WO2011144815A1 - Method and arrangement in connection with a fibre coating line - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method in connection with a coating line, in which method a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are unwound from payoff reels and guided to a plastic extruder by which a coating tube is formed around the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles, and in which method an assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided to and pulled through a cooling trough to a main capstan by using a clenching pull device grasping to the outer surface of the coating tube, the clenching pull device being placed inside the cooling trough whereby in order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device is run at a faster speed than the main capstan.
- the invention further relates to an arrangement in connection with a coating line.
- the present invention relates for example to cable industry especially to cable manufacturing processes using optical fibres.
- the invention may for example relate to a process for producing a basic element of a multi-element optical cable.
- fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are coated with a plastic coating tube having an inner diameter equal or bigger than outer diameter of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles.
- Fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are located freely inside of the plastic coating tube and depending on final solution length of the fibre, fibres or fibre bun- dies is shorter, equal or longer than the length of the plastic coating tube forming the coating of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles. The length difference discussed above is called excess fibre length (EFL).
- ETL excess fibre length
- Stable EFL is very important for reaching the requested quality level of the end product. All stress created during the process are easily remained in the plastic tube which is acting as a coating of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles can release after the process and cause post shrinkage of the product and in that way change the EFL of the end product which in worst situations may completely ruin the quality of the product.
- the clenching pull device may be fixedly mounted or it can be a movable unit which can be moved along the length of the cooling trough.
- the main capstan of the line can be for example single or dual wheel or belt capstan with pulleys.
- the main capstan can also be fixedly mounted or it can be a movable unit which can be moved along the line.
- the main capstan locks speed of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles and the plastic coating tube together. It is essential that the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles can move freely inside of the plastic coating tube before the main capstan.
- the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are taken out from a pay-off with controlled tension and then guided to a cross head of a plastic extruder in which the plastic coating tube is extruded over the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles. Gap between the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles and the plastic coating tube can if needed in the extruder be filled with jelly, water absorbent powder or with some other water blocking material.
- the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided from the extruder to a cooling trough in which cooling of the plastic coating tube is carried out.
- the assembly is guided through the cooling trough to the main capstan by using the clenching pull device grasping to an outer surface of the plastic coating tube.
- the clenching pull device In order to release all the stresses from the plastic coating tube for eliminating the post shrinkage, the clenching pull device is running at a faster speed than the main capstan whereby the plastic coating tube is always under conditions in which there exists no pulling force but compression force. Said operations ensure that the plastic coating tube is cooled under conditions which do not cause any post shrinkage and so that there will be no change later in EFL. Said process conditions can be adjusted by changing locations of the clenching pull device and the main capstan or alternatively the position of the clenching pull device or the main capstan, and by controlling the temperature of the cooling water in the cooling trough so that the plastic tube can shrink without introducing stress in the molecular structure of the tube.
- the caterpillar type devices have been located inside the cooling trough, i.e. the clenching pull devices operate at least partly under hot water. This had made the situation even worse, i.e. the life time of the caterpillar type devices has reduced even more. It must be remembered here that even without water in today's production lines operating in high speeds the caterpillar type devices must operate near their maximum capacity as discussed above. In other words wet and hard operating conditions shorten for example the operation life of the rubber belts and the bearings whereby said belts wear very easily in high line speeds. Said matter has influence in the difference between the clenching caterpillar and the main capstan leading difficulties relating to post shrinking discussed above.
- the object of the invention is to obtain a method and an ar- rangement by which the problems of the prior art can be diminished and in the best situation completely eliminated. This is achieved with the present invention.
- the method of the invention is characterized in that the clenching pull device is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
- the arrangement of the invention is characterized in that the clenching pull device is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is arranged to be guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
- An advantage of the invention is that the weak points of the caterpillar type devices in high operating speeds, i.e. the problems relating to rapidly wearing belts, bearings and small wheels, can be eliminated. Another advantage is the simplicity of the invention leading to low installation and maintenance costs when compared to the devices used in the prior art.
