CA2007241A1 - Method and means for the movement of loads - Google Patents

Method and means for the movement of loads

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CA2007241A1
CA2007241A1 CA002007241A CA2007241A CA2007241A1 CA 2007241 A1 CA2007241 A1 CA 2007241A1 CA 002007241 A CA002007241 A CA 002007241A CA 2007241 A CA2007241 A CA 2007241A CA 2007241 A1 CA2007241 A1 CA 2007241A1
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Werner Knuettel
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Fredenhagen GmbH and Co KG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G15/00Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration
    • B65G15/30Belts or like endless load-carriers
    • B65G15/32Belts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics
    • B65G15/42Belts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics having ribs, ridges, or other surface projections
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02Articles

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Devices For Conveying Motion By Means Of Endless Flexible Members (AREA)
  • Belt Conveyors (AREA)
  • Structure Of Belt Conveyors (AREA)
  • Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
  • Processing And Handling Of Plastics And Other Materials For Molding In General (AREA)
  • Forging (AREA)

Abstract

FREDENIIAGEN KG
Sprendlinger Laudstrasses 181 D-6050 Offenbach Abstract A method and a means (10) is proposed for the movement of loads along a belt conveyor. The profiled belt (12) used for this purpose has profiles arranged across in its edge areas. Between them the underside of the profiled belt is flat. This region supports the material to be conveyed. Positive engagement is limited to profiled belt and head roller (16).

FIG. 1

Description

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Spren-llinger L~n-lsLras.se 18l 6050 Oflenhacl Uescri.ption ~lethod and Means lol~ the rl(:)velllellt o~ loads I

The inverltion re].ates to a metllorl for the movellletlt of lo~ds along a belt conveyor comprisi.rlg a hea(l roller, a t.ake-up roller to adjust helt tension, as well as rel:urn idler rollers arld a profiled be.lt reciprocally enga~ed with the l.atter, said belt being provi.ded with profiles di.sposed across the belt eclge areas and said profiles being spaced apart, and means used lllore particular1.y for imf)lelllentillg said metho~.

A belt conveyor may be desiglled such that ldler ro]lers are fastenecl to a frame, for example made of structurtll shspes or tubes, and that rubber or plastic conveyor belt Eeatur:i.ng higtl-terlsile-stress inserts is placed Otl thelll. The Carryl.llg L`UII i5 0~ flat cross-section to carry uniti~.e(l l.oads sucl as aulonlol)ile parts or car bo-lies~ ~t tlle l-ead and tail encls of t~le conveyor tlle belt is guLdecl by belt drwlls~ The helt is also movecl to rub against head ro].lers an(-l is pre-t.ensionecl by a l)elt take-up~

Belt conveyors oE this type can be used as an alternative to chain conveyors whi.cll, due to tlle polygorl effect, llave the disa~vantage t:llat their ma~i.mum speeds may l)e in the order of up to 30 m/min, while belt conveyors allow far higher speeds.

In orcler to train the belt to run true and to keep it in accurate position, said belt may be designed as a belt having profiles ..
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- 2 - '~ ~07ZAl ullderlleath~ sucll ploriles being posit-i.vel,y engage~, in accorclance Witll the st.ate o~ the art,, witll profil.es d-isposed on the head rollers or take-up rol.lers and on the snub pulleys. ~elt conveyors laid out in thi.s manner pe~ pee(ls -in che order of up to 120 mlmi.n atld acceleraLi.ons in the order of 1.5 m/sec .

When belt corlveyors were rull at sucll hi~l speeds or acce~erat.ions, it was found that i.n carrying heavy loads ohjection3ble noise developed whicll made operatioll unacceptable. Also, at high speeds the profiled belt starts to vibrate such that loads weighing one or several tons may slip si.deways on the profi.led belts. The result is, especially in aut.omatic procluctlon processes, that the lo~d Call no longer be accur~tely positi.oned.

The ohjecL oE the present. invention is to improve a method and means oE the type describe(1 above so that the load may be moved at high speeds or at hi.gh acceleratiolls, eliminaCing objectionable noise or preventing the profi.led belc from vibrati.llg that may lead to sideways s~i.ppnge of the ].oad.

The task is subs-allt:ia].:l.y so1.ved through a method cllaracterized in that the loads are fully support.ed by the regions between the pro~iles of the bel.t, sa;.d regions being flat osl the underside of the belt. Compal~e-l to the state of the art., it follows that the entire helt width is no longer needed as a loacl supporting area, but only such region as is not positively engaged with the head rollers and take-up rollers or the îdler rol'lers.

