An automated continuous cable winding system and method of use thereof

By designing an automated continuous cable winding system, which utilizes buffering, driving, clamping, and guiding mechanisms to achieve automated continuous cable winding, the system solves the problems of low winding efficiency and downtime removal in existing technologies, thereby improving production efficiency.

CN116513888BActive Publication Date: 2026-04-07SHANDONG TAIKAI CABLE TECH CO LTD
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CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
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Filing Date
2023-01-28
Publication Date
2026-04-07

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Technical Problem

The existing cable winding efficiency is low, and the machine needs to be stopped to remove the cable after winding, which leads to processing interruption and affects production efficiency.

Method used

An automated continuous cable winding system was designed, including a cable buffer mechanism, a cable drive mechanism, a swing clamping mechanism, a guide wiring mechanism, and a winding mechanism. The automated continuous winding of the cable is achieved through the coordinated work of these mechanisms. The continuous winding and temporary storage of the cable are realized by using an air shaft and clamping components, avoiding downtime operations.

Benefits of technology

It enables automated continuous cable winding, improves production efficiency, avoids downtime during the winding process, and ensures continuous operation of the processing line.

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Abstract

The application relates to a cable automatic continuous winding system and a use method thereof, which comprises a cable buffering mechanism, a cable driving mechanism, a swing clamping mechanism, a guiding wiring mechanism and a winding mechanism arranged in sequence along a cable conveying direction, the swing clamping mechanism comprises a swing clamping base frame, a wire feeding sliding frame slidably connected to the swing clamping base frame and a swing frame hingedly connected to the wire feeding sliding frame, a swing pipe is fixedly connected to one side of the swing frame close to a wire outlet direction, a cable passes through the swing pipe, a clamping assembly for clamping the cable is arranged on the swing frame, the swing clamping mechanism further comprises a sliding driving mechanism for driving the wire feeding sliding frame to slide along the conveying direction; the guiding wiring mechanism comprises a support frame body, a vertical oil cylinder slidably connected to the support frame body and an avoidance air cylinder for driving the oil cylinder to move left and right, a guiding frame is fixedly connected to an extension shaft of the oil cylinder, two transverse guiding rollers are shaft-connected to the guiding frame, the cable passes between the two guiding rollers, and a pneumatic scissors is fixedly connected to the guiding frame.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of cable processing, in particular to a kind of cable automatic continuous winding system and its use method. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the field of wire and cable, it is often necessary to wind the processed cable, and the existing cable products do not set hollow winding roller, so the cable needs to be wound on the winding roller first, and then taken off from the winding roller, which is low in winding efficiency. For example, the invention patent with publication number CN115448104A discloses a cable winding device, which has low winding efficiency.

[0003] And after winding, the current winding mechanism needs to be stopped to take down the cable, and the cable processing equipment also needs to be stopped, which causes the processing to be interrupted and the efficiency to be low. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application provides a kind of cable automatic continuous winding system and its use method with high speed, high efficiency and continuous work for the deficiencies of the prior art.

[0005] The present application is realized by the following technical scheme, which provides a kind of cable automatic continuous winding system, including cable buffer mechanism, cable driving mechanism, swing clamping mechanism, guide wiring mechanism and winding mechanism arranged in sequence along the cable conveying direction, the swing clamping mechanism includes swing clamping chassis, wire feeding sliding frame slidably connected on the swing clamping chassis and swing frame hingedly connected on the wire feeding sliding frame, the side of the swing frame close to the wire outlet direction is fixedly connected with swing pipe, the cable passes through the swing pipe, the swing frame is provided with clamping assembly for clamping the cable, and the swing clamping mechanism further includes sliding drive mechanism for driving the wire feeding sliding frame to slide along the conveying direction.

[0006] The guide wiring mechanism includes support frame body, vertical oil cylinder slidably connected on the support frame body and avoidance air cylinder for driving the oil cylinder to move left and right, the telescopic shaft of the oil cylinder is fixedly connected with guide frame, two transverse guide rollers are shaft-connected on the guide frame, the cable passes between the two guide rollers, and the guide frame is fixedly connected with pneumatic scissors.

