151results about How to "Improve tool change efficiency" patented technology

The invention discloses a method for exchanging a tool of a shield machine for tunnel construction, which comprises the steps of: (1) soil cabin replacement filling: performing the process of soil cabin replacement filling by using a spiral excavating machine and a slip casting system synchronously working with the spiral excavating machine; (2) advanced slip casting inside the machine: beating a plurality of slip casting pipes into the soil on the upper part of the shield machine from inner to outer inside the shield machine by respectively passing through a plurality of advanced geologic holes and then synchronously injecting cement paste into the soil on the upper part of the shield machine through the slip casting pipes by using a slip casting device till the cement paste cannot be injected any more; (3) cleaning cabin and exchanging tool synchronously: manually cleaning the cement plaster solidified inside the soil cabin and synchronously exchanging the tool mounted on the shield machine; and (4) getting rid of the difficult position of the shield machine and recovering the process. The method provided by the invention has the advantages of reasonable design, convenience for operation, low cost, high safety factor, good use effect and capable of solving the problem that the tool cannot be exchanged in the traditional tool exchanging mode under severe tool exchanging conditions.

A multi-spindle machining machine with a tool changing mechanism comprising a base; a carrier including a seat to move in Z axis, a rotary shaft fixed on the seat laterally to drive the seat to rotate in A axis, and a fixing holder coupled to an end portion of the rotary shaft to fix a workpiece; a tool changing mechanism including a mount mounted to the rotary shaft to rotate with the rotary shaft and a monitor fixed on the seat to measure a length of the tool clamped on the driving spindle, and including a plurality of slots to receive the tools respectively; a working head moving above the carrier and the tool changing mechanism in X and Y axes and including a driving spindle mounted on a lower end thereof to rotate axially, and the lower end of the driving spindle allowing to engage and disengage the tool.

The invention discloses a single-hobbing-cutter changing manipulator of a shield tunneling machine and belongs to the technical field of maintenance of tunneling construction equipment. The single-hobbing-cutter changing manipulator can be used in cooperation with a telescopic mechanism to replace the manual cutter changing operation, thereby improving the cutter changing efficiency of the shield tunneling machine, ensuring personnel safety of constructors and accelerating the progress of the tunneling engineering. The single-hobbing-cutter changing manipulator comprises a shell, wherein the shell is provided with a bolt assembling and disassembling module, a trapezoidal wedge assembling and disassembling module, a square wedge assembling and disassembling module, an axial rotary module and a hobbing cutter assembling and disassembling fixing module; the trapezoidal wedge assembling and disassembling module comprises a second fixing flange fixed to the shell, and a first electromagnet is fixed to the second fixing flange; the square wedge assembling and disassembling module comprises an assembling and disassembling telescopic part and an assembling and disassembling rotary part; and the hobbing cutter assembling and disassembling fixing module comprises a third hydraulic cylinder fixed to the shell, and a piston rod of the third hydraulic cylinder is connected with a bolt fixing clamping position block.

The invention discloses a bamboo hat-type tool magazine tool changer and a control method thereof and relates to a tool changer and a control method thereof. The tool changer comprises a cutter head, a cutter head rotating drive device and a plurality of tool posts, wherein the cutter head rotating drive device comprises a ratchet wheel and a ratchet wheel pushing and locking mechanism; the ratchet wheel is connected with the cutter head through a cutter head hub; the ratchet wheel pushing and locking mechanism comprises a drive cylinder, a piston connecting rod, a ratchet wheel pushing mechanism and a ratchet wheel locking mechanism; the piston connecting rod is connected with the ratchet wheel pushing mechanism and the ratchet wheel locking mechanism separately; and the ratchet wheel pushing mechanism and the ratchet wheel locking mechanism are connected with the ratchet wheel separately. According to the method, a PLC controls a drive cylinder piston to continuously expand and contract through an electromagnetic directional valve, a pawl continuously pushes the ratchet wheel to rotate to achieve tool changing, and meanwhile, a sheave dividing plate is locked through a locking block to achieve locking of the cutter head, so that the whole tool changing process is completed. The bamboo hat-type tool magazine tool changer has the characteristics of being high in locating accuracy, good in stability, good in reliability, simple in structure, convenient to maintain, low in cost and simple in method, and is easy to popularize and use.

