A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device
By designing an automated rolling equipment for the inner and outer rings of carbon fiber rims, the problems of low efficiency and low quality during traditional manual rolling are solved, and more efficient cutting and a more beautiful finished shape are achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202210575880.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2022-05-24
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2042-05-24
AI Technical Summary
The coiling process of the inner and outer rings of existing carbon fiber rims relies on labor, resulting in low efficiency and low quality.
A rim inner and outer ring coiling equipment is designed, including a frame, a yarn laying table, a yarn laying device, a cutting device, a material transfer device and a rolling device, to realize automated carbon cloth laying, cutting and rolling, and improve cutting efficiency and the appearance aesthetics of the finished product.
Through automation equipment, the cutting efficiency of the inner and outer rings of the carbon fiber rim and the appearance aesthetics of the finished product are improved, and the problems of low efficiency and low quality in traditional manual rolling are solved.
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Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of carbon fiber processing, and in particular to a wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device. Background Art
[0002] After solidification, carbon fiber cloth has the characteristics of high strength, low density, thin thickness, and basically does not increase the deadweight and cross-sectional dimensions of the components. It has a wide range of applications. The inner and outer ring structures of bicycle rims currently on the market are made of carbon fiber cloth that is rolled and then solidified. Compared with traditional rims, it has higher strength and lighter weight. The existing inner and outer rings of carbon fiber rims are usually rolled by hand, which has high labor intensity and low efficiency. Summary of the invention
[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device with a high degree of automation, which improves product cutting efficiency, cuts and stacks fabrics evenly, and makes the inner and outer rings of the wheel rim smooth and beautiful after forming, thereby solving the problems of low efficiency and low quality of traditional manual work.
[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:
[0005] A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device, comprising a frame, a yarn laying table, a yarn laying device, a cutting device, a material moving device and a rolling device, a yarn laying slide rail is horizontally provided on the frame and above the yarn laying table, the yarn laying device is slidably arranged on the yarn laying slide rail for laying carbon cloth along the yarn laying table, the cutting device is used for cutting the laid carbon cloth, and the material moving device is used for grabbing the cut carbon cloth to the rolling device for rolling and shaping.
[0006] Preferably, the yarn laying device includes a yarn laying base frame and several groups of yarn laying mechanisms arranged on the yarn laying base frame, and a yarn laying slide seat slidably clamped on the yarn laying slide rail is provided on both sides of the yarn laying base frame. The yarn laying base frame includes several yarn laying base plates arranged at intervals and connecting rods connecting the yarn laying base plates, and an installation space for installing the yarn laying mechanism is formed between two adjacent groups of the yarn laying base plates.
[0007] Preferably, the yarn laying mechanism includes a pay-off roller group, a film collecting roller group and a yarn pressing head. The pay-off roller group and the film collecting roller group are arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates. A plurality of yarn guide rollers are also rotatably arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates. A yarn pressing slide rail is vertically arranged at the discharge end of the yarn laying base frame. A yarn pressing base frame is slidably arranged on the yarn pressing slide rail and is driven by a yarn pressing cylinder. A plurality of yarn pressing heads are arranged on the yarn pressing base frame.
[0008] Preferably, the unwinding roller group includes an unwinding roller and an unwinding mounting seat, the two ends of the unwinding roller are respectively rotatably set on the unwinding mounting seat, and the unwinding mounting seat is fixed on the yarn laying substrate, and the film collecting roller group includes a film collecting roller and a film collecting mounting seat, the two ends of the film collecting roller are respectively rotatably set on the film collecting mounting seat, and the film collecting mounting seat is fixed on the yarn laying substrate.
[0009] Preferably, the yarn pressing base frame includes a plurality of yarn pressing mounting frames connected in a stepped manner along the horizontal direction, the yarn pressing head is arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frame, the yarn pressing head includes a yarn supporting bar and a yarn pressing roller, the yarn supporting bar is arranged on the yarn pressing base frame, and the yarn pressing roller is rotatably arranged on the yarn pressing base frame and is located at the discharge end of the yarn supporting bar.
