WO2022086481A1

WO2022086481A1 - Automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing press, 180°(degrees) rotating carousel system

Info

Publication number: WO2022086481A1
Application number: PCT/TR2021/051091
Authority: WO
Inventors: Levent ŞİMŞEK
Original assignee: Lgm Group Ütü Maki̇nalari Ve Enerji̇ Sanayi̇ Ve Ti̇caret Li̇mi̇ted Şi̇rketi̇
Priority date: 2020-10-23
Filing date: 2021-10-25
Publication date: 2022-04-28
Also published as: TR202016993A2

Abstract

The invention is related to jacket ironing presses in order to increase the additional investment cost, operator cost, and energy cost by 90% and to increase the ironing quality by 80% in the textile and apparel industry production line characterized by a base machine (1), 180° rotating table body (2), machine safety barrier (3), main body patterns (5) where the jackets are placed, back side holders (6) and front holders (7) in order to fix the jacket on the main body patterns (5), jacket side panel tensioning holders (8), 360° rotating arm tong holders (9) in order to give the required position to the arm, mechanism (14) rotating the 180° rotating table body (2), right left axis pistons (10), up and down axis pistons (11), back and forth axis pistons (12), right and left rotation pistons (13), 3-axis ironing patterns (15), ironing station (16), and a loading station (17) where the operator and jackets are placed (17) for the ironing process of the jackets.

Description

AUTOMATIC ARMHOLE AND ARM IRONING CREASING PRESS

180° (DEGREES ROTATING) CAROUSEL SYSTEM

TECHNOLOGICAL AREA:

The invention is related to jacket ironing presses and is used to increase the additional investment cost, operator cost, and energy cost by 90% and to increase the ironing quality by 80% in the textile and apparel industry production line.

STATE OF THE ART:

There are various jacket ironing press systems that are currently used and are different from each other. Similar systems are used for the functioning of such systems. Namely, the total maximum number of pieces of such systems in the production line in an hour with one operator and one machine is 85.

This amount reaches to 680 pieces in 8 hours by taking the average of the working hours of the present day. Manufacturing factories have increased their production lines up to 1200-1400 jackets in order to comply with today’s competition and quality conditions.

Existing machines cannot meet this capacity and quality at desired yield.

Today, the factories use 2 machines to solve this problem and 2 operators to operate these machines. This causes an additional investment cost, operator cost, and energy cost to the establishment.

The mode of operation of the existing systems is as follows; it has 2 main body patterns both on the right and left sides on the body. These main body patterns are kept in a fixed position on the machine. Operator fastens the jacket position from either right or left side according to the flow direction of the band, on the main body pattern, that will correspond to the laser markers, via vacuum and specifies the arm position via the 360° rotating arm tong holder by using the front holders and side panel tensioning holders, respectively and starts the machine after the positioning process.

The ironing arm comes and starts the ironing process according to the program selected according to the type of fabric in the (PLC) control system. The ironing pad on the ironing arm has the possibility to move in two axes. It performs the ironing process according to the formula in the program.

Thanks to the carousel-shaped (180°) rotating body structure of our invention, while ironing in the current systems is conducted on the front side, ironing in our system occurs in the back side and front side provides the operator a safe and comfortable working area and a loading area. However, there is a quality problem caused by the fact that the ironing arm movement capabilities of the existing ironing systems have 2 axes. The ironing arms in the invention are increased to 3 axes and ironing quality is increased by 80%.

The difference of our invention when compared to the above-mentioned existing products is as follows:

Thanks to the specially developed Carousel body, 2 main body patterns as right and left in the existing systems are increased to 4 main body patterns as 2 right side patterns and 2 left side patterns in our system via a rotating main body system (180°). Thus, a (180°) rotating carousel loading and ironing station is developed and the ironing capacity of 1200-1400 jackets was reached with 90% efficiency in 8 hours by taking today’s working hours with one operator into consideration. Besides, the ironing arms in the invention are increased to 3 axes and ironing quality is increased by 80%.

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THAT THE INVENTION AIMS TO SOLVE:

This invention is essentially developed due to the much higher operating costs of equivalent products and on the contrary, their much lower efficiency and ironing quality.

The low operating cost of our invention meets the production capacity of the establishment with a yield of 90%. It has the advantages of covering a small area (modular system) on site and being operated with 1 machine and 1 operator instead of 2 machines and 2 operators.

With this invention, in order to meet the capacity of the establishment in equivalent automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing press systems, our invention has provided the energy saving of the establishment and reduced the waste emissions to the nature by reducing 36 kilograms of steam in 1 hour to 22 kilograms in 1 hour that is used for the heating and ironing processes of 2 machines.

In addition, 40% energy saving is achieved in our invention, with the system called ECO POWER, which is developed by our company. This system has prevented the heat factor and heat loss to the outside by covering the back surfaces of the ironing patterns and the connection elements (steam spirals, pipe connection equipment, etc.) with a very good insulation material. Energy saving is also provided by finned strip aluminum patterns used. In addition, energy saving is achieved by programming the steam to be turned off and on according to the working and break times of the factory that are entered in the PLC control unit of the machine. If the machine is not used within a certain period of time, it automatically switches to the saving mode.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:

The invention will be described referring to the attached drawings. Thus, the characteristics of the invention will be more clearly understood and appreciated. However, the aim is not to limit the invention with these particular embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover all the alternatives, modifications, and equivalents that may be included within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood that the details shown are only illustrated for the purpose of describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention, to provide the most useful and easy to understand description of both the embodiment of the methods and the principles and conceptual properties of the invention. In these drawings;

FIGURE 1

Perspective view of the automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing press 180° carousel system.

