Aero-engine high-pressure casing adjusting pad sorting device and method

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of aero-engine maintenance, in particular to an aero-engine high-pressure casing adjusting pad sorting device and a sorting method.The aero-engine high-pressure casing adjusting pad sorting device comprises a device body, and a rack, a rotating disc, a charging barrel and a vibrating disc are arranged in the device body; the turntable is arranged on the rack and is used for rotating the charging barrel to the discharge hole; the charging barrel is arranged on the turntable and is used for placing the same type of adjusting pads; the vibration disc is arranged on the rack and is used for adjusting the adjusting pad on the charging barrel to be flat; the working part and the control part are arranged in the rack, the working part is used for sorting the adjusting pads, and the control part is used for controlling the rack, so that the equipment can complete sorting and classifying work of the adjusting pads only by manually putting the adjusting pads into the material box; by putting the equipment into an engine high-pressure casing assembly site, the high-pressure casing blade assembly accuracy can be greatly improved, the labor intensity of an operator can be greatly reduced, and the high-pressure casing blade assembly efficiency can be greatly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of aircraft engine maintenance, and in particular to an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device and a sorting method. Background Art

[0002] Aircraft engines are regarded as the jewel in the crown of the industrial field. Their advanced features and maneuverability demonstrate my country's air defense and military strength and ensure the safety of my country's airspace. As one of the most highly coupled machines in the industry, during the maintenance process, the performance of aviation must be guaranteed to the maximum extent and the maintenance cycle must be made efficient.

[0003] During the maintenance of a certain type of aircraft engine, when the staff assembles the blades of different levels of the high-pressure casing, in order to make the casing blade gap within a reasonable range, the workers need to select different parameter adjustment pads for the bottom of the blades. Due to the small size and large number of types of adjustment pads, manual selection is not only inefficient, but also easy to cause parts to fall to the ground, be lost, or be contaminated with excess materials, which brings unpredictable risks to the subsequent processes such as whole machine assembly, test run, and equipment to troops. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device and a sorting method.

[0005] The adopted technical solution is: an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device, comprising a device body, wherein a frame, a turntable, a barrel and a vibration plate are arranged in the device body; The turntable is arranged on the frame, and is used to turn the barrel to the discharge port; The barrel is arranged on the turntable, and the barrel is used to place the same type of adjustment pads; The vibration plate is arranged on the frame, and is used to adjust the adjustment pad on the barrel to be level; The frame is provided with a working component and a control component, wherein the working component is used for adjusting the pad sorting, and the control component is used for frame control.

[0006] Optionally, the working parts include an adjustment pad flow channel, a turntable origin sensor and a cylinder; The whole pad flow channel is used to receive the adjustment pad pushed by the vibration plate; The turntable origin sensor is used to sense the turntable origin position; The cylinder is used to push the adjustment pad in the entire pad flow channel to the inspection station.

[0007] Optionally, the device body also includes a material dividing mechanism and a material unloading mechanism.

[0008] Optionally, the device body also includes a cantilever.

[0009] Optionally, the control components include a control panel, a PLC controller and an IO communicator; The control panel includes a touch screen for inputting control information and displaying output information of a human-machine interface; The PLC controller is used to write and burn in the action programs of each mechanism; The IO communicator is used to convert and transmit the feedback information of each sensor, and to perform real-time monitoring of the PLC input and output signal points through the interface display.

[0010] The present application is also based on an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device, and provides an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting method, comprising the following steps: S1. Manually pour the adjustment pad into the sorting device, and the vibration plate feeds the adjustment pad to the adjustment pad flow channel; S2. The vibration plate transports the adjustment pad into the adjustment pad flow channel. On the linear slide rail, the cylinder pushes the material to the inspection station. The inspection station uses three probes to measure three points of the adjustment pad and takes the average value for classification. S3. According to the measurement results, the turntable automatically moves the barrel of the corresponding size to the discharge port, and the cylinder slides the material out to complete the sorting work.

[0011] Optionally, the following steps are also included after S3: S4. When the equipment has finished sorting, the worker clicks on the required size, and the decomposition device can turn the corresponding barrel to the worker; S5. The production interface outputs the group and quantity of the adjustment pads, and the group and quantity of the original adjustment pads of the engine are predicted in advance.

