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WO2019110323A1 - Chemin de roulement, dispositif de transport et procédé de montage d'un chemin de roulement - Google Patents

Chemin de roulement, dispositif de transport et procédé de montage d'un chemin de roulement Download PDF

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WO2019110323A1
WO2019110323A1 PCT/EP2018/082320 EP2018082320W WO2019110323A1 WO 2019110323 A1 WO2019110323 A1 WO 2019110323A1 EP 2018082320 W EP2018082320 W EP 2018082320W WO 2019110323 A1 WO2019110323 A1 WO 2019110323A1
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Jonas Steffen
Siegmund Dudek
Helmut Maiwald
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/16—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors for conveyors having endless load-carriers movable in curved paths
    • B65G21/18—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors for conveyors having endless load-carriers movable in curved paths in three-dimensionally curved paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/02—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements
    • B65G21/06—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors consisting essentially of struts, ties, or like structural elements constructed to facilitate rapid assembly or dismantling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/20—Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
    • B65G21/20—Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
    • B65G21/22—Rails or the like engaging sliding elements or rollers attached to load-carriers or traction elements

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  • the invention relates to a track, a conveyor and a method for mounting a track.
  • Conveyors such as e.g. Plate conveyors serve for transporting conveyed goods on a transport surface, which is provided by a plurality of transport plates.
  • the T ransportplatten can be driven by means of a traction means such as a cable and / or a conveyor chain.
  • a traction means such as a cable and / or a conveyor chain.
  • One of the forces occurring here is a constricting force that can be described by means of the Euler-Eytelwein formula. Compared to this constricting force the driven traction means should be supported in the direction of the center of the curve as possible without friction.
  • the weight of the transport plates and / or the traction means is to support, and possibly also the weight of the conveyed transported goods. This requires a secure, static support, e.g. a conveyor track on which the traction means and / or attached transport attachments rests or rest.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to enable a simple and / or secure supporting movable elements of a conveyor.
  • One aspect relates to a track for a conveyor having a substantially horizontally arranged running surface for supporting relatively moving to the track elements of the conveyor.
  • the track has a running surface facing away from the running surface.
  • a fastening device arranged on the underside of the running track is designed and configured to fix the raceway on a substantially vertically arranged web guide of the conveying device.
  • the track is designed for use in a conveyor, in particular for a plate conveyor of the type described above.
  • the conveyor has moving and static components and / or elements.
  • the raceway is formed as a static component and element of the conveyor.
  • a moving element of the conveyor may e.g. be a traction means, which is driven for the purpose of conveying conveyed along a conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • the driven tensile module can be designed, for example, as a driven conveyor chain whose chain links also form moving elements of the conveyor.
  • another traction means may be used, such as e.g. a steel cable, a rubber block chain, etc. T ransportholz arrangements can be attached to the traction means, on which the conveyed goods can be conveyed along the conveying direction.
  • T ransportaufa On the traction means of the conveyor, a plurality of identical or similar T ransportaufa be arranged.
  • This plurality of T ransportschreiba can be arranged one behind the other on the driven traction means, in particular be placed on this and / or be connected to this, for example, a positive fit.
  • transport surfaces of the transport attachments can be arranged in such a way that together they form a substantially coherent, moving conveying surface, on which the conveyed material can be conveyed along the conveying device.
  • the conveyor may have at least one (spiral) curve, along which conveyed can be transported. The conveying direction of the conveyor follows the (spiral) Kurvenveriiller.
  • the Switzerland kauel and / or the transport attachments attached thereto are moved along a conveying path of the conveyor and thus form moving elements of the conveyor. These are in particular also relative to the track moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the conveyor track is designed to support the moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the conveyor track can serve to define the conveying direction along which the Glasmitel is moved over the conveyor track.
  • the conveyor track is at least partially formed by the one track, which is designed and provided for the unmitelbaren and / or mitelbaren supporting the Switzerlandmitels, the transport attachments attached thereto and / or the conveyed.
  • the conveyor track can in particular also be formed by a plurality of essentially identical raceways, which are arranged substantially parallel to one another and / or extend along the conveyor track.
  • the raceway may be formed as a track on which e.g. Roll off the (supporting) rollers of the transport attachments and / or the pulling means.
  • the (support) rollers are also formed as moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the raceway can be designed and provided for rolling support and / or removal of the weight forces of the moving elements of the conveyor track (including the conveyed goods). Since the conveyor track can also be formed from a plurality of raceways, which together support the resulting weight forces, a single of the raceways can also be designed to partially support the weight forces of the moving elements of the conveyor (including the possibly present conveyed material).
  • the raceway in this case has the substantially horizontally arranged running surface.
  • the running surface is provided by a substantially vertically upwardly facing surface of the raceway, which serves to support the moving elements of the conveyor. This means that a normal to the running surface in the operating position is arranged substantially vertically.
