EP3741476A1 - Aligning device for straightening a conduit, method for braking at least one rotatable roll in an aligning device, cable processing machine with an alignment device and and upgrade kit for a cable processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a straightening device (15) for straightening a line (11) along a conveying path, comprising a straightening unit (20) with a first row of rollers (21) and a second row of rollers (31) which can be moved relative to one another and between which the The conveying path of the line (11) runs, at least one of the two rows of rollers (21, 31) having a plurality of rotatable rollers (25, 35). A braking device (40) is provided for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one of the two rows of rollers (21, 31) of the straightening unit (20). The invention further comprises a method for braking at least one rotatable roller (25, 35) of at least one of the two rows of rollers (21, 31) in a straightening device (15), a cable processing machine with a straightening device (15) and an upgrade kit for a wire processing machine.

Description

The invention relates to a straightening device for straightening a line according to the preamble of claim 1, a method for braking at least one rotatable roller in a straightening device according to claim 11, a cable processing machine with a straightening device according to claim 14 and an upgrade kit for a cable processing machine according to claim 15.

As the number of electronic assemblies in industry increases, so do the demands on the quality of the cable sets and cable connections between the assemblies. It is therefore all the more important in the case of wire processing or wire processing to always check the wire or cable from the pull-in, cutting to length and further processing at the processing stations of the wire processing machines and to avoid damage to the wire.

The increasing number of cables required also means that wire processing machines have to work ever faster. The output volume of the wire processing machines is a considerable economic factor and, in addition to the quality, is decisive for the customer's purchase decision.

Fully automatic machines for wire processing have to process processes such as B. cutting to length, stripping, crimping, twisting and tinning, can perform as quickly as possible. Further processing steps, such as the welding of cables and the automatic winding of the processed cables, are optionally available. For this purpose, endless lines are typically drawn from a container, such as a cable drum or from a cable drum, into the Cable processing machine pulled in and straightened by a straightening unit. The straightening process relaxes the cable, minimizes its intrinsic twist and enables it to be further processed axially.

The EP 2 399 856 A1 discloses a straightening device for straightening pipes with an upper and a lower row of rollers. These two rows of rollers can be moved relative to one another, the conveying path of the line running between the two rows of rollers. The rows of rollers have several rotating rollers for straightening the pipe.

The disadvantage of the known device is that with this device, during the final stopping process, the line to be straightened is only braked by the friction of the rollers and flexing forces in the line.

The EP 3 290 370 A1 discloses a wire running device for feeding a wire into a feeder. The wire device comprises a braking device with a braking roller and with a pressure roller as a pressure element. The brake roller and the pressure roller are arranged opposite one another and can be moved relative to one another. Pressure is applied to the wire between the brake roller and the pressure roller and is thereby braked if necessary.

The disadvantage of this known device is that the wire is mechanically braked and a high level of friction-based heat is generated in the wire, as a result of which it is deformed when braked.

The DE 10 2013 002 020 A1 discloses a winding device for winding a strand-shaped winding material with a winding drum and a movable laying arm. An eddy current brake is arranged on the laying arm as a winding material brake, which, if necessary, transmits a braking force to the winding material directed away from the winding drum. With the generation of the braking force on the winding material, the winding material is pre-tensioned in the direction of travel downwards to the winding material brake.

The disadvantage of this known device is that the braking force of the winding material brake acts directly on the winding material and the winding material with it a tensile stress is applied, whereby the winding material is forcibly deformed.

It is the object of the present invention to eliminate one or more disadvantages of the prior art. In particular, a straightening device is to be created in which damage to the line to be straightened based on frictional effects when braking the lines to be straightened is prevented, as well as a method for braking of at least one rotatable roller in a row of rollers of a straightening device, which allows gentle braking of the straightened Management causes. Furthermore, a cable processing machine with the straightening device is to be created in which the quality requirements of the line to be straightened can be kept high and an interruption of the processing process based on a damaged line during straightening is prevented, and an upgrade kit for a cable processing machine is created with which a Cable processing machine can be retrofitted.

This object is achieved by the devices and methods defined in the independent patent claims. Advantageous further developments are set out in the figures, the description and in particular in the dependent claims.

A straightening device according to the invention for straightening a line along a conveying path comprises a straightening mechanism with a first row of rollers and with a second row of rollers, which are movable relative to one another and between which the conveying path of the line runs, with at least one of the two rows of rollers having several rotatable rollers, and wherein a braking device is provided for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers of at least one of the two rows of rollers of the straightening unit.

