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EP0358744B1
EP0358744B1 EP89902787A EP89902787A EP0358744B1 EP 0358744 B1 EP0358744 B1 EP 0358744B1 EP 89902787 A EP89902787 A EP 89902787A EP 89902787 A EP89902787 A EP 89902787A EP 0358744 B1 EP0358744 B1 EP 0358744B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06BMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B1/00Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
    • B06B1/10Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy
    • B06B1/16Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy operating with systems involving rotary unbalanced masses
    • B06B1/161Adjustable systems, i.e. where amplitude or direction of frequency of vibration can be varied
    • B06B1/162Making use of masses with adjustable amount of eccentricity
    • B06B1/164Making use of masses with adjustable amount of eccentricity the amount of eccentricity being automatically variable as a function of the running condition, e.g. speed, direction
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B06GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
    • B06BMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
    • B06B1/00Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
    • B06B1/10Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy
    • B06B1/16Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of mechanical energy operating with systems involving rotary unbalanced masses
    • B06B1/161Adjustable systems, i.e. where amplitude or direction of frequency of vibration can be varied
    • B06B1/166Where the phase-angle of masses mounted on counter-rotating shafts can be varied, e.g. variation of the vibration phase
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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  • the invention relates to a vibration exciter according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Vibration exciters of this type are known (DE-PS 29 09 204).
  • the frequency of the excited vibration can be changed by changing the speed of the drive motor and the direction of the vector of the directional vibration by moving the pin with respect to the hub groove, but the mr value is unchanged. It is often desirable to work not only with a selectable, predetermined vibration frequency and a selectable predetermined vibration direction, but also with a predetermined vibration stroke of the compression element which is connected to the vibration exciter and can be selected at least between two different values.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a vibration exciter according to the preamble of claim 1, in which the mr value can be changed between a predetermined minimum value and a predetermined maximum value, and to design the vibration exciter so that the double-acting actuator with the smallest possible space requirement can be integrated into the vibration exciter.
  • the freely rotatable unbalance parts are on the two unbalanced shafts, depending on their drive direction, either at one or the other stop, from unbalanced shaft to unbalanced shaft at stops corresponding to each other for the same mr value of the individual shafts, so that there is a maximum resulting mr value for one drive direction - based on the directional vibration - and a minimum mr value for the other drive direction, without this having any influence on the vibration direction selected via the position of the pin with respect to the hub groove .
  • the measure mentioned in claim 2 further favors this space-saving installation.
  • the unbalanced shaft 2 can be driven by means of a hydraulic motor 4 and carries in its longitudinal center a gear wheel 5 connected to it in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • a hub 7 surrounded by a gear wheel 6 rigidly connected to it is pushed onto the unbalanced shaft 3 approximately in the longitudinal center but axially immovable.
  • the toothed wheel 6 meshes with the toothed wheel 5.
  • the unbalanced shaft 3 is designed as a hollow shaft and is provided in the area of the hub with opposed, mutually parallel slots 8 which extend parallel to the axial direction and which penetrate the shaft wall.
  • the hub 7 has a preferably helical groove 9, which extends over the length of the slots 8, but runs obliquely to them on. This is indicated schematically by the two parallel lines 9a in FIG. 1.
