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EP3019287B1 - Method for producing annular parts, and use of said method - Google Patents

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EP3019287B1
EP3019287B1 EP13737525.9A EP13737525A EP3019287B1 EP 3019287 B1 EP3019287 B1 EP 3019287B1 EP 13737525 A EP13737525 A EP 13737525A EP 3019287 B1 EP3019287 B1 EP 3019287B1
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Jean-Frédéric Clerc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
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    • B21B1/30—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a non-continuous process
    • B21B1/32—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a non-continuous process in reversing single stand mills, e.g. with intermediate storage reels for accumulating work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C37/00—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape
    • B21C37/06—Manufacture of metal sheets, bars, wire, tubes or like semi-manufactured products, not otherwise provided for; Manufacture of tubes of special shape of tubes or metal hoses; Combined procedures for making tubes, e.g. for making multi-wall tubes
    • B21C37/08—Making tubes with welded or soldered seams
    • B21C37/0815—Making tubes with welded or soldered seams without continuous longitudinal movement of the sheet during the bending operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B15/00—Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B15/0085—Joining ends of material to continuous strip, bar or sheet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C47/00—Winding-up, coiling or winding-off metal wire, metal band or other flexible metal material characterised by features relevant to metal processing only
    • B21C47/24—Transferring coils to or from winding apparatus or to or from operative position therein; Preventing uncoiling during transfer
    • B21C47/247—Joining wire or band ends
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00—Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/18—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects vessels, e.g. tubs, vats, tanks, sinks, or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing annular or tubular parts according to the preamble of claim 1, in particular a method for cutting, rounding and welding of thin steel strip from a coil and an application of the method.
  • the invention presented here describes a method which makes it possible, in a continuous processing process, to cut thin-walled, sheet-like starting material to the desired dimensions by means of the same equipment - a combination machine - in a first subprocess, then round it in a second subprocess and finally in a third subprocess to be provided with a welded longitudinal seam.
  • This results in lower investment costs for machines and there are also lower variable costs in the operation of such an inventive plant, as in production with changing production lots no Tools need to be changed.
  • this innovative process results in a favorable cost - benefit ratio for such end products which do not demand very high requirements from the tolerances, for example for drums of washing machines or dishwashers.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of the production of annular parts according to the prior art.
  • Thin plate is supplied from a decoiler 1 in the form of a coil 7 of the cutting machine 2, where the sheet 10 is cut to the required initial dimension.
  • the metal sheet 10 is subjected to a mechanical and / or thermal rounding process in one or more steps in a rounding machine 3, so that an annular open workpiece 34 with two longitudinal edges 29a, 29b is produced which is then welded together in a welding machine 4 by means of a weld seam 36 are formed, whereby an annular part 35 is formed, which is optionally further processed in an additional processing step by means of an expansion machine 5.
  • Fig. 2 shows, again in a schematic representation, the inventive production of annular parts.
  • thin sheet metal having a thickness in the range of 0.4 mm to 1 mm from a decoiler 1 in the form of a coil 7 is continuously supplied to the combination machine 9, wherein the workpiece is fed into one and the same combination machine 9 via a roller mechanism, clamped, conveyed on the required initial dimension is cut, formed on a rotary rounding machine into an annular or cylindrical part, welded and thus provided with a longitudinal seam 36.
  • annular member 35 is automatically or manually removed from the combination machine 9 via a mechanism.
  • an additional processing in an expansion machine 5 can take place in an additional work step.