- the invention will be described in closer detail in the following by means of the accompanying drawing, in which:
- Figure 1 shows a schematic side view of a fibre coating line using the invention
- Figure 2 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 1 shows schematically a fibre coating line in which the present invention is used.
- Reference number 1 in Figure 1 refers to fibre payoffs, which can be for example current motorized devices equipped with pneumatic tension adjustments.
- Reference number 2 refers to a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles to be coated.
- Reference number 3 refers to a plastic extruder by which a coating tube is formed around the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles 1 .
- the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fi- bres or the fibre bundles is shown by reference number 4 in Figure 1 .
- the assembly 3 is guided to and pulled through a cooling trough 5 to a main capstan 6 by using a clenching pull device 7.
- the clenching pull device 7 is arranged to grasp to the outer surface of the coating tube.
- the clenching pull device 7 is placed inside the cooling trough 5. In order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device 7 is run at a faster speed than the main capstan 6.
- Reference number 8 in Figure 1 shows a tension pillar used for maintaining the line tension.
- Reference number 9 in Figure 1 shows a receiving spooler.
- Figure 1 describes also schematically how the coating line is controlled in order to obtain the correct process conditions so that an end product with high quality level is obtained.
- caterpillar type clenching pull device is the only device having adequate properties so that high quality demands of the end product can be obtained.
- recent developments with wet conditions and high line speeds have led to a situation in which the disad- vantages of the caterpillar type clenching pull devices have become matters of importance. These matters have been discussed on the opening pages of the description.
- the caterpillar type clenching pull device is replaced by a capstan.
- Said capstan is shown with reference number 7 in Figures 1 and 2.
- the capstan used as clenching pull device in the invention comprises at least one pair of pulleys.
- Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment using one pair of pulleys. The assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
- the construction described above is very simple and said construction eliminates all the disadvantages of the construction used in the prior art.
- the construction described above allows very high line speeds and maintenance costs are low when compared to the maintenance costs of the earlier used caterpillar type devices.
- Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment using one pair of pulleys. It is however quite possible to use an arrangement using more that one pair of pulleys.
- One or some of the pulleys, depending on the number of pulley pairs used, can be driven pulleys. Alternatively all of the pulleys can be driven pulleys.
- the pulleys can be driven by any appropriate power source, for example by a servo drive.
- the pulleys are driven with appropriate speed.
- Speed control of the pulleys can be carried out so that correct speed difference between the main capstan 6 and the capstan used as clenching pull device 7 can be secured. This can be done by controlling the speed difference of the clenching pull device 7 and the main capstan 6, stabilizing the speed difference control by the EFL length measurement between the coating tube an the fibre, fibres or the fibre bundles, and stabilizing the speed difference control by tension measurement between the clenching pull device 7 and the main capstan 6.
- the clenching pull device 7 can be fixedly mounted or it can be mounted movably in the longitudinal direction of the cooling trough 5.
- the gap between the pulleys can be fixed or the gap can be adjustable either mechanically for example by hand or automatically.
- FIG 2 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 2 shows a part of the cooling trough 5 and the capstan used as the clenching pull device 7.
- Figure 2 shows clearly that the clenching pull device 7 is placed inside the cooling trough, i.e. the clenching pull device operates in extremely wet conditions.
- the cooling trough 5 described is in the cooling step at least partly filled with cooling water.
- the cooling trough 5 is provided with a groove part 10 along which the assembly 4 formed of the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles are arranged to run in the cooling trough 5.
- the groove part 10 has been formed as separate groove parts placed longitudinally after each other so that there is a space between two successive groove parts.
- the clenching pull device 7 has been placed to the space between two successive groove parts 10.
