Automatic assembly system and assembly process for variable-lift assembled camshaft
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of engine camshaft assembly, in particular to a lift-variable assembled camshaft automatic assembly system and an assembly process.
Background
The camshaft is one of the important parts of the engine, and is used for controlling the opening and closing actions of the valve, and is closely related to the performance of the engine. Because the camshaft shape is complicated, the required precision is high, consequently it is great to process the degree of difficulty as single part whole camshaft. In addition, when the local processing is unqualified, the whole part is scrapped, and the product cost is increased due to phase change. The assembled camshaft is formed by assembling a mandrel, a plurality of cam sheets, a shaft sleeve and a signal panel. As shown in fig. 10, a camshaft wrapper 701, a sleeve 702, a steel ball spring mounting hole 703, a spring 704, a steel ball 705, a bushing 706, and a signal wheel 707. Therefore, the processing difficulty and the scrapping risk can be decomposed into smaller units, and the quality of products to be controlled and the cost of the products to be controlled are facilitated. An efficient and reliable assembly process is an important link in the production process of the assembled camshaft. However, how to realize the automatic assembly of the novel VVL camshaft and ensure the performance index of the final product is a technical problem which is not solved in the prior art.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a variable lift assembled camshaft automatic assembly system and a high-efficiency assembly process, which have the advantages of high efficiency and coordination among stations, high production efficiency and convenience in installation and maintenance.
The invention provides a scheme, in particular to a variable lift assembled camshaft automatic assembly system which comprises a feeding subsystem for feeding materials, a press-fitting subsystem for assembling the materials, a transferring subsystem for transferring the materials and a discharging subsystem for containing processed workpieces,
the feeding subsystem comprises a mandrel feeding station, a sleeve feeding station, a shaft sleeve and a signal panel feeding station;
the press-fitting subsystem comprises a sleeve press-fitting station, a shaft sleeve press-fitting station and a signal panel press-fitting station;
the transfer subsystem comprises a plurality of transfer robot stations;
the blanking subsystem comprises a qualified product blanking station and an unqualified product blanking station.
The automatic assembly system of the variable lift assembled camshaft further comprises a detection station, and the detection station is used for detecting the axial sliding force of the sleeve and the outer diameter of the shaft sleeve.
The automatic assembling system of the variable lift assembled camshaft further comprises a laser code printing and code scanning station, and the laser code printing and code scanning station is used for printing codes on workpieces in the form of two-dimensional codes and character strings.
The automatic assembly system for the variable-lift assembled camshaft comprises a first industrial robot station and a second industrial robot station, wherein the first industrial robot station is used for transferring a mandrel and a sleeve to be fed, the second industrial robot station is used for transferring a shaft sleeve and a signal panel to be fed, and a processed workpiece is transferred to a detection station, a laser coding and code scanning station, a qualified product feeding station or an unqualified product feeding station.
The invention discloses a lift-variable assembled camshaft automatic assembly system, wherein a mandrel feeding conveyor is arranged at a mandrel feeding station, and a chain type conveying mechanism is arranged on the mandrel feeding conveyor.
The invention discloses an automatic assembling system of a variable lift assembled camshaft, wherein a sleeve feeding station is provided with a multi-layer rotating turntable which is used for storing and conveying sleeves.
The invention discloses an automatic assembling system of a variable lift assembled camshaft, wherein a first press-fitting system is arranged at a sleeve press-fitting station and comprises a steel ball feeding mechanism, a spring feeding mechanism, a sleeve positioning mechanism, a mandrel positioning mechanism and a press-fitting mechanism.
The automatic assembly system for the variable-lift assembled camshaft comprises a shaft sleeve, a signal panel, a material bin, a vertical cavity structure and a lifting mechanism.
The invention provides another scheme, and provides an automatic assembly process of a variable lift assembled camshaft, which comprises the following steps:
s01, respectively placing the mandrel, the sleeve, the shaft sleeve, the signal panel, the spring and the steel ball into corresponding bins of a mandrel feeding station, a sleeve feeding station, a shaft sleeve and signal panel feeding station and a sleeve press-fitting station;
s02, grabbing the mandrel and the sleeve to be transferred to a sleeve press-fitting station by using a mechanical arm of the transfer robot, and automatically discharging the spring and the steel ball to perform sleeve press-fitting;
s03, transferring the workpiece with the sleeve to a shaft sleeve press-fitting station by using a mechanical arm of a transfer robot, transferring the shaft sleeve to the shaft sleeve press-fitting station by using the transfer robot, and carrying out shaft sleeve press-fitting;
s04, transferring the signal panel to a signal panel press-fitting station by using a mechanical arm of the transfer robot, transferring the workpiece with the sleeve and the shaft sleeve pressed to the signal panel press-fitting station, and carrying out signal panel press-fitting; after the signal panel is pressed and installed, the pressing and installing platform is moved and switched to a signal panel detection position to detect the sliding force of the signal panel;
s05, transferring the workpiece with the signal panel pressed to a detection station by using a mechanical arm of a transfer robot, and detecting the sliding force of the sleeve and the outer diameter of the shaft sleeve;
s06, transferring the qualified workpieces to a laser code printing and code scanning station by using the mechanical arm of the transfer robot, and printing codes;
and S07, transferring the qualified or unqualified workpieces to a qualified product blanking station or an unqualified product blanking station by using the mechanical arm of the transfer robot.
