EP1749589B1 - Method and apparatus for cleaning a wire or the external surface of a tube - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for cleaning a wire or the external surface of a tube Download PDF

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EP1749589B1
EP1749589B1 EP06118480A EP06118480A EP1749589B1 EP 1749589 B1 EP1749589 B1 EP 1749589B1 EP 06118480 A EP06118480 A EP 06118480A EP 06118480 A EP06118480 A EP 06118480A EP 1749589 B1 EP1749589 B1 EP 1749589B1
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  • the invention relates to a device for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube, suitably both with round cross sections, by means of substantially parallel to and against the direction of the wire or the tube moving, textile or textile material strands, the wire or the tube surrounded in the form of at least one of these adjacent loops in a looping zone and optionally contain one or more cleaning agents, wherein the inlet and outlet angles of these strands of material relative to the wire or the outer surface of the tube is flat. For several adjacent loops, one can speak of helical fitting.
  • This technology has been used not only to uniformly apply a solid or liquid substance, such as paraffin, to lubricate the wire, but also to clean wire surfaces, such as those used in the art DE-A-100 01 591 described device and in the US-A-4,817,645 described method.
  • the problem underlying the invention is thus to overcome the disadvantages of the US-A-4,817,645 known method to eliminate or at least significantly reduce and avoid tearing of the textile or textile material strands.
  • this object is achieved.
  • the achievement of the object is that in a device having the features mentioned at least one device for adjusting and regulating the speed and the biasing force of the material strands is present.
  • the inventive method is accordingly characterized in that adjusting the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands and controls.
  • Such a device or method with an adjustability of the speed and the prestressing force of the material strands keeps the entry and exit angles of the strands of material relative to the wire or the outer surface of the tube small. This avoids that the material strand is tightening and tearing.
  • textile or textile-like material strand includes threads, yarns, tapes and flat tapes.
  • textile or textile material strand further includes braided, woven, knitted, knitted, crocheted, twisted and strands obtained by other fabric forming processes, which in turn include narrower than textile products, such as monofilaments, multifilaments with short or continuous fibers made by fabricating processes .
  • Textile or textile-like material strands preferred according to the invention are braided strands of material, very particularly preferably plait, square, round, ribbon and flat braids.
  • Braided material strands have the advantage that a possibly tattered single strand of a braided from several strands of material strand is blocked by intersections with other single strands and therefore the single strand does not postpone, as in threads or fabrics, and the entire material strand does not dissolve, as in crocheted or knitted strands of material would be the case.
  • Banded braids and flat braids, ie braided flat belts, are very particularly preferred as material strands. These have the advantage that they have a particularly smooth running behavior in the process according to the invention, a larger contact surface between the textile or textile-like Offer material strand and the wire or the outer surface of the tube and are particularly well suited for large wire or tube diameter.
  • the textile or textile-like material strands are band braids or flat braids each of 3 to 51 individual strands.
  • the textile or textile-like material strands are square braids or round braids each consisting of 4 to 32 individual strands.
  • Banded braids or flat braids used according to the invention as the textile or textile-like material strands preferably have a width of 0.5 to 50 mm, particularly preferably 2 to 30 mm.
  • Square meshes or round braids used according to the invention preferably have a strand diameter of 0.5 to 30 mm, more preferably 1 to 10 mm.
  • the textile or textile-like material strands square mesh or circular braids are provided with a centrally arranged in the longitudinal direction of the strand soul in the fabric, the soul is made of a different material than the individual strands used to produce the fabric.
  • the soul serves to absorb tensile forces.
  • braids in the braiding the soul does not run around with the individual strands to be braided and is therefore not woven, but is braided parallel to the direction and is thus suitable to absorb tensile forces without stretching.
  • textile or textile material strands covers all substances which are suitable for the specific purpose, as the person skilled in the art or from literature, such as Manuals, can be determined.
  • textile-like strands of material also includes binders interconnected with natural fibers, plastic fibers, metal fibers, glass fibers, ceramic fibers, staple fibers (short fibers), plastic films and similar materials which have the required properties for a particular use, such as tear strength, resistance to rubbing through, absorbency , Linting and other properties. Based on the knowledge of the required properties and the properties that certain substances or substance combinations have, the skilled person is able to produce or acquire materials for the material strands used according to the invention.
  • the textile or textile-like material strand is produced from a combination of individual strands of different materials or materials.
  • the selection of the different materials of the individual strands is expediently chosen so that the entire material strand receives a combination of advantageous properties.
  • aramid filament fibers may advantageously be combined with textured filaments of polyamide or with short fiber yarns of viscose for increased absorbency to increase tensile strength and wear resistance.
  • the strands of material must be receptive or porous to receive a liquid or solid substance, such as a lubricant, polish, abrasive or cleaning agent, and in the belt to the wire or the tube.
  • a liquid or solid substance such as a lubricant, polish, abrasive or cleaning agent
  • the material of the material strands may themselves have the desired properties and then need not have porosity, for example, to receive and bind an abrasive.
  • wrap zone means the range in which the single or multiple wraps of the wire or tube through the strand of material and thus the zone in which the desired cleaning is performed, begins and ends.
  • the material strand to support the cleaning effect may contain a cleaning agent in the form of a solvent and / or a grinding or polishing agent or other auxiliaries. As mentioned above, but the material strand itself can form the cleaning agent, which then abrasive abrasive on the wire or tube surface to be cleaned usually acts and polishing and optionally wipes liquid impurities or loosely adhering powder and / or absorbs.
  • abrasive abrasive on the wire or tube surface to be cleaned usually acts and polishing and optionally wipes liquid impurities or loosely adhering powder and / or absorbs.
  • a friction force is mentioned. This is the force occurring in the course of the process in the course of the process, which occurs when the textile or textile-like material strand abuts the wire to be cleaned or the outer surface of a tube due to the friction between the two.
  • the frictional force depends on the properties of the materials, but also on the strength of the pressure of the flexible strand of material on the wire or sleeve.
  • the frictional force is expressed as the difference in pultrusion force of the textile or textile-like strand of material before and after the wrapping zone, i. So determined in the drawing at points 3.2 and 3.3.
  • the device according to the invention suitably has such means for adjusting and regulating the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands that the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands are mutually independently adjustable and adjustable.
  • this independent adjustment and regulation of the speed and the biasing force in such a way that both parameters are substantially constant.
  • This adjustment and regulation of the biasing force of the material strands is expediently carried out on the strand-feeding side of the wrapping zone, while the device for adjusting and regulating the speed of the textile or textile-like material strand takes place on the strand-winding side of the wrapping zone.
  • the adjustment and regulation can be done by hand, but it is expedient to provide an automatic control by specifying for each of the independently adjustable and controllable parameters a setpoint to which seeks to adjust in case of deviations of the actual value.
  • the adjustment and regulation of the biasing force of the material strand is expediently carried out with a motor with a high braking torque, preferably with a synchronous motor with permanent magnets.
  • the adjustment and control of the speed of the material strand is performed with at least one high torque motor, preferably a permanent magnet synchronous motor.
  • Increasing the strand prestressing is associated with increasing coefficient of friction with increasing frictional force and reduction of the strand prestressing with decreasing frictional force.
  • the friction force is adjusted by the number of wraps of the textile material strand around the wire or the tube. It increases with increasing number of wraps.
  • the frictional force should be set and maintained at a value at least 20% higher than the strand bias.
  • the propulsion speed of the textile or textile material strands should be significantly smaller than that of the wire to be cleaned or the tube to be cleaned.
  • the invention also relates to a method for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube by means of one or more, optionally containing at least one detergent, substantially parallel to but running counter to the direction of the wire or tube running, textile or textile-like Material strands, which are run in the form of at least one voltage applied to the wire or the tube loop, wherein the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile-like material strands are adjusted and regulated.
  • a cleaning agent it is expedient to use at least one solvent and / or grinding or polishing agent or other auxiliary agent.
  • the speed and the biasing force can be set and controlled substantially independently of each other and are suitably kept substantially constant.
  • the method features can be found in the above device features.
  • the cleaning measure is expedient for the cleaning measure to be preceded or followed by a coating of the wire or tube, with which the wire or tube, on the one hand, and the textile or textile-like material strands, on the other hand, run in the same direction, of which material strands a liquid and / or solid material in or on the wire is added thereto.
  • a cleaning device upstream or downstream device that logs in principle according to the same characteristics as the device according to the present application, but with in the same direction and not counter-expiring strand of material and wire / tube.
  • Procedural measures is created in the preferably upstream treatment with a similar structure, as in the case of the invention, the prerequisite to apply a coating on the upstream device with an abrasive or other auxiliary to the wire.
  • the wire With a corresponding downstream device, the wire can be coated with a liquid or solid lubricant and / or liquid or solid protective agent.
  • FIG. 1 The drawing schematically shows the implementation of the method according to the invention with reference to a flow chart.
  • the illustration shows the course of the textile strand and the wire as a flow chart.
  • the textile strand is withdrawn from one or more supply reels 4.1 and passed through the brake 4.2 to the engine block for controlling the strand bias 2. There, the strand is passed over a pulley 2.7 on the drive roller 2.2 and placed to avoid slippage several times to this and the roll package 2.3.
  • Drive roller and roller package form a mechanical unit in the form of acting against the spring 2.5 dancer. Its deflection is detected by the sensor 2.6 as a strand bias. The actual phase bias is compared with the user-settable setpoint. If the actual value is too high or low, the speed of the drive motor 2.1 is increased or decreased.
  • the strand is deflected via the stranding pulley 3.2 at a shallow angle parallel to the wire in the wrapping zone 3.
  • the wire runs between the guide rollers 3.4 and 3.5 against the strand movement.
  • Guided accordingly to the strand deflection rollers 3.1.1 one can loop the strand on both sides of the belt unit around the wire by turning the belt unit 3.1.
  • friction between the strand and wire increases, based on the operator-adjustable strand bias.
  • the used strand is again deflected away from the wire at a shallow angle and guided to the engine block for controlling the strand speed 1.
  • the strand is placed several times around a drive roller 1.2 and a roll package 1.3 to avoid slippage.
  • the synchronous motor 1.1 the strand is constantly advanced with the speed set by the operator in the device control.
  • Drive roller and roller package form a mechanical unit in the form of acting against the spring 1.5 dancer. Its deflection is detected by the sensor 1.6 as a strand tension after the wrapping zone. This is compared in the main unit 5 with a user-settable multiple of the strand bias and evaluated for a fault alarm.
  • the strand passes through another deflection roller 1.7 the dancer unit for the winding 5.1, which turns on and off the motor 5.8 of the waste coil 5.9 to maintain a nearly constant strand voltage.
  • the strand is evenly distributed over the width of the waste coil 5.9.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Reinigen eines Drahtes oder der Außenfläche einer Röhre, zweckmäßig beides mit runden Querschnitten, mit Hilfe im wesentlichen parallel zu und entgegen der Laufrichtung des Drahtes oder der Röhre sich bewegender, textiler oder textilartiger Materialstränge, die den Draht oder die Röhre in Form wenigstens einer an diesen anliegender Schlingen in einer Umschlingungszone umgeben und gegebenenfalls ein oder mehrere Reinigungsmittel enthalten, wobei der Ein- und Auslaufwinkel dieser Materialstränge gegenüber dem Draht oder der Außenfläche der Röhre flach ist. Bei mehreren anliegenden Schlingen kann man von spiralförmig anliegend sprechen.The invention relates to a device for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube, suitably both with round cross sections, by means of substantially parallel to and against the direction of the wire or the tube moving, textile or textile material strands, the wire or the tube surrounded in the form of at least one of these adjacent loops in a looping zone and optionally contain one or more cleaning agents, wherein the inlet and outlet angles of these strands of material relative to the wire or the outer surface of the tube is flat. For several adjacent loops, one can speak of helical fitting.

