CN105668289B - A kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
A kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine, this method comprises the following steps:(1) the loose position of the material of floating roller and centre position are set by host computer, material film length variable quantity L is set;(2) motor of coiler device is started working, and floating roller starts to be swung to centre position from the loose position of material, PLC automatic start timing function;(3) PLC detects the current location of floating roller automatically by position detecting device;(4) PLC is converted to the current angular velocity ω of coiler device automatically according to the pulse signal of photoelectric encoder;(5) when position detecting device detect floating roller it is in an intermediate position when, automatically save timing time T;(6) PLC calculates the initial coil diameter D of coiler device automatically according to below equation:D=L/ (T* ω * π).This method cost is low, precision is high, be difficult to be disturbed, easy to operate.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to printer technology field, and in particular to a kind of initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine it is preset
Method.
Background technology
, it is necessary to which the initial coil diameter of preset coiler device is used in the retractable volume operation of intaglio press or coating and printing machine
It is quick to set up tension control system, and can quickly and accurately preset coiler device initial coil diameter, be directly connected to printing and set
It is standby can normal work and tension control system it is whether reliable and stable, so as to have impact on printing quality and production efficiency.At present
The pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine is mainly directly detected using ultrasonic sensor, but the detection side
Method low precision, easily it is disturbed, and will also be by special detection means, cost is higher.
The content of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is:There is provided that a kind of cost is low, precision is high, be difficult to be disturbed, it is easy to operate
The pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine.
The present invention technical solution be:A kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine, the party
Method is applied in the tension control system of printing machine, the tension control system of the printing machine include coiler device, floating roller mechanism,
Host computer and PLC, the floating roller mechanism include floating roller and swing rod, and rotating shaft end and the frame of the swing rod are hinged, and put
Moved end is connected with floating roller, drive device of the rotating shaft end provided with driving swing rod swing of the swing rod, the rotating shaft end of the swing rod
Side is additionally provided with the current location that position detecting device is used to detect floating roller, and the motor of the coiler device is provided with photoelectricity
Encoder, the host computer is communicated by a communication interface with PLC, the position detecting device, motor and light
Photoelectric coder is electrically connected with PLC, it is characterised in that:This method comprises the following steps:
(1) the loose position of the material of floating roller and centre position are set by host computer, floating roller is set in expecting that loose position is swung to
Between the material film length variable quantity L that produces during position, host computer automatically by above-mentioned data by communications interface transmission to PLC
Controller;
(2) printing machine is started, the motor that PLC automatically controls coiler device is started working, the material in floating roller
Film is tensed by coiler device, and floating roller starts to be swung to centre position from the loose position of material, while PLC automatic start timing work(
Energy;
(3) PLC detects the current location of floating roller automatically by position detecting device;
(4) the photoelectric encoder output pulse signal on the motor of coiler device is controlled to PLC, and by PLC
Device processed is scaled the current angular velocity ω of coiler device automatically;
(5) when position detecting device detect floating roller it is in an intermediate position when, PLC is automatically stopped timing, and from
It is dynamic to preserve timing time T;
(6) PLC calculates the initial coil diameter D of coiler device automatically according to below equation:
D=2L/ (ω * T).
The loose position of the material of above-mentioned floating roller is that the motor of coiler device does not work also, in floating roller before printing machine startup
Material film be in relaxed state when floating roller where position;The centre position of above-mentioned floating roller is the winding dress after printing machine startup
The motor put is started working, the position when material layer tension in floating roller is stable where floating roller.
After said structure, the present invention has advantages below:
A kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine of the present invention need not increase any hardware configuration, only
The automatic pre-set of initial coil diameter need to be can be achieved with using original tension control system, cost is relatively low, and compared to supersonic sensing
Device, precision is high, be difficult to be disturbed, and whole process step is simple and convenient to operate in addition.
