Steering column blank discharging mechanism
By designing an automated steering column blank cutting mechanism and controlling the movement of the supporting plate and the lead parts by using the transverse push cylinder, the problems of large amount of manual cutting and easy leakage in the prior art are solved, and an efficient and safe cutting process is achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421049550.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-05-15
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-04
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-05-15
AI Technical Summary
In the prior art, the cutting process of steering column blanks relies on manual operations, resulting in large labor and easy leakage, which in turn affects production efficiency and may lead to cutter or damage to the cutting equipment.
A steering column blanking mechanism is designed, including a base frame, support column, guide piece, bar, support plate and push wedge block. The reciprocating movement of the fixed block, limit block, hinged block and support plate are controlled by horizontal push cylinder to realize the automatic cutting process.
The cutting mechanism effectively reduces the amount of manual labor, avoids manual leakage, improves production efficiency, and prevents cutting heads or damage problems caused by leakage of steering column blanks.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to a blanking mechanism for a steering column, belonging to the technical field of blanking equipment for a steering column. Background Art
[0002] The steering column blank is in the shape of a round tube, and one end face of the steering column blank needs to be cut to meet the required length, so as to facilitate further processing of the steering column blank in the subsequent sequence. The existing cutting method is to use a cutting device, and the specific use method is as follows: first, multiple steering column blanks are pushed by a feeding mechanism and sequentially enter the clamping head of the cutting device, and the steering column blank is clamped by the clamping head. The clamped steering column blank is cut by a movable cutter head on the cutting device to cut one end of the steering column blank to the required length, and the clamping head releases the steering column blank. The next steering column blank to be processed is pushed by the feeding mechanism to push out the previous steering column blank that has been processed in the clamping head, that is, a cyclic cutting process can be performed.
[0003] Since the space for the cutter head position of the cutting equipment is limited and the cutter head adopts mobile cutting, the unloading guide groove cannot be directly installed in an inclined state near the cutter head position. The moving cutter head will hinder the unloading guide groove, making it impossible for the unloading guide groove to perform unloading operations smoothly. At present, the steering column blank is unloaded from the cutting equipment in a way that when the processed steering column blank is ejected, the staff will catch the steering column blank by hand at the clamping head position of the cutting equipment. This process is not only labor-intensive and time-consuming, but also labor-intensive. On the other hand, due to individual differences among the staff, it is easy for the steering column blank to be missed when being caught manually. After being missed, the steering column blank is easy to fall near the moving cutter head of the cutting equipment. It is necessary to stop the machine to remove it while ensuring the personal safety of the staff. Once the machine is stopped, the production efficiency will be directly reduced. If it is not taken out, it is easy to cause the cutter head of the cutting equipment to be stuck and damaged. Therefore, it is necessary to improve it. Summary of the invention
[0004] The utility model aims to provide a steering column blank unloading mechanism which effectively reduces manual labor and avoids the problem that manual omission of steering column blanks affects the progress of production work and the problem that the omission of steering column blanks easily causes the tool head of the cutting equipment to get stuck and be damaged.
[0005] The technical solution of the utility model is:
[0006] A blanking mechanism for a steering column blank, comprising a chassis, characterized in that: support columns are symmetrically arranged on the chassis, a material guiding member is installed on the chassis on one side of the support column through a fixing column, an assembly plate is installed on the support column, optical rods are symmetrically arranged on the assembly plate, a sliding member is slidably installed on the optical rods, one end of the assembly plate is connected to the sliding member through a horizontal pushing cylinder, a material supporting plate is arranged above the sliding member, the lower part of the material supporting plate is hinged to the optical rod through a hinge block, a tension spring is arranged between the material supporting plate and the sliding member, a material pushing wedge block is arranged below the material supporting plate, and a roller sliding member is installed on the assembly plate corresponding to the material pushing wedge block.
[0007] The material guiding member is a long strip with a "concave" cross-section.
[0008] The assembly plate is a long rectangular body with a "U" cross-section.
[0009] The sliding member includes a fixing block and a limiting block. The limiting block is fixedly installed at the front end of the fixing block. The limiting block is a rectangular body with a "T" cross-section. First sliding holes are symmetrically arranged on the fixing block, second sliding holes are arranged on the limiting block corresponding to the first sliding holes, the first sliding holes and the second sliding holes are respectively in sliding connection with the optical rods in a matching manner, a supporting block is arranged on the fixing block, and the supporting block is a block with a right-angled trapezoid cross-section.
