Background
The puffed board products are used for sealing and corrosion prevention in a large amount in the aircraft manufacturing process, particularly for sealing and corrosion prevention of parts needing to be frequently disassembled and maintained, such as a fuselage wing panel, a wing body fairing, a passenger-cargo cabin floor, a maintenance flap and the like, so that the manufacturing and maintenance time can be shortened, the comprehensive cost of the whole life cycle of the civil aircraft can be effectively reduced, and the puffed board is a key material of the civil aircraft.
Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) provides reliable surface protection, effective sealing and gap filling for civil aircraft, and has a density of about 0.4g/cm 3~0.8g/cm3, less than half that of conventional sealants. Meanwhile, compared with the traditional sealing materials (rubber and sealant), the material has a flexible structure, can be attached to complex shapes and irregular surfaces, has the advantages of no need of solidification, easy installation, easy disassembly, reusability and the like, and is widely applied to various airplane models.
The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sheet is generally composed of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene material body and a back adhesive, wherein the material body can realize the waterproof sealing function under the action of certain pressure, and the back adhesive is used for enabling the material body to be adhered to a part needing sealing.
The maximum production size of the expanded plate is 1500 multiplied by 3000mm at present, and the working efficiency is greatly reduced by sequentially coating the single expanded plate. Further, because of the coating apparatus, the front and rear ends of the expanded sheet in the length direction, for example, the lengths of 500mm each, are difficult to uniformly coat to meet the demand in the coating process, and thus the expanded sheet is worn in the length direction. In addition, the high-efficiency continuous coating of the back adhesive is difficult to realize at present due to the production length limitation of the expansion plate.
The common splicing modes in the market at present are adhesive tape connection and high-temperature welding. The adhesive tape used for connecting the adhesive tapes contains an adhesive, and when the puffing plate is subjected to subsequent medium resistance treatment, the adhesive can be partially dissolved in the treatment liquid to influence the puffing plate to obtain complete medium resistance.
Further, in the case of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene materials, when the heating temperature is higher than 400 ℃, the decomposition speed is gradually increased, and the decomposition product has a very small amount of highly toxic perfluoro isobutylene, so that the risk of poisoning exists in the high-temperature welding, on the other hand, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene needs to be sintered at a certain temperature and for a certain time to stabilize its structure so as to ensure the performance, and when the sintered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene is subjected to a high temperature again, the internal structure is partially changed, thereby affecting the performance of the material itself.
Accordingly, there remains a need for further improvements in existing apparatus and methods for splicing expanded panels.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems of low coating work efficiency and high loss of a single puffing plate in sequence, thereby realizing high-efficiency continuous coating of back glue.
In order to solve the problems, the invention provides a sewing device for a bulking plate, wherein the sewing device comprises a frame, the frame comprises an outer upright and an inner upright, the outer upright comprises two separated front uprights and two adjacent rear uprights, the inner upright comprises two adjacent central uprights, a conveying device is sleeved on the corresponding outer upright and inner upright of the frame to circularly operate, the bulking plate is circularly arranged from the front upright to the rear upright, the conveying device comprises a first conveying belt and a second conveying belt, the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are integrally formed into a Y-shaped arrangement, the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are respectively sleeved on the corresponding front upright, the central upright and the rear upright to circularly operate, and a plurality of clamping parts, one ends of the clamping parts are fixed on the first conveying belt and the second conveying belt, the other ends of the clamping parts correspondingly hang the first bulking plate and the second bulking plate in the bulking plate, and the device is arranged on the central upright of the frame and used for sewing the first bulking plate and the second bulking plate.
In a second example of the sewing device, optionally including the first example, the top of the frame comprises a triangular frame, and three corners of the triangular frame are located at the top of the outer uprights of the frame, respectively, and the triangular frame has a cross-beam in the center, the inner uprights of the frame extending a distance down from the cross-beam.
In a third example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first and second examples, the plurality of clamps employ a pneumatic switch to control closure.