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the combination machine according to the invention 9 for producing annular parts 35, wherein the workpiece 16 automatically fed in the conveying direction F of the combination machine 9 and on the guide rollers 19a and the roller guides 18a, 18b and the feed rollers 19b between the clamping device 22 through to the Feed roller 15 is also promoted.
  • the coil start piece 27 usually has an unsuitable for optimal welding, non-straight edge 30 and is therefore fixed by means of the clamping device 22 and cut by means of integrated in the carrier 17 cutting head 24 and deposited in a garbage 11a, 11b, or promoted via flap 20 from the machine, wherein by cutting on the first good piece 31, a straight welding edge 29a is formed.
  • the workpiece 16 after opening the clamping device 22 further promoted to the rotary tool 21 to the holding device 14 at the end of the rotatable magnetic beam 13, wherein the front end of the workpiece 16 by pneumatic and / or magnetic Force action is held by means of the holding device 14 and is further promoted by means of rotating in the direction of rotation R round tool 21.
  • Fig. 4 shows in a further cross-section of a combination machine according to the invention 9, wherein the workpiece 16 in comparison with the in Fig. 3 shown position by a half turn in the direction of rotation R has been further promoted and has an approximately semicircular cross-section.
  • a further half turn in the direction of rotation R so that the workpiece 16 has the desired extent and can now be fixed by exerting a force by means of the clamping device 22 so that by means of cutting head 24, the rounded, slightly elliptical Workpiece 34 can be separated from the coil 7 to form two straight welding edges 29a, 29b and forming a gap B.
  • the gap B between the two welding edges 29a, 29b is closed to a small residual gap wherein the workpiece 34 is deformed with a slightly elliptical cross-section to an annular workpiece 35 with a circular cross-section and then fixed by means of the clamping device 22, after which the force on the holding device 14 can be reduced or repealed.
  • the two straight welding edges 29a, 29b are firmly joined together by means of longitudinal seam welding, and the annular workpiece 35 can are then removed by a not-shown removal mechanism from the combination machine 9.
  • Fig. 5 shows the carrier 17 of the combination machine according to the invention with an integrated cutting and welding device in longitudinal section, wherein the source 23, preferably a laser source is designed switchable so that they either with the displaceable in the transverse direction Q cutting head 24 or with the also displaceable in the transverse direction Q welding head 25 is mechanically and electrically connected, and is also configured with a feeder 26 for additional material with the purpose to fill the gap resulting from the joining of two edges when welding with additional material as needed and thus close the residual gap, whereby an optimal weld can be made can.
  • the source 23 preferably a laser source is designed switchable so that they either with the displaceable in the transverse direction Q cutting head 24 or with the also displaceable in the transverse direction Q welding head 25 is mechanically and electrically connected, and is also configured with a feeder 26 for additional material with the purpose to fill the gap resulting from the joining of two edges when welding with additional material as needed and thus close the residual gap, whereby an optimal weld can be made can.
  • the workpiece 16 is guided between the upper and the lower part of the clamping device 22, wherein the mismatch rollers 12 serve to compensate for any arising mismatch of the two Greekzuschweissenden edges of the workpiece 16 and thus to allow an additional increase in the quality of welding.
  • Fig. 6 3 shows a schematic representation of a coil 7 from which, in a first processing step, the coil starting piece 27, which has a non-straight edge 30, was cut off and from which, in a second processing step, a first good piece 31 with the straight welding edges 29a, 29b was cut off. Furthermore, the coil end piece 28 is with the non-straight Edge 30, the last good piece 32 of the coil 7 and the penultimate good piece 33 shown, each with the two straight welding edges 29a, 29b.
  • Fig. 7 shows a slightly elliptical workpiece 34 produced by the innovative method in the combination machine 9 after cutting and rounding but before welding, and an annular part 35 after cutting, rounding and welding, applied to the longitudinally welded weld 36th