[0012] Optionally, in S2, the linear slide rail includes a direct vibration rail full material sensor, a cylinder sensor and a direct vibration rail end position sensor; The direct vibration track full material sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the number of adjustment pads in the track has reached the set upper limit value; The cylinder sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the cylinder action is in line with expectations; The end-of-line arrival sensor of the direct-vibration track is used to send an arrival signal after sensing that the end of the direct-vibration track has reached the limit position.

[0013] Optionally, in S2, the detection station includes a probe and a displacement sensor; The probe is used to contact the adjustment pad to measure the thickness of the adjustment pad; The displacement sensor is used for sensing and feeding back the displacement of the probe in real time.

[0014] Optionally, the production interface is displayed by an interactive screen, including a page switching area, a production status area, an alarm display area and an equipment status area; The page switching area is used to switch to each sub-function interface; The production status area is used to view test data in real time; The alarm display area is used to view abnormal prompts in real time; The device status area is used to display the real-time status of the current device.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the present invention are: On the one hand, an automatic sorting equipment for adjusting pads of aircraft engine high-pressure casing is provided. The adjusting pads can be sorted and classified by manually placing them into the material box. By putting this equipment into the assembly site of the engine high-pressure casing, the assembly accuracy of the high-pressure casing blades can be greatly improved, and the labor intensity of the operator can be greatly reduced, so that the assembly efficiency of the high-pressure casing blades can be greatly improved.

[0016] On the other hand, the automatic sorting equipment for aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads can realize automatic sorting of adjustment pads and the sorting and monitoring process of the number of adjustment pads, thereby improving the measurement accuracy and sorting efficiency, reducing the labor intensity of workers, and realizing a standardized operation mode. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the appearance and structure of an automatic sorting device for adjusting pads of high-pressure casing equipment of an aircraft engine; Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the main parts in the frame; Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the vibration plate; Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of each actuating cylinder and flow passage; Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of flow channel transmission; Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the turntable and barrel structure; Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the display interface; Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of IO monitoring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The following describes the implementation of the present invention through specific examples. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific implementations, and the details in this specification can also be modified or changed in various ways based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be noted that the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0019] It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments are only used to schematically illustrate the basic concept of the present invention, and thus the drawings only show components related to the present invention rather than being drawn according to the number, shape and size of components in actual implementation. In actual implementation, the type, quantity and proportion of each component may be changed arbitrarily, and the component layout may also be more complicated.

[0020] like Figures 1 to 6 As shown, an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device includes a device body, wherein a frame, a rotating disk, a barrel and a vibration disk are arranged in the device body; The turntable is arranged on the frame, and is used to turn the barrel to the discharge port; The barrel is arranged on the turntable, and the barrel is used to place the same type of adjustment pads; The vibration plate is arranged on the frame, and is used to adjust the adjustment pad on the barrel to be level; The frame is provided with a working component and a control component, wherein the working component is used for adjusting the pad sorting, and the control component is used for frame control.

[0021] Meanwhile, the working parts include the adjustment pad flow channel, turntable origin sensor and cylinder; The whole pad flow channel is used to receive the adjustment pad pushed by the vibration plate; The turntable origin sensor is used to sense the turntable origin position; The cylinder is used to push the adjustment pad in the entire pad flow channel to the inspection station.

[0022] In addition, the device body also includes a material dividing mechanism and a material unloading mechanism.

[0023] At the same time, the device body also includes a cantilever.

[0024] Furthermore, the control components include a control panel, a PLC controller and an IO communicator; The control panel includes a touch screen for inputting control information and displaying output information of a human-machine interface; The PLC controller is used to write and burn in the action programs of each mechanism; The IO communicator is used to convert and transmit the feedback information of each sensor, and to perform real-time monitoring of the PLC input and output signal points through the interface display.

