Aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device

By designing an aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device, and using industrial robots and continuous fiber lasers to achieve automated cleaning, the existing hand-held laser cleaning problem is solved, and efficient, clean and damage-free metal surface cleaning effect is achieved.

CN222491325UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-18SHANDONG QDKS M&E EQUIP CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202420745368.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-11
Publication Date
2025-02-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-11

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Technical Problem

The existing laser cleaning technology is mainly handheld, inefficient, and the types of chemicals used in industrial production are reduced, requiring a cleaner, damage-free automated cleaning method.

Method used

A laser cleaning device for aluminum guide rods is designed, including brackets, workbenches, robot control cabinets, industrial robots, dust collectors, electrical control cabinets, laser cleaning machines and laser cleaning heads, and is automatically cleaned using continuous fiber lasers and industrial robots. It is also equipped with a dust removal system and protective air blowing device.

Benefits of technology

It realizes efficient removal of pollutants such as oil stains, rust, patent leather on the metal surface, improves cleaning efficiency, reduces equipment costs, and extends the service life of the laser cleaning head.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of laser cleaning, and discloses an aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device. Comprising a support located at the bottom, a workbench is arranged on the support, a robot control cabinet is arranged on one side of the workbench and connected with an industrial robot, a dust remover is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the support, an electric control cabinet is arranged above the dust remover, a laser cleaning machine is arranged on one side of the electric control cabinet, and a laser cleaning head is arranged on the laser cleaning machine. A fence is arranged around the support, and a grating is arranged on the fence close to the dust remover; the laser cleaning head is provided with a light transition piece and a protective gas blowing device, protective gas blowing can be achieved after compressed air is connected, in addition, the cleaning head is integrated with a dust suction opening, the cleaning head can be directly connected with a dust remover, and generated smoke dust can be effectively absorbed in the cleaning process. The device is small in size, light in weight, small in occupied area and capable of efficiently removing pollutants such as oil stains, rust and paint leather on the metal surface.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of laser cleaning, in particular to a laser cleaning device for an aluminum guide rod. Background Art

[0002] There are various cleaning methods in the traditional cleaning industry, mostly brush cleaning, or cleaning with chemicals and mechanical methods. In my country, people's awareness of environmental protection and safety is increasing. Since 2020, the types of chemicals that can be used in industrial production cleaning will become fewer and fewer. How to find a cleaner and non-destructive cleaning method is a problem we have to consider. Laser cleaning has the characteristics of no grinding, non-contact, no thermal effect and suitable for objects of various materials. It is considered to be the most reliable and effective solution. At the same time, laser cleaning can solve problems that cannot be solved by traditional cleaning methods.

[0003] At present, the laser cleaning in the market is handheld laser cleaning, which is inefficient. Therefore, a device is needed to realize the automation of laser cleaning, save equipment costs, and improve work efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to make up for the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides an aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device.

[0005] The utility model is realized through the following technical solutions:

[0006] A laser cleaning device for an aluminum guide rod comprises a bracket at the bottom, a workbench is arranged on the bracket, a robot control cabinet is arranged on one side of the workbench, the robot control cabinet is connected to an industrial robot, a dust collector is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the bracket, an electric control cabinet is arranged above the dust collector, a laser cleaning machine is arranged on one side of the electric control cabinet, a laser cleaning head is arranged on the laser cleaning machine, a fence is arranged around the bracket, and a grating is arranged on the fence close to the dust collector; the laser cleaning head is equipped with a lightweight transition piece and a protective gas blowing device, which can realize protective blowing after being connected to compressed air. In addition, a dust suction port is integrated on the cleaning head, which can be directly connected to the dust collector, and can effectively absorb the smoke and dust generated during the cleaning process.

[0007] Furthermore, a suction port is arranged outside the dust collector, and the suction port is connected to the filter chamber through an air inlet equalizing device. An ash hopper and a filter cartridge are arranged in the filter chamber, wherein the ash hopper is used to settle a part of the coarse particles in the air flow, and the filter cartridge is used to filter the dust particles with fine particle size and small density.

[0008] Furthermore, two tightening cylinders are arranged on the workbench. When the workpiece arrives at the cleaning station, the cylinders on both sides extend to fix the workpiece to prevent the workpiece from shaking. When the cleaning is completed, the cylinders on both sides retract and the workpiece can be moved out of the cleaning station.

[0009] Furthermore, the laser cleaning machine uses a continuous fiber laser and utilizes the thermal ablation effect of the laser to overcome the binding force between the dirt and the substrate surface, thereby achieving the purpose of cleaning.

[0010] Furthermore, the industrial robot has a load of 20kg, a repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.05mm, and an arm span of 1920MM. The moving parts of the robot body except the arms are cast from carbonate fiber, which is light in weight, has high torque, strong toughness, and has high mechanical properties and strong anti-vibration ability.

