JP2002211510A - Wound wire binder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wound wire binder capable of cutting a wire to predeter mined length, coiling it, and automating a step of winding, binding and accommo dating the wire in a hopper. SOLUTION: A wire feeding unit 40 marks the wire, and the wire is cut to the predetermined length by a cutter 23. The cut wire is coiled around a winding reel 1. A tape feeding unit 2 feeds a tape from a reel 11 by blowing air from an air blower 9 through pulleys 5 and 12 and a roller 7, and the unit 2 itself is moved close to and parallel to a shaft of the winding reel 1. A tape holding unit 3 is similarly moved to the front side of the winding reel 1, and the tape is sucked and held by a holding unit 10, an arm of an adhesion driving device is extended to pass the tape into the winding through a groove of the reel 1. A tape push-out cylinder 8 is extended to push up the tape, rollers at tips of both arms of the cylinder 8 and the adhesion driving device 13 are brought into contact with each other, and the tapes between the rollers are pressed and adhered. Then, the tape is cut by the cutter 6 to complete the binding. After the binding is completed, the right and left reels 1 are opened to drop the wound wire into the hopper 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winding bundling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for automatically winding an electric wire cut to a predetermined length by a reel and binding it in a loop shape with a tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An airframe such as an aircraft is equipped with various electronic devices and electrical devices, and electric wires are wired between the devices or between each device and an electronic device rack, an instrument, and the like in a cockpit. Have been. These wires run under the ceiling and floor of the aircraft,
Wire harnesses are made for each equipment location through the gaps and attached to the fuselage. Each of these wires has a different length depending on the wiring location, and is assigned a unique wire number so that it can be identified.

[0003] In the case of manufacturing the above-mentioned electric wire, the electric wire is fed out from the electric wire supply drum, cut into predetermined lengths, and the electric wire number is given through a marking device.
Looped into small loops, bound with tape and stored in a temporary storage area, it is easy to handle during the work of preparing a wire harness to be attached to the aircraft.

[0004] The cutting, marking, loop bundling and bundling of these wires are mainly performed by hand, and the length measurement, cutting and marking of the wires are performed by individual machines. However, all of them involve manual work by humans, and in particular, the creation of electric wire windings and the bundling work are difficult to automate by a machine, and thus have to rely on manual work.

[0005]

As described above, conventional cutting, marking, loop-shaped winding work of each electric wire, and bundling work to the winding of the electric wire are mainly performed manually. However, there are cases where individual machinery is used, but there is no consistent automation.Especially, automation such as loop-shaped winding and bundling is difficult work, and mechanization has not been realized. is the current situation.

Therefore, the present invention mechanizes a series of operations such as loop-like winding of a wire cut to a predetermined length, bundling of the wound wire, and storage in a hopper, thereby eliminating the need for manual work. It is an object of the present invention to provide a winding and binding device capable of winding and binding.

[0007]

The present invention provides the following means (1) to (5) to solve the above-mentioned problems.

(1) A left-right symmetrical reel, which has a V-shaped tapered peripheral surface around a rotation axis in a joined state, winds an electric wire, and separates the electric wire into right and left after winding. A take-up reel that removes the take-up reel from the reel, a tape supply unit that moves close to the take-up reel and conveys the tape in parallel with the rotation axis of the take-up reel, and a take-up reel that moves close to the take-up reel. A tape holding unit that receives the tape conveyed from the tape supply unit so as to be parallel to the rotation axis of the reel, and holds the tape with a holding unit;
A device provided in the tape holding unit, for inserting one end of the tape into the inside of the winding wound by the take-up reel, and folding the tape; and a device provided in the tape holding unit for pushing up the tape and the folding device. Touch,
An extruding cylinder for contacting the two tapes by contacting and pressing the folded tape inserted by the device and the pushed-up tape, a cutter provided in the tape supply unit and cutting the tape before the adhesive portion, A hopper that is disposed directly below the take-up reel and receives a winding detached from the take-up reel, the take-up reel, a tape supply unit, a tape holding unit, a folding device,
A winding bundling device comprising: a control device that controls operations of an extrusion cylinder, a cutter, and a hopper.

(2) The taper surface of the take-up reel is formed with a single linear groove cut to the center with a predetermined width over the entire length in the axial direction. Winding unit.

(3) The tape supply unit is provided with an air blowing device for blowing air in a direction in which the tape is conveyed in parallel with the axial direction of the take-up reel. The winding bundling device according to the above.

