Patent ID: 10109988

Abstract:
Balancing and synchronizing device for a plant (10) comprising one or more brake machines (12) for laying cables (11), each of which comprises a plurality of unwinding members each provided with at least a pair of capstans (14). The device comprises a plurality of control units (22, 22a), configured to automatically adjust the unwinding tension of each individual cable (11), and user interface means (18), independently connected to each control unit (22, 22a), so as to set predetermined functional and operating parameters of each pair of capstans (14). Each control unit (22, 22a) is connected to detector elements (21) of a corresponding pair of capstans (14). The device comprises a data transmission and reception line (25) to which the control units (22, 22a) are connected for at least a part of the laying cycle. The device comprises at least a main control unit (22a) provided with synchronization command means (30) to command, by means of the data transmission and reception network (25), the other control units (22) for the synchronized balancing and drive of the relative pairs of capstans (14), on the basis of specific functional and operating parameters set by the user interface means (18a) of the main control unit (22a) and of the signals received from the position detector elements (21).