Automatic feeding and discharging device for sand roller processing machine tool

By combining the internal support clamping mechanism and the clamping lifting and turning device, automatic loading and unloading of sand rollers is realized, which solves the problems of high labor intensity and safety hazards caused by manual disassembly and assembly in the existing technology, and improves production efficiency and safety.

CN116534581BActive Publication Date: 2026-03-27HUBEI EZHOU TIANYUAN SAND ROLLER CO LTD
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Patent Type
Patents(China)
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Filing Date
2023-05-04
Publication Date
2026-03-27

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Technical Problem

Existing sand roller processing equipment requires manual disassembly and assembly by workers, resulting in high labor intensity, low production efficiency, and safety hazards.

Method used

The combination of an internal support clamping mechanism and a clamping lifting and turning device enables automatic loading and unloading of sand rollers. The internal support clamping mechanism clamps the sand roller vertically and transports it horizontally. After being adjusted to be coaxial with the main shaft by the clamping lifting and turning device, it is mounted on the main shaft.

Benefits of technology

It achieves stable, reliable, and convenient automatic loading and unloading of sand rollers, significantly reducing the labor intensity of workers and improving production efficiency and safety.

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Abstract

The utility model provides an automatic feeding and discharging device for sand roller processing machine tool, which comprises a support, a first track and a second track are arranged on the top of the support, a sand roller storage device is arranged below the first track, a first moving device is arranged on the first track, a telescopic cylinder is fixed vertically on the first moving device, an inner supporting clamping mechanism is arranged at the lower end of the telescopic cylinder, a second moving device is arranged on the second track, and a clamping lifting and overturning device composed of a first servo motor, a vertical rotating part, a first clamping cylinder and a second servo motor is arranged on the second moving device. The automatic feeding and discharging device creatively combines the inner supporting clamping mechanism and the clamping lifting and overturning device, provides an automatic feeding and discharging device matched with traditional sand roller processing equipment, and can greatly reduce the labor intensity of workers, improve production efficiency and improve the safety factor.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to an automatic feeding and discharging device for a sand roller processing machine tool, and belongs to the technical field of sand roller outer circle processing or spiral groove processing machine tool. BACKGROUND

[0002] The existing sand roller processing equipment, as shown in the Chinese invention patent "authorized announcement number: CN104589124B; authorized announcement date: October 26, 2016; name: a rice sand roller outer circle and spiral groove dual-purpose numerical control processing machine tool", includes a machine body, a main shaft box, a main shaft, a tail needle, a sand roller outer circle processing tool holder and a sand roller spiral groove processing tool holder arranged on the machine body. The main shaft is connected with the output shaft of the main shaft box, the tail needle is arranged on the other end of the main shaft through a moving device, and the processing tool holder is arranged beside the main shaft through another transverse moving device. When in use, the worker manually installs the sand roller on the main shaft, then manually moves the tail needle to fix the sand roller, and finally uses the outer circle processing tool or the spiral groove processing tool to process the sand roller. After the processing is completed, the worker needs to manually take down the sand roller from the main shaft. The sand roller processing equipment has rich functions, can not only realize the processing of the sand roller outer circle, but also realize the processing of the spiral groove, effectively reduces the labor intensity of the worker, and improves the production efficiency. However, the disassembly of the sand roller is still completed manually by the worker, and the sand roller usually has a large weight. Therefore, the manual carrying and disassembly of the worker still have defects such as high labor intensity, low production efficiency and high risk coefficient. SUMMARY

[0003] The present application aims at the above technical defects of the existing sand roller processing equipment, and provides a sand roller automatic feeding and discharging device which can be directly matched with the traditional sand roller processing equipment. The automatic feeding and discharging device creatively combines an inner supporting type clamping mechanism and a clamping lifting and overturning device, can stably, reliably and conveniently realize the automatic feeding and discharging operation of the sand roller, and can greatly reduce the labor intensity of the worker, improve the production efficiency and improve the safety coefficient.

