Roller alignment device and roller alignment method

摘要

An alignment device aligns rollers R in an annular shaped alignment space 24 in parallel to each other while at the same time prevents damage from occurring on rolling surfaces of rollers R. Plural rollers R that are arranged in a row in an axial direction are sequentially supplied into an annular shaped alignment space 24 that is formed in a main jig 14 in a direction that coincides with a width direction of the alignment space 24. The plural rollers R are aligned in an annular shape so as to be in parallel to each other by alignment-fluid-supply means 16 spraying air onto a roller R that is in a supply position in the alignment space 24 from a direction that is orthogonal to the roller R supply direction and moving the roller R in a circumferential direction of the alignment space 24, and then supplying a next roller R into the alignment space 24.

主权项

1. A roller alignment device, comprising:
a main jig comprising an alignment space having an annular shape capable of aligning plural rollers so as to be in parallel to each other in a circumferential direction of the alignment space, a width direction of the alignment space coinciding with an axial direction of the plural rollers in an aligned state; a roller-supply means comprising a chute section that can store the plural rollers therein arranged in a row in the axial direction of the plural rollers and has a bottom-end section located above a roller-supply position which is one part in the circumferential direction of the alignment space, and a roller-supply-fluid-supply means for generating a flow of fluid inside the chute section in a direction toward the alignment space, and sequentially supplying the plural rollers to the roller-supply position in the alignment space; and an alignment-fluid-supply means spraying fluid on each of the plural rollers that are supplied to the roller-supply position by the roller-supply means from a direction that is orthogonal to the width direction of the alignment space, so that the each of the plural rollers moves in the circumferential direction in the alignment space from the roller-supply position.