Bereits in den 90er Jahren erkannte man das vielversprechende Prinzip, eine Drahtoberfläche mit Hilfe eines um den Draht geschlungenen textilen oder textilartigen Materialstranges zu behandeln. Beispielsweise aus der EP-B-0 499 775 mit Prioritäten vom 18.02. und 15.10.1991 war ein Verfahren zum Gleitfähigmachen eines Drahtes durch Beschichten des Drahtes mit einem festen oder flüssigen Gleitmittel bekannt, wobei man den Draht durch wenigstens eine an dem Draht anliegende Schlinge wenigstens eines mit dem Gleitmittel getränkten saugfähigen Materialstranges führte und dabei den Materialstrang mit im wesentlichen konstanter Geschwindigkeit, die geringer als die Vorschubgeschwindigkeit des Drahtes war, vorrückte. Der Vorschub von Draht und Materialstrang erfolgte in der gleichen Richtung.As early as the 1990s, the promising principle of treating a wire surface with the aid of a textile or textile-like material strand wound around the wire was recognized. For example, from the EP-B-0 499 775 with priorities from 18.02. and 15.10.1991 a method for lubricating a wire by coating the wire with a solid or liquid lubricant was known, wherein the wire was passed through at least one fitting to the wire loop of at least one impregnated with the lubricant absorbent material strand while the material strand with in substantially constant speed, which was less than the feed rate of the wire, advanced. The feed of wire and material strand took place in the same direction.