FIGURE 2

General side view of the automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing press 180° carousel system. FIGURE S

General front view of the automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing press 180° carousel system.

FIGURE 4

General and sectional view of the three-axis ironing arms.

FIGURE S

General and sectional view of 360° rotating arm tong holder systems.

FIGURE 6

General and sectional view of 180° table rotating mechanism.

FIGURE ?

Perspective view of the ironing station area (7.C).

FIGURE S

Perspective view of the loading station area (7.B).

The figures that will help to understand the present invention are numbered as indicated in the drawings and they are given below together with their names.

EXPLANATION OF REFERENCES:

1. Base machine

2. 180° rotating table body

3. Machine safety barrier

4. Electrical - Electronical - Pneumatic panels

5. Main body patterns

6. Back side holders

7. Front holders

8. Side panel tensioning holders

9. 360° traveling arm tong holders

10. Right and left axis pistons

11. Up and down axis pistons

12. Back and forth axis pistons

13. Right and left rotation pistons 14. Mechanism rotating the table 180°

15. 3 -Axis ironing pattern

16. Ironing station

17. Loading station

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION:

The invention is related to the ironing systems in textile - apparel industry jacket production line and is designed to increase the additional investment cost, operator cost, and energy cost by 90% and to increase the ironing quality by 80% in the production line.

According to the operation principle of the invention, the operator fastens the jacket position from either right or left side according to the flow direction of the band, on the main body pattern (5), that will correspond to the laser markers (5) via vacuum and specifies the arm position by 360° traveling arm tong holder (9) by using the back side holders (6), front holders (7), and side panel tensioning holders (8), respectively and performs the alignment. Then, he starts the machine.

The table body (2) moves to the area where the 3-axis ironing patterns (15) located at the ironing station at the back of the located jackets by turning 180°. When it comes to the ironing area (16), ironing process starts by developing an ironing pad via air and steam of the 3-axis ironing pattern (15) for the armhole and arm of the jacket with the right and left axis (10), back and forth axis (12), up and down (11), right and left rotation (13) movements according to the formula of the selected program on the (PLC) screen. At the same time, it fastens the positions of two jackets, as right and left, to other empty main body patterns (5) in the loading station (17) at the front side that will correspond to the laser markers via vacuum on the main body patterns (5) and specifies the position of the armhole and arm via 360° traveling arm tong holders (9) by using the back side holders (6), front holders (7), and side panel tensioning holders (8), respectively, performs the positioning, and then starts the machine. 180° rotating table body (2) brings the ironed jackets at the back ironing area, back to the operator and delivers the newly positioned jackets to the ironing area at the same time. Thus, by developing a loading station at the front and an ironing station at the back, the desired number and quality of jacket production is achieved via a carousel loop system and a single operator. At the same time, the main body of the machine (1) (modular system) with its less area coverage has provided space saving. The use of 22 kg of steam in 1 hour has reduced energy saving and waste emission to the nature. Thanks to the positioning of 3-axis ironing patterns (15) in the rear ironing station (16), the operator has gained a safe and comfortable working area by eliminating the heat and steam generated during the ironing process in the front of other equivalent products.

TYPE OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION TO INDUSTRY:

The invention does not have a significant difference from the existing automatic armhole and arm ironing creasing presses in terms of the production process, production time, and production costs, and it is completely applicable to industry.

Claims

CLAIMS - The invention is related to jacket ironing presses characterized by having a main machine (1) that performs the positioning and ironing of the armhole and arms of the jacket in order to increase the additional investment cost, operator cost, and energy cost by 90% and to increase the ironing quality by 80% in the textile and apparel industry production line. - Automatic armhole and arm ironing and creasing process according to Claim 1, characterized by the carousel body, where the armhole and arm of the jacket to be ironed are placed on the main body mold (in the loading area) by having the carousel body rotating 180° and bringing the jackets to be ironed to the ironing station (2). - Automatic armhole and arm ironing and creasing process according to Claim 1, characterized by Having a 3-axis ironing pattern (3) in the area where the ironing process of the armhole and arms of the jacket (ironing area) that reached the ironing area in the main machine (1). - Automatic armhole and arm ironing and creasing process according to Claim 1, characterized by giving the desired shape (4) and form to the armhole and arm of the jacket via the pad formed by air and steam by using the 3-axis ironing pattern (3) according to the formula on the screen (PLC). - Automatic armhole and arm ironing and creasing process according to Claim 1, characterized by passing the jackets (6), that are placed in the main body molds at the loading area by the operator, to the other side after giving the shape to the armhole and arm of the jackets via ironing process (5). - Automatic armhole and arm ironing and creasing process according to Claim 1, characterized by having the operator pick up the finished jackets in the loading area (6) and place the jackets to be ironed on the main body molds.

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