An intellectual automatic tool changer (ATC) speed moderating system, which is disposed between a tool magazine and a tool exchanging arm, includes an image capture device for capturing the image of tools, and a processing device connected with the image capturing device. The processing device includes a receiving module for receiving the images of tools, a calculating module for calculating an assessment value of a tool according to the image of the tool, and a signal transmitting module connected with a controller of the tool exchanging arm for transmitting the assessment value of the tool to the controller. Therefore, the tool changing speed of the tool changing arm is controlled and moderated.

The invention belongs to the technical field of disc cutter management, and especially relates to a management method for disc cutter of full section tunnel boring machine. The method comprises the steps of (1) monitoring the service life of the disc cutter; (2) setting the limit service life value L<max> of the disc cutter and replacing the broken cutter; (3) dividing area for the cutterhead; (4) judging the unqualified cutter; and (5) replacing the unqualified cutter. The method of the invention can scientifically forecast the service life of the disc cutter, correctly forecast the cutter replacing position and cutter replacing time, and not only improves the service life and cutter replacing efficiency of the disc cutter and reduces the construction cost of the full section tunnel boring machine, but also improves the utilization ratio of the full section tunnel boring machine.

The invention discloses a linear type automatic tool changing device and method. The tool changing device comprises a protection body, an upper cover plate door covering the protection body in a sliding manner, a side edge small door arranged on one side of the protection body, a rear cover plate installed on the inner side of the side, away from the upper cover plate door, of the protection body, an electric linear sliding table arranged in the protection body and used for sending to-be-replaced tools or vacant tool handle seats to tool feeding positions, a guide rail horizontal-moving tool handle seat module installed on the electric linear sliding table and a guide rail tool feeding module which is installed below the electric linear sliding table, located on the side, close to the side edge small door, of the electric linear sliding table and used for driving the tools or the vacant tool handle seats to stretch out to tool changing positions for tool changing. By means of the linear type automatic tool changing device and method, the manner with the linear movement, the compact structure and sealing metal plate protection is adopted, so that the tool changing device is a set of automatic tool changing device small in overall size, low in weight, wholly sealed and high in positioning precision.

The invention discloses a multi-head machining center and a tool changing method using the multi-head machining center. The multi-head machining center comprises at least two machining machine heads, at least two tool magazines, a tool driving mechanism, at least two tool arms and a tool arm driving mechanism, wherein each tool magazine is used for changing tools with one corresponding machining machine head, and is provided with multiple tools; all the tools are mounted on the tool magazines in the peripheral direction; the tool driving mechanism is used for driving each tool to move to a tool changing fixed point in the peripheral direction; two ends of the tool arms can respectively hold the tools to be changed of the machining machine heads and preset tools of the tool magazines; and the tool arm driving mechanism is used for driving the tool arms to rotate to enable two ends of each tool arm to respectively take the preset tools and the tools to be changed from the tool magazines and the machining machine heads and respectively charging the preset tools and the tools to be changed in the tool magazines and the machining machine heads. The multi-head machining center realizes the tool arrangement of multiple tool magazines cooperating with multiple tools, improves the capacity of the tool magazines, optimizes overall layout thereof, reduces the size thereof, and improves the tool changing efficiency.

The present invention provides a machine tool capable of shortening tool changing time and increasing machining production rate. When the machine tool begins to change a tool, a main shaft directionally motions; a main shaft head rises from a machining position to a Z-axis original point with a Z-axis highest speed (S11); when the main shaft finishes the directional motion (S12: YES), the main shaft head rises from the Z-axis original point to an ATC original point with a Z-axis ATC rising speed (S13); when the main shaft head arrives the ATC original point (Z615) (S13), a tool changer performs driving; the tool changer rotates to position the next tool (S14); then the main shaft head decreases from the ATC original point to the Z-axis original point (S15) with a speed same as the A-axis highest speed; and then, the main shaft head decreases from the Z-axis original point to the machining starting position of a workpiece to be machined with a Z-axis highest speed (S16). The machine tool uses a tool to perform machining on the workpiece to be machined.

The present invention relates to the technical field of power distribution switchgear operation and more particularly to a power distribution switchgear auxiliary operation robot. The robot comprisesa control device and also comprises a moving device, an operation device, an X-axis moving device, a Y-axis moving device, a rotation seat and a Z-axis moving device electrically connected to the control device. The operation device comprises a tool change assembly and an operation assembly, and the operation assembly comprises an X-axis moving seat, a clamp rotating unit and an operating clamp. The operating clamp is connected to a power output end of the clamp rotating unit, and the clamp rotating unit is connected to the X-axis moving device through the X-axis moving base to move along an X-axis direction. The tool change assembly includes a tool change driving unit, a support frame and a tool change disc. A first end of the support frame is fixed to the moving device, the tool change driving unit and the tool change disc are installed on a second end of the support frame, and the tool change driving unit is connected to the tool change disc to rotate the tool change disc for the operating clamp to change a tool. According to the power distribution switchgear auxiliary operation robot, the efficiency of the operation of a power distribution switchgear is effectively improved.

