EP3247829B1 - Sley drive system for a weaving machine - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a sley drive system for driving a sley in an oscillating manner, wherein the sley drive system comprises a sley lever unit arranged for oscillation about a sley lever axis and a sley drive unit for driving the sley lever unit.
- the invention further relates to a device comprising at least two sley drive systems and a weaving machine comprising at least one sley drive system.
- FR 1110124 A describes a sley drive unit comprising one cam being associated with one cam follower. According to FR 1110124 A , a beat-up movement is effected by means of the cam, whereas a return movement of the sley away from the fell line is effected by a spring element.
- the cam profile of the cam possesses central symmetry, this means along each line running through the axis of rotation of the cam and running in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam, the cam profile is point-symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation. Further the cam profile is chosen so that two working cycles of the sley are carried out during one revolution of the cam. A steeper slope being provided for effecting the beat-up movement results in the beat-up movement being carried out faster than a return movement of the sley.
- US 4,076,048 A describes a sley drive unit comprising two conjugated cams, which cams each are associated with one cam follower.
- Each cam follower comprises a cam follower roller mounted on a support arm of a sley lever unit, which support arms are conjointly rotatable about a sley lever axis for rotating a sley lever unit to and fro.
- the profile of the cams and the cam followers is such that by means of the two conjugated cams one beat-up movement and one return movement is effected during each revolution of the cams.
- EP 1 712 665 A1 describes a device for modulating a first rotational motion of an input shaft to a second, different from the first, rotational motion of an output shaft in textile machines.
- the device comprises a fixed complimentary cam provided with at least two cam profiles, at least one cam follower, which is linked to the input and the output shafts and which is provided with at least two contact rollers, each following a different cam profile, because of which the said cam followers are performing a rocking motion, wherein the said cam profiles are internal cam profiles.
- a sley drive system for driving a sley in an oscillating manner with a sley lever unit arranged for oscillation about a sley lever axis and with a sley drive unit for driving the sley lever unit
- the sley drive unit comprises two conjugated cams
- the sley lever unit comprises two cam followers, each cam follower being associated to and drivingly coupled with one of the two conjugated cams, and wherein the cam profiles of the two conjugated cams are chosen so that two working cycles of the sley lever unit are carried out during one revolution of the two conjugated cams.
- conjugated cams In the context of the application, two cam disks coupled to rotate together about a common axis of rotation and having cooperating cam surfaces are referred to as conjugated cams.
- conjugated cams When using two conjugated cams and two cam followers, an unintended release of the cam followers from the cams is avoided.
- conjugated cams allows to obtain a powerful beat-up of the weft threads and to weave heavier fabrics.
- the forces in the bearings for the conjugated cams are high, resulting in heat generation and wear of the bearings.
- the two conjugated cams rotate at half the speed of the speed of the weaving machine.
- the angular velocity of the cams is reduced to the half.
- a heat generation, and, thus, the energy losses for driving such a sley drive system is minimized.
- a life time of bearings for the cams and the cam followers is increased.
- the cams in one embodiment are arranged in an oil lubricated cam box. Due to the reduced load on the bearings, the oil temperature is lower compared with prior art systems, so that the oil has a larger viscosity that causes a better hydrodynamic oil film formation, which is additionally favorable for the bearings.
- the profile of the conjugated cams is chosen suitably by the person skilled in the art to effect a desired to-and-fro movement of the sley by a rotation of the cams by an angle of 180°.
- a rotation of the cams by an angle of 180° instead of a rotation of the cams by an angle of 360° as known from US 4,076,048 A
- a slope of the cam surfaces is steeper than in prior art drive systems.
- a pressure angle between the cam and the cam followers is less favorable with respect to the prior art, and expected contact forces between the cams and the cam followers are higher compared to prior art systems.
- the invention is based on the surprising advantage that the Hertzian contact pressure between the cams and the cam followers when providing two conjugated cams rotating at half speed is smaller than in prior art systems, in particular as the contact forces in the invention are higher due to the less favorable pressure angles caused by the steeper slope of the cams than in prior art systems.
- the combination of larger contact forces with lower speeds ensures hereby still for an increase of the life time, in other words the increase of the contact forces is more than compensated by the halving of the speed.
- each cam follower comprises a roller rolling on an associated cam surface, which roller is rotatably mounted by a bearing on a support arm of the sley lever unit.
- a diameter of the rollers is maximized while ensuring a rolling on the associated cam surface and/or considering space limitations.
