WO2005102554A1 - Machine for shrinking an exhaust volume - Google Patents

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WO2005102554A1
WO2005102554A1 PCT/FR2005/000853 FR2005000853W WO2005102554A1 WO 2005102554 A1 WO2005102554 A1 WO 2005102554A1 FR 2005000853 W FR2005000853 W FR 2005000853W WO 2005102554 A1 WO2005102554 A1 WO 2005102554A1
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Jean Marie Clerget
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/88Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21CMANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C3/00Profiling tools for metal drawing; Combinations of dies and mandrels
    • B21C3/02Dies; Selection of material therefor; Cleaning thereof
    • B21C3/06Dies; Selection of material therefor; Cleaning thereof with adjustable section
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21CMANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/30Finishing tubes, e.g. sizing, burnishing
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23PMETAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P11/00Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for 
    • B23P11/005Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for  by expanding or crimping
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N3/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust
    • F01N3/08Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
    • F01N3/10Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust
    • F01N3/24Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by constructional aspects of converting apparatus
    • F01N3/28Construction of catalytic reactors
    • F01N3/2803Construction of catalytic reactors characterised by structure, by material or by manufacturing of catalyst support
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2450/00Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements
    • F01N2450/20Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements by mechanical joints, e.g. by deforming housing, tube, baffle plate or parts thereof

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  • the present invention relates to a machine for shrinking an exhaust volume, of the type comprising a depollution member disposed in a cylindrical envelope, comprising an annular die having internally a section passage progressively decreasing delimited by a generally converging surface and a thrust actuator of the depollution member and of the envelope through the passage of the die.
  • the invention also relates to a method of shrinking an exhaust volume.
  • exhaust systems are equipped with pollution control devices arranged in a cylindrical envelope. These pollution control devices include, for example, a generally cylindrical ceramic substrate.
  • the depollution device consists of a particle filter, or a catalytic purification device.
  • the depollution device is arranged over the entire interior section of the envelope.
  • the cylindrical envelope and the depollution member are pushed together through the die by an actuating device such as a jack.
  • the cylindrical envelope has an outside diameter greater than that of the passage delimited by the die.
  • the envelope is constricted on the depollution member, thus ensuring a crimping of the depollution member.
  • tion inside the envelope which is contracted radially, centripetally at all points.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a machine and a process for shrinking a volume avoiding the difficulties of connection between the cylindrical envelope and the pollution control member, due to the manufacturing tolerances of the pollution control members.
  • the subject of the invention is a necking machine of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the die comprises a support and a set of adjacent sectors distributed along the periphery of said passage, each sector being movable relative to said support at least radially, and the die comprises at least radial displacement means of said sectors relative to said support to modify the minimum section of said passage.
  • the machine comprises one or more of the following characteristics: - each sector of the die has a truncated surface on the outside and the support comprises an annular seat for receiving the die delimiting a support surface for the profile sectors complementary to the outer frustoconical surface of the sectors, and said means for moving said sectors comprise means for moving said sectors relative to the support along the axis of the die; -
  • the sector includes means for biasing the sectors against the support seat; the means for moving the sectors relative to the support comprise an axially movable pusher and screw-nut arrangement interposed between the support and the pusher suitable for ensuring the axial displacement of the pusher by rotation of a control member; it comprises means for modifying the minimum section of said passage during the advancement of the exhaust volume in the die as a function of parameters characteristic of successive sections of the depollution member; - It includes a device for evaluating the section of the pollution control device and a control unit capable of exploiting the evaluated section of the pollution control device connected to the means for moving the sectors to adjust the minimum
  • the invention also relates to a process for shrinking an exhaust volume comprising a pollution control member disposed transversely in a cylindrical envelope comprising the steps consisting in: - pushing the pollution control element and the envelope pre-assembled to the through an annular die internally having a progressively decreasing section passage delimited by a generally convergent surface, characterized in that it comprises: a step of evaluating the section of the depollution member and a step of adjusting the minimum section of said passage as a function of the evaluated section of the depollution device.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a machine for shrinking an exhaust volume according to the invention
  • - Figure 2 is a longitudinal section view on a larger scale of the necking device of the machine of Figure 1.
  • the necking machine 10 illustrated in Figure 1 is adapted to ensure the connection of a pollution control device 12 such as a ceramic substrate in a cylindrical envelope 14 formed of a metal tube.
  • the machine essentially comprises a shrinking device 16 for the centripetal deformation of the envelope 14 around the pollution control member 12, a device 18 for evaluating the section of a pollution control member 12, a handling arm 20 for the transfer of the depollution organ from evaluation device of section 18 to the shrinking device 16 and finally a central information processing unit 22 to which the evaluation device of section 18, the handling arm 20 and the shrinking device 16 are connected.
  • the constriction device 16 is shown alone on a larger scale in FIG. 2.
  • This essentially comprises a frame 30 supporting an annular die 32 of adjustable diameter and a thrust actuator 34 capable of pushing a pre-assembled exhaust volume through the die 32. More specifically, the die 32 is generally annular with axis XX.
  • the die 32 has internally a passage 36 of progressively decreasing section delimited by a generally convergent surface 38 from the inlet for introducing the pre-assembled volume to the outlet for the shrunk exhaust volume.
  • the die 32 comprises a support 40 and a set of adjacent sectors 42 distributed along the periphery of the passage 36 and forming a crown.
  • the support 40 is retained fixed relative to the frame 30 or is integrated therein. Each sector is movable at least radially relative to the support 40.
  • the die includes means 44 for moving the sectors 42 relative to the support 40 to modify the minimum section of the passage 36. More specifically, the support 40 consisting of a ring which internally delimits a seat 46 for supporting the sectors 42 of the die.
  • This seat is formed by a frustoconical surface delimiting a passage in which the sectors 42 of the die are retained.
  • the sectors 42 are all identical. They are in a number between four and twenty and preferably between eight and twelve.
  • the die sectors have a generally frustoconical surface 47 complementary to the surface 46 forming a seat.
  • each sector of die 42 comprises a base 48 externally delimiting the frustoconical surface for bearing on the seat 46 and a working sector 50 internally delimiting a portion of the converging surface 38.
  • Each working sector 50 is received in a shoulder formed on the base 48. Thus, each working sector bears axially and radially against the associated base 48.
  • Elastic elements 52 interposed between the die sectors and the base 30 provide support for the sectors against the frustoconical surface 46 of the support forming a seat.
  • the means 42 for moving the die sectors 44 comprise an actuating rod 60 supported on the die sectors 42 from their reduced end.