  • the running surface in this case has a running surface length, which extends substantially along the conveying path and / or the conveying direction and / or is formed parallel thereto.
  • the running surface has a running surface width, which is arranged parallel to the web width of the conveying path and / or is formed transversely to the conveying direction.
  • the running surface length and the running surface width provide the plane directions of the running surface.
  • the running surface length is several times greater than the running surface width, for example at least 5 times as large, preferably at least 10 times as large, particularly preferably at least 100 times as large.
  • the running surface in the frame of reference of the earth is substantially upwards.
  • the entire running surface is arranged substantially in a horizontal plane.
  • at least the tread surface length may exit the horizontal plane following the slope. In this case, deviations from the horizontal of at most about 45 ° may occur, preferably at most about 25 °, particularly preferably at most in the single-digit degree range.
  • at least the running surface width can be arranged at any position along the track in an approximately horizontal plane.
  • the orientation of the running surface in the horizontal refers to an operating position of the raceway, and further at least to the running surface width along the raceway.
  • the track In the operating position, the track is arranged on the conveyor track as a static element and / or component and the upwardly facing running surface can be used to support the moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the raceway underside is provided from the bottom of the raceway.
  • the surface of the raceway underside may be formed substantially parallel to the running surface. Therefore, the raceway underside may be arranged substantially in a horizontal plane.
  • the raceway underside can be used to support the career be undergoes on the web guide.
  • the fastening device is arranged.
  • the fastening device may be formed integrally with this as part of the raceway.
  • the fastening device is designed as a separate component of the raceway.
  • the fastening device is designed and provided to fix the track in its operating position on the conveyor.
  • the web guide By attaching the track on and on the web guide the track is placed and aligned exactly in your operating position.
  • the web guide is arranged in the operating position below the track, more precisely below the raceway underside, and gives the track static stop.
  • the web guide thus serves to support the raceway, which in turn supports the moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the web guide is arranged substantially vertically. This means that the web guide is formed at least partially planar, for example as an elongated flat iron and / or flat iron rail. The surface and / or the flat region of the web guide is arranged in a substantially vertical plane.
  • a first approximately horizontal direction the web guide is extended long. This first approximately horizontal direction is arranged parallel to the conveying direction.
  • second horizontal direction which is arranged approximately perpendicular to the first horizontal direction (that is to say also approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction), the web guide has at least sections of its smallest extension.
  • This smallest extension of the web guide can, for example, amount to at most 1/4 of the second smallest spatial extent of the web guide, preferably at most 1/10 of the second smallest spatial extent of the web guide.
  • the medium expansion direction of the web guide is substantially vertically aligned.
  • the web guide lies on the track on the web guide.
  • the track and the web guide together give the conveyor of the conveyor sufficient static support.
  • the track provides a substantially horizontally oriented bearing surface for the moving elements of the conveyor, while the web guide provides additional static security with its substantially vertically aligned surface.
  • Each track of the conveyor can be mounted on a separate track guide.
  • several raceways can be mounted one behind the other, which together form a coherent overall career.
  • the interaction of the web guide with the raceway according to the invention thus provides a reliable statics.
  • the at least one web guide is easier to adapt to a curve and / or helical curve of the conveyor as a large substantially horizontal surface which extends over the entire web width.
  • a metallic conveyor track which fills the entire width of the conveyor conveyor along a helical curve only cumbersome and difficult to manufacture and / or to lay. This is because the surface of the conveyor along a helical curve is hardly or only very cumbersome transferable to the two-dimensional. Therefore, the surface of such a helical conveying track can not actually be cut out of a flat sheet and / or provided.
  • a vertically oriented, flat web guide can relatively easily along the conveying direction of a helical curve (and also along a normal Curve) aligned and mounted.
  • the raceway can then be mounted on this web guide mounted in such a way that the course of its running surface follows the web guide and thus also the conveying direction.
  • the track can also simplify the assembly of the conveyor.
  • the fastening device is designed to fasten the track on a substantially vertically arranged flat iron as a web guide.
  • the web guide is formed as a flat iron, the two opposite flat sides and surfaces are arranged substantially vertically.
  • the longest extent of the flat iron is arranged substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • Flat irons are very sturdy, standard metal components, which are easy and available in different sizes and thicknesses. This stably supports the raceway.
  • the fastening device is designed to form a (for example exclusively) frictional connection with the web guide.
  • a form or material connection is not required here, since the track rests on the web guide and is supported by this.
  • the fastening device has two spaced-apart clamping extensions, which are adapted to receive the web guide between the two clamping extensions in a clamping fit.
  • the two spaced apart clamping extensions are formed on the raceway base and can protrude downwardly therefrom.
  • the distance of the clamping extensions is dimensioned so that it is matched to the strength (ie smallest extent) of the web guide.
  • the clamping extensions can receive the web guide at sides opposite each other with respect to the thickness of the web guide in a press fit.
