A transfer device for hub machining

By designing a transfer device for wheel hub processing, the problem of transfer from the heating furnace outlet to the robot gripping position was solved, realizing efficient and low-loss transport of wheel hubs, meeting the robot's rapid gripping needs, and improving production efficiency.

CN119822040BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-12ZHEJIANG WANFENG AUTO WHEEL
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Application Number
CN202510213016.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-26
Publication Date
2025-12-12
Estimated Expiration
2045-02-26

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Technical Problem

The existing technology lacks a transfer device that can directly transport the hub of the heating furnace outlet to the robot's gripping position, resulting in problems such as long handling distance, large temperature loss, and slow production cycle.

Method used

A transfer device for wheel hub processing was designed, including a heating furnace, a transfer conveyor, a receiving rack, and a gripping and moving mechanism. By using components such as a push cylinder, a telescopic cylinder, an electric roller, and a servo motor, the device achieves automated transport and precise positioning of the wheel hub, directly delivering the wheel hub to the robot receiving plate.

Benefits of technology

This enables efficient and low-loss transfer of wheel hubs, meeting the needs of rapid robot grasping and improving production efficiency.

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Abstract

The application discloses a transfer device for hub machining, which comprises a heating furnace, a supporting frame is fixed to the lower right side wall of the heating furnace, the right part of a conveying chain of the heating furnace is located at the supporting frame and is tensioned on the sprocket of a transmission roller installed on the supporting frame, and a discharge port is arranged above the supporting frame; a front-and-rear extending transfer conveying frame is arranged at the right side of the supporting frame, a carrying fixing frame is installed at the right side of the transfer conveying frame, a carrying mechanism for pushing the hub at the discharge port to the transfer conveying frame is installed on the carrying fixing frame; a receiving frame is installed on the left side and the right side of the front part of the transfer conveying frame, a carrying frame is installed at the rear part of the two receiving frames, and a grabbing moving mechanism is installed on the carrying frame. The transfer device can directly convey the hub discharged from the discharge port of the heating furnace to the receiving plate at the robot, so that the robot can directly grab the hub, and the transfer effect is good.
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Technical fields:

[0001] This invention relates to the field of metal manufacturing equipment technology, and more specifically to a transfer device for wheel hub processing. Background technology:

[0002] With the rapid increase in demand for new energy vehicles, the automotive industry's demand for cast aluminum wheel production capacity has increased rapidly, leading to the emergence of various cast aluminum wheel production lines suitable for factory layouts. Among them, in order to improve the efficient utilization of existing forging and spinning machine production lines, most companies will add casting blank heating furnaces and robotic casting blank handling equipment to their existing forging production lines. This is currently a relatively reasonable production line application with low investment and quick results.

[0003] Because the design is an improvement on the existing equipment layout, there are special requirements for equipment transfer. It requires short transfer distances for the cast blanks, low temperature loss during transfer, and fast production cycle. Therefore, the hubs coming out of the heating furnace need to be transferred to the robot's gripping position immediately for easy robot gripping. However, there is currently no such transfer equipment. Summary of the Invention:

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and provide a transfer device for wheel hub processing. It can directly transport the wheel hubs coming out of the outlet of the heating furnace to the receiving plate of the robot, making it convenient for the robot to directly grab them. It has a good transfer effect.

[0005] The solution of the present invention to the aforementioned technical problem is:

[0006] A transfer device for wheel hub processing includes a heating furnace, a support frame fixed to the lower right side wall of the heating furnace, the right side of the conveyor chain of the heating furnace is located at the support frame and tensioned on the sprocket of the transmission roller mounted on the support frame, and the upper part of the support frame is the discharge port.

[0007] The support frame is provided with a transfer conveyor frame extending forward and backward on the right side. A handling fixing frame is installed on the right side of the transfer conveyor frame. A handling mechanism for pushing the hub at the discharge port to the transfer conveyor frame is installed on the handling fixing frame.

[0008] The transfer conveyor is equipped with receiving racks on the left and right sides of the front part, and a transport rack is installed behind the two receiving racks. The transport rack is equipped with a gripping and moving mechanism.

[0009] The carrying mechanism comprises a plurality of transverse guide rails fixed on the top of the carrying fixed frame, the left end of the transverse guide rail is fixed on the outer side wall of the right end fixed plate of the heating furnace, the top surface of the carrying fixed frame is fixed with a left-right extending push oil cylinder, the end of the push rod of the push oil cylinder is movably connected with a push frame through a hinge shaft, the outer side wall of the front beam and the rear beam of the push frame is movably connected with a guide wheel through a hinge shaft, the guide wheel is inserted into and matched with the guide groove of the corresponding transverse guide rail, the middle part of the top surface of the support plate fixed in the middle part of the push frame is fixed with a telescopic oil cylinder, the bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic oil cylinder extends out of the bottom surface of the push frame and is fixed with an adjustable fork, and the adjustable fork is opposite to the hub on the discharge port.