The invention provides a cutter changing robot execution mechanism suitable for a shield. The cutter changing robot execution mechanism comprises a hobbing cutter dismounting and mounting mechanism, acutter changing mechanical arm and an action execution mechanism. The hobbing cutter dismounting and mounting mechanism is connected with a hobbing cutter and meanwhile is detachably connected with acutter box on a cutter disc of a shield tunneling machine. The cutter changing mechanical arm is arranged at the execution end of the action execution mechanism, the state of the hobbing cutter dismounting and mounting mechanism can be switched, so that the hobbing cutter dismounting and mounting mechanism and the cutter box are locked or loosened, meanwhile, the cutter changing mechanical arm can clamp the whole hobbing cutter and hobbing cutter dismounting and mounting mechanism, and movement along the cutter changing path is achieved through drive of the multi-freedom-degree action execution mechanism. According to the cutter changing robot execution mechanism, machine cutter changing work of the shield narrow space is achieved, dismounting, mounting and changing of the hobbing cutterof the total disc face of the cutter disc can be completed, traditional manual tool changing is completely replaced, the cutter changing efficiency and the shield overall construction efficiency are improved, and safety of shield construction is guaranteed.

The invention provides a tool magazine, a tool changing mechanism with the tool magazine and a multi-spindle machining center comprising the tool changing mechanism. The tool magazine comprises a toolmagazine mounting bracket, a tool magazine bracket and multiple tool storage bins. The tool magazine mounting bracket is configured to be fixed to a machine tool spindle beam. The tool magazine bracket is mounted on the tool magazine mounting bracket. The tool storage bins are fixed to the tool magazine bracket. Each of the tool storage bins comprises multiple tool storage cavities and is characterized in that the tool storage cavities in each of the tool storage bins are formed into a tool storage cavity matrix; and the tool storage cavities formed in the direction parallel to the machine tool spindle beam form a row of the tool storage cavity matrix, and the number of rows of the tool storage cavity matrixes is larger than 1. The tool magazine has large tool storage capacity, good toolprotection and long maintenance period, the tool changing efficiency of the tool changing mechanism using the tool magazine is high, and the machining efficiency of the machining center is high.

The invention provides an edge folding device of full-automatic four-door robot edge rolling equipment. The device comprises an edge folding roller and a roller adjusting mechanism, the edge folding roller comprises a first roller and a second roller, the axis position of the first roller is connected with the axis position of the second roller through a connecting device, the first roller and thesecond roller each are of a circular truncated cone structure, the lower bottom surface of the first roller and the lower bottom surface of the second roller are arranged on the adjacent sides, the side face of the first roller and the side face of the second roller are used for edge folding, the roller adjusting mechanism comprises a roller fixing unit, a fixing arm and a vertical angle adjusting unit. According to the edge folding device of the full-automatic four-door robot edge rolling equipment, the horizontal angle and the vertical angle of the edge folding roller can be effectively andquickly adjusted, the positions of the first roller and the second roller can be quickly exchanged, intelligent adjustment is achieved, the operation is convenient, and the tool changing efficiency in the edge folding process is effectively improved.

The invention discloses a portable hobbing cutter system and a dismounting method thereof. With the portable hobbing cutter system and the dismounting method thereof, the problems that a robot is lowin cutter changing work efficiency and poor in fusion with an existing hob in the prior art are solved. The hobbing cutter system comprises a cutter box and a hobbing cutter, wherein a clamping blockused for clamping and fixing a hobbing cutter shaft is arranged on the inner wall of the cutter box, a push-pull locking mechanism is arranged on the cutter box, a sliding block is in threaded connection with the lower part of the push-pull locking mechanism, and the sliding block is matched with the hobbing cutter shaft. The push-pull locking mechanism is connected with the sliding block and a box body in a threaded mode, the push-pull locking mechanism is controlled and operated by a tool changing robot, a nut is rotated to drive a threaded rod to rotate, and then the sliding block makes translational motion up and down, so that whether the hobbing cutter shaft is tightly pressed or not is detected, rapid and accurate tool changing is achieved, the matching degree with the tool changingrobot is high, and the tool changing efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses an automatic extension cutter frame device for a numerical control machine, relates to the field of numerical control, and mainly solves the problem of lower cutter change efficiency in an existing numerical control machine. The device comprises a mounting base; the mounting base is provided with a groove; a rotating disc is arranged in the groove, and is rotationally connected into the groove through a rotating shaft; a motor for driving the rotating disc to rotate is mounted in the mounting base; at least two chutes are formed in the rotating disc at equal intervals in the peripheral direction; cutters capable of moving back and forth in the length directions are arranged in the chutes; driving modules for driving the cutters to slide back and forth are arranged in the chutes; and the driving modules are electrically connected with trigger modules. The cutters are slidingly arranged on the rotating disc; through cooperation between the driving modules and thetrigger modules, the cutter change can be realized through rotation of the rotating disc without needing excessive manual operations, so that the cutter change efficiency can be effectively improved,and the working efficiency is improved.

