EP1844868A2 - Dispositif de tréfilage - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP1844868A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: wire drawing; drawing apparatus; wire; drum; disk
Prior art date: 2006-04-12
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP07105912A

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German (de)

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EP1844868B1 (fr

EP1844868A3 (fr

Inventor

Martin Kalweit

Carsten Schauhoff

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Ernst Koch & Co KG GmbH

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Ernst Koch & Co KG GmbH

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2006-04-12

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2007-04-11

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2007-10-17

2007-04-11 Application filed by Ernst Koch & Co KG GmbH filed Critical Ernst Koch & Co KG GmbH

2007-04-11 Priority to PL07105912T priority Critical patent/PL1844868T3/pl

2007-10-17 Publication of EP1844868A2 publication Critical patent/EP1844868A2/fr

2007-10-31 Publication of EP1844868A3 publication Critical patent/EP1844868A3/fr

2009-04-08 Application granted granted Critical

2009-04-08 Publication of EP1844868B1 publication Critical patent/EP1844868B1/fr

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2027-04-11 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
- B21C1/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, wire, rods, tubes or like semi-manufactured products by drawing
- B21C1/02—Drawing metal wire or like flexible metallic material by drawing machines or apparatus in which the drawing action is effected by drums
- B21C1/04—Drawing metal wire or like flexible metallic material by drawing machines or apparatus in which the drawing action is effected by drums with two or more dies operating in series
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
- B21C1/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, wire, rods, tubes or like semi-manufactured products by drawing
- B21C1/02—Drawing metal wire or like flexible metallic material by drawing machines or apparatus in which the drawing action is effected by drums

