摘要:
A pair of plastic tubes are welded together by mounting each tube in the clamp jaws of a holder. A heated wafer is movably mounted in the gap between the tubes to cause the ends of the tubes to melt. The melted ends of the opposed tubes are pressed into contact with each other to form a welded connection. Each side of the wafer has a scoop to remove excess plastic material at the ends of the tubes to control the size of the weld connection. A pair of structural cam elements is used to create a precise spacing between each set of clamp jaws for guiding the wafer to control the plastic volume of the weld. The resulting weld is independent of rheology of plastic. The same device could also be used for disconnect purposes by cutting through a single tube and forming two tube sections. Unique double jaw construction is also disclosed.
摘要:
A plastic tube section is accurately located in a holder of a total containment connect/disconnect device by mounting a key (22) to the tube section. The lower clamp member of its holder has a groove into which the tube section is inserted. A recess extends across the groove and the key is seated in the recess.
摘要:
A device for selectively connecting and disconnecting plastic tubes includes a welder. A carriage (36) is located in the welder for conveying a heated wafer (16) through the welder. A pair of arms (44) is mounted in the welder with each arm having a tube holding pocket which extends across its respective arm. The arms are movably mounted to generally align the pockets with a gap therebetween. Each of the arms has a clamp (52) for selectively clamping a tube in its pocket. A wafer removal station (114) is in the welder downstream from the arms. The carriage is driven to the wafer removal station (114) so that the wafer first passes through the gap to contact the tubes (66) and then the wafer passes into the removal station so that it may be removed from the carriage and the carriage may be returned to its starting location. The welder includes a computer for controlling the operation and synchronizing the timing of the carriage and the arms to automate the welder.
摘要:
A pair of hollow plastic tubes (T) are welded together by mounting each tube in the clamp jaws of a holder (54) in a bent condition to form the U-shape. A structural element (50) is utilized to create a space between the bight of the U-shape and the holder. The bent tubes are disposed toward each other. A tube section separating member (26) is moved into contact with the bent tubes and through the space between each bight and its holder to create a set of two tube sections from each bent tube. A tube section from one set is aligned with a tube section from the other set and the aligned sections are welded together. The structural element may be a weld seam resulting from a prior welding.
摘要:
A plastic tube section is accurately located in a holder of a total containment connect/disconnect device by mounting a key (22) to the tube section. The lower clamp member of its holder has a groove into which the tube section is inserted. A recess extends across the groove and the key is seated in the recess.
摘要:
When plastic tubes are melted in a connect or disconnect procedure aerosol particles are formed. The aerosol particles are confined or contained by providing an ion generator (24) which imparts an electrical charge to the particles. The charged particles (36) are then collected by a collector plate (32) within the device.