IP Library Granted Patent US 9,938,114
Granted Patent B2
US 9,938,114 · App. 14/653,903 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Method and device for winding a metal strip

Inventors: Matthias Tuschhoff (Siegen, DE); Peter Sudau (Hilchenbach, DE); Olaf Norman Jepsen (Siegen, DE)
Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
B65H51/30B21C47/003B21C47/345
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Patent No.
US 9,938,114
App. No.
14/653,903
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for winding a metal strip ( 1 ) into a reel with a winding mandrel ( 2 ), to which the metal strip ( 1 ) is routed through a pair consisting of a first and a second driver roller ( 5, 6 ), at least one of which is driven. The method is characterized in that a difference between the strip speed (V B ) of the metal strip ( 1 ) and the speed) (v 5 , v 6 ) of the driver rollers is adjusted on the basis of measuring, from measurable process variables, the strip speed and the speed (v 5 , v 6 ) of at least one of the driver rollers ( 5, 6 ).

Claims (17)

1. A method of winding a metal strip ( 2 ) on a reel having a mandrel to which the metal strip ( 2 ) is routed by a pair of first and second driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) of which at least one is driven, wherein a difference between a strip speed (V B ) of the metal strip ( 2 ) and a speed of the driver rollers is adjusted based on measurement of the strip speed and the speed (Vu, Vo) of at least one of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) from measurable process variables, wherein a controller ( 22 ) so controls the difference between the strip speed (V B ) of the metal strip ( 2 ) and the speed of at least one of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) that the difference between the strip speed (V B ) and a surface or circumferential speed (V u , V o ) of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) does not exceed an adjustable threshold,

characterized in that

a drive torque of the at least one driver roller ( 3 , 4 ) is so predetermined that the difference between the strip speed (V B ) and the surface speed (V u , V o ) of the at least one driver roller ( 3 , 4 ) does not exceed the adjustable threshold, in that

drives of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) and the mandrel ( 1 ) are controlled by controlling a contact force of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) applied to the strip ( 2 ), and the set rotational speeds of the drives are so predetermined that a predetermined relative speed (AVset) between the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) is maintained, and in that

the set value of the contact force of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) is so controlled that a predetermined tension in the metal strip ( 2 ) takes effect in a region between the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) and a coil wound on the mandrel ( 1 ).

2. A method according to claim 1 ,

characterized in that

a contact force of at least one driver roller ( 3 , 4 ) applied to the strip ( 2 ) is so predetermined that the difference between the strip speed (V B ) and the surface speed (V u , V o ) of the at least one driver roller ( 3 , 4 ) does not exceed the adjustable threshold.

3. A method according to claim 1 ,

characterized in that

a rotational speed of the mandrel is controlled.

4. A method according to claim 1 ,

characterized in that

a drive torque of the mandrel ( 1 ) is so predetermined that the difference between the strip speed (V B ) and the surface speed (V u , V o ) of the at least one of the driver rollers ( 3 , 4 ) does not exceed the adjustable threshold.

5. A method according to claim 1 ,

characterized in that

the strip speed (V B ) is measured in a contactless manner by sensors ( 9 , 9 a ) or by a speed measuring roller ( 10 ) that applies pressure to the metal strip ( 2 ), or that the strip speed (V B ) is determined by measuring a rotational speed of the mandrel ( 1 ) and a diameter of strip windings wound on the mandrel ( 1 ) or the coil ( 12 ).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2016
From: TUSCHHOFF, MATTHIAS; SUDAU, PETER; JEPSEN, OLAF NORMAN
To: SMS GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 037432/0832 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2015
From: SMS SIEMAG AG
To: SMS GROUP GMBH
Reel/Frame 036078/0407 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 224 351 · Dec 21, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150344261A1 · Dec 3, 2015