Clamp spring press-fitting device

By designing an automated spring pressing device, the automatic movement of the spring cylinder and workpiece is achieved using an electric rotating disc and cylinder drive system, the traditional spring pressing method is solved, and the problems of time-consuming, labor-intensive, safety hazards and low efficiency are achieved, and efficient and safe spring pressing is achieved.

CN223028996UActive Publication Date: 2025-06-27HEJIAN ZHENHUA FARMING MASCH AUTOMOBILE FITTINGS CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422113269.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-28
Publication Date
2025-06-27
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-28

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Technical Problem

The traditional spring pressing method is time-consuming and labor-intensive, which can easily cause excessive pressing and damage the equipment, poses safety hazards, and is inefficient in meeting the needs of the production line.

Method used

A spring pressing device is designed to control the movement of the spring cylinder between the spring cylinder seat and the workpiece through an electric rotating disc to realize automatic loading and pressing; the clamping hand movement is driven by the second cylinder and the second lead screw, and the automatic loading and unloading of the workpiece is achieved with the conveyor belt.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the automation of spring pressing, saves manpower, improves pressing efficiency, and avoids safety hazards and equipment damage during manual operation.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a snap spring press-fitting device, which belongs to the technical field of snap spring press-fitting equipment and comprises a feeding unit, a transmission unit and a press-fitting unit which are sequentially arranged on a bottom plate from left to right. The conveying unit comprises a clamp spring barrel and a rotating assembly connected with the clamp spring barrel, the press-fitting unit comprises a press-fitting assembly and a clamping assembly, and a workpiece seat is arranged at the lower end of the press-fitting assembly. According to the utility model, the clamp spring cylinder is controlled to move between the clamp spring cylinder seat and a workpiece through the electric rotating disc, so as to automatically carry out feeding and press-fitting work; and the second air cylinder and the second lead screw jointly drive the clamping hand to move, automatic feeding and discharging of the workpieces are achieved in cooperation with the conveying belt, and manpower is saved.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of snap ring pressing equipment, and particularly relates to a snap ring pressing device. Background Art

[0002] At present, as a commonly used limiting workpiece, a snap ring is installed in the shaft grooves of machines and equipment to prevent the axial movement of parts on the shaft. Usually, the snap ring needs to be pressed into the shaft groove. The traditional method of pressing the snap ring is manual pressing. This traditional snap ring pressing method is time-consuming and laborious. In the actual pressing process, it is easy to occur that the pressing amount is excessive, resulting in damage to the bearing and the snap ring. And manual pressing may cause safety accidents such as the operator's hand being pressed, with insufficient safety. At the same time, the pressing efficiency is low and cannot meet the requirements of the production line.

[0003] In the utility model patent with the publication number of 208713309U and the patent name of "A New Type of Snap Ring Pressing Device", a snap ring pressing device is proposed based on the above problems. After the snap ring is pressed in this device, the pressing head device rises, and the operator takes out the snap ring cylinder. The snap ring cylinder feeding mechanism returns to the original position to prepare for the next work. In addition, before pressing in this device, the worker needs to place the workpiece to be processed on the fixture mechanism. In this device, not only does the worker need to place the workpiece well, but also after the pressing is completed, the worker needs to put the snap ring cylinder back to its original place, which is time-consuming and laborious.

[0004] Therefore, a snap ring pressing device is proposed. Summary of the Utility Model

[0005] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a snap ring pressing device, which controls the movement of the snap ring cylinder between the snap ring cylinder seat and the workpiece through an electric rotating disk, and automatically performs the feeding and pressing work. The clamping hand is driven to move by the second cylinder and the second lead screw, and cooperates with the conveyor belt to realize the automatic feeding and discharging of the workpiece, saving manpower.

[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a snap ring pressing device, which includes a feeding unit, a transmission unit and a pressing unit arranged on the bottom plate in sequence from left to right. The feeding unit includes a storage barrel and a feeding assembly arranged at the upper end of the storage barrel. The transmission unit includes a snap ring cylinder and a rotating assembly connected to the snap ring cylinder. The pressing unit includes a pressing assembly and a clamping assembly. A workpiece seat is arranged at the lower end of the pressing assembly.

[0007] Preferably, a third cylinder is arranged at the bottom of the storage barrel, a snap ring seat is arranged at the upper end of the third cylinder, and a snap ring is placed on the snap ring seat.

[0008] Preferably, the loading assembly includes a supporting frame and a first lead screw and a first motor arranged on the supporting frame, the output shaft of the first motor is connected to the first lead screw, a moving block is connected to the first lead screw, the moving block is meshingly connected to the first lead screw, the moving block moves left and right with the rotation of the first lead screw, the lower end of the moving block is connected to the adsorption assembly, and the upper end of the adsorption assembly is set as an electric telescopic structure.

[0009] Preferably, a slide rail is provided at the upper end of the support frame, and the upper end of the moving block is slidably connected to the slide rail.

[0010] Preferably, the rotating assembly includes an electric rotating disk and a rotating block connected to the upper end of the electric rotating disk, one end of the rotating block is connected to a fixed rod, the other side of the fixed rod is connected to a fixed block, the fixed block is connected to the outer wall of the retaining spring tube, and the retaining spring tube is arranged on a retaining spring tube seat.