[0010] The adjustable fork comprises a front-rear extending connecting plate, left-right extending side transverse rods are fixed on the front-rear two ends of the connecting plate, through holes are formed in the front and rear parts of the adjusting rod, the left part of the side transverse rod is inserted into the corresponding through hole, the outer side wall of the side transverse rod is tightly attached to the inner side wall of the corresponding through hole, adjusting screws are fixed on the right side wall of the adjusting rod, the right part of the adjusting screw is inserted into the middle part through hole of the connecting block fixed in the middle part of the outer side wall of the corresponding side transverse rod, the right end of the adjusting screw extends out of the right end surface of the corresponding connecting block and is screwed with a locking nut, the left end surface of the locking nut is pressed against the right end surface of the connecting block, a compression spring is inserted into the adjusting screw, the left end of the compression spring is pressed against the right side wall of the adjusting rod, the right end of the compression spring is pressed against the left end surface of the corresponding connecting block, and material pushing rods vertically extending are fixed on the front and rear parts of the bottom surface of the adjusting rod.

[0011] The bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic oil cylinder is fixed on the middle part of the top surface of the connecting plate, vertical guide rods are fixed on the top surface of the connecting plate, and the vertical guide rods are inserted into the guide sleeves fixed on the support plate.

[0012] The transfer conveying frame comprises a bottom support frame, and two ends of a plurality of front-rear arranged electric rollers are mounted on two front-rear extending connecting beams on the upper part of the bottom support frame.

[0013] The left side of the transfer conveying frame is close to or abuts against the right side wall of the support frame, and the top surface of the conveying chain at the support frame is higher than or level with the top surface of the electric roller of the transfer conveying frame.

[0014] The front part between the two connecting beams on the upper part of the transfer conveying frame is fixed with a transverse connecting plate, two vertical material blocking adjusting rods are fixed on the top surface of the transverse connecting plate, and the top parts of the two vertical material blocking adjusting rods extend out of the top surface of the transfer conveying frame and correspond to the hubs conveyed on the transfer conveying frame.

[0015] The bottom middle of the top plate of the material receiving frame is fixed with a lifting oil cylinder, the top end of the push rod of the lifting oil cylinder extends out of the top surface of the top plate of the material receiving frame and is fixed with a material receiving plate, the top middle of the material receiving plate is fixed with a center positioning column, the top outer side wall of the center positioning column is a circular table wall surface with a small upper end diameter and a large lower end diameter, and the center positioning column corresponds to the middle through hole of the wheel hub.

[0016] The lower part of the wall surface of the left side, the right side, the front side and the back side of the center positioning column is formed with an inwardly extending insertion slot, a side supporting block is inserted into the corresponding insertion slot, the side wall of the side supporting block is close to the inner side wall of the corresponding insertion slot, a buffer spring is inserted into the insertion slot, one end of the buffer spring is fixed on the inner end surface of the insertion slot and the other end is fixed on the inner end surface of the corresponding side supporting block, the top surface of the side supporting block is formed with a tapered wall surface with a small upper end diameter and a large lower end diameter, and the outer part of the side supporting block extends out of the outer end of the corresponding insertion slot.

[0017] The bottom surface of the side supporting block is fixed with a self-lubricating wear-resistant layer, and the bottom surface is in close contact with the top surface of the material receiving plate.

[0018] The bottom surface of the material receiving plate is fixed with a plurality of lower vertical guide rods, the lower vertical guide rods are inserted into the vertical guide through holes formed on the top plate of the material receiving frame, and the outer side wall of the lower vertical guide rod is in close contact with or close to the inner side wall of the corresponding vertical guide through hole.

[0019] One side of the top surface of the top plate of the material receiving frame is fixed with a vertical block, the middle part of the vertical block is movably connected with a turnover rod through a hinge shaft, both ends of the turnover rod are formed with horizontal bending parts, the top surface of the inner end horizontal bending part is pressed against the edge bottom surface of the corresponding material receiving plate, the bottom surface of the inner end horizontal bending part is fixed with the top end of a return spring, and the bottom end of the return spring is fixed on the top surface of the top plate of the material receiving frame.

[0020] One side of the top plate of the material receiving frame is fixed with a connecting frame, a proximity switch is fixed on the connecting frame, and the sensing end of the proximity switch corresponds to the end surface of the horizontal bending part of the outer end of the corresponding turnover rod.

[0021] The grabbing and moving mechanism comprises a carrying frame fixed behind the two material receiving frames, and the top transverse beam of the carrying frame is above the transfer conveying frame.

[0022] The top surface of the top transverse beam is fixed with a transverse moving mechanism.