  • the two clamping extensions can extend along the entire raceway. This allows a very stable press fit. Alternatively, multiple pairs of such may be along the track Be formed clamping extensions. As a result, material and / or weight can be saved.
  • the track has exactly one fastening device, which is formed in a cross section through the track approximately centrally below the track underside.
  • the cross section is in this case formed approximately perpendicular to the conveying direction. Due to the central arrangement, the track can be supported and carried particularly securely by the web guide.
  • the raceway together with the running surface, the raceway underside and the fastening device is integrally formed.
  • the one-piece track can be particularly easily manufactured and / or assembled, since no additional components are required. During assembly, only the track is placed on the web guide.
  • the track is formed of a plastic, in particular as a thermoplastic profile.
  • the raceway may be formed as an extruded thermoplastic profile, e.g. from a standard plastic, a technical plastic, or a high-performance plastic. From a price perspective, especially hard PVC or hard PE materials are suitable.
  • engineering plastics are also suitable with e.g. in terms of tribology, impact resistance, flammability, abrasion resistance, dimensional stability, etc. of improved property. Plastics are available with many different properties, which is why appropriately suitable plastics can be selected. Plastic is also lighter than metal and deformable, so easy to adapt to the course direction of the web guide along the conveying direction.
  • the track is designed to be flexibly deformable substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of the conveying device, so that the track can be flexibly adapted to curve courses of the conveying device with different curve radii.
  • An extension direction of the raceway can be arranged parallel to the conveying direction.
  • the raceway can be elastic be formed deformable, so for example made of an elastically deformable plastic.
  • the raceway may, for example, be substantially rectilinear as long as no forces act on it.
  • a substantially rectilinear track can be used for support along both a left turn and a right turn and thus is versatile.
  • the track may have a predetermined bend adapted to either right hand or left hand turns of the conveyor.
  • the track is formed substantially straight elongated.
  • the track is flexibly deformed.
  • the track is bent mainly in a substantially horizontal direction.
  • the raceway is deformable transversely to the conveying direction.
  • transverse to the conveying direction means that the raceway is deformable in a direction transverse to its longest extent, so that its elongated extent adapts to the conveying direction of the conveying device.
  • the information relates to an operating position of the track, in which the track is formed and arranged along the conveying direction and thus along the conveying path of the conveyor.
  • the deformability of the track makes it possible here to adapt the track to different curves along the conveyor. This way, the raceway can be flexibly adapted to curves with different curve radii. Thus, the career is versatile in different curves of different conveyors used.
  • the track also has the advantage that the track does not have to be made cumbersome with a predetermined bend. Rather, the track may be formed substantially straight and bent and / or deformed only when mounted on the conveyor.
  • Track also allows a precise fit the running surface to the curve and / or helical curve of the conveyor without, for example, an unintentional play occurs and / or a deviation of the bends of the raceway from the bending of the (helical) curve of the conveyor occurs.
  • the track can be adapted very precisely to the (helical) curve.
  • the raceway surface has a raceway width transversely to the conveying direction of the conveyor, which is at most about 20% of a conveyor belt width of the conveyor, preferably at most about 10% of the conveyor belt width.
  • a raceway width transversely to the conveying direction of the conveyor, which is at most about 20% of a conveyor belt width of the conveyor, preferably at most about 10% of the conveyor belt width.
  • One aspect relates to a support system with a track according to the preceding aspect, which is mounted on a web guide.
  • the track and the web guide are part of the support system and arranged in the operating position substantially parallel to the conveying direction.
  • One aspect relates to a conveyor, in particular a plate conveyor with a traction means, with at least one substantially vertically arranged web guide on which a track according to the preceding aspect is mounted so that the running surface of the track is arranged substantially horizontally.
  • the web guide and the track are each aligned and arranged parallel to a conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • the conveying device has at least two spaced-apart, vertically arranged web guides, on each of which a raceway according to the preceding aspect is fastened so that the respective running surface is arranged substantially horizontally, wherein the web guides and the raceways are each spaced from each other and arranged parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • a right running track can be arranged to the right of the traction means of the conveyor, and a left trajectory to the left of the traction means. Both the right and the left track are in this case arranged so that the respective running surfaces are aligned substantially parallel to the conveying direction and extend.
  • the conveyor track can also have at least one right and at least one left-hand track, ie in total eg four or six raceways.
  • the conveyor has an even number of tracks, namely, just as many left and right tracks.
  • the conveyor has a curve and / or helical curve.
  • the at least one raceway is arranged along the curve and / or helical curve along which the raceway moves elements moving relative to the raceway, e.g. (Trag-) rollers supporting the conveyor.
  • the at least one track follows the conveyor track of the conveyor, so to speak, provides its surface for the moving elements of the conveyor.
  • the conveyor trusses for supporting the at least one web guide, wherein the T raversen are arranged radially projecting from a turning column of the conveyor.
  • the trusses can e.g. (As the web guides) be designed as substantially vertically arranged static components of the conveyor.