- a diameter between about 65 mm and about 85 mm has proved to be advantageous when using cams having an enveloping diameter of about 150 mm.
- the two conjugated cams are fixedly mounted on a cam shaft, wherein a gearing unit is provided between a drive motor and the cam shaft.
- a gearing unit is provided between a drive motor and the cam shaft.
- the sley drive system is driven by a main drive motor of the weaving machine, wherein a gearing unit is provided between the main drive motor and the cam shaft.
- the sley drive system comprises a sley drive motor which is distinct from the other drive motors of the weaving machine.
- the cam shaft is directly coupled to the sley drive motor.
- the gearing unit is provided between the sley drive motor and the cam shaft.
- the cam followers are provided on a sley lever unit comprising a fork element having two support arms arranged to conjointly pivot about the sley lever axis.
- a compact construction is obtained.
- the length of the support arms is maximized while considering space limitations.
- forces in the bearings of the conjugated cams, as well as forces in the bearings of the cam follower rollers can be reduced by increasing the length of the support arms for the cam follower rollers.
- a defined torque is required.
- the driving torque applied by the cam followers is equal to the forces applied at the distal end, in particular at the cam follower rollers, multiplied by the length of the support arms.
- a maximum length of the support arms is limited by the available space in the weaving machine.
- the two conjugated cams possess central symmetry.
- central symmetry means that along each line running through the axis of rotation of the cam and running in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam, the cam profile is point-symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation.
- the cam profiles of the conjugated cams do not possess central symmetry. When the cam profiles do not possess central symmetry, a movement of the sley differs for two consecutive working cycles, in particular two consecutive weaving cycles. This allows obtaining weaving effects.
- the conjugated cams impose a symmetrical movement course to the sley shaft.
- the conjugated cams do not impose a symmetrical movement course to the sley shaft, so that the sense of rotation of the conjugated cams does influence the movement of the sley and the movement of the sley during beat-up movement differs from a return movement. Both movements in one embodiment are optimized. In other words, it is possible that the conjugated cams possess central symmetry or do not possess central symmetry, and/or impose a movement course that is symmetrical or not symmetrical.
- the slope of the cam profiles is chosen so that a fast movement is achieved when the sley moves away from the fell line. This allows starting the insertion of a weft thread earlier in the weaving cycle of an airjet weaving machine. Due to an elasticity of the woven fabric and the force of the tensioned warp threads, the sley is additionally forced away from the fell line, so that a fast movement when the sley moves away from the fell line does not necessarily result is high forces at the cam followers.
- the cams are balanced. This allows to omit additional balance masses, resulting in a lower inertia of the sley drive unit.
- a balancing is advantageous, as unbalances introduce centrifugal forces acting on bearings.
- the angular velocity of the cams is less than in the prior art, and therefore higher forces in the bearings resulting from unbalances are less crucial, balanced systems are still favorable.
- the two cam profiles are chosen so that the center of gravity of the two conjugated cams coincides at least essentially with the axis of rotation of the cam shaft.
- the bearings can be designed for smaller load.
- a device comprising at least two sley drive systems each with two conjugated cams and two cam followers, wherein the at least two sley drive systems are arranged coaxially and offset.
- the sley drive systems together drive the sley, wherein, in preferred embodiments, a number of sley lever units is provided, which sley lever units are driven by means of an associated sley drive unit.
- the cams rotate at an angular velocity, the cams also function as flywheels.
- the number of sley drive units can be chosen suitably by the person skilled in the art considering the weaving width and the required force.
- a weaving machine comprising a sley drive system.
- the cam followers of the at least one sley drive unit are arranged below the fabric. This arrangement allows for a rigid construction.
- Fig. 1 schematically shows in a side view a sley 1 of a weaving machine.
- a reed 10 is mounted to the sley 1 for beating-up weft threads against a fell line 20 of a fabric 2 in a manner generally known.
- the sley 1 with the reed 10 is moved in an oscillating manner to and fro by means of a sley drive system 3.
- the sley drive system 3 shown in Fig. 1 comprises a sley lever unit 4 arranged to rotate to and fro about a sley lever axis 40 and a sley drive unit 5 for driving the sley lever unit 4.
- the sley drive unit 5 comprises two conjugated cams 51, 52.
- the cams 51, 52 are fixedly mounted on a common cam shaft 53 to rotate conjointly about a central axis 50, which in this example is also the axis of rotation of the cam shaft 53.
- the cams 51, 52 are arranged offset to one another in axial direction, so that the cam 51 is hidden by the other cam 52 as indicated with broken lines in Fig. 1 .
