Abstract

A method for the handling of coreless auger, which is produced by an auger production machine from which the coreless auger emerges with a linear motion component and a rotational motion component, includes guiding the rotating auger for linear movement away from the production machine toward a temporary storage facility that has a cylindrical receptacle rotatable about its own axis and a coaxial rotatable feed guide having an axial inlet for formed auger and an outwardly directed outlet for directing formed auger toward an inner periphery of the cylindrical receptacle. The cylindrical receptacle is rotated and the feed guide is allowed to rotate about the axis of its inlet that is roughly coincident with the axis of auger entering the axial inlet of the feed guide. The cylindrical receptacle is rotated at a speed selected to counteract the rotation of the auger about its own axis.

IPC Classes  ?

• B21C 47/14 - Winding-up or coiling by means of a moving guide by means of a rotating guide, e.g. laying the material around a stationary reel or drum
• B65G 33/12 - Screw or rotary spiral conveyors for fluent solid materials with screws formed by straight tubes or drums having internal threads, or by spiral or helical tubes
• B21C 47/12 - Winding-up or coiling by means of a moving guide the guide moving parallel to the axis of the coil
• B21C 47/04 - Winding-up or coiling on or in reels or drums, without using a moving guide
• B21C 47/00 - Winding-up, coiling or winding-off metal wire, metal band or other flexible metal material characterised by features relevant to metal processing only
• B65H 54/82 - Apparatus in which the depositing device or the receptacle is rotated and in which coils are formed before deposition
• B65H 57/28 - Reciprocating or oscillating guides
• B21D 11/06 - Bending into helical or spiral formForming a succession of return bends, e.g. serpentine form
• B65G 33/14 - Screw or rotary spiral conveyors for fluent solid materials comprising a screw or screws enclosed in a tubular housing

Abstract

A method is provided for the handling of coreless auger produced by an auger production machine (21) from which the coreless auger emerges with a linear motion component and a rotational motion component. The method includes guiding the rotating auger for linear movement away from the production machine (21 ) towards a temporary storage facility (1) that has a cylindrical receptacle (3) rotatable about its own axis (4) and a coaxial rotatable feed guide (6) having an axial inlet (11) for formed auger and an outwardly directed outlet (13) for directing formed auger towards an inner periphery of the cylindrical receptacle (3); rotating the cylindrical receptacle (3) and allowing the feed guide (6) to rotate about the axis of its inlet (11) that is roughly coincident with the axis of auger entering the axial inlet (11) of the feed guide (6) such that the outwardly directed outlet (13) may move around the interior of the receptacle in a circular path to direct auger towards the inner periphery of the cylindrical receptacle (3) and form a coil thereof. The cylindrical receptacle (3) is rotated at a speed selected to counteract the rotation of the auger about its own axis.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65G 33/00 - Screw or rotary spiral conveyors
• B21C 47/02 - Winding-up or coiling
• B21C 49/00 - Devices for temporarily accumulating material