Compared with the prior art, the automatic assembly system and the assembly process for the variable lift assembled camshaft are different in that all units of the automatic assembly system for the variable lift assembled camshaft are in modular design, so that the automatic assembly system for the variable lift assembled camshaft is convenient to install, transport and maintain, and is high in production efficiency. The invention realizes the automatic production of the novel variable-lift assembled camshaft, and comprises the functions of automatic feeding and discharging, assembly, detection, production process management and the like. The novel camshaft is characterized in that a shaft sleeve and a mandrel are clamped and blocked through a steel ball and a spring, so that the shaft sleeve can move axially along the mandrel. For the camshaft, if a manual or semi-automatic assembling mode is adopted, the efficiency is low, the process controllability is poor, and the production efficiency is low. The automatic loading and unloading device disclosed by the invention realizes loading and unloading and automatic assembly of parts through a set of complete automatic equipment, ensures the controllability of product production and the consistency of products, and greatly improves the production efficiency. The assembly process enables the stations to work efficiently, cooperatively and synchronously, improves the production efficiency compared with manual operation, and is more favorable for ensuring the product quality.
The automatic assembly system and the assembly process of the assembled variable lift camshaft according to the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automated assembly system for a variable lift fabricated camshaft according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a system process flow diagram of the variable lift assembled camshaft automated assembly process of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a spring feeding mechanism in the automatic assembly system of the variable lift assembled camshaft according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a floating positioning mechanism in the automatic assembly system of the variable lift assembled camshaft of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a shaft sleeve press-fitting station in the automatic assembly system for a variable lift assembled camshaft according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a front view of a signal panel press-fitting station in the variable lift assembled camshaft automated assembly system of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a side view of a signal panel press-fitting station in the variable lift assembled camshaft automated assembly system of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a detection station in the automatic assembly system for a variable lift assembled camshaft according to the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a camshaft in the background art of the variable lift assembled camshaft automated assembly system of the present invention;
the notation in the figures means:
1-mandrel feeding conveyor; 2-sleeve press mounting station; 3-a first industrial robot station; 4-shaft sleeve press mounting station; 5-a signal panel press-mounting station; 6-a second industrial robot station; 7-detecting a station; 8-qualified product blanking station; 9-shaft sleeve and signal panel feeding station; 10-unqualified product blanking station; 11-a sleeve loading station;
201-feeding port rotating cylinder; 202-spring material channel; 203-steel ball pushing cylinder; 204-steel ball distributing rod; 205-steel ball spring press-fitting guide block; 206-spring feed opening rotary cylinder; 207-steel ball spring press-fitting push rod;
301-sleeve support flange;
401-a pneumatic motor; 402-a tensioning screw; 403-rotation stopping claws;
501-upper tip; 502-lower apex; 503-a telescopic pin; 504-Y direction switching servo system; 505-a spacing pin; 506-eccentric push block;
601-a force sensor; 602-a plectrum;
701-a mandrel; 702-a sleeve; 703-steel ball spring mounting hole; 704-a spring; 705-steel ball; 706-a shaft sleeve; 707-signal wheel.
Detailed Description
The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the automatic assembly system of the variable lift assembled camshaft of the present invention comprises a feeding subsystem for feeding materials, a press-fitting subsystem for assembling the materials, a transferring subsystem for transferring the materials, and a discharging subsystem for containing the processed workpieces, wherein the feeding subsystem comprises a mandrel feeding station, a sleeve feeding station 11, a sleeve and a signal disc feeding station 9; the press-fitting subsystem comprises a sleeve press-fitting station 2, a shaft sleeve press-fitting station 4 and a signal panel press-fitting station 5; the transfer subsystem comprises a plurality of transfer robot stations; the blanking subsystem comprises a qualified product blanking station 8 and an unqualified product blanking station 10. And also comprises a detection station 7, a laser coding and code scanning station (not shown in the figure). In this embodiment, first industrial robot station 3 is used for transporting dabber and sleeve material loading, and second industrial robot station 6 is used for transporting axle sleeve and signal disc material loading to and transport the work piece of processing to detecting station 7, laser and beat sign indicating number and sweep sign indicating number station, certified products unloading station 8 and defective work unloading station 10.