  • an actuator 10 is slidable in the area of the hub 7, which is provided with a pin 11 perpendicular to the shaft axis, which passes through the longitudinal slots 8 with a sliding fit and whose ends protrude into the hub groove 9 in a slidable manner.
  • the actuator 10 can be displaced at will in the axial direction of the shaft 3 by means of a double-acting hydraulic servomotor.
  • this servomotor comprises two piston rods 12 which engage through the shaft on one or the other side on the actuator 10 and which are rotatably connected to it and which on the outside of the shaft end at pistons 13 rigidly connected to them, each of which in turn in one Cylinder 14 are slidable, which is mounted on one side or the other on the end face to the shaft 3 opposite to the housing 1.
  • the unbalanced shaft 3 is provided with split unbalances 15 on both sides of the hub 7.
  • Each unbalance 15 consists of two outside unbalance parts 15a, which are connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the unbalance shaft 3, and an unbalance part 15b located in between, which is rotatably mounted on the unbalance shaft 3 and is provided with a stop pin 16 which cooperates with the unbalance parts 15a having counter-stop surfaces and the rotation of the unbalance portion 15b with respect to the rotating rigidly connected with the shaft parts 15a unbalance o limited to about the 180th Between these end positions, the unbalance part 15b can be freely rotated with respect to the unbalance parts 15a, so that there can only be a drag connection mediated by the stop pin 16 between it and the latter.
  • the middle unbalance part 15b In one end position, the middle unbalance part 15b, as shown in FIG. 1, is pushed between the unbalance parts 15a and thus increases the effective unbalance mass of the unbalance 15, while in the other end position it is unscrewed between the unbalance parts 15a and thus reduces the effective unbalance mass .
  • Which of the two end positions the middle unbalance part 15b assumes with respect to the outer (15a) depends on the direction of rotation of the unbalance shaft 3.
  • the position shown in FIG. 1 results when the unbalanced shaft 3 rotates in the direction shown in FIG. 1 for the top right unbalanced part 15a, the other end position turned out between the unbalanced parts 15a when the unbalanced shaft 3 rotates in the opposite direction.
  • the unbalances 15 Since the unbalance shafts 2 and 3 rotate in the opposite direction due to the coupling by the gear wheels 5 and 6, the unbalances 15 have the same setting with regard to the relative position of their middle unbalance part 15b with respect to the two outer 15a.
  • the unbalance parts 15b are therefore all either screwed in or out of the latter, so that the unbalances 15 also always have the same effective mass, that is, depending on the direction of shaft rotation, either the maximum value or the minimum value.
  • their relative phase position from one unbalanced shaft to the other depends on the changeable phase position between the hub 7 and the unbalanced shaft 3.
  • the direction of rotation of the balancer shafts 2 and 3 depends on the reversible direction of rotation of the hydraulic motor 4, which can also be equipped with a variable speed.
  • pressure medium is supplied to one cylinder and simultaneously released from the other pressure medium.
  • the displacement takes place in one or the other direction.
  • the phase shift of the unbalanced shaft 3 relative to the hub 7 and thus the unbalance 15 arranged thereon compared to the unbalanced mass 15 on the unbalanced shaft 2, in a positive or negative sense, depends on the length and the slope of the hub groove 9 on both sides of the middle position shown.
  • the pressure medium supply and the pressure medium discharge from the Cylinders 14 can be controlled by means of a control valve 116 with three switching positions, which variably connects the pressure line and the return line of a pressure medium source with the connections to the cylinders 14 in the manner shown in FIG. 1 in parallel or crosswise and completely in the middle position thereof separates, whereby the pistons 13 and with them the actuator 10 are hydraulically locked after reaching a desired setting.
  • FIG. 2 shows a front view of the positions which the middle unbalance parts 15b assume and in which directions of rotation relative to the associated unbalance parts 15a.
  • the sectional view corresponds to the section along the section line III-III in FIG. 1.