  • the trusses support the web guide statically along a helical curve of the conveyor. Each traverse provides at least one approximately horizontally arranged support upper edge on which the web guide (s) rests (rest) and / or is attached (are).
  • One aspect relates to a method for mounting a track of a conveyor, wherein a track is mounted on a substantially vertically arranged web guide of the conveyor, that a running surface of the track for supporting relatively moving to the track elements of the conveyor arranged in a substantially horizontal direction becomes, and a raceway underside of the raceway is disposed below the running surface on the web guide.
  • the method may be carried out for mounting a track according to the particular aspect described above. Therefore, all embodiments of the track according to the aspect described above also relate to the method and vice versa.
  • the terms “substantially” and / or “approximately” may be used to include a deviation of up to 5% from a numerical value following the term, a deviation of up to 5 ° from one on the other Term following direction and / or from an angle following the term.
  • lateral refers to a substantially horizontal direction transversely, i.e. substantially perpendicular, to the conveying direction.
  • conveying direction refers to the course direction and the drive direction of the driven traction means along the conveyor track through the conveyor.
  • Fig. 1A in a side view a first plate conveyor for conveying
  • Fig. 1 B in a perspective view of the first plate conveyor for conveying conveyed material along a helical curve path
  • Fig. 1 C in a view from above the first plate conveyor for conveying
  • Fig. 1 D in a perspective view, a lower tail of the first
  • Plate conveyor for conveying conveyed goods along a helical curve path
  • FIG. 2A in a view from above a second plate conveyor with a
  • FIG. 2C in a view from below a section of Fig. 2B, namely a
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the second plate conveyor with a
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an enlarged detail of a
  • Fig. 5 in a perspective view elements of a conveyor track
  • Fig. 6 shows a detail of the perspective view shown in Fig. 5.
  • Figure 1A shows a side view of a first plate conveyor 100 as
  • the first plate conveyor 100 is not completely illustrated in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, but only partially. In particular, a traction means and transport plates of the first plate conveyor 100 are only partially shown. Much of the helical curve 103 is shown without transport plates, without a conveyor chain and without lateral support rollers.
  • the first plate conveyor 100 has a pedestal 110 adapted to be supported on an underside of the plate conveyor 100.
  • FIG. 1B shows the first plate conveyor 100 in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 1 B shows only schematically some transport attachments 1, each of which has a transport plate 50.
  • the transport attachments 1 can be designed as carriages and fastened to a conveyor chain (not shown in FIG. 1) as a pulling means of the plate conveyor 100, for example, placed on the conveyor chain.
  • the plate conveyor 100 has a lower track end 105 and an upper track end 107.
  • the lower tail 105 is connected to the upper tail 107 via the Wendelkurvenbahn 103.
  • the helical curve path 103 leads helically from the lower tail 105 around a spiral column 101 along a helical conveying path and / or conveying path to the upper tail 107.
  • the helical curve 103 rotates the helical column 101 a total of five times.
  • the helical curve 103 may include more or less than five orbits of the helical column 101.
  • the turning curve 103 may also partially turn the helical column 101, such as e.g. half circle.
  • a substantially vertically sloping return surface 112 is formed back to the lower tail 105.
  • the plate conveyor 100 can be designed, for example, as a helical lift, on which conveyed material can be conveyed from the lower tail 105 along the helical curve 103 to the upper tail 107.
  • the plate conveyor 100 can also be operated in the opposite direction, ie for conveying along the helical curve 103 from top to bottom.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B Not shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is a driven conveyor chain of the plate conveyor 100, on which the transport attachments 1 are fastened.
  • the conveyor chain is provided as a circulating traction means and is guided and driven from the lower trailing end 105 along the helical curve path 103 to the upper trailing end 107.
  • the return of the self-contained conveyor chain is carried by the upper tail 105 along the return surface 112 steeply down and from a Lower end of the return surface 1 12 at an underside of the plate conveyor 100 along back to the lower end of the web 105.
  • a drive of the conveyor chain may, advantageously, at a lower or upper portion of the plate conveyor 100 may be formed.
  • an upper and / or lower deflection roller of the plate conveyor 100 may be driven, for example as a driven roller. These pulleys are hidden in Figures 1A and 1B from the transport plates and therefore not shown.
  • a lower deflection roller 160 is shown for example in Fig. 1 D, which may be formed as a driven roller.
  • the drive may be at least partially designed as a drive arranged outside a deflection roller, such as a geared motor, as at least one deflection roller with internal motors, which may be embodied for example as a drum motor.
  • On the plate conveyor 100 shown conveyed along the helical curve 103 can be conveyed in a vertical upward direction and / or in a vertical direction down.
  • the helical conveying path and / or web surface of the plate conveyor 100 encircles a helical axis W of the plate conveyor 100 which is approximately coincident with a cylinder axis of the helical column 101.