In a fourth example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to third examples, the sewing device employs a four-needle six-thread sewing process, and the Y-shaped arrangement of the crotch portion has an opening angle of 50 DEG to 70 DEG, the sewing device employs a sewing needle of 0.5mm to 0.8mm and a corresponding sewing thread of 0.15mm to 0.3mm in diameter, and the sewing thread of the sewing device employs a nylon rope capable of withstanding a strength of 40 MPa.
In a fifth example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to fourth examples, the sewing device is fixed to a sewing device height adjusting portion by a precision screw, the sewing device height adjusting portion is connected to a center pillar of the frame, a synchronous motor is installed inside the sewing device height adjusting portion, and the precision screw is controlled by a control system to thereby control the height of the sewing device.
In a sixth example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to fifth examples, the sewing apparatus includes a plurality of photosensors transmitting position signals to a control system of the sewing apparatus, the control system controlling the sewing apparatus height adjustment section to control the sewing apparatus to a desired height by the received position signals.
In a seventh example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to sixth examples, the control system controls the switching operation of the sewing device by the received position signal, and the control system controls the operation speeds of the first and second conveyor belts by the received speed signal to ensure that the operation speeds of the first and second conveyor belts match the sewing speed of the sewing device.
In an eighth example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to seventh examples, further comprising a cutting device connected to the rear pillar, cutting the sewn bulking plate, and the cutting device being fixed to a cutting device height adjusting part by a precision screw, the cutting device height adjusting part being connected to the rear pillar of the frame, and a control system of the sewing apparatus controlling the cutting device height adjusting part to control the cutting device to reach a desired height, and controlling the switching operation of the cutting device by the received position signal to ensure that the cutting speed of the cutting device matches the sewing speed of the sewing device.
In a ninth example of the sewing apparatus, optionally including one or more or each of the first to eighth examples, further including a receiving conveyor belt mounted at a bottom of the sewing apparatus, the bulking plate falls on the receiving conveyor belt after being cut by the cutting device.
The invention provides a sewing method for a puffing plate, wherein the sewing method comprises the steps of determining a cutting position and a sewing position required by the puffing plate to be sewn, inputting height values of a cutting device and a sewing device corresponding to the cutting position and the sewing position in a control system, clamping the puffing plate by a clamping part of a conveying device, conveying the puffing plate through a conveying belt of the conveying device, enabling the cutting device to be lifted to the height value of the cutting device by the control system to cut the puffing plate, and enabling the sewing device to be lifted to the height value of the sewing device by the control system to sew the sewn puffing plate.
The application provides a sewing device and a sewing method, wherein a puffing plate is clamped by clamping parts on two conveying belts, and the puffing plate is conveyed by the Y-shaped conveying belts. When the device is operated, the expansion plate to be sewn is clamped along the edge to be sewn, two bifurcation parts arranged in a Y shape are operated towards the junction point, and after the expansion plate sequentially passes through the sewing device and the cutting device, the expansion plate which is sewn is cut above the edge to be sewn and falls on a receiving conveyor belt below the whole device, and the collection of the expansion plate which is sewn is completed. Simultaneously, the new puffing plate to be sewn is clamped again at the front end of the Y-shaped arranged conveyor belt so as to carry out a new round of sewing.
According to the Y-shaped arrangement, on one hand, the two expansion plates to be sewn are sent to the sewing device through the conveyor belt at a certain initial angle, the sewn expansion plates fall onto the bottom material receiving conveyor belt after being cut, and meanwhile, the front end of the conveyor belt is clamped again to perform new-round sewing, so that continuity and rapidness of the whole operation process are guaranteed. On the other hand, the conveyer belt is adopted for transportation, and the speed of the conveyer belt is regulated and controlled, so that the puffing plate to be sewn is not subjected to relative displacement, and the consistency and the accuracy in the sewing process are ensured in the mode.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to specific embodiments and drawings, in which more details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, it will be apparent that the present invention can be embodied in many other forms than described herein, and that those skilled in the art may make similar generalizations and deductions depending on the actual application without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and therefore should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention in its context.