Diese Technologie wurde nicht nur zum gleichmäßigen Auftrag einer festen oder flüssigen Substanz, wie Paraffin zum Gleitfähigmachen des Drahtes, eingesetzt, sondern auch zum Reinigen von Drahtoberflächen, wie mit der in der DE-A-100 01 591 beschriebenen Vorrichtung und dem in der US-A-4,817,645 beschriebenen Verfahren.This technology has been used not only to uniformly apply a solid or liquid substance, such as paraffin, to lubricate the wire, but also to clean wire surfaces, such as those used in the art DE-A-100 01 591 described device and in the US-A-4,817,645 described method.

Bei der praktischen Anwendung dieses Verfahrens zur Reinigung im gegenläufigen Betrieb ergibt sich häufig, daß der Materialstrang sich festzieht und als Folgeerscheinung abreißt. Abgesehen von der daraus resultierenden eingeschränkten Produktqualität bedarf es Arbeit, das Verfahren nach dem Reißen des Materialstranges wieder in Gang zu bringen, was Ausfallzeiten bedeutet, die für die Produktion äußerst unerwünscht sind.In the practical application of this method for cleaning in opposite operation often results that the strand of material tightens and tears as a consequence. Apart from the resulting limited product quality, it takes work to re-start the process after the material strand has broken, which means downtime, which is extremely undesirable for production.

Die der Erfindung zugrundeliegende Aufgabe besteht somit darin, die Nachteile des aus der US-A-4,817,645 bekannten Verfahrens zu beseitigen oder doch wenigstens erheblich zu reduzieren und ein Reißen der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge zu vermeiden.The problem underlying the invention is thus to overcome the disadvantages of the US-A-4,817,645 known method to eliminate or at least significantly reduce and avoid tearing of the textile or textile material strands.

Durch das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren und eine hierfür geeignete Vorrichtung wird diese Aufgabe gelöst. Die erfindungsgemäße Lösung der Aufgabe besteht darin, daß in einer Vorrichtung mit den eingangs genannten Merkmalen wenigstens eine Vorrichtung zur Einstellung und Regelung der Geschwindigkeit und der Vorspannungskraft der Materialstränge vorhanden ist. Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren ist entsprechend dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Geschwindigkeit und die Vorspannungskraft der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge einstellt und regelt.By the method according to the invention and a device suitable for this purpose, this object is achieved. The achievement of the object is that in a device having the features mentioned at least one device for adjusting and regulating the speed and the biasing force of the material strands is present. The inventive method is accordingly characterized in that adjusting the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands and controls.

Eine derartige Vorrichtung bzw. ein solches Verfahren mit einer Einstellbarkeit der Geschwindigkeit und der Vorspannungskraft der Materialstränge hält die Einlauf- und Auslaufwinkel der Materialstränge gegenüber dem Draht bzw. der Außenfläche der Röhre klein. Hierdurch wird vermieden, daß der Materialstrang sich festzieht und reißt.Such a device or method with an adjustability of the speed and the prestressing force of the material strands keeps the entry and exit angles of the strands of material relative to the wire or the outer surface of the tube small. This avoids that the material strand is tightening and tearing.

Wenn in Verbindung mit der vorliegenden Erfindung davon die Rede ist, daß ein textiler oder textilartiger Materialstrang verwendet werden soll, so soll diese Formulierung die breitestmögliche Bedeutung haben, die sich für den Fachmann aus dem Begriff textil oder textilartig ergibt. Der Begriff textiler oder textilartiger Materialstrang umfaßt Fäden, Garne, Bänder und Flachbänder. Der Begriff textiler oder textilartiger Materialstrang umfaßt weiterhin geflochtene, gewebte, gewirkte, gestrickte, gehäkelte, verzwirnte und nach anderen Textilerzeugungsverfahren gewonnene Materialstränge, wobei diese Begriffe wiederum engere als textil zu bezeichnende Produkte einbeziehen, wie Monofilamente, Multifilamente mit Kurz- oder Endlosfasern durch Textilerzeugungsverfahren hergestellt. Erfindungsgemäß bevorzugte textile oder textilartige Materialstränge sind geflochtene Materialstränge, ganz besonders bevorzugt Zopf-, Quadrat-, Rund-, Band- und Flachgeflechte. Geflochtene Materialstränge haben den Vorteil, daß ein eventuell zerschlissener Einzelstrang eines aus mehreren Einzelsträngen geflochtenen Materialstrangs durch Kreuzungsstellen mit anderen Einzelsträngen blockiert wird und sich der Einzelstrang daher nicht aufschiebt, wie bei Zwirnen oder Geweben, und sich der gesamte Materialstrang nicht auflöst, wie dies bei gehäkelten oder gestrickten Materialsträngen der Fall wäre. Bandgeflechte und Flachgeflechte, d. h. geflochtene Flachbänder, sind als Materialstränge ganz besonders bevorzugt. Diese haben den Vorteil, daß sie in dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren ein besonders ruhiges Laufverhalten aufweisen, eine größere Kontaktfläche zwischen dem textilen oder textilartigen Materialstrang und dem Draht oder der Außenfläche der Röhre bieten und für große Draht-oder Röhrendurchmesser besonders gut geeignet sind.If it is mentioned in connection with the present invention that a textile or textile-like material strand is to be used, then this formulation should have the broadest possible meaning, which results for the skilled person from the term textile or textile-like. The term textile or textile-like material strand includes threads, yarns, tapes and flat tapes. The term textile or textile material strand further includes braided, woven, knitted, knitted, crocheted, twisted and strands obtained by other fabric forming processes, which in turn include narrower than textile products, such as monofilaments, multifilaments with short or continuous fibers made by fabricating processes , Textile or textile-like material strands preferred according to the invention are braided strands of material, very particularly preferably plait, square, round, ribbon and flat braids. Braided material strands have the advantage that a possibly tattered single strand of a braided from several strands of material strand is blocked by intersections with other single strands and therefore the single strand does not postpone, as in threads or fabrics, and the entire material strand does not dissolve, as in crocheted or knitted strands of material would be the case. Banded braids and flat braids, ie braided flat belts, are very particularly preferred as material strands. These have the advantage that they have a particularly smooth running behavior in the process according to the invention, a larger contact surface between the textile or textile-like Offer material strand and the wire or the outer surface of the tube and are particularly well suited for large wire or tube diameter.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung sind die textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge Bandgeflechte oder Flachgeflechte aus jeweils 3 bis 51 Einzelsträngen. In einer alternativen bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung sind die textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge Quadratgeflechte oder Rundgeflechte aus jeweils 4 bis 32 Einzelsträngen.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the textile or textile-like material strands are band braids or flat braids each of 3 to 51 individual strands. In an alternative preferred embodiment of the invention, the textile or textile-like material strands are square braids or round braids each consisting of 4 to 32 individual strands.

