WO1999064226A1 - Emergency brake for mechanical presses - Google Patents
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- WO1999064226A1 WO1999064226A1 PCT/IT1999/000168 IT9900168W WO9964226A1 WO 1999064226 A1 WO1999064226 A1 WO 1999064226A1 IT 9900168 W IT9900168 W IT 9900168W WO 9964226 A1 WO9964226 A1 WO 9964226A1
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- nut
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B30—PRESSES
- B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
- B30B15/00—Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing
- B30B15/28—Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof
- B30B15/287—Arrangements for preventing distortion of, or damage to, presses or parts thereof preventing unintended ram movement, e.g. using blocking devices
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- the present patent application relates to a emergency brake for mechanical presses, capable of blocking the mobile organs of the press in all stop positions, as well as deactivating the start controls of the press, as long as the brake is inserted.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention originates from the need to comply with the current safety regulations existing in the machine tool sector. According to the regulations, the machines in which the loading, adjusting, piece-changing, cleaning, repairing and maintenance operations require the operator to enter the machine or interpose his body between its mobile organs must be equipped with devices capable of absolutely ensuring the lock position of the machine and its organs during the execution of such operations.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention comprises a vertical axis bar, whose base ends with a head which is engaged inside an enclosure, to be fixed to the mobile organ of the press, while the stem is inserted and slides inside a housing drive sleeve, to be fixed on the bearing frame of the press at a higher height compared to the height of the mobile organ in its upper end stroke position.
- the bar features a helical threading which is laterally interrupted on a diametrically opposed pair of longitudinal facetings, so that the section of the threaded bar with a transversal plane features four sides, with two pairs of identical opposed sides: two parallel rectilinear sides on the opposed facetings and two sides with arched profile on the opposed teeth of the threading.
- the housing drive sleeve of the threaded bar houses a special nut, capable of making short vertical strokes and engaging with the threaded bar. More exactly, the internal threading of the nut is interrupted on a diametrically opposed pair of deep longitudinal grooves, so that the section of the nut with a transversal plane features two opposed toothed profiles, spaced by two opposed niches.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention also comprises a collar, equipped with maneuvering lever, splinted on the bar immediately above the enclosure in which the lower head of the bar is engaged.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention is equipped with appropriate means, which are described in details below, capable of favoring the easy, safe engagement between the teeth of the nut and the teeth of the threaded bar in all stop positions of the mobile organ of the press.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention also comprises a microswitch that is excited when the brake is inserted, with the task of emitting a signal which determines the temporary deactivation of the start controls of the press, as long as the brake is inserted. This means that the press cannot be operated with the start buttons located on the control panel if the emergency brake is inserted.
- FIG. 1 is half a view and half a cutaway view of the emergency brake according to the present invention in the inserted position;
- FIG. 2 is a top view of Figure 1 , according to the ll-ll direction indicated in Figure 1 ;
- - Figure 3 is a cutaway section of Figure 1 with the Ill-Ill plane of Figure 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a cutaway section of Figure 1 with the IV-IV plane of Figure 1 ;
- FIG. 5 is half a view and half a cutaway view of the emergency brake according to the present invention in the non-inserted position;
- FIG. 6 is a top view of Figure 5, according to the VI-VI direction indicated in Figure 5;
- FIG. 7 is a cutaway view of Figure 5 with the VII-VII plane of Figure 5;
- FIG. 8 is a cutaway view of Figure 5 with the VIII-VIII plane of Figure 5;
- - Figure 9 is a cutaway view of the threaded bar, in the disengaged position with the dowel, which is shown in a view;
- - Figure 10 is a cutaway view of Figure 9 with the X-X plane of Figure 9;
- - Figures 15 and 16 are two different cutaway views of a device for the automated rotation of the threaded bar;
- - Figure 17 is half a view and half a cutaway view of the emergency brake according to the present invention, in the inserted position, according to a different constructive version, in which the threaded bar only translates, without rotating, with the special nut capable of 90° rotation;
- FIG. 18 is a cutaway view of Figure 17 with the A-A plane;
- - Figure 19 is the same as Figure 18, with the only difference that the special nut is rotated by 90° with respect to the position shown in Figure 18;
- the emergency brake comprises a vertical axis bar (1), whose base ends with a head (2), made up of a spherical nut, engaged in a pair of opposed covers (3), housed in a bell-shaped enclosure (4), which externally features a base flange (4a) used to fix it to the mobile organ (M) of the press.
- the bar (1) is inserted and freely slide and rotates inside a housing drive sleeve (5), which externally features a base flange (5a) used to fix it to the fixed bearing frame (F) of the press.
