Cylindrical-member forming method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10183454-B2
Application number	US-201515310090-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2015
Priority date	May 9, 2014
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for forming a cylindrical member for accurately forming belt-like members into a cylindrical shape without meandering. A pre-winding position sensor detects a position of a member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of a belt-like member along the entire length of the belt-like member in the longitudinal direction thereof before the belt-like member is placed on a transport conveyor belt, transported to a forming drum, and wound around the forming drum. The belt-like member is wound around the forming drum and formed in a cylindrical shape while the forming drum is relatively moved in the drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by a controller and the member reference line, based on the detected data and a position data of the drum reference line orthogonal to the drum axial center of the forming drum.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of forming a cylindrical member by transporting a belt member placed on a transport conveyor belt to a forming drum and winding the belt member around the forming drum to form the belt member in a cylindrical shape, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting a position of a member reference line by a pre-winding position sensor before winding the belt member around the forming drum, the member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt member along an entire length of the belt member in the longitudinal direction thereof; and
forming the belt member in a cylindrical shape by winding the belt member around the forming drum while the forming drum is relatively moved in a drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by a controller and the member reference line and a drum reference line are matched, on a basis of data detected by the pre-winding position sensor and position data of the drum reference line orthogonal to a drum axial center of the forming drum and set in a predetermined position in the drum width direction.

2. The method of forming a cylindrical member according to claim 1 , wherein, when another belt member is laminated and wound around an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member to form the another belt member in a cylindrical shape, the pre-winding position sensor detects a position of a member reference line before winding the another belt member around the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, the member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of the another belt member along the entire length of the another belt member in the longitudinal direction thereof; and the another belt member is wound while the forming drum is relatively moved in the drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by the controller and the member reference line drawn on the another belt member and the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member are matched, on a basis of detection data of the another belt member by the pre-winding position sensor and position data of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member.

3. The method of forming a cylindrical member according to claim 2 , wherein a post-winding position sensor detects the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member, and the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member is acquired on the basis of the detection data.

4. The method of forming the cylindrical member according to claim 2 , wherein the controller stores the position data of the member reference line on the belt member upon winding the belt member around the forming drum, and the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member is acquired on a basis of the stored position data.

5. A forming device for forming a cylindrical member including a transport conveyor belt that transports a belt member placed thereon and a forming drum that winds the belt member that is transported to form the belt member in a cylindrical shape, the forming device comprising:
a pre-winding position sensor that detects a position of a member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt member, placed on the transport conveyor belt, along an entire length of the belt member in the longitudinal direction thereof; and
a controller to which data detected by the pre-winding position sensor is input,
wherein the belt member is formed in a cylindrical shape by winding the belt member around the forming drum while the forming drum is relatively moved in a drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by the controller and the member reference line and a drum reference line are matched, on a basis of detection data by the pre-winding position sensor and position data of the drum reference line orthogonal to a drum axial center of the forming drum and set in a predetermined position of the drum width direction, the position data of the drum reference line being previously input to the controller.

6. The device for forming a cylindrical member according to claim 5 , wherein the pre-winding position sensor detects a position of a member reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of another belt member placed on the transport conveyor belt along the entire length of the another belt member in the longitudinal direction thereof on a basis of data of the another belt member detected by the pre-winding position sensor and position data of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member, the another belt member being laminated and wound around an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member, the member reference line drawn on the another belt member and the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member being matched by moving the forming drum relatively in the drum width direction with respect to the transport conveyor belt by the controller.

7. The device of forming a cylindrical member according to claim 6 , wherein the device is provided with a post-winding position sensor that detects the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member, and is configured to acquire the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member on the basis of the data detected by the post-winding position sensor.

8. The device for forming a cylindrical member according to claim 6 , wherein the controller stores the position data of the member reference line on the belt member, and the position of the member reference line drawn on the cylindrical member is acquired on the basis of the stored position data.

Assignees

• C/O The Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd
• Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumura Kensuke

Classifications

• B29D2030/3064

  Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B29D30/3007

  by feeding a sheet perpendicular to the drum axis and joining the ends to form an annular element (bending sheets and joining the edges B29C53/42) · CPC title

• B29D30/30 Primary

  Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application {(applying tread bands to carcasses B29D30/58; retreading B29D30/54)} · CPC title

• B29D30/26

  Accessories or details, e.g. membranes, transfer rings · CPC title