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A vibrator comprises two axially parallel, interlocking, counterrotating unbalanced shafts. Both the phase relationship of the unbalanced shafts, and hence the direction of the vector of the directed vibrations, and the value of m.r, and hence the displacementof the vibrations of the compression element connected to the vibrator, are variable. To this end, the unbalanced shafts are coupled in a known way by a hub (7) arranged in a rotary or axially fixed manner on one of the unbalanced shafts and which has, in the wall surrounding the shaft (3), a groove (9) extending along the unbalanced shaft (3). A pin (11), which is secured to remain fixed during rotation of the unbalanced shaft (3) and can be adjusted by a servomotor (12, 13), engages slidingly in said groove. The direction of driving of the driven unbalanced shaft (2) is reversible. Each unbalanced shaft has a rigidly mounted unbalanced part (15a) and an unbalanced part (15b) which rotates freely in a predetermined angular range between extreme positions delimited by stops (15a, 16). The servomotor (12, 13) is double acting.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Schwingungserreger gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1.The invention relates to a vibration exciter according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

Schwingungserreger dieser Art sind bekannt (DE-PS 29 09 204).Vibration exciters of this type are known (DE-PS 29 09 204).

Bei den bekannten Schwingungserregern können zwar die Frequenz der erregten Schwingung durch Ändern der Drehzahl des Antriebsmotors und die Richtung des Vektors der gerichteten Schwingung durch Verschieben des Stiftes bezüglich der Nabennut verändert werden, doch ist der m.r-Wert unverändert vorgegeben. Häufig ist es erwünscht, nicht nur mit einer wählbaren, vorgegebenen Schwingungsfrequenz und einer wählbaren vorgegebenen Schwingungsrichtung zu arbeiten, sondern auch mit einem wenigstens zwischen zwei verschiedenen Werten wählbaren vorbestimmten Schwingungshub des Verdichtungsorgans, das an den Schwigungserreger angeschlossen ist. Der Schwingungshub s hängt von der Masse M des Verdichtungsorgans und dem mr-Wert des Schwingungserregers nach der Beziehung s = 2 · m.r M

Figure imgb0001
ab, worin m die schwingungswirksame Masse des Erregers und r der Abstand des Schwerpunktes dieser blasse von der Mittelachse der Unwuchtwelle sind.In the known vibration exciters, the frequency of the excited vibration can be changed by changing the speed of the drive motor and the direction of the vector of the directional vibration by moving the pin with respect to the hub groove, but the mr value is unchanged. It is often desirable to work not only with a selectable, predetermined vibration frequency and a selectable predetermined vibration direction, but also with a predetermined vibration stroke of the compression element which is connected to the vibration exciter and can be selected at least between two different values. The vibration stroke s depends on the mass M of the compression member and the mr value of the vibration exciter according to the relationship s = 2 mr M
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from where m is the vibrationally effective mass of the exciter and r are the distance of the center of gravity of this pale from the center axis of the unbalanced shaft.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Schwingungserreger gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1 zu schaffen, bei dem auch der m.r-Wert zwischen einem vorbestimmten Minimalwert und einem vorbestimmten Maximalwert verändert werden kann, und den Schwingungserreger dabei so zu gestalten, daß der doppelwirkende Stellmotor mit möglichst geringem Raumbedarf in den Schwingungserreger integriert werden kann.The invention has for its object to provide a vibration exciter according to the preamble of claim 1, in which the mr value can be changed between a predetermined minimum value and a predetermined maximum value, and to design the vibration exciter so that the double-acting actuator with the smallest possible space requirement can be integrated into the vibration exciter.

Die vorstehende Aufgabe wird durch die im Kennzeichnungsteil des Patentanspruchs 1 genannte Merkmalskombination gelöst, von der die Merkmale a) und b) aus DE-B-1 285 777 für sich bekannt sind.The above object is achieved by the combination of features mentioned in the characterizing part of patent claim 1, of which the features a) and b) are known per se from DE-B-1 285 777.

Bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Schwingungserreger liegen die frei drehbaren Unwuchtteile auf den beiden Unwuchtwellen je nach deren Antriebsrichtung entweder jeweils an dem einen oder an dem anderen Anschlag, und zwar von Unwuchtwelle zu Unwuchtwelle jeweils an für gleichen m.r-Wert der einzelnen Wellen einander entsprechenden Anschlägen ,an, so daß sich für die eine Antriebsrichtung - bezogen auf die gerichtete Schwingung - ein maximaler resultierender m.r-Wert und für die andere Antriebsrichtung ein minimaler m.r-Wert ergibt, ohne daß dies auf die über die Stellung des Stiftes bezüglich der Nabennut gewählte Schwingungsrichtung einen Einfluß hätte.In the vibration exciter according to the invention, the freely rotatable unbalance parts are on the two unbalanced shafts, depending on their drive direction, either at one or the other stop, from unbalanced shaft to unbalanced shaft at stops corresponding to each other for the same mr value of the individual shafts, so that there is a maximum resulting mr value for one drive direction - based on the directional vibration - and a minimum mr value for the other drive direction, without this having any influence on the vibration direction selected via the position of the pin with respect to the hub groove .

Die im Patentanspruch 2 genannte Maßnahme begünstigt diesen raumsparenden Einbau noch weiter.The measure mentioned in claim 2 further favors this space-saving installation.

Die Erfindung wird anhand des in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispieles noch näher erläutert.The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawing.

In der Zeichnung zeigt:

Fig. 1
einen Schwingungserreger in Draufsicht, teilweise im Schnitt parallel zur Zeichenebene durch die Mittelachsen der Unwuchtwellen,
Fig. 2,3 und 4
jeweils schematische Darstellungen der relativen Lage der Unwuchtmassen bei verschiedenen Drehrichtungen der Unwuchtwellen und unterschiedlichen Winkelstellungen auf den letzteren.
The drawing shows:
Fig. 1
a vibration exciter in plan view, partly in section parallel to the plane of the drawing through the center axes of the unbalanced shafts,
Figs. 2,3 and 4
schematic representations of the relative position of the unbalanced masses at different directions of rotation of the unbalanced shafts and different angular positions on the latter.