In various embodiments of the present invention, "front" is defined as the lower right direction of fig. 1, and "upper, top direction" is defined as the upper direction of fig. 1.
Fig. 1 schematically shows a sewing apparatus of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which mainly includes a frame 10 providing an overall structure and a mounting position, a conveyor 20 conveying a bulking plate to be sewn, and a sewing device 30 effecting the bulking plate sewing.
The frame 10 may have a plurality of outer columns and a plurality of inner columns. As shown in fig. 1, the outer uprights of the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprise two separate front uprights 11 and two adjacent rear uprights 12, and the inner uprights comprise two adjacent central uprights 13. Preferably, the outer columns include at least four columns in a vertical direction.
Preferably, the front and rear uprights 11, 12 can take the form of square tubes of 40mm, with a length greater than 3000mm, and the central upright 13 can take the form of square tubes of 40mm, with a length of approximately 850mm. These uprights integrally constitute the frame 10 of the stitching device. It will be appreciated that the size and shape of these columns is not so limited, but that columns of other sizes and shapes may be selected as desired.
In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor 20 may be looped over corresponding outer and inner uprights of the frame 10 to circulate the bulking plates from the front upright 11 to the rear upright 12.
In a preferred embodiment, the top of the frame 10 comprises a triangular frame to ensure stability of the overall sewing apparatus. The three corners of the triangular frame are located correspondingly on top of the outer uprights of the frame 10, and the triangular frame has a cross-beam in the centre, from which the two shorter inner uprights of the frame 10 extend downwards a distance.
In a preferred embodiment, the conveyor 20 may comprise a left and right conveyor, namely a first conveyor 21 and a second conveyor 22. The first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 form a Y-shaped arrangement as a whole, which in operation is moved from the diverging end of the Y-shaped arrangement towards the straight end. Wherein the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 are respectively sleeved on the front upright 11, the central upright 13 and the rear upright 12 of one corresponding side for circulation. The conveyor belt is integrally wrapped on the upright post and circularly moves from the inner side to the outer side.
Preferably, the two front uprights 11 of the sewing device are distributed at the two Y-shaped bifurcation ends, and the two rear uprights 12 are close to each other, with a distance of between 10 and 20mm.
Preferably, the conveyor 20 may further include a plurality of clamping portions having one ends fixed to the first conveyor 21 and the second conveyor 22 and the other ends respectively hanging to clamp the first expansion plate and the second expansion plate among the expansion plates to be sewn. Preferably, when a new set of sewn bulking plates is clamped, the new set of plates is clamped correspondingly according to the spacing of the clamping portions to allow the set of plates to be aligned and synchronized to be sewn. Preferably, the clamping portion is closed by a pneumatic switch. Preferably, the clamping portion is made of stainless steel. Preferably, the single clamping portion can withstand a weight of at least 50kg at maximum.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a sewing device 30 is mounted to the center post 13 of the frame 10 for sewing the first bulking plate with the second bulking plate. Wherein the sewing device 30 is kept stationary in position and a new set of bulking plates is sewn to the sewing device 30 at a sewing position of the bulking plates at a predetermined distance below the plurality of clamping portions as they travel past the sewing device in the conveying direction of the conveyor to sew the short sides (i.e., width) of the two bulking plates together.
Preferably, the sewing device 30 employs a four-needle six-thread sewing process, and in order to accommodate the four-needle six-thread sewing process, the Y-shaped arrangement preferably has an opening angle of 50-70, more preferably 60.
Preferably, the sewing device 30 splices the bulking plate by sewing thread. Preferably, the sewing thread has a diameter of 0.15mm to 0.3mm. Too thin a sewing thread will affect the firmness of the sewing bulking plate, while too thick a sewing thread will affect the sealing performance of the sewing bulking plate. The strength of the spliced part can be ensured by using the diameter of 0.15-0.3 mm, and the influence on the flatness of the puffed plate can be reduced, so that the coating precision of the back adhesive is ensured.