Erfindungsgemäß als die textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge verwendete Bandgeflechte oder Flachgeflechte haben vorzugsweise eine Breite von 0,5 bis 50 mm, besonders bevorzugt 2 bis 30 mm. Erfindungsgemäß verwendete Quadratgeflechte oder Rundgeflechte haben vorzugsweise einen Strangdurchmesser von 0,5 bis 30 mm, besonders bevorzugt 1 bis 10 mm.Banded braids or flat braids used according to the invention as the textile or textile-like material strands preferably have a width of 0.5 to 50 mm, particularly preferably 2 to 30 mm. Square meshes or round braids used according to the invention preferably have a strand diameter of 0.5 to 30 mm, more preferably 1 to 10 mm.

Je dicker die zu reinigenden Drähte oder Rohre sind, desto stärkere textile Stränge verwendet man. Vorzugsweise verwendet man oberhalb eines Draht- oder Rohrdurchmessern von 10 mm Bandgeflechte, während unterhalb von Draht- oder Rohrdurchmessers von ca. 1 mm Rund- oder Quadratgeflechte bevorzugt sind.The thicker the wires or pipes to be cleaned, the stronger textile strands are used. Preferably used above a wire or pipe diameters of 10 mm band braids, while below wire or pipe diameter of about 1 mm round or square braids are preferred.

In einer weiteren bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung sind die textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge Quadratgeflechte oder Rundgeflechte mit einer in Längsrichtung des Strangs zentral in dem Gewebe angeordneten Seele versehen, wobei die Seele aus einem anderen Material hergestellt ist als die zur Herstellung des Gewebes verwendeten Einzelstränge. Die Seele dient der Aufnahme von Zugkräften. Bei der Herstellung von Geflechten in der Flechtmaschine läuft die Seele nicht mit den zu flechtenden Einzelsträngen um und wird daher auch nicht eingeflochten, sondern wird parallel zur Laufrichtung umflochten und ist damit geeignet, ohne Dehnung Zugkräfte aufzunehmen.In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the textile or textile-like material strands square mesh or circular braids are provided with a centrally arranged in the longitudinal direction of the strand soul in the fabric, the soul is made of a different material than the individual strands used to produce the fabric. The soul serves to absorb tensile forces. In the production of braids in the braiding the soul does not run around with the individual strands to be braided and is therefore not woven, but is braided parallel to the direction and is thus suitable to absorb tensile forces without stretching.

Ähnliche Zugverstärkungen kann man bei Rund-, Quadrat- und Band- oder Flachgeflechten durch Zuführen von Zettelfäden erreichen. Diese laufen nicht zentral in die Flechtmaschine ein sondern im Zentrum der Flügelräder. Sie werden also auch nicht über die gesamte Geflechtoberfläche eingeflochten sondern laufrichtungsorientiert umflochten. Diese Herstellungstechniken mit Zettelfäden sind dem Textilfachmann geläufig.Similar tensile reinforcements can be achieved in round, square and band or flat braids by feeding Zettelfäden. These do not run centrally into the braiding machine but in the center of the impellers. So they are not woven over the entire mesh surface but braided directionally oriented. These production techniques with Zettelfäden are familiar to the textile expert.

Unter den Begriff der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge fallen alle Stoffe, die für den speziellen Zweck geeignet sind, wie der Fachmann weiß oder anhand von Literatur, wie Handbüchern, ermittelt werden kann. Damit fallen unter den Begriff der textilartigen Materialstränge auch mit Bindemitteln untereinander verbundene Naturfasern, Kunststoffasern, Metallfasern, Glasfasern, Keramikfasern, Stapelfasern (Kurzfasern), Kunststoffolien und ähnliche Materialien, die für einen bestimmten Verwendungszweck die erforderlichen Eigenschaften besitzen, wie beispielsweise Reißfestigkeit, Durchreibfestigkeit, Saugfähigkeit, Flusenbildung und andere Eigenschaften. Aufgrund der Kenntnis der benötigten Eigenschaften und der Eigenschaften, die bestimmte Stoffe oder Stoffkombinationen haben, ist der Fachmann in der Lage, Werkstoffe für die erfindungsgemäß verwendeten Materialstränge herzustellen oder zu erwerben.The term textile or textile material strands covers all substances which are suitable for the specific purpose, as the person skilled in the art or from literature, such as Manuals, can be determined. Thus, the term textile-like strands of material also includes binders interconnected with natural fibers, plastic fibers, metal fibers, glass fibers, ceramic fibers, staple fibers (short fibers), plastic films and similar materials which have the required properties for a particular use, such as tear strength, resistance to rubbing through, absorbency , Linting and other properties. Based on the knowledge of the required properties and the properties that certain substances or substance combinations have, the skilled person is able to produce or acquire materials for the material strands used according to the invention.

In einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung ist der textile oder textilartige Materialstrang aus einer Kombination von Einzelsträngen aus verschiedenen Materialien bzw. Werkstoffen hergestellt. Die Auswahl der verschiedenen Werkstoffe der Einzelstränge wird zweckmäßigerweise so gewählt, daß der gesamte Materialstrang eine Kombination aus vorteilhaften Eigenschaften erhält. Beispielsweise können mit Vorteil Aramidfilamentfasern zur Erhöhung der Zugfestigkeit und Verschleißfestigkeit mit texturierten Filamenten aus Polyamid oder mit Kurzfaserzwirnen aus Viskose für eine erhöhte Saugfähigkeit kombiniert werden.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the textile or textile-like material strand is produced from a combination of individual strands of different materials or materials. The selection of the different materials of the individual strands is expediently chosen so that the entire material strand receives a combination of advantageous properties. For example, aramid filament fibers may advantageously be combined with textured filaments of polyamide or with short fiber yarns of viscose for increased absorbency to increase tensile strength and wear resistance.

Dabei ist zu berücksichtigen, zu welchem Zweck das Verfahren im einzelnen dienen soll, da in bestimmten Fällen die Materialstränge aufnahmefähig bzw. porös sein müssen, um einen flüssigen oder festen Stoff, wie ein Gleitmittel, Poliermittel, Schleifmittel oder Reinigungsmittel, aufzunehmen und in der Umschlingungszone an den Draht oder die Röhre abzugeben. In anderen Fällen kann der Werkstoff der Materialstränge selbst die erwünschten Eigenschaften besitzen und braucht dann keine Porosität zu haben, um beispielsweise ein abrasives Mittel aufzunehmen und zu binden.It should be taken into account to what purpose the process is intended to serve in detail, since in certain cases the strands of material must be receptive or porous to receive a liquid or solid substance, such as a lubricant, polish, abrasive or cleaning agent, and in the belt to the wire or the tube. In other cases, the material of the material strands may themselves have the desired properties and then need not have porosity, for example, to receive and bind an abrasive.

Der hier verwendete Begriff der Umschlingungszone bedeutet den Bereich, in welchem die einfache oder mehrfache Umschlingung des Drahtes oder der Röhre durch den Materialstrang und damit die Zone, in welcher die erwünschte Reinigung vollzogen wird, beginnt und endet. Dabei kann der Materialstrang zur Unterstützung der Reinigungswirkung ein Reinigungsmittel in Form eines Lösemittels und/oder eines Schleif- oder Poliermittels oder anderer Hilfsstoffe enthalten. Wie oben erwähnt, kann aber der Materialstrang selbst das Reinigungsmittel bilden, das dann im Regelfall abrasiv auf die zu reinigende Draht- oder Röhrenoberfläche schleifend oder polierend einwirkt und gegebenenfalls flüssige Verunreinigungen oder lose anhaftende Pulver abwischt und/oder aufsaugt. In Figur 1 befindet sich die Umschlingungszone zwischen der Garneinlenkrichtung (Garneinlenkrolle) 3.2 und der Garnauslenkeinrichtung (Garnauslenkrolle) 3.3. Für die Reinigung eines Drahtes oder einer Röhre laufen letztere entgegen der Laufrichtung in Form wenigstens einer von dem Materialstrang gebildeten, an dem Draht oder der Röhre anliegenden Schlinge in entgegengesetzter Richtung. Wenn hier aber davon die Rede ist, daß der textile oder textilartige Materialstrang in einer bestimmten Laufrichtung im wesentlichen parallel zu dem Draht oder der Röhre sich bewegen soll, so ist damit nicht jeder kleine Abschnitt, sondern die Gesamtrichtung gemeint, weil durch die Umschlingung die kleinen Einzelabschnitte des Materialstranges nicht parallel zu dem Draht oder der Röhre laufen können.The term "wrap zone" as used herein means the range in which the single or multiple wraps of the wire or tube through the strand of material and thus the zone in which the desired cleaning is performed, begins and ends. In this case, the material strand to support the cleaning effect may contain a cleaning agent in the form of a solvent and / or a grinding or polishing agent or other auxiliaries. As mentioned above, but the material strand itself can form the cleaning agent, which then abrasive abrasive on the wire or tube surface to be cleaned usually acts and polishing and optionally wipes liquid impurities or loosely adhering powder and / or absorbs. In FIG. 1 is the wrapping zone between the yarn feeding direction (yarn guide roller) 3.2 and the Garnauslenkeinrichtung (Garnauslenkrolle) 3.3. For the cleaning of a wire or a tube, the latter run counter to the running direction in the form of at least one loop formed by the material strand and resting against the wire or the tube in the opposite direction. But if it is mentioned that the textile or textile-like strand of material in a certain direction to move substantially parallel to the wire or tube, so it is not meant any small section, but the overall direction, because by the wrap the small Individual sections of the material strand can not run parallel to the wire or tube.

Weiterhin ist im Zusammenhang mit dieser Erfindung von einer Reibkraft die Rede. Bei dieser handelt es sich um die beim Ablauf in der Umschlingungszone auftretende Kraft, die durch Anlage des textilen oder textilartigen Materialstranges an dem zu reinigenden Draht oder der Außenoberfläche einer Röhre, durch Reibung der beiden aneinander entsteht. Die Reibkraft hängt natürlich von den Eigenschaften der Materialien ab, andererseits aber auch von der Stärke des Andrückens des flexiblen Materialstranges an dem Draht oder der Hülse. Zweckmäßig wird die Reibkraft als die Differenz der Strangzugkraft des textilen oder textilartigen Materialstranges vor und nach der Umschlingungszone, d.h. also in der Zeichnung an den Punkten 3.2 und 3.3 ermittelt.Furthermore, in connection with this invention of a friction force is mentioned. This is the force occurring in the course of the process in the course of the process, which occurs when the textile or textile-like material strand abuts the wire to be cleaned or the outer surface of a tube due to the friction between the two. Of course, the frictional force depends on the properties of the materials, but also on the strength of the pressure of the flexible strand of material on the wire or sleeve. Conveniently, the frictional force is expressed as the difference in pultrusion force of the textile or textile-like strand of material before and after the wrapping zone, i. So determined in the drawing at points 3.2 and 3.3.

