Feeding device for metal machining

By designing a feeding device for metal processing including slide rails, baffles, drive mechanisms and installation mechanisms, the problem of the slidable workpiece thickness of the slide rail inner wall cannot be adjusted, and flexible adjustment of workpiece thickness and effective grasping of automatic workpiece installation are achieved, ensuring the smooth progress of the metal processing process.

CN222680309UActive Publication Date: 2025-03-28SUZHOU MINGJIA PRECISION MASCH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202420859178.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-24
Publication Date
2025-03-28
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-24

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Technical Problem

During the metal processing process, the thickness of the workpiece slidable inside the slide rail cannot be adjusted, resulting in a small thickness of the workpiece skewed on the inner wall of the slide rail, affecting the suction cup grasp of the automatic workpiece installation mechanism, and thus affecting subsequent processing.

Method used

A feeding device for metal processing is designed, including a slide rail, a baffle, a drive mechanism and an installation mechanism. The drive mechanism controls the baffle to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail, adjusts the dimensions of the workpiece thickness, and installs the slide rail on the surface of the automated lathe through the installation mechanism.

Benefits of technology

It realizes flexible adjustment of the thickness of the workpiece that can be accommodated by the inner wall of the slide rail, avoids the phenomenon that the workpiece falls into the inner wall of the slide rail due to the thin thickness, and ensures the effective grasping of the automatic workpiece installation mechanism and the smooth progress of subsequent processing.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a feeding device for metal processing, and relates to the technical field of feeding devices. When the sliding rail is used, a user controls the baffle to slide on the inner wall of the sliding rail through the driving mechanism and adjusts the thickness of a workpiece capable of being contained in the sliding rail, so that the thickness of the workpiece needing to be machined can be just contained, namely the thickness of the workpiece needing to be machined is slightly larger than that of the workpiece needing to be machined, and then the sliding rail is installed on the surface of an automatic lathe through the installation mechanism. Under the action of gravity, a workpiece in the sliding rail can slide down along the interior of the sliding rail, a user sucks the workpiece through a suction cup of the automatic workpiece mounting mechanism and then mounts the workpiece on the surface of the automatic lathe, and then the workpiece can be sequentially clamped and machined. A user can control the thickness of a workpiece capable of being contained in the inner wall of the sliding rail, the phenomenon that the workpiece topples over on the inner wall of the sliding rail due to the fact that the thickness is too small is avoided, and the practicability of the device is fully embodied.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of feeding devices, in particular to a feeding device for metal processing. Background Art

[0002] Metal processing refers to the process of changing the shape, size, surface characteristics or performance of metal materials by various physical, chemical or mechanical treatments. Cutting is a common metal processing method. It cuts or removes parts of metal materials by applying rotating cutting tools, such as lathe tools, milling cutters, drills, etc., to metal materials to form the desired shape and size. Cutting is often used to produce parts, workpieces and structural parts.

[0003] When processing metal through an automated lathe, slide rail loading is often used to save manpower. The slide rail loading method is generally to place multiple metal workpieces that need to be processed on the inner wall of the slide rail, and then install the slide rail on the surface of the automated lathe. Under the action of gravity, the workpieces will slide down to the end of the slide rail one by one. At this time, the workpieces are sucked up by the suction cup of the automated workpiece mounting mechanism and installed on the surface of the automated lathe, thereby realizing the sequential clamping and processing of the workpieces. At present, the thickness of the workpiece that can slide on the inner wall of the slide rail is often unable to be adjusted. As a result, when the thickness of the workpiece is small, it will be skewed on the inner wall of the slide rail, which will cause the suction cup of the automated workpiece mounting mechanism to be unable to effectively grasp the workpiece, affecting subsequent processing. Therefore, a new type of feeding device for metal processing is needed to solve the above problems. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model specifically adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] A feeding device for metal processing includes: a slide rail, the inner wall of which is slidably plugged with a baffle, a driving mechanism and an installation mechanism, the driving mechanism is used to drive the baffle to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail, and the installation mechanism is used to install the slide rail on the surface of an automated lathe.

[0006] Furthermore, the driving mechanism comprises a driving threaded rod threadedly inserted into the surface of the slide rail, one end of the driving threaded rod is rotatably inserted into the surface of the baffle, and one end of the driving threaded rod is fixedly mounted with a rotating column.

[0007] Furthermore, the mounting mechanism includes two mounting belts, a plurality of slots are provided on the surface of the slide rail, the surfaces of the two mounting belts are respectively slidably inserted into the inner walls of the two slots, magnetic sheets are fixedly installed on the surfaces of the two mounting belts, and Velcro fur surfaces and Velcro thorn surfaces are fixedly installed on the surfaces of the two mounting belts.

