Tension control device and conveying device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914610-B2
Application number	US-201715465327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	Jan 14, 2015
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a tension control device including a turn bar which is disposed between an upstream device delivering a belt-shaped web and a downstream device receiving the web and of which a pressing member presses the web and a control unit which feedforward-controls a pressing force applied from the turn bar to the web on the basis of a schedule relating to a conveying speed of the web of any one of the upstream device and the downstream device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tension control device comprising:
a turn bar which is disposed between an upstream device delivering a belt-shaped web and a downstream device receiving the web and of which a pressing member presses the web in a direction substantially normal to a conveying surface of the web in the vicinity of a guide surface of the pressing member; and
a control unit which feedforward-controls a pressing force applied from the turn bar to the web on the basis of a schedule relating to a web conveying speed of any one of the upstream device and the downstream device.

2. The tension control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the schedule includes a target speed of the web and a transition start timing to the target speed.

3. The tension control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the schedule includes an acceleration to the target speed of the web.

4. The tension control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit calculates a difference between the web conveying speed of the upstream device and the web conveying speed of the downstream device and performs the feedforward control on the basis of the difference.

5. The tension control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when at least one of an increase in web conveying speed of the upstream device and a decrease in web conveying speed of the downstream device is performed, the control unit controls the pressing force at a time later than a time indicated by the schedule.

6. The tension control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when at least one of a decrease in web conveying speed of the upstream device and an increase in web conveying speed of the downstream device is performed, the control unit controls the pressing force at a time earlier than a time indicated by the schedule.

7. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 1 .

8. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 2 .

9. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 3 .

10. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 4 .

11. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 5 .

12. A conveying device comprising:
an upstream device which delivers a belt-shaped web;
a downstream device which receives the web; and
the tension control device according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Mabuchi Takayuki
• OOHASHI Rui
• Hirata Kensuke

Classifications

• B65H20/32 Primary

  by making loops · CPC title

• B65H23/26

  by transverse stationary or adjustable bars or rollers · CPC title

• B65H23/192

  motor-controlled · CPC title

• B65H2406/1115

  pivoting around an axis perpendicular to the axis of the guided material · CPC title

• B65H23/044

  Sensing web tension (B65H23/06, B65H23/18 take precedence) · CPC title