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the invention relates firstly to a wire drawing apparatus having one or more drawing disk drums and in each case one associated drawing disk drum drive motor, wherein the wire drawing apparatus has a machine frame.
the machine frame under a horizontal division is composed of a drawing disc top with access auxiliary devices, such as suction and drawing die, and a base, on which the drawing disc top is placed.
the drawing disk top is vorfertigbar with the access auxiliary devices as a whole and ultimately for final assembly of the wire drawing device on a base and put on with this attachable.
the provided below the horizontal division base preferably carries no for the operation the wire drawing device relevant device parts.
the drawing disc upper part is prefabricated modularly by the inventive design and preferably assigned to the base frame on site.
a flanged drive motor for the drawing wheel drum is integrated, so further preferably in the form of an axially directly flanged synchronous motor.
This flanged drive motor is part of the drawing disc top part and thus part of the modular constructed upper part of the wire drawing device, although the drive motor after placement of the upper part on the undercarriage can very well extend down beyond the horizontal parting plane into the base frame.
the drawing disc upper part also has a cover, to cover the drawing disc drum in the operating position.
the drawing disc upper part has a control panel, via which the control or operation of the wire drawing device takes place.
a compact design of the wire drawing device is achieved in that the rear side thereof is arranged a directly connected to the wire drawing device interconnection unit. It is not necessary, as known from the prior art, a separate control cabinet or the like.
the interconnection unit can in this case comprise inverters and a control electronics including a frequency converter for the drive. In this case, it proves to be particularly advantageous that the interconnecting unit is fastened directly to the drawing disk upper part.
the drawing disc upper part in addition to a suction device and the drawing tool holder at the same time also at least one cover and a control panel and beyond a rearward interconnection unit, wherein further, the drawing disk drum is directly driven by a drive motor integrated in the upper part arranged.
the pulley top is self-sufficient in itself.
the below the horizontal division of the wire drawing device to be provided subframe assumes only supporting functions.
the interconnection unit is attached by means of an access space left carriers on the drawing disk top.
the interconnection unit is therefore preferably horizontally spaced apart from the drawing disk drum area or at a rear wall covering the draw disk drum area at the rear.
the left access space may well be closed with removable panels.
the access space can also provide an engagement space for the tilted cover.
the invention further relates to a wire drawing apparatus according to the features of the preamble of claim 1, wherein the wire drawing device further comprises at least one cover.
the wire drawing apparatus has at least two drawing disk drums and that each pulling disk drum is assigned a cover hood. Due to the fact that each cover disk drum is assigned a covering hood, improved removal of the dust generated in the surrounding area of the respective drawing disk drum is achieved. The resulting during wire drawing dust or the resulting drawing powder remains localized in the immediate area of the drawing wheel drum and is therefore improved within the limited by the cover space can be removed.
a free space is left between two covers, wherein in the free space a control panel accessible when the cover is closed is arranged.
each drawing disk drum is assigned a control panel, via which control panel settings of the associated wire drawing device station can be made even when the cover is closed.
the control panels are clearly assigned to the respective drawing disk drums.
a soap box accessible when the cover is closed is arranged.
each soap wheel drum or each station is preferably assigned a soap box unambiguously.
each cover is associated with a separate dust extraction, for the extraction of the overflowed in the area covered by the cover area drawing powder or the like.
the each die wheel drum associated die or its die holder is arranged in the hood closure area, is therefore covered with the cover closed by the latter.
the die holder continues to remain in a protected position even when checking the free space in the space between the two closed covers freely accessible soap box.
a filling member is arranged projecting from above, thereby advantageously reducing the free space around the die and thus the cooling water gap.
the invention also relates to a wire drawing apparatus according to the features of the preamble of claim 1, wherein it is proposed for improved extraction of dust generated during the drawing operation or drawing powder, that the drawing disk drum is assigned a suction side arranged suction channel, which surrounds the drawing disk drum surrounds at least one third of its circumference.
the centrifugally thrown off in the course of wire drawing from the drawing wheel drum dust is dissipated unerring over the associated suction.
the suction channel is in this case the foot side of the drawing disk drum, these circumferentially formed partially comprehensive, wherein the suction channel is provided with pointing in the direction of the drawing drum suction.
