EP0714839B1 - Procédé pour mettre en service ou adapter une machine pour souder des pièces brutes de boites et un magasin modulaire pour mise en oeuvre dudit procédé - Google Patents

Procédé pour mettre en service ou adapter une machine pour souder des pièces brutes de boites et un magasin modulaire pour mise en oeuvre dudit procédé Download PDF

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EP0714839B1
EP0714839B1 EP95117459A EP95117459A EP0714839B1 EP 0714839 B1 EP0714839 B1 EP 0714839B1 EP 95117459 A EP95117459 A EP 95117459A EP 95117459 A EP95117459 A EP 95117459A EP 0714839 B1 EP0714839 B1 EP 0714839B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • Y—GENERAL 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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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/10—Associated with forming or dispersing groups of intersupporting articles, e.g. stacking patterns
    • Y10S414/114—Adjust to handle articles or groups of different sizes

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  • the invention relates to a method for starting up or retrofitting a sheet metal processing machine according to the preamble of claim 1 and a modular magazine for performing the method according to claim 4.
  • Sheet stacking magazines and sheet separating devices are known and are used by many Used sheet metal processing machines and also for example in conventional can making machines used where the highest demands on the separation mechanism exist: there are up to 500 for medium-performance machines, up to 500 for high-performance machines to separate to 1000 sheets per minute.
  • the adjustable stack supports of the sheet stacking magazine e.g. designed as four angle profiles assigned to the sheet metal stack corners, which at a format change must be coordinated with each other.
  • stacking To enable individual sheets in the cadence mentioned, it is also known with the supply of Separating or spreading air to help keep the single sheet from the sheet stack flawless is separated.
  • the bottom sheet metal separating catches must be positioned exactly; For Every sheet format, sheet type and every sheet coating is a different positioning too choose. Both the adjustable air expansion elements required for this, as well as the stack supports for guiding and holding the stack of sheets are machine-bound, i.e. nearby of the magazine on the machine itself.
  • the stack supports the expansion air elements (Position and orientation of the air jet and blowing volume) and the distance from Isolation organ must be taken into account.
  • the operating instructions for such machines include a preferred one Basic setting and the further instruction to improve the settings until all Parameters are set empirically and thus have the right relationship to each other.
  • the present invention has for its object a method for commissioning or To propose a retrofit of a frame welding machine, which is a production start-up or. Changeover to another product (change of sheet format and / or sheet material) in allowed shorter time and simple, i.e. without the involvement of a specialist, by the line staff can be made.
  • auxiliary organs for separation are no longer in the Machine itself, but installed on the frame of a modular magazine save the settings by removing the magazine.
  • This in turn allows one modular magazine with the help of sample or sample sheets e.g. on a test bench of the Manufacturer or at another location where experts are available (e.g. at a central location of the line operator) to set correctly.
  • the operational magazine can then simply be mounted on the machine so that the changeover time (or time for the Commissioning) is minimized and the need for experts on site is eliminated.
  • a sheet stacking magazine 1 is for example for a can making machine shown in unfilled condition.
  • the sheet stacking magazine 1 has a frame 4 on by means of set screws 5 (on a not shown to relieve the figure Known welding machine, see e.g. CH-A 671 945) is positioned.
  • the welding machine has a separating device e.g. according to EP 0 575 707 A1 or EP 0 406 608 B1, which is also not shown.
  • the bottom sheet in each case from above into the sheet stacking magazine 1 filled sheet metal stack (not shown) gripped, for example sucked, and then transported in the direction of arrow P according to FIG. 1 to a further processing station.
  • a plurality of stack supports 6 or 18 For guiding and holding the stack of sheets, a plurality of stack supports 6 or 18 arranged.
  • the front stack supports are 6a, the rear ones designated 6b.
  • Stack supports 18 and 6c, 6d are arranged on the sides.
  • the front stack supports 6a, the rear stack supports 6b and the side stack supports 18 are at the bottom inward facing, under the sheet metal stack holding surfaces 28; the stack supports 6c, 6d do not have these surfaces and are mainly stack guides intended for the upper area of the stack of sheets.
  • the holding surfaces 28 define the lower one Sheet stacking edge.
  • the height of this sheet metal stack edge is in relation to the sheet separating device adjustable by means of the set screws 5, which is the distance of the bottom sheet to Separation organ determined.
  • the Stack supports 6 are provided with bevels 11 at the top.
  • the distance between the front and rear stack supports 6a, 6b corresponds e.g. a can processing size ( ⁇ ⁇ d), the distance between the side stack supports 18; 6c, 6d the can or Frame height.
  • ⁇ ⁇ d can processing size
  • the rear, also forming a piece stack supports 6b are arranged adjustable to set the desired distance.
  • a lower part 8 of the stack supports 6b is in corresponding recesses 9 of the frame 4 slidably guided and by means of adjusting screws 10 fixed at the desired location.
  • two parallel rails 14 are arranged so as to be mutually relatively adjustable, on which by means of adjusting screws 15 and 19 (Fig. 2 and 3) the side stack guides 6c or 6d and the stack supports 18, each at the desired distance from one another, can be fixed are.
  • two expansion air supply elements 22 are adjustable on the profile rails 14 arranged and fixable by means of adjusting screws 23 at the desired location.
  • the stack supports 18 are provided in the lower area with interchangeable separating locking elements, several have groove-shaped partitions 20.
  • Each expansion air supply element 22 is in the lower Area equipped with a height-adjustable blowing nozzle 24, the blowing direction by a rotation adjustment, angle adjustment and height adjustment, preferably in three degrees of freedom, selected relative to the expansion air supply element 22 and together with the desired one Nozzle height can be set by adjusting screws 25.
  • the spreading air volume is also in not shown, but adjustable in a conventional manner.
  • the distance to the side of the sheet stack corresponding to the desired frame height acting, opposing elements is achieved by adjusting the rails 14 set.
  • the frame 4 is equipped with two carrying handles 30.
  • the stack of sheets intended for further processing must be reliable in the sheet stacking magazine 1 must be held, but the bottom sheet must be slightly pulled off when stacking to be guaranteed. Especially double sheets, i.e. a peeling of two during the separation process sheets that stick together must be avoided. To meet this requirement Taking account of this will place high demands on the accuracy of the setting of the sheet stacking magazine 1 posed.
  • the setting accuracy is particularly important when it comes to High-performance machines in which, for example, up to 1000 pieces per minute to be edited.
  • Another advantage is that the customer provided the machine with several Modules can take over without having to carry out the complicated settings yourself have to.
  • Another advantage is that, according to the invention, a module change from one Machine to another machine is possible.
  • the sheet stacking magazine according to the invention is particularly suitable for can welding machines, who work with very high cycle rates, but are not limited to them.

