PRODUCTION LINES FOR PRODUCING CORE COMPONENTS OF DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINES

• US 20160056695A1
• Filed: 04/04/2014
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ATOP SpA
• Original Assignee: ATOP SpA
• Inventors: Santandrea, Marco
• Granted Patent: US 10,355,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/022 with salient poles or claw-shaped poles
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/08 Forming windings by laying conductors into or around core parts

Abstract

A production line (100,200,300,400) for manufacturing wound core components (10,10′) of a dynamo electric machine, comprising a central processing zone (101) provided with at least a winder (104,104′) for winding coils (15) to produce wound core components, a downstream processing zone (111) for finishing the wound core components. The production line further comprises a first load and unload device (105) for transferring the core components to be wound to at least a winder (104,104′) from a waiting position (103a), or from an upstream transport carrier (108a), located at a first position (G), for transferring core components to be wound from an upstream processing zone (201). The first load and unload device (105) transferring wound core components from the at least a winder (104,104′) to a downstream transport carrier (108b), located at a second position (A), for transferring wound core components to the downstream processing zone (111).

Claims

1. A production line (100,200,300,400) for manufacturing wound core components (10,10′

) of dynamo electric machine, the production line comprising;

a central processing zone (101) comprising at least a winder (104,104′

) for winding coils (15) to produce wound core components;

a downstream processing zone (111) for finishing the wound core components;

the production line being characterized in that it further comprises;

a first load and unload device (105) for transferring the core components to be wound to at least a winder (104,104′

) from a waiting position (103a), or from an upstream transport carrier (108a) located at a first position (G), wherein the upstream transport carrier (108a) transfers core components to be wound from an upstream processing zone (201); and

the first load and unload device (105) transferring wound core components from the at least a winder (104,104′

) to a downstream transport carrier (108b) located at a second position (A), wherein the downstream transport carrier (108b) transfers wound core components to the downstream processing zone (111).

2. The production line of claim 1 wherein the upstream transport carrier (108a) moves with alternative backwards and forwards motion on a same travel stretch (206a) between the upstream processing zone (201) and the central processing zone (101).

3. The production line of claim 1 wherein the downstream transport carrier (108b) moves with alternative backwards and forwards motion on a same travel stretch (107a) between the central processing zone (101) and the downstream processing zone (111).

4. The production line of claim 1 wherein the upstream transport carrier (108a) moves on a recirculation travel conveyor(307) between the upstream processing zone (201) and the central processing zone (101).

5. The production line of claim 1 wherein the downstream transport carrier (108b) moves on a recirculation travel conveyor (306) between the central processing zone (101) and the downstream processing zone (111).

6. The production line of claim 1 wherein the central processing zone (101) comprises at least two winders (104,104′

); and

the first load and unload device (105) transfers unwound core components to the at least two winders (104,104′

).

7. The production line of claim 1 wherein the upstream processing zone (201) comprises:

a plurality of machines (203,204);

wherein each machine (203,204) of the plurality of machines performs a respective production operation on the core components (10,10′

);

first transfer means (205) for positioning the core components according to a sequence order at the machine (204,205); and

a second load and unload device (112) for transferring the core components from the first transfer means (205) to the upstream transport carrier (108a).

8. The production line of claim 1 wherein the downstream processing zone (103) comprises:

a plurality of machines (114,115);

wherein each machine (114,115) of the plurality of machines performs a respective production operation on the core components (10,10′

);

second transfer means (113) for positioning the core components (10,10′

) according to a sequence order at the machines (114,115) of the downstream processing zone (103); and

a third load and unload device (112) for transferring the core components from the upstream transport carrier (108a) to the second transfer means (113).

9. The production line of claim 7 wherein the first transfer means (205) comprises at least two seats (205a,205b,205c) for transferring the core components to the machines (203,204), wherein each of the seats (205) transfers a specific variation of a core component to the machines (203,204);

and the upstream transport carrier (108a) comprises at least two seats (109a, 109b) for transferring the core components to the central processing zone (101), wherein each of the seats (109a, 109b) of the upstream transport carrier (108a) transfers a specific variation of a core component (10,10′

).

10. The production line of claim 6 wherein the second transfer means (113) comprises at least two seats (113a) for transferring the core components to the machines (114,115), wherein each of the seats (114,115) transfers a specific variation of a core component to the machines;

and the downstream transport carrier (108b) comprises at least two seats (109a,109b) for transferring the core components to the downstream processing zone (111), wherein each of the seats (109a,109b) of the downstream transport carrier (108b) transfers a specific variation of a core component (10,10′

).

11. The production line of claim 9 or 10 comprises control means (120) that determine the production status of a core component (10,10′

) at a required instance by computing using which seats are occupied by a variation of a core component and the number of seats occupied by a variation of the core component.

12. The production line of claim 1 wherein the central processing zone (101) comprises at least two winders (104,104′

), wherein one of the winders winds a first variation of a core component and the other winder winds a second variation of a core component.