the suction channel surrounds the drawing disk drum by at least half of its circumference, more preferably by about 250-300 ° with respect to the drum axis.
the drawing disk drum has a spinning edge running at an acute angle to the vertical, by means of which a further improvement of the dust removal in the direction of the suction channel is achieved.
the sling edge includes, for example, an angle of 30 to 75 °, preferably 60 ° to a parallel axis of the drum, wherein the total collar-shaped slinger edge falls in the direction of the free edge in said acute angle.
the suction channel further has an outside, angled wall, wherein the suction opening is formed in the angled connection.
a preferably circumferential collecting channel for dust or the like is first created between this wall and the spinning edge of the drawing disk drum, wherein the angled portion of the Saugkanalwandung forms an acute angle of about 30 ° to a parallel axis of the drum and starting from a transverse to the drum axis aligned wall portion opposite to the inclination of the spinning edge runs.
the spinning edge of the rotating drawing-disk drum merges into the fixed horizontal wall section of the suction channel leaving a minimal annular gap.
the circumference of the suction channel a plurality of suction openings in the angular connection between the horizontal portion and the angled portion of the wall provided, this more preferably with uniform spacing to each other.
the angle wall has an obtuse angle between the horizontal portion and the angled portion of the channel wall.
a wire drawing apparatus 1 in the form of a straight drawing machine which first has a machine frame 2, is shown and described. This is divided horizontally, which division is represented by the horizontal line H in the drawings.
the machine frame 2 is composed under the horizontal division of a drawing disc upper part 3 and a base frame 4, on which latter the drawing disc upper part 3 is placed. About unillustrated fittings the drawing disc upper part 3 is connected to the base 4.
the drawing-disc upper part 3 has all the components and auxiliary access devices necessary for the function of the device, while the undercarriage 4 has only supporting functions.
the drawing disc top 3 is provided with two substantially identically designed drawing stations for decreasing calibration of a wire.
two drawing disk drums 5 are provided, which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of wire drawing r.
each drawing disk drum 5 in the direction of wire drawing r is aligned inclined, this about including an inclination angle of about 15 ° to the horizontal.
Each drawing disk drum 5 has a drive motor 8. This is arranged below the drawing disk drum 5 bearing, inclined machine bed 9.
the drive motor 8 is flanged and acts directly on the associated pulley drum 5 a.
the drive motor 8 continuously sets the drawing disk drum 5 in rotation or brakes it, wherein the rotation takes place about a geometric axis xx, which is aligned perpendicular to the inclined machine bed 9.
the two pulley drum drive motors 8 are designed as electrical synchronous motors. They are gearless with the associated pulley drum 5 is connected.
Each drawing disk drum 5 is surrounded by a pulling disk chamber 11 which is open towards the access side 10.
This is essentially composed of two side walls 12 and a rear wall 13, which latter is assigned to the rear side 14 of the wire drawing device 1 opposite the access side 10.
Rear wall 13 and side walls 12 are arranged vertically aligned edge on the machine base 9 carrying the drawing disk drum 5.
the side walls 12 are further provided with a respective open-edged recess 15. This is open both to the access-side edge and to the upward-facing edge.
the drawing disk chambers 11 are coverable, to which each chamber 11 is assigned a cover 16. This is pivotable near the upper edge region of the rear wall 13 about an axis y parallel to the rear wall foot line extending axis y.
Each cover 16 has a ceiling portion 17 and an access side 10 facing end wall portion 18. Ceiling portion 17 and end wall portion 18 are in this case arranged at a right angle to each other. In the closed position of each cover 16 of the ceiling portion 17 rests on the upwardly facing edges of the chamber-side side walls 12, while the end wall portion 18 enters the inside wall against the associated end faces of the side walls 12 and the machine bed 9. In the closed position the cover 16, the drawing disc chamber 11 is closed except for the lateral recesses 15.
the two cover hoods 16 or the drawing disk chambers 11 to be covered thereby are spaced apart from one another; leave correspondingly between them a free space 19.
a control panel 20 is arranged, which is accessible even with closed covers 16.
This control panel 20 is used to control the downstream in drawing direction r drawing pulley, so for example.
this control panel 20 in the free space 19 upstream drawing disk drum 5 is via another control panel 20 ', which is arranged on the left side of the drawing disk drum 5 as shown in Fig. 2, controllable.
the latter is basically also arranged in a space left between two covers 16 19 'provided that the illustrated, two pulley stations having module is coordinated with another equal configured module.
the cover 16 of the example in Fig. 2 right drawtube drum 5 almost flush with the facing outer wall of the machine frame 2, while the cover 16 of the left pulley drum 5 is set back to the facing outer wall of the machine frame 2 , to create an open-edge space 19 'for the control panel 20'.