  • This rod 60 is connected to a screw-nut arrangement 62, linked to the rod 60 and to the frame 30, to ensure axial displacement of the rod 60 by rotation of a control member 64. More precisely, this screw arrangement nut 62 has a fixed part 65 delimiting a helical-shaped bearing surface 66 axially immobilized and carried by the chassis 30.
  • a complementary ring 68 having a complementary helical surface 69, is pressed against the base 66.
  • This ring 68 is secured axially to the rod 60.
  • the ring has, at its periphery, grooves allowing it to be driven in rotation by a screw 70 forming the control member 64.
  • This control member is connected to the central processing unit information 22 for its rotation.
  • the actuator 34 comprises for example a hydraulic or electro-pneumatic cylinder 72 connected for its control to the central information processing unit 22.
  • the fixed part of the cylinder is connected to the frame 30 while the movable rod of the cylinder has at its end a pusher 74 whose diameter and profile correspond substantially to the profile of the end of the shrunk front exhaust volume.
  • the device 18 for evaluating the section of the pollution control device comprises a frame 100 and a support 102 for retaining the pollution control device 12.
  • This support is secured to a drive motor 104 allowing the rotation of the pollution control device 12 with respect to the frame 100 around its longitudinal axis XX at an angle of at least 180 °.
  • a cylinder 106 ensures the movement of the pollution control member 12 relative to the frame 100 along the axis XX of the pollution control member.
  • Engine 104 and the cylinder 106 are connected to the central information processing unit 22 for their control.
  • two sets of statements of the positions of the edge of the pollution control device are arranged in the vicinity of the space occupied by the pollution control device. More specifically, each set of readings comprises a light source 108 linked to the frame of the device and an associated optical sensor 110 also linked to the frame of the device.
  • the light source 108 is capable of producing a light brush of predetermined and known width. This brush has for example a section of 0.01 mm to 1 mm.
  • the optical sensor 110 placed opposite is capable of determining the part of the light brush not transmitted from the light source.
  • the optical sensor is formed for example of a matrix of CCD type sensors.
  • the light source 108 and the associated sensor 110 are arranged on either side of the pollution control device 12 in a position such that the sensor 110 is partially obscured along the path of the light brush by the pollution control device 12.
  • the source and the sensor are in known positions relative to the axis XX of rotation of the pollution control member 12 under the action of the engine. Two sets of surveys are planned.
  • Each pollution control device 12 to be mounted in a cylindrical envelope 14 to form an exhaust volume first has its section measured in the evaluation device 18. For this purpose, the pollution control device 12 is fixed in the support. 102. The light sources 108 are then put into operation. The brush produced by each source is partially interrupted by the edge of the pollution control device 12, so that only part of the light brushes reach the sensors 110.
  • the central processing unit for formations 22 determines, from the part of the brush obscured by the pollution control device, the diameter of the latter between the two opposite points having partially obscured the beam. A series of successive measurements is made for several angular positions of the depollution device. To this end, the pollution control device is moved angularly by the drive means 104. Furthermore, the pollution control device is advantageously moved axially so that several series of diameter measurements are made for successive sections of the pollution control device 12. Thus, a set of diameters of the pollution control device is calculated by the central information processing unit 22, a diameter being defined for each successive section.
  • an average diameter of the depollution member is calculated.
  • the minimum diameter of the die to be used is defined by the central information processing unit 22 from this mean diameter. This minimum diameter for the die corresponds to the average diameter of the depollution device to which the desired thicknesses for the intermediate ply and the cylindrical envelope are added. From this value, the minimum diameter of the die 32 is adjusted by piloting the control member 64. To do this, when the control member 64 is rotated, causes the ring 68 to pivot. around the XX axis. By bearing on the helical surfaces 66, this ring moves axially, causing the axial displacement of the die sectors 42 through the control rod 60.
  • the cylindrical envelope containing the depollution member surrounded by the retaining ply is engaged through the widest end of the die 32 and is engaged therein in force by the pushing means 34.
  • the cylindrical envelope in the die undergoes a peripheral constriction leading to a centripetal plastic deformation of the metal constituting it.
  • the measuring device comprises only one set of readings 108, 110 and the pollution control device is measured either only at a single point, or along its entire periphery by rotating 360 ° on itself.
  • an average diameter is not calculated from the set of diameters of the pollution control device calculated for several successive sections thereof.
  • the central processing unit 22 for information includes means for modifying the minimum section of the die during the axial movement of the cylindrical envelope containing the depollution member.
  • the minimum section of the die is continuously modified, by piloting the control member 64, as a function of the depression of the cylindrical envelope enclosing the depollution member through the die, the variation of the minimum section being carried out from one end to the other as a function of the successive sections measured.
  • the machine comprises means for affixing on the depollution member an inscription indicating the dimensions of one or more successive sections of the depollution member.
  • these means include a label dispenser stickers allowing the printing on these labels of a bar code representative of the values of the successive sections of the exhaust member.
  • the control unit 12 of the machine further comprises inscription reading means affixed to the exhaust member and means for allowing the adjustment of the minimum section of the passage delimited by the die as a function of the marks carried by the depollution organ.

Abstract

The inventive machine for shrinking an exhaust volume comprises a depolluting member disposed in a cylindrical envelop provided with an annular die (32) having an internal passage (36) whose gradually decreasing cross section is delimited by a generally convergent surface (38) and an actuator (34) for pushing the depolluting member and the envelop through the passage of the die (32). Said die comprises a support (40) and a set of adjacent sectors (42) distributed along the circumference of the passage, wherein each sector is movable with respect to said support at least radially and comprises means (44) for at least radially displacing said sectors (42) with respect to the support, thereby modifying the minimum cross section of said passage (36). A method for shrinking the exhaust volume is also disclosed.

