IRON BENDING MACHINE CONFIGURATION

Technical Field

The subject of the invention is an innovation in iron bending machines and is related to the ability to bend iron by means of the capacitor structure that allows for using 220 volt asynchronous motors.

The present invention relates to the use of a new single-phase asynchronous motor in iron bending machines by preventing voltage fluctuations by using a single capacitor and avoiding inverter costs by not using an inverter.

Prior Art

Asynchronous motors/machines can be both magnetic field and conductor moving, provided that there is a speed difference. It is necessary to have the required magnetic field for the voltage to be induced. In three-phase motors, forming a magnetic field is inevitable. This magnetic field is the rotating magnetic field. In these motors, which have two regions as rotor and stator, three-phase alternating voltage is applied to the stator windings to create a voltage frequency. A magnetic field that rotates proportionally to the voltage frequency is created as a result thereof. The magnetic field induces a voltage on the rotor. As a result, rotor magnetic field is formed on the rotor. A rotational torque is formed as a result of the interaction of the rotor magnetic field and the stator magnetic field. A rotation movement is realized with this moment.

In the state of the art, in the initial stage of iron bending machines, the rotating drum rotates until the twist sensor is triggered and the iron is bent. Afterwards, drum turns backwards to see the origin sensor and then stops. Even if the starting point sensor is triggered during the iron bending phase, the rotating drum continues to rotate until it sees the twist sensor. In this case, if the motor somehow loses its direction of rotation, it keeps rotating continuously, causing injury to the user, breaking the machine and bending the bent iron more than desired. In the state of the art, three-phase asynchronous motors are used in all machines that are commercially available, even if the input phase is single-phase in iron bending machines. Imported devices called inverter or speed control have to be used for the three-phase asynchronous motor to work with single-phase electricity, and these devices cause problems at low or high voltages, burn out, or require the use of a phase protection relay and an additional contactor to prevent it from burning. This structure imposes a great financial burden on both producers and users, and also prevents efficient and continuous operation.

In the prior art, another motor used in iron bending machines is two capacitor motors. While the first capacitor in these is in continuous operation, the other capacitor is deactivated by the centrifugal switch after the rotor starts. The deactivated capacitor is utilized to increase the starting torque of the motor. Because it is about 5-10 times larger than the capacity of the capacitor that is constantly in operation. The ends of one of the main or auxiliary windings must be replaced in order to change the direction of rotation. The use of 2 capacitors in these asynchronous motors makes it difficult to use asynchronous machines with two 220 volt capacitors in iron bending machines. The start capacitor creates the first magnetic field and enables the other capacitor to act. However, since the iron bending process is a very short process, the process can be performed easily only when the start capacitor is activated. Operation of only the start capacitor is a problem due to the continuous stop and start operations. Because, in order for the second capacitor to be activated and the start capacitor to be deactivated, the motor must be activated by eighty percent. This is not possible due to the brevity of the process. This situation, on the other hand, is not preferred and not used since it causes both energy consumption and motor and capacitor failures.

In the state of the art, although 220 volts is usually sufficient in iron bending machines, 380 volt asynchronous motors are preferred since they are disadvantageous and cannot be used. An inverter is required for 380 volt motors. This inverter is necessary for ease of operation by reducing the high voltage. However, speed control using an inverter causes a loss in motor power. It also causes inverter costs and the inverter is affected by voltage fluctuations. When the motor is overloaded, unexpected reversing problems of the motor, called rewind, also occur. In the prior art, single-phase asynchronous motors cannot be used directly in iron bending machines. Since the centrifugal switch, which disables the start capacitor in single-phase motors has a mechanical structure, iron bending machines that make start-stop (2000 - 3000 times a day) frequently fail and cause the engine to burn out. Again, if the circuit board is used by the motor manufacturers instead of the mechanical centrifugal switch, the relays on these circuit boards may malfunction in the engines that make start-stop frequently. For these reasons, the use of single-phase motors in iron bending machines could not move beyond trial studies.