[0023] The transverse moving mechanism comprises end fixing plates fixed on the left and right parts of the top surface of the top transverse beam, the two ends of the transverse moving screw are movably connected to the two end fixing plates through bearings, the outer side wall of one of the end fixing plates is fixed with a servo motor, the output shaft of the servo motor is a spline shaft which is inserted into the spline hole at one end of the transverse moving screw and drives the transverse moving screw to rotate, a moving block is screwed on the transverse moving screw, the top surfaces of the two end fixing plates are fixed with the same transverse plate, the bottom surface of the transverse plate is fixed with top transverse guide rails extending leftward and rightward, the top surface of the moving block is fixed with a guide block, and the top transverse guide rails are inserted into the transverse guide slots formed in the middle part of the top surface of the guide block.

[0024] The front part of the moving block is fixed with a forward extending horizontal fixing plate, the left and right parts of the bottom surface of the horizontal fixing plate are fixed with vertical support plates, a lower fixing plate is fixed on the bottom surfaces of the two vertical support plates, the left and right parts of the bottom surface of the lower fixing plate are formed with mounting recess holes, the side walls of the mounting recess holes extend out of the side walls of the lower fixing plate, the grabbing lifting block is below the lower fixing plate, the top surface of the grabbing lifting block is formed with a lower groove in the middle part, the lower fixing plate is inserted into the lower groove, the bottom surface of the lower fixing plate is pressed against the bottom surface of the lower groove, the left and right parts of the top surface of the lower groove are fixed with electromagnet blocks, the electromagnet blocks are inserted into the corresponding mounting recess holes and cooperate with the mounting recess holes, the top surface of the electromagnet blocks is fixed with elastic protective layers, the top surfaces of the elastic protective layers are pressed against the top surfaces of the corresponding mounting recess holes and are adsorbed and fixed.

[0025] The top surfaces of the left and rear parts of the grabbing lifting block are fixed with side vertical guide limiting rods, the side vertical guide limiting rods are inserted into the corresponding vertical guide through holes formed in the horizontal fixing plate, the outer side walls of the side vertical guide limiting rods are in close contact with the inner side walls of the corresponding vertical guide through holes in the horizontal fixing plate, the top parts of the side vertical guide limiting rods extend out of the horizontal fixing plate and are fixed with limiting blocks, the outer diameters of the limiting blocks are larger than the inner diameters of the corresponding vertical guide through holes in the horizontal fixing plate, the upper parts of the side vertical guide limiting rods are inserted with upper buffer springs, the top ends of the upper buffer springs are stressed against the bottom surfaces of the corresponding limiting blocks, and the bottom ends of the upper buffer springs are stressed against the top surface of the horizontal fixing plate.

[0026] The bottom surfaces of the left and right parts of the grabbing lifting block are fixed with two connecting plates, the two connecting plates on the inner side are fixed with grabbing oil cylinders, the end parts of the push rods of the grabbing oil cylinders extend out of the connecting plates on the inner side and are fixed with grabbing moving blocks, a plurality of transverse guide rods are fixed between the corresponding two connecting plates, the transverse guide rods are inserted into the transverse guide through holes formed in the grabbing moving blocks, and the bottom surface of the grabbing moving block is fixed with an arc-shaped clamping plate.

[0027] The prominent effects of the present application are:

[0028] Compared with existing technologies, it can directly transport the hub coming out of the furnace outlet to the receiving plate at the robot, making it convenient for the robot to grab directly, and its transfer effect is good. Attached image description:

[0029] Figure 1 This is a partial structural schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 2 This is a partial top view of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 A magnified view of a portion of the image;

[0032] Figure 4 yes Figure 2 A magnified view of a portion of the image;

[0033] Figure 5 This is a partial structural diagram of the adjustable shift fork component;

[0034] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the adjustable shift fork.

[0035] Figure 7 This is a partial structural diagram of the gripping and moving mechanism at the receiving rack;

[0036] Figure 8 yes Figure 7 A magnified view of a portion of the image;

[0037] Figure 9 yes Figure 7 A partial structural diagram of another part;

[0038] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of a local structure at the moving block. Detailed implementation method:

[0039] For example, see below. Figures 1 to 10 As shown ( Figure 1 and Figure 2 The original position and the position after movement of the push frame 43 (showing the original position and the position after movement) are displayed. A transfer device for wheel hub processing includes a heating furnace 10 (the heating furnace 10 in this embodiment has the same structure as the existing heating furnace, and will not be described in detail here; its left end is the feed port). A support frame 20 is fixed on the lower right side wall of the heating furnace 10. The heating furnace 10 in this embodiment is provided with a conveying mechanism at the front and rear (which is a conventional structure, and will not be described in detail here). The right side of the conveying chain 11 of the two conveying mechanisms is located at the support frame 20 and is tensioned on the sprocket of the corresponding transmission roller installed on the support frame 20. The upper part of the support frame 20 is the discharge port, which faces the outlet at the right end of the heating furnace 10.