(4) The winding and binding device according to (1), wherein the tape holding portion of the tape holding unit holds the tape by sucking the tape with air.

(5) The winding and binding device according to (1), wherein an electric wire supply unit for marking the electric wire and cutting it to a predetermined length is connected to a stage preceding the take-up reel.

In (1) of the present invention, the electric wire cut to a predetermined length is wound on a take-up reel and formed into a loop. Since the take-up reel has a V-shaped tapered surface around the axial direction, the electric wire can be easily wound in the V-shaped groove. After winding, the tape supply unit moves closer to the take-up reel and transports the tape in parallel with the rotation axis of the reel.At the same time, the tape holding unit also moves closer to the front of the take-up reel and transports it. The received tape is received and supported by the gripper. As a result, the tape is disposed on the front surface of the take-up reel in parallel with the rotation axis direction. Next, the arm of the tape wrapping device of the holding unit is extended, and the leading end of the tape is inserted into the loop of the wound winding to wrap the end of the tape, and at the same time, the tape is pushed out of the tape supply unit. The cylinder is extended to push up the tape on the supply side, and the tape is brought into contact with the tape at the turn-back portion and pressed to bond the tapes together. Since the adhesive is applied to the surface of the tape, the tape can be easily joined, and the windings can be bound with the tape. When the left and right reels of the take-up reel are opened, the bound windings fall down and are received and stored by a hopper. Since all of these series of operations are performed under the control of the control device, the operations of winding the wires cut to a predetermined length, binding them with tape, and storing them in the hopper are automatically performed.

In (2) of the present invention, the take-up reel includes:
Since a linear groove is provided over the entire length in the axial direction,
When the tape is inserted, the tape can be inserted through the groove, and the winding of the winding with the tape is easily performed. or,
In the invention of (3), the air blowing device of the tape supply unit blows out the air so as to be parallel to the axial direction of the take-up reel, and conveys the tape along the axial direction, so that the tape is accurately held. Can be sent to the unit. According to (4) of the present invention, the tape holding unit causes the tape sent from the tape supply unit to be attracted to the surface of the holding unit by suction of air in the holding unit, so that one end of the tape is reliably held. .

In (5) of the present invention, the wire is marked before the take-up reel, and the wire supply section for cutting to a predetermined length is connected, so that the supply, marking, cutting and winding of the wire are performed. A series of operations of bundling and storage are automatically performed under the control of the control device, so that the operation of bundling wires is performed more efficiently.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall function of a winding binding device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
(A) is the block diagram, (b) is a figure which shows the state of binding of the electric wire. In (a), the functions of the electric wire binding apparatus of the present invention include the functions of A electric wire supply, B winding binding, and C storage, and the contents will be described in detail below.

In both figures (a) and (b), the function of the electric wire supply A will be described first. A1 is an electric wire supply, and an electric wire is fed from the electric wire supply drum 20. A2 is a length measurement, which measures the length of the electric wire from the feed speed of the electric wire. A
Reference numeral 3 denotes a marking on which an identification number is printed for each electric wire. A4 is a cutting, and when the length reaches a predetermined length, the cutter is operated to cut the electric wire, and the cut electric wire 30 is manufactured.

Regarding the winding binding B, B1 is a reel winding, and the electric wires cut and sent are each wound up in a loop to form a winding electric wire 31. B2 is a tape bundling unit that binds the tape 32 to the winding wire 31 and stores it in a hopper or the like in the storage C function.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a control device, and each of the functions A, B, C
The length and the identification number corresponding to the order of the wires to be cut in advance and the identification number are input and stored, and the wires are marked and cut in accordance with the order of these data, and according to a predetermined program. The process of winding and binding on reels and storing them in a hopper or the like is automatically controlled sequentially.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the entire apparatus for performing the functions described above. In the figure, reference numeral 40 denotes an electric wire supply unit, which corresponds to the function A shown in FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a take-up reel, which is a device for winding an electric wire cut into a predetermined length in a loop shape. Reference numeral 2 denotes a tape supply unit which supplies a tape for bundling loop-shaped winding wires, and is movable in the X and Y directions on a plane by a unit driving device 4a. Reference numeral 3 denotes a tape holding unit which receives the tape sent from the tape supply unit 2, holds the tape, and is movable in the X and Y directions on a plane by the unit driving device 4b. Reference numeral 15 denotes a hopper, which sorts and stores the bound electric wires.