Preferably, the temperature resistance of the sewing thread is limited to be not lower than 600 degrees, so that the stable performance of the sewing thread can be ensured when the back adhesive is dried by using an oven, the sewing thread is not damaged or deteriorated, and the performance of the connecting part of the puffing plate is ensured to be stable.
Preferably, the sewing thread of the sewing device 30 is a nylon rope which can withstand a strength of 40 MPa.
Preferably, the sewing needle of the sewing device 30 is a needle of 0.5mm to 0.8mm and corresponds to the diameter of the sewing thread. The needle head smaller than 0.8mm ensures that perforation in the sewing process cannot have excessive influence on the sealing performance and the structural integrity of the puffing plate, so that the puffing plate does not meet the use requirement.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the sewing device 30 may be fixed to the sewing device height adjusting section 31 by a precision screw. The sewing device height adjustment 31 may be connected to one of the center posts 13 of the frame 10.
Preferably, the height adjusting part 31 of the sewing device is internally provided with a synchronous motor, and the control system controls the precise screw rod to further control the height of the sewing device 30, so that the minimum precision can reach 0.2mm. Preferably, the synchronous motor can also preset the height of the sewing device through the control system. After the start operation signal is input, the height adjusting part of the sewing device quickly adjusts the height value to be a set value, and the response speed reaches 0.1ms.
In a preferred embodiment, further, to ensure the automation, continuity and accuracy of the sewing process, the sewing device may comprise a plurality of photoelectric sensors which transmit position signals to a control system of the sewing device, which controls the sewing device height adjusting section 31 to control the sewing device 30 to reach a desired height through the received position signals.
Preferably, these photoelectric sensors may be installed at the front end 20mm, more preferably at the front end 10mm of the sewing device height adjusting section 31, and the running position and running speed of the bulking plate to be sewn may be monitored by photoelectric effect.
Preferably, the control system controls the switching operation of the sewing device 30 through the received position signal, and the control system controls the operation speeds of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 through the received speed signal so as to ensure that the operation speeds of the first conveyor belt 21 and the second conveyor belt 22 are matched with the sewing speed of the sewing device 30.
In a preferred embodiment, a cutting device 40 may also be included, the cutting device 40 being attached to the rear pillar 12 for cutting the sewn bulking plate.
Preferably, the cutting device 40 is fixed to the cutting device height adjusting part 41 by a precision screw, and the cutting device height adjusting part 41 is connected to the rear pillar 12 of the frame 10.
Preferably, the control system of the sewing apparatus controls the cutting device height adjusting part 41 to control the cutting device 40 to a desired height, and the height is slightly higher than the sewing position of the sewing device and lower than the clamping positions of the plurality of clamping parts.
Preferably, the control system controls the switching operation of the cutting device 40 by the received position signal to ensure that the cutting speed of the cutting device 40 matches the sewing speed of the sewing device 30 and also matches the conveyor belt conveying speed.
In a preferred embodiment, a receiving conveyor 50 may also be included at the bottom of the sewing apparatus, and the finished panel is cut off at the top of the panel, specifically above the sewing location, off the nip, via a cutting device 40, falling onto the receiving conveyor 50.
Preferably, the receiving conveyor 50 feeds the finished sewn bulking plate out of the front of the sewing apparatus. It will be appreciated that the mounting direction of the receiving conveyor 50 is not limited thereto, and the expansion plate may be fed out in the lower left to upper right direction in fig. 1.
Further, when the sewn bulking plate is cut off, it falls on the receiving conveyor 50 below the whole device, and the surplus bulking plate left on the clamping part is collected.
Preferably, at the same time of the above process, the front end of the Y-shaped arranged conveyor belt, namely the bifurcation end, clamps a new puffing plate to be sewn again by the clamping part, a new round of sewing is performed, and the puffing plate after sewing is cut and then placed on the material receiving conveyor belt 50 to be conveyed to the next process.