The braking device is designed to exert a braking effect on the roller of at least one of the two rows of rollers, which rotates when the line is straightened, thereby enabling this roller to be effectively braked without mechanically overloading or deforming the line to be straightened. The line to be straightened is made using a Cable retraction device pulled through the straightening unit. Due to the high pull-in speeds of the line in the straightening unit when straightening the line and the resulting high rotational energy of the rotating rollers in the rows of rollers, stopping the highly dynamic line pull-in device usually causes the line to loop between the straightening device and the line pull-in device. This loop formation results from the inertia of the rotating rollers in the roller rows of the straightening device and is formed by the trailing line lengths from the container. The loop in the cable can subsequently lead to the cable getting caught in components in the wire processing machine, so that production has to be stopped. Starting the straightening process again with the straightening device, in which the previously created cable loop is smoothed by the cable pull-in device, inevitably leads to a jerky acceleration of the line by the line pull-in device, which creates a length error in the line to be straightened. The direct braking of the roller rotating in at least one of the two rows of rollers with the braking device prevents the aforementioned loop formation between the straightening device and the line pull-in device, so that the aforementioned disadvantages are avoided. In particular, production does not have to be stopped and a resulting length error in the line is prevented.

Preventing the formation of loops and the possible damage to the line resulting therefrom is particularly advantageous in the case of electrical or optical lines, since these are particularly susceptible to the aforementioned effects and considerably reduce the quality of the straightened lines.

In particular, the braking device is designed to brake a plurality of rotatable rollers of at least one of the two rows of rollers of the straightening unit, so that the efficiency in the braking process can be further increased, whereby the line to be straightened is further spared. The two Rows of rollers are arranged on the straightening device so that they can move relative to one another.

In an activated state, the braking device is preferably at least in sections in a contactless braking connection with at least one of the rotatable rollers in at least one of the two rows of rollers. In the activated state, the braking device has a braking effect on the at least one rotatable roller in at least one of the two rows of rollers, so that its rotational speed is reduced. The braking device does not touch this role, so that no heat build-up occurs in this braked role, based on mechanical friction effects.

In particular, the braking device is in an activated state in a contactless active braking connection with a plurality of rotatable rollers without causing frictional heat on these several rotatable rollers in at least one of the two rows of rollers. The braking device described here prevents frictional heat that would otherwise be transferred to the line to be straightened, which, for example, would cause deformation of the power insulation and thus damage its line insulation layer.

The contactless active brake connection is preferably adjustable. The braking speed and thus the deceleration that acts on the at least one rotatable roller can thus be adapted to different properties of the line to be straightened, such as the line diameter, the line type or the line insulation layer thickness. Furthermore, a desired braking effect can thus be adapted to the pull-in speed of the line in the straightening device, so that the line is further protected during braking.

In particular, the at least one rotatable roller comprises an inner ring and an outer ring, a rolling element unit, such as a row of balls or the like, being arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring is used to fasten the ball bearing and the Outer ring rotatably arranged thereon on a fixed axis of the first or second row of rollers of the straightening unit, the inner ring being arranged fixedly on this fixed axis. The rotatable outer ring is rotatably arranged on this axis with the aid of the rolling element unit and can rotate according to the line pull-in speed.

Alternatively, the at least one rotatable roller is arranged on a rotatably mounted axle on the straightening mechanism and is firmly connected to this rotatable axle. The rotatable axis rotates with the roller arranged thereon about an axis of rotation, this axis of rotation extending along the longitudinal extent of the rotatable axis. The at least one rotatable roller can thus easily be rotatably mounted on the first row of rollers or on the second row of rollers.

In particular, the contactless active braking connection acts on the rotatable outer ring of at least one of the rotatable rollers. The deceleration during braking thus acts on that area of the rotatable roller that has a larger radius and thus on an area with a high torque, so that the effectiveness of the contactless active braking connection is further increased.

The rotatable outer ring of the at least one rotatable roller advantageously has a groove for guiding the line to be straightened. In this way, undesired exiting of the straightening line from the straightening unit can be prevented.

In particular, the contactless active braking connection acts on the rotatable outer ring of at least one further, in particular of each, of the multiple rotatable rollers of the rows of rollers, whereby the braking effect is further improved.

The braking device is preferably a magnetic braking device, the magnetic braking device comprising at least one permanent magnet or at least one electromagnet. Using magnets, like Permanent magnets or like electromagnets, a simple and efficient control or setting of the braking effect on the at least one rotating roller is possible.

The permanent magnets are advantageously designed in the shape of a cylinder or disk, so that they can be arranged in the braking device in a simple and application-specific manner. Further alternative embodiments Examples of the shape of the permanent magnets in the braking device would be a square, ring-shaped, round or segment-shaped shape.

