Coiling device

• US 6,357,688 B1
• Filed: 11/01/1999
• Issued: 03/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ABB AB (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB AB (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Leijon, Mats, Backlund, Alberti
• Primary Examiner(s): Enad, Elvin
• Application Number:
  US09/355,855
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 242/361, 242/534, 242/533, 242/430, 242/432, 226/25, 226/43
• US Class Current: 242/430
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/02 Methods or apparatus in which packages do not rotate
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 54/28 Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements arrangements for preventing ribbon winding B65H54/38; grooved, slotted, or split drums for driving of packages B65H54/46
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 54/2896 Flyers
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 57/006 Traversing guides
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 57/20 Flyers for inserting twist D01H

Abstract

A device for coiling and uncoiling elongated goods (K), such as wire, cable or the like, onto a drum (13) comprises a support (12) with driving means (25) for a spreader arm (10). The spreader arm (10) is rotatably mounted on the support (12) and supports a gripping arm (14) for coiling and uncoiling the elongated goods (K) onto the stationary drum (13). The gripping arm (14) is formed as a curved V-profile having a running track arranged for the elongated goods (K), which running track is oriented towards the drum (13). The said running track is defined by feeding rollers mounted within the gripping arm (14). The feeding rollers are spherical in shape and have a rolling resistance near zero to eliminate twisting of the elongated goods (K) during coiling and uncoiling. The device also comprises a lifting and rotating table (15) provided under the drum (13) for making possible 180° rotation of the drum (13), which has a coupling (16, 27) to the support (12) detachably arranged during lifting of the drum (13).

Claims

1. A device for coiling and uncoiling of elongated goods onto a drum comprising:

a support having

a driving device, and

a spreader arm configured to be driven by said driving device, said spreader arm being rotatably mounted on the support and when driven by the driving device being configured to coil or uncoil the elongated goods onto the drum, when said drum is stationary, where a coiling operation occurs when said spreader arm is driven by said driving device in one direction, and an uncoiling operation occurring when said driving device drives the spreader arm in an opposite direction, wherein

said spreader arm having a gripping arm positioned to face the elongated goods and configured to guide the elongated goods substantially in a tangential direction relative to a periphery of the drum.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said gripping arm being formed as a curved V-profile having a running track arranged to accommodate the elongated goods therein, said running track being oriented towards the drum.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said gripping arm further comprises feeding rollers mounted therein, said feeding rollers forming the running track of the curved V-profile.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the feeding rollers being spherical in shape and having a rolling resistance near zero so as to eliminate twisting of the elongated goods during at least one of the coiling operation and the uncoiling operation.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said spreader arm being configured to move the gripping arm so that only one layer of the elongated goods is coiled onto the drum.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said spreader arm comprises a screw that is driven through the spreader arm by way of at least one of a belt and chain mounted on the axle fixed in the support.

7. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a lifting and rotating table configured to be positioned under the drum and having a detachable coupling that is coupled to the support when lifting the drum so as to enable a lifting and 180°

rotation operation of the drum.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein:

said lifting and rotating table being disposed on a carriage having wheels, the wheels being arranged to run on rails that originate from the support.

9. The device according to claims 1, wherein said elongated goods being a high-voltage cable.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said high-voltage cable having a core with a plurality of wires, an inner semiconductive layer surrounding the core, an insulating layer surrounding the inner semiconductive layer and an outer semiconductive layer surrounding the insulating layer.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein said high-voltage cable having a diameter in an inclusive range of 20 mm to 200 mm and a conductor area in an inclusive range of 80 mm² through 3000 mm².

12. A winding machine configured to feed a cable when mounting the cable in slots of a stator for an electric machine, comprising:

a driving device, and

a spreader arm configured to be driven by said driving device, said spreader arm being rotatably mounted on a support and when driven by the driving device being configured to coil or uncoil the elongated goods onto the drum, when said drum is stationary, where a coiling operation occurs when said spreader arm is driven by said driving device in one direction, and an uncoiling operation occurring when said driving device drives the spreader arm in an opposite direction, wherein

said spreader arm having a gripping arm positioned to face the elongated goods and configured to guide the elongated goods substantially in a tangential direction relative to a periphery of the drum.

13. An intermediate storage mechanism comprising a coiling device for feeding a cable when mounting the cable in slots of a stator of an electric machine, said coiling device comprising:

a driving device, and

a spreader arm configured to be driven by said driving device, said spreader arm being rotatably mounted on a support and when driven by the driving device being configured to coil or uncoil the elongated goods onto the drum, when said drum is stationary, where a coiling operation occurs when said spreader arm is driven by said driving device in one direction, and an uncoiling operation occurring when said driving device drives the spreader arm in an opposite direction, wherein

said spreader arm having a gripping arm positioned to face the elongated goods and configured to guide the elongated goods substantially in a tangential direction relative to a periphery of the drum.

14. A device for coiling and uncoiling elongated goods onto a drum, comprising:

means for spreading an elongated cable on a drum; and

means for eliminating twist in the elongated goods when said elongated goods being coiled or uncoiled on the drum.