Disadvantages such as loss of motor power in the state of the art, inverter costs, failure of the inverter by being affected by voltage fluctuations, motor rewind failures as a result of overloading the motor necessitated an R.&D study in this field.

Objects of the Invention

The present invention aims to construct an iron bending machine that will enable the use of mono-phase (single-phase) asynchronous motors in iron bending machines.

The invention is an iron bending machine configuration, and the aim thereof is to use the motor only with its permanent capacitor, without the need for a centrifugal switch and start capacitor, without loss of motor power and without using an inverter.

Detailed Description of the Invention

Figures of the iron bending machine configuration are given below.

Figure - 1 illustrates the Top Front General View of the Iron Bending Machine. Reference Numerals:

1. Structural Iron

2. Bending Pin

3. Rotating Drum

4. Trigger Shoe

5. Origin Sensor

6. Bending Sensor

7. Bending Sensor Trigger Pin

8. Iron Channel

9. Reduction Gear Output Shaft

10. Worm Gear Reducer

11. Reducer Flywheel

12. Engine Belt

13. Engine Flywheel

14. Motor Connection Plate

15. Rubber Shoes

16. Single Phase Asynchronous Motor

17. Vibration Reducing Coupling

In the iron bending machine of the invention, it is an iron bending machine configuration that provides 220 volt asynchronous single-phase motor movement and use thereof by using a single permanent capacitor with increased power. The iron bending machine configuration, which is the subject of the invention, is managed without using a centrifugal switch, by using a programmable logic control, which also enables the motor start capacitor to manage the iron bending machine, or by using another circuit board or time relay. The single-use permanent capacitor capacity is increased by increasing it to at least 35 microfarads. The vibration that will occur in the motor due to this increase in capacity is prevented by placing rubber shoes (15) under the motor, and by transmitting the motion transmitted from the motor to the reduction gear as a coupling or take-off- pul ley, the motor vibration is prevented from affecting the iron bending machine. (Figure - 2)

The invention aims to ensure that a structural iron (1) placed in the iron channel (8) is bent with an asynchronous motor using a permanent capacitor. The present invention consists of a rotating drum (3), a bending pin (2) positioned on the top surface of the rotating drum (3), iron channel (8), a trigger shoe (4) positioned on the edge of the rotating drum (3), origin sensor (5), bending sensor (6), and bending sensor trigger pin (7). The x distance seen in Figure - 1 is the distance that should be left between the bending pin (2) and the structural iron (1) at the starting point in order for the motor to lift under load. The distance the engine will travel in at least one second is x.

In the initial phase, the rotating drum (3) rotates until the bending sensor (6) is triggered. Then the structural iron (1) begins to bend. Then the rotating drum (3) turns backwards to see the origin sensor (5). The rotating drum (3), which sees the origin sensor (5), stops. If the origin sensor (5) is triggered at any time during the bending of the structural iron (1), the iron bending machine stops directly. Because it is considered to have reached its initial position with the origin sensor (5). Thus, even if the motor loses its direction in case of bending or similar, it returns to the starting point. In this way, even if the motor loses its direction of rotation, the risk of constantly rotating is eliminated.

Rubber shoes (15) utilized to reduce motor vibration are positioned just above the single-phase asynchronous motor (16) and just below the motor connection plate (14). The motor flywheel (13), which transmits the torque of the single-phase asynchronous motor (16), transmits this torque to the reducer flywheel (11) by means of the motor belt (12). The torque movement received by the worm gear reducer (10) is transmitted to the table and the reduction gear output shaft (9) through the gears, and the movement occurs. Here, the gears rotate 90 degrees horizontally as vertical movement. Rubber shoes (15) are utilized to prevent the vibration of the motor from shaking as a result of the movement of the motor. Thus, the rotating table under the shaft will not be shaken. Another method that can be employed to reduce engine vibration is to eliminate vibration during the transmission of torque from a single-phase asynchronous motor (16) with a vibration reducing coupling (17) in addition to vibration-reducing rubber shoes (15).