A flash cutting apparatus

Abstract

The application discloses a flash cutting device, which comprises a machine table, a conveying mechanism, a detection mechanism and a cutting mechanism. The conveying mechanism comprises a conveying platform arranged on the machine table along a first direction and extending outward, and an inner supporting clamp installed on the conveying platform and used for automatically clamping a casting. The detection mechanism comprises a visual detection assembly arranged at a first direction front half position of the machine table. The cutting mechanism comprises an XYZ axis driving assembly arranged at a first direction rear half position of the machine table, an angle adjusting assembly connected to the XYZ axis driving assembly and an automatic cutting assembly installed on the angle adjusting assembly. The flash cutting device provided by the application can automatically clamp multiple castings through multiple clamping stations, and can automatically position the flash position on the surface of the casting and automatically cut the flash position in the later stage. Overall, the degree of automation is high, and the flash cutting device has high use value.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of casting processing technology, and in particular to a flash cutting device. Background Technology

[0002] Casting is the process of pouring molten metal into a mold, where it cools and solidifies to obtain parts with the desired shape and properties. Casting is a commonly used manufacturing method, characterized by low cost, high process flexibility, and the ability to produce complex shapes and large castings. It accounts for a significant proportion of machinery manufacturing, such as machine tools (60-80%), automobiles (25%), and tractors (50-60%).

[0003] During the casting process, due to the parting surface of the casting mold, large flash will inevitably be generated at the upper and lower parting lines of the casting blank. This flash must be removed.

[0004] In the existing technology, after the blank is cast, the operator manually grinds and removes the flash by hand with a cutting knife. This method is labor-intensive and not conducive to mechanized automated production.

[0005] To address this problem, this application discloses a flash cutting device. Utility Model Content

[0006] To overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology, this utility model discloses a flash cutting device.

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, the technical solution adopted by this utility model is: a flash trimming device, comprising a machine base, a transport mechanism, a detection mechanism, and a cutting mechanism;

[0008] The transport mechanism includes a transport platform arranged on the machine base along a first direction and extending outward, and an inner support clamp installed on the transport platform for automatically clamping the casting.

[0009] The detection mechanism includes a vision detection component located in the front half of the machine tool in the first direction;

[0010] The cutting mechanism includes an XYZ axis drive assembly located in the rear half of the first direction of the machine tool, an angle adjustment assembly connected to the XYZ axis drive assembly, and an automatic cutting assembly installed on the angle adjustment assembly.

[0011] More preferably, the transport platform includes an electric lead screw slide arranged on the machine base along a first direction and a platform body mounted on the electric lead screw slide.

[0012] More preferably, the internal support clamp includes a square base plate disposed above the platform body, a disc rotatably disposed above the square base plate, four cam grooves evenly distributed on the surface of the disc, a reduction motor disposed at the bottom of the platform body and connected to the disc, four guide rails located at the corners of the square base plate and arranged along the diagonal of the square base plate, four L-shaped sliders slidably connected to the four guide rails, and four driving protrusions disposed at the bottom of the four L-shaped sliders and inserted into the four cam grooves.

[0013] More preferably, the visual inspection component includes a first frame located at the front half of the machine tool in a first direction, a mounting base located on top of the first frame, a visual inspection camera located on the mounting base, and a ring light source mounted on the outer ring of the visual inspection camera.

[0014] More preferably, the XYZ axis drive assembly includes a second frame located at the rear half of the machine tool in the first direction and an XYZ axis drive slide located at the bottom of the second frame.

[0015] More preferably, the angle adjustment component includes an indexing rotary unit disposed on the XYZ axis drive slide drive section.

[0016] More preferably, the automatic cutting assembly includes a laser cutting head mounted on an indexing rotary unit.

[0017] This utility model achieves the following beneficial effects:

[0018] The flash cutting equipment provided in this application has multiple clamping stations that can automatically clamp multiple castings. It can also automatically locate the flash position on the surface of the casting and automatically cut it in the later stage. Overall, it has a high degree of automation and high application value.