[0004] The above technical purpose of the present application is realized by the following technical scheme:

[0005] The automatic feeding and discharging device for sand roller processing machine tool comprises a support, a first track perpendicular to a main shaft of the sand roller processing machine tool and a second track parallel to the main shaft are arranged on the top of the support, a sand roller storage rack or a sand roller conveying device is arranged below the outer end of the first track, a plurality of vertically arranged sand rollers are uniformly distributed on the sand roller storage rack and the sand roller conveying device, a first moving device is arranged on the first track and can move along the first track, a telescopic air cylinder is vertically fixed on the first moving device, an inner supporting clamping mechanism for the upper end hole of the sand roller is arranged at the lower end of the telescopic rod of the telescopic air cylinder, a second moving device is arranged on the second track and can move along the second track, a clamping lifting and overturning device composed of a first servo motor, a lifting air cylinder, a vertical rotating piece, a first clamping air cylinder and a second servo motor is arranged on the second moving device, the first servo motor is fixed on the second moving device through the lifting air cylinder, the upper end of the vertical rotating piece is connected with the driving shaft of the first servo motor, the first clamping air cylinder and the second servo motor are arranged on the two sides corresponding to the lower end of the vertical rotating piece respectively, and the second servo motor can drive the two clamping blocks of the first clamping air cylinder to be horizontally arranged and vertically arranged.

[0006] By adopting the above technical scheme, the sand roller automatic feeding and discharging device matched with the traditional sand roller processing machine tool is provided. The automatic feeding and discharging device first adopts the inner supporting clamping mechanism to vertically clamp and horizontally convey the vertically arranged sand roller, then transfers the sand roller to the clamping lifting and overturning device to adjust the sand roller to the position coaxial with the main shaft of the sand roller processing machine tool, and finally conveys the sand roller horizontally to sleeve the sand roller on the main shaft, so that the automatic feeding of the sand roller is realized, and the above steps are reversed to realize the automatic discharging. The automatic feeding and discharging device creatively adopts the combination of the inner supporting clamping mechanism and the clamping lifting and overturning device, can stably, reliably and conveniently realize the automatic feeding and discharging of the sand roller, and can greatly reduce the labor intensity of workers, improve the production efficiency and improve the safety factor.

[0007] The application further provides that the first moving device is further provided with an auxiliary clamping device, the auxiliary clamping device is located on the side away from the main shaft of the sand roller processing machine tool, and the auxiliary clamping device comprises a vertical connecting piece fixed at the upper end of the first moving device and a second clamping air cylinder arranged at the lower end of the vertical connecting piece, and the two clamping blocks of the second clamping air cylinder are horizontally arranged.

[0008] By adopting the above technical scheme, the auxiliary clamping device is arranged on the first moving device, and the arrangement of the auxiliary clamping device can effectively ensure the clamping firmness of the clamping device on the first moving device to the sand roller and improve the stability of the device operation.

[0009] The application further provides that the horizontal height of the second clamping air cylinder is lower than that of the first clamping air cylinder.

[0010] By adopting the technical scheme, the second clamping cylinder is arranged lower than the first clamping cylinder, so that the first moving device and the clamping lifting and overturning device on the second moving device can smoothly transfer the sand roll.

[0011] Further, the inner supporting clamping mechanism comprises a housing, a base, swing fingers and a swing finger driving mechanism, an inner sunken annular boss is arranged at an outer orifice of the through hole in the middle of the base, arc-shaped teeth are arranged on the arc surface of the outer circle of the hinge joint points of the swing fingers, the swing finger driving mechanism comprises a driving cylinder coaxially arranged with the through hole in the middle of the base and a push column, the circumferential surface of the end of the push column away from the driving cylinder is provided with axial teeth engaged with the arc-shaped teeth.

[0012] By adopting the technical scheme, the inner supporting clamping mechanism has the advantages of good clamping effect and that the swing fingers are not easy to loosen, and the clamping mechanism can be used to grab sand rolls with high arrangement density, effectively reducing the space occupied by the sand rolls to be processed, and has outstanding practicability.

[0013] Further, three or more than three swing fingers are equally arranged on the annular boss.

[0014] By adopting the technical scheme, the specific number of swing fingers is limited, and the three or more than three swing fingers arranged at equal intervals have strong clamping stability.

[0015] Further, the arc-shaped teeth are arranged only on the rear end surface of the hinge joint points and the arc-shaped side surface close to the central axis of the through hole in the middle of the base.