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Machine de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement La présente invention concerne une machine de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement, du type comprenant un organe de dépollution disposé dans une enveloppe cylindrique, comportant une filière annulaire présentant intérieurement un passage de section progressivement décroissante délimité par une surface généralement convergente et un actionneur de poussée de l'organe de dépollution et de l'enveloppe au travers du passage de la filière. L'invention concerne également un procédé de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement. De nos jours, les lignes d'échappement sont équipées d'organes de dépollution disposés dans une enveloppe cylindrique. Ces organes de dépollution comportent par exemple un substrat de céramique généralement cylindrique. Suivant le cas, l'organe de dépollution est constitué d'un filtre à particules, ou d'un organe de purification catalytique. L'organe de dépollution est disposé sur toute la section intérieure de l'enveloppe. Il est entouré d'une nappe de maintien interposée entre l'organe de dépollution et l'enveloppe. Pour assurer la liaison axiale de l'organe de dépollution dans l'enveloppe cylindrique, il est connu de rétreindre l'enveloppe cylindrique sur l'organe de dépollution, de sorte que celui-ci soit serré suivant sa périphérie par l'enveloppe. Pour ce faire, l'organe de dépollution, préalablement entouré de la nappe de maintien, est introduit dans une enveloppe cylindrique ayant un diamètre très supérieur à celui de l'organe de dépollution. L'assemblage ainsi formé est ensuite poussé suivant son axe au travers d'une filière. Celle-ci est constituée d'une pièce annulaire présentant intérieurement un passage de section progressivement décroissant délimité par une surface généralement convergente. L'enveloppe cylindrique et l'organe de dépollution sont poussés ensemble au travers de la filière par un dispositif d'actionnement tel qu'un vérin. Initialement, l'enveloppe cylindrique a un diamètre extérieur su- périeur à celui du passage délimité par la filière. Lors du déplacement axial de l'enveloppe et de l'organe cylindrique, l'enveloppe se trouve retreinte sur l'organe de dépollution, assurant ainsi un sertissage de l'organe de dépollu- tion à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe qui est contractée radialement, de manière centripète en tout point. Un tel mode d'assemblage nécessite que les organes de dépollution aient tous sensiblement la même forme et plus précisément tous sensible- ment une même section. En effet, les différences de section, qui peuvent résulter des tolérances de fabrication des substrats de céramique créent des différences de force de serrage d'un volume d'échappement à l'autre. En effet, lorsque la section de l'organe de dépollution est relativement réduite, la déformation de l'enveloppe cylindrique autour de cet organe peut s'avérer insuffisante pour assurer une retenue satisfaisante de l'organe de dépollution. En revanche, si le diamètre de l'organe de dépollution est relativement grand, la déformation de l'enveloppe cylindrique peut conduire à des efforts excessifs appliqués sur l'organe de dépollution, ces efforts pouvant endommager l'organe de dépollution. L'invention a pour but de proposer une machine et un procédé de rétreint d'un volume évitant les difficultés de liaison entre l'enveloppe cylindrique et l'organe de dépollution, du fait des tolérances de fabrication des organes de dépollution. A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une machine de rétreint du type précité, caractérisée en ce que la filière comporte un support et un ensemble de secteurs adjacents répartis suivant la périphérie dudit passage, chaque secteur étant mobile par rapport audit support au moins radialement, et la filière comporte des moyens de déplacement au moins radial desdits secteurs par rapport audit support pour modifier la section minimale dudit pas- sage. Suivant des modes particuliers de réalisation, la machine comporte l'une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes : - chaque secteur de filière présente extérieurement une surface tron- conique et le support comporte un siège annulaire de réception de la filière délimitant une surface d'appui des secteurs de profil complémentaire à la surface tronconique extérieure des secteurs, et lesdits moyens de déplacement desdits secteurs comportent des moyens de déplacement desdits secteurs par rapport au support suivant l'axe de la filière ; - la filière comporte des moyens de sollicitation des secteurs contre le siège de support ; - les moyens de déplacement des secteurs par rapport au support comportent un poussoir mobile axialement et agencement à vis-écrou inter- posé entre le support et le poussoir propre à assurer le déplacement axial du poussoir par mise en rotation d'un organe de commande ; -elle comporte des moyens de modification de la section minimale dudit passage au cours de l'avancement du volume d'échappement dans la filière en fonction de paramètres caractéristiques de sections successives de l'organe de dépollution ; - elle comporte un dispositif d'évaluation de la section de l'organe de dépollution et une unité de pilotage propre à exploiter la section évaluée de l'organe de dépollution reliée aux moyens de déplacement des secteurs pour ajuster la section minimale dudit passage en fonction de la section éva- luée de l'organe de dépollution ; - le dispositif d'évaluation comporte au moins un ensemble de relevés comprenant une source lumineuse propre à produire un pinceau lumineux de largeur prédéterminée et un capteur optique disposé en regard de la source lumineuse propre à déterminer la part du pinceau lumineux non transmis depuis la source lumineuse, et un support de retenue de l'organe de dépollution disposé entre la source lumineuse et le capteur, de sorte que le capteur soit partiellement occulté suivant le chemin du pinceau par l'organe de dépollution ; - le support de retenue de l'organe de dépollution comporte des moyens de mise en rotation de l'organe de dépollution autour de son axe longitudinal par rapport au ou à chaque ensemble de relevés ; - le dispositif d'évaluation comporte deux ensembles de relevés disposés dans un même plan transversal à l'organe de dépollution, de sorte que les capteurs soient partiellement occultés suivant le chemin des pin- ceaux associés par deux régions distinctes de l'organe de dépollution ; - les deux ensembles de relevés sont disposés de sorte que les deux pinceaux lumineux s'étendent généralement parallèlement l'un à l'autre ; - le support de retenue de l'organe de dépollution comporte des moyens de déplacement de l'organe de dépollution par rapport aux ensembles de relevés suivant son axe longitudinal ; et - le dispositif d'évaluation de la section comporte des moyens pour apposer sur l'organe de dépollution une inscription caractéristique de la section de l'organe de dépollution et l'unité de pilotage comporte des moyens de lecture de ladite inscription pour déterminer la section de l'organe de dépollution. L'invention a également pour objet un procédé de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement comprenant un organe de dépollution disposé transversalement dans une enveloppe cylindrique comprenant les étapes consistant à : - pousser l'organe de dépollution et l'enveloppe pré-assemblés au travers d'une filière annulaire présentant intérieurement un passage de section progressivement décroissante délimité par une surface généralement convergente, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte : une étape d'évaluation de la section de l'organe de dépollution et une étape d'ajustement de la section minimale dudit passage en fonction de la section évaluée de l'organe de dépollution. L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui va suivre, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en se référant aux dessins, sur lesquels : - la figure 1 est une vue schématique d'une machine de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement selon l'invention ; et - la figure 2 est une vue en coupe longitudinale à plus grande échelle du dispositif de rétreint de la machine de la figure 1. La machine de rétreint 10 illustrée sur la figure 1 est adaptée pour assurer la liaison d'un organe de dépollution 12 tel qu'un substrat de céramique dans une enveloppe cylindrique 14 formée d'un tube métallique. La machine comporte essentiellement un dispositif de rétreint 16 pour la déformation centripète de l'enveloppe 14 autour de l'organe de dépollution 12, un dispositif 18 d'évaluation de la section d'un organe de dépollution 12, un bras de manutention 20 pour le transfert de l'organe de dépollution du dispositif d'évaluation de la section 18 au dispositif de rétreint 16 et enfin une unité centrale de traitement d'information 22 à laquelle sont reliés le