The invention discloses a rapid cutter-changing mechanism for a multi-cutterhead cutting system. The rapid cutter-changing mechanism comprises a main-shaft bracket (1), a main shaft (2), cutter-disk combinations (3), a bar-pulling mechanism (7) and a linear guide rail set (8). The main-shaft bracket (1) comprises a movable bracket (4) and a fixed bracket (5), wherein vertical sections of the movable bracket (4) are L-shaped. Two sliding-rail structures (6) are arranged on a platform of the fixed bracket (5), and the two sliding-rail structures (6) correspond with each other. A horizontal plane of the movable bracket (4) is embedded in the sliding-rail structures (6) and in sliding connection with the sliding-rail structures (6). The vertical end face of the movable bracket (4) is fixedly connected with the vertical end face of the fixed bracket (5). One end of the main shaft (2) is movably arranged in a bearing of the vertical end face of the movable bracket (4), and the other end of the main shaft (2) is arranged in a bearing of the vertical end face of the fixed bracket (5). Through use of the rapid cutter-changing mechanism, rapid replacements can be realized by means of the separated main-shaft bracket, cutter-disk combinations and bar-pulling mechanism, and the rapid cutter-changing mechanism has a compact structure, low cost and a high cutter-changing speed.

The invention discloses a shield tunneling machine having a robot tool changing function. The shield tunneling machine having the robot tool changing function solves the problem that a shield tunneling machine difficultly changes tools in the prior art. The shield tunneling machine having the robot tool changing function comprises a tool disc, a main machine and a rear accessory sleeve, wherein asoil bin is arranged between the main machine and the tool disc, a robot bin and a tool magazine are arranged at the top of the interior of the main machine, the tool magazine is located in the robotbin, the robot bin is located at the rear of the soil bin, a tool changing gate is arranged on the bin wall of the soil bin, a tool changing robot is arranged in the robot bin, and novel tools suitable for tool changing of the tool changing robot are arranged on the tool disc. According to the shield tunneling machine having the robot tool changing function, the robot is used for the tool changing, the tool changing robot can move in the robot bin for the tool changing, the tool changing procedure is concise and orderly, a tail end executing mechanism of the tool changing robot realizes the purposes of performing clamping hoisting for the tools, loosening and tightening bolts, preforming high pressure cleaning for the tools, and meanwhile preforming image acquisition through a moving adjustment mechanism, a bolt loosening and tightening mechanism, a high pressure cleaning mechanism and an image acquisition mechanism, performs real-time monitoring, and improves tool changing efficiencyand operation safety coefficient.

A truss composite tool magazine comprises a truss box body, a guide rail, a tool changing gripper and a truss stand column, the guide rail is arranged at the top of the truss stand column, the truss box body is arranged on the guide rail, and the tool changing gripper is movably arranged on the guide rail; the truss box body comprises a box body, a truss and machine tool magazine connector, a toolprotective cover and a connecting bracket; a cover plate used for opening and closing is arranged at the top of the tool protective cover, and a tool storage rack is arranged in the tool protective cover; a truss tool changing door is arranged on the truss and machine tool magazine connector; a tool changing arm is arranged at the front end of the tool changing gripper, and the direction of the tool changing arm is adjustable; and a compressed air cleaning port is formed in the guide rail. According to the truss composite tool magazine, by arranging the guide rail, the path of the tool changing gripper in the tool changing process is reduced, the tool protective cover is used for preventing tools from being polluted, centralized storage and management of the tools in a factory can be achieved, the occupied space of a central tool magazine is reduced, the path needing to be passed in the tool changing process can be shortened, the tool changing efficiency is improved, and interferenceof the tool changing process on normal production is reduced.