EP0372460A1 - Apparatus for controlling the simultaneous feed of several pigmented liquids in a plant for preparing paint products - Google Patents
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- EP0372460A1 EP0372460A1 EP89122349A EP89122349A EP0372460A1 EP 0372460 A1 EP0372460 A1 EP 0372460A1 EP 89122349 A EP89122349 A EP 89122349A EP 89122349 A EP89122349 A EP 89122349A EP 0372460 A1 EP0372460 A1 EP 0372460A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
- B01F23/02—Maintaining the aggregation state of the mixed materials
- B01F23/023—Preventing sedimentation, conglomeration or agglomeration of solid ingredients during or after mixing by maintaining mixed ingredients in movement
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- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F27/00—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders
- B01F27/80—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis
- B01F27/88—Mixers with rotary stirring devices in fixed receptacles; Kneaders with stirrers rotating about a substantially vertical axis with a separate receptacle-stirrer unit that is adapted to be coupled to a drive mechanism
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
- B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
- B01F33/84—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
- B01F35/80—Forming a predetermined ratio of the substances to be mixed
- B01F35/88—Forming a predetermined ratio of the substances to be mixed by feeding the materials batchwise
- B01F35/882—Forming a predetermined ratio of the substances to be mixed by feeding the materials batchwise using measuring chambers, e.g. volumetric pumps, for feeding the substances
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F2101/00—Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field
- B01F2101/30—Mixing paints or paint ingredients, e.g. pigments, dyes, colours, lacquers or enamel
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- This invention relates to a computerized automatic plant for the simultaneous feed of several pigmented liquids of different colour to obtain a paint product of tile desired colour.
- the various pigmented liquids are currently mixed together mainly by equipment which suffers from poor reproducibility of the paint product characteristics.
- the conventional syringe machine which can be manual or semiautomatic, the error in the delivery of the individual liquids can range from 5 to 20%.
- said apparatus enables the individual liquids to be metered with high accuracy and reproducibility, and is of low cost and simple and economical operation.
- Said plant comprises a series of tanks 1, each of which contains a pigmented liquid of different colour and feeds a corresponding series of metering pumps 3, each of which delivers the respective liquid to the corresponding solenoid valve 6 which, according to the command which it receives, either feeds the liquid into the collection container 20 in which the liquids originating from the various tanks 1 are mixed, or recycles the liquid to its tank 1 of origin through the pipe 8.
- Said apparatus for controlling the simultaneous feed of the various liquids is characterised by comprising: - a motor-reduction gear unit 11, 12 which transmits its stepped-down motion to a positive displacement metering pump 3 which transfers the liquid from a tank 1 to a solenoid valve 6; - a fan 13 coaxial with the motor 11, and to which the motor 11 directly transmits its motion without step-down; - a proximity switch 14 installed in correspondence with said fan and arranged to determine the number of revolutions through which the motor has rotated, to convert this into electrical signals and to feed these signals to the computer 22; - a computer 22 into which the quantity of liquid to be fed to the container 20 is keyed and which controls the operations required for this feed.
- the plant consists of several modules, each of which comprises a tank 1 containing one of the liquids to be delivered, and connected to a positive displacement metering pump 3 by a suction pipe 4.
- a shut-off valve 5 In the suction pipe 4 there is connected a shut-off valve 5 and a fine mesh filter 5′ for removing from the liquid any foreign matter which could damage the circuit.
- the liquid is pumped by the pump 3 in the direction of a 3-way, 2-position solenoid valve 6 connected to the same pump by a discharge pipe 7 of smaller cross-section than the suction pipe 4.
- valve 6 If the valve 6 is unenergized and therefore not switched over, the liquid reaching it is recycled to its tank 1 of origin through the recycle pipe 8, which is of equal cross-section to the discharge pipe 7.
- the valve is energized with the result that it has been switched over, the liquid is delivered into a collection container 20 through a delivery nozzle 9 of small cross-section.
- the apparatus for controlling the feed of the various liquids consists of the motor 11, the reduction gear 12, the fan 13, the proximity switch 14 and the computer 22.