[0025] The purpose of this design is to provide an automatic sorting device for adjusting pads of aircraft engine high-pressure casings. The device can complete the sorting and classification of adjusting pads by manually placing the adjusting pads into the material box. By putting this device into the assembly site of the engine high-pressure casing, the assembly accuracy of the high-pressure casing blades can be greatly improved, and the labor intensity of the operator can be greatly reduced, so that the assembly efficiency of the high-pressure casing blades can be greatly improved. The automatic sorting device for adjusting pads of aircraft engine high-pressure casings can realize the automatic sorting of adjusting pads and the sorting monitoring process of the number of adjusting pads, thereby improving the measurement accuracy and sorting efficiency, reducing the labor intensity of workers, and realizing a standardized operation mode.

[0026] It should be pointed out that in Figure 1 The whole device is mainly composed of a vibration plate, various actuator cylinders, flow channels, turntables, barrels, display screens, servo motors, alarm lights, controllers, etc. The controllers, servo motors and other components are built into the equipment cabinet. After the operator completes the loading, he operates the equipment through the interactive display screen.

[0027] And in Figure 2 In the figure, the specific positions and connection relationships between the main components in the frame are shown.

[0028] exist Figure 3 In the figure, it is shown how the vibration plate spreads the adjustment pads one by one on the flow channel through vibration.

[0029] exist Figure 4 In the process, the cylinder is actuated to drive the flow channel so that the material reaches the predetermined position.

[0030] exist Figure 5 In the process, after the adjustment pad flows out from the outlet of the vibration table, it enters the flow channel, and is transmitted to the detection table through the flow channel for three-point detection to determine its parameters. Then, the inner diameter is clamped by the three-point detector for movement. The three-point detector sorts the adjustment pads with the same parameters into the same barrel on the turntable.

[0031] exist Figure 6 In FIG. , an adjustment pad that mainly receives the measured parameters transmitted by the flow channel is shown, and the same parameter adjustment pad is located in the same barrel.

[0032] In this embodiment, based on an aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device, a method for sorting aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads is provided, comprising the following steps: S1. Manually pour the adjustment pad into the sorting device, and the vibration plate feeds the adjustment pad to the adjustment pad flow channel; S2. The vibration plate transports the adjustment pad into the adjustment pad flow channel. On the linear slide rail, the cylinder pushes the material to the inspection station. The inspection station uses three probes to measure three points of the adjustment pad and takes the average value for classification. S3. According to the measurement results, the turntable automatically moves the barrel of the corresponding size to the discharge port, and the cylinder slides the material out to complete the sorting work.

[0033] At the same time, after S3, the following steps are also included: S4. When the equipment has finished sorting, the worker clicks on the required size, and the decomposition device can turn the corresponding barrel to the worker; S5. The production interface outputs the group and quantity of the adjustment pads, and the group and quantity of the original adjustment pads of the engine are predicted in advance.

[0034] like Figure 7 and Figure 8 As shown, in S2, the linear slide rail includes a straight vibration rail full material sensor, a cylinder sensor and a straight vibration rail end position sensor; The direct vibration track full material sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the number of adjustment pads in the track has reached the set upper limit value; The cylinder sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the cylinder action is in line with expectations; The end-of-line arrival sensor of the direct-vibration track is used to send an arrival signal after sensing that the end of the direct-vibration track has reached the limit position.

[0035] In S2, the detection station includes a probe and a displacement sensor; The probe is used to contact the adjustment pad to measure the thickness of the adjustment pad; The displacement sensor is used for sensing and feeding back the displacement of the probe in real time.

[0036] The production interface is displayed by an interactive screen, including a page switching area, a production status area, an alarm display area and an equipment status area; The page switching area is used to switch to each sub-function interface; The production status area is used to view test data in real time; The alarm display area is used to view abnormal prompts in real time; The device status area is used to display the real-time status of the current device.

[0037] It should be pointed out that the production status area is mainly used for production information monitoring page, which can view the barrel count of each specification, the average value of the detection results of the three displacement sensors, the current classification, and the classification information of the positive and negative tolerances of each specification; Manual mode: mainly for controlling shafts, cylinders, turntables, lamps, and vibrations; In the automatic sorting equipment for adjusting pads of high-pressure casings of aircraft engines, the control system is mainly composed of the following: Control panel: It is composed of a touch screen to realize the control information input and output information display of the human-machine interactive interface, mainly including daily operations (start and stop, basic parameter modification, manual operation, etc.), alarm prompts, and accident event query functions; PLC controller: mainly used to write and burn into the action programs of each mechanism, and perform actuation and vibration control based on the feedback information from the sensor; IO communication: convert and transmit sensor feedback information, and monitor the PLC input and output signal points in real time through the interface display; Among them, the IO monitoring points mainly include: turntable origin, vibration plate position, track feeding, displacement sensor position detection, safety door switch, cylinder actuation, and barrel position; In addition, the interface can display alarm information such as equipment abnormalities.