In the apparatus having the above-described configuration, the control device 16 stores the lengths and identification numbers of the electric wires in the order of cutting in advance, and further drives the take-up reel 1, the tape supply, and the driving of the holding units 2 and 3. , The opening and closing of the hopper 15, the operation of the timing, etc. are incorporated, the electric wire is marked by a command of the control device 16, cut into a predetermined length, wound up in a loop, and bound with tape. And stored in a hopper.

FIG. 3 is a more detailed configuration diagram of the device configuration diagram described in FIG. First, in the electric wire supply unit 40, the electric wire is fed from the electric wire supply drum 20, the length is measured by the length measuring sensor 21 from the feeding speed of the electric wire, and the length is input to the control device 16, and when the length becomes a predetermined length, The cutter 23 is operated by a command from the control device 16 to cut the electric wire. Before the wire is cut, the marking device 2
Activate 2 to print the identification number on the wire. The cut electric wires are conveyed in the direction of the take-up reel 1 after cutting, respectively, and the left and right tapered reels 1a, 1
b move in opposite directions to fix the cutting wire at its tip, rotate, wind the cutting wire around the winding reel 1, and stop when the winding of the entire length is completed.

In the tape supply unit 2, the tape from the tape supply reel 11 is sent to the tape holding unit 3 through the spring pulley 5, the pulley 12, and the roller 7. At this time, tension is applied by pulling the tape with the spring pulley 5 so that the tape is not loosened. The tape supply unit 2 moves to the center of the take-up reel 1 by moving in the X and Y directions, and supports the tape in parallel with the axis of the take-up reel. The tape is moved in parallel to the tape holding unit 3.

Further, the tape holding unit 3 simultaneously holds X, Y
By moving the tape in the direction, the tape which has moved in parallel with the axis of the reel on the front surface of the take-up reel 1 is received by the holding unit 10. The holding unit 10 sucks air with the suction device 14, and sucks and supports the sent tape on the plane of the holding unit 10. The driving of the tape supply unit 2 in the X and Y directions, the driving of the air blowing device 9, the driving of the tape holding unit 3 in the X and Y directions, and the driving of the suction device 14 are all controlled by a sequence program incorporated in the control device 16. Will be implemented.

Next, the arm of the adhesion driving device 13 of the tape holding unit 3 is extended, and the tape is pushed toward the take-up reel 1 by the roller at the tip thereof, and the tape is taken up from the groove of the reel 1 as described later. The tape is pushed into the loop-shaped winding 31. On the other hand, the arm of the tape pushing cylinder 8 of the tape supply unit 2 is extended, the tape is pushed up by the roller at the tip, and the roller at the tip of the adhesive driving device 13 from the tape holding unit 3 comes into contact with the tape via the tape. By pressing, the adhesive surface of the tape is adhered. After the bonding, the cutter 6 advances to cut the tape, the binding of the winding with the tape is completed, and the bonding driving device 13, the tape pushing cylinder 8, and the cutter 6 retract and return to the original state.

When binding at two locations, take-up reel 1
Is rotated by a predetermined angle, and binding is performed with a tape in the same process as described above, so that binding at two locations can be performed on the winding.
The above-mentioned bonding drive device 13, tape extrusion cylinder 8,
The drive of the cutter 6 and the control of the rotation of the take-up reel 1 are sequentially performed by a sequence program in the control device 16.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the take-up reel 1.
(A) is a side view, (b) is an XX arrow view of (a). In both figures, the take-up reel 1 is composed of reels 1a and 1b which are tapered with respect to the center axis which is symmetrical to the left and right, and both can be moved in the X direction by a predetermined gap from the center axis (not shown). At the start of the winding of the electric wire, the electric wire is joined to form a V-shaped surface, the end of the electric wire is sandwiched and fixed, and the electric wire is wound by rotating. Also, both reels 1
The grooves 1c and 1d are located at the same position in the axial direction, respectively.
The arm of the adhesive driving device 13 of the tape holding unit 3 extends through the grooves 1c and 1d so that the tape can be inserted into the winding loop with the tape folded.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the take-up reels 1a and 1b have been moved in the X direction and joined, and FIG.
(B) is a view on arrow YY in (a). In both figures, the winding 31 is wound around a V-shaped tapered portion,
A gap 17 is formed between c and 1d and the winding 31. Through this gap 17, the tip of the arm of the adhesive driving device 13 can insert a tape.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are views showing a step of binding the electric wire 31 wound on the take-up reel 1 having the above structure, and FIG.
Is a state in which the holding unit 10 of the tape holding unit 3 moves in parallel with the center axis of the take-up reel 1 to suck and hold the tape, and the adhesive driving device 13 is on standby.