[0007] As an optimization, the cable buffer mechanism includes buffer frame body, fixed winding roller shaft-connected on one end of the buffer frame body, winding roller moving frame slidably connected on the buffer frame body and buffer driving mechanism for driving the winding roller moving frame to slide along the conveying direction, the winding roller moving frame is shaft-connected with moving winding roller, and the cable is wound at least one turn between the moving winding roller and the fixed winding roller.

[0008] As optimization, the buffer power mechanism comprises two wire rope wheels connected to the two ends of the buffer frame body by shafts, and a rope wheel motor for driving any of the wire rope wheels to rotate, and a wire rope is wound between the two wire rope wheels, and the winding roller moving frame is connected to one side of the wire rope.

[0009] As optimization, the winding mechanism comprises a base, a fixed frame body above the base, a rotating frame body connected to the fixed frame body by shaft, and a winding motor for driving the rotating frame body to rotate, and a horizontal lower turntable is connected to the upper end of the base by shaft, and an annular upper turntable and an inflatable shaft penetrating the center of the upper turntable are vertically slidably connected to the rotating frame body, and an upper turntable pressing cylinder for driving the upper turntable to lift and rise is mounted on the rotating frame body, and an inflatable shaft pressing cylinder for driving the inflatable shaft to lift and rise is mounted on the rotating frame body.

[0010] As optimization, the clamping assembly comprises clamping blocks and fixed blocks on both sides of the cable, and a clamping cylinder for driving the clamping blocks to press against the fixed blocks, and the fixed blocks are fixedly connected to the swing frame.

[0011] As optimization, the sliding drive mechanism comprises a ball screw mounted on the swing clamping base frame, and a wire feeding motor for driving the ball screw to rotate, and the nut of the ball screw is fixedly connected to the wire feeding sliding frame.

[0012] As optimization, the cable drive mechanism comprises two drive rollers and a drive motor for driving at least one of the drive rollers to rotate, and the cable is clamped between the two drive rollers.

[0013] As optimization, the swing pipe comprises two pipe bodies and a spring connecting the two pipe bodies.

[0014] A method for using an automatic continuous winding system for cables, comprising the following steps:

[0015] a. During winding, the cable is moved by the cable drive mechanism, and the cable passes through the swing pipe of the swing clamping mechanism and the two guide rollers of the guide wiring mechanism;

[0016] b. The inflatable shaft is driven to descend by the inflatable shaft pressing cylinder, the end of the cable is pressed against the lower turntable, then the upper turntable is driven to descend by the upper turntable pressing cylinder, the inflatable shaft is inflated, and the cable is wound on the inflatable shaft by driving the rotating frame body to rotate by the winding motor;

[0017] c. During winding, the two guide rollers are lifted and lowered by the drive oil cylinder, realizing the up-and-down swing of the cable during winding, and the swing pipe of the swing clamping mechanism swings up and down with the cable;

[0018] d. After winding is completed, the winding motor is stopped, the clamping assembly of the swing clamping mechanism clamps the cable, the cable is cut by the pneumatic scissors, the inflatable shaft is retracted and rises, and the upper turntable rises, taking away the wound cable;

[0019] e. After the winding motor stops, the cable drive mechanism stops synchronously, and the moving roller in the cable buffer mechanism moves away from the fixed roller, thereby temporarily storing the cable during the stop period between the moving roller and the fixed roller. After the cable drive mechanism starts working again, the moving roller moves towards the fixed roller to release the temporarily stored cable.

[0020] f. After the cable is taken away, the avoidance cylinder drives the hydraulic cylinder to move left and right to avoid the cable. The sliding drive mechanism drives the wire feeding sliding frame to move towards the winding mechanism. At the same time, the cable drive mechanism drives the cable to move a certain distance so that the end of the cable moves below the air expansion shaft. After the end of the cable is pressed on the lower turntable in step a, the clamping component is released, the wire feeding sliding frame returns to its original position, and step a continues.

