Method and device for the continuous production of a plastic compound pipe comprising a pipe socket
OwnerRalph Peter Heglerinventor
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Abstract
Into a molding path moving in a direction of conveyance is extruded an internal tube from a first extruder and an external tube from a second extruder, the external tube being concentric with the internal tube. During the production of a normal compound pipe, the smooth internal tube is welded together with the external tube which is provided with transverse grooves. At the transition from the normal compound pipe to the expanded pipe socket, the extruder speed of the first extruder is increased from a speed n1,1 to a speed n1,2. During the production of the pipe socket, the speed of the first extruder is reduced to a speed in1,3, wherein n1,2>n1,3>n1,1 applies.
Claims10
A method for the continuous production of a plastic compound pipe (10) comprising a pipe socket (41), the plastic compound pipe (10) consisting of a smooth internal tube and an external tube which is welded together therewith and is provided with transverse grooves (38),
- wherein half shells (12, 12′) are guided in circulation and in a direction of conveyance (4), which half shells (12, 12′) are provided with annular mold recesses (32) and combine in pairs on a molding path (16) to form a mold with a central longitudinal axis (18);
- wherein at least one pair of half shells (12, 12′) is provided with a socket recess (42);
- wherein a relative overpressure is generated which acts from an inside to an outside;
- wherein a die head (8) of a first extruder (1) comprising a drive motor (3) is disposed upstream of the molding path (16);
- wherein the die head (8) is provided with an outer die (22) and with an inner die (21) arranged downstream in the direction of conveyance (4) and with a calibrating mandrel (25) at its downstream end when seen in the direction of conveyance (4);
- wherein the inner die (21) is connected to the first extruder (1);
- wherein a second extruder (2) comprising a drive motor (3′) is provided which is connected to the outer die (22);
- wherein an internal tube (39) is extruded from the inner die (21),
- wherein an external tube (37) of plastic melt is extruded from the outer die (22);
- wherein the drive motors (3, 3′) are actuated in such a way
- that an extruder speed n1 of the first extruder (1) is increased from a speed n1,1 during the production of the compound pipe consisting of a smooth internal pipe and transverse grooves (38) to a speed n1,2 while an expanding transition portion (44) of the socket recess (42) is moving across the inner die (21);
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- that the extruder speed of the first extruder (1) is then reduced to a speed n1,3 while the socket recess (42) is being moved across the inner die (21), wherein n1,2>n1,3>n1,1 applies.
A device for performing the method according to the invention for the continuous production of a plastic compound pipe (10) comprising a pipe socket (41), the compound pipe (10) consisting of a smooth internal tube and an external tube which is welded together therewith and is provided with transverse grooves (38),
- wherein half shells (12, 12′) are guided in circulation and in a direction of conveyance (4), which half shells (12, 12′) are provided with annular mold recesses (32) and combine in pairs on a molding path (16) to form a mold with a central longitudinal axis (18);
- wherein at least one pair of half shells (12, 12′) is provided with a socket recess (42);
- wherein means are provided for the generation of a relative overpressure which acts from the inside to the outside;
- wherein a die head (8) of a first extruder (1) is disposed upstream of the molding path (16);
- wherein the die head (8) is provided with an outer die (22) for the extrusion of an external tube (37) and with an inner die (21) arranged downstream in the direction of conveyance (4) for the extrusion of an internal tube (39) and with a calibrating mandrel (25) at its downstream end when seen in the direction of conveyance (4);
- wherein the inner die (21) is connected to the first extruder (1);
- wherein a second extruder (2) is provided which is connected to the outer die (22);
- wherein a control system (50) is provided for the actuation of drive motors (3, 3′) of the first extruder (1) and the second extruder (2);
- wherein the control system (50) is configured in such a way
- that the extruder speed n1 of the first extruder (1) is increased from a speed n1,1 during the production of the compound pipe consisting of a smooth internal pipe and transverse grooves (38) to a speed n1,2 while an expanding transition portion (44) of the socket recess (42) is moving across the inner die (21);
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- that the extruder speed of the first extruder (1) is then reduced to a speed n1,3 while the socket recess (42) is being moved across the inner die (21), wherein n1,2>n1,3>n1,1 applies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.