Screw conveyor flight

The surface is faceted or triangulated, so the pattern is an approximation. The error is known and printed as a number on the drawing — it is not hidden.

Dimensions are entered as: Outside dimensions. The flat pattern itself is always computed on the neutral fibre — at Ø800 in 3 mm sheet the difference between the inside and the outside dimension is 18.8 mm of developed width, and then the seam does not meet.

Et cylindrisk snegleblad: en grøn spiralklinge (helix-flade) viklet om en central aksel, som i en transportsnegl. Klingen spænder radialt fra aksel-radius ud til blad-radius og stiger jævnt op ad højden.

Transportsnegle, snegletransportører og omrørere i procesanlæg, foderanlæg og spildevand. Klingen fremstilles som flade blad-segmenter der bøjes/strækkes til helix og svejses sammen om akselrøret.

Smed, industritekniker og procesoperatør — transportsnegle, snegletransportører og omrørere i proces-, foder- og spildevandsanlæg.

Slidfast stål eller rustfri 3–8 mm blad, svejst om et akselrør. Hardox ved abrasivt materiale.

Source: Materialer/tykkelser: src/lib/kasse/materialer.ts (DIN 6935 for stål; massefylder og handelstykkelser; springback). Fremstillingsfælder: docs/PLAN-UDFOLDNINGSBIBLIOTEK.md §9.2/§4.

Aksel-radius — Aksel-radius

Radius på det centrale akselrør (mm) — klingens indre kant sidder her. Bånd-bredden = blad-radius − aksel-radius.

Blad-radius — Blad-radius (ydre)

Radius til klingens yderkant (mm). Klampes altid større end aksel-radius. Differensen til akslen er klingens radiale udlæg.

Omgange — Number of turns

Hvor mange hele vindinger klingen laver op ad akslen. Sammen med højden giver det stigningen pr. omgang.

Højde — Height

Sneglens samlede længde langs akslen (mm). Stigning pr. omgang = højde ÷ omgange.

Segmenter — Segmenter (opløsning)

Antal facetter klingen tegnes med på skærmen — en visnings-glathed, ikke et fysisk mål på emnet.

Step by step with compass and square — in cardboard first, in sheet metal after.

1. 01Find båndets to mål: bredden = blad-radius − aksel-radius, og længden = omgange × den udviklede helix-længde pr. omgang (hypotenusen af omkreds ved middel-radius og stigning pr. omgang).
2. 02Aftegn det lange, lige bånd som et rektangel (længde × bredde) på pladen — udfold-filen leverer netop dette forenklede, udrullede bånd.
3. 03Markér en hjælpelinje på tværs af båndet ved hver hele omgang som rulle-/bøje-reference.
4. 04Skær båndet ud og bøj/stræk det gradvist til en jævn spiral med konstant stigning (den sande klinge er svagt konisk pr. omgang og kan deles i flere blad-segmenter).
5. 05Fastgør den inderste lange kant til akselrøret langs limflappen og svejs sømmene mellem nabo-segmenter.

Den udrullede klinge er reelt let konisk (ringformet), ikke et rent rektangel — på små snegle er rektangel-tilnærmelsen fin, men ved store udlæg deles klingen i ringformede blad-segmenter, der strækkes til stigningen.

• ·En helix kan IKKE rulles af et lige bånd — bladet skæres som en RINGBLANK (annulus med kærv), der strækkes op til stigningen og svejses sammen.
• ·Inder- og yderomkreds strækkes forskelligt: yderkanten skal give efter, mens inderkanten stukes — beregn ringblankens indre/ydre radius, ikke et bånd.
• ·Illustration/øvelse — bladet fremstilles som flade blad-segmenter, der bøjes til helix.

The words and formulas the trade uses for a flat pattern. The symbols are the same throughout Discebo: α is the bend angle in degrees, R the inside bend radius, t the sheet thickness and K the K-factor — all in millimetres.

Flat pattern (development)

The part's surface laid out flat as one continuous cutting outline — the way the sheet looks BEFORE it is bent or rolled. Only a developable surface can be unfolded exactly; a doubly curved surface cannot be laid flat without stretching the material.