[0010] The material supporting plate has a "V" cross-section and is a long strip. The lower part of the material supporting plate is fixedly connected to one end of the hinge block, the other end of the hinge block is arranged corresponding to the sliding member, a hinge hole is arranged on the hinge block arranged corresponding to the sliding member, and the hinge hole is slidably inserted into the optical rod in a matching manner.
[0011] The material pushing wedge block is wedge-shaped, and unequal inclined surfaces are arranged on the material pushing wedge block. The unequal inclined surfaces are in sliding connection with the roller sliding member in a matching manner.
[0012] The roller sliding member includes a support plate and a roller body. Support plates are respectively arranged at both ends of the roller body. The support plate and the roller body are connected through a short shaft. One end of the short shaft is fixedly connected to the roller body, and the other end of the short shaft is connected to the support plate through a bearing.
[0013] The beneficial effects of the present utility model compared with the prior art are as follows:
[0014] The steering column blank unloading mechanism controls the fixed block, the limit block, the hinge block and the supporting plate to reciprocate to the left or right through the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder, thereby the steering column blank that has been cut is caught by the supporting plate and conveyed to the guide piece, and then the steering column blank slides from the high terrain of the guide piece to the low terrain along the axial direction of the guide piece under the action of its own gravity, until it enters the collection frame pre-set at the front end of the guide piece, so as to facilitate the collection of the steering column blank. The unloading mechanism effectively reduces the amount of manual labor, and at the same time avoids the problem that manual omission of steering column blanks affects the progress of production work and the problem that the omission of steering column blanks easily causes the tool head of the cutting equipment to be stuck and damaged. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0016] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the front view structure of
[0017] Figure 3 for Figure 1 A side view structural schematic diagram of;
[0018] Figure 4 for Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure along the AA direction;
[0019] Figure 5 for Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the structure in working state;
[0020] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the push wedge block in the utility model;
[0021] Figure 7 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the fixing block, the limiting block and the supporting block in the utility model;
[0022] Figure 8 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the supporting plate and the hinge block in the utility model.
[0023] In the figure: 1. chassis; 2. support column; 3. material guide; 4. polished rod; 5. fixed block; 6. limit block; 7. first sliding hole; 8. second sliding hole; 9. horizontal push cylinder; 10. support plate; 11. hinge block; 12. supporting block; 13. tension spring; 14. push wedge block; 15. unequal inclined surface; 16. support plate; 17. slide roller body; 18. steering column blank; 19. fixed column; 20. assembly plate; 21. hinge hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] As attached Figure 1-8 Shown
[0025] The blanking mechanism for the steering column blank includes a chassis 1. Support columns 2 are symmetrically arranged on the chassis 1. The support columns 2 are cylindrical. An assembly plate 20 is fixedly installed on the support columns 2. The assembly plate 20 is a long rectangular body with a "U"-shaped cross-section. During use, the support columns 2 support the assembly plate 20 to facilitate the alignment of the assembly plate 20 with the cutting head position of the cutting equipment.
[0026] On the chassis 1 on one side of the support column 2, a material guiding member 3 is fixedly installed obliquely through a fixing column 19. The fixing column 19 is used to support one end of the material guiding member 3. The material guiding member 3 is a long body with a "concave"-shaped cross-section. During use, the obliquely arranged material guiding member 3 facilitates the steering column blank 18 to slide along the axial direction of the material guiding member 3 from the high terrain to the low terrain under its own gravity.
[0027] Smooth rods 4 are symmetrically and fixedly installed on the inner side of the assembly plate 20. A sliding member is slidably installed on the smooth rods 4. The sliding member includes a fixing block 5 and a limiting block 6. The fixing block 5 is a rectangular body. First sliding holes 7 are symmetrically arranged on the fixing block 5. The fixing block 5 is slidably connected with the smooth rods 4 through the first sliding holes 7. During use, the fixing block 5 can slide along the axial direction of the smooth rods 4 through the cooperation of the first sliding holes 7 and the smooth rods 4.
[0028] A limiting block 6 is fixedly installed at the front end of the fixing block 5. The limiting block 6 is a rectangular body with a "T"-shaped cross-section. Second sliding holes 8 are arranged on the limiting block 6 corresponding to the first sliding holes 7. The second sliding holes 8 are respectively slidably connected with the smooth rods 4. During use, the limiting block 6 can slide along the axial direction of the smooth rods 4 through the cooperation of the second sliding holes 8 and the smooth rods 4.
