Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides automatic cutting equipment which can improve the cutting efficiency of the casting body.
The automatic cutting equipment comprises a frame, a movable frame, two rotating shafts, two groups of saw blade units, a first driving mechanism, a second driving mechanism and a pressing mechanism, wherein the movable frame can be connected to the frame in an up-down movable mode, the movable frame is provided with a supporting seat, the two rotating shafts are arranged on the frame and are respectively located on the left side and the right side of the supporting seat, the two groups of saw blade units are respectively fixed on the two rotating shafts, each group of saw blade units is provided with two saw blades, the two saw blades are arranged at intervals and connected to the rotating shafts and are respectively located on the front side and the rear side of the supporting seat, the first driving mechanism is arranged on the frame, connected with the two rotating shafts and can drive the two rotating shafts to rotate, the second driving mechanism is arranged on the frame and can drive the movable frame to move up and down, and the pressing mechanism is arranged on the movable frame and is located above the supporting seat.
The automatic cutting equipment has the advantages that a workpiece can be pressed on the fixed sliding frame through the pressing device and the supporting seat, the workpiece is cut through the rotation of the two saw blades of the two saw blade units driven by the first driving mechanism, the workpiece on the movable frame is driven by the second driving mechanism to be close to the two saw blades, the casting body positioned on the front side and the rear side of the workpiece can be separated from the pouring gate on the workpiece in one cutting process, and therefore the workpiece cutting efficiency is improved.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the positioning mechanism is arranged on the frame and is positioned behind the movable frame. The positioning mechanism pushes the workpiece, so that the pouring channel of the workpiece can be aligned with the pressing mechanism and the supporting seat, and the alignment precision is improved.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the movable frame is provided with a rack structure extending up and down, the second driving mechanism comprises a gear and a second motor for driving the gear to rotate, and the gear is meshed with the rack structure. The second motor drives the gear to rotate, so that the movable frame with the rack structure can move up and down and is close to the saw blade unit, and the engagement of the rack structure and the transmission teeth provides stable feeding amount when a workpiece is cut, so that the workpiece is stressed uniformly, and the joint of the casting body and the pouring channel is not easy to stretch up.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the movable frame comprises a bottom plate, a cross beam, a left stand column and a right stand column, wherein the cross beam is positioned right above the bottom plate, the supporting seat is arranged in the middle of the bottom plate, the left stand column is connected with the left end of the bottom plate and the left end of the cross beam, the right stand column is connected with the right end of the bottom plate and the right end of the cross beam, and the movable frame stably fixes the positions of the supporting seat and the pressing mechanism, so that a workpiece can not shake easily in the cutting process, and the cutting precision is improved.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the first driving mechanism comprises two first motors and two groups of driving belts, and the two first motors are respectively connected with the two rotating shafts through the two groups of driving belts. Through setting up two motors and driving respectively two the pivot rotates, can make two the rotation of pivot can be controlled respectively, can only drive one of them pivot rotation if necessary.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the pressing mechanism comprises a pressing block and a third driving mechanism for driving the pressing block to move up and down, a clamping groove is formed in the lower end of the pressing block, a supporting block is arranged on the supporting seat, a groove is formed in the top of the supporting block, and the pressing block is located right above the supporting block. The clamping groove at the lower end of the pressing block and the groove arranged at the top of the supporting block can be used for respectively fixing an upper runner and a lower runner of a workpiece, so that the displacement of the workpiece is reduced, the shaking is reduced, and the pressing fixation is better realized.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the pressing mechanism further comprises a lifting table, the pressing block is rotatably connected to the lifting table, a fourth driving mechanism for driving the pressing block to rotate is arranged on the lifting table, and the third driving mechanism is connected with the lifting table and can drive the lifting table to move up and down. The pressing block is connected with the fourth driving mechanism and can be driven by the fourth driving mechanism to rotate, when a workpiece is embedded into the clamping groove on the pressing bar, the pressing block can drive the workpiece to rotate, so that the workpiece automatic surface changing function can be realized without clamping the workpiece again, for example, when casting bodies on the workpiece are not only arranged on the front side and the rear side of a workpiece runner, but also arranged on the left side and the right side of the runner, and the casting bodies are arranged on the front side, the rear side and the left side of the runner, and after the casting bodies on the front side and the rear side of the workpiece are cut, the workpiece is driven by the fourth driving mechanism to rotate, so that the workpiece on the left side and the right side of the workpiece can be cut directly, and the workpiece is not required to be taken off from the movable frame, rotated and clamped again.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the fourth driving mechanism is a second air cylinder, one end of the cylinder body of the second air cylinder is hinged with the lifting table, and the piston rod of the second air cylinder is hinged with the pressing block. The cylinder can provide uniform and stable power output, can realize reciprocating motion, improves the overall stability of equipment, and can enable the pressing block hinged on the piston rod to rotate through the back-and-forth motion of the piston rod of the second cylinder, so that a workpiece can rotate for a certain angle.