[0019] Other features and advantages of this invention will be set forth in the following description and will be apparent in part from the description, or may be learned by practicing the invention. The objectives and other advantages of this invention can be realized and obtained through the structures pointed out in the description and drawings. Attached Figure Description

[0020] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present invention and, together with the specification, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure disclosed in this utility model;

[0022] Figure 2 This is a side view of the structure disclosed in this utility model;

[0023] Figure 3This is a schematic diagram of the internal support clamp structure disclosed in this utility model;

[0024] In the picture: 10. Machine;

[0025] 20. Transport mechanism; 21. Transport platform; 211. Electric lead screw slide; 212. Platform body; 22. Internal support clamp; 221. Square base plate; 222. Disc; 2221. Cam groove; 223. Gear motor; 224. Guide rail; 225. Four L-shaped sliders;

[0026] 30. Inspection mechanism; 31. Visual inspection component; 311. First frame; 312. Mounting base; 313. Visual inspection camera; 314. Ring light source;

[0027] 40. Cutting mechanism; 41. XYZ axis drive assembly; 411. Second frame; 412. XYZ axis drive slide; 42. Angle adjustment assembly; 421. Indexing rotary; 43. Automatic cutting assembly; 431. Laser cutting head. Detailed Implementation

[0028] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments.

[0029] In the description of this utility model, it should be understood that the terms "opening", "upper", "lower", "thickness", "top", "middle", "length", "inner", "around" and other terms indicating orientation or positional relationship are only for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the components or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.

[0030] Example

[0031] To address the shortcomings of existing technologies that rely on manual trimming of flash on castings, which suffers from low efficiency and is unsuitable for automated production, this paper refers to... Figures 1-3 As shown, this application discloses a flash trimming device, including a machine base 10, a transport mechanism 20, a detection mechanism 30 and a cutting mechanism 40;

[0032] The transport mechanism 20 includes a transport platform 21 arranged along the first direction on the machine base 10 and extending outward, and an inner support clamp 22 installed on the transport platform 21 for automatically clamping the castings. Before the equipment is operated, the operator places several castings to be processed one by one on the inner support clamp 22 and fixes them respectively by the inner support clamp 22.

[0033] The inspection mechanism 30 includes a vision inspection component 31 located at the front half of the machine tool 10 in the first direction. When the casting on the transport platform 21 moves to the inspection mechanism 30, the vision inspection component 31 will inspect the casting to determine the location of the flash.

[0034] The cutting mechanism 40 includes an XYZ axis drive assembly 41 located at the rear half of the first direction of the machine base 10, an angle adjustment assembly 42 connected to the XYZ axis drive assembly 41, and an automatic cutting assembly 43 mounted on the angle adjustment assembly 42. When the casting on the transport platform 21 moves to the cutting mechanism 40, the XYZ axis drive assembly 41 drives the angle adjustment assembly 42 to move along the X, Y, and Z axes. According to the cutting needs, the angle adjustment assembly 42 drives the automatic cutting assembly 43 to automatically adjust the angle to remove the flash on the casting.

[0035] In this embodiment, the transport platform 21 of this application includes an electric lead screw slide 211 arranged on the machine tool 10 along the first direction and a platform body 212 mounted on the electric lead screw slide 211. Driven by the electric lead screw slide 211, the platform body 212 will move along the first direction and successively reach the detection mechanism 30 and the cutting mechanism 40.

[0036] Based on the above embodiments, the internal support clamp 22 of this application includes a square base plate 221 disposed above the platform body 212, a disc 222 rotatably disposed above the square base plate 221, four cam grooves 2221 evenly distributed on the surface of the disc 222, a reduction motor 223 disposed at the bottom of the platform body 212 and connected to the disc 222, four guide rails 224 located at the corners of the square base plate 221 and arranged along the diagonal of the square base plate 221, four L-shaped sliders 225 slidably connected to the four guide rails 224, and four L-shaped sliders 225 disposed at the bottom of the four L-shaped sliders 225 and inserted into the four guide rails 224. The four drive protrusions (not shown in this application) in the cam groove 2221 are all the same structure. Before the operator fixes the casting through the inner support clamp 22, the four L-shaped sliders 225 are close together. When the operator places the casting on the inner support clamp 22, the reduction motor 223 will drive the disk 222 to rotate. The four drive protrusions cooperate with the four cam grooves 2221 on the disk 222 to make the four L-shaped sliders 225 move away from each other until they contact the inner sidewall of the casting, thereby realizing the inner support clamping.