In another notable emhodiDIerlt. clesignecl by the inventor provision is made such that the profiling of the belt is positively engaged only wi.th the head roller and that said prof'.ling fu1.1y mates with the take-up roller ancl the idler rollers. This measure, more particularly in combination with the load being supported only itl the region from which profiling is absent, permits the movement oE loads at high ;~0~724~

speeds or acceler.~tions, willlotlt objectionahle noise and without the profiled belt starting to vibrate. Loa-ls moved by the method according to the inventioll may tllerefore be eonveyc!d with lligh precisi~n and at hi~ll speed, for ex;~ le, t-~ WOL'k sta~ions, e.limillating ~:he need for reacljustment o:r inspection of belt position. ThereEore, use in automatic processing li.nes presents no problems.

A belt conveyor comprisillg a head rl~ller, 8 take-up roller to adjust belt tension, as well as return idler rollers and a profiled belt reciprocally engaged with the lntter, said belt havin2 profiles disposed across the belt edge areas and saicl proFi.les being spaced apart, is charact.eri~.ed in that the load is supported within the belt region e~isting l~etween tlle profiled bel.t edge areas, witll the un(lerside of the pL~oFile-l be].t beirlg flat in thi.s region.

In contrast to the known profi.le-l belts, t.he load supporting region lies entirely outside the profiles, with the underside of the belt being flat in thi.s region. Accorcling to the state of the art, this region is provided with ramp-shaped projections servi.ng as bel.t guides. The measures according to the invention wi.l]. safeguarcl that the belt conveyor can be run at high speects, without objectionable noise or vibrations.
-In embodyill~ the invent:ic-ll, provls:Lon has been made to see that the flat reeion is reciprocally engaged with the take-up roller ancl the idler rollers, while the profiling is spaced apart from the latter.
This is a supplementary measure to reduce the levels of noise and vibration. Drive of the profi.led belt is also exclusively by positive engagement of the profiles disposed on belt and head roller.

Provision is made in another embodiment of the invention to have the head roller rnade up by two gear disks and a hollow cylinder providing support of the flat portion of the profiled belt, said cylinder _ 4 _ ~ ~07~4~

heing preferably srratlgel:l betweell the gear rlislts. Thi.s measure has the aclvanlage that i(Jentical. gear disks may be used for profiled belts of diErerent widths anrl t:hat onl.y the ho]l-,w cylinder must be replaced to Eit its wicl~:h t-o tbal of the Elat port:i~n ,r the proEiled belt.
Provision is also made to see that the head roller a~d/or the idler rollers are made up of two outer clisks and a replaceable cylinder memher received by sai-l disks, whelein the out.er diameter oE the cylinder members e~ceecls that of each disk by an amount that is greater than the hei.gllt oE belt profile.

0tller details, advantages, an~ characteristics o~ the present invention will become apparcnt not only Erom the claims and the characteristics described therein - either alone andlor in combination -, but also from the following descriptiotl of a preferred embodiment il.lustrated in the accolllpanyi.ng clrawing:
IG. l is purely schematic diagram showing a conveyor section nlade up oE belt conveyors;
IG. 2 is a sectional view of a proElled belt;
IG. 3 is a l)ottOIll view oE the proEile(l belt as shown ln Fig. 2;
-FIG. 4 is a detailed view o~ a llea{l roller; and FIG. 5 is a detailed view oE an idler roller.

FIG. l is a sectional view oE a conveyor line comprising a number oflined-up belt conveyors (10) used also to move loads, not shown, such as automobile parts or car bodies, on carrier means. Each belt conveyor comprises arl en-lless proflled belt (12) movecl on idler rol]ers (14) and over a head drum or head roller (18) and a take-up roller (18). As mentioned before, the conveyor belt (12) is ~6)0724~

a profiled belt as sh()wn in I~IGS. 2 and 3 to illustrate the various characteristics. The profil.ecl belt (12) may consist, for e~xample, of polyul-ethane provifle-l will~ steel. c~rd i.nserts (20), and on its underside has a profiJ.ing in tl)e e-lge areas ~22) alld (24), and said profi].ing may be oE Crapezoi.clal shape. In FIG. 3, the individual profi].es carry the reference numerals (26), (28), (30) and (32) by way of e~ample. Situated between the edge areas (22) ancl (24) is a flat region (34) without any projections, said region fu]ly supporting the material to be conveyed. In other worrls, the ].oads are supported by the upper sicle opposite t:o region (36).