  • the helical axis W represents in a view from above a curve center around which the conveyor chain and thus also the transport attachments 1 are guided.
  • FIG. 1C shows a top view of the plate conveyor 100. Also in FIG. 1C, only a few of the transport attachments 1 are shown with the transport plates, namely those at the upper track end 107 and at the lower track end 105. Along the helical curve path 103, the transport attachments are 1 not shown with the transport plates but omitted in the illustration. Along the helical curve 103 screw holes are formed for fixing static, lateral support rollers.
  • Figure 1D shows a perspective view of the lower tail 105 of the Platen careers 100 without solicitkete and without transport attachments 1.
  • the rail which is arranged closer to the helical axis W, is formed as an inside Keten Entry 122.
  • FIG. 1D only a single one of the lateral support rollers 130 is shown as an extension of the inside channel guide 122.
  • the axis of rotation of the lateral support rollers 130 is formed substantially perpendicular to the web surface 125.
  • the axes of rotation of the lateral support rollers are arranged substantially parallel to a vertical direction, more precisely offset by the slope of the web surface 125 to the vertical direction.
  • the lateral support surfaces of the attached to the winningkete transport attachments 1 abut the lateral support rollers 130 and are guided on them curve outside past.
  • the statically fixed lateral support rollers 130 can roll on lateral support surfaces of the transport attachments 1 to accommodate the cornering forces.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 may be formed as horizontal ball bearings, which absorb the constricting forces and remove them rolling. As a result, negative influences of the resulting forces to be removed are reduced to the components of the plate conveyor 100 and 200.
  • an elongated side guide 120 is formed, for example, as a rail, under which the T ransportaufants 1 are passed. Through this side guide 120 lifting the T ransportaufants 1 can be prevented and / or reduced.
  • a (inner side) opposite side which is hidden in the perspective shown in Figure 1 D, such a side guide 120 may also be arranged.
  • the side guides 120 can along the entire web surface 125 as engagement protection between the lateral side cheek and the T ransportauf arrangementsn 1 and / or be designed as lift protection.
  • the side guides 120 may be formed, for example, as a hollow profile.
  • the lateral width of the conveyor track above the web surface 125 is reduced to such an extent that the lateral, ie for example the inside and outside, plate ends of the transport attachments 1 are arranged below the side guides 120.
  • FIG. 2A shows, in a view from above, a second plate conveyor 200 as conveying device with a conveying surface 140 which is formed and / or guided along a right-hand curve.
  • the second plate conveyor 200 is not complete, but only partially shown.
  • Shown in Figure 2A are a plurality of T ransportier arrangementsn 1, which are attached to a driven conveyor chain 150 as traction means.
  • Each transport attachment 1 has a transport plate with a transport surface 10.
  • the transport surfaces 10 of all transport attachments 1 together form the conveying surface 140.
  • the transport surfaces 10 of the forwardly driven transport attachments 1 are arranged substantially in the same plane, with successive transport surfaces 10 being able to partially overlap.
  • the transport surfaces 10 of those transport caps 1 which are being returned and may therefore be arranged overhead (not shown in FIG. 2A) may be arranged differently than in the plane of the conveying surface 140.
  • the conveyor chain 150 is first driven along a rectilinear portion of the conveyor track, after which the conveyor chain 150 is guided along a curve, which in the embodiment as Right curve is formed and in the course of which the conveying direction changes about 180 °.
  • the conveying of conveyed goods takes place essentially in the same plane, namely a substantially horizontal plane which is spanned by the transport surfaces 10 which are oriented in the forward direction for conveying.
  • the conveyance in a horizontal plane takes place in a similar manner as the conveyance along the helical curve path 103 of the first plate conveyor 100 shown in FIGS. 1A to 1D.
  • Each transport attachment 1 provides a transport surface 10, which is expanded in a direction substantially transversely (ie laterally) to the conveying direction larger than in the conveying direction.
  • the conveying direction of a plate conveyor corresponds to the course and the drive direction of the driven conveyor chain 150.
  • the conveyor chain 150 and the transport attachments 1 are movable and / or moving components of the plate conveyor 200, i. they are driven and / or moved relative to statically fixed components of the plate conveyor 200.
  • the statically fixed components of the plate conveyor 200 include the lateral support rollers 130 which are arranged along the curve and around which the conveyor chain 150 is guided.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 are arranged so that their axis of rotation is arranged substantially in the vertical direction.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 are used together with lateral support surfaces of the transport essays 1 for receiving and / or for unrolling the cornering forces that must be absorbed when cornering the driven conveyor chain 150.
  • the transport surfaces 10 extend over the conveyor chain 150 so far that a web width B of the conveying surface is defined by the lateral width of the transport surfaces 10.
  • the web width B is dependent on the lateral extent of the transport plates 50 of the transport attachments 1.
  • all transport attachments 1 used each have the same lateral extent, which corresponds to the respective web width B.