dispositif d'évaluation de la section 18, le bras de manutention 20 et le dispositif de rétreint 16. Le dispositif de rétreint 16 est représenté seul à plus grande échelle sur la figure 2. Celui-ci comporte essentiellement un bâti 30 supportant une filière annulaire 32 de diamètre réglable et un actionneur de poussée 34 propre à pousser un volume d'échappement pré-assemblé au travers de la filière 32. Plus précisément, la filière 32 est généralement annulaire d'axe X-X.Machine for shrinking an exhaust volume The present invention relates to a machine for shrinking an exhaust volume, of the type comprising a depollution member disposed in a cylindrical envelope, comprising an annular die having internally a section passage progressively decreasing delimited by a generally converging surface and a thrust actuator of the depollution member and of the envelope through the passage of the die. The invention also relates to a method of shrinking an exhaust volume. Nowadays, exhaust systems are equipped with pollution control devices arranged in a cylindrical envelope. These pollution control devices include, for example, a generally cylindrical ceramic substrate. Depending on the case, the depollution device consists of a particle filter, or a catalytic purification device. The depollution device is arranged over the entire interior section of the envelope. It is surrounded by a retaining ply interposed between the depollution device and the envelope. To ensure the axial connection of the depollution member in the cylindrical casing, it is known to restrict the cylindrical casing on the depollution member, so that the latter is clamped along its periphery by the casing. To do this, the pollution control device, previously surrounded by the retaining ply, is introduced into a cylindrical envelope having a diameter much greater than that of the pollution control device. The assembly thus formed is then pushed along its axis through a die. This consists of an annular piece having internally a progressively decreasing section passage delimited by a generally convergent surface. The cylindrical envelope and the depollution member are pushed together through the die by an actuating device such as a jack. Initially, the cylindrical envelope has an outside diameter greater than that of the passage delimited by the die. During the axial displacement of the envelope and the cylindrical member, the envelope is constricted on the depollution member, thus ensuring a crimping of the depollution member. tion inside the envelope which is contracted radially, centripetally at all points. Such an assembly method requires that the depollution organs all have substantially the same shape and more precisely all substantially the same section. Indeed, the differences in section, which can result from the manufacturing tolerances of ceramic substrates create differences in clamping force from one exhaust volume to another. In fact, when the cross-section of the depollution member is relatively small, the deformation of the cylindrical envelope around this member may prove to be insufficient to ensure satisfactory retention of the depollution member. On the other hand, if the diameter of the depollution member is relatively large, the deformation of the cylindrical envelope can lead to excessive forces applied to the depollution member, these forces being able to damage the depollution member. The object of the invention is to propose a machine and a process for shrinking a volume avoiding the difficulties of connection between the cylindrical envelope and the pollution control member, due to the manufacturing tolerances of the pollution control members. To this end, the subject of the invention is a necking machine of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the die comprises a support and a set of adjacent sectors distributed along the periphery of said passage, each sector being movable relative to said support at least radially, and the die comprises at least radial displacement means of said sectors relative to said support to modify the minimum section of said passage. According to particular embodiments, the machine comprises one or more of the following characteristics: - each sector of the die has a truncated surface on the outside and the support comprises an annular seat for receiving the die delimiting a support surface for the profile sectors complementary to the outer frustoconical surface of the sectors, and said means for moving said sectors comprise means for moving said sectors relative to the support along the axis of the die; - The sector includes means for biasing the sectors against the support seat; the means for moving the sectors relative to the support comprise an axially movable pusher and screw-nut arrangement interposed between the support and the pusher suitable for ensuring the axial displacement of the pusher by rotation of a control member; it comprises means for modifying the minimum section of said passage during the advancement of the exhaust volume in the die as a function of parameters characteristic of successive sections of the depollution member; - It includes a device for evaluating the section of the pollution control device and a control unit capable of exploiting the evaluated section of the pollution control device connected to the means for moving the sectors to adjust the minimum section of said passage as a function the evaluated section of the depollution organ; the evaluation device comprises at least one set of readings comprising a light source capable of producing a light brush of predetermined width and an optical sensor disposed opposite the light source capable of determining the part of the light brush not transmitted from the source luminous, and a support for retaining the depollution member disposed between the light source and the sensor, so that the sensor is partially obscured along the brush path by the depollution member; the support for retaining the depollution member comprises means for rotating the depollution member about its longitudinal axis relative to the or to each set of readings; the evaluation device comprises two sets of readings arranged in the same plane transverse to the depollution member, so that the sensors are partially obscured along the path of the brushes associated by two distinct regions of the depollution member ; - The two sets of readings are arranged so that the two light brushes extend generally parallel to one another; the support for retaining the depollution member comprises means for moving the depollution member with respect to the sets of statements along its longitudinal axis; and the section evaluation device comprises means for affixing to the depollution member an inscription characteristic of the section of the depollution member and the control unit comprises means for reading said inscription to determine the section of the depollution organ. The invention also relates to a process for shrinking an exhaust volume comprising a pollution control member disposed transversely in a cylindrical envelope comprising the steps consisting in: - pushing the pollution control element and the envelope pre-assembled to the through an annular die internally having a progressively decreasing section passage delimited by a generally convergent surface, characterized in that it comprises: a step of evaluating the section of the depollution member and a step of adjusting the minimum section of said passage as a function of the evaluated section of the depollution device. The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, given solely by way of example and made with reference to the drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is a schematic view of a machine for shrinking an exhaust volume according to the invention; and - Figure 2 is a longitudinal section view on a larger scale of the necking device of the machine of Figure 1. The necking machine 10 illustrated in Figure 1 is adapted to ensure the connection of a pollution control device 12 such as a ceramic substrate in a cylindrical envelope 14 formed of a metal tube. The machine essentially comprises a shrinking device 16 for the centripetal deformation of the envelope 14 around the pollution control member 12, a device 18 for evaluating the section of a pollution control member 12, a handling arm 20 for the transfer of the depollution organ from evaluation device of section 18 to the shrinking device 16 and finally a central information processing unit 22 to which the evaluation device of section 18, the handling arm 20 and the shrinking device 16 are connected. The constriction device 16 is shown alone on a larger scale in FIG. 2. This essentially comprises a frame 30 supporting an annular die 32 of adjustable diameter and a thrust actuator 34 capable of pushing a pre-assembled exhaust volume through the die 32. More specifically, the die 32 is generally annular with axis XX.