[0011] The utility model is small in size, light in weight, and occupies a small area. It can effectively remove pollutants such as oil, rust, and paint on the metal surface. In addition, the laser cleaning head is an independently developed terminal device specifically for cleaning, equipped with a lightweight transition piece, with the characteristics of light weight, small size, and convenient disassembly and installation. The laser cleaning head is equipped with a protective gas blowing device, which can achieve protective blowing after connecting to compressed air, effectively avoiding dirt in the use environment from adhering to the laser cleaning head, greatly improving the service life of the laser cleaning head. In addition, the cleaning head is integrated with a dust suction port, which can be directly connected to a dust collector, and can effectively absorb the smoke and dust generated during the cleaning process. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] The utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0013] Figure 1 It is a top view of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 It is the front view of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 This is the front view of the laser cleaning machine of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 This is a right side view of the laser cleaning machine of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the laser cleaning head of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of tooling positioning for the utility model.

[0019] In the figure, 1. bracket, 2. workbench, 3. robot control cabinet, 4. industrial robot, 5. dust collector, 6. electric control cabinet, 7. laser cleaning machine, 8. laser cleaning head, 9. fence, 10. grating, 11. tightening cylinder. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the following embodiments.

[0021] Example 1

[0022] like Figure 1 As shown, a laser cleaning device for an aluminum guide rod includes a bracket 1 located at the bottom, a workbench 2 is arranged on the bracket 1, a robot control cabinet 3 is arranged on one side of the workbench 2, the robot control cabinet 3 is connected to an industrial robot 4, a dust collector 5 is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the bracket 1, an electric control cabinet 6 is arranged above the dust collector 5, a laser cleaning machine 7 is arranged on one side of the electric control cabinet 6, a laser cleaning head 8 is arranged on the laser cleaning machine 7, and a fence 9 is arranged around the bracket 1 to ensure reliable positioning of the product and the welding quality of the product. A grating 10 is arranged on the fence 9 close to the dust collector 5; the laser cleaning head 8 is equipped with a lightweight transition piece and a protective gas blowing device, which can realize protective blowing after being connected to compressed air. In addition, a dust suction port is integrated on the cleaning head, which can be directly connected to the dust collector 5, and can effectively absorb the smoke and dust generated during the cleaning process. The overall footprint of the equipment is (length * width * height) 4420mm*4358mm*3100mm. The overall layout of the equipment is as follows Figure 1 , 2 shown.

[0023] Process flow:

[0024] (1) The workpiece is manually controlled to be in place and stop moving;

[0025] (2) Start the cleaning program, close the laser protective cover, start the dust collector, and the industrial robot automatically runs the laser cleaning program to clean the workpiece;

[0026] (3) After cleaning is completed, the industrial robot returns to the origin, the dust collector is turned off, and the laser protective cover is opened;

[0027] (4) The workpiece leaves the cleaning station, and the subsequent workpieces are manually controlled to arrive in place;

[0028] (5) Repeat the second step to loop the operation.

[0029] Example 2

[0030] Laser cleaning machine

[0031] like Figure 3 , 4 As shown, the laser cleaning machine adopts a continuous fiber laser and uses the laser thermal ablation effect to overcome the bonding force between the dirt and the substrate surface, thereby achieving the purpose of cleaning. The laser cleaning machine has the characteristics of high speed, high precision, high efficiency, and high cost performance.

[0032] The laser cleaning machine adopts an integrated structure, small size, light weight, small footprint, and is equipped with a water-cooled laser. The product has stable performance and superior quality. The equipment has a reserved communication interface, which can be integrated with external automation equipment, automated robots, etc. to achieve the function of automatic cleaning; it can effectively remove oil, rust, paint and other pollutants on the metal surface.

[0033] Laser parameters

[0034]

[0035] .

[0036] Example 3

[0037] Laser cleaning head

[0038] like Figure 5 As shown, the laser cleaning head is an end device independently developed by Qiangyuan Laser specifically for cleaning. It is equipped with a lightweight transition piece and has the characteristics of light weight, small size, and easy disassembly and installation. The laser cleaning head is equipped with a protective gas blowing device. After connecting to compressed air, protective blowing can be achieved, which effectively prevents dirt in the use environment from adhering to the laser cleaning head, greatly improving the service life of the laser cleaning head.

[0039] In addition, the cleaning head is integrated with a dust suction port, which can be directly connected to a dust collector, and can effectively absorb the smoke and dust generated during the cleaning process.