In (b), the arm of the adhesive driving device 13 is extended, and the roller and the tape at the end are pushed up to form the groove 17 formed by the grooves 1c and 1d of the take-up reel 1 and the winding 31 (FIG. 5).
(See (b)). In this state, the tape is bent around the winding 31 apart from the holding unit 10. Next, in (c), the tape supply unit 2
5 shows a state in which the arm of the tape pushing cylinder 8 of FIG.

(D), the arm of the tape pushing cylinder 8 is further extended to push up the tape,
The tape wound around the roller of the adhesive driving device 13 and the tape pushed up by the cylinder 8 come into contact with each other, and can be pressed and bonded by both rollers. Note that the surface in contact with the tape is coated with a sticky material, and the two tape surfaces are easily bonded by pressing. Thereafter, the cutter 6 extends to cut the tape, and the binding by the tape is completed. After the binding is completed, the adhesive driving device 13
The tape pressing cylinder 8 and the cutter 6 all return to their original positions.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show the hopper, wherein FIG. 7A is a plan view and FIG. 7B is a side view. In the figure, a hopper 15 is provided directly below a lower portion of a take-up reel 1. When the reels 1a and 1b of the take-up reel 1 open right and left after binding, the wound winding 31 falls downward. It is structured to receive and sort by type.

As shown in the figure, the hopper 15 has a circular shape, and in the example shown in the drawing, is divided into ten sections. A rotating shaft 18 is rotatably mounted at the center, and an arm 19 is mounted on the shaft 18 horizontally. The product receiver 19 is fixed at the tip of the arm 19.
a is attached. The product receiver 19 a is wound by the take-up reel 1, arranged so as to be located immediately below the winding 31 already bound by the tape, receives the falling winding 31 by the product receiver, and rotates the arm 19 to a predetermined position. Move to the place, open the bottom of the product receiver 19a at a predetermined place,
Drop into the hopper 15.

Opening the take-up reel 1 and rotating shaft 18
The control of the rotation of the device and the position of the product receiver 19a, and the control of these operation timings are all performed under the control of the control device 16,
The storage location of the received product is specified by the sorting order according to the order of the products stored in the control device 16 in advance, and the rotation angle of the rotary shaft 18 is controlled.

According to the winding bundling apparatus according to the embodiment described above, the wire is cut into a predetermined length after marking, and
The tape is wound on a take-up reel 1 having a tapered shape, and the tape supply unit 2 transports the tape to the front surface of the take-up reel 1 and holds the tape on the tape holding unit 3.
The tape is bound to the winding 31 by the operation of the tape pushing cylinder 8, the tape is cut by the cutter 6, and the wound winding 31 is dropped downward by opening the winding reels 1 a and 1 b. The dropped winding 31 is received by the product receiver 19a of the hopper 15, and the arm 19 is rotated and stored in the hopper storage area of each type, so that all operations from cutting the electric wire, winding, bundling, and storing in the hopper are controlled. Apparatus 1
6 is performed automatically by the control of 6, and the cutting and bundling work of the electric wire is greatly streamlined. In the above-described embodiment, an example of an electric wire has been described. However, the present invention is of course applicable to the operations of cutting, marking, winding, bundling, and storing all the wires other than the electric wire.

[0036]

The winding bundling apparatus according to the present invention comprises: (1) a left-right symmetrical reel, which has a V-shaped tapered peripheral surface around the rotation shaft in the joined state, and winds and winds the electric wire; A take-up reel that separates the winding from the reel by separating the winding left and right, and a tape supply unit that moves close to the take-up reel and conveys the tape in parallel with the rotation axis of the take-up reel. A tape holding unit that receives a tape conveyed from the tape supply unit so as to be close to the take-up reel and is parallel to the rotation axis of the take-up reel, and grips the tape with a holding unit; A device for inserting one end of the tape into the inside of the winding wound by the take-up reel and folding the tape, and a device provided in the tape holding unit for pushing up the tape and the folding device An extruding cylinder that comes into contact with the folded tape and the pushed-up tape, which are inserted into the device, and presses the pushed-up tape so that the two tapes come into contact with each other; And a hopper disposed immediately below the take-up reel and receiving the detached winding of the take-up reel, and operating the take-up reel, the tape supply unit, the tape holding unit, the folding device, the pushing cylinder, the cutter, and the hopper. And a control device for controlling. With such a configuration, the electric wire cut to a predetermined length can be easily wound by a winding reel having a V-shaped tapered surface, bound by a tape, and the left and right reels open the wound winding after the binding. A series of operations to be stored in the hopper are automatically performed under the control of the control device, and these operations are significantly omitted, thereby streamlining the operations.