Elle présente intérieurement un passage 36 de section progressivement décroissante délimité par une surface généralement convergente 38 de l'entrée d'introduction du volume pré-assemblé vers la sortie du volume d'échappement rétreint. La filière 32 comporte un support 40 et un ensemble de secteurs adjacents 42 répartis suivant la périphérie du passage 36 et formant une couronne. Le support 40 est retenu fixe par rapport au bâti 30 ou y est intégré. Chaque secteur est mobile au moins radialement par rapport au support 40. En outre, la filière comporte des moyens 44 de déplacement des secteurs 42 par rapport au support 40 pour modifier la section minimale du passage 36. Plus précisément, le support 40 constitué d'une bague qui délimite intérieurement un siège 46 d'appui des secteurs 42 de la filière. Ce siège est formé par une surface tronconique délimitant un passage dans lequel les secteurs 42 de la filière sont retenus. Les secteurs 42 sont tous identiques. Ils sont en un nombre compris entre quatre et vingt et de préférence compris entre huit et douze. Extérieurement, les secteurs de filière comportent une surface généralement tronconique 47 complémentaire à la surface 46 formant siège. Dans le mode de réalisation envisagé, chaque secteur de filière 42 comporte une base 48 délimitant extérieurement la surface tronconique d'appui sur le siège 46 et un secteur de travail 50 délimitant intérieurement une portion de la surface convergente 38. Chaque secteur de travail 50 est reçu dans un épaulement ménagé sur la base 48. Ainsi, chaque secteur de travail s'appuie axialement et radialement contre la base 48 associée. Des éléments élastiques 52, interposés entre les secteurs de filière et l'embase 30 assurent un appui des secteurs contre la surface tronconique 46 du support formant siège. Les moyens 42 de déplacement des secteurs de filière 44 comportent une tige d'actionnement 60 appuyée sur les secteurs de filière 42 depuis leur extrémité réduite. Cette tige 60 est reliée à un agencement vis-écrou 62, lié à la tige 60 et au châssis 30, pour assurer un déplacement axial de la tige 60 par mise en rotation d'un organe de commande 64. Plus précisément, cet agencement vis-écrou 62 comporte une partie fixe 65 délimitant une surface d'appui en forme d'hélice 66 immobilisée axialement et portée par le châssis 30. Une bague complémentaire 68, présentant une surface en hélice complémentaire 69, est appuyée contre la base 66. Cette bague 68 est solidarisée axialement à la tige 60. La bague présente, à sa périphérie, des cannelures permettant son entraînement en rotation par une vis 70 formant l'organe de commande 64. Cet organe de commande est relié à l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22 pour sa mise en rotation. L'actionneur 34 comporte par exemple un vérin hydraulique ou électro-pneumatique 72 relié pour sa commande à l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22. La partie fixe du vérin est reliée au bâti 30 alors que la tige mobile du vérin présente à son extrémité un poussoir 74 dont le diamètre et le profil correspondent sensiblement au profil de l'extrémité du volume d'échappement avant rétreint. Le dispositif 18 d'évaluation de la section de l'organe de dépollution comporte un bâti 100 et un support 102 pour la retenue de l'organe de dépollution 12. Ce support est solidarisé à un moteur d'entraînement 104 permettant la mise en rotation de l'organe de dépollution 12 par rapport au bâti 100 autour de son axe longitudinal X-X sur un angle d'au moins 180°. En outre, un vérin 106 assure le déplacement de l'organe de dépollution 12 par rapport au bâti 100 suivant l'axe X-X de l'organe de dépollution. Le moteur 104 et le vérin 106 sont reliés à l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22 pour leur commande. Dans l'exemple considéré, deux ensembles de relevés des positions du bord de l'organe de dépollution sont disposés au voisinage de l'espace occupé par l'organe de dépollution. Plus précisément, chaque ensemble de relevés comporte une source lumineuse 108 liée au bâti du dispositif et un capteur optique 110 associé également lié au bâti du dispositif. La source lumineuse 108 est propre à produire un pinceau lumineux de largeur prédéterminée et connu. Ce pinceau a par exemple une section de 0,01 mm à 1 mm. Le capteur optique 110 disposé en regard est propre à déterminer la part du pinceau lumineux non transmise depuis la source lumineuse. Le capteur optique est formé par exemple d'une matrice de capteurs de type CCD. La source lumineuse 108 et le capteur associé 110 sont disposés de part et d'autre de l'organe de dépollution 12 dans une position telle que le capteur 110 soit partiellement occulté suivant le chemin du pinceau lumineux par l'organe de dépollution 12. La source et le capteur sont dans des positions connues par rapport à l'axe X-X de rotation de l'organe de dépollu- tion 12 sous l'action du moteur. Deux ensembles de relevés sont prévus. Ils sont disposés dans un même plan transversal de l'organe de dépollution en étant répartis de part et d'autre de l'axe de rotation de l'organe de dépollution. Ils sont agencés de préférence de sorte que les pinceaux lumineux soient parallèles. Les sources lumineuses 108 et les capteurs optiques 110 sont reliés à l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22. La machine de rétreint fonctionne de la manière suivante. Chaque organe de dépollution 12 devant être monté dans une enveloppe cylindrique 14 pour former un volume d'échappement a d'abord sa section mesurée dans le dispositif d'évaluation 18. A cet effet, l'organe de dépollution 12 est fixé dans le support 102. Les sources lumineuses 108 sont alors mises en fonctionnement. Le pinceau produit par chaque source est partiellement interrompu par le bord de l'organe de dépollution 12, de sorte que seule une partie des pinceaux lumineux parvient aux capteurs 110. Les positions des sources lumineuses 108 et des capteurs 110 étant connues les unes par rapport aux autres, l'unité centrale de traitement d'in- formations 22 détermine, à partir de la partie du pinceau occultée par l'organe de dépollution, le diamètre de celui-ci entre les deux points opposés ayant partiellement occulté le faisceau. Un ensemble de mesures successives est effectué pour plusieurs positions angulaires de l'organe de dépollution. A cet effet, l'organe de dépollution est déplacé angulairement par les moyens d'entraînement 104. Par ailleurs, l'organe de dépollution est avantageusement déplacé axialement de sorte que plusieurs séries de mesures de diamètre sont effectuées pour des sections successives de l'organe de dépollution 12. Ainsi, un ensemble de diamètres de l'organe de dépollution est calculé par l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22, un diamètre étant défini pour chaque section successive. Suivant un premier mode de réalisation, à partir de cet ensemble de