- the cam shaft 53 is mounted by means of a bearing (not shown in Fig. 1 ) on a support element 6 of the weaving machine, for example a support element 6 that is part of the housing 30 (shown in figure 10 ).
- the sley lever unit 4 shown in Fig. 1 comprises a fork element 42 having two support arms 43, which are fixedly mounted on a sley shaft 44 to pivot conjointly about the sley lever axis 40, this is the axis of rotation of the sley shaft 44.
- the sley shaft 44 is mounted in the sley lever unit 4.
- the sley shaft 44 is part of the sley 1.
- a sley beam 11 onto which the reed 10 is mounted is fixed via sley legs 41 onto the sley shaft 44 of the sley 1.
- each support arm 43 functions as a cam follower 45, each of the cam followers 45 being associated to and drivingly coupled with one of the two conjugated cams 51, 52.
- the cam followers 45 each comprise a roller 46, 47 rolling on a cam surface of the associated cam 51, 52.
- Each roller 46, 47 is rotatably mounted by a bearing 48, 49 on the respective support arm 43.
- the cams 51, 52 are driven by a sley drive motor 7 (shown schematically in figure 1 ), which is distinct from other drive motors (not shown) of the weaving machine.
- a gearing unit 8 is provided between the sley drive motor 7 and the cam shaft 53, wherein a motor shaft 12 of the sley drive motor 7 rotates at a higher speed than the cam shaft 53.
- cam followers 45 in the embodiment shown are arranged below a fabric 2 allowing for a compact structure.
- the cam profiles of the two conjugated cams 51, 52 are chosen so that two working cycles of the sley lever unit 4, this means two beat-up strokes of the reed 10 are carried out during one revolution of the two conjugated cams 51, 52.
- Fig. 2 schematically illustrates two conjugated cams 51, 52, the fork element 42 with the support arms 43 and the rollers 46, 47.
- the cam profiles of both cams 51, 52 are central symmetrical about the central axis 50, this is the axis of rotation of the cams 51, 52.
- the sley drive system 3 of Fig. 2 imposes a movement course 31 on the sley shaft 44 as shown in Fig. 3 , which is symmetrical with respect to a plane 35.
- a pivot movement of the fork element 42 and the sley lever unit 4 (shown in Fig. 1 ) is independent of the sense of rotation of the two cams 51, 52.
- a fork element 42 is shown in one of its extreme positions.
- a further rotation of the cams 51, 52 regardless the sense of rotation of the cams 51, 52, will cause the fork element 42 to pivot in clockwise direction, this means the reed 10 shown in Fig. 1 will move away from the fell line 20 until reaching its rearward end position. The rearward end position will be reached after the cams 51, 52 have rotated about 90°. Thereafter, the rotation of the cams 51, 52 will cause the fork element 42 to rotate in counterclockwise direction and the reed 10 will move towards the fell line 20 for beating up a weft thread.
- the force required for driving the cam followers is equal to a pressure force multiplied by the cosinus of the pressure angle.
- the pressure angle A, B is the angle between the speed vector of the center of a roller 46, 47, which is perpendicular to its support arm 43, and the force vector between the respective roller 46, 47 and the associated cam 51, 52, as shown in Fig. 2 .
- the two support arms 43 have the same length, wherein the length of the support arms 43 is maximized while considering space limitations. In other embodiments, the support arms 43 differ in length.
- Fig. 4 schematically illustrates two conjugated cams 51, 52, a fork element 42 with the support arms 43 and rollers 46, 47 of an alternative sley drive system 3.
- the cam profiles of both cams 51, 52 impose a movement course 32 to the sley shaft 44, as shown in Fig. 5 , that is not symmetrical with respect to a plane 35.
- a pivot movement of the fork element 42 and the sley lever unit 4 shown in Fig. 1
- the movement of the sley 1 and the reed 10 differ for the backward and the forward movement.
- the profile sections 511, 524 and 513, 522 will determine the movement of the sley 1 and the reed 10 away from the fell line 20, whereas the profile sections 512, 521 and 514, 523 will determine the movement of the sley 1 and the reed 10 towards the fell line 20.
- the profile sections 512, 521 and 514, 523 will determine the movement of the sley 1 and the reed 10 away from the fell line 20, whereas the profile sections 511, 524 and 513, 522 will determine the movement of the sley 1 and the reed 10 towards the fell line 20.
- the cams 51, 52 possess central symmetry, and the opposing profile sections 511 and 513, the opposing profile sections 512 and 514, the opposing profile sections 521 and 523, and the opposing profile sections 522 and 524, respectively, are equal to each other.