[0037] In one specific embodiment, the visual inspection component 31 of this application includes a first frame 311 located at the front half of the machine platform 10 in the first direction, a mounting base 312 located on the top of the first frame 311, a visual inspection camera 313 located on the mounting base 312, and an annular light source 314 mounted on the outer ring of the visual inspection camera 313. When the carrier platform 21 moves the casting to the front half of the machine platform 10 in the first direction, the visual inspection camera 313 will take pictures of the casting to determine the location of the flash, and the annular light source 314 on the visual inspection camera 313 will emit light to illuminate the casting, thereby improving the inspection accuracy of the visual inspection camera 313.

[0038] In one specific embodiment, the XYZ axis drive assembly 41 of this application includes a second frame 411 located at the rear half of the first direction of the machine tool 10 and an XYZ axis drive slide 412 located at the bottom of the second frame 411. Based on this embodiment, the angle adjustment assembly 42 includes an indexing rotary 421 located on the drive part of the XYZ axis drive slide 412, and the automatic cutting assembly 43 includes a laser cutting head 431 mounted on the indexing rotary 421. When the carrier platform 21 drives the casting to the rear half of the first direction of the machine tool 10, the XYZ axis drive slide 412 drives the angle adjustment assembly 42 to move along the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis directions. During this process, the angle adjustment assembly 42 will drive the laser cutting head 431 to adjust the angle according to the structure of the flash detected by the vision inspection camera 313, and the laser cutting head 431 will automatically remove the flash on the casting.

[0039] In the description of this specification, the references to terms such as "an embodiment," "example," "specific example," etc., indicate that a specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of this application. In this specification, the illustrative expressions of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.

[0040] The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical concept and features of this utility model, and are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of this utility model and implement it accordingly. They should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of this utility model. All equivalent changes or modifications made in accordance with the spirit and essence of this utility model should be covered within the scope of protection of this utility model.

Claims

1. A flash trimming device, characterized in that, It includes a machine base (10), a transport mechanism (20), a testing mechanism (30), and a cutting mechanism (40); The transport mechanism (20) includes a transport platform (21) arranged along a first direction on the machine base (10) and extending outward, and an inner support clamp (22) installed on the transport platform (21) for automatically clamping the casting. The detection mechanism (30) includes a vision detection component (31) located in the first direction of the machine tool (10); The cutting mechanism (40) includes an XYZ axis drive assembly (41) located at the rear half of the machine base (10) in the first direction, an angle adjustment assembly (42) connected to the XYZ axis drive assembly (41), and an automatic cutting assembly (43) installed on the angle adjustment assembly (42).

2. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The transport platform (21) includes an electric lead screw slide (211) arranged along a first direction on the machine tool (10) and a platform body (212) mounted on the electric lead screw slide (211).

3. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The internal support clamp (22) includes a square base plate (221) located above the platform body (212), a disc (222) rotatably located above the square base plate (221), four cam grooves (2221) evenly distributed on the surface of the disc (222), a reduction motor (223) located at the bottom of the platform body (212) and connected to the disc (222), four guide rails (224) located at the corners of the square base plate (221) and arranged along the diagonal of the square base plate (221), four L-shaped sliders (225) slidably connected to the four guide rails (224), and four driving protrusions located at the bottom of the four L-shaped sliders (225) and inserted into the four cam grooves (2221).

4. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The visual inspection component (31) includes a first frame (311) located at the front half of the machine tool (10) in the first direction, a mounting base (312) located on the top of the first frame (311), a visual inspection camera (313) located on the mounting base (312), and a ring light source (314) installed on the outer ring of the visual inspection camera (313).

5. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The XYZ axis drive assembly (41) includes a second frame (411) located at the rear half of the machine tool (10) in the first direction and an XYZ axis drive slide (412) located at the bottom of the second frame (411).

6. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that, The angle adjustment assembly (42) includes an indexing rotary (421) disposed on the drive section of the XYZ axis drive slide (412).

7. The flash cutting equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that, The automatic cutting assembly (43) includes a laser cutting head (431) mounted on an indexing rotary (421).

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