[0040] Two conveying mechanisms are arranged in the embodiment, each of which comprises two conveying chains 11 arranged in front of and behind each other, and the wheel hub 100 is placed on the two conveying chains 11 of the corresponding conveying mechanism for conveying;

[0041] The right side of the support frame 20 is provided with a front-rear extending transfer conveying frame 30, the right side of the transfer conveying frame 30 is provided with a carrying fixed frame 40, and the carrying fixed frame 40 is provided with a carrying mechanism for pushing the wheel hub 100 at the discharge port to the transfer conveying frame 30;

[0042] The left side and the right side of the front part of the transfer conveying frame 30 are provided with material receiving frames 50, the rear part of the two material receiving frames 50 is provided with a carrying frame 60, and the carrying frame 60 is provided with a grabbing moving mechanism.

[0043] Further, the carrying mechanism comprises a plurality of transverse guide rails 41 fixed on the top of the carrying fixed frame 40 (four transverse guide rails 41 in the embodiment, and each of the corresponding two transverse guide rails 41 forms a group, and each group of transverse guide rails 41 corresponds to one conveying mechanism and also corresponds to the corresponding discharge port on the support frame 20), the left end of the transverse guide rail 41 is fixed on the outer side wall of the right end fixed plate of the heating furnace 10, the top surface of the carrying fixed frame 40 is provided with left-right extending push oil cylinders 42, the end of the push rod of the push oil cylinder 42 is movably connected with a push frame 43 through a hinge shaft, the outer side walls of the front beam and the rear beam of the push frame 43 are movably connected with guide wheels 44 through hinge shafts, the guide wheels 44 are inserted into and matched with the guide grooves of the corresponding transverse guide rails 41, the top surface of the middle fixed support plate of the push frame 43 is fixed with a telescopic oil cylinder 45, the bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic oil cylinder 45 extends out of the bottom surface of the push frame 43 and is fixed with an adjustable fork 46, and the adjustable fork 46 faces the wheel hub 100 on the discharge port.

[0044] Further, the adjustable fork 46 comprises a front and rear extending connecting plate 461, front and rear ends of the connecting plate 461 are fixed with left and right extending side transverse rods 462, front and rear parts of the adjusting rod 463 are formed with through holes, the left part of the side transverse rod 462 is inserted into the corresponding through hole, and the outer side wall thereof is tightly attached to the inner side wall of the corresponding through hole, the right side wall of the adjusting rod 463 is fixed with adjusting screws 464 at the front and rear parts, the right part of the adjusting screw 464 is inserted into the middle through hole of the connecting block 465 fixed at the middle part of the outer side wall of the corresponding side transverse rod 462, the right end of the adjusting screw 464 extends out of the right end surface of the corresponding connecting block 465 and is screwed with a locking nut 466, the left end surface of the locking nut 466 is pressed against the right end surface of the connecting block 465, the adjusting screw 464 is inserted with a compression spring 467, the left end of the compression spring 467 is pressed against the right side wall of the adjusting rod 463, and the right end of the compression spring 467 is pressed against the left end surface of the corresponding connecting block 465, the bottom surface of the adjusting rod 463 is fixed with vertical stirring rods 468 at the front and rear parts, and the two stirring rods 468 are opposite to the front and rear wall surfaces of the left side of the corresponding wheel hub 100.

[0045] The bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic oil cylinder 45 is fixed in the middle part of the top surface of the connecting plate 461, and the front and rear parts of the top surface of the connecting plate 461 are fixed with vertical guide rods 469 inserted into guide sleeves fixed on the corresponding support plate.

[0046] By rotating the two locking nuts 466, the left and right movements of the adjusting rod 463 are realized, so that the corresponding compression springs 467 are compressed or expanded, and the left and right positions of the adjusting rod 463 are adjusted, and the left and right positions of the two stirring rods 468 are also adjusted, so that the stirring needs of wheel hubs 100 of different sizes can be met.

[0047] Further, the transfer conveying frame 30 comprises a bottom support frame, and two ends of a plurality of front and rear arranged electric rollers 31 are mounted on two front and rear extending connecting beams on the upper part of the bottom support frame. The distance between every two adjacent electric rollers 31 is consistent, and the wheel hub 100 placed thereon can be forwarded by the operation of the electric roller 31.

[0048] The left side of the transfer conveying frame 30 is close to or leans against the right side wall of the support frame 20, and the top surface of the conveying chain 11 at the support frame 20 is higher than or level with the top surface of the electric roller 31 of the transfer conveying frame 30.