- cam profiles according to Fig. 4 are chosen for example to move the reed 10 away from the fell line 20 at high speed for allowing the insertion of a weft thread to start earlier in the weaving cycle of an airjet weaving machine.
- Fig. 6 schematically illustrates two conjugated cams 51, 52, a fork element 42 with the support arms 43 and rollers 46, 47 of an alternative sley drive system 3, wherein the cam profiles of both cams 51, 52 impose with respect to a plane 35 a symmetrical movement course 33 on the sley shaft 44, as shown in Fig. 7 .
- Fig. 8 schematically illustrates two conjugated cams 51, 52, a fork element 42 with support arms 43 and rollers 46, 47 of another alternative sley drive system 3, wherein the cam profiles of both cams 51, 52 impose with respect to a plane 35 a symmetrical movement course 34 on the sley shaft 44, as shown in Fig. 9 .
- Fig. 10 shows schematically a front view of a device 9 comprising three sley drive systems 3 for driving conjointly a sley 1, which are arranged coaxially with respect to a sley lever axis 40 and offset in axial direction.
- each sley drive system 3 comprises a sley lever unit 4 and a sley drive unit 5, which are housed in a housing 30 and therefore not visible in Fig. 10 .
- the sley lever units 4 have a common sley shaft 44, which is driven to pivot to and fro, which is part of the sley 1.
- the sley beam 11 of the sley 1 is mounted on the sley shaft 44 via several sley legs 41, which are distributedly arranged along the sley shaft 44.
- the reed 10 is mounted on the sley beam 11.
- each of the sley drive systems 3 is assigned to a common sley drive motor 7. In other embodiments, each sley drive system 3 uses an individual drive motor.
- Figs. 2 , 4 , 6 and 8 illustrate that numerous embodiments are conceivable for providing two conjugated cams 51, 52.
- profiles are chosen so that the center of gravity of the two conjugated cams 51, 52 coincides at least essentially with the central axis 50, this is the axis of rotation of the cams 51, 52.
- the diameter of the rollers 46, 47 is maximized while ensuring a rolling on the associated cam surface and considering space limitations of the housing 30.
- the sley drive system, the device and the weaving machine according to the invention are not limited to the embodiments described by way of example and shown in the drawings.
- the sley drive system, the device and the weaving machine can also be carried out within the claims according to variant embodiments, shapes and dimensions, and combinations of the described and shown embodiments that fall under the claims are also possible;
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- The invention relates to a sley drive system for driving a sley in an oscillating manner, wherein the sley drive system comprises a sley lever unit arranged for oscillation about a sley lever axis and a sley drive unit for driving the sley lever unit. The invention further relates to a device comprising at least two sley drive systems and a weaving machine comprising at least one sley drive system.
- In weaving machines, it is generally known to drive a sley shaft carrying a reed by an oscillating sley lever unit, wherein the sley lever unit is driven by a sley drive unit comprising cams.
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US 4,076,048 A describes a sley drive unit comprising two conjugated cams, which cams each are associated with one cam follower. Each cam follower comprises a cam follower roller mounted on a support arm of a sley lever unit, which support arms are conjointly rotatable about a sley lever axis for rotating a sley lever unit to and fro. The profile of the cams and the cam followers is such that by means of the two conjugated cams one beat-up movement and one return movement is effected during each revolution of the cams.EP 1 712 665 A1 - It is an object of the invention to provide a sley drive system comprising a sley drive unit with two conjugated cams, wherein energy losses are decreased. It is a further object of the invention to provide a weaving machine comprising such a sley drive system.
- According to a first aspect of the invention, a sley drive system for driving a sley in an oscillating manner with a sley lever unit arranged for oscillation about a sley lever axis and with a sley drive unit for driving the sley lever unit is provided, wherein the sley drive unit comprises two conjugated cams and the sley lever unit comprises two cam followers, each cam follower being associated to and drivingly coupled with one of the two conjugated cams, and wherein the cam profiles of the two conjugated cams are chosen so that two working cycles of the sley lever unit are carried out during one revolution of the two conjugated cams.
