CN220578615U

CN220578615U - Yarn winding unit

Info

Publication number: CN220578615U
Application number: CN202321685906.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛罗·莫罗; 法比奥·达尼奥洛
Original assignee: Savio Macchine Tessili SpA
Current assignee: Savio Macchine Tessili SpA
Priority date: 2022-07-20
Filing date: 2023-06-29
Publication date: 2024-03-12
Anticipated expiration: 2033-06-29
Also published as: IT202200015183A1; EP4310044A1; CN117429955A

Abstract

A yarn winding unit comprising: a spool on which the yarn is wound; and a spool on which the yarn unwound from the spool is wound; a winding device for performing unwinding of the yarn from the spool and winding of the yarn on the spool; a wire tensioning device for controlling the winding tension of the yarn during unwinding of the yarn from the spool and winding of the yarn on the spool. Advantageously, the thread tensioning device comprises a rotor mechanically connected to the motor for rotation about the control axis, wherein the yarn unwound from the spool is wound around a winding portion of said rotor with a predetermined number of turns, the rotor being located between the spool and the reel, and the winding unit further comprises a processing and control unit operatively connected to said motor and programmed to control the rotation of the rotor so that the tension of the yarn follows a set tension value.

Description

Yarn winding unit

Technical Field

The present utility model relates to a winding unit of a thread tensioning device provided with a thread and a related control method.

As is known, the regularity of the winding tension of the yarn is a decisive aspect in ensuring the quality of the formation of the reels. For this reason, the winding unit is usually provided with special devices called thread tensioners, which are responsible for controlling the tension of the moving yarn. Moving radially along the line from the bottom, the line tensioner is interposed between the comb, which controls the variation of the unwinding balloon of the lower spool, and the winding drum, which controls the collection of the yarn in the upper reel by means of the line guiding drum. Typically, the system further comprises a sensor located in front of the collection unit, configured to monitor the wire tension and to provide feedback to the control loop controlling the wire tensioner itself in order to follow a predetermined tension target. In other words, the thread tensioner applies a certain excess tension to the moving thread, depending on the actual value read by the sensor and the stored set point. In the event that the wire tensioner is no longer able to limit tension, the system reduces the winding speed and thus also reduces the hourly production of the handpiece.

Background

As can be easily seen, in addition to generally depending on the type of yarn processed, process factors that hinder the regularity of the wire tension are also present on the spool side (wire carding mode) as well as on the spool side (wire collection speed). Therefore, in order to pursue optimal tension control, they must be properly considered and eliminated.

On the spool side, an effective tensioning strategy consists in using systems such as those shown in patent US5377923a and EP3950551A1, which follow axially or contain radially the extension of the comb balloon, respectively. In fact, according to the variation of the length of the free section from the pick-up point, the wire is unwound from the spool at a pulsating height, while the size of the balloon depends accordingly on this, and thus, as carding proceeds, the tension generated in the wire due to centrifugal forces also has a pulsating and increasing trend. By using these means, the tension difference between the start and end of the spool can be reduced and thereby limit the tension variation input to the universal tensioner.

On the reel side, on the other hand, the winding tension is essentially dependent on the collection speed of the yarn, which in turn is dependent on the circumferential winding speed applied by the winding drum and the transverse crossing speed applied by the wire guide. In fact, even if the winding drum rotates at a substantially constant speed, the pulling speed of the wire undergoes considerable oscillations due to the geometry of the collecting system, in particular for two different reasons.

The first is due to the crossover, i.e. the oscillating distribution of the turns on the winding reel. By means of its helical groove, the yarn guiding drum applies a predetermined transverse deposition law on the reel and, depending on the shape of the groove and the crossover frequency, periodically lengthens and shortens the length of the line section oscillating between the last transverse reel constraint and the line guide. The length is minimal when the wire guide delivers the wire to the centerline of the spool (and thus in the middle of its travel), and maximal when the wire guide deposits the wire at both ends of the spool (and thus at the ends of its travel).

This pulsatile variation in the length of the wire path translates into a first pulsation in the speed of the wire, which accurately withdraws the stretched wire from the spool corresponding to the length wound in the spool, increasing or decreasing by a periodic offset due to the crossover.

