WIRE SAW AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A WIRE SAW AND A REMOTE CONTROL, AND METHOD AND USE OF AN ACTUATING DEVICE FOR TAUTENING A SAW WIRE IN A WIRE SAW

Abstract

A wire saw having a wire drive and a wire store for a saw wire, in which an actuating device for tautening the saw wire is arranged on a drive and storage unit of the wire saw. Also provided is a system made up of a wire saw and a remote control device, wherein the actuating device is a constituent of the remote control device. The invention relates to a method, and to the use of an actuating device for tautening a saw wire in a wire saw, wherein the actuating device is arranged on a drive and storage unit of the wire saw or is a constituent of a remote control device.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. A wire saw comprising: a wire drive; a wire store for a saw wire, the wire drive and the wire store defining a drive and storage unit; and an actuator for tautening the saw wire arranged on the drive and storage unit.

14. The wire saw as recited in claim 13 wherein the actuator is provided to set a tension in the saw wire.

15. The wire saw as recited in claim 13 further comprising a cover for the wire store, a wire tension lower than an operating wire tension being settable when the cover is opened.

16. The wire saw as recited in claim 15 wherein the operating wire tension is settable when the cover is closed.

17. A system comprising: a wire saw having a saw wire; and a remote control, an actuator for tautening the saw wire being a constituent of the remote control.

18. The system as recited in claim 17 further comprising a communication link between the wire saw and the remote control.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein the communication link is wireless.

20. The system as recited in claim 17 wherein the remote control is carryable by a user of the system.

21. A method for tautening a saw wire in a wire saw, the method comprising: a) providing a wire saw with a saw wire, the wire saw being as recited in claim 13 or the wire saw being provided as part of a system comprising the wire saw and a remote control; b) introducing the saw wire into the wire store of the wire saw; and c) actuating an actuator of the wire saw with the result that the saw wire is tautened.

22. The method as recited in claim 21 wherein the actuator is arranged on a drive and storage unit of the wire saw or is a constituent of the remote control.

23. The method as recited in claim 21 wherein the method is carried out by only one user.

24. A method for using an actuator for tautening a saw wire in a wire saw, comprising actuating the actuator while the actuator is arranged on a drive and storage unit of the wire saw or is a constituent of a remote control.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] Identical and similar components are denoted by the same reference signs in the figure, in which:

[0032] FIG. 1 shows a view of a preferred configuration of the wire saw

[0033] FIG. 2 shows a view of a preferred configuration of the system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a preferred configuration of the wire saw 1. The wire saw 1 comprises a wire drive 2 and a wire store 3, wherein the wire store 3 may comprise rollers and/or deflection rollers. The wire drive 2 and the wire store 3 are preferably arranged on a drive and storage unit 5 of the wire saw 1, wherein the drive and storage unit 5 preferably forms the main body of the wire saw 1. The wire store 3 is designed to receive and store the saw wire 4 of the wire saw 1. Using the wire drive 2, the saw wire 4 can be driven. The wire store 3, or the drive and storage unit 5, can have a cover 7, which, for the purposes of the invention, is preferably also referred to as wire store cover 7. The wire saw 1 has an actuating device 6 for tautening the saw wire 4, wherein this actuating device 6 is arranged on the drive and storage unit 5 of the wire saw 1 in the exemplary embodiment of the invention that is illustrated in FIG. 1. Of course, the actuating device 6 is arranged such that the operator, while manually tautening the wire 4, can reach the actuating device 6. Furthermore, different embodiments of the actuating device 6 are conceivable.

[0035] In the context of the invention, the actuating device 6 can be arranged on the drive and storage unit 5 of the wire saw 1. As a result of this arrangement, the wire tension can be activated even with an inactive radio link. This technical effect of the arrangement of the actuating device on the drive and storage unit 5 of the wire saw 1 has been found to be an essential advantage of the invention, since, for example, unintentional switching on of the wire drive, and unintentional restarting of the saw, can be prevented particularly effectively.

[0036] FIG. 2 shows a preferred configuration of the system 10. The system 10 comprise a wire saw 1 and remote control device 30, wherein the actuating device 6 is a constituent of the remote control device 30 in the exemplary embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. 2. For the purposes of the invention, it is preferred that there is a communication link 40 between the remote control device 30 and the wire saw 1, in particular the drive and storage unit 5 thereof. This communication link 40 is preferably wireless. In the configuration of the invention that is depicted in FIG. 2, the actuating device 6 is in particular not a constituent of a fixed control panel (not illustrated).

[0037] In the exemplary embodiment of the invention that is illustrated in FIG. 2, the drive and storage unit 5 does not have an actuating device 6 on the drive and storage unit 5, but rather the actuating device 6 is arranged on a remote control 30. For the purposes of the invention, it is preferred that a tension in the saw wire 4 is set or established via the actuating device 6 on the remote control device 30. Preferably, in this configuration of the invention, there is an activated radio link, and so for example other functions of the wire saw 1 can also be triggered. In order to avoid unintentional switching on of the wire saw 1 when wire is being fitted in the wire store 3, it is preferred, for the purposes of the invention, that a control program of the wire saw 1 meets high safety standards. As a result, in particular undesired automatic starting of the wire saw 1 can be effectively avoided. The control program of the wire saw 1 can be realized for example as a computer program product and be run on the drive and storage unit 5 of the wire saw 1.

[0038] For the purposes of the invention, it is preferred that the wire saw 1 can be controlled with the remote control device 30 in that inputs are performed on the remote control 30, these having an effect on the wire saw 1. For the purposes of the invention, it is very particularly preferred that the remote control 30 has an actuating device 6 with which the saw wire 4 of the wire saw 1 can be tautened. The processes within the wire saw 1 which result in tautening or less intense tautening of the saw wire 4 are substantially the same for the different embodiments.

[0039] Preferably, in particular when wire is being fitted in the wire store 3, there is a communication link 40 between the wire saw 1 and the remote control device 30.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0040] 1 Wire saw [0041] 2 Wire drive [0042] 3 Wire store [0043] 4 Saw wire [0044] 5 Drive and storage unit of the wire saw [0045] 6 Actuating device [0046] 7 Cover for the wire store [0047] 10 System [0048] 30 Remote control device [0049] 40 Communication link