JP5353183B2 - Method and apparatus for transporting strip member with steel cord - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for conveying a belt-shaped member containing a steel cord, preventing floating during conveying without lowering work efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: When the belt-shaped member 2 containing the steel cord is conveyed on a plurality of horizontal rollers 4, the belt-shaped member 2 is sucked toward the horizontal rollers 4 by magnetic force 12 generated from a magnet 6. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transporting a steel cord-containing band member, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for transporting a steel cord-containing band member that prevents the steel cord-containing band member from floating during conveyance.

  In general, in a tire manufacturing process, a belt member with a steel cord, which is a material for a carcass layer or a belt layer of a tire, is transported by a transport device including a plurality of horizontal rollers that can be rotated and vertical rollers that are erected on the side surfaces. The

  However, when a part of the strip member with steel cord is conveyed while being lifted from the horizontal roller, there is a problem that the quality of the strip member with steel cord is deteriorated. For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, in a step of winding a belt-like member with a steel cord into a roller shape with a belt-like liner made of a releasable woven fabric interposed, a part of the belt-like member with a steel cord is a horizontal roller. If it is rolled up while being lifted from the steel strip, the belt-like member with the steel cord will shift in the width direction, meandering and winding will occur, or wrinkles will occur on the surface, which will adversely affect the molding of the tire It will be.

In order to solve such a problem, the upper surface of the steel cord-containing band-like member is suppressed with a pressing roller, but each time a new steel cord-containing band-like member is passed, the pressing roller must be removed. There is a problem that workability deteriorates.
JP 2006-213433 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for transporting a steel cord-containing belt-shaped member that prevents lifting during transportation without deteriorating workability.

The method for transporting a steel cord-containing belt-shaped member of the present invention that achieves the above object is the transport method for transporting a steel cord-containing belt-shaped member on a plurality of horizontal rollers, wherein the horizontal roller has a plurality of disc-shaped rollers on a holding shaft. A roller that is rotatably fixed and has a plurality of cylindrical bodies rotatably attached to an outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped roller in a direction in which the holding shaft extends, and the horizontal roller before and / or after the horizontal roller. A plurality of roller-like magnets arranged so that the upper surfaces thereof are the same attracts the steel cord-containing belt-like member toward the horizontal roller by magnetic force , and forms a pair on both sides of the steel cord-containing belt-like member Consisting of a pair of vertical guide rollers, the distance between each pair of vertical guide rollers is conveyed By the vertical guide rollers arranged guide means so as to approach gradually toward the direction, the edges in the width direction of the steel cords shaped member so as to gradually abuts against the vertical guide roller The steel cord-containing band-shaped member is centered in the width direction of the horizontal roller.

Magnetic force is good to be generated from the electromagnet.

The steel cord-incorporated belt-like member conveying device of the present invention that achieves the above object is the conveying device for conveying the steel cord-incorporated belt-like member on a plurality of horizontal rollers, with the steel cord-incorporated belt-like member facing the horizontal roller. It is composed of a magnet attracted by magnetic force and a plurality of pairs of vertical guide rollers paired on both sides of the steel cord-containing belt-like member, and the distance between each pair of vertical guide rollers gradually increases in the transport direction. The vertical guide roller is arranged so as to approach the guide means for centering the steel cord-containing belt-like member in the width direction of the horizontal roller, and the horizontal roller rotates each of a plurality of disk-like rollers on a holding shaft. A plurality of cylindrical bodies are fixed on the outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped roller. It is a roller attached rotatably in the direction in which the shaft extends, and the magnet is a rotatable roller-like magnet arranged so that the upper surface is the same as the horizontal roller before and / or after the horizontal roller. It is characterized by.

Magnets, it is desirable to use electromagnets.

  The steel cord-containing belt-shaped member conveying device of the present invention is suitably used as a supply device for a winding device in which a steel cord-containing belt-shaped member and a belt-shaped liner are stacked and wound in a roller shape.