[0040] Example 4

[0041] Industrial robot, load 20kg, repeat positioning accuracy ±0.05mm, robot arm span 1920MM. The main moving parts of the robot body (except the arm) are made of carbonic acid fiber, which is light in weight, has high torque and strong toughness, and has high mechanical properties and strong anti-vibration ability. The base is manufactured using CRP technology, and its design is optimized using CAD and FEM during the manufacturing process to ensure the base's load-bearing capacity and base weight. The drive system adopts mechatronics design, and all axes are driven by digital AC servo motors. The AC servo drive system has various protections such as overload, overcurrent, phase loss, and out-of-tolerance, and its performance is safe and reliable. The structure of each component is simple and easy to disassemble and assemble. The special geometric structure allows the machine to occupy less space to exert greater working capacity and make full use of the work site space. The advanced design enables the robot to operate at high speed and stability, and is easy to maintain.

[0042] Robot parameter table

[0043]

[0044] Example 5

[0045] Dust collector

[0046] According to the configuration of the dust collector of the laser cleaning unit, the dust is captured into the dust collector through the suction port, and the dust-laden air enters the filter chamber from the air inlet equalizing device of the dust collector. Some coarse particles in the air flow directly settle into the ash hopper; the dust particles with fine particle size and small density are filtered by the filter cartridge with a filtration efficiency of up to 99% when the air flow passes through the filter cartridge, and are trapped on the surface of the filter cartridge and backblown into the ash hopper by the pulse backblowing structure. The purified gas enters the clean air chamber and is discharged back into the workshop through the exhaust port of the fan room on the top side of the dust collector.

[0047] Dust collector parameter table

[0048] .

[0049] Example 6

[0050] like Figure 6 As shown, two cylinders are installed on the workbench. When the workpiece arrives at the cleaning station, the cylinders on both sides extend to fix the workpiece to prevent it from shaking. When the cleaning is completed, the cylinders on both sides retract and the workpiece can be moved out of the cleaning station.

[0051] The welding area is isolated and protected, and the fence is equipped with a safety grating to prevent people from entering and causing accidents such as personnel safety accidents, which is convenient for workshop management and safety control. A semi-open iron mesh safety fence is used to relatively isolate the robot's working range from the outside, and the manual operation position is open, which is convenient for work and production operations, and also convenient for external observation of the operation of internal equipment.

[0052] It should be noted that the equipment structure and drawings of the utility model mainly describe the principle of the utility model. In terms of the technology of the design principle, the settings of the power mechanism, power supply system and control system of the device are not fully described. On the premise that the technical personnel in this field understand the principle of the above utility model, the details of the power mechanism, power supply system and control system can be clearly known. The control method of the application document is automatic control through a controller, and the control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming by the technical personnel in this field;

[0053] The standard parts used therein can all be purchased from the market and can be customized according to the instructions and drawings. The specific connection methods of each part adopt conventional means such as mature bolts, rivets, welding, etc. in the prior art. The machinery, parts and equipment all adopt conventional models in the prior art, and the structures and principles of the components known to technical personnel in this field can be known by these technical personnel through technical manuals or through conventional experimental methods.

[0054] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A laser cleaning device for aluminum guide rods, characterized in that: The invention comprises a support (1) at the bottom, a workbench (2) is arranged on the support (1), a robot control cabinet (3) is arranged on one side of the workbench (2), the robot control cabinet (3) is connected to an industrial robot (4), a dust collector (5) is arranged at the bottom of the other side of the support (1), an electric control cabinet (6) is arranged above the dust collector (5), a laser cleaning machine (7) is arranged on one side of the electric control cabinet (6), a laser cleaning head (8) is arranged on the laser cleaning machine (7), a fence (9) is arranged around the support (1), and a grating (10) is arranged on the fence (9) close to the dust collector (5); the laser cleaning head (8) is equipped with a light transition piece and a protective gas blowing device, which can realize protective blowing after being connected to compressed air. In addition, a dust suction port is integrated on the cleaning head and can be directly connected to the dust collector (5), so that smoke and dust generated during the cleaning process can be effectively absorbed.

2. The aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dust collector (5) is provided with a suction port on the outside, and the suction port is connected to the filter chamber through an air intake equalizing device, and an ash hopper and a filter cartridge are provided in the filter chamber.

3. The aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two tightening cylinders (11) are arranged on the workbench (2). When the workpiece arrives at the cleaning station, the cylinders on both sides extend to fix the workpiece to prevent the workpiece from shaking. When the cleaning is completed, the cylinders on both sides retract and the workpiece can be moved out of the cleaning station.

4. The aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The laser cleaning machine (7) uses a continuous fiber laser and utilizes the thermal ablation effect of the laser to overcome the bonding force between the dirt and the substrate surface, thereby achieving the purpose of cleaning.

5. The aluminum guide rod laser cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The industrial robot (4) has a load of 20 kg, a repeatability of ±0.05 mm, an arm span of 1920 mm, and the moving parts of the robot body except the arm are made of carbon fiber casting.

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