- Figure 2 shows clearly said arrangement.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement in connection with a coating line, in which method a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are unwound from payoff reels (1) and guided to a plastic extruder (3) by which a coating tube is formed around the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles. In the method and in the arrangement an assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided to and pulled trough a cooling through (5) to a main capstan (6) by using a clenching pull device (7) grasping to the outer surface of the coating tube. The clenching pull device (7) is placed inside the cooling trough whereby in order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device (7) is run at a faster speed than the main capstan (6). The clenching pull device (7) is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair. The assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
Description
Method and arrangement in connection with a fibre coating line
The invention relates to a method in connection with a coating line, in which method a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are unwound from payoff reels and guided to a plastic extruder by which a coating tube is formed around the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles, and in which method an assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided to and pulled through a cooling trough to a main capstan by using a clenching pull device grasping to the outer surface of the coating tube, the clenching pull device being placed inside the cooling trough whereby in order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device is run at a faster speed than the main capstan. The invention further relates to an arrangement in connection with a coating line.
The present invention relates for example to cable industry especially to cable manufacturing processes using optical fibres. The invention may for example relate to a process for producing a basic element of a multi-element optical cable.
In a coating process for example in a secondary coating pro- cess of one fibre or several fibres or fibre bundles said fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are coated with a plastic coating tube having an inner diameter equal or bigger than outer diameter of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles. Fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are located freely inside of the plastic coating tube and depending on final solution length of the fibre, fibres or fibre bun- dies is shorter, equal or longer than the length of the plastic coating tube forming the coating of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles. The length difference discussed above is called excess fibre length (EFL).
Stable EFL is very important for reaching the requested quality level of the end product. All stress created during the process are easily remained in the plastic tube which is acting as a coating of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles can release after the process and cause post shrinkage of the product and in that way change the EFL of the end product which in worst situations may completely ruin the quality of the product.
It is commonly known that post shrinkage of the plastic coating tube can be reduced or eliminated by using a specific clenching pull device to reduce stress from the plastic coating tube before a main capstan
of the line. The clenching pull device may be fixedly mounted or it can be a movable unit which can be moved along the length of the cooling trough. The main capstan of the line can be for example single or dual wheel or belt capstan with pulleys. The main capstan can also be fixedly mounted or it can be a movable unit which can be moved along the line. The main capstan locks speed of the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles and the plastic coating tube together. It is essential that the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles can move freely inside of the plastic coating tube before the main capstan.
The fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are taken out from a pay-off with controlled tension and then guided to a cross head of a plastic extruder in which the plastic coating tube is extruded over the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles. Gap between the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles and the plastic coating tube can if needed in the extruder be filled with jelly, water absorbent powder or with some other water blocking material. The assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided from the extruder to a cooling trough in which cooling of the plastic coating tube is carried out. The assembly is guided through the cooling trough to the main capstan by using the clenching pull device grasping to an outer surface of the plastic coating tube.
In order to release all the stresses from the plastic coating tube for eliminating the post shrinkage, the clenching pull device is running at a faster speed than the main capstan whereby the plastic coating tube is always under conditions in which there exists no pulling force but compression force. Said operations ensure that the plastic coating tube is cooled under conditions which do not cause any post shrinkage and so that there will be no change later in EFL. Said process conditions can be adjusted by changing locations of the clenching pull device and the main capstan or alternatively the position of the clenching pull device or the main capstan, and by controlling the temperature of the cooling water in the cooling trough so that the plastic tube can shrink without introducing stress in the molecular structure of the tube.