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von ringförmigen oder rohrförmigen Teilen nach dem Oberbegriff von Anspruch 1, insbesondere ein Verfahren zum Schneiden, Runden und Schweissen von dünnem Stahlband ab einem Coil sowie eine Anwendung des Verfahrens.The present invention relates to a method for producing annular or tubular parts according to the preamble of claim 1, in particular a method for cutting, rounding and welding of thin steel strip from a coil and an application of the method.

Allgemein bekannt ist, dass bei Verfahren zur Herstellung von rohrförmigen, zylinderförmigen oder ringförmigen Gegenständen aus ebenen oder aus aufgewickelten Ausgangsmaterialien mehrere aufwändige Arbeitsschritte notwendig sind, um erstens das Zuschneiden auf die gewünschten Ausgangsdimensionen durchzuführen, zweitens um die gewünschte Biegung als Summe von mehreren Teilbiegeprozessen zu erreichen und drittens um das gerundete Teil mittels einer geschweissten Längsnaht zu versehen, wodurch dann das fertige rohrförmige Produkt entsteht. Ein wesentlicher Nachteil der bekannten Biegeverfahren liegt darin, dass die geforderte Formgenauigkeit auch bei der Aufteilung des ganzen Biegeprozesses auf mehrere einzelne Biegeschritte oft nicht oder nur mit beträchtlichem mechanischem und elektronischem Aufwand erreicht werden kann. Die bekannten Rundbiegeverfahren sind für einen vollautomatischen Einsatz in Fertigungsstrassen nur bedingt geeignet, weil insbesondere bei einem Produktwechsel infolge Werkzeugwechsel die auf Grund der aufwändigen Formprozesse bereits relativ langen Maschinenzeiten weiter erhöht werden und damit die Wirtschaftlichkeit weiter reduziert wird.It is generally known that in processes for the production of tubular, cylindrical or annular articles from flat or wound starting materials, several expensive operations are necessary to firstly cut to the desired initial dimensions, secondly to achieve the desired bend as the sum of several partial bending processes and third, to provide the rounded part by means of a welded longitudinal seam, whereby the finished tubular product is formed. A major disadvantage of the known bending method is that the required dimensional accuracy even when dividing the entire bending process on several individual bending steps often can not be achieved or only with considerable mechanical and electronic effort. The known round bending process are only partially suitable for fully automatic use in production lines, because in particular in a product change due to tool change due to the complex molding processes already relatively long machine times are further increased and thus the profitability is further reduced.

Bekannte Verfahren zum Formen von Blechen sind das klassische Zweiwalzen- oder das Dreiwalzen-Biegeverfahren - auch Runden genannt. Nachteilig bei diesen Verfahren ist, dass unterschiedliche Rohrdurchmesser ein Auswechseln von Teilen der Vorrichtung - insbesondere der Spannwerkzeuge - erfordert, womit auch die Wirtschaftlichkeit der Anlage abnimmt. Eine Erfindung, welche für unterschiedliche Rohrdurchmesser das Auswechseln von Teilen der Vorrichtung vermeidet, ist in der Patentschrift EP 0 701 878 B1 beschrieben. Bei dieser Ausgestaltung werden flache oder rohrförmig vorgeformte Blechzuschnitte über eine zusätzliche Bestückungsanlage der Schweissanlage zugeführt. Das Zuschneiden und Vorformen erfolgt also ausserhalb der beschriebenen Anlage, was insgesamt einen grösseren Investitionsaufwand zur Folge hat und sich somit nachteilig auf die Investitionskosten der ganzen Anlage auswirkt.Known methods for forming sheet metal are the classic two-roll or three-roll bending process - also called rounding. A disadvantage of this method is that different pipe diameter replacement of parts of the device - in particular the clamping tools - requires, whereby the cost of the plant decreases. An invention which avoids the replacement of parts of the device for different pipe diameters, is in the patent EP 0 701 878 B1 described. In this embodiment, flat or tubular preformed blanks are fed via an additional assembly system of the welding system. The cutting and preforming is thus outside the plant described, which has a total of a larger investment costs result and thus adversely affects the investment costs of the entire system.