  According to the method and apparatus for transporting a steel cord-containing belt-like member of the present invention, when the steel cord-containing belt-like member is transported on a plurality of horizontal rollers, it is attracted toward the horizontal roller by the magnetic force of the magnet. The belt-like member with the steel cord is not lifted during transportation. Moreover, since there is no need to provide a structure above the horizontal roller, workability is not reduced when a new steel cord-containing belt-like member is passed.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show a reference example of the transport apparatus of the scan steel cords shaped member.

  This steel cord-containing belt-like member conveying device (hereinafter simply referred to as “conveying device”) 1 is for conveying the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2 and supplying it to the winding device 3. The conveying device 1 includes a plurality of horizontal rollers 4 arranged in parallel to each other at a predetermined interval, guide means including a pair of vertical guide rollers 5 installed before and after the horizontal rollers 4, and the horizontal rollers 4. It is comprised from the several magnet 6 installed below the upper surface (surface which conveys the strip | belt-shaped member 2 containing a steel cord). The distance between the pair of vertical guide rollers 5 is arranged so as to gradually approach as it goes in the conveying direction of the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2. The steel cord-containing belt-like member 2 moves on the plurality of horizontal rollers 4 while both edges in the width direction gradually abut against the vertical guide roller 5 and are centered in the width direction. 3 is supplied. Then, in the winding device 3, it is sandwiched between a roller 10 and a winding roll 11 together with a strip-like liner 9 made of a releasable woven fabric or metal supplied from a liner supply drum 8, and rolls on the winding roll 11. Rolled up into a shape. Examples of the steel cord-containing band-like member 2 include an unvulcanized rubber-like sheet in which a steel cord is embedded.

  In such a conveying apparatus 1, the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2 conveyed on the horizontal roller 4 has a steel cord that is a magnetic body, and therefore is directed toward the horizontal roller 4 by the magnetic force 12 generated from the magnet 6. Sucked. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2 from being lifted from the horizontal roller 4 during conveyance. Moreover, since it is not necessary to provide structures, such as a press roller, above the horizontal roller 4, workability | operativity does not fall, when passing the strip | belt-shaped member 2 containing a new steel cord.

  The position of the magnet 6 in the conveying direction of the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2 is not particularly limited, but the horizontal roller 4 with no metal obstacles above it so that the magnetic force 12 acts effectively on the steel cord. It is good to install in either or both front and back.

3 and 4 show an application example of a conveying device consisting of the implementation of the invention.

  In the transport device 1, a rotatable roller-shaped magnet 13 is disposed on either or both of the front and rear of the horizontal roller 4 so that the upper surface is the same. By doing in this way, since the strip | belt-shaped member 2 containing a steel cord is attracted | sucked directly by the magnetic force which generate | occur | produces from the roller-shaped magnet 13, it does not slacken below between the horizontal rollers 4 and the edge part of the conveying apparatus 1. The belt-like member 2 with steel cord can be transported in a flatter state.

  As a modification of the present embodiment, the horizontal roller 4 itself can be replaced with a roller-shaped magnet 13.

  In any of the above embodiments, it is desirable to use electromagnets rather than permanent magnets as the magnets 6 and 13 for attracting the steel cord-containing belt-like member 2. In this way, by adjusting the magnetic force according to the specifications of the steel cord-containing band-like member 2 (for example, the material and number of steel cords), the steel cord-containing band-like member 2 can be surely kept flat. Can be transported.

  Further, it is desirable that the length of the magnets 6 and 13 in the width direction is at least the same as the width of the steel cord-containing band-shaped member 2 to be transported, but as shown in FIG. 5, the shorter magnets 6a and 13a. May be provided intermittently in the width direction. In FIG. 5, four short magnets 6a and 13a are used, but the number is not limited to this.

As shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of disk-shaped rollers 15 are rotatably fixed to the horizontal roller 4 on a holding shaft 14 extending in the width direction of the steel cord-containing band-shaped member 2, and the disk-shaped a plurality of cylindrical bodies 16 on the outer peripheral surface of the roller 15, Ru used as mounted rotatably in the direction of the holding shaft 14. By using the roller having such a structure, the belt-like member 2 with the steel cord can be moved in the width direction on the horizontal roller 4, so that the centering in the width direction by the guide means such as the vertical guide roller 5 becomes easy. The relative position with the liner 8 can be adjusted with high accuracy.

  In addition, as a roller which can move the strip | belt-shaped member 2 with a steel cord also to a width direction, the spherical roller which can be rotated to arbitrary directions may be arrange | positioned vertically and horizontally.

  The transport device 1 of the present invention is preferably used for the above-described supply device of the steel cord-containing band-like member 2 to the winding device 3, but is not limited to this, and the steel cord-containing band-like member in the entire tire manufacturing process. It can be applied to the second conveyance.

Scan is a reference example of the transport apparatus of steel cords shaped member. FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1. It is an application example of the transport apparatus of the steel cords strip consisting of the implementation of the invention. FIG. 4 is a top view of FIG. 3. It is a top view which shows the modification of both embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a horizontal roller, Comprising: (a) shows the front of a horizontal roller, (b) shows the XX cross section in (a), respectively.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Conveyor apparatus of steel cord band member 2 Steel cord band member 3 Winding device 4 Horizontal roller 5 Vertical guide roller 6 Magnet 6a Short magnet 7 Roller 8 Liner supply drum 9 Liner 10 Roller 11 Winding roll 12 Magnetic force 13 Roller-shaped magnet 13a Roller-shaped magnet 14 having a short length 14 Holding shaft 15 Disc-shaped roller 16 Cylindrical body

Claims (5)

In the transporting method for transporting the steel cord belt-shaped member on a plurality of horizontal rollers, the horizontal roller fixes a plurality of disk-shaped rollers to a holding shaft in a rotatable manner, and a plurality of cylinders on an outer peripheral surface of the disk-shaped roller. It is a roller that is rotatably mounted in the direction in which the holding shaft extends, and is provided by a rotatable roller-shaped magnet arranged so that the upper surface of the horizontal roller is the same as that of the horizontal roller before and / or after the horizontal roller. A vertical guide roller that includes a plurality of pairs of vertical guide rollers that are paired on both sides of the steel cord belt-shaped member and attracts the steel cord belt-shaped member toward the horizontal roller by a magnetic force. The vertical guide rollers are arranged so that the distance between them gradually approaches as it goes in the transport direction. The guide means, and the edges in the width direction of the steel cords shaped member so as to gradually abuts against the vertical guide rollers, centering the steel cords belt-like member in the widthwise direction of the horizontal rollers A method for transporting strip members with steel cords.   The method for transporting a strip member with steel cord according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic force is generated from an electromagnet. In the transport device for transporting the steel cord strip member on a plurality of horizontal rollers , a pair of magnets that attract the steel cord strip member to the horizontal roller by a magnetic force is paired on both sides of the steel cord strip member. The belt-like member with steel cord by arranging the vertical guide rollers so that the distance between the vertical guide rollers of each pair is gradually approaching as it goes in the transport direction. Guide means for centering in the width direction of the horizontal roller, the horizontal roller rotatably fixing a plurality of disc-shaped rollers to a holding shaft, and a plurality of cylindrical bodies on the outer peripheral surface of the disc-shaped roller. A roller attached rotatably in the extending direction of the holding shaft, and the magnet is Conveying device before and / or after the horizontal roller and the upper surface is steel cords shaped member is arranged rotatable roller-shaped magnet to have the same flat roller. The said magnet is an electromagnet, The conveying apparatus of the strip | belt-shaped member with a steel cord of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Conveying apparatus of the steel cords strip member according to claim 3 or 4 which is a supply device by laminating said steel cords shaped member and a strip-shaped liner to the winding device for winding into a roll Conveyor device for steel cord containing strips.

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