[0010] Preferably, the cutting device is provided on the yarn pressing base frame at the discharge end of the yarn pressing head, and the cutting device includes a pressing slide, a pressing head, a cutting slide, a cutting plate, a cutting head, a cutting knife and a cutting cylinder. The pressing slide is vertically arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frame, the pressing head can be raised and lowered on the pressing slide, and is driven by the pressing cylinder, the cutting slide is horizontally arranged on the pressing head, connecting plates are provided at both ends of the cutting slide, the cutting plate is arranged on the connecting plate and is located below the cutting slide, a plurality of cutting heads are slidably arranged on the cutting slide, two adjacent groups of cutting heads are connected by a connecting rod, the cutting cylinder is used to drive the first group of cutting heads, and the cutting knife is vertically arranged on the cutting head for cutting in the horizontal direction.
[0011] Preferably, the yarn laying platform includes a circulating slide rail, a circulating slider and a laying plate, the circulating slide rail is an annular slide rail fixed on the frame, a plurality of circulating sliders are provided on the circulating slide rail for sliding, and the laying plate is provided on the circulating slider.
[0012] Preferably, the material transferring device includes a material transferring slide rail, a material transferring slide, a material picking cylinder, a material picking arm and a material picking head. The winding device is arranged on the discharge side of the yarn laying table. The material transferring slide rail is fixed on the frame and is located above the winding device and the yarn laying table. The material transferring slide rail is slidably arranged on the material transferring slide rail. The material picking cylinder is vertically arranged on the material transferring slide rail for driving the material picking arm to rise and fall. The material picking arm is provided with a plurality of material picking heads.
[0013] Preferably, the winding device includes a shaping mold and a yarn spreading roller, the shaping mold is arranged below the material picking head, the structure of the shaping mold is adapted to the structure of the inner and outer rings of the rim when they are not fully formed into a circle, the material picking head includes two material picking claws arranged opposite to each other, a material claw mounting block is provided on the material picking arm, a rotating hole is provided on the material claw mounting block, the material picking claw is rotatably connected to the rotating hole through a pin, a suction cup is provided at the bottom of the material picking claw, and the yarn spreading roller is provided on the inner side of the suction cup on the material picking claw.
[0014] Preferably, it also includes a discharging device, which includes a discharging table, a discharging slide rail and a mold mounting seat. The discharging table is arranged below the material picking head, and a plurality of groups of discharging slide rails are arranged on the discharging table along the moving direction of the moving slide. The mold mounting seat is slidably arranged on the discharging slide rail, and the shaping mold is arranged on the mold mounting seat.
[0015] After adopting the above technical solution, the present invention has the following advantages compared with the background technology:
[0016] 1. The present invention relates to a wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device, wherein a yarn laying device lays carbon cloth along a material plate by moving on a yarn laying slide rail, a cutting mechanism cuts the laid carbon cloth, and after the material laying plate moves to the next station through a circulating slide rail, the above-mentioned action is repeated to perform secondary stacking yarn laying action on the originally laid carbon cloth, and the number of feeding mechanisms and cutting mechanisms can be adjusted according to the actual number of yarn laying layers, and after multiple stacking and laying of yarn, the yarn is grabbed by a material moving device to a rolling device for rolling and shaping to form an outer shape preform of the wheel rim inner and outer rings, and finally the material is discharged by a discharging device and placed in an external mold for curing and molding, with a high degree of automation, thereby improving product cutting efficiency, cutting and stacking cloth evenly, and the outer shape of the inner and outer rings of the wheel rim after molding is smooth and beautiful, thereby solving the problems of low efficiency and low quality of traditional manual labor.