In conl.r~st to the fitate oE t.lle art, the region (34) of the proEiled belt (12), that is, the unprofiled region, is p~sil:ive].y engagecl with the idler rollers (14) and Witll the take-up rollers (18). This implies tllat the proEiling is spaced apart from the mating surfaces of the rollers (14) and (18). This is also illustrate(l in FI(,. 5 wllich is a diagram show~ an idl.er roller (14) Said idler roller consists of two outer smooth-surfaced clisks (38) and (bO), which between them have a replaceable smooth-surfaced di.sk (42), wherein tl~e surface of disk (42) serves as a supporting surface for region (34) of the profilecl belt. The difference between the diameters of the midclle disk (42) and those of the out.er disks (38) and (40) has been so selected thst the profiles (26), (28), (30) and (32) wlll not be in contact with the outer disks (38) ancl (40). The profilecl belt (12) may be guided by the steps (44) and (46) clisposed between the disks (40) and (46) or (38) and (42), said steps capab].e of being positivel.y engaged with the inner faces oE the profiles (26), (28), (30) and (32). There is naturally no need of employing multi-part idler rollers (14) or take-up rollers (18). Instead, onc-piece rollers may be used having a geometry as shown in FI~. 5.

If the idler rollers (14) or the take-up ro].ler (18~ are positively engaged only in the region (34) of the profiled belt (12), the .
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;~6)07~41 profiles (26), (28), (30) and (32) will mate with adequately designed gear rims (48) and (~0) of the heacl roller (16). Tlle gear rims od gear llisks (~,8) allrl (50), SUCII as tllose indicateA in FIG. l" receive a hollow cy].inder memher (52), whose free surEace is ~)ositively engagecl with t.he regiotl ~34) of thc profiled belt. Suitable design of the head roller (].6) ensu1es a non-s].ip drive, wich conveying speeds attainAble in the order oE 1.20 m/min, wlliLe accelerations may be in the order oE
1.5 mlsec . The head rol1ers oE consecutive belt conveyors (lO) may have a common (-Irive t:o pelmit continuolls loa-l transfer.

As is further to l)e illu6trllted in FIC. b, the repl~ceaille hollow cylincler section (52) i.s rece;.ved hy the gear lisks (48) and (50).
Steps, not. shown in detail, have a support functi.on. The replaceabi.lity has the advantage that, with uncllallge-l gear rlisks (48) and (50), the hollow cylincler inserts (52) may be difEerentl.y sized so that there will be no problem in USillg tllem 011 profiled be].ts oE
rliEferent widths.

It wi]l also be seen t.hat the elfect:ive 8enr width of the gear disks (b8) and (S0) varies in order to pe1mit positive engagement, for example, with profilecl bell;s feat~ring an asymmetric clesign of the proEiles (28) (28) or (30), (32)~ This impli.es that, for example, wldtll n of the profiles (26) and (28) diEEers froln width C of the proEiles (30) and (32).

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Claims (7)

1. Method for the movement of goods by a belt conveyor, comprising head roller and take-up roller as well as idler roller, and a profiled belt reciprocally engaged with the latter, said belt being provided with profiles disposed across the belt edge areas, and said profiles being spaced apart, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the loads are fully supported in the belt region between the profiles of the belt, the underside of the profiled belt being flat in this region.
2. Method as defined in claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the profiling of the profiled belt is positively engaged exclusively with the head roller and the profiling completely mates with the take-up roller and the idler rollers.
3. Belt conveyor comprising head roller and take-up roller as well as idler rollers and a profiled belt reciprocally engaged with the latter, said belt provided with profiles being disposed across the belt edge areas, and said profiles being spaced apart, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the load is supported in region (34, 36) of the profiled belt (12), said region existing between the profiling disposed across the belt edge areas (22, 24), with the underside (34) of the profiled belt being flat in this region.
4. Belt conveyor as defined in claim 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the profiling (26, 28, 30, 32) of the profiled belt (12) exclusively mates with the head roller (16).
5. Belt conveyor as defined in claim 2, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the flat region (34) of profiled belt (12) is positively engaged with the take-up roller (18) and the idler rollers (14), while the profiling (26, 28, 30, 32) is spaced apart from their surfaces.
6. Belt conveyor as defined in claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the head roller (16) consists of two gear disks and and a hollow cylinder (52) providing support for the flat portion (34) of the profiled belt (12), said cylinder preferably being arranged as replacable between the gear disks (48, 50).
7. Belt conveyor as defined in claim 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n t h a t the head roller (19) and/or the idler rollers (14) are made up of two outer disks (38, 40) and a preferably replaceable cylinder member (42) received by said disks, wherein the outer diameter of the cylinder member exceed that of each disk (38, 40) at least by an amount that is greater than the height of the profiling (26, 28, 30, 32) of belt (12).
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