[0021] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: The cable automated continuous winding system and its usage method of the present invention can realize the automated winding of cables without stopping the machine during the winding interval, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the entire cable processing production line. Attached Figure Description

[0022] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the cable buffer mechanism of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the swing clamping mechanism of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 4 For the present invention Figure 3 Top view;

[0026] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the guiding wiring mechanism of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 6 For the present invention Figure 5 The left view;

[0028] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the winding mechanism of the present invention;

[0029] As shown in the figure:

[0030] 1, cable buffer mechanism, 2, cable drive mechanism, 3, swing clamping mechanism, 4, guide wiring mechanism, 5, winding mechanism, 6, cable, 11, buffer frame, 12, steel wire rope wheel, 13, steel wire rope, 14, roller moving frame, 15, moving roller, 16, fixed roller, 31, swing clamping base frame, 32, wire feeding sliding frame, 33, ball screw, 34, wire feeding motor, 35, swing frame, 36, swing pipe, 37, clamping block, 38, fixed block, 39, clamping cylinder, 41, support frame, 42, oil cylinder, 43, avoidance cylinder, 44, guide frame, 45, guide roller, 46, pneumatic scissors, 51, base, 52, lower turntable, 53, upper turntable, 54, fixed frame, 55, winding motor, 56, rotating frame, 57, gas expansion shaft, 58, gas expansion shaft compression cylinder, 59, upper turntable compression cylinder. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to clearly illustrate the technical features of the present application, the present application will be described below through specific embodiments.

[0032] As shown in Figures 1-7 A kind of cable automatic continuous winding system of the present application, including cable buffer mechanism 1, cable drive mechanism 2, swing clamping mechanism 3, guide wiring mechanism 4 and winding mechanism 5 in turn along the direction of cable 6 transport.

[0033] Cable buffer mechanism 1 is used to take away in the time period after each cable winding is completed, the cable in the stopping time period is temporarily stored in cable buffer mechanism 1, after winding works again, cable buffer mechanism 1 releases the cable temporarily stored, so as not to affect the normal work of cable processing line.

[0034] The cable buffer mechanism 1 includes buffer frame 11, fixed roller 16 connected to one end of buffer frame 11, roller moving frame 14 slidably connected to buffer frame 11 and buffer power mechanism for driving roller moving frame 14 to slide along the direction of transport, the buffer frame 11 is H-shaped steel arranged along the direction of cable transport, and the roller moving frame 14 is connected to the lower end surface of the H-shaped steel through slide rail and slide block.

[0035] The roller moving frame 14 is axially connected with moving roller 15, and the cable is wound at least one turn between the moving roller 15 and the fixed roller 16. In order to realize the winding of multiple turns, the moving roller 15 and the fixed roller 16 are provided with a plurality of rope grooves, so as to realize the winding of multiple strands and increase the length of the temporarily stored cable.

[0036] The buffer power mechanism comprises two wire rope wheels 12 connected to the both ends of the buffer frame body 11 and a rope wheel motor for driving the rotation of any wire rope wheel 12, a wire rope 13 is wound between the two wire rope wheels 12, and the winding roller moving frame 14 is connected to one side of the wire rope 13, so that the wire rope is moved by the rotation of the wire rope wheel 12, thereby moving the winding roller moving frame 14.

[0037] The cable driving mechanism 2 comprises two driving rollers and a driving motor for driving the rotation of at least one driving roller, and the two driving rollers clamp the cable 6 from top to bottom. The structure for realizing the cable conveying through the two driving rollers is the prior art, and thus will not be described in detail in the present embodiment.