[0017] 2. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device of the present invention has a yarn pressing base frame connected in a stepped manner in the horizontal direction through a plurality of yarn pressing mounting frames, so the yarn pressing head and the cutting mechanism arranged on the yarn pressing base frame are distributed in a stepped manner in the horizontal direction, and since the cutting slide rail is arranged on the lower pressure head, the cutting path of the cutting knife is an oblique line, so that each layer of the stacked carbon cloth of the shape preform is staggered, and when the inner and outer rings of the wheel rim are bent and solidified, the end connection will not be inconvenient due to the difference in the inner and outer diameters of the inner and outer rings of the wheel rim, and the connection surfaces of the layers are not on the same plane. During driving, if the connection surface of one layer of carbon cloth is broken, it is not easy to cause the other layers of carbon cloth to break, thereby improving the strength of the entire wheel rim. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
[0019] Figure 2This is a schematic diagram of the yarn laying table structure of the present invention;
[0020] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the yarn laying device and the cutting device of the present invention;
[0021] Figure 4 It is a schematic structural diagram of the yarn laying device and the cutting device of the present invention from another angle;
[0022] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the yarn pressing head of the present invention;
[0023] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cutting device of the present invention;
[0024] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the material moving device, the rolling device and the material discharging device of the present invention;
[0025] Figure 8 For the present invention Figure 7 Partial enlarged image. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.
[0027] It should be noted that in the present invention, the terms "up", "down", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", etc. are based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element of the present invention must have a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention. Example
[0028] Please refer to Figures 1 to 8 As shown, the present invention discloses a wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device, comprising a frame 1, a yarn laying platform 2, a yarn laying device 3, a cutting device 4, a material moving device 5 and a rolling device 6. A yarn laying slide rail 11 is horizontally provided on the frame 1 and above the yarn laying platform 2. The yarn laying device 3 is slidably arranged on the yarn laying slide rail 11 for laying carbon cloth along the yarn laying platform 2. The cutting device 3 is arranged on the yarn laying device 3 for cutting the laid carbon cloth. The material moving device 4 is used for grabbing the cut carbon cloth to the rolling device 5 for rolling and shaping.
[0029] The yarn laying device 3 includes a yarn laying base frame 31 and a plurality of groups of yarn laying mechanisms 32 arranged on the yarn laying base frame 31. A yarn laying slide 33 slidably clamped on the yarn laying slide rail 11 is provided on both sides of the yarn laying base frame 31. The yarn laying base frame 31 includes a plurality of yarn laying base plates 311 arranged at intervals and a connecting rod 312 connecting the yarn laying base plates 311. An installation space for installing the yarn laying mechanism 32 is formed between two adjacent groups of yarn laying base plates 311.
[0030] The yarn laying mechanism 32 includes a pay-off roller group 321, a film collecting roller group 322 and a yarn pressing head 323. The pay-off roller group 321 and the film collecting roller group 322 are arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates 311. A plurality of yarn guide rollers 324 are also rotatably arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates 311. A yarn pressing slide rail 325 is vertically arranged at the discharge end of the yarn laying base frame 311. A yarn pressing base frame 326 is slidably arranged on the yarn pressing slide rail 325 and is driven by a yarn pressing cylinder 327. A plurality of yarn pressing heads 323 are arranged on the yarn pressing base frame 326.
[0031] The unwinding roller group 321 includes an unwinding roller 3211 and an unwinding mounting seat 3212. The two ends of the unwinding roller 3211 are respectively rotatably mounted on an unwinding mounting seat 3212, and the unwinding mounting seat 3212 is fixedly mounted on the yarn laying substrate 311. The film collection roller group 322 includes a film collection roller 3221 and a film collection mounting seat 3222. The two ends of the film collection roller 3221 are respectively rotatably mounted on a film collection mounting seat 3222, and the film collection mounting seat 3222 is fixedly mounted on the yarn laying substrate 311. The unwinding roller 3211 is used to place the carbon cloth roll. The carbon cloth on the carbon cloth roll is transferred to the yarn pressing head 323 through the yarn guide roller 324 for laying. The carbon cloth film after laying is transferred to the film collection roller 3221 through the yarn guide roller 324 for film collection.
[0032] The yarn pressing base frame 326 includes several yarn pressing mounting frames 3261 connected in a stepped manner along the horizontal direction. The yarn pressing head 323 is arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frames 3261. The yarn pressing head 323 includes a yarn supporting strip 3231 and a yarn pressing roller 3232. The yarn supporting strip 3231 is arranged on the yarn pressing base frame 326. The yarn pressing roller 3232 is rotatably arranged on the yarn pressing base frame 326 and is located at the discharge end of the yarn supporting strip 3231.