- the motor-reduction gear unit 11, 12 transmits its stepped-down motion to the pump 3, whereas the motor 11 directly transmits its motion without step-down to the fan 13 coaxial with it.
- the fan 13 is composed of twelve equidistant radial blades .
- the proximity switch 14 is fixed in correspondence with said fan 13. It determines the number of revolutions through which the motor 11 has rotated by counting the number of blades which have passed by, then translates this data into electrical pulses and feeds these pulses to the computer 22.
- the computer 22 into which the quantity of liquid to be delivered is keyed, starts the motor-reduction gear-pump unit, receives and memorizes the number of fan blades which have passed by, switches the solenoid valves 6 to allow delivery of liquid to the container 20, counts the number' of pulses corresponding to the quantity of liquid to be delivered and then reswitches the solenoid valve 6 and halts the motor 11.
- the plant consists of a number of unit modules of the described type equal to the number of different liquids which can be used, and these liquids do not come into mutual contact other than in the container 20 in which they are mixed.
- Said plant can consist for example of 30 modules of the described type, each of which is designed to deliver a different coloured liquid to the container 20. Obviously, the number of said modules is chosen on the basis of production requirements.
- the various coloured liquids are delivered in the proportions necessary to obtain the desired colour of the final mixture which constitutes the paint product.
- the tanks 1 are constructed preferably of thermoplastic polymer or copolymer such as polyformaldehyde, but they can also be constructed of metal such as stainless steel. They are provided with stirrers 10 driven by motors 2, which are powered at predetermined time intervals to prevent pigment deposition.
- the tanks have an asymmetric funnel-shaped base to prevent pigment sedimentation.
- the pump 3 used for metering the liquid is of the positive displacement type.
- the solenoid valve 6 is of the fast response type able to reduce errors to a minimum.
- the response time is 10 msec.
- the valve 6 operates with alternating current.
- An electrical pulse fed to the magnetic energizing solenoid attracts the deviator armature which remains in this position until the solenoid is de-energized.
- the containers 20 are supplied in different sizes because the quantity of paint product required or any given delivery differs. Said containers are raised to a height representing a minimum distance from the nozzles 9 by a mobile platform 19 able to be moved up and down vertically by an electrical actuator 21.
- the mixture formed from the liquids delivered into the container 20 is homogenized during this operation for example by a mechanical stirrer or vibrator.
- Said unit comprises: peripheral hardware, control and implementation hardware, central control unit (computer), data acquisition and user dialogue software, and execution software for the acquired input.
- the peripheral hardware is represented by all the equipment the user uses for dialogue with the computer and consists of the alphanumerical keyboard, monitor, printer and floppy disks.
- control and implementation hardware is represented by a data acquisition system based on individual digital input and output modules which, without any configuration restriction, can be connected together and to the computer to form a complete system according to the individual application requirements.
- the central control unit comprises a number of cards equal to the number of peripherals used plus the required functions.
- the data acquisition and user dialogue software consists of the automatic coded formula schedules, manually compiled schedules for new formulas, delivery test schedules, personalized check-control publicity schedules and menu schedules for the use and ordinary maintenance of the plant.
- the acquired input execution software is represented by a connection program for enabling the apparatus to operate in the production of the paint product. It is a specific program created on the basis of the data keyed in by the user, the physical characteristics of the liquids used, and the characteristics of the apparatus itself.
- the automatic coded formula schedule or manually compiled schedule is displayed on the monitor screen.
- the various unit quantities of liquids to be dispensed are set by the alphanumerical keyboard.
- the capacity of the required container 20 is then keyed in, with the result that the mobile platform 19 is automatically and directly moved into the correct position and the unit quantities are multiplied if the required quantity exceeds the set quantity.
- the container is placed on the platform and the signal to start the feed is then fed by means of the displayed keyboard.
- the operations to be carried out in sequence are at the most five in number and the simultaneous delivery time for all the liquids does not exceed 45 seconds even in the case of complicated formulas. Thus the machine working cycle takes a maximum time of about 60 seconds.
- the apparatus is preset to deliver a minimum liquid quantity of 0.1 mm with an accuracy of 2.5%.