Flat length

The flat length the part must be cut to so the dimensions come out right once it is bent. It is either the sum of the outside dimensions minus the bend deductions, or the sum of the flat legs plus the bend allowances — both routes must give the same number.L = Σ(udvendige mål) − Σ(BD) = Σ(flade ben) + Σ(BA)

Bend allowance

The length of material that sits in the bend itself, measured along the neutral fibre. The bend allowance is always positive and is added to the flat legs.BA = (π/180) · α · (R + K · t)

Bend deduction

The amount subtracted from the sum of the outside dimensions, because the two outside dimensions between them count the corner twice. Here the bend deduction is taken as POSITIVE and subtracted; DIN 6935 writes the same quantity as the compensation value v with the opposite sign.BD = 2 · OSSB − BA

Outside setback

The distance from the theoretical outside corner point in to where the bend starts. Above 90°, tan(α/2) is clamped to at most 1 per DIN 6935, so the number does not explode towards 180°.OSSB = tan(α/2) · (R + t)

Compensation value v to DIN 6935

The standard's own way of writing the same corner loss: the flat length is a + b + v, where v is negative. Our bend deduction is therefore the same quantity with the opposite sign — never flip one without the other.L = a + b + v ⇒ v = −BD

K-factor

Where the neutral fibre sits in the sheet, given as a fraction of the sheet thickness. DIN 6935 writes the correction factor k, which applies to the neutral line in the form (R + t·k/2); the American CAD convention writes (R + K·t), so K = k/2.k = 0,65 + 0,5 · log₁₀(R/t), k ≤ 1,0 ⇒ K = k/2

Neutral fibre

The layer in the sheet that is neither stretched nor compressed when the part is bent. The flat pattern is always computed on the neutral fibre — which is why it matters whether the drawing's dimensions are inside or outside.

Bend angle

The angle the material is turned through, not the angle between the legs. The bend angle is 180° minus the included angle, so a square corner is 90° and a seam fold is 180°.α = 180° − åbningsvinklen

Inside bend radius

The radius on the inside of the bend. It is set by the tooling and the material, not by the drawing — too small a radius cracks the part in the outer fibre.

Sheet thickness

The thickness of the material. It enters every single bend allowance, so sheet delivered 0.2 mm thicker than ordered shifts the flat length at every bend.

Fold line

The line on the flat pattern where the part is to be bent. It is drawn but never cut through — in a laser file it therefore sits on its own layer.

Test bend

A strip of known raw length, bent in the material and the tooling that production will use. Measure the two outside legs afterwards and the bend deduction and K-factor can be worked back. The machine's own measured bend table beats any table.BD_målt = (A + B) − L₀

DIN 6935 covers only cold bending of flat products in structural steel. Stainless, aluminium, copper, brass and titanium zinc are not included — there the formulas are an extrapolation, and a test bend in the actual material settles it.

15 fields. The starting values belong to the figure itself — they live in one place in the code, so the tool, the share link and the smoke test can never disagree about what «default» means.

A preset sets every dimension at once. The name is often the word the part goes by in the workshop — the library's search knows them all.

Read them before the part is cut. They are here because they cannot be calculated away — not as legal text, but as craft.

• The figure supplies the BLANK, not the forming. The helical surface has negative Gaussian curvature and cannot be developed exactly; the ring blank matches the length of both edge curves, but the intermediate fibres have excess material that must be planished or rolled away. The strain is given as a figure on the drawing.
• The material thickness after forming is an ESTIMATE based on volume constancy, and the two blank types go their separate ways: the ring blank's intermediate fibres are PLANISHED together and become THICKER (t′ = t·(1+ε)), while the full disc's rim is STRETCHED and becomes THINNER (t′ = t/(1+ε)). The actual material thickness depends on tooling, lubrication and number of strokes and must be measured on the trial piece — strength and wear calculations must not use the nominal sheet thickness.
• Fill factor and rotational speed are INPUT. They must be taken from the conveyed material's own sizing table; the tool does not invent them. The capacity is a geometric volume flow without regard to inclination, backflow, plug formation or the material's flow properties.
• The shaft's torsion and bending, bearings, intermediate bearings, hangers, drive motor and torque requirement are NOT sized. A screw conveyor is a machine and is covered by the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC with the associated risk assessment and guarding.
• Wear resistance is not covered. Abrasive materials require a wear plate, hardfacing or a welded-on wear edge on the blade's outer edge — choose the material according to the supplier's wear figures, not according to the geometry here.
• For food, feed and drinking-water contact, Regulation (EC) 1935/2004 and a HACCP assessment apply. The edge seam between blade and shaft must be welded from both sides and ground, otherwise a gap remains under the blade.
• The alloy figures are material data (EN 10025-2, EN 10088-2, EN 10346 via the repo's own density table). The K-factor for stainless steel and galvanised steel is an extrapolation — DIN 6935 covers only structural steel.