Arrangement for operating a contact roller and associated method for operating a contact roller

• US 20040245859A1
• Filed: 02/26/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bruckner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (Brückner Group GmbH /Siegsdorf/)
• Original Assignee: Bruckner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG (Brückner Group GmbH /Siegsdorf/)
• Inventors: Sieber, Bernd
• Granted Patent: US 7,095,190 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 310/12
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 18/26 Mechanisms for controlling contact pressure on winding-web package, e.g. for regulating the quantity of air between web layers
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/01 indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/02 indicating an entity which is controlled, adjusted or changed by a control process, i.e. output
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2404/43 Rider roll construction
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2513/10 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2513/20 Acceleration or deceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2515/30 Forces; Stresses
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2515/50 Vibrations; Oscillations
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2515/70 Electrical or magnetic properties, e.g. electric power or current
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2555/13 magnetic, e.g. induction motors

Abstract

An improved arrangement for operating a contact roller (7) and an associated method, characterized inter alia by the following features: a linear motor drive (14) is allocated to the contact roller (7) in order to change positon; a force adjustment device (400) is provided for the linear motor drive (14); a suitable sensor is also provied in order to determine speed or acceleration.

Claims

1. Arrangement for operating a contact roller (7) with the following features:

a linear motor drive (14) for position changing is assigned to the contact roller (7), the linear motor drive (14) acting preferably on the bearing points (20) of the contact roller (7),

there is furthermore a force control means (400) for the linear motor drive (14), and the linear motor drive (14) can be operated on the one hand as a damping means and on the other as a contact pressure means for producing a contact pressure force for the contact roller (7),

there is a location sensor and/or a speed sensor and/or an acceleration sensor and/or an actual value and/or speed and/or acceleration detection and/or determination stage in order to detect and/or determine the corresponding location, the speed and/or the acceleration of a secondary part (18) of the linear motor drive (14), which part can be moved relative to an at least relatively stationary primary part (16),

the force control means (400) is built such that an inherently definable or preselectable contact force for the contact pressure force of the contact roller (7) with another roller (1), preferably in the form of a take-up roller (1) or a bale (5) which can be rolled thereon, can be modified with consideration of a force correction value which can be derived from the actual values of the position value and/or speed value and/or acceleration value of the secondary part (18) which can be moved relative to the primary part (16).

2. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the force setpoint (F_set) for producing a definable contact pressure of the contact roller (7) can be modified depending on the measured and/or determined location, speed and/or acceleration value (x_act, v_act, a_act) in an adder stage (33).

3. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is a differentiator (27) in order to derive the actual speed (v_act) for the relative speed of the movable secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) which is at least relatively stationary from the actual value (x_act) of the relative position of the movable secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) which is at least relatively stationary.

4. Arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein a filter, preferably a highpass filter (28), is connected downstream of the differentiator (27).

5. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is an integrator (50) to determine the actual speed (v_act) for the relative speed of the secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) from the actual acceleration of the secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) which is at least relatively stationary.

6. Arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein a filter, preferably a highpass filter (28), is connected downstream of the integrator (50).

7. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is an adder (31) in which the determined actual speed (v_act) can be compared to a definable setpoint speed (v_set), modified and especially added to or subtracted from one another.

8. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is an adder (31) in which the determined actual speed (v_act) which is filtered via a highpass filter (28) can be compared to a definable setpoint speed (v_set), modified and especially added to or subtracted from one another.

9. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is a controller (32) in which a force quantity can be produced with definable scaling, preferably from the difference of a definable setpoint speed (v_set) and the measured or determined actual speed (v_act).

10. Arrangement as claimed in claim 9, wherein there is an adder (33) in which the determined force quantity (F) is superimposed on a definable setpoint force (F_set), added or subtracted.

11. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is furthermore a force controller (34), via which the movable secondary part (18) can be triggered at least indirectly, with consideration of a definable setpoint force (F_set), a position-dependent, speed-dependent and/or acceleration-dependent quantity of the secondary part (18) relative to the at least relatively stationary primary part (16), and a quantity for the actual current (i_act) which can be measured or determined in a current detection means (36), via which the secondary part (18) can be moved.

12. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is vector control (35) which can be triggered via the force controller (34) and a length measurement system (25) for determining the adjustment path of the secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16).

13. Arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the linear motor drive (14) can be triggered via the vector control (35).

14. Process for operating a contact roller (7) with the following features:

a contact roller (7) with a variable position is triggered via a linear motor drive (14) for changing its position,

a force control means (400) is used, via which the linear motor drive (14) can be triggered on the one hand as a damping means and on the other as a contact pressure means for producing a contact pressure force for the contact roller (7),

a location sensor and/or a speed sensor and/or an acceleration sensor and/or an actual value and/or speed and/or acceleration detection and/or determination stage is used to detect and/or to determine the corresponding location, the speed and/or the acceleration of a secondary part (18) of the linear motor drive (14), which part can be moved relative to an at least relatively stationary primary part (16), and by the force control means (400) an inherently definable or preselectable contact force for the contact pressure force of the contact roller (7) with another roller (1), preferably in the form of a take-up roller (10) or a bale (5) which can be rolled thereon, is modified with consideration of a force correction value which is derived from the actual values of the position value and/or speed value and/or acceleration value of the secondary part (18) which can be moved relative to the primary part (16).

15. Process as claimed in claim 14, wherein a force setpoint (F_set) for producing a preselectable contact pressure of the contact roller (7) is modified depending on the measured and/or determined location, speed and/or acceleration value (x_act, v_act, a_act) in an adder stage (33).

16. Process as claimed in claim 14, wherein a differentiator (27) is used to derive the actual speed (v_act) for the relative speed of the movable secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) which is at least relatively stationary from the actual value (x_act) of the relative position of the movable secondary part (18) relative to the primary part (16) which is at least relatively stationary.