[0049] The front part between the two connecting beams on the upper part of the transfer conveying frame 30 is fixed with a transverse connecting plate, the middle part of the top surface of the transverse connecting plate is fixed with two vertical material blocking adjusting rods 32, and the top parts of the two vertical material blocking adjusting rods 32 extend out of the top surface of the transfer conveying frame 30 and correspond to the wheel hubs 100 conveyed on the transfer conveying frame 30.

[0050] The bottom middle of the top plate of the receiving rack 50 is fixed with a lifting oil cylinder 51, the top end of the push rod of the lifting oil cylinder 51 extends out of the top surface of the top plate of the receiving rack 50 and is fixed with a receiving plate 52, the top middle of the top surface of the receiving plate 52 is fixed with a center positioning column 53, the top outer side wall of the center positioning column 53 is a circular truncated cone wall surface with a smaller upper end diameter and a larger lower end diameter, and the center positioning column 53 corresponds to the middle through hole of the wheel hub 100.

[0051] The lower part of the wall surface of the left side, the right side, the front side and the back side of the center positioning column 53 is formed with an inwardly extending insertion slot 531, a side supporting block 54 is inserted into the corresponding insertion slot 531, the side wall of the side supporting block 54 is close to the inner side wall of the corresponding insertion slot 531, a buffer spring 55 is inserted into the insertion slot 531, one end of the buffer spring 55 is fixed on the inner end surface of the insertion slot 531 and the other end is fixed on the inner end surface of the corresponding side supporting block 54, the top surface of the side supporting block 54 is formed with a tapered wall surface with a smaller upper end diameter and a larger lower end diameter, and the outer part of the side supporting block 54 extends out of the outer end of the corresponding insertion slot 531.

[0052] The bottom surface of the side supporting block 54 is fixed with a self-lubricating wear-resistant layer 550, and the bottom surface is in close contact with the top surface of the receiving plate 52.

[0053] The bottom surface of the receiving plate 52 is fixed with a plurality of lower vertical guide rods, the lower vertical guide rods are inserted into the vertical guide through holes formed on the top plate of the receiving rack 50, and the outer side wall of the lower vertical guide rod is in close contact with or close to the inner side wall of the corresponding vertical guide through hole.

[0054] One side of the top surface of the top plate of the receiving rack 50 is fixed with a vertical block, the middle part of the vertical block is movably connected with a turnover rod 56 (see Figure 2 omitted, not shown) through a hinge shaft, both ends of the turnover rod 56 are formed with a horizontal bending part 561, the top surface of the horizontal bending part 561 of the inner end is pressed against the edge bottom surface of the corresponding receiving plate 52, the bottom surface of the horizontal bending part 561 of the inner end is fixed with the top end of a return spring 57, and the bottom end of the return spring 57 is fixed on the top surface of the top plate of the receiving rack 50.

[0055] One side of the top plate of the receiving rack 50 is fixed with a connecting frame, the connecting frame is fixed with a proximity switch 58, the sensing end of the proximity switch 58 corresponds to the end surface of the horizontal bending part 561 of the outer end of the corresponding turnover rod 56. When the receiving plate 52 is lifted, the turnover rod 56 is turned over through the elastic return of the return spring 57, so that the sensing end of the proximity switch 58 cannot sense the horizontal bending part 561 of the outer end of the corresponding turnover rod 56, at this time, it is indicated that the receiving plate 52 has not reached the lowest part (this is the starting position).

[0056] The grabbing moving mechanism comprises a carrying frame 60 fixed behind the two receiving frames 50, and a top transverse beam 61 of the carrying frame 60 is above the transfer conveying frame 30;

[0057] A top surface of the top transverse beam 61 is fixed with a transverse moving mechanism;

[0058] The transverse moving mechanism comprises end fixed plates 62 fixed on the top surface of the top transverse beam 61, and two ends of a transverse moving screw 63 are movably connected to the two end fixed plates 62 through bearings, an outer side wall of one of the two end fixed plates 62 is fixed with a servo motor 64, an output shaft of the servo motor 64 is a spline shaft which is inserted into a spline hole at one end of the transverse moving screw 63 and drives the transverse moving screw 63 to rotate, a moving block 65 is screwed on the transverse moving screw 63, the top surfaces of the two end fixed plates 62 are fixed with a same transverse plate, a bottom surface of the transverse plate is fixed with top transverse guide rails 66 extending leftward and rightward, and a top surface of the moving block 65 is fixed with a guide block which is inserted into a transverse guide groove formed in the middle of the top surface of the top transverse guide rails 66.