- the control of the liquid feed to the container 20 is effected in the following manner.
- the motor-reduction gear 11, 12 On receiving a start command from the computer, the motor-reduction gear 11, 12 begins to transfer liquid from the tank 1 to the solenoid valve 6 which, as it is not energized by the electric current, causes the liquid to recycle back to its tank 1 of origin.
- the motor 11 also transmits its rotation directly without step-down to the fan 13 which besides cooling the motor also enables the proximity switch 14 to determine the number of revolutions through which the motor rotates, in that one revolution of the motor corresponds to the passing of twelve blades of the fan 13.
- the proximity switch 14 converts the number of blades of the fan 13 which have passed by into electrical pulses which it feeds to the computer for memorizing.
- the computer takes the first subsequent blade signal as the switching signal for the solenoid valve 6, which then deviates the liquid into the container 20.
- the computer feeds signals for reswitching the solenoid valve 6 and halting the motor 11.
- the described plant can be used by either a producer or seller of paint products, with considerable economical and commercial advantages.
- the producer By combining several pigmented liquids the producer is able to obtain a wide range of colours and to reproduce others in a repeatable and proportional manner.
- the producer is able to completely satisfy the special requirements which the consumer places on his supplier without any slow down in production rate and without any increase in labour, which would substantially increase the cost of the final product.
- the retailer using said plant is able to considerably reduce the amount of stock as he needs only to stock the main colours sold, the others then being made up by the apparatus itself.
- the consumer is able to choose from a wide range of colours divided into innumerable shades, or indeed opt for shades between one colour and another, with the guarantee of reproducibility of the paint product characteristics.
- paint products can be prepared for numerous fields of application such as the building sector, the industrial and marine sector, vehicle bodywork, domestic electrical appliances and wood, as can inks, and also dyes for the textile and other industries.
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Description
- This invention relates to a computerized automatic plant for the simultaneous feed of several pigmented liquids of different colour to obtain a paint product of tile desired colour.
- To obtain a paint product, the various pigmented liquids are currently mixed together mainly by equipment which suffers from poor reproducibility of the paint product characteristics. In this respect, with the conventional syringe machine, which can be manual or semiautomatic, the error in the delivery of the individual liquids can range from 5 to 20%.
- More accurate equipment has also been proposed, but its cost, owing to its complexity, is too high to enable it to be used for producing bulk-use paint products.
- We have now discovered an apparatus for controlling the simultaneous feed of several pigmented liquids of different colour in a computerized automatic plant for producing a paint product of the desired colour, which obviates the drawbacks of the known art.
- In particular, said apparatus enables the individual liquids to be metered with high accuracy and reproducibility, and is of low cost and simple and economical operation.
- Said plant comprises a series of tanks 1, each of which contains a pigmented liquid of different colour and feeds a corresponding series of
metering pumps 3, each of which delivers the respective liquid to thecorresponding solenoid valve 6 which, according to the command which it receives, either feeds the liquid into thecollection container 20 in which the liquids originating from the various tanks 1 are mixed, or recycles the liquid to its tank 1 of origin through the pipe 8. - Said apparatus for controlling the simultaneous feed of the various liquids is characterised by comprising:
- a motor-reduction gear unit displacement metering pump 3 which transfers the liquid from a tank 1 to asolenoid valve 6; - afan 13 coaxial with themotor 11, and to which themotor 11 directly transmits its motion without step-down;
- aproximity switch 14 installed in correspondence with said fan and arranged to determine the number of revolutions through which the motor has rotated, to convert this into electrical signals and to feed these signals to thecomputer 22;
- acomputer 22 into which the quantity of liquid to be fed to thecontainer 20 is keyed and which controls the operations required for this feed. - The characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter and the relative accompanying figures.
- Figure 1 shows a computerized automatic plant for the simultaneous delivery of several pigmented liquids of different colour to obtain a paint product of the desired colour, and to which the liquid feed control apparatus of the present invention is applied.
- Figure 2 shows in detail the liquid feed control apparatus.