While the second cause of the pulsation of the drawing speed of the wire is the conicity of the reel. When the wire is wound on the larger diameter portion (reel bottom), it is pulled at a higher circumferential speed and is thereby subjected to a higher tension; conversely, when the wire is wound on a smaller diameter portion (spool tip), it is pulled at a lower speed and has less tension. In other words, the wire experiences a lower or higher tension depending on the winding position on the spool. At present, even if the conicity of the tube is rather limited, at the usual winding speeds, the pulsations of the pulling speed to which the wire is subjected are not negligible, wherein a relative variation of 20% can be reached between the tip and the tail.

For all these reasons, the wire tensioner is responsible for adjusting and compensating for this variation in the speed and tension of the wire, as well as dampening any vibrations due to carding the wire from the spool.

Generally, the use of two different types of wire tensioners is known from the prior art: plate wire tensioners and comb wire tensioners.

The plate wire tensioner consists of a pair of opposing friction plates that apply an adjustable braking pressure on the running wire toward or away from it without changing the path of the wire. For example, patent EP734990B1 shows a magnetically driven plate wire tensioner, while patent EP1975105A2 describes a plate wire tensioner having multiple pairs of spring loaded plates.

On the other hand, in comb wire tensioners, the structure of the device consists of a plurality of fixed and movable diverters arranged in a comb shape according to opposite and offset configurations, which mutually penetrate to increase the wire tension by means of an increase or decrease of the total winding angle of the wire and thereby create a friction force therein. For example, patent US5499772a and US5738295A describe comb line tensioners that utilize energization of solenoids to control adjustment, while patent IT1276819B1 describes an apparatus that utilizes pneumatic control.

Disadvantageously, prior art wire tensioners suffer from poor dynamic response and limited tension adjustment capabilities, and therefore they cannot follow the speed and tension pulsations experienced by the wire with sufficient rapidity, nor effectively suppress the relative peak.

Typically, in practice, the wire tensioner is able to follow the variations of the carding spool by measuring the average tension of the wire reaching the spool, for example with a tension sensor, and adjust the additional tension caused by the wire tensioner to ensure a predetermined overall average tension. If the tension cannot be reduced as expected even after the tension increased by the wire tensioner is reduced to a minimum, the system is forced to reduce the winding speed of the drum to reduce the tension, thus losing the productivity of the unit and thus the machine.

Furthermore, if the tension control is inaccurate, the clearer may make a false cut due to, for example, shape and size changes of the defect or due to loosening of the yarn being erroneously interpreted as a defect.

Finally, the non-uniformity of the tension causes the wound portions to have different tensions, which results in compromising the quality of the formed reel, especially for particularly smooth yarns and for dyed reels, the dye absorption of which is closely related to the winding/spooling tension of the thread.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, there is a need to address the shortcomings and limitations mentioned in relation to the prior art.

Such a need is met by a winding unit provided with the yarn tensioning device of the utility model and a method for controlling the winding tension of a yarn.

According to one embodiment of the present utility model, there is provided a winding unit of yarn including: a spool on which the yarn is wound; and a spool on which the yarn unwound from the spool is wound; winding means for performing unwinding of said yarn from said spool and winding of said yarn on said spool; a wire tensioning device for controlling winding tension of the yarn during unwinding of the yarn from the spool and winding of the yarn on the spool. The wire tensioning device comprises a rotor mechanically connected to a motor for rotation about a control axis, wherein the yarn unwound from the spool is wound around a winding portion of the rotor with a predetermined number of turns, the rotor being located between the spool and the spool, and the winding unit further comprises a processing and control unit operatively connected to the motor and programmed to control the rotation of the rotor such that the tension of the yarn follows a set tension value.

Further, the rotor has a moment of inertia relative to the control axis of less than 5000 g-mm 2.

Further, the rotor has a turn diameter of less than 75 mm.

Further, the rotor is guided by a brushless type motor.

Further, at least one angular velocity sensor of the rotor is included.

Further, the angular velocity sensor of the rotor is an encoder or a resolver.

Further, the angular velocity sensor of the rotor is integrated in the motor.

