Circular needling machine provided with a device for automatically removing preforms
First Claim
1. A needling machine for needling a textile structure built up from a helical strip delivered by strip supply means, the machine comprising a needling table that is vertically movable, a needling head including a determined number of barbed needles and placed over said needling table in a needling zone, and driven with vertical reciprocating motion, cutting means for cutting said strip once a predetermined thickness for said textile structure has been obtained, and conical roller drive means for rotating said strip on said needling table until a textile structure has been built up with said predetermined thickness, wherein at least a fraction of said conical roller drive means is movable so as to be retracted to release an empty space over said needling table enabling ejector means to remove said textile structure from said needling table.
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Abstract
A machine for needling a textile structure built up from a helical strip delivered by strip supply means, said machine comprising a needling table, a needling head, cutting means for cutting the helical strip, and conical roller drive means for rotating said strip on the needling table, at least a fraction of said conical roller drive means being retractable so as to release an empty space on said needling table enabling ejector means to remove the textile structure from the needling table.
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- 1. A needling machine for needling a textile structure built up from a helical strip delivered by strip supply means, the machine comprising a needling table that is vertically movable, a needling head including a determined number of barbed needles and placed over said needling table in a needling zone, and driven with vertical reciprocating motion, cutting means for cutting said strip once a predetermined thickness for said textile structure has been obtained, and conical roller drive means for rotating said strip on said needling table until a textile structure has been built up with said predetermined thickness, wherein at least a fraction of said conical roller drive means is movable so as to be retracted to release an empty space over said needling table enabling ejector means to remove said textile structure from said needling table.
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