According to the embodiment of the invention, two pressing strips which are distributed at intervals are arranged at the lower end of the pressing block, and the clamping groove is arranged at the lower end of the pressing strip. Through two the layering of interval setting, can make the briquetting can compress tightly the both sides of work piece upper end runner or sprue gate to improve and compress tightly fixed positioning accuracy.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the saw blade unit further comprises a blanking groove, wherein the blanking groove is obliquely arranged on two sides of the supporting seat and is positioned below the saw blade unit. When the casting body on the workpiece is cut off by the saw blade, the casting body can fall into the blanking groove and cannot scatter around, and the collection efficiency of the casting body is improved.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Drawings
The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
fig. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic cutting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a part of the structure of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a connection structure of the blade unit and the first driving mechanism according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a connection structure between a movable frame and a second driving mechanism according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a front view showing a pressing mechanism and a movable frame connecting structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a supporting block according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a pressing mechanism and a movable frame connecting structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a pressing mechanism according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a workpiece according to a second embodiment of the invention
Reference numerals:
a frame 100,
A control unit 200,
300 Parts of a blanking trough,
Blade unit 400, blade 410,
A movable frame 500, a left upright 520, a right upright 530, a cross beam 540, a bottom plate 550, a supporting seat 560, a supporting block 561, a groove 562, a rack structure 570, a guide sleeve 580,
Pressing mechanism 600, third driving mechanism 610, fourth driving mechanism 620, second cylinder 621, second piston rod 622, pressing block 630, pressing bar 631, clamping groove 632, protruding block 633, lifting table 640, third cylinder 650,
A positioning mechanism 700, a first cylinder 710, a first piston rod 720,
A first driving mechanism 800, a driving belt 810, a rotating shaft 820, a second driving mechanism 830, a second motor 831, a gear 870, and a first motor 880.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that references to orientation descriptions such as upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, top, bottom, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the description of the first and second is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated or the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, terms such as arrangement, connection, etc. should be construed broadly and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention can be reasonably determined by those skilled in the art in combination with the specific contents of the technical scheme.
Embodiment one:
an automatic cutting apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 and 2.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an automatic cutting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, including a housing 100 for carrying all components of the apparatus, and a control unit 200 for implementing transmission of operation execution instructions to the apparatus. The movable frame 500 is movably connected to the frame 100 up and down, and a support base 560 is provided on the movable frame 500. The two rotating shafts 820 are disposed on the frame 100 and are respectively located at the left and right sides of the supporting seat 560, and the two sets of saw blade units 400 are respectively fixed on the two rotating shafts 820, and the two rotating shafts drive the saw blade units to rotate. Each set of the saw blade units 400 is provided with two saw blades 410, and the two saw blades 410 are arranged at intervals and connected to the rotating shaft 820, and are respectively located at the front side and the rear side of the supporting seat 560. The frame 100 is further provided with a first driving mechanism 800, where the first driving mechanism 500 is connected to two rotating shafts 820 and is capable of driving the two rotating shafts 820 to rotate. The second driving mechanism 830 is also disposed on the frame 100, and can drive the movable frame 500 to move up and down. The pressing mechanism 600 is disposed on the movable frame 500 and above the supporting seat 560. The first driving mechanism 800 drives the two saw blades 410 of the two saw blade units 400 to rotate so as to cut a workpiece, the second driving mechanism 830 drives the workpiece on the movable frame 500 to approach the two saw blades 410, so that the workpiece can be cut at two sides simultaneously in a casting body cutting process, the casting body cutting efficiency is improved, the two saw blades 410 respectively contact the left side and the right side of the workpiece, and the workpiece is cut by the two saw blades 400 simultaneously, and the stress is more uniform.