- The plant consists of several modules, each of which comprises a tank 1 containing one of the liquids to be delivered, and connected to a positive
displacement metering pump 3 by a suction pipe 4. - In the suction pipe 4 there is connected a shut-off valve 5 and a fine mesh filter 5′ for removing from the liquid any foreign matter which could damage the circuit.
- The liquid is pumped by the
pump 3 in the direction of a 3-way, 2-position solenoid valve 6 connected to the same pump by adischarge pipe 7 of smaller cross-section than the suction pipe 4. - If the
valve 6 is unenergized and therefore not switched over, the liquid reaching it is recycled to its tank 1 of origin through the recycle pipe 8, which is of equal cross-section to thedischarge pipe 7. - If on the other hand the valve is energized with the result that it has been switched over, the liquid is delivered into a
collection container 20 through adelivery nozzle 9 of small cross-section. - The apparatus for controlling the feed of the various liquids consists of the
motor 11, thereduction gear 12, thefan 13, theproximity switch 14 and thecomputer 22. - The motor-
reduction gear unit pump 3, whereas themotor 11 directly transmits its motion without step-down to thefan 13 coaxial with it. - The
fan 13 is composed of twelve equidistant radial blades . - The step-down ratio between the motor and the reduction gear is 62, so that a complete revolution of the pump can be divided into 744 (= 62 x 12) equal parts, thus determining the minimum quantity of liquid which can be delivered.
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proximity switch 14 is fixed in correspondence with saidfan 13. It determines the number of revolutions through which themotor 11 has rotated by counting the number of blades which have passed by, then translates this data into electrical pulses and feeds these pulses to thecomputer 22. - The
computer 22, into which the quantity of liquid to be delivered is keyed, starts the motor-reduction gear-pump unit, receives and memorizes the number of fan blades which have passed by, switches thesolenoid valves 6 to allow delivery of liquid to thecontainer 20, counts the number' of pulses corresponding to the quantity of liquid to be delivered and then reswitches thesolenoid valve 6 and halts themotor 11. - As also shown in Figure 1, the plant consists of a number of unit modules of the described type equal to the number of different liquids which can be used, and these liquids do not come into mutual contact other than in the
container 20 in which they are mixed. - Said plant can consist for example of 30 modules of the described type, each of which is designed to deliver a different coloured liquid to the
container 20. Obviously, the number of said modules is chosen on the basis of production requirements. - The various coloured liquids are delivered in the proportions necessary to obtain the desired colour of the final mixture which constitutes the paint product.
- Because of the liquid characteristics, the tanks 1 are constructed preferably of thermoplastic polymer or copolymer such as polyformaldehyde, but they can also be constructed of metal such as stainless steel. They are provided with
stirrers 10 driven by motors 2, which are powered at predetermined time intervals to prevent pigment deposition. The tanks have an asymmetric funnel-shaped base to prevent pigment sedimentation. - The
pump 3 used for metering the liquid is of the positive displacement type. - The
solenoid valve 6 is of the fast response type able to reduce errors to a minimum. The response time is 10 msec. - It has a deviating armature which is coated with a material resistant to the passing liquids.
- The
valve 6 operates with alternating current. An electrical pulse fed to the magnetic energizing solenoid attracts the deviator armature which remains in this position until the solenoid is de-energized. - Return to its initial position is by a spring which has undergone compression during the previous stage.
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containers 20 are supplied in different sizes because the quantity of paint product required or any given delivery differs. Said containers are raised to a height representing a minimum distance from thenozzles 9 by amobile platform 19 able to be moved up and down vertically by anelectrical actuator 21. - The mixture formed from the liquids delivered into the
container 20 is homogenized during this operation for example by a mechanical stirrer or vibrator. - All the plant operations are controlled by a computerized central unit.
- Said unit comprises: peripheral hardware, control and implementation hardware, central control unit (computer), data acquisition and user dialogue software, and execution software for the acquired input.
- The peripheral hardware is represented by all the equipment the user uses for dialogue with the computer and consists of the alphanumerical keyboard, monitor, printer and floppy disks.
- The control and implementation hardware is represented by a data acquisition system based on individual digital input and output modules which, without any configuration restriction, can be connected together and to the computer to form a complete system according to the individual application requirements.
