Splitting facility
AssigneeCompagnie General des Etalissements Michelin
InventorsMarc Calvet, Henri Barguet, Francis Aubarede
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Abstract
A facility for manufacturing at least first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements, in which each of the first and second assemblies includes a plurality of filamentary elements wound together in a helix, includes an assembling apparatus and a splitting apparatus. The assembling apparatus of the facility assembles M filamentary elements together into a layer of M filamentary elements around a temporary core, to form a temporary assembly. The splitting apparatus of the facility splits the temporary assembly into at least the first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements.
Claims13
A facility for manufacturing at least first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements, respectively, each of the first and second assemblies including a plurality of filamentary elements wound together in a helix, the facility comprising:
- an assembling apparatus structured to assemble M filamentary elements together into a layer of M filamentary elements around a temporary core, to form a temporary assembly;
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- a splitting apparatus structured to split the temporary assembly into at least the first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements, respectively,
- wherein the splitting apparatus comprises (a) a first separator structured to separate the first assembly from a temporary collection formed of the second assembly and the temporary core, and (b) a second separator structured to separate the second assembly and the temporary core from each other, the second separator being located downstream of the first separator.
A facility for manufacturing at least first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements, respectively, each of the first and second assemblies including a plurality of filamentary elements wound together in a helix, the facility comprising:
- an assembling apparatus structured to assemble M filamentary elements together into a layer of M filamentary elements around a temporary core, to form a temporary assembly;
- and
- a splitting apparatus structured to split the temporary assembly into at least the first and second assemblies of M1 filamentary elements and M2 filamentary elements, respectively,
- wherein the splitting apparatus comprises a core splitter structured to split the temporary core between at least the first and second assemblies, and
- wherein (a) the core splitter includes a first separation section structured to separate at least a first part of the temporary core with first filamentary elements from the temporary assembly so as to form the first assembly, or (b) the core splitter includes a second separation section structured to separate at least a second part of the temporary core with second filamentary elements from the temporary assembly so as to form the second assembly.
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