Of course, in other embodiments, the control unit 200 may also be connected by an extension cord to position the control unit 200 outside the rack 100, so as to facilitate the operation of the staff. Of course, according to practical embodiments, the two rotating shafts 820 may be disposed on two sliding blocks of the sliding rail, and the sliding rail is disposed on the frame 100, so that the distance between the two rotating shafts 820 is adjusted by adjusting the distance between the sliding blocks, so as to adapt to different workpiece widths.
In this embodiment, in order to align the runner of the workpiece with the pressing mechanism 600 and the supporting seat 560, and improve the alignment precision, as shown in fig. 2, the positioning mechanism 700 is disposed on the frame 100, and the positioning mechanism 700 is located behind the movable frame 500, and the positioning mechanism 700 includes a first cylinder 710, where a first piston rod 720 of the first cylinder 710 forms a positioning pushing member of the positioning mechanism 700, and the first piston rod 720 extends to push the workpiece, so that the runner of the workpiece can be aligned with the supporting seat 560 and the pressing block 630, and the stroke of the cylinder can be set to adapt to the positioning of the workpieces with different shapes and sizes. In order to facilitate the control of the first cylinder 710 by the control unit 200, a first solenoid valve is further included, and the control unit 200 is electrically connected to the first solenoid valve and controls the first cylinder 710 by the first solenoid valve.
Of course, in other embodiments, a lead screw motor, a cam mechanism, etc. may alternatively be used to drive the positioning pusher to extend or retract instead of the first cylinder 710 in the positioning mechanism 700.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the movable frame 500 is provided with a rack structure 570 extending up and down, the second driving mechanism 830 includes a gear 870 and a second motor 831 for driving the gear 870 to rotate, the second motor 831 is electrically connected to the control unit 200, the gear 870 is engaged with the rack structure 570, and the gear 870 is engaged with the rack structure 570. The second motor 831 drives the gear 870 to move on the rack structure 570, so that the movable frame 500 can move up and down, and close to the saw blade unit 400, and the engagement of the rack structure 570 and the gear 870 provides a stable feeding amount when the workpiece is cut, so that the workpiece is uniformly stressed in the cutting process.
Of course, in other embodiments, a screw mechanism or other transmission structures such as an air cylinder may be used instead of the gear 870 and the rack structure 570 in the above embodiments to push the movable frame 500 to perform the lifting and lowering movements.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, the movable frame 500 includes a bottom plate 550, a cross member 540, a left upright 520 and a right upright 530, wherein the cross member 540 is located directly above the bottom plate 550 and the supporting seat 560 is disposed in the middle of the bottom plate 550, the left upright 520 is connected with the left end of the bottom plate 550 and the left end of the cross member 540, the right upright 530 is connected with the right end of the bottom plate 550 and the right end of the cross member 540, and the rack structures 570 are formed on the outer sides of the left upright 520 and the right upright 530. The movable frame 500 stably fixes the positions of the supporting base 560 and the pressing mechanism 600, so that the workpiece may not easily shake during the cutting process, and the cutting precision is improved. And a guide sleeve 580 is respectively disposed at positions of the frame 100 corresponding to the left upright 520 and the right upright 530, and the left upright 520 and the right upright 530 pass through the guide sleeve 580, so that the movable frame 500 can move up and down on the frame 100.
Of course, in other embodiments, a thick metal plate may be used instead of the movable frame 500, and the pressing mechanism 600 and the bearing members such as the supporting seat 560 may be provided by welding a protruding platform on the metal plate.
In this embodiment, the first driving mechanism 800 includes two first motors 880 and two sets of driving belts 810, and the two first motors 880 are electrically connected to the control unit 200 and are respectively connected to the two rotating shafts 820 through the two sets of driving belts 810. By providing two motors 880 to drive the rotation of the two rotation shafts 820, respectively, the rotation of the two rotation shafts 820 can be controlled, and if necessary, only one of the rotation shafts can be driven to rotate.
Of course, in other embodiments, a single motor may be directly connected to the two rotating shafts 820 through a transmission chain or a transmission belt and simultaneously drive the rotating shafts 820 to rotate, and of course, two motors may be respectively directly connected to the two rotating shafts 820 and drive the rotating shafts 820 to rotate.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the pressing mechanism 600 includes a pressing block 630 and a third driving mechanism 610 that drives the pressing block 630 to move up and down, two pressing strips 631 that are spaced apart are disposed at the lower end of the pressing block 630, and a clamping groove 632 is disposed at the lower end of the pressing strip 631. Through two the layering 631 that the interval set up, can make briquetting 630 can compress tightly the both sides of work piece upper end runner or sprue gate to improve and compress tightly fixed positioning accuracy. The supporting block 561 is arranged on the supporting seat 560, as shown in fig. 6, grooves 562 are respectively arranged on the left and right protrusions of the supporting block 561, the grooves 562 can be embedded with two sides of a down runner of a workpiece to prevent the workpiece from shaking, the displacement of the workpiece is reduced, the shaking is reduced, and the pressing fixation is better realized.