Further, the processing and control unit is programmed to increase or decrease the rotational speed of the rotor to increase or decrease the circumferential speed of the yarn when the tension of the yarn deviates from a set value, respectively.

Further, the processing and control unit is programmed to operate the tension control of the yarn in an open loop manner, so as to infer the instantaneous tension of the yarn starting from the operating parameters of the winding unit, including the winding speed, the type of thread guiding drum and the moment at which the yarn passes through at least one known point of intersection.

Further, a sensor device configured to detect a moment of the yarn passing at least one known point of the crossing is included.

Further, the sensor device comprises a vision system.

Further, the sensor device is of an optical type or a piezoelectric type.

Further, the thread tensioning device comprises at least one tension sensor of the thread configured to continuously monitor a winding tension of the thread before winding the thread in the spool, the tension sensor being operatively connected to the processing and control unit.

Further, the at least one tension sensor of the yarn is mounted near the rotor.

Further, the at least one tension sensor of the yarn is mounted adjacent to a thread guiding drum operatively connected to the spool.

Further, the processing and control unit is programmed to direct the angular velocity of the rotor to follow a set theoretical value of the tension of the yarn measured by the tension sensor, such that in case of an increase or decrease of the tension of the yarn, the processing and control unit increases or decreases the angular velocity of the rotor accordingly, thereby returning the measured tension to the set theoretical value.

Further, the rotor is operatively coupled with an external compensation device configured to dynamically increase or decrease the amount of yarn wound on the wound portion of the rotor.

Further, the external compensation device is driven by a brushless motor.

Further, the external compensation means comprises a slider moving relative to the rotor, wherein the slider comprises an eyelet forming an insertion point of the yarn on the rotor.

Further, the displacement of the slider and the associated insertion point of the yarn are controlled with respect to the type of yarn guiding drum, and/or with respect to the rotational speed of the yarn guiding drum, and/or with respect to the position of the yarn on the yarn guiding drum.

Further, the slider is operatively connected to a motor means, which in turn is connected to the processing and control unit.

Further, the slider moves along a circular trajectory relative to the control axis near the outer periphery of the rotor.

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Other features and advantages of the utility model will be more clearly understood from the description of a preferred and non-limiting embodiment of the utility model given below, in which:

fig. 1 depicts a side view of a winding unit provided with a wire tensioning device for controlling the winding tension of a yarn according to the utility model;

FIG. 2 depicts a schematic of a wire tensioning device for controlling the winding tension of a yarn according to an embodiment with open circuit control;

FIG. 3 depicts a schematic of a wire tensioning device for controlling the winding tension of a yarn according to an embodiment with closed loop control;

fig. 4 depicts a schematic view of a wire tensioning unit provided with an external compensation device for controlling the winding tension of the yarn.

The same reference numerals will be used to denote common elements or portions of elements in the embodiments described below.

Detailed Description

With reference to the preceding figures, the reference numeral 4 generally designates a winding unit of yarn 8.

It should be noted that the term thread or single thread or continuous thread refers to a single filament or continuous filament (e.g. in the case of silk, rayon or synthetic fibers), whereas the term yarn refers to a set of fibrils of different lengths that are parallel and joined together by twisting. Hereinafter, one or the other terms will be used indifferently, and it should be understood that the application of the present utility model is not limited to one or the other type.

The winding unit 4 of the yarn 8 comprises: a spool 20 on which the yarn 8 is wound; and a reel 32 on which the yarn 8 unwound from the spool 20 is wound.

The winding unit further comprises winding means 36 for performing unwinding of the yarn 8 from the spool and winding of the yarn 8 on the reel 32.

The winding device 36 may include, for example, a wire guiding drum 40 operatively connected to the spool 32 or a crossing device 44 associated with the wire guiding drum 40.

The winding unit 4 may also comprise a clearer 48 and a yarn reattachment or splicing device 52 in case the yarn itself breaks in a known manner.

The winding unit 4 advantageously comprises a thread tensioning device 56 of said yarn 8 for controlling the tension of the yarn during unwinding of the yarn from the spool 20 and winding of the yarn on the reel 32.