In (2) of the present invention, the take-up reel includes:
Since a linear groove is provided over the entire length in the axial direction,
When the tape is inserted, the tape can be inserted through the groove, and the winding of the winding with the tape is easily performed. or,
In the invention of (3), the air blowing device of the tape supply unit blows out the air so that the tape is parallel to the axial direction of the take-up reel, and conveys the tape along the axial direction. Can be sent to According to (4) of the present invention, the tape holding unit causes the tape sent from the tape supply unit to be attracted to the surface of the holding unit by suction of air in the holding unit, so that one end of the tape is reliably held. .

In (5) of the present invention, the wire is marked before the take-up reel, and the wire feeder for cutting the wire to a predetermined length is connected, so that the wire is supplied, marked, cut and wound. A series of operations of bundling and storage are automatically performed under the control of the control device, so that the operation of bundling wires is performed more efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing functions of a winding binding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a block diagram and FIG.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a device of a winding binding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall detailed configuration diagram of a winding binding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B show a take-up reel of the winding bundling apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 4A is a side view, and FIG. 4B is a view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a take-up reel of the winding bundling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a side view when the left and right reels are joined, and FIG. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a binding step according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein (a), (b), (c), and (d) show a binding step for windings, respectively.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show a hopper of the winding bundling apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 7A is a plan view and FIG. 7B is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 take-up reel 2 tape supply unit 3 tape holding unit 4a, 4b unit driving device 5 spring pulley 6, 23 cutter 7 roller 8 tape pushing cylinder 9 air blowing device 10 holding unit 11 tape supply reel 12 pulley 13 adhesive driving device 14 suction Device 15 Hopper 16 Control device 17 Clearance 18 Rotation axis 19 Arm 19a Product receiver 20 Wire supply drum 21 Length measuring sensor 22 Marking device 30 Cutting wire 31 Winding 32 Tape 40 Wire supply section

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A reel comprising a symmetrical left and right reel having a V-shaped tapered peripheral surface around a rotating shaft in a joined state for winding an electric wire, and after winding, the electric wire is separated into right and left to wind the electric wire. A take-up reel that is detached from the reel, a tape supply unit that moves close to the take-up reel and conveys the tape in parallel with the rotation axis of the take-up reel, and a take-up reel that is close to the take-up reel A tape holding unit for receiving the tape conveyed from the tape supply unit so as to be parallel to the rotation axis of the tape holding unit, and holding the tape with a holding unit; and a winding provided on the tape holding unit and wound by the take-up reel. A device that inserts one end of the tape into the inside of the wire and folds the tape; and a wrapping device that is provided in the tape holding unit, pushes up the tape, comes into contact with the wrapping device, and is inserted through the device. An extruding cylinder for bringing the two tapes into contact by contacting and pressing the tape and the pushed-up tape; a cutter provided in the tape supply unit for cutting the tape in front of the bonding portion; and directly below the take-up reel. And a control device for controlling the operation of the take-up reel, the tape supply unit, the tape holding unit, the folding device, the pushing cylinder, the cutter, and the hopper. Winding unit. 2. The winding device according to claim 1, wherein a single linear groove cut to a central portion with a predetermined width over the entire length in the axial direction is formed on the tapered surface of the take-up reel. Wire binding device. 3. The air supply device according to claim 1, wherein the tape supply unit is provided with an air blowing device for blowing air in a direction in which the tape is transported in parallel with an axial direction of the take-up reel. Winding unit. 4. The winding bundling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tape holding portion of the tape holding unit holds the tape by sucking the tape with air. 5. The winding bundling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an electric wire supply unit that performs marking on the electric wire and cuts the electric wire into a predetermined length is connected to a stage preceding the take-up reel.