[0008] Furthermore, a mounting plate is installed below the slide rail, a telescopic tube is rotatably installed on the inner wall of the mounting plate, a contact plate is rotatably installed on the other end of the telescopic tube, and a connecting mechanism is also included, which is used to install the mounting plate on the surface of the slide rail.

[0009] Furthermore, the telescopic tube includes a rotating block rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the mounting plate, a plug is rotatably inserted on the surface of the rotating block, a sleeve is threadedly sleeved on the surface of the plug, and the other end of the sleeve is rotatably mounted on the surface of the contact plate.

[0010] Furthermore, the connection mechanism comprises a connection plate fixedly mounted on the surface of the mounting plate, a plurality of connection bolts are threadedly inserted on the surface of the connection plate, and surfaces of the plurality of connection bolts are threadedly inserted on the surface of the slide rail.

[0011] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:

[0012] The utility model, when in use, the user controls the baffle to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail through the driving mechanism, adjusts the size of the thickness of the workpiece that the slide rail can accommodate, so that the thickness of the workpiece to be processed can be just accommodated, that is, slightly larger than the thickness of the workpiece to be processed, and then installs the slide rail on the surface of the automatic lathe through the installation mechanism, and the operation can be carried out. Under the action of gravity, the workpiece inside the slide rail will slide down along the inside thereof, and the user can absorb the workpiece through the suction cup of the automatic workpiece installation mechanism and then install it on the surface of the automatic lathe, so as to realize the sequential clamping and processing of the workpiece. With such an arrangement, the user can control the thickness of the workpiece that can be accommodated by the inner wall of the slide rail, avoids the phenomenon that the workpiece falls on the inner wall of the slide rail due to excessive thinness, and fully reflects the practicality of the device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the utility model from another angle;

[0015] Figure 3 It is a half-section view of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 It is a half-section view of a partial structure of the utility model.

[0017] Figure numerals: 1. slide rail; 2. baffle; 3. driving mechanism; 301. driving threaded rod; 302. rotating column; 4. mounting mechanism; 401. mounting belt; 402. magnetic sheet; 403. Velcro fur surface; 404. Velcro thorn surface; 5. mounting plate; 6. telescopic tube; 601. rotating block; 602. insert tube; 603. sleeve; 7. contact plate; 8. connecting mechanism; 801. connecting plate; 802. connecting bolt. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model clearer, the technical solution in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model.

[0019] The present application provides a feeding device for metal processing, which is mainly used to solve the problem that when processing metal through an automated lathe, in order to save manpower, a slide rail is often used for feeding. The slide rail feeding method is generally to place multiple metal workpieces to be processed on the inner wall of the slide rail, and then install the slide rail on the surface of the automated lathe. Under the action of gravity, the workpieces will slide down to the end of the slide rail in turn. At this time, the workpieces are sucked up by the suction cup of the automated workpiece mounting mechanism and then installed on the surface of the automated lathe, thereby realizing the sequential clamping and processing of the workpieces. At present, the thickness of the workpiece that can slide on the inner wall of the slide rail is often unable to be adjusted. As a result, when the thickness of the workpiece is small, it will be skewed on the inner wall of the slide rail, thereby causing the suction cup of the automated workpiece mounting mechanism to be unable to effectively grasp the workpiece, affecting the subsequent processing. The following technical solutions are provided, which will be combined with Figure 1-Figure 4 Make a detailed description:

[0020] A feeding device for metal processing, comprising: a slide rail 1 with a baffle plate 2 slidably inserted in the inner wall, a user can control the baffle plate 2 to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail 1 through a driving mechanism 3, and install the slide rail 1 on the surface of an automated lathe through an installation mechanism 4, wherein the driving mechanism 3 mainly comprises: a driving threaded rod 301 threadedly inserted in the surface of the slide rail 1, and a user rotates a rotating column 302 fixedly installed at one end of the driving threaded rod 301 to drive the baffle plate 2 rotatably sleeved on the surface of the driving threaded rod 301 to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail 1, wherein the installation mechanism 4 mainly comprises: a plurality of slots all provided on the surface of the slide rail 1, and a user After sliding the two mounting belts 401 into the inner walls of several slots respectively, fit the Velcro fur surface 403 and the Velcro thorn surface 404 on the surfaces of the two mounting belts 401 together to achieve a closed loop of the two mounting belts 401 on the surface of the slide rail 1, and then adsorb the magnetic sheet 402 fixedly mounted on the surface of the slide rail 1 on the surface of the automatic lathe to complete the installation of the slide rail 1. It should be noted that the method of adsorbing the magnetic sheet 402 proposed in the present application is suitable for situations where the slide rail 1 is light in weight and the workpiece to be transported is small. When the slide rail 1 is large, you can choose to use traditional bolts to install the slide rail 1.