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  1. Procédé pour mettre en service ou adapter une machine de traitement de tôles, notamment une machine de soudage de boítes, en rapport avec des tôles devant être traitées, notamment soudées, ayant des caractéristiques prédéterminées, comme notamment le format et/ou l'alliage et/ou l'état de surface, selon lequel des tôles à traiter sont séparées au moyen d'un dispositif de séparation (22) à partir d'un magasin à tôles (1) et sont transportées jusqu'à un poste d'usinage, caractérisé en ce qu'un magasin modulaire, transportable et pouvant être relié à la machine et comportant au moins un organe auxiliaire (22) pour la séparation des tôles est utilisé en tant que magasin à tôles (1) et est installé sur la machine, le ou les paramètres de fonctionnement de l'organe auxiliaire (22) ayant été déjà préréglés pour le fonctionnement, en rapport avec les caractéristiques de la tôle à traiter.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les paramètres de fonctionnement
    air d'individualisation (de préférence réglage d'une buse de délivrance d'air)
    cintrage de la tôle la plus basse dans la pile du magasin (de préférence réglage des organes d'encliquetage de séparation)
    distance de la tôle la plus basse par rapport à l'organe de séparation) (de préférence réglage d'un élément d'entretoisement)
    ont été préréglés en rapport avec une tôle prédéterminée devant être traitée.
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce qu'en rapport avec un remplacement des tôles à traiter, on retire le magasin modulaire (1) et on le stocke avec le réglage existant des paramètres de fonctionnement jusqu'à ce qu'il soit utilisé dans la machine de soudage de boítes pour l'usinage de tôles identiques.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'on règle les paramètres de fonctionnement sur la base de tôles échantillons sur un banc d'essais de machine, qu'on fait avancer le magasin modulaire (1), prêt pour fonctionner pour une tôle prédéterminée, jusqu'à l'opérateur en ligne ou jusqu'à la machine de soudage et qu'on l'installe alors immédiatement sur cette soudeuse à l'état prêt pour le fonctionnement ou qu'on la stocke de façon temporaire jusqu'à son utilisation.
  5. Magasin modulaire pour une machine de traitement de tôles, qui comporte un organe de séparation (22) pour des tôles devant être séparées les unes des autres à une cadence élevée à partir du magasin, comportant des supports réglables (6) de piles pour recevoir des piles de tôles de différents formats, caractérisé par un cadre (4) comportant un ou plusieurs organes auxiliaires (22) pour individualiser ou retirer des tôles individuelles au moyen de l'organe de séparation (22).
  6. Magasin modulaire selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par des éléments d'encliquetage de séparation réglables (28), agencés sous la forme d'un organe auxiliaire et montés sur le cadre, pour un cintrage prédéterminé de la tôle, prête pour être retirée, au moyen d'appuis situés dans ces positions précises.
  7. Magasin modulaire selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par des éléments (22) délivrant un air de séparation, qui sont disposés sur le cadre (4) et sont réglables selon au moins un degré de liberté et de préférence trois degrés de liberté, et qui servent à agir, au moyen de l'organe de séparation, sur les tôles devant être retirées directement successivement.
  8. Magasin modulaire selon la revendication 5, caractérisé par des appuis réglables (6) pour les piles, qui s'appliquent contre seulement un côté ou contre seulement des côtés opposés de tôles.
  9. Magasin modulaire selon la revendication 5, pour une machine de traitement de tôles, comportant des moyens pour stocker le magasin modulaire dans une position définie par rapport à l'organe de séparation, caractérisé par des éléments d'entretoisement pour coopérer avec les moyens (5) pour supporter le magasin pour une position prédéterminée du cadre par rapport à l'organe de séparation.
  10. Magasin modulaire selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'entretoisement sont agencés en tant que vis de réglage (5) réglables en hauteur, disposées dans le cadre (4).
  11. Machine de traitement de tôles, notamment machine de soudage de boítes, comportant un magasin modulaire selon la revendication 5.
EP95117459A 1994-11-28 1995-11-06 Procédé pour mettre en service ou adapter une machine pour souder des pièces brutes de boites et un magasin modulaire pour mise en oeuvre dudit procédé Expired - Lifetime EP0714839B1 (fr)

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