- In the context of the application, two cam disks coupled to rotate together about a common axis of rotation and having cooperating cam surfaces are referred to as conjugated cams. When using two conjugated cams and two cam followers, an unintended release of the cam followers from the cams is avoided. Further, using conjugated cams allows to obtain a powerful beat-up of the weft threads and to weave heavier fabrics. However, in particular, when weaving at high speeds or weaving heavy fabrics, the forces in the bearings for the conjugated cams are high, resulting in heat generation and wear of the bearings. In accordance with the invention, in use, the two conjugated cams rotate at half the speed of the speed of the weaving machine. Hence, compared with a system shown for example in
US 4,076,048 A , the angular velocity of the cams is reduced to the half. By reducing the angular velocity, a heat generation, and, thus, the energy losses for driving such a sley drive system is minimized. Further, a life time of bearings for the cams and the cam followers is increased. The cams in one embodiment are arranged in an oil lubricated cam box. Due to the reduced load on the bearings, the oil temperature is lower compared with prior art systems, so that the oil has a larger viscosity that causes a better hydrodynamic oil film formation, which is additionally favorable for the bearings. - The profile of the conjugated cams is chosen suitably by the person skilled in the art to effect a desired to-and-fro movement of the sley by a rotation of the cams by an angle of 180°. As one to-and-fro movement of the sley is effected by a rotation of the cams by an angle of 180° instead of a rotation of the cams by an angle of 360° as known from
US 4,076,048 A , when rotating the conjugated cams over a certain angular range, a slope of the cam surfaces is steeper than in prior art drive systems. Hence, a pressure angle between the cam and the cam followers is less favorable with respect to the prior art, and expected contact forces between the cams and the cam followers are higher compared to prior art systems. Therefore, the expected higher contact forces will deter the person skilled in the art from providing two conjugated cams rotating at half speed. However, the invention is based on the surprising advantage that the Hertzian contact pressure between the cams and the cam followers when providing two conjugated cams rotating at half speed is smaller than in prior art systems, in particular as the contact forces in the invention are higher due to the less favorable pressure angles caused by the steeper slope of the cams than in prior art systems. The combination of larger contact forces with lower speeds ensures hereby still for an increase of the life time, in other words the increase of the contact forces is more than compensated by the halving of the speed. - In preferred embodiments, each cam follower comprises a roller rolling on an associated cam surface, which roller is rotatably mounted by a bearing on a support arm of the sley lever unit. When reducing the angular velocity of the cams without modifying a diameter of the rollers of the cam followers, the angular velocity of the rollers and, thus, a heat generation in the bearings for the rollers is reduced.
- When increasing a diameter of the rollers, the angular velocity of the rollers is further decreased. If a diameter is chosen too large, there is a risk that the roller cannot follow the cam surface along its circumference. In addition, in particular if a cam box is provided, space limitations are given. Preferably, a diameter of the rollers is maximized while ensuring a rolling on the associated cam surface and/or considering space limitations. In particular, a diameter between about 65 mm and about 85 mm has proved to be advantageous when using cams having an enveloping diameter of about 150 mm.
- In one embodiment, the two conjugated cams are fixedly mounted on a cam shaft, wherein a gearing unit is provided between a drive motor and the cam shaft. When decreasing the angular velocity of the conjugated cams without increasing the moment of inertia of the conjugated cams, the kinetic energy of the drive unit is reduced. Due to the reduced kinetic energy, larger speed variations in the rotation of the cams may arise. In order to avoid such speed variations, a gearing unit between a drive motor shaft and the cam shaft is provided, wherein the drive motor shaft rotates at a higher speed than the cam shaft. As a result, the kinetic energy is sufficient to limit speed variations in the rotation of the cams.
- In one embodiment, the sley drive system is driven by a main drive motor of the weaving machine, wherein a gearing unit is provided between the main drive motor and the cam shaft. In preferred embodiments, the sley drive system comprises a sley drive motor which is distinct from the other drive motors of the weaving machine. In one embodiment, the cam shaft is directly coupled to the sley drive motor. In preferred embodiments, the gearing unit is provided between the sley drive motor and the cam shaft.
- In a preferred embodiment, the cam followers are provided on a sley lever unit comprising a fork element having two support arms arranged to conjointly pivot about the sley lever axis. By providing the two cam followers on a common fork element, a compact construction is obtained. Preferably, the length of the support arms is maximized while considering space limitations. Hence, forces in the bearings of the conjugated cams, as well as forces in the bearings of the cam follower rollers, can be reduced by increasing the length of the support arms for the cam follower rollers. To drive the sley lever unit, a defined torque is required. The driving torque applied by the cam followers is equal to the forces applied at the distal end, in particular at the cam follower rollers, multiplied by the length of the support arms. Hence, when maximizing the length of the support arms, lower forces are sufficient for driving the sley lever unit. On the other hand, a maximum length of the support arms is limited by the available space in the weaving machine.