In der Patentschrift DE 10 2008 027 807 B4 ist ein Verfahren zum Herstellen von Stahlrohren beschrieben, bei dem ein Blech oder Coil in einem Biegevorgang zu einem Rohrkörper eingeformt, in einem nachfolgenden Schweissvorgang mit einer Längsnaht versehen und anschliessend einer Entspannungsbehandlung unterzogen wird. Dieses Verfahren beinhaltet aufwändige Formwerkzeuge mit einer Regelungsvorrichtung sowie eine zusätzliche Entspannungsbehandlung zur Reduktion der durch das Einformen des Blechmaterials mechanisch erzeugten Spannungen. Ein solches aufwändiges Verfahren ist für dickwandige Rohre sinnvoll, für dünnwandige Rohre gemäss vorliegender Erfindung aber weniger geeignet.In the patent DE 10 2008 027 807 B4 a method for producing steel tubes is described, in which a sheet or coil is formed in a bending process to form a tubular body, provided in a subsequent welding process with a longitudinal seam and then subjected to a relaxation treatment. This method includes elaborate molds with a control device and an additional relaxation treatment to reduce mechanically generated by the molding of the sheet material Tensions. Such a complex process is useful for thick-walled tubes, but less suitable for thin-walled tubes according to the present invention.

US 3 578 935 A zeigt eine Vorrichtung, in welcher zur Herstellung eines zylindrischen Werkstücks das Schneiden in der Schneidmaschine, das Runden in der Rundmaschine und das Schweissen in derselben Maschine erfolgt.
Es ist offensichtlich, dass diese vorgängig erwähnten Verfahren mit einem nicht unerheblichen Aufwand verbunden sind. Es liegt der vorliegenden Erfindung daher die Aufgabe zu Grunde, ein Verfahren anzugeben, das die vorstehend genannten Nachteile nicht aufweist.
Diese Aufgabe wird durch die in Anspruch 1 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausführungsvarianten sind in den abhängigen Ansprüchen angegeben.
Die hier vorgestellte Erfindung beschreibt ein Verfahren das es erlaubt, in einem kontinuierlichen Verarbeitungsprozess dünnwandiges, blechförmiges Ausgangsmaterial mittels demselben Equipment - einer Kombimaschine - in einem ersten Subprozess auf die gewünschten Dimensionen zu schneiden, anschliessend in einem zweiten Subprozess zu runden und zuletzt in einem dritten Subprozess mit einer geschweissten Längsnaht zu versehen. Dadurch entstehen geringere Investitionskosten für Maschinen und es entstehen auch geringere variable Kosten im Betrieb einer solchen erfinderischen Anlage, da in der Produktion bei sich ändernden Produktionslosen keine Werkzeuge gewechselt werden müssen. Insgesamt ergibt sich mit diesem innovativen Verfahren ein günstiges Kosten - Nutzen Verhältnis für solche Endprodukte, die von den Toleranzen her nicht sehr hohe Anforderungen verlangen, beispielsweise für Trommeln von Waschmaschinen oder von Geschirrspülmaschinen. US Pat. No. 3,578,935 shows an apparatus in which the cutting in the cutting machine, the rounding in the rounding machine and the welding takes place in the same machine for producing a cylindrical workpiece.
It is obvious that these previously mentioned methods are associated with a not inconsiderable expense. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method which does not have the abovementioned disadvantages.
This object is achieved by the features specified in claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are given in the dependent claims.
The invention presented here describes a method which makes it possible, in a continuous processing process, to cut thin-walled, sheet-like starting material to the desired dimensions by means of the same equipment - a combination machine - in a first subprocess, then round it in a second subprocess and finally in a third subprocess to be provided with a welded longitudinal seam. This results in lower investment costs for machines and there are also lower variable costs in the operation of such an inventive plant, as in production with changing production lots no Tools need to be changed. Overall, this innovative process results in a favorable cost - benefit ratio for such end products which do not demand very high requirements from the tolerances, for example for drums of washing machines or dishwashers.