Die Vorrichtung nach der Erfindung besitzt zweckmäßig solche Einrichtungen zur Einstellung und Regelung der Geschwindigkeit sowie der Vorspannungskraft der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge, daß die Geschwindigkeit und die Vorspannungskraft der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge voneinander im wesentlichen unabhängig einstellbar und regelbar sind. Zweckmäßig erfolgt diese unabhängige Einstellung und Regelung der Geschwindigkeit und der Vorspannungskraft in einer Weise, daß beide Parameter im wesentlichen konstant sind. Diese Einstellung und Regelung der Vorspannungskraft der Materialstränge erfolgt zweckmäßig auf der strangzuführenden Seite der Umschlingungszone, während die Einrichtung zur Einstellung und Regelung der Geschwindigkeit des textilen oder textilartigen Materialstranges auf der strangaufwickelnden Seite der Umschlingungszone erfolgt.The device according to the invention suitably has such means for adjusting and regulating the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands that the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile material strands are mutually independently adjustable and adjustable. Suitably, this independent adjustment and regulation of the speed and the biasing force in such a way that both parameters are substantially constant. This adjustment and regulation of the biasing force of the material strands is expediently carried out on the strand-feeding side of the wrapping zone, while the device for adjusting and regulating the speed of the textile or textile-like material strand takes place on the strand-winding side of the wrapping zone.

Die Einstellung und Regelung kann insgesamt von Hand geschehen, doch ist es zweckmäßig, eine automatische Regelung vorzusehen, indem man für jeden der unabhängig einstellbaren und regelbaren Parameter einen Sollwert vorgibt, an den sich bei Abweichungen der Istwert anzupassen sucht. Die Einstellung und Regelung der Vorspannungskraft des Materialstranges erfolgt zweckmäßig mit einem Motor mit hohem Bremsmoment, vorzugsweise mit einem Synchronmotor mit Permanentmagneten.The adjustment and regulation can be done by hand, but it is expedient to provide an automatic control by specifying for each of the independently adjustable and controllable parameters a setpoint to which seeks to adjust in case of deviations of the actual value. The adjustment and regulation of the biasing force of the material strand is expediently carried out with a motor with a high braking torque, preferably with a synchronous motor with permanent magnets.

In ähnlicher Weise wird die Einstellung und Regelung der Geschwindigkeit des Materialstranges mit wenigstens einem Motor mit hohem Drehmoment, vorzugsweise einem Synchronmotor mit Permanentmagneten durchgeführt.Similarly, the adjustment and control of the speed of the material strand is performed with at least one high torque motor, preferably a permanent magnet synchronous motor.

Erhöhung der Strangvorspannung ist bei konstanter Umschlingungszahl mit größer werdender Reibkraft und Verringerung der Strangvorspannung mit abnehmender Reibkraft verbunden. Die Reibkraft wird durch die Zahl der Umschlingungen des textilen Materialstranges um den Draht oder die Röhre eingestellt. Sie nimmt mit steigender Zahl von Umschlingungen zu. Vorzugsweise sollte die Reibkraft auf einen um wenigstens 20 % höheren Wert als die Strangvorspannung eingestellt und beibehalten werden.Increasing the strand prestressing is associated with increasing coefficient of friction with increasing frictional force and reduction of the strand prestressing with decreasing frictional force. The friction force is adjusted by the number of wraps of the textile material strand around the wire or the tube. It increases with increasing number of wraps. Preferably, the frictional force should be set and maintained at a value at least 20% higher than the strand bias.

Die Vortriebsgeschwindigkeit der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge sollte deutlich kleiner als die des zu reinigenden Drahtes oder der zu reinigenden Röhre sein.The propulsion speed of the textile or textile material strands should be significantly smaller than that of the wire to be cleaned or the tube to be cleaned.

Nach einem anderen Aspekt betrifft die Erfindung auch ein Verfahren zum Reinigen eines Drahtes oder der Außenfläche einer Röhre mit Hilfe eines oder mehrerer, gegebenenfalls wenigstens ein Reinigungsmittel enthaltender, im wesentlichen parallel zu der aber entgegen der Laufrichtung des Drahtes oder der Röhre laufender, textiler oder textilartiger Materialstränge, die man in Form wenigstens einer an den Draht oder die Röhre anliegenden Schlinge laufen läßt, wobei die Geschwindigkeit und die Vorspannkraft der textilen oder textilartigen Materialstränge eingestellt und geregelt werden. Als Reinigungsmittel verwendet man zweckmäßig wenigstens ein Lösemittel und/oder Schleif- oder Poliermittel, oder sonstiges Hilfsmittel. Auch in diesem Verfahren können die Geschwindigkeit und die Vorspannkraft im wesentlichen unabhängig voneinander eingestellt und geregelt werden und werden zweckmäßig im wesentlichen konstant gehalten. Im übrigen lassen sich die Verfahrensmerkmale den obigen Vorrichtungsmerkmalen entnehmen.According to another aspect, the invention also relates to a method for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube by means of one or more, optionally containing at least one detergent, substantially parallel to but running counter to the direction of the wire or tube running, textile or textile-like Material strands, which are run in the form of at least one voltage applied to the wire or the tube loop, wherein the speed and the biasing force of the textile or textile-like material strands are adjusted and regulated. As a cleaning agent, it is expedient to use at least one solvent and / or grinding or polishing agent or other auxiliary agent. Also in this method, the speed and the biasing force can be set and controlled substantially independently of each other and are suitably kept substantially constant. For the rest, the method features can be found in the above device features.