- In one embodiment, the two conjugated cams possess central symmetry. In the context of the application, central symmetry means that along each line running through the axis of rotation of the cam and running in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam, the cam profile is point-symmetrical with respect to the axis of rotation. In another embodiment, the cam profiles of the conjugated cams do not possess central symmetry. When the cam profiles do not possess central symmetry, a movement of the sley differs for two consecutive working cycles, in particular two consecutive weaving cycles. This allows obtaining weaving effects. In an embodiment, the conjugated cams impose a symmetrical movement course to the sley shaft. In another embodiment the conjugated cams do not impose a symmetrical movement course to the sley shaft, so that the sense of rotation of the conjugated cams does influence the movement of the sley and the movement of the sley during beat-up movement differs from a return movement. Both movements in one embodiment are optimized. In other words, it is possible that the conjugated cams possess central symmetry or do not possess central symmetry, and/or impose a movement course that is symmetrical or not symmetrical.
- In preferred embodiments, the slope of the cam profiles is chosen so that a fast movement is achieved when the sley moves away from the fell line. This allows starting the insertion of a weft thread earlier in the weaving cycle of an airjet weaving machine. Due to an elasticity of the woven fabric and the force of the tensioned warp threads, the sley is additionally forced away from the fell line, so that a fast movement when the sley moves away from the fell line does not necessarily result is high forces at the cam followers.
- When providing cam profiles possessing central symmetry, the cams are balanced. This allows to omit additional balance masses, resulting in a lower inertia of the sley drive unit. A balancing is advantageous, as unbalances introduce centrifugal forces acting on bearings. Although in accordance with the invention, the angular velocity of the cams is less than in the prior art, and therefore higher forces in the bearings resulting from unbalances are less crucial, balanced systems are still favorable.
- Preferably, the two cam profiles are chosen so that the center of gravity of the two conjugated cams coincides at least essentially with the axis of rotation of the cam shaft. Thereby, centrifugal forces introduced by the rotation of the cams are reduced and the weaving machine is less subjected to vibrations and also the forces in the bearings for the conjugated cams are reduced. Also due to an absence or at least reduction of the centrifugal forces of the conjugated cams, the bearings can be designed for smaller load.
- According to a second aspect, a device comprising at least two sley drive systems each with two conjugated cams and two cam followers is provided, wherein the at least two sley drive systems are arranged coaxially and offset. The sley drive systems together drive the sley, wherein, in preferred embodiments, a number of sley lever units is provided, which sley lever units are driven by means of an associated sley drive unit. As the cams rotate at an angular velocity, the cams also function as flywheels.
- The number of sley drive units can be chosen suitably by the person skilled in the art considering the weaving width and the required force.
- According to a third aspect, a weaving machine comprising a sley drive system is provided. Preferably, the cam followers of the at least one sley drive unit are arranged below the fabric. This arrangement allows for a rigid construction.
- Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description of the embodiments schematically illustrated in the drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same elements will be indicated by the same reference numerals. In the drawings:
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Fig. 1 is a side view of a sley drive system and a sley to be driven in an oscillating manner by the sley drive system; -
Fig. 2 is a schematic illustration of two conjugated cams and two cam followers associated and drivingly coupled with the two conjugated cams of the sley drive system ofFig. 1 ; -
Fig. 3 shows a movement course of the sley shaft of the sley drive system ofFig. 2 ; -
Fig. 4 is a schematic illustration of two conjugated cams and two cam followers associated and drivingly coupled with the two conjugated cams of a first alternative sley drive system similar toFig. 2 ; -
Fig. 5 shows a movement course of the sley shaft of the sley drive system ofFig. 4 ; -
Fig. 6 is a schematic illustration of two conjugated cams and two cam followers associated and drivingly coupled with the two conjugated cams of a second alternative sley drive system similar toFig. 2 ; -
Fig. 7 shows a movement course of the sley shaft of the sley drive system ofFig. 6 ; -
Fig. 8 is a schematic illustration of two conjugated cams and two cam followers associated and drivingly coupled with the two conjugated cams of a third alternative sley drive system similar toFig. 2 ; -
Fig. 9 shows a movement course of the sley shaft of the sley drive system ofFig. 8 ; and -