[0021] During use, the user controls the baffle 2 to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail 1 through the driving mechanism 3, and adjusts the size of the thickness of the workpiece that the slide rail 1 can accommodate so that it can just accommodate the thickness of the workpiece to be processed, that is, slightly larger than the thickness of the workpiece to be processed, and then installs the slide rail 1 on the surface of the automatic lathe through the installation mechanism 4, and the operation can be carried out. Under the action of gravity, the workpiece inside the slide rail 1 will slide down along its interior. The user absorbs the workpiece through the suction cup of the automatic workpiece installation mechanism 4 and installs it on the surface of the automatic lathe, so as to realize the sequential clamping and processing of the workpiece. Such a setting allows the user to control the thickness of the workpiece that the inner wall of the slide rail 1 can accommodate, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the workpiece falls on the inner wall of the slide rail 1 due to excessive thinness, which fully reflects the practicality of the device.

[0022] like Figure 1 , Figure 4As shown, in some embodiments, in order to further optimize the solution, a mounting plate 5 is installed below the slide rail 1, and a telescopic tube 6 is rotatably installed on the inner wall of the mounting plate 5. The user can place a contact plate 7 rotatably installed at one end of the telescopic tube 6 inside the automated lathe, and then install the mounting plate 5 on the surface of the slide rail 1 through a connecting mechanism 8, and then adjust the length of the telescopic tube 6, so that the slide rail 1 is diagonally supported inside the automated lathe, thereby realizing another way of installing the slide rail 1. When using this method, the slide rail 1 can be removed for normal use through the connecting mechanism 8. The telescopic tube 6 includes a sleeve 603 rotatably installed on the surface of the contact plate 7, and a plug is threadedly inserted at the other end of the sleeve 603. Tube 602, and the inner wall of the mounting plate 5 is rotatably mounted with a rotating block 601, and the insert tube 602 is rotatably plugged into the surface of the rotating block 601. When in use, the user rotates the insert tube 602 to drive the insert tube 602 to rotate on the inner wall of the sleeve 603, thereby adjusting the total length of the insert tube 602 and the sleeve 603. The connecting mechanism 8 includes a plurality of connecting bolts 802. After the user fits the connecting plate 801 fixedly mounted on the surface of the mounting plate 5 on the surface of the slide rail 1, the surface of the connecting plate 801 is threadedly inserted with a plurality of connecting bolts 802, so that the plurality of connecting bolts 802 are threadedly inserted into the surface of the slide rail 1 at the same time, thereby completing the installation and fixing of the mounting plate 5 on the surface of the slide rail 1.

[0023] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention will not be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but will conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A feeding device for metal processing, characterized in that: include: A slide rail (1), wherein a baffle plate (2) is slidably inserted into the inner wall of the slide rail (1), and further comprising a driving mechanism (3) and a mounting mechanism (4), wherein the driving mechanism (3) is used to drive the baffle plate (2) to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail (1), and the mounting mechanism (4) is used to mount the slide rail (1) on the surface of an automated lathe.

2. A feeding device for metal processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The driving mechanism (3) comprises a driving threaded rod (301) threadedly plugged into the surface of the slide rail (1), one end of the driving threaded rod (301) being rotatably plugged into the surface of the baffle (2), and a rotating column (302) being fixedly mounted on one end of the driving threaded rod (301).

3. A feeding device for metal processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mounting mechanism (4) comprises two mounting belts (401), a plurality of slots are provided on the surface of the slide rail (1), the surfaces of the two mounting belts (401) are respectively slidably inserted into the inner walls of the two slots, the surfaces of the two mounting belts (401) are both fixedly mounted with magnetic sheets (402), and the surfaces of the two mounting belts (401) are both fixedly mounted with Velcro fleece surfaces (403) and Velcro thorn surfaces (404).

4. A feeding device for metal processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: A mounting plate (5) is mounted below the slide rail (1), a telescopic tube (6) is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the mounting plate (5), a contact plate (7) is rotatably mounted on the other end of the telescopic tube (6), and a connecting mechanism (8) is also included. The connecting mechanism (8) is used to mount the mounting plate (5) on the surface of the slide rail (1).

5. A feeding device for metal processing according to claim 4, characterized in that: The telescopic tube (6) comprises a rotating block (601) rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the mounting plate (5); a plug (602) is rotatably plugged into the surface of the rotating block (601); a sleeve (603) is threadedly sleeved on the surface of the plug (602); and the other end of the sleeve (603) is rotatably mounted on the surface of the contact plate (7).

6. A feeding device for metal processing according to claim 4, characterized in that: The connection mechanism (8) comprises a connection plate (801) fixedly mounted on the surface of the mounting plate (5), a plurality of connection bolts (802) being threadedly inserted into the surface of the connection plate (801), and the surfaces of the plurality of connection bolts (802) being threadedly inserted into the surface of the slide rail (1).