- the bar (1) features a helical threading (1a), which is laterally interrupted on a diametrically opposed pair of longitudinal facetings (1b), so that the section of the threaded bar with a transversal plane features four sides, with two pairs of identical opposed sides: two parallel rectilinear sides on the opposed facetings (1b) and two sides with arched profile on the opposed teeth of the threading (1a), as shown in Figure 9.
- the housing drive sleeve (5) of the threaded bar (1) houses a special nut (6), capable of engaging with the threaded bar (1) and making short vertical strokes with respect to the sleeve (5), guided by an annular series of keys (7), partly recessed inside longitudinal grooves especially located on the external side of the nut (6) and partly recessed inside longitudinal grooves especially located on the internal side of the sleeve (5), as shown in Figures 3 and 7.
- the nut (6) is located between two return springs - an upper spring (8) and a lower spring (9) - which push it and return it to its centered rest position as soon the engagement of the nut (6) with the bar (1) ends.
- the internal threading of the nut (6) is interrupted on a diametrically opposed pair of deep longitudinal grooves (6a), so that the section of the nut (6) with a transversal plane features two opposed toothed profiles (6b), spaced by two opposed niches (6a).
- the drive action of the bar (1) inside the sleeve (5) is entrusted to two opposed pairs of bearings (10) with horizontal axis, supported by a sleeve (11) and sliding on the facetings (1b), capable of guiding the bar (1) during its vertical strokes jointly with the mobile organ (M) of the press.
- the sleeve (5) also houses an opposed pair of bearings (12) with vertical axis, supported by the sleeve (11) and sliding in an annular groove (5b) located on the internal wall of the sleeve (5), designed to prevent the free extraction, in axial direction, of the support sleeve (11), which is centered inside the sleeve (5) through the interposition of a needle bearing (13).
- the emergency brake according to the present invention also comprises a collar (14), splinted on the bar (1) immediately above the enclosure (4) in which the lower head (2) of the bar is engaged.
- the collar is manually operated by means of a maneuvering lever (15), screwed onto a radial hole (14a) located on the external surface of the collar (14).
- the collar (14) is operated by means of an actuator, featuring an external toothing (14b), which engages with a worm screw (16), operated by a direct current motor (17).
- the emergency brake according to the present invention is equipped with means capable of favoring the easy, safe engagement between the teeth of the nut and the teeth of the threaded bar in all stop positions of the mobile organ of the press.
- the means are represented by one or more opposed pairs (in this case two pairs) of dowels (18) with horizontal axis, whose diameter is equal to the thickness of the threads (6b) of the nut (6), where the dowels (18) are radially fitted in such a position that a short semi-cylindrical portion of their ending section (18a) protrudes in one of the two ends of the niches (6a), being exactly located between two consecutive grooves of the threading (6b) of the nut (6).
- the threads (1b) of the bar (1) feature a pointed attachment section (1B) so that, in case of interference between the attachment section (1 B) and the ending section (18a) of the dowels (18) - as illustrated in Figures from 11 to 14 - the attachment section (1 B) tends to deviate and slide either above or below the ending section (18a), which is respectively raised or lowered together with the nut (6), in spite of the counteracting action of one of the return springs (8 or 9).
- the brake In order to indicate the accidental free fall of the mobile organ of the press when the emergency brake is inserted, the brake is equipped with a system of proximity microswitches capable of indicating with acoustic and/or luminous signals the presence of breakage or failure allowing for the free fall of the mobile organ, so that the mobile organ is temporarily supported by the emergency brake only.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the free fall of the mobile organ of the press with the emergency brake in the inserted position.
- the bar (1) jointly with the mobile organ (M) of the press, drags the nut (6) which, at the end of the descending stroke, unloads its entire thrust on the bottom of the sleeve (5), flanged to the fixed frame (F) through the interposition of a Belleville washer (19), which is completely pressed.
- the emergency situation is detected by a proximity microswitch (20), externally applied on the flange (5a) of the sleeve (5) and designed to intervene when the flange (5a) is fitted against the plane of the fixed frame (F) because of the complete pressure of the Belleville washer (19).
- the microswitch (20) emits an acoustic and/or luminous signal, which indicates the failure and emergency condition.
- the emergency brake according to the present invention also comprises a microswitch that is excited when the brake is inserted, with the task of emitting a signal which determines the temporary deactivation of the start controls of the press, as long as the brake is inserted.
- microswitch marked with number (21) in the figures above is perimetrically fixed on the cap (22) that closes the upper opening of the sleeve (5) and cooperates with a projection (21a) located on the support dowel of one of the bearings (12) dragged into 90° rotation together with the support sleeve (11), when the bar (1) is rotated to insert or remove the ⁇ r 1 ⁇
- the projection (21a) is not visible in Figure 6 (which illustrates the position of the bar (1) when the brake is not inserted) since it is located immediately below the microswitch (21), which remains inactive until the presence of the projection (21a) below is detected.