[0038] The swinging clamping mechanism 3 comprises a swinging clamping base frame 31, a wire feeding sliding frame 32 slidingly connected to the swinging clamping base frame 31, and a swinging frame 35 hingedly connected to the wire feeding sliding frame 32. The swinging clamping base frame 31 is fixedly arranged, the wire feeding sliding frame 32 is connected to the swinging clamping base frame 31 through a sliding rail and a sliding block, and the swinging clamping mechanism 3 further comprises a sliding driving mechanism for driving the wire feeding sliding frame 32 to slide in the conveying direction. The sliding driving mechanism comprises a ball screw 33 mounted on the swinging clamping base frame 31 and a wire feeding motor 34 for driving the rotation of the ball screw 33, and a nut of the ball screw 33 is fixedly connected to the wire feeding sliding frame 32. Thus, the wire feeding sliding frame 32 is driven to slide in the conveying direction of the cable 6 by the rotation of the wire feeding motor 34.

[0039] The swinging frame 35 is hingedly connected to the wire feeding sliding frame 32 and the hinging shaft extends leftward and rightward. A swinging pipe 36 is fixedly connected to the side of the swinging frame 35 close to the wire outlet direction, so that the swinging pipe 36 can swing up and down, and the cable 6 passes through the swinging pipe 36. The swinging pipe comprises two pipe bodies and a spring connecting the two pipe bodies, so that the swinging amplitude of the end of the swinging pipe is facilitated by the spring.

[0040] The swinging frame 35 is provided with a clamping assembly for clamping the cable 6, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the cable, so that the end of the cable is fed into the winding mechanism by the movement of the wire feeding sliding frame 32.

[0041] The clamping assembly comprises clamping blocks 37 and fixed blocks 38 on both sides of the cable 6 and a clamping cylinder 39 for driving the clamping blocks 37 to press against the fixed blocks 38, and the fixed blocks 38 are fixedly connected to the swinging frame 35. Nylon blocks are arranged on the end faces of the clamping blocks 37 facing the fixed blocks 38, and the clamping is realized by the nylon blocks.

[0042] The guiding wiring mechanism 4 comprises a support frame body 41, a vertical oil cylinder 42 slidingly connected to the support frame body 41, and an avoiding cylinder 43 for driving the oil cylinder 42 to move leftward and rightward. The avoiding cylinder 43 can pull the driving oil cylinder 42 to the left and right directions, so as to avoid the swinging pipe 36 when the swinging clamping mechanism 3 feeds the end of the cable into the winding mechanism.

[0043] The telescopic shaft of the oil cylinder 42 is fixed with a guide frame 44, and two transverse guide rollers 45 are axially connected to the guide frame 44. The cable passes between the two guide rollers 45, and the up and down movement of the cable is realized by the telescopic movement of the oil cylinder 42, thereby realizing uniform winding.

[0044] The guide frame 44 is fixed with a pneumatic shear 46, which realizes the shearing of the cable. The pneumatic shear 46 is located between the guide roller 45 and the swing pipe 36.

[0045] As shown in the drawings, the winding mechanism 5 includes a base 51 and a fixed frame body 54 located above the base 51, which are fixedly arranged respectively. Figure 7 The upper end of the base 51 is axially connected with a horizontal lower turntable 52. The lower turntable 52 is a disc with a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the wound cable roll.

[0046] The winding mechanism 5 further includes a rotating frame body 56 axially connected to the fixed frame body 54 and a winding motor 55 driving the rotating frame body 56 to rotate. The winding motor 55 drives the rotating frame body 56 to rotate around the vertical rotating shaft through the gear mechanism, thereby realizing winding.

[0047] The rotating frame body 56 is vertically slidably connected with an annular upper turntable 53 and a gas expansion shaft 57 passing through the center of the upper turntable 53. The rotating frame body 56 is provided with an upper turntable pressing cylinder 59 driving the upper turntable 53 to ascend and descend and a gas expansion shaft pressing cylinder 58 driving the gas expansion shaft 57 to ascend and descend. The upper turntable 53 is guided to ascend and descend through a plurality of guide rods, and the upper turntable pressing cylinder 59 drives the guide rods to ascend and descend, thereby realizing the ascending and descending of the upper turntable 53.

[0048] The gas expansion shaft 57 is pressed against the lower turntable 52, and the lower turntable 52 is driven to rotate together by the rotation of the gas expansion shaft 57.