Preferably, the position detecting device includes the rotating potentiometer of tape spool and the rotating shaft end synchronous rotary with swing rod
First gear, the axle of the rotating potentiometer is provided with second gear, and the first gear and second gear are meshed, described
The movable contact of rotating potentiometer and one of fixed contact are electrically connected with PLC.Position detecting device structure letter
Single, reliable operation, is difficult to be disturbed.
Preferably, also setting the length D1 of swing rod in the step (1) by host computer, and the diameter of floating roller is set
D2, the host computer is also automatically according to the loose position of material of floating roller and centre position, and the automatic floating roller that calculates is by material loose position to centre
The angle [alpha] that position is swung, the material film length variable quantity L, is configured by host computer automatically according to below equation:
L=π * (α/180) (D1- (D2/2))+π * (α/180) (D1+ (D2/2)).The setting to expect film length variable quantity
L can be by setting the mechanical parameter of floating roller mechanism to calculate automatically, without using ruler for every equipment on host computer
The material film length variable quantity produced during swinging to centre position from the loose position of material of floating roller is measured, behaviour is greatly facilitated
Make, improve efficiency.
Brief description of the drawings:
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of tension control system when floating roller of the present invention is located at material pine position;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of tension control system when floating roller of the present invention is centrally located;
Fig. 3 is the compares figure that floating roller of the present invention is located at the loose position of material and centre position;
Fig. 4 is the inventive method flow chart;
In figure:1- coiler devices, 2- host computers, 3-PLC controllers, 4- floating rollers, 5- swing rods, 6- rotating shafts end, 7- swinging ends,
8- drive devices, the rotating potentiometer of 9- tape spools, 10- motors, 11- photoelectric encoders, 12- material films, 13- first gears,
14- second gears, the guide rollers of 15- first, the guide rollers of 16- second, the current angular velocity of ω=motor, T- timing times,
The length of D1- swing rods, the diameter of D2- floating rollers, L- material film length variable quantities, the angle that α-floating roller is swung, the during the loose position of L1- material
Material film length between one guide roller and floating roller, material film length during L2- material pine positions between the second guide roller and floating roller, L3-
Material film length during centre position between the first guide roller and floating roller, during L4- centre positions between the second guide roller and floating roller
Expect film length, the material film length variable quantity between the guide rollers of L5- first and floating roller, the material between the guide rollers of L6- second and floating roller
Film length variable quantity.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and the present invention is described further in conjunction with the embodiments.
Embodiment:
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, a kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine, this method is applied to print
In the tension control system of brush machine, for clarity, partial devices, the tension control system of the printing machine are eliminated in Fig. 2
Including coiler device 1, floating roller mechanism, host computer 2 and PLC 3, the floating roller mechanism includes floating roller 4 and swing rod 5, described
Rotating shaft end 6 and the frame of swing rod 5 are hinged, and for clarity, frame is not shown, and swinging end 7 is connected with floating roller 4, the swing rod 5
Rotating shaft end 6 provided with driving swing rod 5 swing drive device 8, the drive device 8 be prior art, can be Spring driving,
Can also be that cylinder drives, using cylinder driving in the present embodiment, the side at the rotating shaft end 6 of the swing rod 5 is additionally provided with position inspection
The current location that device is used to detect floating roller 4 is surveyed, the position detecting device is prior art, the driving of the coiler device 1
Motor 10 is provided with photoelectric encoder 11, and the host computer 2 is communicated by a communication interface with PLC 3, the position inspection
Device, motor 10 and photoelectric encoder 11 is surveyed to electrically connect with PLC 3, it is characterised in that:This method includes following
Step, as shown in Figure 4:
(1) the loose position of the material of floating roller 4 and centre position are set by host computer 2, sets floating roller 4 to be swung to by the loose position of material
The material film length variable quantity L produced during centre position, host computer 2 is automatically given above-mentioned data by communications interface transmission
PLC 3;
(2) printing machine is started, the motor 10 that PLC 3 automatically controls coiler device 1 is started working, in floating roller 4
Material film 12 tensed by coiler device 1, floating roller 4 starts to be swung to centre position from the loose position of material, while PLC 3 is automatic
Start timing function;
(3) PLC 3 detects the current location of floating roller 4 automatically by position detecting device;
(4) output pulse signal of photoelectric encoder 11 on the motor 10 of coiler device 1 is to PLC 3, and by
PLC 3 is scaled the current angular velocity ω of coiler device 1 automatically, and the pulse signal of photoelectric encoder 11 is converted into angle
Speed is prior art;
(5) when position detecting device detect floating roller 4 it is in an intermediate position when, PLC 3 is automatically stopped timing, and
Automatically save timing time T;
(6) PLC 3 calculates the initial coil diameter D of coiler device 1 automatically according to below equation:
D=2L/ (ω * T).