  • FIG. 2B shows in a view from below the second plate conveyor 200.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 which are fastened to a web surface 125, not shown in FIG. 2B, are only formed along the curve guide, but not along the straight line paths of the conveyor belt of the plate conveyor 200. As a result, the number of required support rollers can be reduced compared to conventional plate conveyors.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 are arranged along a semicircular circumference, so that a curve guide with a change in direction of the conveying direction of about 180 ° results.
  • the transport panels 50 of the transport attachments 1 have an underside 20, which is shown in FIG. 2B.
  • exactly two support rollers 30 are arranged on each underside 20 of each T ransportholzsatzes 1, and that in each case a support roller 30.
  • each support roller 30 is arranged as well as on a curve outside each wing a support roller 30.
  • Each wing has adjacent to a central region of the transport plate 50 and / or the conveyor chain 150 a support location 31 for a narrow track width, at a lateral plate end a support point 31 for a wide track width and therebetween a support point 31 for a middle track width.
  • a support roller 30 may be arranged and / or be.
  • the support roller 30 may be formed, for example, at the central support location 31 of the respective wing, or at one of the laterally outer support locations 31 of the respective wing.
  • the arrangement of the support rollers 30 under the wings may be the same for the entire plate conveyor 200, for example, vary from transport plate to transport plate 50, or at least partially vary. In the embodiment shown, different support locations 31 are occupied by a carrying roller 30.
  • each transport attachment 1 is provided with a total of six support rollers 30.
  • the attachment of multiple support rollers 30 may also allow a relatively wide web width B can be realized.
  • a section marked with an "A" on the underside of the plate conveyor 200 is shown enlarged below.
  • FIG. 2C shows the detail A at the bottom of the plate conveyor 200 in an enlarged view. Shown is a section with a plurality of successive chain links of the conveyor chain 150, which is inserted into connecting devices 40 and secured thereto.
  • the connecting devices 40 are formed and attached to the underside of the transport attachments 1.
  • Each transport attachment 1, in the exemplary embodiment shown, has precisely such a connection device 40, which is attached to at least one chain link of the conveyor chain 150.
  • the connecting devices 40 have a greater lateral extent than the chain links of the conveyor chain 150.
  • the extent transverse and / or perpendicular to the conveying direction ie a direction perpendicular to the driven guiding direction of the driven conveyor chain 150, is always referred to as lateral extent.
  • the lateral direction is a substantially horizontal direction.
  • Each of the connecting devices 40 has a lateral support surface 41 at least on the inside of the curve.
  • the lateral support surfaces 41 of the transport attachments 1 together provide a ride-off surface for the statically fixed lateral support rollers 130. As shown in FIG. 2C, the static lateral support rollers 130 do not roll directly on the conveyor chain 150 and thus do not directly wear the conveyor chain 150. Rather, if then the lateral support surfaces 41, which are easier exchangeable than the conveyor chain 150, eg by removal and / or replacement of the transport attachment 1. Replacing the transport attachment 1 is also simpler than replacing one or more chain links of the delivery chain 150, since the replacement of one of the transport attachments 1 does not require the conveyor chain 150 to be opened.
  • the lateral support surfaces 41 provide a contiguous rolling surface arranged below the transporting tray 50 and directed towards the inside of the curve of the plate.
  • projections and / or recesses may be formed, which lead to a partial overlap of adjacent lateral support surfaces 41. This is described in more detail below in particular in connection with FIGS. 6A to 6E.
  • the lateral support surfaces 41 of adjacent connecting devices 40 can be arranged so close one behind the other along the conveyor chain 150 that they touch and / or overlap at least in curve guide on the inside of the curve.
  • a contiguous rolling surface for the statically fixed lateral support rollers 130 is provided, at least in the curve guide, facing the curve center point or the helix axis W, which is essentially gap-free.
  • This rolling surface which is provided by the lateral support surfaces 41 of the individual transport attachments 1, is formed essentially along the conveying direction, but slightly offset from the center of the curve, and along a vertical direction.
  • FIG. 2C Also shown in Figure 2C are some of the free Abstweiler 31 and a occupied Abstweilplatz 31, on which a support roller 30 is arranged.
  • FIG. 3 shows parts of the second plate conveyor 200 in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 3 shows a similar detail as, for example, FIG. 2A, only in a perspective view.
  • At one end of the straight course of the Platen careers 200 is shown as the T ransportier accounts 1 are folded down to return the conveyor chain 150 below the conveying surface 140.
  • FIGS. 1A to 1D show web boundaries, side guides and / or web surfaces, etc. are not shown.
  • These elements of the second plate conveyor 200 may be similar or identical to those of the first plate conveyor 100 shown in FIGS. 1A to 1D.
  • FIG. 4 shows in a perspective view a section of the second plate conveyor 200 without a driven conveyor chain 150, but with some elements of the web surface 125, above which the driven conveyor block 150 is guided.