[0016] By adopting the technical scheme, the position of the arc-shaped teeth on the swing fingers is reasonably arranged, so that the radial dimension of the clamp as a whole can be kept within a small range.

[0017] Further, a bevel surface is arranged on the outer side of the outer end of the swing finger, and a wear-resistant rubber pad is arranged on the bevel surface.

[0018] By adopting the technical scheme, when the swing finger swings outward to the maximum position, the bevel surface on the outer side of the outer end of the swing finger has good adhesion with the inner wall of the workpiece, and the wear-resistant rubber pad on the bevel surface can avoid hard contact between the swing finger and the sand roll, thereby preventing damage to the sand roll, which not only improves the firmness of clamping the workpiece, but also effectively avoids damage to the sand roll, thereby ensuring the quality of the sand roll.

[0019] The main beneficial effects of the present application are:

[0020] 1. The automatic loading and unloading device of this invention creatively adopts the combination of an internal support clamping mechanism and a clamping lifting and turning device, which can stably, reliably and conveniently realize the automatic loading and unloading operation of sand rollers, which can greatly reduce the labor intensity of workers, improve production efficiency and increase the safety factor.

[0021] 2. The automatic loading and unloading device of the present invention is equipped with an auxiliary clamping device on the first moving device. The auxiliary clamping device can effectively ensure the firmness of the clamping device on the first moving device in clamping the sand roller and improve the stability of the device operation.

[0022] 3. The automatic loading and unloading device of the present invention sets the second clamping cylinder lower than the first clamping cylinder, which can effectively ensure smooth transfer of sand rollers between the clamping device of the first moving device and the clamping lifting and turning device on the second moving device.

[0023] 4. The automatic loading and unloading device of the present invention provides an internal support clamping mechanism with a swinging finger that is not easy to loosen and has a good clamping effect. The use of this clamping mechanism can grasp sand rollers with a high sand roller placement density, effectively reduce the space occupied by the sand rollers to be processed, and has outstanding practicality. Attached Figure Description

[0024] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0025] Fig. 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;

[0026] Fig. 2 This is a schematic diagram of the assembly of the present invention with a sand roller processing machine tool;

[0027] Fig. 3 This is a schematic diagram of the external structure of the internal support clamping mechanism in this invention;

[0028] Fig. 4 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the internal support clamping mechanism in this invention.

[0029] In the diagram, 1. First track; 2. First moving device; 3. Telescopic cylinder; 4. Vertical connecting piece; 5. Second clamping cylinder; 6. Support clamping mechanism; 7. Sanding roller; 8. Sanding roller storage platform; 9. Support rod; 10. First servo motor; 11. Lifting cylinder; 12. Second moving device; 13. Second track; 14. Vertical rotating piece; 15. Second servo motor; 16. First clamping cylinder; 17. Cutter head; 18. Spindle box; 19. Machine body; 20. Tail ejector pin; 21. Cutter head bearing seat; 22. Lateral movement device; 23. Longitudinal movement device; 24. Spindle; 25. Housing; 26. Base; 27. Swinging finger; 28. Annular boss; 29. ​​Arc-shaped toothed structure; 30. Inclined plane; 31. Push column; 32. Axial toothed structure; 33. Drive cylinder. Detailed Implementation

[0030] The technical solution of the present invention will now be clearly and completely described with reference to specific embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are merely some, not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0031] Example 1:

[0032] like Figs. 1 to 4 As shown, an automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine includes a support frame. The top of the support frame is provided with a first track 1 perpendicular to the spindle 24 of the sanding roller processing machine and a second track 13 located next to and parallel to the spindle 24. A sanding roller storage platform 8 is arranged directly below the outer end of the first track 1. Several vertically arranged sanding rollers 7 are evenly distributed on the sanding roller storage platform 8. The sanding roller storage platform 8 can move automatically in a direction perpendicular to the first track 1.

