Anti-deformation shaping device for SMC (Sheet Molding Compound) material

Abstract

The invention discloses an anti-deformation shaping device for an SMC material, and relates to the technical field of shaping devices.The anti-deformation shaping device comprises a working base table, a supporting module, a clamping module, a cooling module and an electric control system are installed on the working base table, the supporting module and the clamping module correspondingly make contact with the upper face and the lower face of a to-be-shaped material, and the output end of the cooling module faces the to-be-shaped material; and the clamping module and the cooling module are electrically connected with the electric control system. According to the device, a to-be-shaped material is rapidly clamped through the side clamping structure and the auxiliary clamping structure so as to prevent deformation, the post-curing deformation amount of a product is reduced to the maximum extent, and the precision of the molded product is improved; the electric control system automatically senses the material to be shaped and intelligently controls the pneumatic system to drive the side clamping structure and the auxiliary clamping structure to clamp; and the cooling module is used for rapidly cooling the high-temperature material.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of shaping devices, and in particular relates to an anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials. Background Art

[0002] SMC materials have the advantages of electrical insulation, heat resistance, flame retardancy, light weight and flexible design, and their mechanical properties are comparable to those of some metal materials. They are widely used in transportation vehicles, construction, electronics, electrical and other industries. During the SMC material molding process, due to the post-curing deformation defects of SMC materials during molding, for some SMC molded products with precision requirements, in order to avoid the poor product precision caused by molding deformation, they cannot be used. Anti-deformation shaping is required even after demolding. However, since the surface temperature of the SMC product is about 120-140℃ after the molding process, cooling is required during the shaping process. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of the problems mentioned in the background technology, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials to solve the problems mentioned in the background technology.

[0004] The above technical objectives of the present invention are achieved through the following technical solutions:

[0005] A deformation prevention and shaping device for SMC materials comprises a working base, on which a supporting module, a clamping module, a cooling module and an electric control system are installed, the supporting module and the clamping module are in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the material to be shaped respectively, the output end of the cooling module faces the material to be shaped, and the clamping module and the cooling module are both electrically connected to the electric control system.

[0006] As a preferred technical solution, the clamping module includes a pneumatic system, and the pneumatic system includes a clamping cylinder 1 and a clamping cylinder 2 installed on the work base, and the clamping cylinder 1 and the clamping cylinder 2 are both electrically connected to the electronic control system.

[0007] As an optimal technical solution, the support module includes a side support module, and the clamping module includes a side clamping module. The clamping ends of the side support module and the side clamping module correspond one to one and contact the material to be formed all around. The side clamping module is installed on a clamping cylinder.

[0008] As a preferred technical solution, the support module includes an auxiliary support module, and the clamping module includes an auxiliary clamping module. The clamping ends of the auxiliary support module and the auxiliary clamping module correspond one-to-one and contact the hollowed edges of the material to be formed, and the auxiliary clamping module is installed on a clamping cylinder.

[0009] As a preferred technical solution, the pneumatic system also includes a lifting drive component installed on the working base, and the auxiliary clamping module is installed on the output end of the lifting drive component through a clamping cylinder.

[0010] As a preferred technical solution, the electric control system includes an electric control box and a photoelectric sensor installed on the work base, the sensing end of the photoelectric sensor faces the material to be formed, and the clamping cylinder 1 and the clamping cylinder 2 are both electrically connected to the electric control box.

[0011] As a preferred technical solution, the support module also includes a sensing support module, and the photoelectric sensor is installed on the sensing support module.

[0012] As a preferred technical solution, high temperature resistant soft pads are installed on the clamping ends of the support module and the clamping module.

[0013] As a preferred technical solution, the working base includes multiple groups of support rods and wheels installed at the bottom, and brake parts are installed on the wheels.

[0014] As a preferred technical solution, the cooling module includes multiple sets of fans, the fans are electrically connected to the electric control box, and the air outlet ends of the fans are facing the material to be shaped.

[0015] Beneficial Effects

[0016] The device quickly clamps the material to be molded through the side clamping structure and the auxiliary clamping structure to prevent deformation, thereby minimizing the post-curing deformation of the product and improving the precision of the molded product; the electronic control system automatically senses the material to be molded and intelligently controls the pneumatic system to drive the side clamping structure and the auxiliary clamping structure to clamp; the cooling module is used to quickly cool down the high-temperature material.

[0017] Additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will be given in part in the following description and in part will be obvious from the following description, or will be learned through practice of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 The three-dimensional structure of the anti-deformation shaping device for SMC material proposed by the present invention Figure 1 ;

[0019] Figure 2 The three-dimensional structure of the anti-deformation shaping device for SMC material proposed by the present invention Figure 2 ;

[0020] Figure 3 It is a left view of an anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials proposed by the present invention;

[0021] Figure 4 for Figure 3 Cross-sectional view along AA direction;

[0022] Figure 5 for Figure 2 The enlarged view of point B in the middle;

[0023] Figure 6 for Figure 4 Enlarged view of point C in the middle.