Die vorliegende Erfindung wird im Folgenden anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf Zeichnungen weiter erläutert. Dabei zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Darstellung zur Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen gemäss Stand der Technik,
Fig. 2
eine schematische Darstellung zur erfindungsgemässen Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen,
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ein erster Querschnitt einer erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine zur Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen,
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ein zweiter Querschnitt einer erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine zur Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen,
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ein Längsschnitt einer erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine zur Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen,
Fig. 6
eine schematische Darstellung eines Coils mit dem Coil-Anfangsstück und dem Coil-Endstück sowie
Fig. 7
ein ringförmiges Werkstück hergestellt mit einer erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine.
The present invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments with reference to drawings. Showing:
Fig. 1
a schematic representation of the production of annular parts according to the prior art,
Fig. 2
a schematic representation of the inventive production of annular parts,
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a first cross section of a combination machine according to the invention for the production of annular parts,
Fig. 4
a second cross section of a combination machine according to the invention for the production of annular parts,
Fig. 5
a longitudinal section of a combination machine according to the invention for the production of annular parts,
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a schematic representation of a coil with the coil start piece and the coil end piece and
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an annular workpiece produced with a combination machine according to the invention.

Fig. 1 zeigt in schematischer Darstellung die Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen gemäss Stand der Technik. Dünnes Blech wird ab einem Decoiler 1 in Form eines Coils 7 der Schneidemaschine 2 zugeführt, wo das Blech 10 auf die benötigte Ausgangsdimension zugeschnitten wird. Anschliessend wird das Blech 10 in einer Rundmaschine 3 in einem oder mehreren Schritten mit einem mechanischen und / oder wärmetechnischen Rundungsprozess beaufschlagt, so dass ein ringförmiges offenes Werkstück 34 mit zwei Längskanten 29a, 29b entsteht, die anschliessend in einer Schweissmaschine 4 mittels einer Schweissnaht 36 zusammengeschweisst werden, wodurch ein ringförmiges Teil 35 entsteht, das optional in einem zusätzlichen Verarbeitungsschritt mittels einer Expansionsmaschine 5 weiterbearbeitet wird. Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of the production of annular parts according to the prior art. Thin plate is supplied from a decoiler 1 in the form of a coil 7 of the cutting machine 2, where the sheet 10 is cut to the required initial dimension. Subsequently, the metal sheet 10 is subjected to a mechanical and / or thermal rounding process in one or more steps in a rounding machine 3, so that an annular open workpiece 34 with two longitudinal edges 29a, 29b is produced which is then welded together in a welding machine 4 by means of a weld seam 36 are formed, whereby an annular part 35 is formed, which is optionally further processed in an additional processing step by means of an expansion machine 5.

Fig. 2 zeigt, wiederum in schematischer Darstellung, die erfinderische Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen. Als Ausgangsmaterial wird dünnes Blech mit einer Dicke im Bereich von 0.4 mm bis 1 mm ab einem Decoiler 1 in Form eines Coils 7 kontinuierlich der Kombimaschine 9 zugeführt, wobei das Werkstück in ein und derselben Kombimaschine 9 über einen Rollenmechanismus zugeführt, geklemmt, gefördert, auf die benötigte Ausgangsdimension zugeschnitten, auf einer rotierenden Rundungsmaschine zu einem ringförmigen oder zylindrischen Teil geformt, geschweisst und so mit einer Längsnaht 36 versehen wird. Fig. 2 shows, again in a schematic representation, the inventive production of annular parts. As a starting material, thin sheet metal having a thickness in the range of 0.4 mm to 1 mm from a decoiler 1 in the form of a coil 7 is continuously supplied to the combination machine 9, wherein the workpiece is fed into one and the same combination machine 9 via a roller mechanism, clamped, conveyed on the required initial dimension is cut, formed on a rotary rounding machine into an annular or cylindrical part, welded and thus provided with a longitudinal seam 36.

Anschliessend wird das ringförmige Teil 35 über einen Mechanismus automatisch oder manuell aus der Kombimaschine 9 entnommen. Optional kann bei diesem Verfahren in einem zusätzlichen Arbeitsschritt eine Weiterverarbeitung in einer Expansionsmaschine 5 erfolgen.Subsequently, the annular member 35 is automatically or manually removed from the combination machine 9 via a mechanism. Optionally, in this process, an additional processing in an expansion machine 5 can take place in an additional work step.