[0029] A horizontal pushing cylinder 9 is fixedly installed at one end of the assembly plate 20 through a cylinder mounting frame. The piston rod of the horizontal pushing cylinder 9 is fixedly connected with the fixing block 5 of the sliding member. During use, when the piston rod of the horizontal pushing cylinder 9 extends or retracts, it drives the fixing block 5 to slide left or right along the axial direction of the smooth rods 4.
[0030] A material supporting plate 10 is arranged above the sliding member. The cross-section of the material supporting plate 10 is a long body with a "V"-shaped cross-section. A hinge block 11 is fixedly installed below the material supporting plate 10. The hinge block 11 is arranged between the fixing block 5 and the limiting block 6. A hinge hole 21 is opened on the hinge block 11 arranged between the fixing block 5 and the limiting block 6. The hinge hole 21 is slidably inserted in cooperation with the smooth rods 4. During use, the fixing block 5 and the limiting block 6 limit the hinge block 11. Under the limiting action of the fixing block 5 and the limiting block 6, when the fixing block 5 slides along the axial direction of the smooth rods 4, with the cooperation of the limiting block 6, it drives the hinge block 11 and the material supporting plate 10 to slide along the axial direction of the smooth rods 4.
[0031] A supporting block 12 is provided on the fixed block 5. The supporting block 12 is a block with a right-angled trapezoidal cross section. When in use, the supporting block 12 is used to support and lift the supporting plate 10 so that the supporting plate 10 can maintain a balanced state after being flipped and reset.
[0032] The support plate 10 is hinged to the polished rod 4 through a hinge block 11 at the bottom, and a tension spring 13 is provided between the support plate 10 and the sliding member. The function of the tension spring 13 is to reset the support plate 10 under the elastic force of the tension spring 13 when the support plate 10 is deflected.
[0033] A pushing wedge block 14 is arranged below the supporting plate 10. The pushing wedge block 14 is wedge-shaped and is provided with unequal inclined surfaces 15. A sliding roller member is installed on the assembly plate 20 corresponding to the pushing wedge block 14. The sliding roller member includes a supporting plate 16 and a sliding roller body 17. Support plates 16 are respectively arranged at both ends of the sliding roller body 17. The support plate 16 and the sliding roller body 17 are connected by a short shaft. One end of the short shaft is fixedly connected to the sliding roller body 17, and the other end of the short shaft is connected to the support plate 16 by a bearing.
[0034] The unequal inclined surfaces 15 of the push wedge 14 are slidably connected with the slide roller body 17 of the slide roller member, so that the support plate 10 can be pushed up to an inclined state so that the steering column blank 18 on the support plate 10 falls onto the guide member 3.
[0035] When the steering column blank blanking mechanism is used, the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder 9 is first extended, and the piston rod pushes the fixed block 5 to slide to the right along the axial direction of the light rod 4. During the sliding process of the fixed block 5 to the right, the fixed block 5 and the limit block 6 cooperate with each other to drive the hinge block 11 and the supporting plate 10 to move to the right synchronously.
[0036] When the limit block 6 slides to the rightmost end of the polished rod 4, the limit block 6 is limited by the assembly plate 20 and stops moving. At this time, one end of the supporting plate 10 extends to the outside of the assembly plate 20. The supporting plate 10 extending to the outside of the assembly plate 20 corresponds to the clamping head of the cutting equipment. The supporting plate 10 is close to the front end of the clamping head. When the steering column blank 18 that has been processed on the clamping head is pushed by the second steering column blank 18 and moves out from the front end of the clamping head, the processed steering column blank 18 will fall onto the supporting plate 10. After the steering column blank 18 falls onto the supporting plate 10, the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder 9 is controlled to reset, and the piston rod drives the fixed block 5 to slide to the left along the axial direction of the polished rod 4. The fixed block 5 and the limit block 6 cooperate with each other to drive the hinge block 11, the supporting plate 10 and the steering column blank 18 to move synchronously to the left.
[0037] When the support plate 10 and the steering column blank 18 are away from the clamping head, the clamping head clamps the second steering column blank 18, and the cutter head of the cutting device can start cutting the second steering column blank 18 clamped by the clamping head.