[0024] Figure numerals: 1, working platform; 11, bottom plate; 12, support rod; 13, wheel; 14, brake; 15, mounting plate; 2, support module; 21, side support module; 211, support rod one; 212, mounting block one; 213, cushion block one; 214, oblique mounting block; 22, auxiliary support module; 221, support rod two; 222, mounting block two; 223, cushion block two; 23, induction support module; 231, support rod three; 232, mounting block three; 3, clamping Module; 31. Side clamping module; 311. Flipping block 1; 312. Connecting rod; 313. Pressing block; 314. Oblique pressing block; 315. Clamping cylinder 1; 32. Auxiliary clamping module; 321. Lifting cylinder 1; 322. Clamping cylinder 2; 323. Flipping block 2; 324. Limiting block; 325. Pressing rod; 326. Pad block 3; 4. Cooling module; 41. Support rod; 42. Fan; 43. Mounting rod; 5. Electronic control system; 51. Electronic control box; 52. Photoelectric sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar symbols throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present invention, and cannot be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0026] Example 1

[0027] refer to Figures 1 to 4 The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials described in this embodiment includes a working base 1, which includes a base plate 11 installed at the top, multiple groups of support rods 12 and wheels 13 installed at the bottom, brake parts are installed on the wheels 13, and a mounting plate 15 is also installed on the working base 1 below the base plate 11.

[0028] A support module 2, a clamping module 3, a cooling module 4 and an electric control system 5 are installed on the work base 1. The support module 2 and the clamping module 3 cooperate to clamp the material to be formed. The output end of the cooling module 4 faces the material to be formed. The clamping module 3 and the cooling module 4 are both electrically connected to the electric control system 5. The sensing end of the electric control system 5 is installed on the support module 2.

[0029] The supporting module 2 includes a side supporting module 21 , an auxiliary supporting module 22 and an induction supporting module 23 , and the clamping module 3 includes a side clamping module 31 and an auxiliary clamping module 32 .

[0030] The side support module 21 and the side clamping module 31 are both installed around the base plate 11. The side support module 21 and the side clamping module 31 form a side clamping structure and cooperate to clamp the material to be formed around; the auxiliary support module 22 and the auxiliary clamping module 32 form an auxiliary clamping structure and cooperate to clamp the hollow edge in the middle of the material to be formed for shaping, and the sensing end of the electronic control system 5 is installed on the sensing support module 23.

[0031] The side support module 21 includes a support rod 211 installed on the base plate 11, and a mounting block 212 or an oblique mounting block 214 is installed on the top of the support rod 211; the clamping module 3 also includes a pneumatic system installed on the base plate 11, and a flip block 311 is installed on the output end of the pneumatic system, and a connecting rod 312 is installed at the end of the flip block 311, and pressure blocks 313 or oblique pressure blocks 314 are installed on both sides of the bottom end of the connecting rod 312; the pneumatic system drives the flip block 311 to flip so that the mounting block 212 and the pressure block 313 cooperate to clamp the horizontal edge of the material to be formed, and the oblique mounting block 214 and the oblique pressure block 314 cooperate to clamp the inclined edge of the material to be formed.

[0032] The auxiliary support module 22 includes a support rod 221 installed on the base plate 11, and a mounting block 222 is installed on the top of the support rod 221; the auxiliary clamping module 32 includes a flip block 323 installed on the output end of the pneumatic system, and the pneumatic system is also equipped with a limit block 324, the flip block 323 is limitedly engaged with the limit block 324, and a pressure rod 325 is installed on the flip block 323; the pneumatic system drives the flip block 323 to flip so that the mounting block 222 and the pressure rod 325 cooperate to clamp the hollow edge of the middle part of the material to be formed.

[0033] The sensing support module 23 includes a support rod 3 231 mounted on the bottom plate 11 , and a mounting block 232 is mounted on the top of the support rod 3 231 .

[0034] Preferably, the pneumatic system is electrically connected to the electric control system 5, and the pneumatic system includes a clamping cylinder 1 315 and a clamping cylinder 2 322, and the flip block 1 311 and the flip block 2 323 are respectively installed on the output ends of the clamping cylinder 1 315 and the clamping cylinder 2 322.

[0035] Preferably, the pneumatic system further comprises a lifting cylinder 321 mounted on the mounting plate 15 , and the clamping cylinder 322 is mounted on the output end of the lifting cylinder 321 .

[0036] Preferably, the clamping ends of the support module 2 and the clamping module 3 are installed with high-temperature resistant flexible contact pads, that is, a pad 213 is installed on the mounting block 212, a pad 223 is installed on the mounting block 222, a pad 326 is installed on the bottom end of the pressure rod 325, and soft pads are installed on the bottom ends of the inclined mounting block 214, the pressure block 313 and the inclined pressure block 314.