Der Schwingungserreger nach Fig. 1 weist ein Gehäuse 1 auf, in dem parallel zueinander zwei Unwuchtwellen 2 und 3 drehbar gelagert sind. Die Unwuchtwelle 2 ist mittels eines Hydromotors 4 antreibbar und trägt in ihrer Längsmitte ein drehfest mit ihr verbundenes Zahnrad 5. Auf die Unwuchtwelle 3 ist etwa in der Längsmitte drehbar aber axial unverschiebbar eine von einem starr mit ihr verbundenen Zahnrad 6 umgebene Nabe 7 aufgeschoben. Das Zahnrad 6 kämmt mit dem Zahnrad 5. Die Unwuchtwelle 3 ist als Hohlwelle ausgeführt und im Bereich der Nabe mit gegenüberliegenden, zueinander parallelen , sich parallel zur Achsrichtung erstreckenden Schlitzen 8 versehen, die die Wellenwandung durchsetzen. Die Nabe 7 weist eine sich über die Länge der Schlitze 8 erstreckende, zu diesen jedoch schräg verlaufende, vorzugsweise schraubenförmige Nut 9 auf. Dies deuten die beiden zueinander parallelen Striche 9a in Fig. 1 schematisch an.1 has a housing 1, in which two unbalanced shafts 2 and 3 are rotatably mounted parallel to each other. The unbalanced shaft 2 can be driven by means of a hydraulic motor 4 and carries in its longitudinal center a gear wheel 5 connected to it in a rotationally fixed manner. A hub 7 surrounded by a gear wheel 6 rigidly connected to it is pushed onto the unbalanced shaft 3 approximately in the longitudinal center but axially immovable. The toothed wheel 6 meshes with the toothed wheel 5. The unbalanced shaft 3 is designed as a hollow shaft and is provided in the area of the hub with opposed, mutually parallel slots 8 which extend parallel to the axial direction and which penetrate the shaft wall. The hub 7 has a preferably helical groove 9, which extends over the length of the slots 8, but runs obliquely to them on. This is indicated schematically by the two parallel lines 9a in FIG. 1.

In dem Hohlraum 3a der Welle 3 ist im Bereich der Nabe 7 ein Stellglied 10 gleitbar , das mit einem zur Wellenachse senkrechten Stift 11 versehen ist, der die Längsschlitze 8 mit Gleitpassung durchsetzt und mit seinen Enden in die Nabennut 9 gleitbar hineinragt.In the cavity 3a of the shaft 3, an actuator 10 is slidable in the area of the hub 7, which is provided with a pin 11 perpendicular to the shaft axis, which passes through the longitudinal slots 8 with a sliding fit and whose ends protrude into the hub groove 9 in a slidable manner.

Das Stellglied 10 ist mittels eines doppelwirkenden hydraulischen Stellmotors in Achsrichtung der Welle 3 gewillkürt verschiebbar. Bei der Ausführung nach Fig. 1 umfaßt dieser Stellmotor zwei durch die Welle hindurch auf der einen bzw. anderen Seite am Stellglied 10 angreifende , drehbar mit diesem verbundene Kolbenstangen 12, die wellenaussenseitig an starr mit ihnen verbundenen Kolben 13 enden, die ihrerseits jeweils in einem Zylinder 14 gleitbar sind, der auf der einen bzw. anderen Seite stirnseitig zur Welle 3 dieser gegenüber an das Gehäuse 1 angebaut ist. Wenn sich der eine Kolben 13 in seinem Zylinder 14 welleneinwärts bewegt, verschiebt er über die zugehörige Kolbenstange 12 und das Stellglied 10 die andere Kolbenstange 12 mit ihrem Kolben 13 wellenauswärts, so daß die ganze Kolben/Zylinder-Anordnung wie ein doppelwirkender Arbeitszylinder funktioniert. Bei der damit einhergehenden Verschiebung des Stellgliedes 10 wird mittels des Stiftes 11 die Winkelposition zwischen der Nabe 7 und der Unwuchtwelle 3 geändert. Aufgrund der durch die Zahnräder 5 und 6 geschaffenen drehungssynchronen Verbindung zwischen der Unwuchtwelle 2 und der Nabe 7 ist dies gleichbedeutend mit einer Änderung der relativen Winkelposition zwischen den Unwuchtwellen 2 und 3.The actuator 10 can be displaced at will in the axial direction of the shaft 3 by means of a double-acting hydraulic servomotor. In the embodiment according to FIG. 1, this servomotor comprises two piston rods 12 which engage through the shaft on one or the other side on the actuator 10 and which are rotatably connected to it and which on the outside of the shaft end at pistons 13 rigidly connected to them, each of which in turn in one Cylinder 14 are slidable, which is mounted on one side or the other on the end face to the shaft 3 opposite to the housing 1. When one piston 13 moves inwards in its cylinder 14, it moves the other piston rod 12 with its piston 13 outwards via the associated piston rod 12 and the actuator 10, so that the entire piston / cylinder arrangement functions like a double-acting working cylinder. During the associated displacement of the actuator 10, the angular position between the hub 7 and the unbalanced shaft 3 is changed by means of the pin 11. Due to the rotationally synchronous connection created by the gear wheels 5 and 6 between the unbalanced shaft 2 and the hub 7, this is equivalent to a change in the relative angular position between the unbalanced shafts 2 and 3.

