Coil sampling stand and method of taking coil samples

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10293391-B2
Application number	US-201615084152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to a coil sampling stand apparatus which generally has a frame, at least two rollers operatively coupled to the frame, a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the at least two rollers, and a peeler assembly comprising a peeler (e.g., peeler, knife, member with an edge, or the like) that is configured to engage and disengage a coil between the at least two rollers. The steel coil may be positioned onto the at least two rollers on the frame of the coil sampling apparatus. The peeler is engaged with the coil and the coil is rotated in order to allow the peeler to peel a tail edge of a layer of the coil off the coil and pass the tail edge and layer of the coil peeled off of the coil under at least one of the rollers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coil sampling stand, the coil sampling stand comprising:
a frame;
two or more rollers operatively coupled to the frame, wherein the two or more rollers comprise a first roller operatively coupled to the frame and a second roller operatively coupled to the frame; and
a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more rollers;
a peeler assembly comprising a peeler;
wherein the coil sampling stand is configured to support a coil on the first roller and the second roller, and wherein the first roller and the second roller support the coil on a bottom half of the coil;
wherein the peeler assembly is configured to actuate the peeler between at least one peeler engaged position and at least one peeler disengaged position with the coil, and wherein the at least one peeler engaged position occurs between the first roller and the second roller on the bottom half of the coil; and
wherein the roller drive rotates the at least one of the two or more rollers to turn the coil and to allow the peeler to peel a tail edge of the coil from the coil and pass the tail edge of the coil under the second roller.

2. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , further comprising:
a deflector roll;
wherein the deflector roll is configured to direct the tail edge of the coil to a location for sampling.

3. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bend plate, and wherein the bend plate directs the tail edge of the coil into a location for sampling.

4. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , wherein the peeler assembly is operatively coupled to the frame, wherein the peeler assembly further comprises a peeler actuator configured to actuate the peeler into the at least one peeler engaged position and the at least one peeler disengaged position, and wherein the peeler assembly further comprises a peeler guide configured to direct the tail edge of the coil into a location for sampling.

5. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , wherein there are no other rollers between the first roller and the second roller at the bottom half of the coil.

6. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , wherein the first roller and the second roller are stationary rollers that maintain contact with the coil when the coil is placed on the coil sampling stand.

7. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , wherein the peeler assembly further comprises a peeler band guide, wherein the peeler comprises at least one band slot, and wherein the peeler band guide and the at least one band slot in the peeler band guide are configured to guide a band under the coil for banding the coil.

8. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , further comprising:
a band guide assembly comprising a band guide with band slots and a band guide actuator;
wherein the band guide actuator is configured to actuate the band guide into a banding guide engaged position and a banding guide disengaged position with the coil between the first roller and the second roller; and
wherein the band guide and the band slots are configured to guide a band under the coil for banding the coil.

9. The coil sampling stand of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more coil supports operatively coupled to the frame; and
wherein the one or more coil supports are configured to support the coil if the coil becomes dislodged from the first roller and the second roller.

10. A method for peeling a layer from a coil using a coil sampling stand, the method comprising:
positioning a coil on the coil sampling stand, wherein the coil sampling stand comprises a frame, two or more rollers comprising a first roller and a second roller, wherein the two or more rollers are operatively coupled to the frame, a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more rollers, and a peeler assembly comprising a peeler, wherein the first roller and the second roller support the coil on a bottom half of the coil;
actuating the peeler into an engaged position with a coil, wherein the peeler is engaged with the coil between the first roller and the second roller on the bottom half of the coil;
rotating the coil by utilizing the roller drive to turn the at least one of the two or more rollers;
peeling a tail edge of a layer of the coil away from the coil using the peeler; and
directing the tail edge of the layer of the coil under the second roller and towards a sampling location.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein directing the tail edge of the layer of the coil towards the sampling location is done through the use of a deflector roll.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein directing the tail edge of the layer of the coil towards the sampling location is done through the use of a bend plate, wherein the bend plate is operatively coupled to the frame.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein directing the tail edge of the layer of the coil towards the sampling location is done through the use of a peeler guide, wherein peeler assembly comprises the peeler guide.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein there are no other rollers between the first roller and the second roller at the bottom half of the coil.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first roller and the second roller are stationary rollers that maintain contact with the coil when the coil is placed on the coil sampling stand.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
rotating the coil by utilizing the roller drive to turn the at least one of the two or more rollers for recoiling the coil;
actuating a peeler band guide into an engaged position with the coil, wherein the peeler comprises at least one band slot, and wherein the peeler band guide and the at least one band slot in the peeler band guide are configured to guide a band under the coil for banding the coil; and
banding the coil.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
rotating the coil by utilizing the roller drive to turn the at least one of the two or more rollers for recoiling the coil;
actuating a band guide into an engaged position with the coil, wherein the peeler comprises at least one band slot, and wherein the band guide and the at least one band slot in the band guide are configured to guide a band under the coil for banding the coil; and
banding the coil.

18. A coil sampling stand, the coil sampling stand comprising:
a frame;
at least two rollers operatively coupled to the frame;
a peeler assembly comprising a peeler; and
wherein the coil sampling stand is configured to support a coil on the at least two rollers on a bottom half of the coil;
wherein the peeler of the peeler assembly is configured to be positioned in at least one peeler engaged position and at least one peeler disengaged position with the coil between the at least two rollers on the bottom half of the coil; and
wherein the at least two rollers allow the coil to turn and the peeler to peel a tail edge and layer of the coil from the coil between the at least two rollers on the bottom half of the coil and pass the tail edge of the coil under one of the at least two rollers.

19. The coil sampling stand of claim 18 , wherein a first roller of the at least two rollers contacts the coil before the tail edge is peeled from the coil, and wherein a second roller of the at least two rollers contacts the coil after the tail edge is peeled from the coil.

20. The coil sampling stand of claim 18 , further comprising:
a deflector roll;
a bend plate; and
wherein the deflector roll and bend plate direct the tail edge of the coil to a location for sampling.

Assignees

• Nucor Corp

Inventors

• Keyt Montgomery

Classifications

• B21C51/00

  Measuring, gauging, indicating, counting, or marking devices specially adapted for use in the production or manipulation of material in accordance with subclasses B21B - B21F · CPC title

• B21C47/3441

  Diverting the leading end, e.g. from main flow to a coiling device · CPC title

• B21C47/22 Primary

  Unwinding coils without reels or drums · CPC title