[0049] A method for using the automatic continuous winding system of the cable, comprising the following steps:

[0050] a. During winding, the cable 6 is moved by the cable driving mechanism 2, and the cable 6 passes through the swing pipe 36 of the swing clamping mechanism 3 and the two guide rollers 45 of the guide wiring mechanism 4;

[0051] b. The gas expansion shaft 57 is driven to descend by the gas expansion shaft pressing cylinder 58, and the end of the cable 6 is pressed against the lower turntable 52. Then the upper turntable 53 is driven to descend by the upper turntable pressing cylinder 59, the gas expansion shaft 57 is expanded, and the rotating frame body 56 is driven to rotate by the winding motor 55, thereby realizing the winding of the cable 6 on the gas expansion shaft 57;

[0052] c. During the winding process, the two guide rollers 45 are lifted and lowered by the driving oil cylinder 42 to realize the up-and-down swinging of the cable 6 during the winding process, and the swinging pipe 36 of the swinging clamping mechanism 3 swings up and down along with the cable 6;

[0053] d. After the winding is completed, the winding motor 55 is stopped, the clamping assembly of the swinging clamping mechanism 3 clamps the cable 6, the pneumatic shears 46 cut the cable, the gas expansion shaft 57 is retracted and rises, the upper turntable 53 rises, and the wound cable is taken away;

[0054] e. After the winding motor 55 is stopped, the cable driving mechanism 2 is synchronously stopped, and the moving roller 15 in the cable buffer mechanism 1 moves away from the fixed roller 16, so that the cable in the stopping time period is temporarily stored between the moving roller 15 and the fixed roller 16. After the cable driving mechanism 2 works again, the moving roller 15 moves to the fixed roller 16 direction to release the temporarily stored cable;

[0055] f. After the cable is taken away, the avoidance cylinder 43 drives the oil cylinder 42 to move left and right to realize avoidance, the sliding driving mechanism drives the wire feeding sliding frame 32 to move to the winding mechanism 5 direction, and the cable driving mechanism 2 drives the cable to move a certain distance, so that the end of the cable moves below the gas expansion shaft 57. After the end of the cable 6 is pressed on the lower turntable 52 in step a, the clamping assembly is released, the wire feeding sliding frame 32 is returned, and step a is continued.

[0056] Of course, the above description is not limited to the above examples, and the technical features not described in the application can be realized by or using the prior art, which will not be described here. The above examples and drawings are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the application and are not limited to the application. The application is described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, and those skilled in the art should understand that changes, modifications, additions or substitutions made by those skilled in the art within the essential scope of the application do not deviate from the purpose of the application, and should also belong to the protection scope of the claims of the application.

Claims

1. An automated continuous cable winding system, characterized in that: The cable buffer mechanism (1), cable drive mechanism (2), swing clamping mechanism (3), guide wiring mechanism (4) and winding mechanism (5) are arranged sequentially along the cable (6) conveying direction. The swing clamping mechanism (3) includes a swing clamping base (31), a wire feeding slide frame (32) slidably connected to the swing clamping base (31), and a swing frame (35) hinged to the wire feeding slide frame (32). A swing tube (36) is fixedly connected to the side of the swing frame (35) near the wire output direction. The cable (6) passes through the swing tube (36). A clamping assembly for clamping the cable (6) is installed on the swing frame (35). The swing clamping mechanism (3) also includes a sliding drive mechanism that drives the wire feeding slide frame (32) to slide along the conveying direction. The guiding wiring mechanism (4) includes a support frame (41), a vertical hydraulic cylinder (42) that slides on the support frame (41), and a clearance cylinder (43) that drives the hydraulic cylinder (42) to move left and right. A guide frame (44) is fixedly connected to the telescopic shaft of the hydraulic cylinder (42). Two horizontal guide rollers (45) are shafted on the guide frame (44). The cable passes between the two guide rollers (45). A pneumatic scissor (46) is fixedly connected to the guide frame (44). The cable buffer mechanism (1) includes a buffer frame (11), a fixed roller (16) shafted to one end of the buffer frame (11), a roller moving frame (14) slidably connected to the buffer frame (11), and a buffer power mechanism for driving the roller moving frame (14) to slide along the conveying direction. A moving roller (15) is shafted on the roller moving frame (14), and the cable is wound at least once between the moving roller (15) and the fixed roller (16). The winding mechanism (5) includes a base (51), a fixed frame (54) located above the base (51), a rotating frame (56) axially connected to the fixed frame (54), and a winding motor (55) that drives the rotating frame (56) to rotate. A horizontal lower turntable (52) is axially connected to the upper end of the base (51). An annular upper turntable (53) and an air shaft (57) passing through the center of the upper turntable (53) are vertically slid on the rotating frame (56). An upper turntable pressing cylinder (59) that drives the upper turntable (53) to rise and fall, and an air shaft pressing cylinder (58) that drives the air shaft (57) to rise and fall are mounted on the rotating frame (56).