Die Unwuchtwelle 3 ist beiderseits der Nabe 7 mit geteilten Unwuchten 15 versehen. Jede Unwucht 15 besteht aus zwei außenseitigen Unwuchtteilen 15a, die drehfest mit der Unwuchtwelle 3 verbunden sind, und einem dazwischen befindlichen Unwuchtteil 15b, die drehbar auf der Unwuchtwelle 3 gelagert und mit einem Anschlagstift 16 versehen ist, der mit den Gegenanschlagflächen aufweisenden Unwuchtteilen 15a zusammenwirkt und die Drehbarkeit des Unwuchtteiles 15b gegenüber den drehstarr mit der Welle verbundenen Unwuchtteilen 15a auf etwa 180o begrenzt. Zwischen diesen Endpositionen ist der Unwuchtteil 15b gegenüber den Unwuchtteilen 15a frei drehbar, so daß zwischen ihm und den letzteren nur eine durch den Anschlagstift 16 vermittelte Schleppverbindung bestehen kann. In der einen Endposition ist der mittlere Unwuchtteil 15b, wie in Fig. 1 dargestellt, zwischen die Unwuchtteile 15a hineingeschoben und vergrößert damit die wirksame Unwuchtmasse der Unwucht 15, während er in der anderen Endposition zwischen den Unwuchtteilen 15a herausgedreht ist und so die wirksame Unwuchtmasse verkleinert. Welche von den beiden Endlagen der mittlere Unwuchtteil 15b gegenüber dem äußeren (15a) einnimmt, hängt von der Drehrichtung der Unwuchtwelle 3 ab. Die in Fig. 1 eingezeichnete Stellung ergibt sich, wenn sich die Unwuchtwelle 3 in der in Fig. 1 beim obersten rechten Unwuchtteil 15a eingezeichneten Richtung dreht, die andere, zwischen den Unwuchtteilen 15a herausgedrehte Endposition bei Drehung der Unwuchtwelle 3 in der Gegenrichtung.The unbalanced shaft 3 is provided with split unbalances 15 on both sides of the hub 7. Each unbalance 15 consists of two outside unbalance parts 15a, which are connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the unbalance shaft 3, and an unbalance part 15b located in between, which is rotatably mounted on the unbalance shaft 3 and is provided with a stop pin 16 which cooperates with the unbalance parts 15a having counter-stop surfaces and the rotation of the unbalance portion 15b with respect to the rotating rigidly connected with the shaft parts 15a unbalance o limited to about the 180th Between these end positions, the unbalance part 15b can be freely rotated with respect to the unbalance parts 15a, so that there can only be a drag connection mediated by the stop pin 16 between it and the latter. In one end position, the middle unbalance part 15b, as shown in FIG. 1, is pushed between the unbalance parts 15a and thus increases the effective unbalance mass of the unbalance 15, while in the other end position it is unscrewed between the unbalance parts 15a and thus reduces the effective unbalance mass . Which of the two end positions the middle unbalance part 15b assumes with respect to the outer (15a) depends on the direction of rotation of the unbalance shaft 3. The position shown in FIG. 1 results when the unbalanced shaft 3 rotates in the direction shown in FIG. 1 for the top right unbalanced part 15a, the other end position turned out between the unbalanced parts 15a when the unbalanced shaft 3 rotates in the opposite direction.

