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EP0391061B1 - Installation pour le chargement d'une bobine de papier sur le support de bobine d'une machine rotative d'impression - Google Patents

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EP0391061B1
EP0391061B1 EP90103714A EP90103714A EP0391061B1 EP 0391061 B1 EP0391061 B1 EP 0391061B1 EP 90103714 A EP90103714 A EP 90103714A EP 90103714 A EP90103714 A EP 90103714A EP 0391061 B1 EP0391061 B1 EP 0391061B1
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Paul Seuret
Louis Hulmann
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/12—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core
    • B65H19/126—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core with both-ends supporting arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/4172—Handling web roll by circumferential portion, e.g. rolling on circumference
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/4173—Handling web roll by central portion, e.g. gripping central portion

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  • the invention relates to a method for loading a paper roll carrier of a rotary printing press and a device for carrying out the method.
  • the very heavy paper rolls such as those used in newspaper printing, must be mounted very precisely on the paper roll holder and precisely positioned beforehand for this purpose.
  • Such a method is known from the unpublished WO-A-89/08598, in which the paper roll is centered in a setting station and preset with regard to the position and orientation of its axis and then setting cones are inserted into the ends of the sleeve of the paper roll and then by active Lifting, moving and swiveling the support on which the paper roll rests can be brought into a desired position. The paper roll is then moved to a transfer point.
  • the setting station in which all these operations are carried out, is inevitably structurally complex and complicated.
  • very complex facilities are required for the control of the system, since the support is aligned according to several degrees of freedom at the same time.
  • the all-round rotability requires the Adjusting cones a complex suspension. All of these requirements make the setting station, if it is to function reliably, a complicated and expensive system component.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method that allows precise positioning of the paper roll.
  • a corresponding device for carrying out the method is to be specified.
  • the method and the device cannot ensure high precision of the roll positioning, despite the high expenditure involved.
  • the invention is based on the consideration that it is more advantageous to adjust the position of the paper roll in the exact position in which the receiving cones in the arms of the paper roll holder can enter and tension the sleeve of the paper roll, more conveniently and easily at one of the transfer points the paper roll can be made on the paper roll carrier remote location, since there is no spatial restriction.
  • the system according to FIGS. 1 and 2 represents a solution for this consideration.
  • the system for loading and unloading the paper roll carrier of a rotary printing press is essentially arranged in a base recess 1, in which two rails 2, 3 are laid, which extend over the entire base recess 1 and a pit 4 adjoining the base recess.
  • a transfer table 5 is arranged to be movable, in the middle of which a setting carriage 6 is installed.
  • the setting carriage 6 can perform a pivoting movement about a vertical axis.
  • a rail 9 is arranged in the setting carriage 6, in which a transport carriage 7 can be moved, which carries a paper roll 8.
  • the transport carriage 7 is a movable support for the paper rolls 8, as are known for example from EP-A-163 044.
  • the transport carriage 7 is moved onto profile rails 9 laid in the floor.
  • the setting carriage 6 has the same rail 9, so that the trolley 7 with the paper roll 8 can be moved into the transfer table 5 thereon.
  • the rails 2, 3 extend over a platform 10 of a lifting device 11.
  • the lifting device 11 With the lifting device 11, the sliding platform 5 with the paper roll 8 located thereon can be raised to the desired height for transfer to the paper roll holder.
  • the lifting device 11 can, for example, have a plurality of screw jacks (not shown) which are actuated synchronously with one another for one side of the sliding platform 5, as a result of which the platform can be moved into a horizontal position or into an inclined position.
  • a portal is built from two vertical beams 12 and a cross member 13, which spans the pit 4 and is supported on both sides of the pit 4 on a foundation, not shown.
  • two vertical adjustment columns 14 projecting downward are slidably mounted.
  • the adjustment columns 4 are displaced on guide rails 15 fastened to the cross member 13, one of which can be designed as a toothed rack into which a pinion driven by a motor engages and displaces the adjustment columns 14 across the pit 4.
  • a positioning unit 16 is mounted on each of the adjustment columns 14, which height adjustment can be made along the adjustment column 14.
  • the positioning unit 16 carries an adjusting cone 18, which is designed as a measuring and centering element, as will be described in more detail.
  • an adjustment station B is defined, in which the paper roll 8 to be loaded onto the paper roll support is brought into the position which corresponds to the exact position of the receiving cones of the Paper roll carrier corresponds. If the paper roll 8 is in the correct position, the transfer table 5 is advanced into the transfer point A in the direction of the paper roll carrier (not shown). At the transfer point A, the receiving cones (also not shown) of the paper roll carrier move into the open ends of the sleeve carrying the paper roll 8 and clamp the sleeve of the paper roll 8, whereupon the lifting device 11 is lowered. The sliding platform 5 is thus available for another operation.
  • the setting of the paper roll 8 in the desired position in the setting station B, the advancement of the sliding platform 5 into the transfer point A and the loading of the paper roll carrier can be carried out automatically. It proves to be expedient to carry out the setting of the paper roll in the desired position and the transfer of the same to the paper roll carrier at separate locations, which simplifies the design of the control.
  • the loading of the paper roll carrier with a paper roll 8 takes place in the system described as follows:
  • the sliding platform 5 is located in the position of the recess 1 in the rest position D which is the most distant from the paper roll carrier.
  • a transport trolley 7, not shown, loaded with a paper roll 8 is now moved onto the sliding platform 5, whereupon the transport trolley 7 is stopped in the middle.
  • the sliding platform 5 is then guided into the setting station B and locked there by locking elements 19.
  • the lifting device 11 now lifts the paper roll 8 until the sleeve opening is detected by the positioning unit 16.
  • the sleeve opening is detected by a photocell, which is arranged in the center of the adjusting cone 18. A rough setting of the paper roll 8 is achieved by this detection of the sleeve opening.
  • the adjustment columns 14 move against the paper roll 8.
  • the transport carriage 7 located in the adjustment carriage 6 is unlocked and pushed into the intended lateral position.
  • the adjusting carriage 6 rotates until the sleeve is aligned with the adjusting cones 18.
  • the adjusting cones 18 are movably mounted in a vertical plane and are coupled to a linear encoder which registers the absolute height deviation of the roll center from the receiving cones on the paper roll carrier.
  • the lifting elements of the lifting device 11 on both sides of the sliding platform 5 compensate the vertical height deviation of the adjusting cones independently of one another, whereby the fine adjustment of the paper roll 8 is achieved.
  • the transport carriage 7 is then braked and the setting carriage 6 is locked.
  • the transfer table 5 is unlocked and moves to the transfer point A.
  • the route from the setting station B to the transfer point A can be reproduced very precisely.
  • the essentially horizontal position of the transfer table 5 can be ensured very precisely.
  • the transfer platform 5 is locked in the transfer point A.
  • the locking in the two positions A and B guarantees the exact repeatability of the positioning of the sliding platform 5 in these positions.
  • the loading operation can be carried out by means of manual control. With this operating mode, all movements can be controlled step by step.
  • Unloading a roll of residual paper can also be carried out using the system described. If the diameter of the residual roll is larger than a certain minimum dimension, e.g. larger than 500 mm, the transfer table can be used in the same equipment as for loading a roll of paper 8. In the case of smaller roll diameters, instead of a transport carriage 7, a special removal transport carriage with an attachment for receiving the residual rolls is used, which is in a waiting position C, where it is taken over by the transfer table 5 and moved into the transfer point A. The sliding platform 5 is now raised and upon contact with the remaining roller, clamping jaws (not shown) on the sliding platform 5 close. After the receiving cones of the paper roll carrier have been loosened and pulled out, the sliding platform 5 is lowered and the residual roll carriage is then pushed into position C. From here, the transfer table 5 can be moved into the rest position D.
  • a certain minimum dimension e.g. larger than 500 mm
  • the transfer table can be used in the same equipment as for loading a roll of paper 8.

