Bearing retainer loading attachment
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of bearing manufacturing, in particular to a bearing retainer feeding device.
Background
The bearing is an important part in modern mechanical equipment, and has the main functions of supporting a mechanical rotating body, reducing the friction coefficient in the motion process and ensuring the rotation precision. Bearings can be classified into rolling bearings and sliding bearings according to the friction properties of the moving elements, wherein the rolling bearings generally comprise an inner ring, an outer ring, rolling elements and a cage, wherein the cage refers to a bearing part which partly or wholly or surrounds the rolling elements and moves with the rolling elements, and the cage serves to isolate the rolling elements and also generally guides and retains the rolling elements within the bearing.
The bearing retainer loading attachment that current is commonly used has carousel formula loading attachment and pawl formula loading attachment:
the turntable type feeding device generally uses an air cylinder to drive the turntable to rotate, and the retainer vertically falls down from the middle of the turntable through alternate expansion and contraction of two groups of upper and lower adjacent ejector pins on the turntable. The structure of the mode is simple, but the retainer must be stacked on the string rod of the turntable in advance, the part needs manual operation, the labor cost is increased, and the retainer can only vertically fall down along the position of the turntable, so that the diversity of production layout modes is limited.
The in-process holder that pawl loading attachment snatched receives the extrusion effect, probably appears the deformation damage of holder, and this mode of snatching is higher to manipulator positioning accuracy requirement, if there is the deviation of certain degree in holder and appointed arrival position, then probably appear the unable condition of snatching of holder and extruding the holder deformation from above.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects in the prior art and provides a bearing retainer feeding device, which firstly discharges a retainer positioned at the bottom of a storage rack through a blanking part, the output retainer is positioned by a righting bearing, and finally the retainer is conveyed to the next station (such as a retainer and a roller sleeving station) through a feeding part, and adopts the following technical scheme that: the bearing retainer feeding device comprises a retainer storage part, a pushing part, a blanking part and a feeding part, wherein the storage part comprises a storage rack, and the storage rack is fixed on a fixed plate; the pushing part comprises a pushing air cylinder, the pushing air cylinder acts on a fixed plate, the fixed plate is further connected with a pushing sliding block, the righting part comprises a righting motor and a righting bearing, the righting bearing comprises a righting inner ring and a righting outer ring, a retainer accommodating space is formed between the righting inner ring and the righting outer ring, and the feeding part comprises a feeding driving part, and the feeding driving part is connected with the righting part.
In order to ensure that the retainer is normally discharged to the righting bearing and the position accuracy in the righting bearing, the feeding device further comprises a detection part, and the detection part comprises a correlation switch and a diffuse reflection switch which are positioned beside the righting bearing. And conveying the opposite switch detection retainer into the righting bearing, wherein the diffuse reflection switch detection retainer is arranged in the righting bearing to finish righting.
The blanking part structure of the device is that the blanking assembly comprises a blanking driving plate which is transversely arranged, the opening part of the blanking driving plate is connected with a blanking sliding block, the blanking driving plate is connected with a blanking cylinder of a retainer, when the blanking driving plate is driven by the blanking cylinder of the retainer and is in a blanking state, the internal space formed by surrounding the blanking driving plate and the blanking sliding block is larger than the external diameter of the retainer, and when the blanking driving plate is in a clamping state driven by the blanking cylinder of the retainer, the internal space formed by surrounding the blanking driving plate and the blanking sliding block is smaller than the external diameter of the retainer.
In order to enable the pushing cylinder to stably push the fixed plate according to beats, the end part of a piston rod of the pushing cylinder is connected with a floating joint, and the piston rod of the pushing cylinder acts on the fixed plate through the floating joint.
The device adopts the cylinder to convey the retainer to the next station, namely the feeding driving part is a feeding cylinder, a piston rod of the feeding cylinder is connected to a supporting plate bracket of the righting part, and the righting bearing is connected to the supporting plate bracket. The feeding part further comprises a feeding sliding block connected to the pallet support, and the feeding sliding block is matched with the feeding guide rail.