[0033] A cutting device 4 is provided on the yarn pressing base frame 326 at the discharge end of the yarn pressing head 323, and the cutting device 4 includes a pressing slide rail 41, a pressing head 42, a cutting slide rail 43, a cutting plate 44, a cutting head 45, a cutting knife 46 and a cutting cylinder 47. The pressing slide rail 41 is vertically arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frame 3261, the pressing head 42 can be raised and lowered on the pressing slide rail 41, and is driven by the pressing cylinder 48. The cutting slide rail 43 is horizontally arranged on the pressing head 42, and connecting plates 431 are provided at both ends of the cutting slide rail 43. The cutting plate 44 is arranged on the connecting plate 431 and is located below the cutting slide rail 43. A plurality of cutting heads 45 are slidably arranged on the cutting slide rail 43, and two adjacent groups of cutting heads 45 are connected by a connecting rod 48. The cutting cylinder 47 is used to drive the first group of cutting heads 45, and the cutting knife 46 is vertically arranged on the cutting head 45 for cutting in the horizontal direction.
[0034] The yarn laying platform 2 includes a circulating slide rail 21, a circulating slider 22 and a laying plate 23. The circulating slide rail 21 is an annular slide rail fixed on the frame 1. A plurality of circulating sliders 22 are provided on the circulating slide rail 21 for sliding. The circulating slider 22 is provided with a laying plate 23.
[0035] The material transfer device 5 includes a material transfer slide 51, a material transfer slide 52, a material picking cylinder 53, a material picking arm 54 and a material picking head 55. The winding device 6 is arranged on the discharge side of the yarn laying table 2. The material transfer slide 51 is fixed on the frame 1 and is located above the winding device 6 and the yarn laying table 2. The material transfer slide 52 is slidably set on the material transfer slide 51. The material picking cylinder 53 is vertically set on the material transfer slide 52 to drive the material picking arm 54 to rise and fall. The material picking arm 54 is provided with a plurality of material picking heads 55 for grabbing the carbon cloth stacked on the yarn laying table 2 to the winding device 6 for winding and shaping.
[0036] The winding device 6 includes a shaping mold 61 and a yarn spreading roller 62. The shaping mold 61 is arranged below the material picking head 55. The structure of the shaping mold 61 is adapted to the structure when the inner and outer rings of the rim are not fully formed. The material picking head 55 includes two material picking claws 551 arranged opposite to each other. The material picking arm 54 is provided with a material claw mounting block 56. The material claw mounting block 56 is provided with a rotating hole 561. The material picking claw 551 is rotatably connected to the rotating hole 561 through a pin. A suction cup 552 is provided at the bottom of the material picking claw 551, and a yarn spreading roller 62 is provided on the inner side of the suction cup 552 on the material picking claw 552.
[0037] It also includes a discharging device 7, which includes a discharging platform 71, a discharging slide rail 72 and a mold mounting seat 73. The discharging platform 71 is arranged below the material picking head 55. A plurality of groups of discharging slide rails 72 are arranged on the discharging platform 71 along the material moving direction of the material moving slide 52. The mold mounting seat 73 is slidably arranged on the discharging slide rail 72, and the shaping mold 61 is arranged on the mold mounting seat 73.
[0038] The above is only a preferred specific embodiment of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be based on the protection scope of the claims.