[0033] The first track 1 is arranged with the first moving device 2 which can move along the first track 1, the first moving device 2 is vertically fixed with the telescopic cylinder 3, the lower end of the telescopic cylinder 3 is arranged with the inner support type clamping mechanism 6 which is aimed at the upper end hole of the sand roll 7, the second track 13 is arranged with the second moving device 12 which can move along the second track 13, the second moving device 12 is arranged with the clamping lifting turnover device which is composed of the first servo motor 10, the lifting cylinder 11, the vertical rotating part 14, the first clamping cylinder 16 and the second servo motor 15, the first servo motor 10 is fixed on the second moving device 12 through the lifting cylinder 11, the upper end of the vertical rotating part 14 is connected with the driving shaft of the first servo motor 10, the first clamping cylinder 16 and the second servo motor 15 are respectively arranged on the two sides corresponding to the lower end of the vertical rotating part 14, the second servo motor 15 can drive the two clamping blocks of the first clamping cylinder 16 to be horizontally arranged and vertically arranged. The first moving device 2 is also provided with the auxiliary clamping device, the auxiliary clamping device is located on the side of the inner support type clamping mechanism 6 which is away from the main shaft 24 of the sand roll processing machine tool, the auxiliary clamping device includes the vertical connecting part 4 which is fixed on the first moving device 2 and the second clamping cylinder 5 which is arranged at the lower end of the vertical connecting part 4, the two clamping blocks of the second clamping cylinder 5 are horizontally arranged. The horizontal height of the second clamping cylinder 5 is lower than that of the first clamping cylinder 16.

[0034] The inner support type clamping mechanism 6 includes the shell 25, the base 26, the swing finger 27 and the swing finger driving mechanism, the outer hole of the middle through hole of the base 26 is provided with the inner sunken annular boss 28, the mouth of the annular boss 28 is connected with the three swing fingers 27 along the equal division hinge, the arc surface of the outer circle of the hinge joint point of the swing finger 27 is provided with the arc tooth structure 29, the arc tooth structure 29 is only continuous on the rear end face of the hinge joint point of the swing finger 27 and the arc side surface close to the central axis of the middle through hole of the base 26; the swing finger driving mechanism includes the driving cylinder 33 and the push column 31 which are coaxially arranged with the middle through hole of the base 26, the circumferential surface of the end of the push column 31 which is away from the driving cylinder 33 is provided with the axial tooth structure 32 which is engaged with the arc tooth structure 29, the axial tooth structure 32 is the tooth structure which is convex outside the circumferential surface of the push column 31. The outer end of the swing finger 27 is provided with the inclined plane 30, the inclined plane 30 is provided with the wear-resistant rubber pad.

[0035] Principle of use:

[0036] When loading, the telescopic cylinder 3 controls the inner supporting clamping mechanism 6 to move down, and the swing fingers 27 of the supporting clamping mechanism 6 are inserted into the orifice at the upper end of the sand roller 7; the driving cylinder 33 pushes the push column 31 outward, and the axial tooth structure 32 on the push column 31 drives the swing fingers 27 to expand outward through the meshing with the arc-shaped tooth structure 29 on the swing fingers 27 and the axial tooth structure 32 on the push column 31, so as to realize the inner supporting clamping of the orifice at the upper end of the sand roller 7; the telescopic cylinder 3 retracts, and the supporting clamping mechanism 6 is controlled to move up, driving the sand roller 7 to move up; when the sand roller 7 moves up to the set position, the second clamping cylinder 5 clamps the lower section of the sand roller 7; the first moving device 2 drives the clamped sand roller 7 to move to the direction of the second track 13; when the sand roller 7 reaches the set position, the first clamping cylinder 16 below the second moving device 12 on the second track 13 clamps the middle section of the sand roller 7; then, the inner supporting clamping mechanism 6 releases the clamping of the orifice at the upper end of the sand roller 7, the telescopic cylinder 3 drives the inner supporting clamping mechanism 6 to move up and away from the orifice at the upper end of the sand roller 7, and the second clamping cylinder 5 also releases the clamping of the sand roller 7; the second servo motor 15 drives the first clamping cylinder 16 to turn 90 degrees, so that the clamped sand roller 7 is turned to a horizontal state; the lifting cylinder 11 drives the first servo motor 10, the vertical rotating part 14, and the second servo motor 15 to drive the first clamping cylinder 16 to move up; when moving up to the set position, the first servo motor 10 drives the vertical rotating part 14 to rotate, and then drives the sand roller 7 in the horizontal state to rotate to the space above the main shaft 24 and the tail needle 20, so that the sand roller 7 is parallel to the main shaft 24; the lifting cylinder 11 retracts, driving the vertical rotating part 14 to move down to the set position, so that the sand roller 7 in the horizontal state moves down to the coaxial position of the main shaft 24; finally, the second moving device 12 drives the sand roller 7 to be sleeved on the main shaft 24, and finally the sand roller 7 is fastened on the rotating shaft 24 through the tail needle 20, realizing the automatic loading operation.