Fig. 10 shows a front view of a device comprising three sley drive systems. -
Fig. 1 schematically shows in a side view asley 1 of a weaving machine. Areed 10 is mounted to thesley 1 for beating-up weft threads against afell line 20 of afabric 2 in a manner generally known. Thesley 1 with thereed 10 is moved in an oscillating manner to and fro by means of asley drive system 3. - The
sley drive system 3 shown inFig. 1 comprises asley lever unit 4 arranged to rotate to and fro about asley lever axis 40 and asley drive unit 5 for driving thesley lever unit 4. - The
sley drive unit 5 comprises twoconjugated cams cams common cam shaft 53 to rotate conjointly about acentral axis 50, which in this example is also the axis of rotation of thecam shaft 53. Thecams cam 51 is hidden by theother cam 52 as indicated with broken lines inFig. 1 . Thecam shaft 53 is mounted by means of a bearing (not shown inFig. 1 ) on a support element 6 of the weaving machine, for example a support element 6 that is part of the housing 30 (shown infigure 10 ). - The
sley lever unit 4 shown inFig. 1 comprises afork element 42 having twosupport arms 43, which are fixedly mounted on asley shaft 44 to pivot conjointly about thesley lever axis 40, this is the axis of rotation of thesley shaft 44. Thesley shaft 44 is mounted in thesley lever unit 4. - In this embodiment the
sley shaft 44 is part of thesley 1. Asley beam 11 onto which thereed 10 is mounted is fixed viasley legs 41 onto thesley shaft 44 of thesley 1. - The distal end of each
support arm 43 functions as acam follower 45, each of thecam followers 45 being associated to and drivingly coupled with one of the twoconjugated cams cam followers 45 each comprise aroller cam roller bearing respective support arm 43. - In the embodiment shown, the
cams figure 1 ), which is distinct from other drive motors (not shown) of the weaving machine. Agearing unit 8 is provided between thesley drive motor 7 and thecam shaft 53, wherein amotor shaft 12 of thesley drive motor 7 rotates at a higher speed than thecam shaft 53. - The
cam followers 45 in the embodiment shown are arranged below afabric 2 allowing for a compact structure. - As will be described in more detail with reference to
Figure 2 , the cam profiles of the twoconjugated cams sley lever unit 4, this means two beat-up strokes of thereed 10 are carried out during one revolution of the twoconjugated cams -
Fig. 2 schematically illustrates twoconjugated cams fork element 42 with thesupport arms 43 and therollers - In the embodiment shown, the cam profiles of both
cams central axis 50, this is the axis of rotation of thecams sley drive system 3 ofFig. 2 imposes amovement course 31 on thesley shaft 44 as shown inFig. 3 , which is symmetrical with respect to aplane 35. For themovement course 31, there are indicated in horizontal the angular position of thecentral axis 50 over one revolution and in vertical the relative angular position of thefork element 42. Hence, a pivot movement of thefork element 42 and the sley lever unit 4 (shown inFig. 1 ) is independent of the sense of rotation of the twocams - In
Fig. 2 afork element 42 is shown in one of its extreme positions. A further rotation of thecams cams fork element 42 to pivot in clockwise direction, this means thereed 10 shown inFig. 1 will move away from thefell line 20 until reaching its rearward end position. The rearward end position will be reached after thecams cams fork element 42 to rotate in counterclockwise direction and thereed 10 will move towards thefell line 20 for beating up a weft thread. - The force required for driving the cam followers is equal to a pressure force multiplied by the cosinus of the pressure angle. The pressure angle A, B is the angle between the speed vector of the center of a
roller support arm 43, and the force vector between therespective roller cam Fig. 2 . - As will be apparent to the person skilled in the art, the steeper the slope of the cam surfaces of the
cams - In the embodiment shown, the two
support arms 43 have the same length, wherein the length of thesupport arms 43 is maximized while considering space limitations. In other embodiments, thesupport arms 43 differ in length. -
Fig. 4 schematically illustrates twoconjugated cams fork element 42 with thesupport arms 43 androllers sley drive system 3. In the embodiment shown inFig. 4 , the cam profiles of bothcams movement course 32 to thesley shaft 44, as shown inFig. 5 , that is not symmetrical with respect to aplane 35. Hence, a pivot movement of thefork element 42 and the sley lever unit 4 (shown inFig. 1 ) and also the movement of thesley 1 and thereed 10 differ for the backward and the forward movement. In case of a clockwise rotation of thecams profile sections sley 1 and thereed 10 away from thefell line 20, whereas theprofile sections sley 1 and thereed 10 towards thefell line 20. In case of a counter clockwise rotation of thecams profile sections sley 1 and thereed 10 away from thefell line 20, whereas theprofile sections sley 1 and thereed 10 towards thefell line 20. This allows an independent optimization of the forward and the backward movement. However, thecams profile sections profile sections profile sections profile sections - The cam profiles according to
