TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to the field of mechanical engineering, and, in particular,
to devices for mechanical processing of pipes by pressure, and can be used when winding
heat exchange pipes for NPP (nuclear power plants) heat exchangers into a coil with
specified parameters (winding diameter and pitch).
[0002] Close-packed heat exchangers are widely used in the designs of nuclear power plants,
where the main problem is the low uniformity and density of the winding.
BACKGROUND ART
[0004] It is also known a device for the manufacture of tubular coils of heat exchangers,
comprising a fixed headstock and a drive tailstock placed on the bed, a caliper, a
mandrel fixed in the headstock and tailstock, and a bending roller, characterized
in that it contains a bending and clamping device mounted on the caliper, the housing
of which is bent towards the movement of the workpiece, the bending roller is movably
fixed in the lower part of the housing at the level of the mandrel, and an additional
roller is movably fixed in the upper bent part of the housing (Patent
RU No. 26458, IPC B23F 3/04, publ. on 10.12.2002).
[0005] The main disadvantage of the known devices and devices for bending pipes is that
in the process of bending the cross section of the pipe is strongly deformed, the
wall thickness on the outside (larger radius) decreases, and on the inside (smaller
radius) it increases, and in this case for thin-walled pipes there is also the formation
of undulating folds.
[0006] The closest in technical essence to the claimed solution is a device for winding
metal pipes into a coil, which is equipped with three rollers, the lower of which
are made of two strands with a separating flange that determines the pitch and angle
of the winding (patent
RU No. 2221666, IPC B21D 53/06 , publ. on 20.01.2004).
[0007] The main disadvantage of this device is that the winding of pipes on a lathe is carried
out with a constant force and leads to a non-circular section, and the winding of
thin-walled pipes is practically impossible, as well as low winding productivity.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
[0008] The technical problem of the present invention is to increase the productivity of
winding by batch winding of metal pipes into a coil with specified parameters while
excluding deformation of their cross section.
[0009] This problem is solved by the tensioning device for winding metal pipes into a coil,
comprising an upper replaceable roller and two lower replaceable rollers mounted with
the possibility of rotation, wherein the upper roller is mounted with the possibility
of vertical movement, it is equipped with a caliper made with the possibility of longitudinal
movement, a housing mounted on the caliper with the possibility of rotation around
the axis and fixation, and a control unit mounted in the housing for longitudinal
movement of the caliper depending on the angular movement of the spindle shaft at
a given step of winding metal pipes, wherein the upper and lower rollers are mounted
in conical bearings in the housing and are made multi-pass with a distance L between
the centers of the passes, which sets the winding density of the coil, and the upper
roller is installed with the possibility of vertical movement by means of sliders
and adjusting screws.
[0010] The distance between the centers of the roller grooves is determined by the formula:
where D is the outer diameter of the wound pipe,
T is the gap between the wound pipes.
[0011] The device is made with the possibility of simultaneous winding of metal pipes, the
maximum number of which is equal to eight.
[0012] The design of the present tension device for winding metal pipes into a coil is caused
by the practice of operation, namely by the fact that all known devices and installations
for bending of metal pipes and even more so for winding metal pipes in coils have
a clear disadvantage, which is that when bending or winding metal, especially thin-walled
pipes, there is a deformation of the pipe in general and, most importantly, deformation
of the cross section.
[0013] The tension device for winding metal pipes into a coil due to the rollers made multi-pass
with a mechanism that determines the pitch and angle of the winding, allows winding
with specified parameters while excluding deformation of their cross section with
a significant increase in winding productivity.
[0014] The maximum number of simultaneously wound tubes equal to eight corresponds to the
maximum possible number of grooves in the roll roller. This parameter was determined
experimentally when winding thin-walled pipes less than 1000 mm.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0015] The invention is clarified with drawings.
Fig. 1, 3 show rolls with rollers.
Fig. 2 is an end view of this device.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0016] The tensioning device for winding metal pipes into a coil consists of a caliper 1
(Fig. 1) in the bracket of which on the axis 2 (Fig. 3), necessary for lifting the
tensioning device when installing pipe, a housing 3 (Fig. 1) is fixed with multi-pass
removable rollers 5, 6 (Fig. 1) mounted in it on conical bearings 4 (Fig. 2). The
axes of the lower rollers are fixed permanently, the axis of the upper roller 6 is
mounted in sliders 7, which, with the help of screws 8,have the ability to move vertically.
[0017] The tensioning device for winding metal pipes into a coil operates as follows. When
the upper roller is displaced towards the lower rollers, the pipe jams in the roller
grooves (microbending), the pipe advancement force increases, i.e. the pipe tension
required to produce a tightly coiled heat exchanger is created. The control unit (not
shown in the drawings) is mounted in the caliper housing and is designed to automate
the process of winding tubes of coiled heat exchangers and implements the principle
of coordinated control of the longitudinal movement of the device caliper depending
on the angular movement of the spindle shaft at a given step of winding. The control
is carried out by an industrial controller that reads information from the spindle
shaft speed sensor. The received information is sent to the control rectifier that
maintains the optimum rotation speed of the caliper motor.
[0018] The tensioning device for winding metal pipes into a coil allows to expand the technological
capabilities of the device and wind heat exchangers with a diameter of up to 2800
mm
[0019] Thus, the present device allows to obtain close-packed bundles of pipes with different
diameters and thicknesses and significantly increase the winding performance by 1.8-2
times.
1. A tensioning device for winding metal pipes into a coil, comprising an upper replaceable
roller and two lower replaceable rollers mounted with the possibility of rotation,
wherein the upper roller is mounted with the possibility of vertical movement, characterized in that it is equipped with a caliper made with the possibility of longitudinal movement,
a housing mounted on the caliper with the possibility of rotation around the axis
and fixation, and a control unit mounted in the housing for longitudinal movement
of the caliper depending on the angular movement of the spindle shaft at a given step
of winding metal pipes, wherein the upper and lower rollers are mounted in conical
bearings in the housing and are made multi-pass with a distance L between the centers
of the passes, which sets the winding density of the coil, and the upper roller is
installed with the possibility of vertical movement by means of sliders and adjusting
screws.
2. The device according to claim 1,
characterized in that the distance between the centers of the roller grooves is determined by the formula
where D is the outer diameter of the wound pipe,
T is the gap between the pipes.
3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is made with the possibility of simultaneous winding of metal tubes, the maximum
number of which is eight.
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