Anstelle der Zuführung des Ausgangsmaterials ab einem Coil 7 ist alternativ in einer nicht erfindungsgemässen Ausführung auch die Zuführung von vorgeschnittenen Platten 8 erwähnt.
Fig. 3 zeigt einen Querschnitt der erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine 9 zur Herstellung von ringförmigen Teilen 35, wobei das Werkstück 16 in Förderrichtung F der Kombimaschine 9 automatisch zugeführt und über die Führungsrollen 19a und die Rollenführungen 18a, 18b und über die Vorschubrollen 19b zwischen der Klemmvorrichtung 22 hindurch bis über die Vorschubrolle 15 hinaus gefördert wird. Das Coil-Anfangsstück 27 weist in der Regel eine für eine optimale Schweissung ungeeignete, nicht-gerade Kante 30 auf und wird deshalb mittels der Klemmvorrichtung 22 fixiert und mittels dem im Träger 17 integrierten Schneidkopf 24 abgeschnitten und in einer Abfallmulde 11a, 11b deponiert, oder über Klappe 20 aus der Maschine gefördert, wobei durch das Schneiden am ersten guten Stück 31 eine gerade Schweisskante 29a entsteht. In einem nächsten Prozessschritt wird das Werkstück 16 nach öffnen der Klemmvorrichtung 22 weiter gefördert an das Rundwerkzeug 21 bis zur Haltevorrichtung 14 am Ende des drehbaren Magnetbalkens 13, wobei das vordere Ende des Werkstückes 16 durch pneumatische und /oder magnetische Kraftwirkung mittels der Haltevorrichtung 14 festgehalten wird und mittels des in Drehrichtung R drehenden Rundwerkzeuges 21 weiter gefördert wird.Instead of supplying the starting material from a coil 7, the supply of precut plates 8 is alternatively mentioned in a non-inventive embodiment.
Fig. 3 shows a cross section of the combination machine according to the invention 9 for producing annular parts 35, wherein the workpiece 16 automatically fed in the conveying direction F of the combination machine 9 and on the guide rollers 19a and the roller guides 18a, 18b and the feed rollers 19b between the clamping device 22 through to the Feed roller 15 is also promoted. The coil start piece 27 usually has an unsuitable for optimal welding, non-straight edge 30 and is therefore fixed by means of the clamping device 22 and cut by means of integrated in the carrier 17 cutting head 24 and deposited in a garbage 11a, 11b, or promoted via flap 20 from the machine, wherein by cutting on the first good piece 31, a straight welding edge 29a is formed. In a next process step, the workpiece 16 after opening the clamping device 22 further promoted to the rotary tool 21 to the holding device 14 at the end of the rotatable magnetic beam 13, wherein the front end of the workpiece 16 by pneumatic and / or magnetic Force action is held by means of the holding device 14 and is further promoted by means of rotating in the direction of rotation R round tool 21.