- The central control unit comprises a number of cards equal to the number of peripherals used plus the required functions.
- The data acquisition and user dialogue software consists of the automatic coded formula schedules, manually compiled schedules for new formulas, delivery test schedules, personalized check-control publicity schedules and menu schedules for the use and ordinary maintenance of the plant.
- In this manner it is possible to completely utilize the computer so as to eliminate idle times in the preparation of paint products.
- The acquired input execution software is represented by a connection program for enabling the apparatus to operate in the production of the paint product. It is a specific program created on the basis of the data keyed in by the user, the physical characteristics of the liquids used, and the characteristics of the apparatus itself.
- The following example of the operation of the described plant is given for the purpose of non-limiting illustration.
- Using the alphanumerical keyboard, the automatic coded formula schedule or manually compiled schedule is displayed on the monitor screen. By pressing specific keys, the various unit quantities of liquids to be dispensed are set by the alphanumerical keyboard. The capacity of the required
container 20 is then keyed in, with the result that themobile platform 19 is automatically and directly moved into the correct position and the unit quantities are multiplied if the required quantity exceeds the set quantity. The container is placed on the platform and the signal to start the feed is then fed by means of the displayed keyboard. The operations to be carried out in sequence are at the most five in number and the simultaneous delivery time for all the liquids does not exceed 45 seconds even in the case of complicated formulas. Thus the machine working cycle takes a maximum time of about 60 seconds. - The apparatus is preset to deliver a minimum liquid quantity of 0.1 mm with an accuracy of 2.5%.
- The control of the liquid feed to the
container 20 is effected in the following manner. - On receiving a start command from the computer, the motor-
reduction gear solenoid valve 6 which, as it is not energized by the electric current, causes the liquid to recycle back to its tank 1 of origin. - The
motor 11 also transmits its rotation directly without step-down to thefan 13 which besides cooling the motor also enables theproximity switch 14 to determine the number of revolutions through which the motor rotates, in that one revolution of the motor corresponds to the passing of twelve blades of thefan 13. Theproximity switch 14 converts the number of blades of thefan 13 which have passed by into electrical pulses which it feeds to the computer for memorizing. - When the motor has come up to working speed, the computer takes the first subsequent blade signal as the switching signal for the
solenoid valve 6, which then deviates the liquid into thecontainer 20. When the number of pulses corresponding to the liquid quantity to be delivered has been counted, the computer feeds signals for reswitching thesolenoid valve 6 and halting themotor 11. - The described plant can be used by either a producer or seller of paint products, with considerable economical and commercial advantages.
- By combining several pigmented liquids the producer is able to obtain a wide range of colours and to reproduce others in a repeatable and proportional manner.
- In this manner, the producer is able to completely satisfy the special requirements which the consumer places on his supplier without any slow down in production rate and without any increase in labour, which would substantially increase the cost of the final product.
- The retailer using said plant is able to considerably reduce the amount of stock as he needs only to stock the main colours sold, the others then being made up by the apparatus itself.
- This allows a considerable reduction in fixed capital and the advantage of not holding stock which remains unsold for a considerable time due to the limited demand either for the particular colour or for the type of product.
- Finally, the consumer is able to choose from a wide range of colours divided into innumerable shades, or indeed opt for shades between one colour and another, with the guarantee of reproducibility of the paint product characteristics.
- Using said plant, paint products can be prepared for numerous fields of application such as the building sector, the industrial and marine sector, vehicle bodywork, domestic electrical appliances and wood, as can inks, and also dyes for the textile and other industries.
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AT8989122349T ATE104569T1 (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1989-12-04 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE SIMULTANEOUS FEED OF DIFFERENT PAINT LIQUIDS IN A MIXING PLANT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAINTS. |
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IT8822894A IT1227523B (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1988-12-06 | EQUIPMENT FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY FEEDING OF MORE PIGMENTED LIQUIDS IN A PLANT FOR THE PREPARATION OF PAINTING PRODUCTS |
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IT1227523B (en) | 1991-04-12 |
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DE68914799T2 (en) | 1994-08-04 |
ATE104569T1 (en) | 1994-05-15 |
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