- the projection (21a) is rotated by 90° with respect to its position in Figure 6, since Figure 2 shows the position of the bar (1) when the brake is inserted.
- the microswitch (21) no longer detects the presence of the projection (21a) below and emits a signal that determines the temporary deactivation of the start control of the press, as long as the brake remains inserted.
- Figures from 17 to 19 describe another constructive version of the emergency brake according to the present invention, which differs from the first version only because the coupling between the bar (1) and the nut (6) is determined by the rotation of the nut - and not of the bar - as in the version described above.
- the bar (1) no longer rotates around its axis and is therefore directly screwed onto the mobile organ (M) of the press through the interposition of a fork (23).
- the sleeve (5) does not contain the support sleeve (11) for the pair of bearings (12), which are not present.
- the nut (6) is manually dragged with a crank (24) which ends with a semicircular fork (24a), fixed above the nut (6) with screws (25).
- the fork (24) is introduced into the sleeve (5) by means of a slot (26) located on the external wall of the sleeve, whose extension is slightly larger than an arc of a circumference quarter.
- the microswitch (21) is fixed on the external surface of the sleeve (5), immediately below the crank (24), whose presence it detects, with the emergency brake in the inserted (see Figure 19) or non-inserted position (see
- the nut features an external toothed crown (26), as shown in Figure 20, which engages with a worm screw
- the emergency brake according to the present invention can be effectively and usefully used in any machine or installation equipped with mobile organs with alternate translating movement.
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AU43903/99A AU4390399A (en) | 1998-06-12 | 1999-06-10 | Emergency brake for mechanical presses |
EP99926743A EP1003634A1 (en) | 1998-06-12 | 1999-06-10 | Emergency brake for mechanical presses |
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ITMC98A000062 | 1998-06-12 | ||
IT98MC000062A ITMC980062A1 (en) | 1998-06-12 | 1998-06-12 | PARKING BRAKE FOR MECHANICAL PRESSES |
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US7078574B2 (en) | 2001-04-21 | 2006-07-18 | Basf Aktiengesellschaft | Method for the intrinsically safe handling of 3-chloropropyne |
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US3095804A (en) * | 1960-06-14 | 1963-07-02 | Koehring Co | Safety stop for presses |
US4066013A (en) * | 1976-07-29 | 1978-01-03 | Lagan Press Ab | Mechanical safety device for the plunger in presses of the down-stroke or eccentric type |
DE3342948A1 (en) * | 1983-02-18 | 1984-08-23 | VEB Kombinat Umformtechnik "Herbert Warnke" Erfurt, DDR 5010 Erfurt | Device for locking the ram on presses |
EP0314975A1 (en) * | 1987-11-03 | 1989-05-10 | L. SCHULER GmbH | Press with locking devices for the slide |
DE9113781U1 (en) * | 1991-04-11 | 1992-02-20 | Berg & Co Gmbh, 4800 Bielefeld, De | |
DE4307107C1 (en) * | 1993-03-06 | 1994-09-22 | Berg & Co Gmbh | Device for locking and unlocking a press slide |
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- 1999-06-10 WO PCT/IT1999/000168 patent/WO1999064226A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-06-10 EP EP99926743A patent/EP1003634A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-06-10 AU AU43903/99A patent/AU4390399A/en not_active Abandoned
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US3095804A (en) * | 1960-06-14 | 1963-07-02 | Koehring Co | Safety stop for presses |
US4066013A (en) * | 1976-07-29 | 1978-01-03 | Lagan Press Ab | Mechanical safety device for the plunger in presses of the down-stroke or eccentric type |
DE3342948A1 (en) * | 1983-02-18 | 1984-08-23 | VEB Kombinat Umformtechnik "Herbert Warnke" Erfurt, DDR 5010 Erfurt | Device for locking the ram on presses |
EP0314975A1 (en) * | 1987-11-03 | 1989-05-10 | L. SCHULER GmbH | Press with locking devices for the slide |
DE9113781U1 (en) * | 1991-04-11 | 1992-02-20 | Berg & Co Gmbh, 4800 Bielefeld, De | |
DE4307107C1 (en) * | 1993-03-06 | 1994-09-22 | Berg & Co Gmbh | Device for locking and unlocking a press slide |
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US7078574B2 (en) | 2001-04-21 | 2006-07-18 | Basf Aktiengesellschaft | Method for the intrinsically safe handling of 3-chloropropyne |
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