[0038] In the process of the hinge block 11, the support plate 10 and the steering column blank 18 moving synchronously to the left, when the unequal inclined surface 15 of the push wedge block 14 contacts the roller body 17 of the sliding roller, the support plate 10 gradually turns over around the light rod 4 under the cooperation of the hinge hole 21 of the hinge block 11 and the light rod 4. In this process, the tension spring 13 is stretched and stored until the fixed block 5 slides to the leftmost end of the light rod 4, and the fixed block 5 stops moving due to the limit of the assembly plate 20. At this time, the steering column blank 18 slides along the inclined surface of the support plate 10 to the guide plate The steering column blank 18 slides onto the guide member 3 and slides from the high terrain of the guide member 3 to the low terrain of the guide member 3 along the axial direction of the guide member 3 under the action of its own gravity, until it enters the collecting frame pre-arranged at the front end of the guide member 3, so as to facilitate the collection of the steering column blank 18; thereby, the collection operation of the steering column blank 18 is completed once. When the cutting operation of the second steering column blank 18 is completed, the tool head of the cutting equipment is controlled to be away from the clamping head, and the above steps are repeated. The unloading operation of the steering column blank 18 can be cyclically performed through the unloading mechanism.
[0039] The steering column blank unloading mechanism controls the fixed block 5, the limit block 6, the hinge block 11 and the supporting plate 10 to reciprocate to the left or right through the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder 9, thereby the steering column blank 18 that has been cut is received by the supporting plate 10 and conveyed to the guide member 3, and then the steering column blank 18 slides from the high terrain of the guide member 3 to the low terrain along the axial direction of the guide member 3 under the action of its own gravity, until it enters the collection frame pre-set at the front end of the guide member 3, so as to facilitate the collection of the steering column blank 18. The unloading mechanism effectively reduces the amount of manual labor, and at the same time avoids the problem that the manual omission of the steering column blank 18 affects the progress of the production work and the omission of the steering column blank 18 easily causes the tool head of the cutting equipment to be stuck and damaged.
Claims
1. A steering column blank blanking mechanism, comprising a base frame (1), characterized in that: Support columns (2) are symmetrically arranged on the chassis (1). A material guiding member (3) is installed on the chassis (1) on one side of the support column (2) through a fixed column (19). An assembly plate (20) is installed on the support column (2). Optical rods (4) are symmetrically arranged on the assembly plate (20). A sliding member is slidably installed on the optical rods (4). One end of the assembly plate (20) is connected to the sliding member through a transverse pushing cylinder (9). A material supporting plate (10) is arranged above the sliding member. The lower part of the material supporting plate (10) is hinged to the optical rod (4) through a hinge block (11). A tension spring (13) is arranged between the material supporting plate (10) and the sliding member. A material pushing wedge block (14) is arranged below the material supporting plate (10). A roller sliding member is installed on the assembly plate (20) corresponding to the material pushing wedge block (14).
2. A steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material guiding member (3) is a long strip with a cross-section in the shape of a "concave".
3. A steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The assembly plate (20) is a long rectangular body with a cross-section in the shape of a "U".
4. A steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sliding member includes a fixed block (5) and a limiting block (6). The limiting block (6) is fixedly installed at the front end of the fixed block (5). The limiting block (6) is a rectangular body with a cross-section in the shape of a "T". First sliding holes (7) are symmetrically arranged on the fixed block (5). Second sliding holes (8) are arranged on the limiting block (6) corresponding to the first sliding holes (7). The first sliding holes (7) and the second sliding holes (8) are respectively in sliding connection with the optical rod (4) in a matching manner. A supporting block (12) is arranged on the fixed block (5). The supporting block (12) is a block with a cross-section in the shape of a right trapezoid.
5. The steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cross-section of the material supporting plate (10) is a long strip in the shape of a "V". The lower part of the material supporting plate (10) is fixedly connected to one end of the hinge block (11). The other end of the hinge block (11) is arranged corresponding to the sliding member. A hinge hole (21) is arranged on the hinge block (11) corresponding to the sliding member. The hinge hole (21) is slidably inserted into the optical rod (4) in a matching manner.
6. A steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material pushing wedge block (14) is wedge-shaped. An unequal inclined surface (15) is arranged on the material pushing wedge block (14). The unequal inclined surface (15) is in sliding connection with the roller sliding member in a matching manner.
7. A steering column blank blanking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The roller sliding member includes a support plate (16) and a roller body (17). Support plates (16) are respectively arranged at both ends of the roller body (17). The support plate (16) and the roller body (17) are connected through a short shaft. One end of the short shaft is fixedly connected to the roller body (17), and the other end of the short shaft is connected to the support plate (16) through a bearing.