the drawing die holder 7 arranged downstream of the soap box 6 in the drawing direction is not accessible in a closing position of the covering hood 16; is accordingly arranged in the hood closure area.
each station assigned directly to the drawing disc upper part 3 attached interconnection units 23 are provided on the back 14 of the wire drawing device 1 .
Each unit is arranged in a control box 24, which is fixed by means of carrier 25 on the drawing disc upper part 3.
the carrier 25 are hereby dimensioned in length so that an access space 26 is left between the control box 24 and the drawing disk upper part 3. This may, although not shown, be closed on all sides by means of preferably removable walls.
the access space 26 also serves as an engagement space for sections of the swung-cover 16 (see Fig .. 3).
the interconnection unit 23 hereby includes u. a. all supply lines for the upper part 3, as well as a control electronics including a frequency converter for the drive.
the drawing disc upper part 3 in the illustrated embodiment essentially comprises two drawing disk drums 5, two soap boxes 6, two drawing stone holders 7, two drive motors 8 acting directly on the drawing disk drums, two drawing disk chambers 11, two covering hoods 16 and two control panels 20, two interconnecting units 23 and two each associated with a drawing disk drum 5, hereinafter described in more detail dust extractors. Accordingly, the drawing disc upper part 3 all necessary for the function of the wire drawing device 1 components or access auxiliary devices, further these components or access auxiliary devices are arranged substantially above the horizontal division of the machine frame 2. Only the drive motors 8 pass through this horizontal plane and dive into the base 4 partially.
Each drawing disk drum 5 is assigned a suction channel 27 at the foot in the region of the drawing disk chamber 11 which comprises the drum. This is formed within the inclined machine bed 9 and surrounds the drawing disk drum 5 by about three quarters of its circumference. With reference to the plan view in Fig. 4, an end 28 of the annular portion suction channel 27 is formed near the die holder 7, from where the suction channel 27 further with respect to the plan view in Fig. 4 in the clockwise direction by about 270 °, the die plate drum 5 foot side extends extensively. The other end of the suction channel 27 is provided with the reference numeral 29.
the negative pressure in the suction passage 27 blower unit is not shown in detail, but is also preferably part of the drawing disc upper part. 3
the suction channel 27 has in a cross section as shown in FIG. 5 a radially inward, d. H. This is composed of a transversely to the drum axis x aligned bottom portion 31 and with this an obtuse angle of about 120 ° enclosing side wall 32 in the direction of the pulley drum 5 facing angled wall.
the suction channel 27 is open for annular groove the drawing disk drum 5 on the foot side largely surrounding collecting channel 33, for which purpose 32 suction openings 34 are provided in the angle connection between the bottom portion 31 and side wall. A plurality of such suction openings 34 are provided with uniform spacing over the entire circumference of the suction channel 27 (see Fig. 6).
the drawing-disk drum 5 forms on the foot side a centrifugal edge 35 which limits the collecting space 33 radially inward. This is formed in the region of a thickened base edge of the drum wall 36, wherein this thickened base portion 37 radially outwardly a substantially the Schleuderrand 35 ausformender, collar-like slinger 38 is assigned. This slinger 38 is fixed by screws to the base portion 37 of the drawing disk drum 5.
the slinger edge 35 extends at an acute angle of about 60 ° to a parallel of the drum axis x, starting from the drum wall 36, starting radially sloping down to a free end, which is aligned at the height level of the bottom portion 31 of the angled suction channel wall 30 , Between this free end and the suction channel wall remains a free rotation of the drawing disk drum 5 enabling, small sized annular gap 39th
the radial projection a of the centrifugal edge 35, starting from the drum wall 36, corresponds in the illustrated embodiment to approximately one quarter of the radius b of the drawing disc drum 5 in the region of the drum wall 36.

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EP07105912A 2006-04-12 2007-04-11 Dispositif de tréfilage Active EP1844868B1 (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PL07105912T PL1844868T3 (pl)	2006-04-12	2007-04-11	Urządzenia do ciągnienia drutu

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DE102006017671.5A DE102006017671B4 (de)	2006-04-12	2006-04-12	Drahtziehvorrichtung

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EP1844868A2 true EP1844868A2 (fr)	2007-10-17
EP1844868A3 EP1844868A3 (fr)	2007-10-31
EP1844868B1 EP1844868B1 (fr)	2009-04-08

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AT (1)	ATE427794T1 (fr)
DE (2)	DE102006017671B4 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2321665T3 (fr)
PL (1)	PL1844868T3 (fr)

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EP1844868B1 (fr)	2009-04-08
EP1844868A3 (fr)	2007-10-31
PL1844868T3 (pl)	2009-07-31
DE102006017671B4 (de)	2015-05-28
ES2321665T3 (es)	2009-06-09
DE502007000571D1 (de)	2009-05-20
DE102006017671A1 (de)	2007-10-18
ATE427794T1 (de)	2009-04-15

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