In bestimmten Fällen ist es zweckmäßig, daß man zu der Reinigungsmaßnahme eine Beschichtung des Drahtes bzw. der Röhre voranstellt oder nachschaltet, mit der der Draht bzw. die Röhre einerseits und die textilen bzw. textilartigen Materialstränge andererseits in gleicher Richtung laufen, wobei von diesen Materialsträngen ein in oder auf ihnen befindliches flüssiges und/oder festes Material auf dem Draht zugegeben wird. Dies geschieht durch eine der Reinigungsvorrichtung vorgeschaltete oder nachgeschaltete Vorrichtung, die im Prinzip nach den gleichen Merkmalen wie die Vorrichtung nach der vorliegenden Anmeldung anmeldet, jedoch mit in gleicher Richtung und nicht gegenläufig ablaufendem Materialstrang und Draht/Röhre. Durch diese Abwandlung der Verfahrensmaßnahmen wird bei der vorzugsweise vorgeschalteten Behandlung mit ähnlichem Aufbau, wie im Falle der Erfindung die Voraussetzung geschaffen, auf der vorgeschalteten Vorrichtung eine Beschichtung mit einem Schleifmittel oder einem anderen Hilfsmittel auf den Draht aufzubringen. Mit einer entsprechenden nachgeschalteten Vorrichtung kann der Draht mit einem flüssigen oder festen Gleitmittel und/oder flüssigen oder festen Schutzmittel beschichtet werden.In certain cases, it is expedient for the cleaning measure to be preceded or followed by a coating of the wire or tube, with which the wire or tube, on the one hand, and the textile or textile-like material strands, on the other hand, run in the same direction, of which material strands a liquid and / or solid material in or on the wire is added thereto. This is done by a cleaning device upstream or downstream device that logs in principle according to the same characteristics as the device according to the present application, but with in the same direction and not counter-expiring strand of material and wire / tube. By this modification of Procedural measures is created in the preferably upstream treatment with a similar structure, as in the case of the invention, the prerequisite to apply a coating on the upstream device with an abrasive or other auxiliary to the wire. With a corresponding downstream device, the wire can be coated with a liquid or solid lubricant and / or liquid or solid protective agent.

In Figur 1 der Zeichnung ist schematisch die Durchführung des Verfahrens nach der Erfindung anhand eines Fließbildes dargestellt.In FIG. 1 The drawing schematically shows the implementation of the method according to the invention with reference to a flow chart.

Die Darstellung zeigt den Lauf des textilen Stranges und des Drahtes als Fließschema.The illustration shows the course of the textile strand and the wire as a flow chart.

Im Garnabzug 4 wird der textile Strang von einer oder mehreren Vorratsspulen 4.1 abgezogen und über die Bremse 4.2 an den Motorblock zur Regelung der Strangvorspannung 2 geführt. Dort wird der Strang über eine Umlenkrolle 2.7 auf die Antriebsrolle 2.2 geleitet und zur Vermeidung eines Schlupfes mehrmals um diese und das Rollenpaket 2.3 gelegt.In Garnabzug 4, the textile strand is withdrawn from one or more supply reels 4.1 and passed through the brake 4.2 to the engine block for controlling the strand bias 2. There, the strand is passed over a pulley 2.7 on the drive roller 2.2 and placed to avoid slippage several times to this and the roll package 2.3.

Antriebsrolle und Rollenpaket bilden eine mechanische Einheit in Form eines gegen die Feder 2.5 wirkenden Tänzers. Dessen Auslenkung wird vom Sensor 2.6 als Strangvorspannung erfaßt. Die Ist-Strangvorspannung wird mit dem vom Bediener einstellbaren Sollwert verglichen. Wenn der Ist-Wert zu hoch bzw. niedrig ist, wird die Drehzahl des Antriebsmotors 2.1 erhöht bzw. verringert.Drive roller and roller package form a mechanical unit in the form of acting against the spring 2.5 dancer. Its deflection is detected by the sensor 2.6 as a strand bias. The actual phase bias is compared with the user-settable setpoint. If the actual value is too high or low, the speed of the drive motor 2.1 is increased or decreased.

Anschließend wird der Strang über die Strangeinlenkrolle 3.2 mit einem flachen Winkel parallel zum Draht in die Umschlingungszone 3 eingelenkt. Der Draht läuft zwischen den Führungsrollen 3.4 und 3.5 der Strangbewegung entgegen. Entsprechend um die Strangumlenkrollen 3.1.1 geführt, kann man durch Drehen der Umschlingungseinheit 3.1 den Strang auf beiden Seiten der Umschlingungseinheit um den Draht schlingen. Mit zunehmender Zahl der Umschlingungen wird die Reibung zwischen Strang und Draht, ausgehend von der vom Bediener einstellbaren Strangvorspannung erhöht. An der Strangauslenkrolle 3.3 wird der verbrauchte Strang wieder mit flachem Winkel vom Draht weggelenkt und zum Motorblock zur Regelung der Stranggeschwindigkeit 1 geführt. Wieder wird der Strang zur Vermeidung eines Schlupfes mehrmals um eine Antriebsrolle 1.2 und ein Rollenpaket 1.3 gelegt. Mit dem Synchronmotor 1.1 wird der Strang mit der vom Bediener in der Gerätesteuerung vorgegebenen Geschwindigkeit konstant voranbewegt.Subsequently, the strand is deflected via the stranding pulley 3.2 at a shallow angle parallel to the wire in the wrapping zone 3. The wire runs between the guide rollers 3.4 and 3.5 against the strand movement. Guided accordingly to the strand deflection rollers 3.1.1, one can loop the strand on both sides of the belt unit around the wire by turning the belt unit 3.1. As the number of wraps increases, friction between the strand and wire increases, based on the operator-adjustable strand bias. At the strand deflection roller 3.3, the used strand is again deflected away from the wire at a shallow angle and guided to the engine block for controlling the strand speed 1. Again, the strand is placed several times around a drive roller 1.2 and a roll package 1.3 to avoid slippage. With the synchronous motor 1.1, the strand is constantly advanced with the speed set by the operator in the device control.

Antriebsrolle und Rollenpaket bilden eine mechanische Einheit in Form eines gegen die Feder 1.5 wirkenden Tänzers. Dessen Auslenkung wird vom Sensor 1.6 als Strangspannung nach der Umschlingungszone erfaßt. Diese wird in der Haupteinheit 5 mit einem vom Bediener einstellbaren Vielfachen der Strangvorspannung verglichen und für einen Fehleralarm ausgewertet.Drive roller and roller package form a mechanical unit in the form of acting against the spring 1.5 dancer. Its deflection is detected by the sensor 1.6 as a strand tension after the wrapping zone. This is compared in the main unit 5 with a user-settable multiple of the strand bias and evaluated for a fault alarm.