The mandrel feeding station is provided with a mandrel feeding conveyor 1, and the mandrel feeding conveyor 1 conveys mandrels through a chain conveying mechanism for feeding. And after the mandrel is fed, the mandrel is grabbed to the sleeve press-fitting station 2 through a first industrial robot.
The sleeve feeding station 11 is provided with a plurality of layers of rotating turntables, and the plurality of layers of rotating turntables are used for storing and conveying sleeves. And after the sleeve is fed, the sleeve is grabbed to the sleeve press-fitting station 2 through a first industrial robot.
The sleeve press-fitting station 2 is provided with a first press-fitting system, and the first press-fitting system comprises a steel ball feeding mechanism, a spring feeding mechanism, a sleeve positioning mechanism, a mandrel positioning mechanism and a press-fitting mechanism. The steel ball feeding mechanism adopts a slope material channel to realize the orderly arrangement and conveying of the steel balls. The steel ball feeding mechanism is provided with a diameter filtering mechanism, and steel balls with unqualified diameter sizes are rejected. As shown in fig. 3 and 4, a feeding port rotating cylinder 201, a spring material channel 202, a steel ball pushing cylinder 203, a steel ball distributing rod 204, a steel ball spring press-fitting guide block 205, a spring discharging port rotating cylinder 206 and a steel ball spring press-fitting push rod 207 are arranged in the spring feeding mechanism, and the spring materials are sequentially arranged in a rotating position, a stacking position and a resetting position through the two rotating cylinders, so that the spring is adjusted to be in a favorable feeding state, and the spring is sequentially fed by using the action of gravity. As shown in fig. 5, the sleeve positioning mechanism uses a floating positioning mechanism to position the sleeve. The floating positioning mechanism comprises two sets of guide rails capable of moving in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction in the horizontal plane, and in the sleeve press fitting process, the sleeve can be self-adaptively adjusted in position and posture through translation and inclination so as to ensure that the axis of the sleeve is aligned with the axis of the mandrel, the debugging difficulty is reduced, the requirement on the machining precision of parts is met, and the cost is saved. The double-guide-rail mechanism in the floating positioning mechanism can realize the self-adaptive movement of the sleeve in the horizontal plane. Still be provided with sleeve support flange 301 among the positioning mechanism that floats, sleeve support flange 301 is used for supporting the sleeve, and sleeve support flange 301 installs on self-aligning bearing, and self-aligning bearing can realize that sleeve support flange freely inclines in the small-range. The mandrel positioning mechanism adopts a pneumatic three-jaw chuck to match with an elastic center to position and clamp the mandrel, and adopts a closed-loop control mode of servo and a grating ruler to realize the accurate position control of the mandrel on the movement and the rotation. The press-fitting mechanism adopts a press-fitting guide block to receive steel balls and springs required for one-time press-fitting and guide the steel balls and the springs to be arranged according to a required sequence, adopts a pneumatic push rod to accurately push the steel balls and the springs to an installation position at one time, utilizes the mandrel positioning mechanism to accurately position the mandrel, and then cooperates with the feedback of the force sensor to realize the press-fitting of the sleeve at any angle relative to the circumference of the mandrel.
Axle sleeve and signal disc material loading station 9 set up the feed bin, and the feed bin adopts vertical cavity structure, and the inner wall adopts the profile modeling design, and the material piles up neatly, and the ejection of compact is smooth and easy, and the material loading of axle sleeve and signal disc snatchs the pay-off through second industrial robot.
As shown in fig. 6, in the shaft sleeve press-fitting station 4, a tightening screw 402 is screwed into a threaded hole at one end of the mandrel to position the mandrel, an air motor 401 is used for matching with a rotation stopping claw 403 to realize automatic screwing-in and unscrewing of the tightening screw 402, the mandrel is rotated to a proper position after the shaft sleeve and the mandrel are aligned and coaxial, and then press-fitting is started. The axial movement is controlled in a closed loop mode by a servo system in cooperation with a force sensor, and the position control is accurate.