In particular, the magnetic braking device is an eddy current brake. The eddy currents induced by the eddy current brake in the at least one rotating roller are generated by the magnetic field lines, a system of forces being created which brakes the one rotating roller or the rotating outer ring of this roller. The resulting heating in the rotating roller or in the rotating outer ring of this roller and the heat transferred from it to the line to be straightened is negligible compared to the heating of the line to be straightened when the line to be straightened is mechanically braked.

Alternatively, the magnetic braking device is a hysteresis brake which comprises at least two permanent magnets and a positioning unit for moving the at least two permanent magnets. The at least one rotatable roller described here is designed as a hysteresis disk or hysteresis ring made of a magnetic material, for example a ferromagnetic material, the hysteresis brake. The at least two permanent magnets cause a flow of lines of force within the at least one rotatable roller. The operating principle applies here: opposing magnetic poles produce the lowest torque. However, if the south and north poles of the magnets alternate along the circumference of the hysteresis disk, the strongest magnetic reversal takes place and the torque is greatest. By changing the angle of the magnetic pole superposition, the torque is continuously adjustable and there If there are no touching surfaces, the setting is retained indefinitely. The torque applied to the at least one rotatable roller is independent of the speed of this roller and is thus evenly distributed from standstill to maximum speed.

The rotatable outer ring of the roller is advantageously made of an electrically conductive material, for example steel, copper, aluminum or the like. It is possible to generate the braking effect through the magnetic field lines of the permanent magnet in the rotating outer ring of the at least one rotating roller in the form of eddy currents as long as the rotating outer ring is rotating. The eddy currents generated in the rotating outer ring of the at least one rotatable roller are strongest at a high rotational speed and steadily decrease when the rotational speed is reduced. The eddy currents in the rotatable outer ring of the at least one rotatable roller brake the rotation of the outer ring without contact and very effectively. If the outer ring is not rotating, no eddy currents are generated.

The braking device also advantageously has a magnetic receptacle for receiving at least one permanent magnet. The magnet holder allows the permanent magnet to be easily placed on the braking device. The at least one permanent magnet can be detachably arranged on the magnet holder so that it can be separated from the magnet holder and the permanent magnet can be exchanged without tools.

In particular, the braking device has a magnet holder for receiving multiple permanent magnets, so that multiple permanent magnets can simultaneously contribute to the active braking connection and thereby the braking effect is improved by the multiple permanent magnets on the at least one rotatable roller in at least one of the two rows of rollers.

The braking device is preferably at a distance from the at least one rotatable roller. The braking device is horizontal spaced apart and / or vertically spaced from the at least one rotatable roller, so that the contactless braking device has a simple space-saving structure. The spacing of the braking device from the at least one rotatable roller enables simple servicing of the braking device, since the components of the braking device are easily accessible to a user.

The braking device preferably comprises a positioning device for at least partially moving the braking device from a first position in which the braking device is in an inactive state, at least to a second position in which the braking device is in an activated state. In the inactive state, there is no braking effect whatsoever on the at least one rotatable roller in the row of rollers, so that the straightening of the line can be carried out largely without resistance. With the aid of the positioning device, the braking device can be activated directly, since the distance from the braking device to the at least one rotatable roller is reduced, so that the braking effect develops on at least this one rotatable roller in the row of rollers.

In particular, the positioning device is designed as a lifting device, which is vertically, essentially normal to the axis of rotation of the rotatable roller, to which at least one rotatable roller is approached. This enables a simple positioning device to be implemented.

Alternatively, the positioning device is designed to move the braking device horizontally, essentially along the axis of rotation of the rotatable roller, so that the positioning device can be arranged in the area of one of the straightening roller rows in a space-saving manner.

The magnet holder can advantageously be transferred from a first position in which the magnet holder or the magnet is in an inactive state to at least a second position in which the magnet holder or the magnet is in an activated state. In this way, at least one component of the braking device, namely the magnetic holder, is movably arranged on the braking device. Consequently the number of movable components can be reduced, so that the braking device is structurally simpler and cheaper.

The positioning device is advantageously designed as an electric crank drive. With the help of an electric crank drive, the braking device or the magnet holder can be moved quickly and continuously or steadily from a first position to a further position.

The positioning device preferably has a housing, as a result of which movable components of the positioning device are covered and a high level of security is provided. Furthermore, it can thus be prevented that a line loop is formed on the positioning device or a line loop is formed within the straightening unit of the straightening device.

In particular, the housing has a guide section so that the braking device can be arranged precisely and reproducibly on the straightening unit.