In this embodiment, the pressing mechanism 600 further includes a lifting table 640, the pressing block 630 is connected to the lifting table 640, the third driving mechanism 610 preferably employs a third cylinder 650, and for convenience, the third cylinder 650 is controlled by the control unit 200, and further includes a third electromagnetic valve, and the control unit 200 is electrically connected to the third electromagnetic valve and controls the third cylinder 650 by the third electromagnetic valve. Of course, in other embodiments, other types of driving structures such as a screw rod sliding block mechanism may be selected, in this embodiment, the cylinder body of the third cylinder 650 is fixed on the frame 100, and the lower end of the piston rod is connected to the lifting platform 640, and in other embodiments, of course, the piston rod may be selected to be directly connected to the pressing block 630.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the casting machine further includes a blanking groove 300, where the blanking groove 300 is obliquely disposed on two sides of the supporting seat 560 and is located below the saw blade unit 400, and when the casting body on the workpiece is cut off by the saw blade 410, the casting body falls into the blanking groove 300, and does not scatter around, so that the collection efficiency of the casting body is improved.
The workflow of the automatic cutting apparatus according to the present embodiment is described in detail below. It is to be understood that the following description is exemplary only and is not intended to limit the invention in any way.
The movable frame 500 is controlled by the control unit 200to rise until the supporting seat 560 is higher than the top ends of the two saw blades 410, so that the movable frame 500 is in an initial state, a worker can conveniently and safely disassemble and assemble the workpiece, then the worker can install a lower runner of the workpiece on the two raised grooves 562 on the supporting block 561, the worker can control the positioning mechanism 700 to move forwards to prop against the runner of the workpiece and push the workpiece to align with the clamping grooves 632 of the pressing strips 631, the control unit 200 controls the pressing mechanism 600 to move downwards to enable the clamping grooves 632 on the pressing strips 631 under the pressing strips 630 to be embedded with the upper runners of the workpiece, the first driving mechanism 800 drives the rotating shaft 820 to rotate after the workpiece is fixed, so that the saw blade unit 400 is driven to rotate, when the saw blade unit 400 reaches a certain rotating speed, the movable frame 500 drives the two side surfaces of the workpiece to be close to the two saw blades 410 for cutting, when the workpiece needs to be cut in multiple surfaces, the movable frame 500 can be lifted after the saw blade 410 is cut for one time, the supporting seat 560 is higher than the saw blade unit 400, then the workpiece is manually operated by the worker to finish the surface changing operation of the workpiece, and the workpiece is continuously cut by the moving down of the movable frame 500. After the cutting is completed, the movable frame 500 is reset to the initial state, and the worker removes the work piece to perform the next round of cutting cycle.
According to the automatic cutting apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention, at least some of the following effects can be achieved by driving the two saw blades 410 of the two saw blade units 400 to rotate by the first driving mechanism 800 to cut the workpiece and driving the workpiece on the movable frame to approach the two saw blades 410 by the second driving mechanism 830 so that the workpiece can be cut simultaneously on both sides in one casting cutting process, and the casting bodies on both sides before and after the workpiece can be separated from the runner on the workpiece in one cutting process, thereby improving the efficiency of workpiece cutting.
Embodiment two:
an automatic cutting apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 7 to 9, which is different from the first embodiment in that a pressing mechanism 600 and a supporting block 561 are provided to rotate a workpiece, and the other structures are the same as the first embodiment.
As shown in fig. 7, in this embodiment, the pressing mechanism 600 further includes a lifting platform 640, the pressing block 630 is rotatably connected to the lifting platform 640, a fourth driving mechanism 620 for driving the pressing block 630 to rotate is disposed on the lifting platform 640, the third driving mechanism 610 is connected to the lifting platform 640 and can drive the lifting platform 640 to move up and down, and the pressing block 630 is connected to the fourth driving mechanism 620 and is driven by the fourth driving mechanism 620 to rotate so as to implement the pressing block 630.