Advantageously, the wire tensioning device 56 comprises a rotor 60 mechanically connected to a motor 64 for rotation about a control axis X-X.

The yarn 8 unwound from the spool 20 is wound around the winding portion 68 of the rotor 60 with a predetermined number of turns.

A rotor 60 is located between the spool 20 and the reel 32 in order to intercept the yarn 8 unwound and subsequently wound.

According to one embodiment, rotor 60 has less than 5 relative to control axis X-X000g·mm ² Is a rotational inertia of the bearing. Thus, the rotor 60 may quickly respond to any acceleration/deceleration conditions and thereby limit transient dynamics effects.

According to one embodiment, rotor 60 has a turn diameter of less than 75 mm. Thus, the rotor 60 may quickly respond to any acceleration/deceleration conditions and thereby limit transient dynamics effects.

According to one embodiment, the rotor 60 is driven by a brushless motor 64: this type of motor is particularly advantageous because it has low inertia and high dynamic performance, thereby facilitating overall response preparation of the wire tensioner 56.

Furthermore, brushless motors are characterized by high efficiency, which translates into significant energy savings in the case of continuous operation.

According to one possible embodiment, the winding unit 4 comprises at least one angular velocity sensor 76 of the rotor 60; the speed control can thus be carried out in an accurate and timely manner, in particular for the purpose of metering the yarn 8 and the reel 32 formed thereby.

For example, the angular velocity sensor 76 of the rotor 60 is an encoder or resolver.

Preferably, the angular velocity sensor 76 of the rotor 60 is integrated into the motor 64 to facilitate compactness of the wire tensioner 56.

The winding unit 4 further comprises a processing and control unit 80 operatively connected to said motor 64 and programmed to control the rotation of the rotor 60 so that the tension of the yarn 8 follows a set tension value.

According to one possible embodiment, the processing and control unit 80 is programmed to increase or decrease the rotation speed of the rotor 60 to increase or decrease the circumferential speed of the yarn 8 (and thus the traction of the yarn according to the winding demand of the reel 32) in case the tension of the yarn 8 deviates from said set value, respectively.

According to one possible embodiment (fig. 2), the processing and control unit 80 is programmed to operate the tension control of the yarn 8 in an open loop manner, so as to infer the instantaneous tension of the yarn starting from the operating parameters of the winding unit 4, such as the winding speed, the type of thread guiding drum and the moment at which the yarn passes through at least one known point of intersection. This solution makes it possible to have a relatively simple wire tensioning device 56 without the need to overly complicate the electronic structure of the winding unit 4 and at the same time use known process variables.

According to one possible embodiment, the moment of passage of the yarn 8 at least one known point of intersection is detected by sensor means.

Advantageously, the sensor means may comprise a vision system.

Advantageously, the sensor means may be of the optical or piezoelectric type.

According to another possible embodiment (fig. 3), the wire tensioning device 56 comprises at least one tension sensor 84 of the yarn 8, configured to continuously monitor the winding tension of the yarn before winding the yarn 8 in the reel 32.

The tension sensor 84 of the yarn 8 is operatively connected to the processing and control unit 80 so that the tension control of the yarn 8 can be operated in a closed loop manner. Whereby a more accurate guiding of the tension of the yarn 8 can be obtained.

In particular, in so doing, the angular velocity of the rotor 60 is guided to follow the set theoretical value of the tension of the yarn 8 measured by the tension sensor 84. Essentially, if the tension of the yarn 8 increases, the angular velocity of the rotor 60 increases, so that the measured tension returns (i.e., decreases) to the set theoretical value.

For example, the at least one tension sensor 84 of the yarn 8 is mounted in proximity of the rotor 60 in order to limit the size of the thread tensioning device 56 and to simplify the structure of the winding unit 4.

According to one possible embodiment, the at least one tension sensor 84 of the yarn 8 is mounted in proximity of the thread guiding drum 40 operatively connected to the reel 32.

Thereby, any tension fluctuations of the yarn can be accurately controlled before winding the yarn 8 in the reel 32. In general, the number and mounting location of the tension sensors 84 should not be construed in a limiting sense for the purposes of the present utility model.