valeurs, un diamètre moyen de l'organe de dépollution est calculé. Le dia- mètre minimal de la filière devant être utilisé est défini par l'unité centrale de traitement d'informations 22 à partir de ce diamètre moyen. Ce diamètre minimal pour la filière correspond au diamètre moyen de l'organe de dépollution auquel sont ajoutées les épaisseurs souhaitées pour la nappe intermédiaire et l'enveloppe cylindrique. A partir de cette valeur, le diamètre minimal de la filière 32 est ajusté par pilotage de l'organe de commande 64. Pour ce faire, lors de la mise en rotation de l'organe de commande 64, provoque le pivotement de la bague 68 autour de l'axe X-X. En prenant appui sur les surfaces en hélice 66, cette bague se déplace axialement, provoquant le déplacement axial des secteurs de filière 42 au travers de la tige de commande 60. En fonction du sens de déplacement des secteurs de filière, ceux-ci se déplacent radialement dans un sens ou dans l'autre, du fait de leur coopération avec le siège tronconique 46 contre lequel ils sont plaqués sous l'action des moyens élastiques 52. Après réglage du diamètre minimal de la filière, et comme connu en soi, l'enveloppe cylindrique renfermant l'organe de dépollution entouré par la nappe de maintien est engagée au travers de l'extrémité la plus large de la filière 32 et y est engagée en force par les moyens de poussée 34. Lors du passage de l'enveloppe cylindrique dans la filière, celle-ci subit un rétreint périphérique conduisant à une déformation centripète plastique du métal la constituant. On conçoit que le diamètre final de l'enveloppe cylindrique étant déterminé en fonction du diamètre de l'organe de dépollution, l'organe de dé- pollution est soumis, lors du rétreint, à une même contrainte quel que soit son diamètre, grâce au réglage du diamètre minimum de la filière. La présence pour chaque secteur de filière d'une base 48 et d'un secteur de travail 50 permet un remplacement des parties d'usure formées des secteurs de travail 50 sans qu'il soit nécessaire de remplacer les bases 48. Par ailleurs, en variante, le dispositif de mesure ne comporte qu'un ensemble de relevés 108, 110 et l'organe de dépollution est mesuré soit seulement en un unique point, soit suivant toute sa périphérie en effectuant une rotation de 360° sur lui-même. En variante, pour un organe de dépollution donné, un diamètre moyen n'est pas calculé à partir de l'ensemble de diamètres de l'organe de dépollution calculés pour plusieurs sections successives de celui-ci. L'unité centrale 22 de traitement d'informations comporte des moyens pour modifier la section minimale de la filière au cours du déplacement axial de l'enveloppe cylindrique renfermant l'organe de dépollution. Ainsi, lors du sertissage, la section minimale de la filière est modifiée en continu, par pilotage de l'organe de commande 64, en fonction de l'enfoncement de l'enveloppe cylindrique renfermant l'organe de dépollution au travers de la filière, la variation de la section minimale s'effectuant d'une extrémité à l'autre en fonction des sections successives mesurées. Suivant encore un mode de réalisation, la machine comporte des moyens pour apposer sur l'organe de dépollution une inscription indiquant les dimensions d'une ou plusieurs sections successives de l'organe de dépollution. Par exemple, ces moyens comportent un distributeur d'étiquettes autocollantes permettant l'impression sur ces étiquettes d'un code à barres représentatif des valeurs des sections successives de l'organe d'échappement. L'unité de pilotage 12 de la machine comporte en outre des moyens de lecture d'inscription apposée sur l'organe d'échappement et des moyens pour permettre le réglage de la section minimale du passage délimité par la filière en fonction des marques portées par l'organe de dépollution. It has internally a passage 36 of progressively decreasing section delimited by a generally convergent surface 38 from the inlet for introducing the pre-assembled volume to the outlet for the shrunk exhaust volume. The die 32 comprises a support 40 and a set of adjacent sectors 42 distributed along the periphery of the passage 36 and forming a crown. The support 40 is retained fixed relative to the frame 30 or is integrated therein. Each sector is movable at least radially relative to the support 40. In addition, the die includes means 44 for moving the sectors 42 relative to the support 40 to modify the minimum section of the passage 36. More specifically, the support 40 consisting of a ring which internally delimits a seat 46 for supporting the sectors 42 of the die. This seat is formed by a frustoconical surface delimiting a passage in which the sectors 42 of the die are retained. The sectors 42 are all identical. They are in a number between four and twenty and preferably between eight and twelve. Externally, the die sectors have a generally frustoconical surface 47 complementary to the surface 46 forming a seat. In the embodiment envisaged, each sector of die 42 comprises a base 48 externally delimiting the frustoconical surface for bearing on the seat 46 and a working sector 50 internally delimiting a portion of the converging surface 38. Each working sector 50 is received in a shoulder formed on the base 48. Thus, each working sector bears axially and radially against the associated base 48. Elastic elements 52, interposed between the die sectors and the base 30 provide support for the sectors against the frustoconical surface 46 of the support forming a seat. The means 42 for moving the die sectors 44 comprise an actuating rod 60 supported on the die sectors 42 from their reduced end. This rod 60 is connected to a screw-nut arrangement 62, linked to the rod 60 and to the frame 30, to ensure axial displacement of the rod 60 by rotation of a control member 64. More precisely, this screw arrangement nut 62 has a fixed part 65 delimiting a helical-shaped bearing surface 66 axially immobilized and carried by the chassis 30. A complementary ring 68, having a complementary helical surface 69, is pressed against the base 66. This ring 68 is secured axially to the rod 60. The ring has, at its periphery, grooves allowing it to be driven in rotation by a screw 70 forming the control member 64. This control member is connected to the central processing unit information 22 for its rotation. The actuator 34 comprises for example a hydraulic or electro-pneumatic cylinder 72 connected for its control to the central information processing unit 22. The fixed part of the cylinder is connected to the frame 30 while the movable rod of the cylinder has at its end a pusher 74 whose diameter and profile correspond substantially to the profile of the end of the shrunk front exhaust volume. The device 18 for evaluating the section of the pollution control device comprises a frame 100 and a support 102 for retaining the pollution control device 12. This support is secured