Preferably, a winder may be further provided in the conveying direction of the receiving conveyor 50 so as to collect the sewn bulking plate in a roll manner for storage and transportation.
The application also provides a sewing method.
Before actual use, firstly determining the required cutting position and sewing position of the expansion plate to be sewn, wherein the sewing position is generally controlled at the position 10mm below the butt joint convex parts of the two expansion plates, the cutting position is generally 1mm-3mm higher than the sewing position, and the height values of the cutting device and the sewing device corresponding to the cutting position and the sewing position are input into a control system.
After the device starts to operate, the clamping part of the conveying device is used for clamping the puffing plate, the conveying belt of the conveying device is used for operating from the Y-shaped arranged forked end towards the straight end, when the front end of the puffing plate is operated to the front end 10mm of the sewing height adjusting part, as the puffing plate shields the photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor inputs signals to the control system, the control system immediately activates the synchronous motor to operate, the cutting device and the sewing device are lifted to the set height value, the response speed of the whole system can reach 0.1ms, and the express delivery and the accuracy of the sewing process and the cutting process are ensured.
Further, after the front end of the puffing plate passes through the photoelectric sensor, the photoelectric sensor always irradiates on the puffing plate, the running speed of the puffing plate can be monitored, the running speed is also the running speed of the conveying belt, the running speed is fed back to the control system, after the control system receives a signal, whether the running speed of the conveying belt is matched with the running speed of the sewing device or not is judged, if the running speed is not matched with the running speed of the conveying belt, the speed of the conveying belt can be controlled, the speed of the conveying belt is matched with the sewing device, the consistency of the sewing process is ensured, and the problem that the stitch distance is inconsistent and the like due to the speed mismatch is avoided.
Further, the photoelectric sensor receives signals to control the starting of the two height adjusting parts, so that the sewing device and the cutting device quickly enter into a working state, meanwhile, the photoelectric sensor can monitor the speed of the conveyor belt to enable the conveyor belt to be matched with the speed of the sewing device, the automatic control mode ensures the precision and accuracy of the whole sewing and cutting process, and the production efficiency of the sewing expansion plate and the connection strength of the expansion plate after sewing are greatly improved.
The common connection mode in the market at present is adhesive tape connection and high-temperature welding, and compared with the adhesive tape connection and the high-temperature welding, the sewing connection has the obvious advantages that the performance of the material cannot be changed and the subsequent treatment process cannot be influenced. Further, the sewing connection is a mechanical connection, does not involve the increase of chemical substances, the change of temperature and other conditions, and has no influence on the performance and strength of the material.
The sewing needle diameter that this sewing device adopted is 0.6mm, the trompil on the puffing board in the sewing process is less, can not destroy the mechanical properties of puffing board influence puffing board, the sewing thread is high strength nylon rope, the diameter is 0.16mm, maximum tensile strength can reach 40MPa, the fastness of follow-up course of working has been guaranteed, stitch interval is 5mm in the sewing process, the bulk connection is compacter, thereby the fastness and the intensity of sewing process have been improved greatly, thereby the starting of the control height adjustment portion of sewing process through photoelectric sensor received signal, make sewing device and cutting device get into operating condition rapidly, still accessible photoelectric sensor control conveyer belt speed simultaneously, make it and sewing device speed assorted, the precision and the accuracy of whole sewing and cutting process have been guaranteed to this kind of automatic control mode, the production efficiency of sewing puffing board and the joint strength of puffing board after the sewing have been improved greatly. In addition, the method is short in time consumption, simple to operate, high in connection strength, free of waste water, waste gas and waste residues in the production process, relatively suitable for continuous stable production, and reliable and stable in connection of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene plates.
While various embodiments have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example, and not limitation. It will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that the disclosed subject matter may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.
The present disclosure also includes various modifications and modifications within the equivalent scope. In addition, various combinations and modes, including only one element, more than one or less than one other combinations and modes, are also within the scope and spirit of the present disclosure.
The above-described embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and not as subject of any limitation of the invention.