Fig. 4 are chosen for example to move thereed 10 away from thefell line 20 at high speed for allowing the insertion of a weft thread to start earlier in the weaving cycle of an airjet weaving machine. -
Fig. 6 schematically illustrates twoconjugated cams fork element 42 with thesupport arms 43 androllers sley drive system 3, wherein the cam profiles of bothcams symmetrical movement course 33 on thesley shaft 44, as shown inFig. 7 .Fig. 8 schematically illustrates twoconjugated cams fork element 42 withsupport arms 43 androllers sley drive system 3, wherein the cam profiles of bothcams symmetrical movement course 34 on thesley shaft 44, as shown inFig. 9 . In other words, all fourprofile sections cams sley 1 differs between two consecutive working cycles. This allows obtaining weaving effects. -
Fig. 10 shows schematically a front view of adevice 9 comprising threesley drive systems 3 for driving conjointly asley 1, which are arranged coaxially with respect to asley lever axis 40 and offset in axial direction. As shown inFig. 1 , eachsley drive system 3 comprises asley lever unit 4 and asley drive unit 5, which are housed in ahousing 30 and therefore not visible inFig. 10 . Thesley lever units 4 have acommon sley shaft 44, which is driven to pivot to and fro, which is part of thesley 1. Thesley beam 11 of thesley 1 is mounted on thesley shaft 44 viaseveral sley legs 41, which are distributedly arranged along thesley shaft 44. Thereed 10 is mounted on thesley beam 11. - In an embodiment, each of the
sley drive systems 3 is assigned to a commonsley drive motor 7. In other embodiments, eachsley drive system 3 uses an individual drive motor. -
Figs. 2 ,4 ,6 and8 illustrate that numerous embodiments are conceivable for providing twoconjugated cams conjugated cams central axis 50, this is the axis of rotation of thecams rollers housing 30. - The sley drive system, the device and the weaving machine according to the invention are not limited to the embodiments described by way of example and shown in the drawings. The sley drive system, the device and the weaving machine can also be carried out within the claims according to variant embodiments, shapes and dimensions, and combinations of the described and shown embodiments that fall under the claims are also possible;
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- Sley drive system for driving a sley (1) in an oscillating manner, wherein the sley drive system (3) comprises a sley lever unit (4) arranged for oscillation about a sley lever axis (40) and a sley drive unit (5) for driving the sley lever unit (4), wherein the sley drive unit (5) comprises two conjugated cams (51, 52) and the sley lever unit (4) comprises two cam followers (45), each cam follower (45) being associated and drivingly coupled with one of the two conjugated cams (51, 52), characterized in that the cam profiles of the two conjugated cams (51, 52) are chosen so that two working cycles of the sley lever unit (4) are carried out during one revolution of the two conjugated cams (51, 52).
- Sley drive system according to claim 1, characterized in that each cam follower (45) comprises a roller (46, 47) rolling on an associated cam surface, which roller (46, 47) is rotatably mounted by a bearing (48, 49) on a support arm (43) of the sley lever unit (4).
- Sley drive system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the two conjugated cams (51, 52) are fixedly mounted on a cam shaft (53), wherein a gearing unit (8) is provided between a sley drive motor (7) and the cam shaft (53).
- Sley drive system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the sley drive system (3) comprises a sley drive motor (7) which is distinct from the other drive motors of the weaving machine.
- Sley drive system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the cam followers (45) are provided on the sley lever unit (4) comprising a fork element (42) with two support arms (43) arranged to rotate conjointly about the sley lever axis (40).
- Sley drive system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the cam profiles of the two conjugated cams (51, 52) each possess central symmetry.
- Sley drive system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the cam profiles are chosen so that the center of gravity of the two conjugated cams (51, 52) coincides at least essentially with the central axis (50) of the cam shaft (53).
- Device comprising at least two sley drive systems (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, each with two conjugated cams (51, 52) and two cam followers (45), wherein the at least two sley drive systems (3) are arranged coaxially and offset.
- Weaving machine comprising at least one sley drive system (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 7 with a sley lever unit (4) and a sley drive unit (5) for driving the sley lever unit (4), the sley drive unit (5) comprising two conjugated cams (51, 52) and the sley lever unit (4) comprising two cam followers (45).
- Weaving machine according to claim 9, wherein in use the cam followers (45) of the sley drive unit (5) are arranged below a fabric (2).
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