The positioning device preferably has a drive device which adjusts at least the magnet holder pneumatically, hydraulically or electrically relative to the at least one rotatable roller. This drive device enables a controllable adjustment of the magnet holder relative to the rotatable rollers, which advantageously adjusts the distance between the magnet holder and the at least one rotatable roller in a stepless manner.

The positioning device advantageously comprises an end plate which has at least one elastic element, such as a pretensioning spring. With the aid of the elastic element, at least the magnet holder is arranged on the braking device in a pretensionable manner, so that tilting of the magnet holder when the braking device or the magnet holder is transferred from the inactive state of the magnets to the activated state of the magnets can be prevented.

The magnet receptacle preferably has at least two permanent magnets whose respective magnetic south poles point essentially in the same direction. The existing magnetic fields of the permanent magnets thus have the same field lines, so that the effective braking connection between the at least one rotatable roller and the braking device is reinforced.

At least one permanent magnet in the magnet holder is preferably a neodymium magnet. Neodymium magnets have a particularly high field strength and are robust, so that the braking device hardly needs any maintenance services.

• Begradigen zumindest einer Leitung, wobei die zumindest eine Leitung durch die Richtvorrichtung gezogen wird, und
• Bremsen zumindest einer der drehbaren Rollen in zumindest einer Rollenreihe der Richtvorrichtung mit einer Bremsvorrichtung.

The method according to the invention for braking at least one rotatable roller in at least one row of rollers in a straightening device, as described here, comprises at least the following steps:

• Straightening at least one line, the at least one line being pulled through the straightening device, and
• Braking at least one of the rotatable rollers in at least one row of rollers of the straightening device with a braking device.

The method enables this rotatable roller to be braked effectively in one of the rows of rollers without mechanically loading or deforming the line to be straightened. As already disclosed above, this prevents the line from looping.

The line to be straightened is advantageously unwound from a container and drawn into the straightening device. As described here, a container is understood to be a cable drum, a winding material, a cable drum or the like in which, for example, an endless line is arranged, whereby many line lengths of an endless line can be straightened in a short time.

Preferably, before the aforementioned braking of the at least one rotatable roller in at least one row of rollers of the straightening device, the braking device is at least partially moved from a first position to which the braking device is in an inactive state, transferred at least to a second position in which the braking device is in an activated state. In the inactive state of the braking device, no active braking connection is exerted on the at least one rotatable roller in the row of rollers. The at least one rotatable roller is thus not permanently braked, as a result of which permanent heat formation in the at least one rotatable roller of the row of rollers is prevented.

Before the aforementioned braking of the at least one rotatable roller of the row of rollers of the straightening device, the magnetic holder of the braking device is advantageously transferred from a first position in which the magnetic holder of the braking device is in an inactive state to at least a second position in which the Magnetic recording of the braking device is in an activated state.

The braking device preferably has a contactless braking effect on the at least one rotatable roller of the at least one row of rollers of the straightening device. This prevents the build-up of heat due to mechanical friction, so that the at least one rotatable roller has a long service life and thus a long maintenance service interval.

A cable processing machine according to the invention comprises a straightening device as described above. As described here, a wire processing machine comprises various processing processes, such as B. cutting to length, stripping, crimping, twisting and tinning. So that these processing processes can be carried out without interruption, the straightening device described here prevents the formation of loops between the straightening unit and the line pull-in device.

In particular, the straightening device as described above is arranged immediately after a container. Typically, endless lines are drawn into a cable processing machine and their line lengths are straightened and further processed there in the aforementioned processing processes, in particular cut to a desired length. A control device for controlling the braking device is preferably present. The control device is designed to transfer the braking device at least in sections from a first position in which the braking device is in an inactive state, at least into a second position in which the braking device is in an activated state.

In particular, the control device for controlling the braking device is designed as a selection switch, with the aid of which the braking device can either be kept permanently in the activated state or with the aid of which the braking device can be kept alternately in the inactive or activated state, the braking device in the machine cycle of the straightening device or the Wire processing machine is transferred from the first position to the second position.

As an alternative or in addition, there is a control device for controlling the magnetic mount of the braking device. This control device is designed to transfer the magnetic holder of the braking device from a first position in which the magnetic holder of the braking device is in an inactive state, at least into a second position in which the magnetic holder of the braking device is in an activated state.

Alternatively or in addition, there is a control device for controlling an electromagnet of the braking device. This control device is designed to control the electric current in the electromagnet and thus to adjust the magnetic field of the electromagnet. In this way, the magnetic braking connection can be continuously adjusted to the rotatable rollers of the at least one row of rollers.