For the on-line detection of the conveying condition of the retainer, the feeding device further comprises a detection part, wherein the detection part comprises a retainer in-place detection switch bracket which is arranged near the conveying route of the retainer, and a retainer in-place detection switch is arranged on the retainer in-place detection switch bracket.
The automatic feeding device has the advantages that the retainer of the device is downwards conveyed under the control of the blanking component and is righted through the righting device, the detection part is used for detecting the conveying condition of the retainer on line, the retainer is stable and reliable in conveying and high in accuracy, the upper opening of the storage rack of the device is opened and can feed materials at any time, the defect that a retainer feeding mechanism used in the prior art is not timely in feeding is overcome, the device is used for taking materials from the bottom of a superposed retainer material column, the blanking driving plate only releases one retainer each time and is automatically placed on the material receiving plate, the retainer is separated, the retainer righting part can drive the retainer to rotate, the angle of the retainer is detected through the detection switch, the angular state of the retainer meets the requirement of the subsequent assembly angle, and the retainer feeding mechanism can take materials and feed materials between two sets of retainer blanking systems, so that the retainer feeding efficiency and uninterrupted feeding are improved. The device has the advantages of simple structure and high automation degree.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the invention, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a pushing part, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a pushing part and a discharging part of a retainer, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a blanking part, fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a fixed plate and a storage rack, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a blanking driving plate and a storage rack, fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a blanking driving plate and a blanking sliding block, fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a righting part and a sensing part, and fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a feeding part.
Wherein 1 is a retainer storage part, 11 is a storage rack, and 12 is a fixed plate;
2 is a pushing part, 21 is a pushing cylinder, 22 is a speed regulation joint, 23 is a floating joint, 24 is a retainer feeding lifting slide plate, 25 is a pushing slide rail, 26 is a pushing slide block, 27 is a limiting anti-tilting plate, 28 is a limiting bottom plate, 29 is a limiting block, and 210 is a mounting bracket;
3 is a blanking part, 31 is a retainer blanking cylinder, 32 is a blanking driving plate, 33 is a blanking chassis, 34 is a slide block guide seat, and 35 is a blanking slide block;
4 is a righting part, 41 is a righting motor, 42 is a righting outer ring, 43 is a righting inner ring, 431 is a supporting plate, 44 is a connecting plate, and 45 is a supporting plate bracket;
5 is a retainer;
6 is a feeding part, 61 is a feeding cylinder, 62 is a retainer conveying drag chain, 63 is a feeding slide block, 64 is a feeding guide rail, 65 is a drag chain, and 66 is a speed regulation joint;
7 is a detection part, 71 is a correlation switch, 72 is a diffuse reflection switch, 73 is a holder in-place detection switch bracket I, and 74 is a holder in-place detection switch bracket II.
Detailed Description
The following describes specific embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.
The invention discloses a bearing retainer feeding device which comprises a retainer storage part 1, a pushing part 2, a blanking part 3, a righting part 4, a feeding part 6 and a detecting part 7. The positional relationship between the above parts is shown in fig. 1.
The retainer storage part 1 comprises a storage rack 11, an upper opening of the storage rack 11 is open and fixedly connected to a fixed plate 12, and a blanking part 3 is arranged at a blanking opening of the storage rack 11.
The blanking portion 3 is driven by a retainer blanking cylinder 31, and in one beat of the production line, the retainer blanking cylinder 31 is operated once, and one retainer 5 falls from a blanking port of the stock frame 11.
The blanking part 3 that gives in this device includes the blanking driver plate 32 of horizontal setting, and blanking slider 35 is connected to the opening part of blanking driver plate 32, and blanking driver plate 32 is connected with holder blanking cylinder 31, and when blanking driver plate 32 is under the drive of holder blanking cylinder 31, be in the blanking state, the inner space that blanking driver plate 32 and blanking slider 35 enclose into is greater than the holder external diameter, and when blanking driver plate 32 is under the clamp condition under the drive of holder blanking cylinder 31, the inner space that blanking driver plate 32 and blanking slider enclose into is less than the holder external diameter. In this way, through the cooperation of the blanking slide block 35 and the blanking driving plate 32, the retainer is conveyed from the material storage rack 11 into the righting bearing of the righting part, and the pushing part after clamping the retainer controls the material storage rack to act upwards, so that only one retainer is obtained at the righting part.