As examples of the technique known in the prior art relating to coating of fibres EP Patent 1 037 860 B1 and US Patent 3 938 987 can be mentioned. In the prior art a caterpillar type device has been used as the clenching pull device. It has been a common thought in the field that a caterpillar type device is the only one which can be used. The problem
with caterpillar type devices are in that they limit the line speed. This is due to the fact that in caterpillar type devices there are small wheels and bearings having high rotation speeds leading to unreliable operation, i.e. the structure is not mechanically reliable in high speeds. Nowadays the line speeds used in production are very high and said fact has made said problem even greater. In addition to the facts above in recent years the clenching pull devices, i.e. the caterpillar type devices have been located inside the cooling trough, i.e. the clenching pull devices operate at least partly under hot water. This had made the situation even worse, i.e. the life time of the caterpillar type devices has reduced even more. It must be remembered here that even without water in today's production lines operating in high speeds the caterpillar type devices must operate near their maximum capacity as discussed above. In other words wet and hard operating conditions shorten for example the operation life of the rubber belts and the bearings whereby said belts wear very easily in high line speeds. Said matter has influence in the difference between the clenching caterpillar and the main capstan leading difficulties relating to post shrinking discussed above.
The object of the invention is to obtain a method and an ar- rangement by which the problems of the prior art can be diminished and in the best situation completely eliminated. This is achieved with the present invention. The method of the invention is characterized in that the clenching pull device is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair. The arrangement of the invention is characterized in that the clenching pull device is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is arranged to be guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
An advantage of the invention is that the weak points of the caterpillar type devices in high operating speeds, i.e. the problems relating to rapidly wearing belts, bearings and small wheels, can be eliminated. Another advantage is the simplicity of the invention leading to low installation and maintenance costs when compared to the devices used in the prior art.
The invention will be described in closer detail in the following by means of the accompanying drawing, in which:
Figure 1 shows a schematic side view of a fibre coating line using the invention, and
Figure 2 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention.
Figure 1 shows schematically a fibre coating line in which the present invention is used. Reference number 1 in Figure 1 refers to fibre payoffs, which can be for example current motorized devices equipped with pneumatic tension adjustments. Reference number 2 refers to a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles to be coated. Reference number 3 refers to a plastic extruder by which a coating tube is formed around the fibre, fibres or fibre bundles 1 .
The assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fi- bres or the fibre bundles is shown by reference number 4 in Figure 1 . The assembly 3 is guided to and pulled through a cooling trough 5 to a main capstan 6 by using a clenching pull device 7. The clenching pull device 7 is arranged to grasp to the outer surface of the coating tube.
The clenching pull device 7 is placed inside the cooling trough 5. In order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device 7 is run at a faster speed than the main capstan 6.
Reference number 8 in Figure 1 shows a tension pillar used for maintaining the line tension. Reference number 9 in Figure 1 shows a receiving spooler.
Figure 1 describes also schematically how the coating line is controlled in order to obtain the correct process conditions so that an end product with high quality level is obtained.
The matters described above are quite familiar to a person skilled in the art whereby said matter are not discussed in detail here. In this connection we refer for example to the opening pages of the description in which prior art is discussed.
As discussed above in the field persons skilled in the art have been of the opinion that caterpillar type clenching pull device is the only device having adequate properties so that high quality demands of the end product can be obtained. However recent developments with wet conditions and high line speeds have led to a situation in which the disad-
vantages of the caterpillar type clenching pull devices have become matters of importance. These matters have been discussed on the opening pages of the description.
According to the basic idea of the invention the caterpillar type clenching pull device is replaced by a capstan. Said capstan is shown with reference number 7 in Figures 1 and 2. The capstan used as clenching pull device in the invention comprises at least one pair of pulleys. Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment using one pair of pulleys. The assembly formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
The construction described above is very simple and said construction eliminates all the disadvantages of the construction used in the prior art. The construction described above allows very high line speeds and maintenance costs are low when compared to the maintenance costs of the earlier used caterpillar type devices.
Figures 1 and 2 show an embodiment using one pair of pulleys. It is however quite possible to use an arrangement using more that one pair of pulleys. One or some of the pulleys, depending on the number of pulley pairs used, can be driven pulleys. Alternatively all of the pulleys can be driven pulleys. The pulleys can be driven by any appropriate power source, for example by a servo drive.