As an alternative or in addition, the control device is designed to control the straightening unit. The movements of the first row of rollers and / or the second row of rollers in a straightening unit are typically performed using the Control device regulated so that the straightening of the line can be carried out in a controlled and reproducible manner. Controlling the braking device described here and the straightening unit with a control device enables the braking of the at least one rotatable roller in the straightening unit to be coordinated with the movement of the first and / or second row of rollers in the straightening unit when straightening the line.

In particular, the cable processing machine has at least one further straightening unit as described above, the at least one further straightening unit being arranged at 90 ° to the first straightening unit and the two straightening units being arranged at a distance from one another and adjacent to one another.

As described here, an arrangement of 90 ° to one another is understood to mean the arrangement of the axis of rotation of the rollers of the first straightening unit rotated by 90 ° to the axis of rotation of the rollers of the further straightening unit. Improved straightening of the line in a first spatial direction is thus possible, as well as in a further spatial direction, the two spatial directions being arranged rotated by 90 ° with respect to one another.

The cable processing machine advantageously has a line pull-in device which is arranged subordinate to the straightening device as described above in the conveying direction. In this way, the line to be straightened can simply be automatically drawn through the straightening device described here.

An upgrade kit according to the invention for a cable processing machine comprises a braking device as described here for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers in at least one row of rollers of the straightening unit, in particular for braking several rotatable rollers in at least one roller row of the straightening unit. In this way, a straightening unit of a cable processing machine can easily be retrofitted with a braking device as described here.

The upgrade kit preferably comprises a control device which is connected to the braking device described here for controlling the braking device, as described above.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention emerge from the following description, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are described with reference to the figures. Lists such as first, second, third or more are only used to identify the components.

Like the technical content of the claims and figures, the list of reference symbols is part of the disclosure. The figures are described in a coherent and comprehensive manner. The same reference symbols denote the same components, reference symbols with different indices indicate functionally identical or similar components.

Fig. 1

eine erste Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemässen Richtvorrichtung in einer perspektivischen Ansicht,

Fig. 2

die Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 in einer perspektivischen Ansicht, wobei das Richtwerk von der Bremsvorrichtung getrennt dargestellt ist,

Fig. 3

die Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 in einer Seitenansicht, wobei die Bremsvorrichtung in einem inaktiven Zustand angeordnet ist,

Fig. 4

die Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 in einer Seitenansicht, wobei die Bremsvorrichtung in einem aktivierten Zustand angeordnet ist,

Fig. 5

eine Rolle einer der Rollenreihen des Richtwerks in der Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 in einer Schnittansicht,

Fig. 6

eine Kabelverarbeitungsmaschine mit einer erfindungsgemässen Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 in einer perspektivischen Ansicht,

Fig. 7

die erfindungsgemässe Richtvorrichtung gemäss Fig. 1 und eine weitere Richtvorrichtung an der Kabelverarbeitungsmaschine gemäss Fig. 6 in einer perspektivischen Ansicht, und

Fig. 8

ein erfindungsgemässes Upgrade-Kit für eine Kabelverarbeitungsmaschine in einer perspektivischen Ansicht.

It shows:

Fig. 1

a first embodiment of a straightening device according to the invention in a perspective view,

Fig. 2

the straightening device according to Fig. 1 in a perspective view, the straightening mechanism being shown separately from the braking device,

Fig. 3

the straightening device according to Fig. 1 in a side view, wherein the braking device is arranged in an inactive state,

Fig. 4

the straightening device according to Fig. 1 in a side view, wherein the braking device is arranged in an activated state,

Fig. 5

a role of one of the rows of roles of the straightening unit in the straightening device according to Fig. 1 in a sectional view,

Fig. 6

a cable processing machine with a straightening device according to the invention according to Fig. 1 in a perspective view,

Fig. 7

the inventive straightening device according to Fig. 1 and another straightening device on the wire processing machine according to FIG Fig. 6 in a perspective view, and