According to one possible embodiment of the utility model (fig. 4), the rotor 60 may be operated in connection with an external compensation device 90 configured to dynamically increase or decrease the amount of yarn 8 wound on the winding portion 68 of the rotor 60.

Advantageously, the compensation means are driven by a brushless motor. This type of motor is particularly advantageous because it has a low inertia and high dynamic performance, thereby facilitating the overall response preparation of the compensation device 90.

Advantageously, the external compensation device 90 comprises a slider 92 moving with respect to the rotor 60, wherein said slider 92 comprises an eyelet 94 forming the insertion point of the yarn 8 on the rotor 60.

The displacement of the slide 92 and the relative insertion point of the yarn 8 can be controlled with respect to the type of yarn guiding drum 40, and/or with respect to the rotational speed of the yarn guiding drum 40, and/or with respect to the position of the yarn 8 on the yarn guiding drum 40.

In particular, the slider is operatively connected to a motor device (not shown), which in turn is connected to the processing and control unit 80.

According to a preferred embodiment, the slide 92 moves along a circular trajectory with respect to the control axis X-X in the vicinity of the periphery of the rotor 60.

As will be appreciated from what has been described, the present utility model has considerable advantages with respect to the current solutions of the prior art and allows to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art.

A first advantage of this solution lies in the fact that: the tension is ideally constant between the start and end of the spool and between the spool and spool, which greatly improves the formation of the spool.

Secondly, it is easy to manufacture reels with variable density simply by varying the tension produced by the device, without having to vary the type of cartridge, the position of the arm and the degree of counterweight. Thus, it may be conveniently configured to form a "hard" or "soft" spool from a PC as desired.

Furthermore, there are the following facts: since a predetermined number of turns is wound on the surface of the rotor, the circumferential speed of the wire and thus the length of the winding in the spool can also be automatically known depending on the diameter and rotational speed of the rotor and the number of winding turns, respectively. Thus, the device acts as an integrated metering system as well as a speedometer.

In addition, the disadvantages of the known art caused by fluctuations in the drawing speed of the wire due to the crossing and coning of the reels can be solved. In particular, as can be seen, the rotor can be operatively coupled with an external compensation device configured to dynamically increase or decrease the total number of winding turns, moving the insertion point of the wire on the rotor forward or backward and thus also immediately changing the winding of the wire. This particular configuration allows the system to predict the wire demand from the reel to the spool based on a measured or calculated tension, the magnitude of which implicitly provides the instantaneous deposition location of the wire and thus also provides information about the retraction or release of the wire at a later time, depending on whether the wire is in the tail or tip of the reel.

The system is also able to compensate for the speed variation between the tail and tip of the reel (typically a conical reel), which is typically absorbed by the carding spool, a highly dynamic process, operating at speeds of tens of meters per second and being unstable. The system described above actively increases the winding on the rotor during the step between the tail and the tip, changing the position of the entry point, while it reduces the winding on the rotor during the step between the tip and the tail, counteracting or greatly reducing the fluctuations in the traction speed experienced by the yarn combed from the spool.

Thus, the tensioning system will be able to predict the spool demand for thread, keep the draw speed substantially constant, and at the same time eliminate the problem of increased turns and/or tension peaks that can lead to breakage, loss and/or erroneous cutting of the clearer.

Finally, with regard to the layout of the winding unit, the use of the device in the object does not change the current bobbin-side setting and does not involve significant constructional changes, so that the device can be easily implemented even on existing machines without causing a significant increase in the footprint.

In fact, the device can even replace the traditional tension control means of the winding unit, the pretensioner and/or the wire tensioner itself.

Many modifications and variations of the above-described solutions will occur to those skilled in the art in order to meet the contingent and specific requirements.