Fig. 4 zeigt in einem weiteren Querschnitt eine erfindungsgemässe Kombimaschine 9, wobei das Werkstück 16 im Vergleich mit der in Fig. 3 dargestellten Position um eine halbe Drehung in Drehrichtung R weiter gefördert wurde und einen näherungsweise halbkreisförmigen Querschnitt aufweist. Durch kontinuierliche Förderung des Werkstücks 16 in Förderrichtung F erfolgt eine weitere halbe Drehung in Drehrichtung R, sodass das Werkstück 16 den gewünschten Umfang aufweist und nun durch Ausüben einer Kraft mittels der Klemmvorrichtung 22 so fixiert werden kann, dass mittels Schneidkopf 24 das gerundete, leicht ellipsenförmige Werkstück 34 vom Coil 7 abgetrennt werden kann unter Bildung von zwei geraden Schweisskanten 29a, 29b und unter Bildung eines Spaltes B. Nachdem mittels einer weiteren kleinen Drehung in Drehrichtung R der Spalt B zwischen den beiden Schweisskanten 29a, 29b bis auf einen geringen Restspalt geschlossen wird, wobei das Werkstück 34 mit leicht ellipsenförmigem Querschnitt zu einem ringförmigen Werkstück 35 mit kreisrundem Querschnitt verformt und anschliessend mittels der Klemmvorrichtung 22 fixiert wird, worauf die Kraftwirkung an Haltevorrichtung 14 reduziert respektive aufgehoben werden kann. Im anschliessenden Schweissprozess werden die beiden geraden Schweisskanten 29a, 29b mittels einer Längsnaht-Schweissung fest zusammengefügt, und das ringförmige Werkstück 35 kann anschliessend durch einen nicht-gezeigten Entnahme-Mechanismus aus der Kombimaschine 9 entfernt werden. Fig. 4 shows in a further cross-section of a combination machine according to the invention 9, wherein the workpiece 16 in comparison with the in Fig. 3 shown position by a half turn in the direction of rotation R has been further promoted and has an approximately semicircular cross-section. By continuously conveying the workpiece 16 in the conveying direction F, a further half turn in the direction of rotation R, so that the workpiece 16 has the desired extent and can now be fixed by exerting a force by means of the clamping device 22 so that by means of cutting head 24, the rounded, slightly elliptical Workpiece 34 can be separated from the coil 7 to form two straight welding edges 29a, 29b and forming a gap B. After a small turn in the direction of rotation R, the gap B between the two welding edges 29a, 29b is closed to a small residual gap wherein the workpiece 34 is deformed with a slightly elliptical cross-section to an annular workpiece 35 with a circular cross-section and then fixed by means of the clamping device 22, after which the force on the holding device 14 can be reduced or repealed. In the subsequent welding process, the two straight welding edges 29a, 29b are firmly joined together by means of longitudinal seam welding, and the annular workpiece 35 can are then removed by a not-shown removal mechanism from the combination machine 9.

Fig. 5 zeigt den Träger 17 der erfindungsgemässen Kombimaschine mit einer integrierten Schneide- und Schweissvorrichtung im Längsschnitt, wobei die Quelle 23, vorzugsweise eine Laserquelle, umschaltbar ausgestaltet ist, sodass sie entweder mit dem in Querrichtung Q verschiebbaren Schneidkopf 24 oder mit dem ebenfalls in Querrichtung Q verschiebbaren Schweisskopf 25 mechanisch und elektrisch verbunden ist, und zudem mit einer Zuführung 26 für Zusatzmaterial ausgestaltet ist mit dem Zweck, den beim Zusammenfügen von zwei Kanten entstehenden Restspalt beim Schweissen bei Bedarf mit Zusatzmaterial zu füllen und so den Restspalt zu schliessen, womit eine optimale Schweissnaht hergestellt werden kann. Das Werkstück 16 wird zwischen dem oberen und dem unteren Teil der Klemmvorrichtung 22 geführt, wobei die Mismatchrollen 12 dazu dienen, einen allfälligen senkrecht entstehenden Mismatch der beiden zusammenzuschweissenden Kanten des Werkstücks 16 auszugleichen und damit eine zusätzliche Erhöhung der Schweissqualität zu ermöglichen. Fig. 5 shows the carrier 17 of the combination machine according to the invention with an integrated cutting and welding device in longitudinal section, wherein the source 23, preferably a laser source is designed switchable so that they either with the displaceable in the transverse direction Q cutting head 24 or with the also displaceable in the transverse direction Q welding head 25 is mechanically and electrically connected, and is also configured with a feeder 26 for additional material with the purpose to fill the gap resulting from the joining of two edges when welding with additional material as needed and thus close the residual gap, whereby an optimal weld can be made can. The workpiece 16 is guided between the upper and the lower part of the clamping device 22, wherein the mismatch rollers 12 serve to compensate for any arising mismatch of the two zusammenzuschweissenden edges of the workpiece 16 and thus to allow an additional increase in the quality of welding.