Fig. 8

an upgrade kit according to the invention for a cable processing machine in a perspective view.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a straightening device 15 for straightening an electrical or optical line 11 in a straightening unit 20 along a conveying path 16. The straightening unit 20 comprises a straightening unit housing 22 on which a first row of rollers 21 with several rotatably mounted rollers 25 is arranged and on which a second row of rollers 31 is arranged with a plurality of rotatably mounted rollers 35. In these figures and in the following figures, a roller 25 representing the plurality of rollers 25 and a roller 35 representing the plurality of rollers 35 are provided with the respective reference symbols. The illustrated straightening unit 20 is in a closed state in which the two rows of rollers 21 and 31 are brought closer together and the line 11 is passed through between the rollers 25 and the rollers 35 and rests on the rollers 25 along a conveying direction 17. The rollers 25 are arranged offset from the rollers 35 along the conveying direction 17. The first row of rollers 21 is arranged on a first carrier 23 and the second row of rollers 31 is arranged on a second carrier 33. The two supports 23 and 33 are connected to the straightening mechanism housing 22. The straightening mechanism 20 comprises a feed drive 27 and a swivel drive 28. The feed drive 27 here comprises a pneumatically controlled drive and feeds the first row of rollers 21 to the second row of rollers 31 so that the distance between the first row of rollers 21 and the second row of rollers 31 can be reduced, until the rollers 35 of the second row of rollers 31 touch the line 11 and hold the line 11 or until the line 11 is clamped between the rollers 25 and the rollers 35. The swivel drive 28 comprises an adjusting spindle 29 which swivels the first row of rollers 21 at an adjustable angle to the second row of rollers 31, so that the one to be straightened Line 11 is clamped or held in place in the straightening unit 20 in sections.

The straightening device 15 has a magnetic braking device 40 for braking the rotatable rollers 25 of the first row of rollers 21 of the straightening unit 20. The braking device 40 has a magnet holder 45 with a plurality of permanent magnets 41-44, the permanent magnets shown here having a cylindrical structure and being neodymium magnets. The magnetic receptacle 45 is spaced from the rotatable rollers 25 and, in an activated state, is in a contactless braking connection with the rotatable rollers 25 of the first row of rollers 21 of the straightening unit 20. The braking device 40 is designed as an eddy current brake, which acts on the line 11 when the line 11 is straightened rotatable rollers 25 has a braking effect. The braking device 40 acts in particular on the outer ring 25a of the rotatable rollers 25.

The braking device 40 has a positioning device 50 for moving the magnet holder 45 and comprises a housing 51 as well as a guide section 52 arranged on the housing 51. The positioning device 50 has a drive device 55 which here the magnet holder 45 pneumatically relative to the at least one rotatable roller 25 or adjusted to the plurality of rotatable rollers 25. The positioning device 50 moves the magnet holder 45 from a first position in which the magnet holder 45 is in an inactive state (see FIG Fig. 3 ), in a second position in which the magnetic receptacle 45 is in an activated state (see Fig. 4 ). The positioning device 50 is designed to move the magnet holder 45 horizontally, which means here essentially normal to the axis of rotation 26 of the rotating roller 25.

The positioning device 50 has an end plate 57 which is arranged on the housing 51 with the aid of cylinder rods 59. The magnet holder 45 has bores which receive the cylinder rods 59 individually. The magnet holder 45 is movably mounted on the cylinder pins 59 towards the end plate 57. On the cylinder pins 59 are Pre-tensioning springs 58 are arranged, which bias the magnet receptacle 45 with respect to the housing 51, so that tilting of the magnet receptacle 45 when the magnet receptacle 45 is transferred from a first position to a second position can be prevented.

The braking device 40 is connected to a control device 80 for controlling the braking device 40. The control device 80 is connected to the positioning device 50 with the aid of control lines 81 and is designed to move the magnetic holder 45 from a first position in which the braking device 40 or the magnetic holder 45 is in an inactive state, at least to a second position in which the magnetic receptacle 45 is in an activated state, to be transferred. In this way, a contactless active braking connection from the permanent magnets 41-44 to the rotatable rollers 25 can be set when the line 11 is straightened. The contactless active braking connection acts primarily on the outer ring 25a of the rotatable rollers 25.

Fig. 5 shows the rotatable roller 25, which is arranged on the roller row 21 of the straightening unit 20. The rotatable roller 25 has an inner ring 25b and an outer ring 25a. A row of balls is arranged as a rolling element unit 25c between the inner ring 25b and the outer ring 25a. The inner ring 25b is used to fasten the row of balls on the axis 30 of the row of rollers 21 of the straightening device 20, the inner ring 25b being arranged firmly on this axis 30. The rotatable outer ring 25a is arranged rotatably about the axis of rotation 26 on this axis 30 with the aid of the rolling element unit 25c and rotates in accordance with the line pull-in speed. The rotatable outer ring 25a of the has a groove 32 for the central guidance of the line 11 to be straightened. The rollers 35, which are arranged on the roller row 31 by means of an axis, are constructed in the same way as the rollers 25.

In an alternative embodiment, the rollers are each fixedly arranged on rotatable axes on the row of rollers. The axes with the rollers rotate around the axis of rotation so that the lines can be straightened in the straightening unit (not shown).