As shown in fig. 8, the clamping grooves 632 are provided at both inward sides of the pressing strip 631, and as shown in fig. 9, the left and right sides of the gate or runner of the workpiece are provided with the protruding blocks 633, and the protruding blocks 633 can be engaged with the clamping grooves 632 through the gaps of the clamping grooves 632, so that the pressing strip 631 can clamp the workpiece. When the lower runner end of the workpiece is set to be spherical, the runner of the workpiece can be in surface contact with the spherical groove of the groove 562 and can keep rotating, or the square groove of the groove 562 is in point contact with the spherical end of the runner of the workpiece and can keep rotating. When the upper runner and the lower runner of the workpiece are respectively embedded into the clamping groove 632 of the upper 631 of the pressing bar and the groove 562 at the top of the supporting block 561, the pressing block 630 can drive the workpiece to rotate, so as to realize the function of automatic surface changing.
Of course, in other embodiments, the supporting block 561 may be rotatably connected to the supporting seat 560, so as to implement the rotation of the workpiece.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the fourth driving mechanism 620 is a second cylinder 621, one end of the cylinder body of the second cylinder 621 is hinged to the lifting platform 640, a piston rod 622 of the second cylinder 621 is hinged to the pressing block 630, and the pressing block 630 is rotatably connected to the lifting platform 640. In order to facilitate the control of the second cylinder 621 by the control unit 200, a second solenoid valve is further included, and the control unit 200 is electrically connected to the second solenoid valve and controls the second cylinder 621 by the second solenoid valve. The cylinder can provide even stable power output to can realize reciprocating motion, improve equipment's overall stability, through the piston rod back-and-forth movement of second cylinder can make the articulated briquetting on the piston rod rotates, thereby makes the work piece can rotate, realizes automatic face changing.
Of course, according to practical situations, in other embodiments, the fourth driving mechanism 620 may be replaced by a servo motor, where the servo motor is disposed on the lifting platform 640 and is in transmission connection with the pressing block 630 through a gear, so that the servo motor can drive the pressing block 630 to rotate, and thus the workpiece rotates.
The workflow of the automatic cutting apparatus according to the present embodiment is described in detail below. It is to be understood that the following description is exemplary only and is not intended to limit the invention in any way.
Firstly, the movable frame 500 is controlled by the control unit 200 to rise until the supporting seat 560 is higher than the top ends of the two saw blades 410, so that the movable frame 500 is in an initial state, a worker can conveniently and safely disassemble and assemble the workpiece, and the worker clamps the convex blocks 633 at the two sides of the pouring gate of the workpiece between the clamping grooves 632 at the two sides of the two pressing strips 631. The steering positioning mechanism 700 moves forward against the runner of the workpiece and pushes the workpiece to align the workpiece with the groove 562 of the supporting block 561, and then the control unit 200 steers the pressing mechanism 600 downward to engage and press the groove 562 of the supporting block 561 with the runner of the workpiece. After the workpiece is pressed, the first driving mechanism 800 drives the rotating shaft 820 to rotate so as to drive the saw blade unit 400 to rotate, and when the saw blade unit 400 reaches a certain rotating speed, the movable frame 500 drives the workpiece to move downwards so that two side surfaces of the workpiece are close to the two saw blades 410 to cut. When the workpiece is required to be cut in multiple surfaces, the movable frame 500 may be lifted up until the top of the supporting seat 560 is higher than the saw blade unit 400 after the saw blade 410 completes one cut, then the second cylinder 621 is controlled by the control unit 200 to push the pressing block 630 to rotate, so that the workpiece is rotated by 90 degrees, and thereafter the movable frame 500 is lowered to continue cutting the workpiece. After the cutting is completed, the movable frame 500 is reset to the initial state, and the worker removes the work piece to perform the next round of cutting cycle.
According to the automatic cutting apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention, at least some of the following effects can be achieved by driving the two saw blades 410 of the two saw blade units 400 to rotate by the first driving mechanism 800 to cut the workpiece and driving the workpiece on the movable frame to approach the two saw blades 410 by the second driving mechanism 830, and the fourth driving mechanism 620 driving the pressing block 630 to rotate to achieve the automatic face changing function of the workpiece, so that the workpiece can automatically complete the separation of the four-side casting body and the runner in the casting cutting process, thereby improving the efficiency of the workpiece cutting.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.