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  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)
  • Unwinding Webs (AREA)
  • Handling Of Continuous Sheets Of Paper (AREA)

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  1. Procédé pour charger d'une bobine de papier (8) enroulée autour d'un manchon un support de bobine de papier d'une presse rotative, dans lequel, après un positionnement grossier, on aligne la bobine de papier (8) dans un plan horizontal et on la positionne en direction axiale dans un poste de réglage (B) à l'intervention du déplacement l'un vers l'autre de cônes de réglage (18), de l'introduction de ces derniers dans les extrémités du manchon de la bobine de papier (8), ainsi que du pivotement et du déplacement qui en résultent d'une butée (5, 6) pour la bobine de papier (8), tandis que les positions des cônes de réglage (18) en l'occurrence s'adaptent à la position de la bobine en direction verticale par rétroaction de la bobine de papier (8) sur ces mêmes cônes et ensuite, alors qu'un dispositif de levage (11) agit sur la butée (5, 6), se déplacent en hauteur jusqu'à ce qu'elles prennent des positions de consigne, ce qui permet à la bobine de papier (8) d'être alignée dans un plan vertical et positionnée en direction verticale, et on soumet ensuite la bobine de papier (8) à une translation transversale en direction d'un poste de transfert (A) pour son chargement sur les cônes de réception du support de bobine de papier.
  2. Dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant un poste de transfert (A) pour le chargement d'un support de bobine de papier, un poste de réglage (B) pour l'alignement et le positionnement d'une bobine de papier (8), qui présente une paire de cônes de réglage (18) aptes à se déplacer l'un vers l'autre, qui sont fixés de telle sorte qu'ils puissent se déplacer exclusivement en direction verticale en étant soumis à une influence externe, ainsi qu'une butée (5, 6) rotative autour d'un axe vertical et apte à se déplacer en direction de l'axe de la bobine de papier (8) à des fins de réception de cette dernière, un plateau roulant (5) pour le déplacement transversal et un dispositif de levage (11) pour le positionnement de la butée en direction verticale et l'alignement de cette dernière dans un plan vertical, dans lequel la butée peut être bloquée par rapport au plateau roulant (5) et, à l'état non bloqué, peut pivoter autour d'un axe vertical et se déplacer en direction de l'axe de la bobine de papier (8).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les cônes de réglage (18) sont fixés à des colonnes de réglage (14) mutuellement opposées, qui peuvent se déplacer l'une vers l'autre.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les colonnes de réglage (14) sont suspendues en déplacement à une traverse (13) d'un portique.
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la traverse présente au moins une crémaillère (15) dans laquelle viennent s'engrener des pignons entraînés par des moteurs et fixés aux colonnes de réglage (14).
EP90103714A 1989-04-05 1990-02-26 Installation pour le chargement d'une bobine de papier sur le support de bobine d'une machine rotative d'impression Revoked EP0391061B1 (fr)

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AT9090103714T ATE105262T1 (de) 1989-04-05 1990-02-26 Anlage zum beladen des papierrollentraegers einer rotationsdruckmaschine mit einer papierrolle.

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