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EP0619255A2 - Vorrichtung zum Schneiden und Befestigen des Bahnanfanges einer neuen Rolle auf einem Wickelkern einer Wickelmaschine - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Schneiden und Befestigen des Bahnanfanges einer neuen Rolle auf einem Wickelkern einer Wickelmaschine Download PDF

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EP0619255A2
EP0619255A2 EP94440023A EP94440023A EP0619255A2 EP 0619255 A2 EP0619255 A2 EP 0619255A2 EP 94440023 A EP94440023 A EP 94440023A EP 94440023 A EP94440023 A EP 94440023A EP 0619255 A2 EP0619255 A2 EP 0619255A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/22—Changing the web roll in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations
    • B65H19/28—Attaching the leading end of the web to the replacement web-roll core or spindle
    • B65H19/286—Attaching the leading end of the web to the replacement web-roll core or spindle by applying adhesive to the web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/22—Changing the web roll in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations
    • B65H19/2207—Changing the web roll in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations the web roll being driven by a winding mechanism of the centre or core drive type
    • B65H19/2215—Turret-type with two roll supports
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/22—Changing the web roll in winding mechanisms or in connection with winding operations
    • B65H19/26—Cutting-off the web running to the wound web roll
    • B65H19/265—Cutting-off the web running to the wound web roll using a cutting member moving linearly in a plane parallel to the surface of the web and along a direction crossing the web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/414—Winding
    • B65H2301/41419—Starting winding process
    • B65H2301/41426—Starting winding process involving suction means, e.g. core with vacuum supply
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2406/00—Means using fluid
    • B65H2406/30—Suction means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2408/00—Specific machines
    • B65H2408/20—Specific machines for handling web(s)
    • B65H2408/23—Winding machines
    • B65H2408/231—Turret winders
    • B65H2408/2315—Turret winders specified by number of arms
    • B65H2408/23152—Turret winders specified by number of arms with two arms

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  • the present invention relates to the field of machines for winding strip material for making reels and relates to a device for cutting and applying the start of strip from a new reel to a mandrel of a winder.
  • winding of strips by means of winding machines generally causes the problem, on the one hand, of the cutting of the strip and, on the other hand, of the correct application of the end of the strip on the mandrel after the cup.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks.
  • a device for cutting and applying the start of the strip from a new reel to a mandrel of a reel essentially constituted by a cutting means cooperating with a means for tightening the strip and by means of applying an adhesive strip or the like to the cut end of the strip and pressing and applying the latter and the adhesive strip to the mandrel of the new spool, characterized in that the means cutting is in the form of a housing and guiding a knife movable in a slot, said box being mounted on a frame for guiding the strip, arranged with the possibility of tilting, under the action of a jack, in the frame of the reel, said box being movable transversely to the direction of travel of the strip, its face carrying the slot being turned towards said strip.
  • the device for cutting and applying the start of the strip of a new reel to a mandrel 1 of a reel 2 is essentially constituted by a cutting means 3 cooperating with a means 4 for tightening the strip and by a means 5 applying an adhesive strip or the like 6 to the cut end of the strip and pressing and applying the latter and the adhesive strip to the mandrel 1 of the new coil.
  • the cutting means 3 ( Figures 2 to 4) is in the form of a box 7 housing and guiding a knife 8 movable in a slot 8 ', said box being mounted on a frame 9 for guiding the strip , arranged with the possibility of tilting, under the action of a jack 10, in the chassis 11 of the reel 2, said box 7 being movable transversely to the direction of movement of the strip, its face carrying the slot 8 'being turned towards said strip.
  • the box 7 is mounted at its ends in the chassis 9 by means of end guide slides 12, cooperating by guide rollers 13 with guide rails of said chassis 9 and is actuated in displacement, transverse to the direction of travel. of the strip, by means of jacks 14 resting on the face of said box 7 opposite that of the knife 8 guide, said jacks 14 being mounted on a support bar 15 of the chassis 9.
  • the knife 8 is mounted on a carriage 16 guided, by means of rollers 17, in a rail 18 formed in the box 7 on either side of the slot 8 ', said carriage 16 being actuated in longitudinal displacement in the box 7 by means of a rodless cylinder 19.
  • a rodless cylinder 19 Such a method of mounting the carriage 16 allows perfect guidance of the latter, without risk of deflection of the knife 8, the carriage 16 being connected directly to the piston of the rodless cylinder 19. Indeed, such a jack ensures perfect precision of the movement of the carriage 16 and therefore of the knife 8 with a relatively low power installation.