As shown in fig. 7 and 8, the signal panel press-fitting station 5 realizes accurate positioning of the signal panel through the upper center 501, the lower center 502 and the telescopic pin 503 driven by the cylinder, and circumferentially positions the workpiece through the eccentric push block 506 and the limit pin 505, so that the positioning accuracy is high. The lower tip 502 comprises a composite structure consisting of a tip, a positioning sleeve and a tip shaft, and the composite structure has the dual functions of mandrel centering and press-fitting positioning. After the signal panel is positioned, closed-loop control over the pressing-in position is achieved in a servo system force application sensor mode, and control accuracy is high. And a Y-direction switching servo system 504 is arranged at the signal panel press-mounting station 5, and the Y-direction switching servo system 504 is used for movably switching the press-mounting table to a signal panel detection position to detect the slippage force of the signal panel.
As shown in fig. 9, the detection station 7 is used for automatically detecting and recording the axial sliding force of each sleeve. Whether the outer diameter of the shaft sleeve reaches the standard is automatically detected. If all the requirements are met, the next procedure is carried out; if the requirements are not met, the mechanical arm of the second industrial robot grabs the workpiece and places the workpiece to the unqualified product blanking station 10. The detection station 7 is provided with a shifting piece 602, and after the cylinder drives the shifting piece 602 to move to the detection position, the servo motor moves to drive the shifting piece 602 to shift the sleeve along the axial direction. During dialing, the force sensor 601 connected to the dial 602 detects data related to the slip force and transmits the data to the PLC. The PLC judges whether the product is qualified according to the conditions of qualified products. After the cylinder drives the floating measuring head to extend out, the outer circle of the sleeve and the working measured data of the outer diameter measuring equipment can be clamped in a self-adaptive mode, and the measured result is transmitted to the controller to judge whether the measured result is qualified or not.
The laser coding and code scanning station records product information in a fixed position on a product in a two-dimensional code and character string mode, and the product serial number, the production date and the like can be traced.
After the camshaft workpiece is processed through the working procedures, the mechanical arm of the second industrial robot grabs the workpiece and places the workpiece on the qualified product blanking station 8.
As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic assembly process of the variable lift assembled camshaft of the invention comprises the following steps:
(1) respectively placing a mandrel, a sleeve, a shaft sleeve, a signal panel, a spring and a steel ball into corresponding bins of a mandrel feeding station, a sleeve feeding station 11, a shaft sleeve and signal panel feeding station 9 and a sleeve press-mounting station 2;
(2) grabbing the mandrel and the sleeve by using a mechanical arm of a first industrial robot and transferring the mandrel and the sleeve to a sleeve press-fitting station 2, automatically discharging the spring and the steel ball, and performing sleeve press-fitting;
(3) transferring the workpiece with the sleeve to a shaft sleeve press-fitting station 4 by using a mechanical arm of a first industrial robot, transferring the shaft sleeve to the shaft sleeve press-fitting station 4 by using a second industrial robot, and carrying out shaft sleeve press-fitting;
(4) transferring the signal panel to a signal panel press-fitting station 5 by using a mechanical arm of a second industrial robot, transferring the workpiece with the sleeve and the shaft sleeve pressed and fitted to the signal panel press-fitting station 5, and carrying out signal panel press-fitting; after the signal panel is pressed, the pressing platform is switched to a signal panel detection position through the Y-direction switching servo system 504 in a moving mode, and the sliding force of the signal panel is detected;
(5) transferring the workpiece with the signal panel pressed to a detection station 7 by using a mechanical arm of a second industrial robot, and detecting the sleeve sliding force and the outer diameter of the shaft sleeve;
(6) transferring the qualified workpieces to a laser code printing and code scanning station by using a mechanical arm of a second industrial robot, and printing codes;
(7) and transferring the qualified or unqualified workpieces to a qualified product blanking station 8 or an unqualified product blanking station 10 by using a mechanical arm of a second industrial robot.
Each unit of the lift-variable assembled camshaft automatic assembly system adopts a modular design, and the lift-variable assembled camshaft automatic assembly system is convenient to install, transport and maintain. The invention realizes the automatic production of the novel variable-lift assembled camshaft, and comprises the functions of automatic feeding and discharging, assembly, detection, production process management and the like. The novel camshaft is characterized in that a shaft sleeve and a mandrel are clamped and blocked through a steel ball and a spring, so that the shaft sleeve can move axially along the mandrel. For the camshaft, if a manual or semi-automatic assembling mode is adopted, the efficiency is low, the process controllability is poor, and the production efficiency is low. The automatic loading and unloading device disclosed by the invention realizes loading and unloading and automatic assembly of parts through a set of complete automatic equipment, ensures the controllability of product production and the consistency of products, and greatly improves the production efficiency. The assembly process enables the stations to work efficiently, cooperatively and synchronously, improves the production efficiency compared with manual operation, and is more favorable for ensuring the product quality.
Although the invention has been described in detail above with reference to a general description and specific examples, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications or improvements may be made thereto based on the invention. Accordingly, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.