  • a part of the web surface 125 is shown, which is arranged in a substantially horizontal plane.
  • the web surface 125 is arranged substantially parallel to the conveying surface 140 below this and formed approximately the same size.
  • the web surface 125 defines the conveying path of the plate conveyor 100 or 200 and can serve for unrolling and supporting the carrying rollers 30 which are arranged on the underside 20 of the transport attachments 1 and the weight of the transport attachments 1, the suspended conveyer 150 and / or. or the conveyed goods carry.
  • the connecting device 40 which has the lateral support surface 41 as the rolling surface for the lateral support rollers 130, is shown approximately centrally under a transport plate 50 of the transporting attachments 1.
  • the lateral support rollers 130 can be fastened to and / or on the web surface 125, e.g. by means of a screw and / or welded connection.
  • the conveyor block 150 is not shown in FIG. 4, which allows a view of an internal cavity in the connection device 40.
  • This cavity may be formed as a Switzerlandmitel technique for theRONkete 150.
  • At least one fastening means 42 is provided in the interior of the connecting device 40, which can be designed, for example, as a clip for clipping to the conveyor chain 150, in particular to a keel link of the conveyor chain 150.
  • a clip connection enables an easy-to-manufacture and easy-to-loosen positive connection of the T ransportholzsatzes 1 with the conveyor chain 150th
  • a conveyor chain 150 instead of a conveyor chain 150, another drawing medium, such as e.g. a steel cord and / or a rubber block chain are used.
  • the central axis of the conveyor chain 150 can be arranged lower in the operating position than the center of the statically fixed lateral support rollers 130. As a result, a tilting moment and thus contact pressure of the transport attachments 1 together with traction means in the direction of the web surface 125 can be generated and thus unintentional lifting of the transport attachments 1 be prevented.
  • the transport surfaces 10 are arranged in the operating position below the side guides 120, which prevent lifting of the T ransportaufers 1 of the web surface 125 under the action of a one-sided external force, for example, by a transport side on the T ransportober Structure 10 positioned conveyed or foreign body and / or reduce.
  • the transport surfaces 10 are arranged in operating position below the side guides 120 and / or spaced therefrom that the side guides 120 are substantially not touched without the application of a one-sided external force on the transport surface 10 in order to minimize friction, wear and noise , Thus, they contribute to the floating guidance of the conveyor chain 150.
  • the web surface 125, the side guides 120 and the lateral support rollers 130 represent statically fixed elements of the plate conveyor 100 and 200, respectively.
  • FIG. 5 shows in a perspective view elements of a (static) conveying path of the conveying device.
  • the conveyor shown in Figs. 5 and 6 may be formed, for example, as the plate conveyor 100 or the plate conveyor 200 shown in Figs. In Figures 5 and 6, some static, ie immovable, elements of the conveyor track are shown. As a support of the conveyor track, the plate conveyor 100 or 200 several trusses 90, which is attached to a helical column 101 can be (see Figures 1A and 1B).
  • this conveyor device does not have a helical helical curve path 103 with a continuous web surface 125. This distinguishes the conveyor shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the above-described conveyors.
  • the conveyor shown has on the statically fixed T raversen 90 arranged track guides 91.
  • the T raversen 90 are manufacturedbifdet as substantially horizontally arranged carrier, which protrude from the helical column 101 and the helical axis W substantially perpendicular radially outward.
  • the traverses 90 are attached to the helical column 101 and / or serve for stabilization and / or for supporting the helical curve path 103 (without continuous web surface 125). While the helical curve path 103 of the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is designed as a surface extending over the entire width of the web, the helical curve path 103 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is not formed continuously but interrupted transversely and / or laterally to the conveying direction.
  • a large part of the (web) surface along the helical curve path 103 remains free.
  • a plurality of support rollers 130 in the form of ball bearings is arranged substantially centrally along the helical curve path 103, of which a plurality is combined to form a ball bearing module 80.
  • the support rollers 130 may be attached via a respective bearing pin 81 on the ball bearing housing 80.
  • the support rollers 130 of the ball bearing modules 80 serve for the rolling removal of the shear forces which occur when guiding along a curve and / or along the helical curve path 103.
  • the ball bearing modules 80 are arranged approximately centrally along the helical curve path 103, more precisely offset from the center of the helix curve path 103 somewhat towards the curve center and / or toward the helix axis W.
  • a plurality of raceways 170 are arranged on both lateral sides of the ball bearing module 80.
  • the conveyor preferably has for each T ragrolle 30 of T ransportaufans 1 its own, associated track 170. Since three support rollers 30 can be provided per wing of the transport attachment 1 in the exemplary embodiment shown, three raceways 170 are provided and arranged both laterally to the left and laterally to the right of the ball bearing module 80.
  • the helical curve path 103 has a total of six raceways 170, each of which is designed and arranged for supporting a support roller 30 of the transport attachment 1.
  • Both the raceways 170 and the ball bearing module 80 are attached to at least one web guide 91.