The loose position of the material of above-mentioned floating roller 4 is that the motor 10 of coiler device 1 does not work also before printing machine startup, is floated
Position when material film 12 on roller 4 is in relaxed state where floating roller 4, as shown in figure 1, and Fig. 3 it is shown in solid;It is above-mentioned floating
The centre position of roller 4 is that the motor 10 of coiler device 1 is started working, the material film in floating roller 4 12 after printing machine startup
Position when power is stable where floating roller 4, such as Fig. 2, and shown in Fig. 3 dotted line.
A kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device 1 of printing machine of the present invention need not increase any hardware configuration,
The automatic pre-set of initial coil diameter need to be only can be achieved with using original tension control system, cost is relatively low, and is passed compared to ultrasonic wave
Sensor, precision is high, be difficult to be disturbed, and whole process step is simple and convenient to operate in addition.
Preferably, the rotating potentiometer 9 of the position detecting device including tape spool and synchronous with the rotating shaft end 6 of swing rod 5
The first gear 13 of rotation, the axle of the rotating potentiometer 9 is provided with second gear 14, the first gear 13 and second gear
14 are meshed, and the movable contact and one of fixed contact of the rotating potentiometer 9 are electrically connected with PLC 3, work as floating roller
4 from the loose position of material to centre position swing when, drive and the first gear 13 of the synchronous rotary of rotating shaft end 6 of swing rod 5 rotated, first
Gear 13, which is rotated, drives the second gear 14 being engaged with to rotate, and second gear 14, which is rotated, drives rotating potentiometer 9 to rotate, so that
Change the magnitude of voltage between the movable contact and one of fixed contact of rotating potentiometer 9, floating roller 4 is located at diverse location correspondence and revolved
Turn the different magnitude of voltage of potentiometer 9, such PLC 3 can just detect floating roller 4 according to the magnitude of voltage of rotating potentiometer 9
Position, the position detecting device is simple in construction, reliable operation, is difficult to be disturbed.
Preferably, also setting the length D1 of swing rod 5 in the step (1) by host computer 2, and floating roller 4 is set
Diameter D2, the host computer 2 is also automatically according to the loose position of material of floating roller 4 and centre position, and the automatic floating roller 4 that calculates is by the loose position of material
The angle [alpha] swung to centre position, when calculating material film length variable quantity L, chooses the He of the first guide roller 15 of the both sides of floating roller 4
Second guide roller 16 is reference, and the first guide roller 15 and the second guide roller 16 are prior art, material film length variable quantity L=(L1+
L2 material film length when)-(L3+L4)=(L1-L3)+(L2-L4), L1 is material pine positions between the first guide roller 15 and floating roller 4,
Material film length during loose for the material positions of L2 between the second guide roller 16 and floating roller 4, when L3 is centre position the first guide roller 15 with
Material film length between floating roller 4, material film length when L4 is centre position between the second guide roller 16 and floating roller 4, such as Fig. 3 institutes
Show, during floating roller 4 swings to centre position from the loose position of material, the material film length variable quantity L of generation is equal to the first guide roller
Material film length variable quantity between 15 and floating roller 4 is plus the material film length variable quantity between the second guide roller 16 and floating roller 4, and the
Material film length variable quantity between one guide roller 15 and floating roller 4 is L1-L3=L5=π * (α/180) (D1- (D2/2)), and second leads
It is L2-L4=L6=π * (α/180) (D1+ (D2/2)) to the material film length variable quantity between roller 16 and floating roller 4, obtains material film long
The calculation formula for spending variable quantity L is as follows:L=L5+L6=π * (α/180) (D1- (D2/2))+π * (α/180) (D1+ (D2/2)).