[0037] The electric control system 5 includes an electric control box 51, a photoelectric sensor 52 and an electric control valve. The lifting cylinder 321, the clamping cylinder 315 and the clamping cylinder 2 322 are all electrically connected to the electric control valve. The electric control valve is installed in the electric control box 51. The photoelectric sensor 52 is installed on the mounting block 3 232 with the sensing end facing the material to be formed. The photoelectric sensor 232 is electrically connected to the electric control box 51.

[0038] The cooling module 4 includes a support rod 41 installed on the top of the work platform 1 , a mounting rod 43 is installed between two groups of support rods 41 , and multiple groups of fans 42 are installed on the mounting rod 43 . The fans 42 are electrically connected to the electric control box 51 .

[0039] The high-temperature material to be shaped is transferred to the support module 2. Specifically, the edges of the material are placed on the pad 1 213 of the test support module 21, and the hollow edges are placed on the pad 2 223 of the auxiliary support module 22 in sequence. After the photoelectric sensor 52 senses the material to be shaped, it transmits the information to the electric control box 51. The electric control box 51 controls the electric control valve to open, so that the clamping cylinder 1 315 and the clamping cylinder 2 322 are started to push the flip block 1 311 and the flip block 2 323 to flip, so that the pad 1 213 and the soft pad on the pressure block 313 cooperate to clamp the horizontal edge of the material to be shaped, and the oblique installation block 21 4 and the soft pads on the oblique pressure block 314 cooperate to clamp the inclined edge of the material to be formed, and the pads 223 and 326 cooperate to clamp the hollow edge of the middle part of the material to be formed to prevent the material to be formed from deforming. The high-temperature resistant soft pads have a certain shockproof effect and avoid rigid contact to damage the material. After receiving the clamping signal of the pneumatic system, the electric control box 51 automatically starts and stops the fan 42 according to the set time to cool the high-temperature material; after the fan 42 stops, the electric control box 51 controls all the cylinders of the pneumatic system to release and reset, and after the manual removal, the photoelectric sensor 52 works, a cycle is completed, and it returns to the initial state.

[0040] In order to adapt to materials without hollowing or with hollowing of different shapes, a lifting cylinder 321 is used to replace the fixed support frame. In places where clamping is not required, the lifting cylinder 321 drives the clamping cylinder 322 to descend so that the flip block 323 and the pressure rod 325 are lower than the material to be shaped to avoid obstruction.

[0041] It should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0042] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0043] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral one; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or communication with each other; it can be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0044] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" or "above" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0045] The above description is only a preferred specific implementation manner of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes according to the technical scheme and inventive concept of the present invention within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A device for preventing deformation and shaping of SMC materials, comprising a working base (1), characterized in that: A support module (2), a clamping module (3), a cooling module (4) and an electric control system (5) are installed on the working base (1); the support module (2) and the clamping module (3) are in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the material to be shaped respectively; the output end of the cooling module (4) faces the material to be shaped; and the clamping module (3) and the cooling module (4) are both electrically connected to the electric control system (5).

2. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping module (3) comprises a pneumatic system, which comprises a clamping cylinder 1 (315) and a clamping cylinder 2 (322) installed on the working base (1), and the clamping cylinder 1 (315) and the clamping cylinder 2 (322) are both electrically connected to the electric control system (5).

3. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support module (2) includes a side support module (21), and the clamping module (3) includes a side clamping module (31). The clamping ends of the side support module (21) and the side clamping module (31) are in one-to-one contact with the periphery of the material to be shaped, and the side clamping module (31) is mounted on a clamping cylinder (315).

4. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support module (2) includes an auxiliary support module (22), and the clamping module (3) includes an auxiliary clamping module (32). The clamping ends of the auxiliary support module (22) and the auxiliary clamping module (32) contact the hollow edges of the material to be shaped in a one-to-one correspondence, and the auxiliary clamping module (32) is installed on a clamping cylinder (315).

5. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 4, characterized in that: The pneumatic system also includes a lifting drive component installed on the working base (1), and the auxiliary clamping module (32) is installed on the output end of the lifting drive component through a clamping cylinder (315).

6. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 2, characterized in that: The electric control system (5) comprises an electric control box (51) and a photoelectric sensor (52) mounted on the working base (1); the sensing end of the photoelectric sensor (52) faces the material to be shaped; the clamping cylinder 1 (315) and the clamping cylinder 2 (322) are both electrically connected to the electric control box (51).

7. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 6, characterized in that: The support module (2) further comprises a sensing support module (23), and the photoelectric sensor (52) is mounted on the sensing support module (23).

8. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: The clamping ends of the support module (2) and the clamping module (3) are both installed with high temperature resistant soft cushion blocks.

9. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: The working platform (1) comprises a plurality of groups of support rods (12) and wheels (13) installed at the bottom, and brake components are installed on the wheels (13).

10. The anti-deformation shaping device for SMC materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cooling module (4) comprises a plurality of sets of fans (42), the fans (42) are electrically connected to the electric control box (51), and the air outlet ends of the fans (42) face the material to be shaped.

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