[0059] A front portion of the moving block 65 is fixed with a forward extending horizontal fixed plate 67, left and right portions of a bottom surface of the horizontal fixed plate 67 are fixed with vertical support plates, a lower fixed plate 68 is fixed on the bottom surfaces of the two vertical support plates, left and right portions of a bottom surface of the lower fixed plate 68 are formed with mounting recess holes, side walls of the mounting recess holes protrude from side walls of the lower fixed plate 68, a grabbing lifting block 69 is below the lower fixed plate 68, a middle portion of a top surface of the grabbing lifting block 69 is formed with a lower groove, the lower fixed plate 68 is inserted into the lower groove, a bottom surface of the lower fixed plate 68 is pressed against a bottom surface of the lower groove, left and right portions of a top surface of the lower groove are fixed with electromagnet blocks 1, the electromagnet blocks 1 are inserted into corresponding mounting recess holes and cooperate with the mounting recess holes, top surfaces of the electromagnet blocks 1 are fixed with elastic protective layers 2 which are pressed against top surfaces of corresponding mounting recess holes and are fixed by adsorption.

[0060] Top surfaces of left and rear portions of the grabbing lifting block 69 are fixed with side vertical guide limiting rods 3 which are inserted into corresponding vertical guide through holes formed in the horizontal fixed plate 67, outer side walls of the side vertical guide limiting rods 3 are tightly attached to inner side walls of corresponding vertical guide through holes of the horizontal fixed plate 67, top portions of the side vertical guide limiting rods 3 protrude from the horizontal fixed plate 67 and are fixed with limiting blocks 4, outer diameters of the limiting blocks 4 are greater than inner diameters of corresponding vertical guide through holes of the horizontal fixed plate 67, upper portions of the side vertical guide limiting rods 3 are inserted with upper buffer springs 5, top ends of the upper buffer springs 5 are stressed against bottom surfaces of corresponding limiting blocks 4, and bottom ends of the upper buffer springs 5 are stressed against a top surface of the horizontal fixed plate 67.

[0061] The left part and the right part of the bottom surface of the grabbing lifting block 69 are fixed with two connecting plates, the inner two connecting plates are fixed with grabbing oil cylinders 691, the end of the push rod of the grabbing oil cylinder 691 extends out of the inner connecting plate and is fixed with a grabbing moving block 692, a plurality of transverse guide rods are fixed between the corresponding two connecting plates, the transverse guide rods are inserted into the transverse guide holes formed on the grabbing moving block 692, and the bottom surface of the grabbing moving block 692 is fixed with an arc-shaped clamping plate 693. The limiting block 4 and the upper buffer spring 5 can ensure that when the electromagnet block 1 is damaged, the grabbing moving block 692 can be buffered when it falls due to its own weight, and it can be prevented from falling off.

[0062] The top surface of the transverse plate directly above the transfer conveying frame 30 is fixed with a forwardly extending middle fixed plate 33, the top surface of the front part of the middle fixed plate 33 is fixed with a main pushing oil cylinder 34, the bottom end of the push rod of the main pushing oil cylinder 34 extends out of the bottom surface of the middle fixed plate 33 and the middle through hole of the horizontal fixed plate 67 and is fixed with a middle electromagnet block 35, the middle part of the lower fixed plate 68 is formed with a middle through hole, the bottom surface of the lower groove of the grabbing lifting block 69 is fixed with a main adsorption block 6, the main adsorption block 6 is inserted into the middle through hole of the lower fixed plate 68, the top end of the main adsorption block 6 extends out of the top surface of the lower fixed plate 68 and is pressed against the elastic anti-skid layer fixed on the bottom surface of the middle electromagnet block 35 and is adsorbed with the middle electromagnet block 35.

[0063] The top surface of the horizontal fixed plate 67 is fixed with a sensing column 7, the bottom surface of the middle part of the transverse plate is fixed with a first proximity switch 8, the bottom surface of the left part and the right part of the transverse plate is fixed with a second proximity switch 9, and the sensing end of the first proximity switch 8 and the second proximity switch 9 corresponds to the top end of the sensing column 7.

[0064] All the oil cylinders of the embodiment are connected with the hydraulic system through the connecting pipes, are operated through the corresponding control valves of the hydraulic system, are controlled, are of a conventional structure, and will not be described here in detail, all the electrical components of the embodiment are electrically connected with the control host through the electrical connection lines, are controlled and operated through the control host, are of a conventional structure, and will not be described here in detail.

[0065] The hub 100 is placed on the corresponding conveying mechanism at the left inlet of the heating furnace 10 (the conveying mechanism is a chain conveyor, which is a conventional structure and will not be described here), and then the hub 100 is conveyed into the furnace cavity of the heating furnace 10 for heating, and moves about 1000-1500 mm each time, just to the position of one empty space. When a hub 100 is fed each time, a hub 100 is discharged from the outlet of the heating furnace 10 and is positioned at the corresponding position of the discharge outlet of the support frame 20. At this time, the push rod of the corresponding push cylinder 42 is pushed, so that the guide wheel 44 of the push frame 43 moves left along the guide groove of the corresponding transverse guide rail 41, so that the push frame 43 is above the hub 100 at the discharge outlet. Then, the push rod of the telescopic cylinder 45 is pushed, so that the two shifting rods 468 are opposite to the front and rear walls on the left side of the corresponding hub 100. Then, the push rod of the corresponding push cylinder 42 is retracted, so that the two shifting rods 468 move right and move the hub 100 at the discharge outlet to the top surface of the corresponding electric roller 31 of the transfer conveying frame 30. The hub 100 is conveyed forward by rolling on the electric roller 31 until it is pressed against the limit by the two vertical material blocking adjustment rods 32 in front and is automatically adjusted to ensure the position of the hub 100.