The pulleys are driven with appropriate speed. Speed control of the pulleys can be carried out so that correct speed difference between the main capstan 6 and the capstan used as clenching pull device 7 can be secured. This can be done by controlling the speed difference of the clenching pull device 7 and the main capstan 6, stabilizing the speed difference control by the EFL length measurement between the coating tube an the fibre, fibres or the fibre bundles, and stabilizing the speed difference control by tension measurement between the clenching pull device 7 and the main capstan 6.
As described earlier the clenching pull device 7 can be fixedly mounted or it can be mounted movably in the longitudinal direction of the cooling trough 5. The gap between the pulleys can be fixed or the gap can be adjustable either mechanically for example by hand or automatically.
Figure 2 shows a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 shows a part of the cooling trough 5 and the capstan
used as the clenching pull device 7. Figure 2 shows clearly that the clenching pull device 7 is placed inside the cooling trough, i.e. the clenching pull device operates in extremely wet conditions. In this connection it must be understood the cooling trough 5 described is in the cooling step at least partly filled with cooling water. The cooling trough 5 is provided with a groove part 10 along which the assembly 4 formed of the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles are arranged to run in the cooling trough 5. The groove part 10 has been formed as separate groove parts placed longitudinally after each other so that there is a space between two successive groove parts. The clenching pull device 7 has been placed to the space between two successive groove parts 10. Figure 2 shows clearly said arrangement.
The above described embodiment of the invention is by no means intended to restrict the invention, but the invention can be freely modified within the scope of the claims. It is thus obvious that the details of the arrangement of the invention may differ from the ones shown in the figures since various solutions are possible within the spirit of the invention. As said earlier the number of the pulley pairs in the clenching pull device is not restricted to one as shown in Figure 2, but other variations of the arrangement are quite possible. It is quite possible for example to use two pairs of pulleys a clenching pull device. The use of three, four or even more pairs of pulleys are also possible embodiments etc.
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1. Method in connection with a coating line, in which method a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles are unwound from payoff reels (1 ) and guided to a plastic extruder (3) by which a coating tube is formed around the fi- bre, the fibres or the fibre bundles, and in which method an assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided to and pulled through a cooling trough (5) to a main capstan (6) by using a clenching pull device (7) grasping to the outer surface of the coating tube, the clenching pull device (7) being placed inside the cooling trough whereby in order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device (7) is run at a faster speed than the main capstan (6), c h a ra cte ri zed in that the clenching pull device (7) is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
2. Arrangement in connection with a coating line, which arrangement comprises means for unwinding a fibre, fibres or fibre bundles from payoff reels (1) and guiding the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles to a plastic extruder (3) arranged to form a coating tube around the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles and a clenching pull device (7) grasping to the outer surface of the coating tube for pulling the assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles through a cooling trough (5) to a main capstan (6), the clenching pull device (7) being placed inside the cooling trough (5) whereby in order to eliminate post shrinkage of the coating tube the clenching pull device (7) is run at a faster speed than the main capstan (6), cha racterized in that the clenching pull device (7) is a capstan comprising at least one pulley pair and that the assembly (4) formed by the coating tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles is arranged to be guided between the pulleys of the pulley pair.
3. Arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the clenching pull device (7) is arranged to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the cooling through (5).
4. Arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that a gap between the pulleys has been made adjustable.
5. Arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that all of the pulleys have been arranged to be driven by a power source.
6. Arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that some of the pulleys have been arranged to be driven by a power source.
7. Arrangement as claimed in claim 5 or 6, cha racterize d in that the power source is a servo drive.
8. Arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that a groove part (10) along which the assembly (4) formed by the coat- ing tube and the fibre, the fibres or the fibre bundles are arranged to run in the cooling trough (5) has been formed as separate groove parts placed longitudinally after each other so that there is a space between two successive groove parts and that the clenching pull device (7) has been placed to the space between two successive groove parts.
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