  • the box 7 is provided with two end caps 8 '', mounted in an adjustable position, above the slot 8 'and intended to cover the knife 8 in its extreme positions.
  • the means 4 for tightening the strip cooperating with the cutting means 3 is constituted in the form of a transverse counterpart plate 20 provided with a slot 21 intended to cooperate with the end of the knife 8 of the cutting means 3 , said plate 20 being mounted at the end of the arm 22, pivoting about the axis of the discs 23 for supporting the reel-carrying shafts 24 of the reel and actuated in pivoting by means of synchronized jacks 25.
  • the reel advantageously comprises a number of clamping means 4 equal to that of the spool-holder shafts 24.
  • the mounting of the pivoting arms 22 on the axis of the discs 23 allows, during the operation for cutting the strip, for bringing the transverse counterpart plate 20 of the strip tightening means 4 into a position which is perfectly tangential to the running plane of said strip, opposite the cutting means 3.
  • the chassis 9 is further provided with means 26 for blocking the strip during the cutting and application operation on the mandrel. the new coil, this means 26 cooperating with a deflection roller 9 '.
  • the locking means 26 preferably consists of a transverse bar 27 mounted so as to be displaceable in a plane passing through the axis of the corresponding roller 9 ′, by means of at least one actuating cylinder 28, and by a cross member 29 of the frame 9 supporting said cylinders 28 and transverse bar 27.
  • the transverse bar 27 is applied by force against the roller 9 'corresponding and performs a blocking of the strip in movement.
  • the box 7 for housing and guiding the knife 8 of the cutting means 3 is provided with centering and end-of-stroke detection means cooperating with form means corresponding provided on the ends of the arms 22 for supporting the counterpart plate 20 forming the clamping means 4.
  • the centering and detection means may advantageously be constituted in the form of frustoconical holes opening at their base of restricted section on a limit switch and the correspondingly shaped means, provided on the ends of the arms 22 for supporting the counterpart plate 20, then have a conical rod shape, the end of which cooperates at the end of the centering stroke with the limit switch contact of the means provided on the box 7.
  • This limit switch is intended, on the one hand, to detect the cooperation between the cutting means 3 and the clamping means 4 and, on the other hand, the effective application of one against the other so authorize the cutting of the strip by the knife 8 mounted on the carriage 16 and actuated by the rodless cylinder 19.
  • the means 5 for applying an adhesive strip or the like 6 on the cut end of the strip and for pressing and applying the latter and the adhesive strip to the mandrel 1 of the new reel is advantageously constituted by a vacuum cylinder 31 (FIGS. 2 and 5) having a perforated strip 32 for holding the adhesive strip 6 or the like by vacuum, said vacuum cylinder 31 being pivotally mounted in the tilting frame 9 by means of arms 33 actuated by minus one cylinder 34.
  • the vacuum cylinder 31 is provided with at least one indexing means 35 consisting of a roller 36 mounted on a pivoting lever 37 actuated by a jack 38, provided on an arm 33, and cooperating with recesses 39 of corresponding shape provided on the corresponding end of the vacuum cylinder 31 ( Figure 2).
  • the recesses 39 are advantageously two in number and are arranged at an angular distance corresponding to the linear distance between the median axis of the perforated strip 32 of the vacuum cylinder 31, in the cutting and applying position of the strip, and the slot 8 'of the box 7 of the cutting means 3.
  • the adhesive strip or the like 6 can be applied to the perforated strip 32 of the vacuum cylinder 31 in an indexing position of said cylinder 31 corresponding to the application position from the end of the cut strip and the adhesive strip on the mandrel 1, then said cylinder 31 is brought into the second indexing position, in which it is held by means of the jack 38 bringing the caster 36 by pivoting lever 37 in the corresponding recess 39.
  • This second indexing position corresponds to a waiting position, in which the strip is cut by the knife 8 of the cutting means 3.
  • the box 7 of the cutting means 3 is advantageously provided with an intermediate guide plate 40 pivotally mounted on the box 7 and s extending towards the vacuum cylinder 31 by partially covering the latter in the position for preparing the means 5 for applying the adhesive tape or the like 6, as well as in the tape cutting position, this plate 40 moving, under the effect of the vacuum cylinder thrust 31 in the direction of the mandrel 1 during the application phase of the end of the cut strip and of the adhesive strip or the like 6 on said mandrel 1 and being returned to position by a spring 41.