Claims
1. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device, characterized in that: It includes a frame, a yarn laying platform, a yarn laying device, a cutting device, a material moving device and a rolling device. A yarn laying slide rail is horizontally arranged on the frame and above the yarn laying platform. The yarn laying device is slidably arranged on the yarn laying slide rail for laying carbon cloth along the yarn laying platform. The cutting device is used to cut the laid carbon cloth. The material moving device is used to grab the cut carbon cloth to the rolling device for rolling and shaping. The yarn laying device comprises a yarn laying base frame and a plurality of yarn laying mechanisms arranged on the yarn laying base frame, a yarn laying slide seat slidably clamped on the yarn laying slide rail is provided on both sides of the yarn laying base frame, the yarn laying base frame comprises a plurality of yarn laying base plates arranged at intervals and a connecting rod connecting the yarn laying base plates, and an installation space for installing the yarn laying mechanism is formed between two adjacent groups of the yarn laying base plates; The yarn laying mechanism comprises a pay-off roller group, a film-collecting roller group and a yarn pressing head. The pay-off roller group and the film-collecting roller group are arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates. A plurality of yarn guide rollers are also rotatably arranged between two adjacent yarn laying base plates. A yarn pressing slide rail is vertically arranged at the discharge end of the yarn laying base frame. A yarn pressing base frame is slidably arranged on the yarn pressing slide rail and is driven by a yarn pressing cylinder. A plurality of yarn pressing heads are arranged on the yarn pressing base frame. The yarn pressing base frame includes a plurality of yarn pressing mounting frames connected in a stepped manner in the horizontal direction, the yarn pressing head is arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frame, the yarn pressing head includes a yarn supporting strip and a yarn pressing roller, the yarn supporting strip is arranged on the yarn pressing base frame, and the yarn pressing roller is rotatably arranged on the yarn pressing base frame and is located at the discharge end of the yarn supporting strip; The cutting device is provided on the yarn pressing base frame at the discharge end of the yarn pressing head, and the yarn laying platform includes a circulating slide rail, a circulating slider and a laying plate. The circulating slide rail is an annular slide rail fixed on the frame, and a plurality of circulating sliders are provided on the circulating slide rail for sliding, and the laying plate is provided on the circulating slider.
2. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The unwinding roller group includes an unwinding roller and an unwinding mounting seat, the two ends of the unwinding roller are respectively rotatably set on the unwinding mounting seat, and the unwinding mounting seat is fixed on the yarn laying base plate. The film collecting roller group includes a film collecting roller and a film collecting mounting seat, the two ends of the film collecting roller are respectively rotatably set on the film collecting mounting seat, and the film collecting mounting seat is fixed on the yarn laying base plate.
3. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The cutting device includes a pressing slide, a pressing head, a cutting slide, a cutting plate, a cutting head, a cutting knife and a cutting cylinder. The pressing slide is vertically arranged on the yarn pressing mounting frame. The pressing head can be raised and lowered on the pressing slide and is driven by the pressing cylinder. The cutting slide is horizontally arranged on the pressing head. Connecting plates are provided at both ends of the cutting slide. The cutting plate is arranged on the connecting plate and is located below the cutting slide. A plurality of cutting heads are slidably arranged on the cutting slide. Two adjacent groups of cutting heads are connected by a connecting rod. The cutting cylinder is used to drive the first group of cutting heads. The cutting knife is vertically arranged on the cutting head for cutting in the horizontal direction.
4. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The material transferring device includes a material transferring slide rail, a material transferring slide, a material picking cylinder, a material picking arm and a material picking head. The winding device is arranged on the discharge side of the yarn laying table. The material transferring slide rail is fixed on the frame and is located above the winding device and the yarn laying table. The material transferring slide rail is slidably arranged on the material transferring slide rail. The material picking cylinder is vertically arranged on the material transferring slide rail for driving the material picking arm to rise and fall. The material picking arm is provided with a plurality of material picking heads.
5. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: The winding device includes a shaping mold and a yarn spreading roller, the shaping mold is arranged below the feeding head, the structure of the shaping mold is adapted to the structure of the inner and outer rings of the rim when they are not fully formed into a circle, the feeding head includes two feeding claws arranged opposite to each other, a feeding claw mounting block is provided on the feeding arm, a rotating hole is provided on the feeding claw mounting block, the feeding claw is rotatably connected to the rotating hole through a pin, a suction cup is provided at the bottom of the feeding claw, and the yarn spreading roller is provided on the inner side of the suction cup on the feeding claw.
6. A wheel rim inner and outer ring rolling device as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: It also includes a discharging device, which includes a discharging table, a discharging slide rail and a mold mounting seat. The discharging table is arranged below the material picking head. The discharging table is provided with a plurality of groups of discharging slide rails along the material moving direction of the material moving slide. The mold mounting seat is slidably arranged on the discharging slide rail, and the shaping mold is arranged on the mold mounting seat.
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