[0038] Finally, it should be noted that the above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, it is still possible for those skilled in the art to modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or to make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features therein. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device, comprising a device body, characterized in that: The device body is provided with a frame, a rotating disk, a barrel and a vibrating disk; The turntable is arranged on the frame, and is used to turn the barrel to the discharge port; The barrel is arranged on the turntable, and the barrel is used to place the same type of adjustment pads; The vibration plate is arranged on the frame, and is used to adjust the adjustment pad on the barrel to be level; The frame is provided with a working component and a control component, wherein the working component is used for adjusting the pad sorting, and the control component is used for frame control.

2. The aircraft engine high pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The working parts include an adjustment pad flow channel, a turntable origin sensor and a cylinder; The whole pad flow channel is used to receive the adjustment pad pushed by the vibration plate; The turntable origin sensor is used to sense the turntable origin position; The cylinder is used to push the adjustment pad in the entire pad flow channel to the inspection station.

3. An aircraft engine high pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that: The device body also includes a material dividing mechanism and a material unloading mechanism.

4. The aircraft engine high pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The device body also includes a cantilever.

5. The aircraft engine high pressure casing adjustment pad sorting device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The control components include a control panel, a PLC controller and an IO communicator; The control panel includes a touch screen for inputting control information and displaying output information of a human-machine interactive interface; The PLC controller is used to write and burn in the action programs of each mechanism; The IO communicator is used to convert and transmit the feedback information of each sensor, and to perform real-time monitoring of the PLC input and output signal points through the interface display.

6. A method for sorting high-pressure casing adjustment pads of an aircraft engine, implemented based on the device for sorting high-pressure casing adjustment pads of an aircraft engine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S1. Manually pour the adjustment pad into the sorting device, and the vibration plate feeds the adjustment pad to the adjustment pad flow channel; S2. The vibration plate transports the adjustment pad into the adjustment pad flow channel. On the linear slide rail, the cylinder pushes the material to the inspection station. The inspection station uses three probes to measure three points of the adjustment pad and takes the average value for classification. S3. According to the measurement results, the turntable automatically moves the barrel of the corresponding size to the discharge port, and the cylinder slides the material out to complete the sorting work.

7. A method for sorting aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads according to claim 6, characterized in that: After S3, the following steps are also included: S4. When the equipment has finished sorting, the worker clicks on the required size, and the decomposition device can turn the corresponding barrel to the worker; S5. The production interface outputs the group and quantity of the adjustment pads, and the group and quantity of the original adjustment pads of the engine are predicted in advance.

8. The method for sorting aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads according to claim 7, characterized in that: In S2, the linear slide rail includes a straight vibration rail full material sensor, a cylinder sensor and a straight vibration rail end position sensor; The direct vibration track full material sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the number of adjustment pads in the track has reached the set upper limit value; The cylinder sensor is used to monitor in real time whether the cylinder action is in line with expectations; The end-of-line arrival sensor of the direct-vibration track is used to send an arrival signal after sensing that the end of the direct-vibration track has reached the limit position.

9. The method for sorting aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads according to claim 7, characterized in that: In S2, the detection station includes a probe and a displacement sensor; The probe is used to contact the adjustment pad to measure the thickness of the adjustment pad; The displacement sensor is used for sensing and feeding back the displacement of the probe in real time.

10. The method for sorting aircraft engine high-pressure casing adjustment pads according to claim 7, characterized in that: The production interface is displayed by an interactive screen, including a page switching area, a production status area, an alarm display area and an equipment status area; The page switching area is used to switch to each sub-function interface; The production status area is used to view test data in real time; The alarm display area is used to view abnormal prompts in real time; The device status area is used to display the real-time status of the current device.

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