Aus Übersichtlichkeitsgründen ist nur für die in Fig. 1 rechts oben zu sehende Umwucht 15 die Bezeichnung mit Bezugszahlen vorgenommen. Die geschilderten Verhältnisse und Bezeichnungen gelten auch für die andere Unwucht 15 sowie für entsprechende Unwuchten 15 gleicher Konstruktion und Masse, die im gleicher Längsposition auf der Umwuchtwelle 2 angeordnet sind.For reasons of clarity, the designation with reference numbers has only been made for the balance 15 to be seen at the top right in FIG. 1. The relationships and designations described also apply to the other unbalance 15 and to corresponding unbalance 15 of the same construction and mass, which are arranged in the same longitudinal position on the balancing shaft 2.

Da sich die Unwuchtwellen 2 und 3 aufgrund der Kopplung durch die Zahnräder 5 und 6 in Gegenrichtung drehen, haben die Unwuchten 15 hinsichtlich der relativen Lage ihres mittleren Unwuchtteils 15b gegenüber den beiden äußeren 15a jeweils die gleiche Einstellung. Die Unwuchtteile 15b sind also alle entweder zwischen die letzteren hineingedreht oder daraus herausgedreht, so daß die Unwuchten 15 untereinander auch stets gleiche wirksame Masse haben, also abhängig von der Wellendrehrichtung entweder den Maximalwert oder dem Minimalwert. Ihre relative Phasenlage von der einen Umwuchtwelle zur anderen hängt hierbei jedoch von der verändorbaren Phasenlage zwischen der Nabe 7 und der Unwuchtwelle 3 ab.Since the unbalance shafts 2 and 3 rotate in the opposite direction due to the coupling by the gear wheels 5 and 6, the unbalances 15 have the same setting with regard to the relative position of their middle unbalance part 15b with respect to the two outer 15a. The unbalance parts 15b are therefore all either screwed in or out of the latter, so that the unbalances 15 also always have the same effective mass, that is, depending on the direction of shaft rotation, either the maximum value or the minimum value. However, their relative phase position from one unbalanced shaft to the other depends on the changeable phase position between the hub 7 and the unbalanced shaft 3.

Die Drehrichtung der Umwuchtwellen 2 und 3 hängt von der umkehrbaren Drehrichtung des Hydromotors 4 ab, der auch mit einer veränderbaren Drehzahl ausgerüstet sein kann. Zur Verschiebung des Stellgliedes 10 wird jeweils dem einen Zylinder Druckmittel zugeführt und gleichzeitig aus dem anderen Druckmittel abgelassen. Je nach dem welcher der beiden Zylinder 14 mit Druck beaufschlagt wird, findet die Verschiebung in der einen bzw. anderen Richtung statt. Die damit gegenüber der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Position erreichbare Phasenverschiebung der Unwuchtwelle 3 gegenüber der Nabe 7 und damit der auf dieser angeordneten Unwuchten 15 gegenüber den Unwuchten 15 auf der Unwuchtwelle 2 im positiven oder negativen Sinne hängt von der Länge und der Steigung der Nabennut 9 beiderseits der dargestellten Mittelposition ab.The direction of rotation of the balancer shafts 2 and 3 depends on the reversible direction of rotation of the hydraulic motor 4, which can also be equipped with a variable speed. In order to displace the actuator 10, pressure medium is supplied to one cylinder and simultaneously released from the other pressure medium. Depending on which of the two cylinders 14 is pressurized, the displacement takes place in one or the other direction. The phase shift of the unbalanced shaft 3 relative to the hub 7 and thus the unbalance 15 arranged thereon compared to the unbalanced mass 15 on the unbalanced shaft 2, in a positive or negative sense, depends on the length and the slope of the hub groove 9 on both sides of the middle position shown.