The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A yarn winding unit comprising:

-a spool (20) on which the yarn (8) is wound; and a reel (32) on which the yarn (8) unwound from the spool (20) is wound,

winding means (36) for performing unwinding of said yarn (8) from said spool (20) and winding of said yarn (8) on said reel (32),

a wire tensioning device (56) for controlling the winding tension of the yarn (8) during unwinding from the spool (20) and winding of the yarn on the reel (32),

it is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of,

the wire tensioning device (56) comprises a rotor (60) mechanically connected to an electric motor (64) for rotation about a control axis (X-X),

wherein the yarn (8) unwound from the spool (20) is wound around a winding portion (68) of the rotor (60) with a predetermined number of turns, the rotor (60) being located between the spool (20) and the reel (32),

and the winding unit further comprises a processing and control unit (80) operatively connected to the motor (64) and programmed to control the rotation of the rotor (60) so that the tension of the yarn (8) follows a set tension value.

2. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotor (60) has a diameter of less than 5000 g-mm with respect to the control axis (X-X) ² Is a rotational inertia of the bearing.

3. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rotor (60) has a turn diameter of less than 75 mm.

4. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotor (60) is guided by an electric motor (64) of the brushless type.

5. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least one angular velocity sensor (76) of the rotor (60).

6. Yarn winding unit according to claim 5, characterized in that the angular velocity sensor (76) of the rotor (60) is an encoder or resolver.

7. Yarn winding unit according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the angular velocity sensor (76) of the rotor (60) is integrated in the motor (64).

8. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing and control unit (80) is programmed to increase or decrease the rotational speed of the rotor (60) to increase or decrease the circumferential speed of the yarn (8) when the tension of the yarn (8) deviates from a set value, respectively.

9. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing and control unit (80) is programmed to operate the tension control of the yarn (8) in an open loop manner, whereby the instantaneous tension of the yarn is deduced starting from the operating parameters of the winding unit (4), which operating parameters of the winding unit (4) include winding speed, type of yarn guiding drum and moment of passage of the yarn (8) through at least one known point of intersection.

10. Yarn winding unit according to claim 9, characterized in that it comprises sensor means configured to detect the moment at which the yarn (8) passes at least one known point of the crossing.

11. Yarn winding unit according to claim 10, characterized in that the sensor means comprise a vision system.

12. Yarn winding unit according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the sensor means are of the optical or piezoelectric type.

13. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the yarn tensioning device (56) comprises at least one tension sensor (84) of the yarn (8), which is configured to continuously monitor the winding tension of the yarn (8) before winding it in the reel (32), which tension sensor (84) is operatively connected to the processing and control unit (80).

14. Yarn winding unit according to claim 13, characterized in that the at least one tension sensor (84) of the yarn (8) is mounted in the vicinity of the rotor (60).

15. Yarn winding unit according to claim 13, characterized in that the at least one tension sensor (84) of the yarn (8) is mounted in proximity of a yarn guiding drum (40) operatively connected to the reel (32).

16. Yarn winding unit according to any one of claims 13 to 15, characterized in that the processing and control unit (80) is programmed to direct the angular velocity of the rotor (60) to follow a set theoretical value of the tension of the yarn (8) measured by the tension sensor (84), so that in case of an increase or decrease of the tension of the yarn (8), the processing and control unit (80) increases or decreases the angular velocity of the rotor (60) accordingly, so that the measured tension returns to the set theoretical value.

17. Yarn winding unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotor (60) is operatively coupled with an external compensation device (90) configured to dynamically increase or decrease the amount of yarn (8) wound on the winding portion (68) of the rotor (60).

18. Yarn winding unit according to claim 17, characterized in that the external compensation means (90) are driven by a brushless motor.

19. Yarn winding unit according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the external compensation means (90) comprise a slide (92) moving relative to the rotor (60), wherein the slide (92) comprises an eyelet (94) forming an insertion point of the yarn (8) on the rotor (60).

20. Yarn winding unit according to claim 19, characterized in that the displacement of the slider (92) and the associated insertion point of the yarn (8) are controlled with respect to the type of yarn guiding drum (40), and/or with respect to the rotational speed of the yarn guiding drum (40), and/or with respect to the position of the yarn (8) on the yarn guiding drum (40).

21. Yarn winding unit according to claim 19, characterized in that the slider is operatively connected to motor means, which in turn are connected to the processing and control unit (80).

22. Yarn winding unit as in claim 19, characterized in that the slider (92) moves along a circular trajectory with respect to the control axis (X-X) in the vicinity of the periphery of the rotor (60).