  • the web guides 91 may be formed as flat iron.
  • the web guides 91 are attached to the crossbars 90 and as a static component of the conveyor 100; 200 trained.
  • Both the traverse 90 and the web guide 91 may be formed of a metal, in particular of steel.
  • the traverses 90 and / or the web guides 91 may be formed as substantially flat structural components. In this case, the surface of the said structural components is arranged in a vertical plane.
  • the surfaces of the web guides 91 are substantially perpendicular to the surfaces of the T raversen 90, each in a substantially vertical plane.
  • the raceways 170 and / or the ball bearing modules 80 may each be formed from a plastic and / or have a plastic component.
  • the plastic is designed so that it can be flexibly deformed.
  • both the raceways 170 and / or the ball bearing modules 80 which are formed substantially straight, before being mounted in their respective operating position. Only during assembly of the raceways 170 (and, for example, the ball bearing modules 80) is the track 170 deformed to conform to the curvature of the track guide 91.
  • the web guides 91 which are designed, for example, as flat iron, have a curved configuration in such a way that they adapt to the conveying direction of the conveyor along the path curve or helical curve path 103.
  • the web guides 91 may be formed substantially as elongated metal strips whose longitudinal direction is aligned in the direction of greatest extent. The longitudinal direction extends along and / or parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • the width of the web guides 91 extends substantially in a vertical direction and is substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor.
  • the thickness of the web guides 91 is their smallest extent.
  • the thickness of the web guides 91 is arranged in a radial direction to the curve center and / or the helix axis W out.
  • the web guides 91 formed as elongated strips are bent so as to be bent around the curve center and / or the helix axis W, substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor 100; 200th
  • FIG. 6 shows an enlarged detail of the elements of the conveyor shown in FIG. In particular, an end of the helical path curve is shown, at which both the web guides 91, the raceways 170, and the ball bearing modules 80 can end.
  • the raceways 170 are formed in cross-section substantially T-shaped.
  • a running rail 177 forms the upper T-bar, while a downwardly facing fastening device 173 forms the pillar of the Ts.
  • the top of the rails 177 form a running surface 171 (only one of which is indicated in Fig. 6) on which the carriers 30 of the transporting attachments 1 can roll (see for example Fig. 4).
  • the underside of the rails 177 form a raceway underside 172, of which in Fig. 6 only one is marked.
  • the two clamping extensions 174 and 175 are at a distance from each other on the lower side of the track 172 formed as along the conveying direction uninterrupted, continuous components of the track 170th Die Laufbahnunterseite 172 projecting approximately centrally in each case two clamping extensions Both clamping extensions 174 and 175 together form the fastening device 173.
  • the first clamping extension 174 is formed as a curve-inside clamping extension
  • the second clamping extension 175 is formed as a curve outer-side clamping extension.
  • a recess is formed, which is designed as a receptacle for the web guide 91.
  • the substantially vertically arranged web guide 91 is disposed below the raceway bottom 172 and carries the raceway 170.
  • Each raceway 170 is supported by exactly one web guide 91 associated therewith.
  • On a web guide 91 a plurality of raceways 170 can be arranged one behind the other in the conveying direction, which together form an overall career.
  • the clamping extensions 174 and 175 are kraftschiüssig at least attached to the web guide 91, may additionally be positively secured to the web guide 91.
  • the mold can e.g. be prepared in that at least one of the clamping extensions 174 and / or 175 has a locking element and / or a projection which surrounds the web guide 91, in particular on its side facing away from the raceway bottom 172.
  • The, the and / or the locking element (s) or projection (projections) can, for example,. embrace the lower edge of the web guide 91.
  • the running surfaces 171 of all raceways 170 ie the six raceways 170 in the exemplary embodiment shown, together form the web surface of the conveyor track (which is interrupted in the lateral direction), which in contrast is shown in FIG. 4 as a web surface 125 passing over the entire web width B.
  • the web guides 91 are first mounted parallel to each other on the T ravers 90. Thereafter, the raceways 170 (e.g., individually) may be slipped onto one track guide 91, respectively. This allows a very simple and quick installation.
  • tracks 170 are lightweight, stable and easy to install Conveyor tracks for rolling removal of the weight forces of the moving elements of a conveyor allows.

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La présente invention concerne une chemin de roulement (170) pour un dispositif de transport (100 ; 200), comportant : une surface de roulement (171), disposée sensiblement horizontalement, permettant de supporter des éléments (30 ; 1 ; 150) du dispositif de transport (100 ; 200) se déplaçant par rapport au chemin de roulement (170) ; et une face inférieure de chemin de roulement (172), opposée à la surface de roulement (171). Un dispositif de fixation (173), disposé sur la face inférieure de chemin de roulement (172), est conçu et configuré pour fixer le chemin de roulement (170) à une glissière (91) du dispositif de transport (100 ; 200) disposée sensiblement verticalement.
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