to a drive motor 104 allowing the rotation of the pollution control device 12 with respect to the frame 100 around its longitudinal axis XX at an angle of at least 180 °. In addition, a cylinder 106 ensures the movement of the pollution control member 12 relative to the frame 100 along the axis XX of the pollution control member. Engine 104 and the cylinder 106 are connected to the central information processing unit 22 for their control. In the example considered, two sets of statements of the positions of the edge of the pollution control device are arranged in the vicinity of the space occupied by the pollution control device. More specifically, each set of readings comprises a light source 108 linked to the frame of the device and an associated optical sensor 110 also linked to the frame of the device. The light source 108 is capable of producing a light brush of predetermined and known width. This brush has for example a section of 0.01 mm to 1 mm. The optical sensor 110 placed opposite is capable of determining the part of the light brush not transmitted from the light source. The optical sensor is formed for example of a matrix of CCD type sensors. The light source 108 and the associated sensor 110 are arranged on either side of the pollution control device 12 in a position such that the sensor 110 is partially obscured along the path of the light brush by the pollution control device 12. The source and the sensor are in known positions relative to the axis XX of rotation of the pollution control member 12 under the action of the engine. Two sets of surveys are planned. They are arranged in the same transverse plane of the depollution member while being distributed on either side of the axis of rotation of the depollution member. They are preferably arranged so that the light brushes are parallel. The light sources 108 and the optical sensors 110 are connected to the central information processing unit 22. The shrinking machine operates in the following manner. Each pollution control device 12 to be mounted in a cylindrical envelope 14 to form an exhaust volume first has its section measured in the evaluation device 18. For this purpose, the pollution control device 12 is fixed in the support. 102. The light sources 108 are then put into operation. The brush produced by each source is partially interrupted by the edge of the pollution control device 12, so that only part of the light brushes reach the sensors 110. The positions of the light sources 108 and the sensors 110 being known with respect to each other, the central processing unit for formations 22 determines, from the part of the brush obscured by the pollution control device, the diameter of the latter between the two opposite points having partially obscured the beam. A series of successive measurements is made for several angular positions of the depollution device. To this end, the pollution control device is moved angularly by the drive means 104. Furthermore, the pollution control device is advantageously moved axially so that several series of diameter measurements are made for successive sections of the pollution control device 12. Thus, a set of diameters of the pollution control device is calculated by the central information processing unit 22, a diameter being defined for each successive section. According to a first embodiment, from this set of values, an average diameter of the depollution member is calculated. The minimum diameter of the die to be used is defined by the central information processing unit 22 from this mean diameter. This minimum diameter for the die corresponds to the average diameter of the depollution device to which the desired thicknesses for the intermediate ply and the cylindrical envelope are added. From this value, the minimum diameter of the die 32 is adjusted by piloting the control member 64. To do this, when the control member 64 is rotated, causes the ring 68 to pivot. around the XX axis. By bearing on the helical surfaces 66, this ring moves axially, causing the axial displacement of the die sectors 42 through the control rod 60. Depending on the direction of movement of the die sectors, these move radially in one direction or the other, due to their cooperation with the frustoconical seat 46 against which they are pressed under the action of the elastic means 52. After adjusting the minimum diameter of the die, and as known per se, the cylindrical envelope containing the depollution member surrounded by the retaining ply is engaged through the widest end of the die 32 and is engaged therein in force by the pushing means 34. During the passage of the cylindrical envelope in the die, the latter undergoes a peripheral constriction leading to a centripetal plastic deformation of the metal constituting it. It is understood that the final diameter of the cylindrical envelope being determined as a function of the diameter of the depollution member, the depollution member is subjected, during the shrinking, to the same stress whatever its diameter, thanks to the setting the minimum die diameter. The presence for each die sector of a base 48 and a working sector 50 allows replacement of the wear parts formed from the working sectors 50 without the need to replace the bases 48. Furthermore, in as a variant, the measuring device comprises only one set of readings 108, 110 and the pollution control device is measured either only at a single point, or along its entire periphery by rotating 360 ° on itself. As a variant, for a given pollution control device, an average diameter is not calculated from the set of diameters of the pollution control device calculated for several successive sections thereof. The central processing unit 22 for information includes means for modifying the minimum section of the die during the axial movement of the cylindrical envelope containing the depollution member. Thus, during crimping, the minimum section of the die is continuously modified, by piloting the control member 64, as a function of the depression of the cylindrical envelope enclosing the depollution member through the die, the variation of the minimum section being carried out from one end to the other as a function of the successive sections measured. According to yet another embodiment, the machine comprises means for affixing on the depollution member an inscription indicating the dimensions of one or more successive sections of the depollution member. For example, these means include a label dispenser stickers allowing the printing on these labels of a bar code representative of the values of the successive sections of the exhaust member. The control unit 12 of the machine further comprises inscription reading means affixed to the exhaust member and means for allowing the adjustment of the minimum section of the passage delimited by the die as a function of the marks carried by the depollution organ.