Die Druckmittelzufuhr und der Druckmittelablaß aus den Zylindern 14 ist mittels eines Steuerventils 116 mit drei Schaltpositionen steuerbar, das die Druckleitung und die Rückführleitung einer Druckmittelquelle in veränderbarer Weise mit dem Anschlüssen an den Zylindern 14 in der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Weise parallel oder über Kreuz verbindet und in der Mittelstellung von diesen vollständig trennt, wodurch die Kolben 13 und mit diesen das Stellglied 10 nach Erreichen einer gewünschten Einstellung hydraulisch verriegelt werden.The pressure medium supply and the pressure medium discharge from the Cylinders 14 can be controlled by means of a control valve 116 with three switching positions, which variably connects the pressure line and the return line of a pressure medium source with the connections to the cylinders 14 in the manner shown in FIG. 1 in parallel or crosswise and completely in the middle position thereof separates, whereby the pistons 13 and with them the actuator 10 are hydraulically locked after reaching a desired setting.

Die Fig. 2 gibt in Stirnansicht wieder, welche Positionen die mittleren Unwuchtteile 15b bei welchen Drehrichtungen gegenüber den zugehörigen Unwuchtteilen 15a einnehmen. Die Schnittdarstellung entspricht dem Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie III-III in Fig. 1.2 shows a front view of the positions which the middle unbalance parts 15b assume and in which directions of rotation relative to the associated unbalance parts 15a. The sectional view corresponds to the section along the section line III-III in FIG. 1.

Die Fig. 3 und 4 geben jeweils für die eine bzw. andere der beiden in Fig. 2 eingetragenen Drehrichtungen drei verschiedene , mittels des Stellgliedes 10 wählbare Phasenlagen zwischen den Unwuchtwellen 2 und 3 und den zugehörigen Vektor V der resultierenden gerichteten Schwingung nach Größe und Richtung wieder. Die Vektorrichtung ist kontinuierlich veränderbar , während die Vektorgröße bei fester Drehzal und vorgegebenen Unwuchten nur zwei vorgegebene Festwerte annehmen kann. Hiervon abweichende Werte sind nur über eine Drehzahlerhöhung oder -minderung gegenüber der vorgenannten festen Drehzahl erreichbar. Viele Verdichtungsarbeiten verlangen eine vorbestimmte Vibratorfrequenz und die Möglichkeit, hierbei mit unterschiedlichen m.r-Werten arbeiten zu können, ist vom größtem Vorteil.3 and 4 give three for one or the other of the two directions of rotation entered in FIG. 2 Different phase positions between the unbalanced shafts 2 and 3 and the associated vector V of the resulting directional oscillation according to size and direction can be selected again by means of the actuator 10. The vector direction can be changed continuously, while the vector size with a fixed speed and given imbalance can only assume two given fixed values. Values deviating from this can only be achieved by increasing or reducing the speed compared to the above-mentioned fixed speed. Many compaction jobs require a predetermined vibrator frequency and the ability to work with different mr values is a major advantage.

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  1. Vibration exciter with two axially parallel unbalanced shafts coupled to each other in a form fit manner to be rotatable in opposite directions, one of which is driven by a driving motor, and which are coupled by means of a hub for continuous counter rotation in order to change the phase relationship of the unbalanced masses, which hub is disposed on one of the unbalanced shafts in a rotatable but axially fixed manner and in the wall surrounding the shaft comprises a hub groove extending along the unbalanced shaft, into which groove a pin held in a rotationally fixed manner with respect to the unbalanced shaft is inserted in a sliding manner, which pin can be displaced in a slit in the unbalanced shaft, extending along the unbalanced shaft and inclined to the hub groove, by means of an adjusting member which can be actuated at will by a servomotor and is disposed coaxially to the unbalanced shaft, characterised by the combination of the features which are known per se,
    a) that the driving direction of the driven unbalanced shaft is reversible,
    b) each unbalanced shaft comprises an unbalanced part rigidly attached to it and an unbalanced part to be freely rotatable on it through a predetermined angle range between end positions defined by stops and the stops are disposed with respect to the rigid unbalanced part in such a way that the total imbalance from the rigid unbalanced part and the movable unbalanced part has one maximum value in one end position of the latter and one maximum value in the other end position and the rotatable unbalanced parts on both unbalanced shafts each take up the same end position in dependence upon the driving direction, and
    c) the servomotor is formed to be double acting,
    and characterised in that
    d) the double acting servomotor consists of two single acting servomotors operating in directions which are opposite to each other, of which one engages the adjusting member from one end of the unbalanced shaft and the other from the other end of the unbalanced shaft.
  2. Vibration exciter according to claim 1, characterised in that the servomotors are hydraulic working cylinders of which the cylinder chambers protrude at least partially into the unbalanced shaft.
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