2. The automated continuous cable winding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The buffer power mechanism includes wire rope wheels (12) shafted to both ends of the buffer frame (11) and a rope wheel motor that drives any wire rope wheel (12) to rotate. A wire rope (13) is wound between the two wire rope wheels (12), and the roller moving frame (14) is connected to one side of the wire rope (13).

3. The automated continuous cable winding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping assembly includes clamping blocks (37) and fixing blocks (38) located on both sides of the cable (6), and a clamping cylinder (39) that drives the clamping blocks (37) to press against the fixing blocks (38). The fixing blocks (38) are fixed to the swing frame (35).

4. The automated continuous cable winding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding drive mechanism includes a ball screw (33) mounted on a swing clamping base (31) and a wire feeding motor (34) that drives the ball screw (33) to rotate. The nut of the ball screw (33) is fixed to the wire feeding sliding frame (32).

5. The automated continuous cable winding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cable drive mechanism (2) includes two drive rollers and a drive motor that drives at least one drive roller to rotate. The two drive rollers clamp the cable (6) together.

6. The automated continuous cable winding system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The swing tube includes two tube sections and a spring connecting the two tube sections.

7. A method of using the automated continuous cable winding system of claim 1, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: a. During winding, the cable (6) is driven to move by the cable drive mechanism (2), and the cable (6) passes through the swing tube (36) of the swing clamping mechanism (3) and the two guide rollers (45) of the guide wiring mechanism (4). b. The air shaft (57) is driven to descend by the air shaft clamping cylinder (58) to press the end of the cable (6) onto the lower turntable (52). Then the upper turntable clamping cylinder (59) drives the upper turntable (53) to descend, and the air shaft (57) expands. The cable (6) is wound onto the air shaft (57) by the rotating frame (56) driven by the winding motor (55). c. During the winding process, the two guide rollers (45) are driven to rise and fall by the driving cylinder (42), so that the cable (6) swings up and down during the winding process. At the same time, the swing tube (36) of the swing clamping mechanism (3) swings up and down with the cable (6). d. After winding is completed, the winding motor (55) stops, the clamping component of the swing clamping mechanism (3) clamps the cable (6), the pneumatic scissors (46) cuts the cable, the air shaft (57) retracts and rises, the upper turntable (53) rises, and the wound cable roll is taken away. e. After the winding motor (55) stops, the cable drive mechanism (2) stops synchronously. The moving roller (15) in the cable buffer mechanism (1) moves away from the fixed roller (16), thereby temporarily storing the cable during the stop period between the moving roller (15) and the fixed roller (16). After the cable drive mechanism (2) starts working again, the moving roller (15) moves towards the fixed roller (16) to release the temporarily stored cable. f. After the cable is taken away, the avoidance cylinder (43) drives the oil cylinder (42) to move left and right to avoid the cable. The sliding drive mechanism drives the wire feeding slide frame (32) to move towards the winding mechanism (5). At the same time, the cable drive mechanism (2) drives the cable to move a certain distance so that the end of the cable moves to below the air expansion shaft (57). After the end of the cable (6) in step a is pressed on the lower turntable (52), the clamping assembly is released, the wire feeding slide frame (32) returns to its original position, and step a continues.

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