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REVENDICATIONS 1.- Machine (10) de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement comprenant un organe de dépollution (12) disposé dans une enveloppe cylindrique (14), comportant une filière annulaire (32) présentant intérieurement un passage (36) de section progressivement décroissante délimité par une surface généralement convergente (38) et un actionneur (34) de poussée de l'organe de dépollution (12) et de l'enveloppe (14) au travers du passage (36) de la filière (32), caractérisée en ce que la filière (32) comporte un support (40) et un ensemble de secteurs adjacents (42) répartis suivant la périphérie dudit passage (36), chaque secteur (42) étant mobile par rapport audit support (40) au moins radialement, et en ce que la filière (32) comporte des moyens (44) de déplacement au moins radial desdits secteurs (42) par rapport audit support (40) pour modifier la section minimale dudit passage (36). 2.- Machine selon la revendication 1 , caractérisée en ce que chaque secteur de filière (42) présente extérieurement une surface tronconique (47) et le support (40) comporte un siège annulaire (46) de réception de la filière délimitant une surface d'appui des secteurs (42) de profil complémentaire à la surface tronconique extérieure (47) des secteurs (42), et en ce que lesdits moyens (44) de déplacement desdits secteurs comportent des moyens de déplacement desdits secteurs (42) par rapport au support (40) suivant l'axe (X-X) de la filière (32). 3.- Machine selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la filière (32) comporte des moyens (52) de sollicitation des secteurs (42) contre le siège (46) de support (40). 4.- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les moyens (44) de déplacement des secteurs par rapport au support (40) comportent un poussoir (60) mobile axialement et agencement à vis-écrou (62) interposé entre le support (40) et le poussoir (60) propre à assurer le déplacement axial du poussoir (60) par mise en ro- tation d'un organe de commande (64). 5.- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte des moyens (44) de modification de la section minimale dudit passage (36) au cours de l'avancement du volume d'échappement dans la filière en fonction de paramètres caractéristiques de sections successives de l'organe de dépollution. 6.- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un dispositif (18) d'évaluation de la sec- tion de l'organe de dépollution (12) et une unité de pilotage (22) propre à exploiter la section évaluée de l'organe de dépollution reliée aux moyens (44) de déplacement des secteurs pour ajuster la section minimale dudit passage (36) en fonction de la section évaluée de l'organe de dépollution (12). 7.- Machine selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'évaluation (18) comporte au moins un ensemble de relevés comprenant une source lumineuse (108) propre à produire un pinceau lumineux de largeur prédéterminée et un capteur optique (110) disposé en regard de la source lumineuse (108) propre à déterminer la part du pinceau lumineux non transmis depuis la source lumineuse (108), et un support (102) de retenue de l'organe de dépollution (12) disposé entre la source lumineuse (108) et le capteur (110), de sorte que le capteur (108) soit partiellement occulté suivant le chemin du pinceau par l'organe de dépollution (12). 8.- Machine selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que le sup- port (102) de retenue de l'organe de dépollution comporte des moyens (104) de mise en rotation de l'organe de dépollution (12) autour de son axe longitudinal par rapport au ou à chaque ensemble de relevés (108, 110). 9.- Machine selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'évaluation (18) comporte deux ensembles de relevés disposés dans un même plan transversal à l'organe de dépollution (12), de sorte que les capteurs soient partiellement occultés suivant le chemin des pinceaux associés par deux régions distinctes de l'organe de dépollution (12). 10.- Machine selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que les deux ensembles de relevés (108, 110) sont disposés de sorte que les deux pinceaux lumineux s'étendent généralement parallèlement l'un à l'autre. 11.- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, caractérisée en ce que le support (102) de retenue de l'organe de dépollution comporte des moyens (106) de déplacement de l'organe de dépollution (12) par rapport aux ensembles de relevés (108, 110) suivant son axe longitudinal. 12.- Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 11 , caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'évaluation (18) de la section comporte des moyens pour apposer sur l'organe de dépollution (12) une inscription caractéristique de la section de l'organe de dépollution (12) et l'unité de pilotage (22) comporte des moyens de lecture de ladite inscription pour déterminer la section de l'organe de dépollution (12). 13.- Procédé de rétreint d'un volume d'échappement comprenant un organe de dépollution (12) disposé transversalement dans une enveloppe cylindrique (14) comprenant les étapes consistant à : - pousser l'organe de dépollution (12) et l'enveloppe (14) préassemblés au travers d'une filière annulaire (32) présentant intérieurement un passage (36) de section progressivement décroissante délimité par une surface généralement convergente (38), caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte : une étape d'évaluation de la section de l'organe de dépollution (12) et une étape d'ajustement de la section minimale dudit passage (36) en fonction de la section évaluée de l'organe de dépollution (12). CLAIMS 1.- Machine (10) for shrinking an exhaust volume comprising a pollution control device (12) disposed in a cylindrical envelope (14), comprising an annular die (32) having internally a section passage (36) progressively decreasing delimited by a generally convergent surface (38) and an actuator (34) for thrusting the depollution member (12) and the envelope (14) through the passage (36) of the die (32), characterized in that the die (32) comprises a support (40) and a set of adjacent sectors (42) distributed along the periphery of said passage (36), each sector (42) being movable relative to said support (40) at least radially, and in that the die (32) comprises means (44) for at least radial displacement of said sectors (42) relative to said support (40) to modify the minimum section of said passage (36). 2.- Machine according to claim 1, characterized in that each sector of the die (42) has externally a frustoconical surface (47) and the support (40) comprises an annular seat (46) for receiving the die delimiting a surface d 'support sectors (42) of complementary profile to the outer frustoconical surface (47) of the sectors (42), and in that said means (44) for moving said sectors comprise means for moving said sectors (42) relative to the support (40) along the axis (XX) of the die (32). 3.- Machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the die (32) comprises means (52) for biasing the sectors (42) against the seat (46) support (40). 4.- Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means (44) for moving the sectors relative to the support (40) comprise a pusher (60) movable axially and screw-nut arrangement (62) interposed between the support (40) and the pusher (60) suitable for ensuring the axial displacement of the pusher (60) by setting in rotation a control member (64). 5.- Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means (44) for modifying the minimum section of said passage (36) during the advancement of the volume exhaust in the die according to parameters characteristic of successive sections of the pollution control device. 6.- Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a device (18) for evaluating the section of the depollution device (12) and a control unit (22) suitable for exploiting the evaluated section of the depollution device connected to the means (44) for moving the sectors to adjust the minimum section of said passage (36) as a function of the evaluated section of the depollution device (12). 7.- Machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the evaluation device (18) comprises at least one set of readings comprising a light source (108) capable of producing a light brush of predetermined width and an optical sensor (110 ) arranged opposite the light source (108) suitable for determining the portion of the light brush not transmitted from the light source (108), and a support (102) for retaining the depollution member (12) disposed between the source light (108) and the sensor (110), so that the sensor (108) is partially obscured along the brush path by the pollution control device (12). 8.- Machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the support (102) for retaining the depollution member comprises means (104) for rotating the depollution member (12) around its longitudinal axis with respect to or to each set of surveys (108, 110). 9. Machine according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the evaluation device (18) comprises two sets of readings arranged in the same plane transverse to the pollution control device (12), so that the sensors are partially obscured along the path of the brushes associated by two distinct regions of the depollution organ (12). 10.- Machine according to claim 9, characterized in that the two sets of readings (108, 110) are arranged so that the two light brushes extend generally parallel to one another. 11.- Machine according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the support (102) for retaining the depollution member comprises means (106) for moving the depollution member (12) relative to the sets of statements (108, 110) along its longitudinal axis. 12.- Machine according to any one of claims 6 to 11, characterized in that the evaluation device (18) of the section comprises means for affixing on the depollution member (12) an inscription characteristic of the section of the depollution device (12) and the control unit (22) includes means for reading said entry to determine the section of the depollution device (12). 13.- Method for shrinking an exhaust volume comprising a pollution control member (12) disposed transversely in a cylindrical envelope (14) comprising the steps consisting in: - pushing the pollution control element (12) and the envelope (14) preassembled through an annular die (32) having internally a passage (36) of progressively decreasing section delimited by a generally convergent surface (38), characterized in that it comprises: a step of evaluation of the section of the depollution device (12) and a step of adjusting the minimum section of said passage (36) as a function of the evaluated section of the depollution device (12).
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