[0066] At this time, the moving block 65 is positioned at the position where the sensing column 7 is sensed by the sensing end of the first proximity switch 8. At this time, the push rod of the main pushing cylinder 34 is pushed, so that the bottom surface of the middle electromagnet block 35 is pressed against the top end surface of the main suction block 6 by the elastic anti-skid layer fixed thereon, and the middle electromagnet block 35 is turned on (the middle electromagnet block 35 is turned on when the push rod of the main pushing cylinder 34 is pushed for 2 seconds, and at this time, the bottom surface of the middle electromagnet block 35 is pressed against the top end surface of the main suction block 6 by the elastic anti-skid layer fixed thereon). The hub 100 is suctioned and fixed. At this time, all the electromagnet blocks 1 are turned off. Then, the grabbing lifting block 69 continues to descend as the push rod of the main pushing cylinder 34 continues to push (the bottom end of the middle electromagnet block 35 is the suction end, the magnetism of the side wall is weaker, and the push force of the push rod of the main pushing cylinder 34 is larger, so that the middle electromagnet block 35 can normally descend), until the bottom, at which time the two clamping plates 693 are positioned at the left and right sides of the hub 100 below. Then, the push rods of the two grabbing cylinders 691 are retracted, so that the two clamping plates 693 are positioned on the upper outer side wall of the hub 100 and are clamped below the radial annular part formed on the upper outer side wall of the hub 100.

[0067] Then, the push rod of the main pushing oil cylinder 34 is retracted, the hub 100 is lifted, and the top surface of the grabbing lifting block 69 is pressed against the bottom surface of the lower fixing plate 68. At the same time, the top surface of the elastic protective layer 2 of the electromagnet block 1 is pressed against the top surface of the corresponding mounting concave hole. The process is that the push rod of the main pushing oil cylinder 34 is retracted for 2 seconds, and then the control host control middle electromagnet block 35 is closed, and the electromagnet block 1 is opened. At this time, the electromagnet block 1 adsorbs and fixes the grabbing lifting block 69;

[0068] Then, the moving block 65 is moved left or right through the operation of the servo motor 64, so that the sensing end of the corresponding second proximity switch 9 is close to the top end of the sensing column 7 and senses, indicating that it is moved to the position. At this time, the push rod of the corresponding lifting oil cylinder 51 pushes to lift the receiving plate 52, so that the middle part of the hub 100 is inserted into the center positioning column 53, and the outer part of the side supporting block 54 is lowered with the hub 100, thereby being retracted into the corresponding insertion slot 531. Until the bottom surface of the hub 100 is pressed against the top surface of the receiving plate 52. At this time, the outer end surface of all the side supporting blocks 54 abuts against the inner side wall of the middle part through hole of the hub 100, achieving placement.

[0069] Then, the push rod of the two grabbing oil cylinders 691 pushes, so that the two clamping plates 693 are away from each other, thereby achieving separation from the hub 100, and the placement is completed.

[0070] Then, the push rod of the lifting oil cylinder 51 is retracted, and when it is retracted, the receiving plate 52 is lowered, so that it is pressed against the top surface of the horizontal bending part 561 of the inner end, so that the return spring 57 is compressed. At this time, the sensing end of the proximity switch 58 corresponds to and senses the end surface of the horizontal bending part 561 of the outer end of the turnover rod 56, indicating that it is moved to the position. At this time, the moving block 65 is moved to the middle part through the operation of the servo motor 64, until the sensing column 7 is sensed by the sensing end of the first proximity switch 8, indicating that it is moved to the position.

[0071] At this time, it is indicated that the hub 100 has been placed and completed, and the robot can be used to grab the hub 100 and place it into the subsequent spinning equipment for spinning casting, which is very convenient.

[0072] The embodiment has two receiving frames 50, which can correspond to two robots, and can realize grabbing of the two robots, so that two spinning devices can be matched.

