mode can be selected, and the needle implantation conditions can be set interactively by the CRT.

Further, FIG. 6 shows a program in the ROM on the NC unit side, which is composed of an automatic mode, a manual mode, a communication control mode program and the like.

[Action]

Next, a case of inputting needle graft data from the outside by a personal computer will be described.

To set the needle implantation conditions, first call the top needle implantation data creation / editing mode of the personal computer.

When inputting the needle-planting data of the top clothing as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the on-wire width W, the crown width C,
Horizontal feed pitch M, constant magnification increase / decrease amount S, vertical feed amount T, vertical number T
Set A, vertical feed width TB, lateral deviation Z, etc.

The input needle data is NC by RS-232C mode.
Transferred to unit.

Next, in the manual mode, in the vicinity of the needle implantation means (3),
The position detector (9) is set by setting the position of the pulsar provided in connection with the drive device (6) of the needle implantation means (3) to a predetermined position.
Make adjustments.

 The needle placement origin is manually determined at a predetermined base cloth position.

Next, the automatic operation based on the data created by the personal computer is performed based on the flowchart of the automatic mode shown in FIG.

The changeover switch is switched to the automatic mode, and it is first confirmed whether or not the needle implantation means is at the needle implantation origin position.

The number TA of vertical lines is set to 1 and the amount of horizontal movement XN is set to 0, and one crown is planted on the base fabric based on a predetermined needle planting condition by rotation of the motor of the drive unit (6).

While comparing the value calculated by the output from the position detector (9) such as lateral movement amount data set, lateral current position calculation, lateral movement too much calculation, etc. with the value initially set by the needle implantation condition setting means. Then, the motor of the driving device (7) of the lateral moving means (4) is sequentially driven to laterally move, and the needle implantation in the first row is performed.

Next, the motor of the drive device (8) of the base cloth feeding means (5) is driven based on the set value of the base cloth vertical feed amount T, and the base roller is moved by a predetermined feed amount by the rotation of the feed roller (11). The cloth (2) is sent.

Next, based on the set value of the lateral shift amount Z, the lateral moving means (4)
The motor of the driving device (7) is driven, the initial position of the second row is determined, and the needle implantation of the second row is performed in the direction opposite to the needle implantation direction of the first row.

Similarly, the needles are sequentially transplanted in the + direction and the-direction of the X-axis direction, and the needles are transplanted in a predetermined vertical number TA with a predetermined needle tissue.

Next, the motor of the driving device (8) of the base cloth feeding means (5) is driven by the vertical feed width TB which is the unplanted needle portion, and the base cloth (2) is fed by the rotation of the feed roller (11). One top cloth is produced.

Similarly, the required number of top needle cloths are implanted based on the initially set needle implantation conditions.

By using the top needle implantation device of the present invention, it is possible to sequentially change the lateral shift amount Z as shown in FIG. 10 or the longitudinal feed amount T as shown in FIG.

Further, the lateral feed pitch M and the constant magnification increase / decrease amount S can be changed for each crown, and further, the values such as the lateral deviation amount Z, the vertical feed amount T, the lateral feed pitch M, and the constant magnification increase / decrease amount S can be changed in combination. Therefore, it is possible to implant needles corresponding to all needle implant patterns.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the top needle implanting device of the present invention is provided with individual driving devices for the needle implanting means (3), the lateral moving means (4), and the base cloth feeding means (5), respectively, for simultaneous uniaxial drive, 2 It is related to NC control of 1 axis + 1 axis, and it is possible to set the needle-planting condition corresponding to all needle-grafting patterns by using a microcomputer. It is possible to easily implant even a complicated needle implantation pattern in which it is difficult to set conditions.

Further, when changing the needle implantation conditions in the past, replacement gears, cams, etc. were exchanged, and highly specialized knowledge was required for the adjustment, which required a great deal of adjustment man-hours. It can be easily changed only by setting the initial needle transplantation condition, and the adjustment man-hour can be remarkably reduced.

Further, since a personal computer can be used as the needle transplantation condition setting means and the needle transplantation data can be transferred to a plurality of top needle transplantation devices, it is an invention having excellent effects such as easy group management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a top needle implanting device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the main part thereof, FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a microcomputer used in the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram, FIG. 5 is a disc program used in the present invention, FIG. 6 is a ROM program used in the present invention, and FIG. Is a configuration diagram of the top needle cloth of the same, FIG. 9 is a flow chart of the automatic mode of the present invention, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are other embodiments of the top needle cloth implanted with the present invention. It is a needle block diagram. (1) ...... Main body (2) ...... Base cloth (3) ...... Needle implantation means (4) ...... Lateral movement means (5) ...... Base cloth feeding means (6), (7), (8) ... … Drive device (9) …… Position detector (10) …… Base fabric roller (11) …… Feed roller (12) …… Wood roll (13) …… NC unit (14) …… Personal computer

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A needle implanting means for implanting a substantially U-shaped needle cloth line in the supplied base cloth in a direction penetrating the base cloth, and a lateral moving means for moving the needle implant means in the width direction of the base cloth. And a base fabric feeding means for feeding the base fabric in the longitudinal direction of the base fabric, wherein the needle implanting means, the lateral moving means, and the base fabric feeding means are each equipped with respective drive devices, A position detector composed of a pulser provided in the vicinity of the means connected to a drive device for driving the needle implantation means, a data calculation means operated by the position data output from the position detector, and an initial needle implantation condition. It is constituted by a control means for comparing the value set by the setting means with the value of the data calculating means and controlling each drive device of the needle implantation means, the lateral movement means and the base cloth feeding means. And a top needle implanter. 2. The top needle implanting device according to claim 1, wherein a personal computer is used as the needle implanting condition setting means and the needle implanting data is transferred to a plurality of top needle implanting devices.