Anschließend passiert der Strang über eine weitere Umlenkrolle 1.7 die Tänzereinheit für die Aufwicklung 5.1, die den Motor 5.8 der Abfallspule 5.9 zur Aufrechterhaltung einer nahezu konstanten Strangspannung ein- und ausschaltet. Mit einer motorischen Verlegungseinheit 5.5 und 5.7 wird der Strang gleichmäßig über die Breite der Abfallspule 5.9 verteilt.Subsequently, the strand passes through another deflection roller 1.7 the dancer unit for the winding 5.1, which turns on and off the motor 5.8 of the waste coil 5.9 to maintain a nearly constant strand voltage. With a motorized laying unit 5.5 and 5.7, the strand is evenly distributed over the width of the waste coil 5.9.

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  1. A device for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube, using textile or textile-like material strands which move substantially parallel to, and against, the direction of travel of the wire or tube, the textile or textile-like material strands surrounding the wire or tube in the form of at least one loop lying close thereto in a looping zone and optionally containing cleaning material, wherein the approach and exit angle of one or more of said material strands is flat with respect to the wire or the outer surface of the tube, characterized by at least one apparatus for adjusting and regulating the speed and the tension of the material strands.
  2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are braids, preferably square braids, round braids, strip braids or flat braids.
  3. A device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are strip braids or flat braids formed from 3 to 51 individual strands or square braids or round braids formed from 4 to 32 individual strands.
  4. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are strip braids or flat braids with a width of 0.5 to 50 mm, preferably 2 to 30 mm, or square braids or round braids with a strand diameter of 0.5 to 30 mm, preferably 1 to 10 mm.
  5. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the devices for adjusting and regulating the speed and the tension of the textile or textile-like material strands are substantially independently adjustable and regulatable.
  6. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device has a motor with a high braking torque, preferably a permanent-magnet synchronous motor, as the device for adjusting and regulating the tension of the textile or textile-like material strands.
  7. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device for adjusting and regulating the speed of the textile or textile-like material strands has a motor with a high torque, preferably a permanent-magnet synchronous motor.
  8. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device for adjusting and regulating the tension is located on the strand supply side of the looping zone.
  9. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device for adjusting and regulating the speed of the textile or textile-like material strands is located on the strand pickup side of the looping zone.
  10. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device has additionally a device for adjusting and regulating the friction, preferably to at the lowest 20% but at the most 10 times the value of the strand tension.
  11. A device according to claim 10, characterized in that the apparatus for adjusting and regulating the friction measures the difference in strand tension before and after the looping zone.
  12. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the number of loops in the looping zone is regulated, preferably automatically.
  13. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drive speed of the textile or textile-like material strands is much lower than that of the wire or tube to be cleaned.
  14. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the material strand contains a cleaning material in the form of a solvent and/or abrasive or polish or other auxiliary material.
  15. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a coating device with the features of claim 1 is connected upstream and/or downstream thereof, wherein the wire or tube and the material strands run in approximately the same direction and the material strands contain a coating material.
  16. A device according to claim 15, characterized in that the material strands of the coating device contain a cleaning material in the form of a solvent and/or an abrasive or polish or a lubricant or other auxiliary material.
  17. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the approach and exit angles are in the range 0.2° to 12°.
  18. A device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drive speed of the textile or textile-like material strand can be held substantially constant, preferably by automatic regulation, and matches itself to varying wire or tube speed.
  19. A process for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube using one or more textile or textile-like material strands that runs substantially parallel, but opposite, to the direction of travel of the wire or tube, that may contain at least one cleaning material, and that are arranged to run in the form of at least one loop lying on the wire or tube, characterized in that the speed and the tension of the textile or textile-like material strand is adjusted and regulated.
  20. A process according to claim 19, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are braids, preferably square braids, round braids, strip braids or flat braids.
  21. A process according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are strip braids or flat braids formed from 3 to 51 individual strands or square braids or round braids formed from 4 to 32 individual strands.
  22. A process according to one of claims 19 to 21, characterized in that the textile or textile-like material strands are strip braids or flat braids with a width of 0.5 to 50 mm, preferably 2 to 30 mm, or square braids or round braids with a strand diameter of 0.5 to 30 mm, preferably 1 to 10 mm.
  23. A process according to one of claims 19 to 22, characterized in that as the cleaning measure a coating of the wire or tube is undertaken upstream or downstream, in which the wire or tube on the one hand and the textile or textile-like material strands on the other hand run in the same direction, whereby a liquid or solid material in or on said material strands is transferred onto the wire or tube.
  24. A process according to one of claims 19 to 23, characterized in that solvent and/or abrasive or polish is used as the cleaning material in the cleaning device.
  25. A process according to one of claims 19 to 24, characterized in that the tension and/or the speed of the textile or textile-like material strands is/are kept substantially constant.
  26. A process according to one of claims 19 to 25, characterized in that the speed and the tension are adjusted and regulated substantially independently of each other.
  27. A process according to one of claims 19 to 26, characterized in that a motor with a high braking torque, preferably a permanent-magnet synchronous motor, is used for adjusting and regulating the tension of the textile or textile-like material strands.
  28. A process according to one of claims 19 to 27, characterized in that a motor with a high braking torque, preferably a permanent-magnet synchronous motor, is used for adjusting and regulating the speed of the textile or textile-like material strands.
  29. A process according to one of claims 19 to 28, characterized in that the difference in the strand tension before and after traversing the looping zone is measured in order to adjust and regulate the friction.
  30. A process according to one of claims 19 to 29, characterized in that a cleaning material is applied prior to cleaning using the coating apparatus, which is then removed from the wire or tube surface together with contaminants by subsequent cleaning.
  31. A process according to one of claims 19 to 30, characterized in that a lubricant and/or a protective substance and/or another auxiliary material is/are applied by the coating device after cleaning.
  32. Use of textile or textile-like material strand manufactured in the form of a braid, preferably a square braid, round braid, strip braid or flat braid, to clean a wire or the outer surface of a tube in a device according to one of claims 1 to 18.
  33. Use of textile or textile-like material strand manufactured in the form of a braid, preferably a square braid, round braid, strip braid or flat braid, to clean a wire or the outer surface of a tube in a process according to one of claims 19 to 31.
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