Another embodiment of the inventive magnetic braking device (not shown here) has an electromagnet instead of the permanent magnets described above. The magnetic field strength can be changed with the aid of the control device for setting the magnetic brake connection.

The method for braking the rotatable roller 25 in the straightening device 15 is described below with reference to FIG Fig. 1 , FIGS. 3 and 4 described.

First, the line 11 to be straightened is unwound from a container, drawn into the straightening device 15 manually and placed on the straightening rollers 25 of the first row of rollers 21. The straightening mechanism 20 is initially in an open state, so that the two rows of rollers 21 and 31 are spaced sufficiently far from one another. In a further step, the straightening mechanism 20 is advanced with the infeed drive 27, so that the rollers 35 of the second row of rollers 31 then rest on the line 11. Furthermore, the second row of rollers 31 is pivoted with the aid of the pivot drive 28 and pressed onto the line 11. The line 11 is then straightened, the line 11 being pulled through the straightening device 15. The line is pulled in by a power-driven line pull-in device which is arranged at a distance from the straightening device 15 in the conveying direction (see FIG Fig. 7 ). The rollers 25 of the first row of rollers 21 and the rollers 35 of the second row of rollers 31 are set in rotation. For braking, the magnetic holder 45 of the braking device 40 is moved from a first position in which the magnetic holder 45 of the braking device 40 is in an inactive state (see FIG Fig. 3 ), transferred to a second position in which the magnetic receptacle 45 of the braking device 40 is in an activated state (see FIG Fig. 4 ). In the inactive state, the magnetic receptacle 45 is in the immediate vicinity of the end plate 57, the pretensioning springs 58 being in the compressed state. In the activated state, the magnetic receptacle 45 is located directly below the rotating rollers 25, the prestressing springs 58 being in are in a relaxed state. In a further step, the rotating outer rings 25a of the rollers 25 of the first row of rollers 21 are effectively braked with the permanent magnets arranged on the magnet holder 45, the braking device acting on the rotating outer rings 25a of the rollers 25 in a braking manner according to the principle of the eddy current brake, without touching them. The braking device 40 is thus in a braking active connection with the rotating outer rings 25a of the rollers 25.

In an alternative embodiment, the rotatable rollers are each arranged on a rotating axle on the row of rollers on the straightening unit and are firmly connected to this rotatable axle. The rotatable axis rotates with the roller arranged thereon about an axis of rotation, this axis of rotation extending along the longitudinal extent of the rotatable axis. The non-contact braking effect acts on the rotating rollers of the respective roller row (not shown).

Fig. 6 shows a cable processing machine 70 according to the invention with a straightening unit 73 and with a straightening device 15 as described above. As described here, the cable processing machine 70 can perform various processing processes, such as B. straightening, cutting to length, stripping, crimping, twisting and tinning. In front of the straightening device 15, a container 75 is arranged which has a line 11 in the form of an endless line. The line 11 is drawn into the cable processing machine 70 and straightened in the straightening device 15. To pull in the line 11 through the straightening device 15, a line pulling device 90 is used as described below, which is arranged subordinate to the straightening device 15 in the conveying direction.

Fig. 7 shows the straightening unit 73 with two straightening devices 15 and 15a which are arranged next to one another and each have two straightening units 20a-20d. One of these straightening devices 15, 15a has a braking device 40 as described here for braking the rotatable rollers in one of the rows of rollers of the straightening unit 20a. The wire processing machine 70 has one as described herein Control device 80 for controlling the braking device 40 of the straightening device 15. In addition, the control device 80 is electrically connected to the feed drive, the swivel drive of the straightening units 20a and 20c as well as to a line retraction device 90 by means of the control lines 81. The line pull-in device 90 of the cable processing machine 70 pulls the line 11 in the conveying direction 17 through the straightening units 20a and 20c. The control device 80 has a processor 85 which processes control commands and transmits them to the drive device 27, 28 and 55, to the line pull-in device 90 and to the braking device 40 and / or the straightening units 20a and 20c. The control commands are transmitted according to a predefined sequence of steps to the drive devices 55, to the line pull-in device 90 as well as the braking device 40 and the drive devices 27, 28 of the straightening units 20a and 20c. The two straightening units 20a and 20c are arranged offset from one another by 90 °. In an embodiment of the straightening unit (not shown), each of the in Fig. 7 The straightening units 20a-20d shown have a braking device, as described here herein.