The pushing part 2 includes a pushing cylinder 21, the pushing cylinder 21 acts on the fixing plate 12, the fixing plate 12 is further connected with a pushing slider 26, and the pushing slider 26 is engaged with a pushing slide rail 25 fixed on the mounting bracket 210 and movable on the pushing slide rail 25. The end part of the piston rod of the pushing cylinder 21 is connected with a floating joint 23, the piston rod of the pushing cylinder 21 acts on one end of the fixed plate 12 through the floating joint 23, the other end of the fixed plate 12 is fixed with a material storage frame, and the pushing cylinder 21 is provided with a speed regulation joint 22. The pushing cylinder 21 can be a thin cylinder, and the pushing cylinder 21 controls the expansion and contraction of the floating joint 23 to drive the retainer discharging part 1 to move along the direction of the pushing slide rail 25.
The righting part 4 comprises a righting motor 41 and a righting bearing, the righting bearing comprises a righting inner ring 43 and a righting outer ring 42, a retainer accommodating space is formed between the righting inner ring 43 and the righting outer ring 42, and a retainer 5 which is output by a blanking port of the material storage rack controlled by the pushing part 2 enters the righting bearing downwards, namely, between the righting inner ring 43 and the righting outer ring 42. Since the power of the output shaft of the righting motor 41 is transmitted to the righting inner ring, the righting inner ring 43 is driven by the righting motor 41 to rotate, and the righting of the retainer is realized during the rotation.
The feeding part 6 comprises a feeding driving part, and the right-position rear retainer is conveyed to the next station through the feeding part, specifically, the feeding driving part is connected with the right-position part, and the feeding driving part drives the right-position part to move together. The feeding driving part selected in the device is a feeding air cylinder 61, a piston rod of the feeding air cylinder 61 is connected to a supporting plate bracket 45 of the righting part, a feeding sliding block 63 is connected to the supporting plate bracket 45, and the feeding sliding block 63 is matched with a feeding guide rail 64. The righting part 4 is driven by the feeding cylinder 61 to output to the next station, and after the retainer is clamped by the next station, the retainer is reset and conveyed continuously by the driving of the feeding cylinder 61.
The detecting portion 7 includes a pair of radiation switches 71 and a diffuse reflection switch 72 located beside the righting bearing, the righting motor 41 rotates, and the pair of radiation switches 71 detects whether the holder is righted in cooperation with the diffuse reflection switch 72, and the holder is conveyed into the righting bearing. A retainer in-place detection switch bracket is arranged near a conveying route of the retainer 5, a retainer in-place detection switch bracket I73 and a retainer in-place detection switch bracket II74 are respectively arranged in the device, and a retainer in-place detection switch is arranged on the retainer in-place detection switch bracket. The detection switch sends out a detection signal to realize the in-place detection of the retainer.
The working process of the device is as follows:
1) Placing the holder in the magazine 11;
2) The pushing cylinder 21 controls the retainer storage rack to move up and down, when the retainer storage rack moves downwards, the retainer blanking cylinder 31 is opened, the lowest retainer of the storage rack 11 is conveyed downwards to the righting part, and when the retainer storage rack moves upwards, the retainer blanking cylinder 31 clamps the penultimate retainer;
3) After the detection part 7 detects that the retainer is conveyed to the righting bearing, the righting part rotates righting, the detection part detects that the righting of the retainer is finished, the righting part stops rotating, and the position of the retainer is fixed.
4) After the retainer in-place detection switch senses that the position of the retainer is fixed, the feeding part drives the retainer to move to the next station, the retainer is grabbed by the next station, and the feeding part returns again.
Of course, the above description is not intended to limit the invention, but rather the invention is not limited to the above examples, and variations, modifications, additions or substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention will be within the scope of the invention.