  • the vacuum cylinder 31 is moved against the mandrel 1 by means of the jack or jacks 34 acting on the support arms 33, so as to pivot the assembly around its axis. of articulation.
  • a rotation of the spool-holder shaft 24 supporting the mandrel 1 in the opposite direction to the winding direction will have the effect of moving the cylinder 31 in rotation, so as to bring it into a position corresponding to its first position of indexing, that is to say that where the adhesive strip 6 is facing the mandrel 1, and to perform an additional rotation in this direction, for a total application of the adhesive strip on the mandrel 1 by ironing.
  • the device according to the invention operates as follows:
  • the means 4 for tightening the strip is pivoted, via the jacks 25, in its operating position, above the new mandrel 1 and the chassis 9 for supporting the box 7 of the cutting means 3 is then pivoted, under the action of the jack 10, in the direction of the cutting position and application of the strip on the mandrel 1.
  • the box 7 is moved to its final service position, in which its centering and end-of-travel detection means cooperate with the correspondingly shaped means provided on the ends of the arms 22 for supporting the counterpart plate 20 forming the clamping means 4 and the winding of the full reel is stopped, so that the strip is ready to be cut by the knife 8.
  • the contact thus detected by the corresponding means of the box 7 authorizes, before cutting, the initiation of the cut under tension of the strip and preventing any run of the latter, the strip being wound, during cutting, in known manner, on an accumulator 30 mounted upstream of the reel 2.
  • an accumulator 30 is known per se and its operation is not described in detail.
  • the knife is then moved transversely to the strip of material to be cut by actuation of its jack 19 driving its support carriage 16, being guided, on the one hand, in the slot 8 of the box 7 and, on the other hand, in the slot 21 of the transverse counterpart plate 20 of the clamping means 4.
  • the vacuum cylinder 31 is pivoted, by actuation of its or its jacks 34, against the new mandrel 1, in order to clamp the cut strip against the latter, then the spool-holder shaft 24 is slowly rotated in the opposite direction to the winding direction in order to bring the vacuum cylinder 31 with the start of strip and the adhesive strip 6 in front of the new mandrel 1 and to apply them on the latter by continuing this rotational movement for a total application of the strip 6 on the mandrel 1, this application being strengthened by a consecutive movement back and forth in rotation, so as to iron the end thus produced on the new mandrel 1.
  • the winding of the new coil can then begin, the locking means 26 being released, the vacuum cylinder 31 pivoting in its starting position, the box 7 also being returned to its starting position, before tilting, also in the starting position, of the chassis 9 and the clamping means 4 tilting in its starting position by actuation t of arms 22 by means of jacks 25.
  • the invention it is possible to produce a reel in which the cutting of the strip and the application of its beginning on a mandrel of a new reel are carried out in a perfect manner, that is to say without deterioration of the strip at the level of the cut and without the risk of the folds forming from the start of the strip during winding.
  • a reel is particularly suitable for winding brittle materials.

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FR9304222A FR2703669B1 (fr) 1993-04-06 1993-04-06 Dispositif de coupe et d'application du début de bande d'une nouvelle bobine sur un mandrin d'un enrouleur.
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GB1297812A (de) * 1969-02-07 1972-11-29
CH567999A5 (en) * 1973-06-15 1975-10-15 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Winding machine cutting device - has guide attached to knife blade able to cut web against sleeve
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GB1297812A (de) * 1969-02-07 1972-11-29
CH567999A5 (en) * 1973-06-15 1975-10-15 Oerlikon Buehrle Ag Winding machine cutting device - has guide attached to knife blade able to cut web against sleeve
FR2343676A1 (fr) * 1976-03-12 1977-10-07 Ahlstroem Oy Procede et dispositif pour le bobinage de bobines de papier et materiaux similaires
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JPS5889548A (ja) * 1981-11-18 1983-05-27 Hitachi Seiko Ltd グラビヤ輪転印刷機の巻替え装置
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GB2126564A (en) * 1982-09-13 1984-03-28 Worldwide Converting Mach Turret winder
WO1991004935A1 (en) * 1989-10-02 1991-04-18 Eastman Kodak Company Method and apparatus for taping lead and tail ends of web during winding onto a core
WO1992005100A1 (de) * 1990-09-14 1992-04-02 Jagenberg Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren und vorrichtung zum wechseln von wickelrollen

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