Cutting apparatus for roll-formed product of roll-forming unit
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorsTomoaki Akutsu, Harumi Obata
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting a roll-formed product for a roll-forming unit has at least a roll-forming machine. The cutting apparatus has a cutter mechanism arranged downstream of the roll-forming machine, for cutting the roll-formed product sent out from the roll-forming machine into a predetermined cut length. The cutters apparatus further has a feed roller rotatable at a controlled rotational speed, for sending out a formed product cut by the cutter mechanism.
Claims7
An apparatus for cutting a roll-formed product for a roll-forming unit having at least a roll-forming machine, comprising:
- a cutter mechanism that cuts the roll-formed product fed from the roll-forming machine into a predetermined cut length;
- a feed roller that feeds the cut roll-formed product positioned next to and downstream of the cutter mechanism;
- a screw conveyor that receives the cut roll-formed product from the feed roller positioned next to and downstream of the cutter mechanism;
- the feed roller being controlled to synchronize with the screw conveyor to feed the cut roll-formed product into a designated position of the screw conveyor;
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- the cutter mechanism comprising:
- (i) a movable cutter movable toward and away from the roll-formed product in a direction perpendicular to the flow of the roll-formed product;
- (ii) a cutter guide that guides the roll-formed product so that the roll-formed product passes through the cutter guide, and guides the movable cutter while being in sliding-contact with the movable cutter;
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- (iii) a roll-formed product introducing guide that introduces the roll-formed product toward within the cutter guide, while horizontally supporting the roll-formed product.
In a system for manufacturing a heat exchanger tube, an apparatus that cuts a roll-formed product for a roll-forming unit having at least a roll-forming machine roll-forming a strip material into a predetermined shape to produce the roll-formed product, and a drier that removes fatty material adhered onto the roll-formed product to produce a roll-formed, degreased product, the cutting apparatus comprising:
- a cutter mechanism that cuts the roll-formed, degreased product fed from the drier into a predetermined cut length;
- a feed roller that feeds the cut roll-formed, degreased product positioned next to and downstream of the cutter mechanism;
- a screw conveyor that receives the cut roll-formed product from the feed roller positioned next to and downstream of the cutter mechanism;
- the feed roller being controlled to synchronize with the screw conveyor to feed the cut roll-formed, degreased product into a designated position of the screw conveyor;
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- a sensor for detecting a passing state of the roll-formed, degreased product cut by the cutter mechanism, so that an introduction timing of the roll-formed, degreased product into the cutter mechanism and a cutting timing of the roll-formed, degreased product are adjusted by the passing state detected by the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.