[0037] When unloading, the reverse operation of the previous steps can be performed.

Claims

1. An automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine, characterized in that: The machine includes a support frame, the top of which is provided with a first track (1) perpendicular to the spindle (24) of the sand roller processing machine and a second track (13) located next to and parallel to the spindle (24). A sand roller storage platform (8) or a sand roller conveying device is arranged directly below the outer end of the first track (1). Several vertically arranged sand rollers (7) are evenly distributed on the sand roller storage platform (8) or the sand roller conveying device. A first moving device (2) that can move along the first track (1) is arranged on the first track (1). A telescopic cylinder (3) is vertically fixed on the first moving device (2). An internal support clamping mechanism (6) for the upper end hole of the sand roller (7) is arranged at the lower end of the telescopic rod of the telescopic cylinder (3). A telescopic cylinder (6) that can move along the first track (1) is arranged on the second track (13). The second moving device (12) moves along the two tracks (13). The second moving device (12) is equipped with a clamping, lifting and flipping device consisting of a first servo motor (10), a lifting cylinder (11), a vertical rotating component (14), a first clamping cylinder (16), and a second servo motor (15). The first servo motor (10) is fixed on the second moving device (12) through the lifting cylinder (11). The upper end of the vertical rotating component (14) is connected to the drive shaft of the first servo motor (10). The first clamping cylinder (16) and the second servo motor (15) are respectively arranged on the corresponding sides of the lower end of the vertical rotating component (14). The second servo motor (15) can drive the two clamping blocks of the first clamping cylinder (16) to be arranged horizontally and vertically.

2. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first moving device (2) is also provided with an auxiliary clamping device. The auxiliary clamping device is located on the side of the inner support clamping mechanism (6) away from the spindle (24) of the sand roller processing machine tool. The auxiliary clamping device includes a vertical connecting piece (4) with its upper end fixed on the first moving device (2) and a second clamping cylinder (5) placed at the lower end of the vertical connecting piece (4). The two clamping blocks of the second clamping cylinder (5) are arranged horizontally.

3. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 2, characterized in that: The horizontal height of the second clamping cylinder (5) is lower than the horizontal height of the first clamping cylinder (16).

4. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 1, 2, or 3, characterized in that: The internal support clamping mechanism (6) includes a housing (25), a base (26), a swing finger (27), and a swing finger driving mechanism. An inwardly recessed annular boss (28) is provided at the outer opening of the through hole in the middle of the base (26). Several swing fingers (27) are hinged at equal intervals along the edge of the annular boss (28). The arc-shaped surface of the outer ring of the hinge point of the swing finger (27) is provided with an arc-shaped tooth structure (29). The swing finger driving mechanism includes a driving cylinder (33) and a push column (31) arranged coaxially with the through hole in the middle of the base (26). The circumferential surface of the push column (31) away from the driving cylinder (33) is provided with an axial tooth structure (32) that meshes with the arc-shaped tooth structure (29). The axial tooth structure (32) is a tooth structure that protrudes outward from the circumferential surface of the push column (31).

5. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 4, characterized in that: The annular boss (28) has three or more swing fingers (27) arranged at equal intervals.

6. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 5, characterized in that: On the swing finger (27), an arc-shaped tooth structure (29) is provided only on the rear end face of the hinge point of the swing finger (27) and the arc-shaped side face near the central axis of the through hole in the middle of the base (26).

7. The automatic loading and unloading device for a sanding roller processing machine tool according to claim 6, characterized in that: An inclined plane (30) is provided on the outer side of the outer end of the swing finger (27), and a wear-resistant rubber pad is provided on the inclined plane (30).

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