Fig. 6 zeigt in schematischer Darstellung einen Coil 7 von dem in einem ersten Verarbeitungsschritt das Coil-Anfangsstück 27, das mit einer nicht-geraden Kante 30 behaftet ist, abgeschnitten wurde und von dem in einem zweiten Verarbeitungsschritt ein erstes gutes Stück 31 mit den geraden Schweisskanten 29a, 29b abgeschnitten wurde. Im weiteren ist das Coil-Endstück 28 mit der nicht-geraden Kante 30, das letzte gute Stück 32 des Coils 7 und das vorletzte gute Stück 33 dargestellt, jeweils mit den beiden geraden Schweisskanten 29a, 29b. Fig. 6 3 shows a schematic representation of a coil 7 from which, in a first processing step, the coil starting piece 27, which has a non-straight edge 30, was cut off and from which, in a second processing step, a first good piece 31 with the straight welding edges 29a, 29b was cut off. Furthermore, the coil end piece 28 is with the non-straight Edge 30, the last good piece 32 of the coil 7 and the penultimate good piece 33 shown, each with the two straight welding edges 29a, 29b.

Fig. 7 zeigt ein durch das innovative Verfahren in der Kombimaschine 9 hergestelltes leicht ellipsenförmiges Werkstück 34 nach dem Schneiden und Runden aber vor dem Schweissen, sowie ein ringförmiges Teil 35 nach dem Schneiden, Runden und Schweissen, beaufschlagt mit der längsgeschweissten Schweissnaht 36. Fig. 7 shows a slightly elliptical workpiece 34 produced by the innovative method in the combination machine 9 after cutting and rounding but before welding, and an annular part 35 after cutting, rounding and welding, applied to the longitudinally welded weld 36th

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  1. Method for processing a thin steel strip with a thickness in the range of preferably 0.4 mm to 1 mm, which is continually supplied from a spool (7), to yield tools, particularly for roll bending substantially flat, sheet-shaped initial material to yield substantially tubular or annular objects like drums or other preferably cylindrical objects or the like, wherein the processing method is influenced and monitored by at least an operator from at least one operating station and wherein the workpiece (16) is conveyed continually from a spool (7) by means of an electronic control unit, is first supplied to an aligning tool and subsequently is processed in a combination machine (9) in at least three further process steps, wherein, after creating a straight welding edge (29a) by cutting the initial spool part (27), which is placed in the at least one scrap bin (11a, 11b), the tool is subjected to a rounding process in such a way that the workpiece (16) is fixed by a holding device (14) by applying a force and is conveyed continually by means of a rotatable rounding tool (21) until the entire circumferential length is reached and is subjected during a second processing step to a cutting tool, thereby generating two straight welding edges (29a, 29b) at the cutting position, and during a third processing step is subjected to a welding process, wherein a first welding edge (29a) is welded to a second welding edge (29b) in such a way that an annular part (35) is produced with a welding seam (36) and the annular part (35) is ejected from the combination machine (9) by means of an extraction mechanism or is manually removed, characterized in that the three steps for processing the workpiece (16), the cutting in the cutting machine (2) and the rounding in the rounding machine (3) and the welding in the welding machine (4) are carried out with the same equipment in a combination machine (9).
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the cutting and the welding are performed in the combination machine (9) preferably by means of a laser method or by means of a plasma method.
  3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the welding head (25) and the cutting head (24) are arranged at the same gantry on a support (17), wherein the welding head (25) and the cutting head (24) are each shiftable in horizontal and vertical direction.
  4. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the welding and the cutting are performed by means of a combined head.
  5. Method according to the claims 1 - 4, characterized in that at least in case a laser method is used the welding head (25) and the cutting head (24) use one and the same source (23), however preferably not exclusively one laser source.
  6. Method according to the claims 1 - 5, characterized in that the welding is performed with or without supply of additional material.
  7. Method according to the claims 1 - 6, characterized in that the initial spool part (27) of the spool (7) generated during the first cut is placed into a first scrap bin (11a) and the end spool part (28) of the spool (7) generated during the last cut is placed into a second scrap bin (11b).
  8. Method according to the claims 1 - 7, characterized in that the welding edges (29a, 29b) have for example but not exclusively a saw tooth shape or wave shape.
  9. Use of the method according to the claims 1 - 8 for manufacturing drums for a washing machine or a dishwasher or the like.
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