[0073] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only more representative examples of the present application. Obviously, the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and there can be many variations. Any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made according to the technical essence of the present application to the above embodiments shall be considered as falling within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A transfer device for wheel hub processing, comprising a heating furnace (10), characterized in that: The lower right side wall of the heating furnace (10) is fixed with a support frame (20). The right side of the conveying chain (11) of the heating furnace (10) is located at the support frame (20) and is tensioned on the sprocket of the transmission roller installed on the support frame (20). The upper part of the support frame (20) is the discharge port. The support frame (20) is provided with a transfer conveyor frame (30) extending forward and backward on the right side. A handling fixing frame (40) is installed on the right side of the transfer conveyor frame (30). A handling mechanism for pushing the hub (100) at the discharge port to the transfer conveyor frame (30) is installed on the handling fixing frame (40). The conveying mechanism includes multiple transverse guide rails (41) fixed to the top of the conveying frame (40). The left end of the transverse guide rail (41) is fixed to the outer wall of the right end fixed plate of the heating furnace (10). A push cylinder (42) extending to the left and right is fixed on the top surface of the conveying frame (40). The end of the push rod of the push cylinder (42) is movably connected to the push frame (43) through a hinge shaft. The outer walls of the front beam and the rear beam of the push frame (43) are movably connected to guide wheels (44) through hinge shafts. The guide wheels (44) are inserted into the guide grooves of the corresponding transverse guide rails (41). A telescopic cylinder (45) is fixed in the middle of the top surface of the support plate fixed in the middle of the push frame (43). The bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic cylinder (45) extends out of the bottom surface of the push frame (43) and is fixed with an adjustable fork (46). The adjustable fork (46) faces the hub (100) on the discharge port. The adjustable fork (46) includes a connecting plate (461) extending forward and backward. Lateral transverse rods (462) extending left and right are fixed to the front and rear ends of the connecting plate (461). The front and rear parts of the adjusting rod (463) are formed with through holes. The left part of the lateral transverse rod (462) is inserted into the corresponding through hole. Adjusting screws (464) are fixed to the front and rear parts of the right side wall of the adjusting rod (463). The right part of the adjusting screw (464) is inserted into the corresponding lateral transverse rod. In the middle through hole of the connecting block (465) fixed in the middle of the outer side wall of 462), the right end of the adjusting screw (464) extends out of the corresponding connecting block (465) and is screwed with a locking nut (466). The left end face of the locking nut (466) presses against the right end face of the connecting block (465). A compression spring (467) is inserted on the adjusting screw (464). Vertically extending feed rods (468) are fixed at the front and rear of the bottom surface of the adjusting rod (463).

2. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer conveyor (30) is equipped with receiving racks (50) on the left and right sides of the front part, and a transport rack (60) is installed behind the two receiving racks (50). A gripping and moving mechanism is installed on the transport rack (60).

3. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom end of the push rod of the telescopic cylinder (45) is fixed to the middle of the top surface of the connecting plate (461). Vertical guide rods (469) are fixed to the front and rear of the top surface of the connecting plate (461). The vertical guide rods (469) are inserted into the guide sleeves fixed on the corresponding support plates.

4. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer conveyor frame (30) includes a bottom support frame, with the ends of a plurality of front-to-back electric rollers (31) mounted on two front-to-back extending connecting beams on the upper part of the bottom support frame.

5. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The left side of the transfer conveyor (30) is close to or against the right side wall of the support frame (20), and the top surface of the conveyor chain (11) at the support frame (20) is higher than or level with the top surface of the electric roller (31) of the transfer conveyor (30).

6. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: A transverse connecting plate is fixed at the front between the two connecting beams at the upper part of the transfer conveyor frame (30). Two vertical baffle adjusting rods (32) are fixed at the middle of the top surface of the transverse connecting plate. The top of the two vertical baffle adjusting rods (32) extends out of the top surface of the transfer conveyor frame (30) and corresponds to the hub (100) conveyed on the transfer conveyor frame (30).

7. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 2, characterized in that: A lifting cylinder (51) is fixed in the middle of the bottom surface of the top plate of the receiving rack (50). The top end of the push rod of the lifting cylinder (51) extends out of the top surface of the top plate of the receiving rack (50) and is fixed with a receiving plate (52). A central positioning column (53) is fixed in the middle of the top surface of the receiving plate (52). The outer wall of the top of the central positioning column (53) is a frustum wall with a small upper diameter and a large lower diameter. The central positioning column (53) corresponds to the through hole in the middle of the hub (100).

8. The transfer device for wheel hub processing according to claim 7, characterized in that: The lower part of the left, right, front and rear walls of the central positioning post (53) is formed with slots (531), and the side support block (54) is inserted into the corresponding slot (531). A buffer spring (55) is inserted into the slot (531). One end of the buffer spring (55) is fixed to the inner end face of the slot (531) and the other end is fixed to the inner end face of the corresponding side support block (54). The outer surface of the top surface of the side support block (54) is formed with a conical wall surface with a small upper diameter and a large lower diameter. The outer surface of the side support block (54) extends out of the outer end of the corresponding slot (531).

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