Fig. 8 shows an inventive upgrade kit 100 for a cable processing machine, which comprises a braking device 40 as described here for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers in a roller row of a straightening unit, in particular for braking several rotatable rollers in a roller row of a straightening unit. The upgrade kit 100 has a control device 80 with a processor 85, which is connected to the drive device 55 of the positioning device 50 for controlling the braking device 40.

List of reference symbols

11

management

15th

Straightening device

15a

Straightening device

16

Conveying path

17th

Conveying direction

20th

Straightening unit

20a-20d

Straightening works

21st

first row of roles

22nd

Straightener housing

23

first carrier

25th

Rolls of 21

25a

Outer ring of 25

25b

Inner ring of 25

25c

Rolling element unit of 25

26th

Rotary axes from 25

27

Infeed drive

28

Slewing drive

29

Adjusting spindle

30th

Axis of 25

31

second row of roles

33

second carrier

32

Groove of 25a

35

Rolls of 31

40

Braking device

41-44

Permanent magnets

45

Magnet mount

50

Positioning device

51

Case of 50

52

Guide section

55

Drive device

57

End plate

58

Preload springs

59

Cylindrical rods

70

Wire processing machine

73

Straightening unit

80

Control device

81

Control lines

85

processor

90

Cable retraction device

100

Upgrade kit

Claims (15)

Straightening device (15; 15a) for straightening a line (11), in particular an electrical or optical line, along a conveying path (16), comprising a straightening unit (20; 20a-20d), with a first row of rollers (21) and with a second row of rollers (31), which can be moved relative to one another and between which the conveying path of the line runs, at least one of the two rows of rollers (21, 31) having a plurality of rotatable rollers (25, 35), characterized in that a braking device (40) for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one of the two rows of rollers (21, 31) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d), in particular for braking several rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one of the two rows of rollers ( 21, 31) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d) is provided. Straightening device (15; 15a) according to claim 1, characterized in that the braking device (40) in an activated state at least in sections in a contactless active braking connection with at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d), in particular with a plurality of rotatable rollers (25, 35) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d). Straightening device (15; 15a) according to Claim 2, characterized in that the contactless active braking connection is adjustable and in particular acts on the rotatable outer ring (25a) of at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35). Straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the braking device (40) is a magnetic braking device, wherein the magnetic braking device comprises at least one permanent magnet (41-44) or at least one electromagnet, and wherein the magnetic Braking device in particular an eddy current brake or a Is a hysteresis brake and furthermore advantageously the braking device (40) has a magnetic receptacle (45) for receiving at least one permanent magnet (41-44), in particular a plurality of permanent magnets (41-44). Straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the braking device (40) is spaced apart from the at least one rotatable roller (25, 35). Straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the braking device (40) has a positioning device (50) for at least partially moving the braking device (40) from a first position in which the braking device (40) is is in an inactive state, comprises at least a second position in which the braking device (40) is in an activated state. Straightening device (15; 15a) according to Claim 6, characterized in that the positioning device (50) has a housing (51), the housing in particular having a guide section (52). Straightening device (15; 15a) according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the positioning device (50) has a drive device (55) which pneumatically, hydraulically or electrically at least the magnet holder (45) relative to the at least one rotatable roller (25, 35) adjusted. Straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of Claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the magnetic receptacle (45) has at least two permanent magnets (41-44) whose respective magnetic south poles point essentially in the same direction. Straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of Claims 4 to 9, characterized in that at least one permanent magnet (41-44) in the magnet holder (45) is a neodymium magnet. Method for braking at least one rotatable roller (25, 35) of at least one row of rollers (21, 31) in a straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of the preceding claims, the method comprising the following steps: Straightening at least one line (11), the at least one line (11) being pulled through the straightening device (15; 15a), and - Braking at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one row of rollers (21, 31) in the straightening device (15; 15a) with a braking device (40). Method according to claim 11, characterized in that the braking device (40) is transferred from a first position, in which the braking device (40) is in an inactive state, at least in sections into a second position in which the braking device (40) is located. is in an activated state. Method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the braking device (40) has a braking effect on the at least one rotatable roller (25, 35) of the roller row (21, 31) of the straightening device (15; 15a) without contact. Cable processing machine (70) comprising a straightening device (15; 15a) according to one of Claims 1 to 10, the straightening device (15; 15a) being arranged in particular directly after a container (75), and advantageously also a control device (80) for controlling the Braking device (40) is present and in particular this control device (40) is designed to control the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d). Upgrade kit (100) for a cable processing machine comprising a braking device (40) for braking at least one of the rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one row of rollers (21, 31) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d), in particular for braking a plurality of rotatable rollers (25, 35) of at least one row of rollers (21, 31) of the straightening unit (20; 20a-20d).

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