The setting allows material film length variable quantity L by setting the mechanical parameter of floating roller mechanism to calculate automatically on host computer 2, and
The material that loose position is produced during swinging to centre position of expecting surveyed from floating roller 4 need not all be measured with a yardstick for every printing machine
Film length variable quantity, greatly facilitates operation, improves efficiency.
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1. a kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine, this method is applied to the tension force system of printing machine
In system, the tension control system of the printing machine includes coiler device (1), floating roller mechanism, host computer (2) and PLC
(3), the floating roller mechanism includes floating roller (4) and swing rod (5), and the rotating shaft end (6) of the swing rod (5) is hinged with frame, swings
End (7) is connected with floating roller (4), drive device (8) of the rotating shaft end (6) provided with driving swing rod (5) swing of the swing rod (5), institute
The side for stating the rotating shaft end (6) of swing rod (5) is additionally provided with the current location that position detecting device is used to detect floating roller (4), the volume
The motor (10) of winding apparatus (1) is provided with photoelectric encoder (11), and the host computer (2) passes through a communication interface and PLC
Controller (3) communicates, and the position detecting device, motor (10) and photoelectric encoder (11) are electric with PLC (3)
Connection, it is characterised in that:This method comprises the following steps:
(1) the loose position of the material of floating roller (4) and centre position are set by host computer (2), sets floating roller (4) to be swung by the loose position of material
To the material film length variable quantity L produced during centre position, host computer (2) is automatically passed above-mentioned data by communication interface
It is defeated by PLC (3);
(2) printing machine is started, the motor (10) that PLC (3) automatically controls coiler device (1) is started working, floating roller
(4) the material film (12) on is tensed by coiler device (1), and floating roller (4) starts to be swung to centre position from the loose position of material, while PLC
Controller (3) automatic start timing function;
(3) PLC (3) detects the current location of floating roller (4) automatically by position detecting device;
(4) photoelectric encoder (11) output pulse signal on the motor (10) of coiler device (1) gives PLC (3),
And it is scaled the current angular velocity ω of coiler device (1) automatically by PLC (3);
(5) when position detecting device detect floating roller (4) it is in an intermediate position when, PLC (3) is automatically stopped timing, and
Automatically save timing time T;
(6) PLC (3) calculates the initial coil diameter D of coiler device (1) automatically according to below equation:
D=2L/ (ω * T).
2. a kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:
The position detecting device includes the rotating potentiometer (9) of tape spool and the first tooth with rotating shaft end (6) synchronous rotary of swing rod (5)
Take turns (13), the axle of the rotating potentiometer (9) is provided with second gear (14), the first gear (13) and second gear (14)
It is meshed, the movable contact and one of fixed contact of the rotating potentiometer (9) are electrically connected with PLC (3).
3. a kind of pre-setting method of the initial coil diameter of the coiler device of printing machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:
The length D1 of swing rod (5) is also set in the step (1) by host computer (2), and the diameter D2 of floating roller (4) is set, it is described
Host computer (2) calculates floating roller (4) by expecting loose position in automatically also automatically according to the loose position of material of floating roller (4) and centre position
Between the angle [alpha] that is swung of position, the material film length variable quantity L is configured by host computer automatically according to below equation:L=
π*(α/180)(D1-(D2/2))+π*(α/180)(D1+(D2/2))。
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