[0011] Preferably, the press-fitting assembly comprises a press-fitting head and a first cylinder, the top of the first cylinder is connected to a support plate, and the support plate is connected to the right side of the support frame.

[0012] Preferably, the clamping assembly includes a clamping hand for clamping the workpiece, the clamping hand is an automatic manipulator, the clamping hand is connected to the adapter block, the adapter block is fixedly connected to the free end of the second cylinder, the fixed end of the second cylinder is provided with a connecting block, the upper end of the connecting block is connected to the second lead screw, the upper end of the second lead screw passes through the support plate and is connected to the output shaft of the second motor.

[0013] Preferably, a workpiece is placed on the workpiece seat.

[0014] Preferably, a conveyor belt is provided on the bottom plate at the right side of the workpiece seat.

[0015] Therefore, the present invention adopts a clamp spring press-fitting device with the above structure, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0016] (1) A loading component is set up, and the first motor drives the lead screw to rotate, thereby driving the moving block to move left and right on the lead screw. A slide rail is set at the upper end of the support frame in the device, and the moving block is slidably connected with the slide rail, so that the moving block drives the adsorption device to move left and right. The upper end of the adsorption component is set to an electric telescopic structure. When the adsorption component moves to the upper end of the storage barrel, the electric telescopic component extends so that the adsorption component absorbs the retaining spring at the upper end of the storage barrel, and then uses the first motor to control it to move to the upper end of the retaining spring tube, and uses the electric telescopic structure to place the adsorbed retaining spring in the retaining spring tube to complete the loading.

[0017] (2) A rotating component is set up. The electric rotating disk is used to control the movement of the circlip cylinder to the upper end of the workpiece, so as to move the circlip cylinder above the workpiece on the workpiece seat. And a clamping hand is arranged at the workpiece to fix the workpiece, which is convenient for subsequent press-fitting of the circlip and the workpiece by using the press-fitting parent component.

[0018] (3) A second cylinder and a second lead screw are arranged on one side of the clamping hand. After the press-fitting is completed, the second motor is started to drive the second lead screw to rotate, and then drive the clamping hand to rotate, move the workpiece after the press-fitting to the conveyor belt for transfer and collection, and then transfer the workpiece to be press-fitted to the workpiece seat to complete the press-fitting work of the next workpiece. The whole process is automatic without manual operation.

[0019] Next, through the drawings and embodiments, the technical solutions of the present invention will be further described in detail. Description of the Drawings

[0020] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 2 It is a sectional view of the storage barrel in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0022] Among them, 1. Storage barrel; 2. Circlip seat; 3. Support frame; 4. First lead screw; 5. First motor; 6. Moving block; 7. Slide rail; 8. Adsorption component; 9. Circlip cylinder; 10. Electric rotating disk; 11. Rotating block; 12. Fixed rod; 13. Fixed block; 14. Circlip cylinder seat; 15. Press-fitting head; 16. First cylinder; 17. Support plate; 18. Clamping hand; 19. Adapter block; 20. Second cylinder; 21. Second lead screw; 22. Workpiece seat; 23. Bottom plate; 24. Third cylinder; 25. Conveyor belt; 26. Second motor. Detailed Embodiment

[0023] The technical solutions of the present invention will be further described below through the drawings and embodiments.

[0024] Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms used in this utility model shall have the ordinary meanings as understood by those with ordinary skills in the field to which this utility model belongs. The "first", "second" and similar words used in this utility model do not denote any order, quantity or importance, but are only used to distinguish different components. Words such as "comprising" or "including" mean that the elements or objects appearing before this word cover the elements or objects listed after this word and their equivalents, without excluding other elements or objects. Words such as "connected" or "coupled" are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "Upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are only used to represent relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described changes, the relative positional relationship may also change accordingly.

[0025] Embodiment

[0026] As Figure 1 - Figure 2 shown, the present utility model provides a snap ring pressing device, which includes a feeding unit, a transmission unit and a pressing unit sequentially arranged on a bottom plate 23 from left to right to cooperate to complete automatic pressing work. The feeding unit includes a storage barrel 1 and a feeding assembly arranged at the upper end of the storage barrel 1. A third cylinder 24 is arranged at the bottom inside the storage barrel 1, and a snap ring seat 2 is arranged at the upper end of the third cylinder 24. A snap ring is placed on the snap ring seat 2. When snap ring feeding is performed, the third cylinder 24 is opened to feed the snap ring, facilitating the adsorption by the adsorption assembly 8.

[0027] The feeding assembly includes a support frame 3, a first lead screw 4 and a first motor 5 arranged on the support frame 3. The output shaft of the first motor 5 is connected to the first lead screw 4, and the other end of the first lead screw 4 is connected to the inner side wall of the support frame 3 through a lead screw seat (not shown in the figure). The support frame 3 is welded to the bottom plate 23 through columns. A moving block 6 is connected to the first lead screw 4, and the moving block 6 is meshed with the first lead screw 4. The moving block 6 moves left and right as the first lead screw 4 rotates. A slide rail 7 is arranged inside the top wall of the support frame 3, and the upper end of the moving block 6 is slidably connected to the slide rail 7. The lower end of the moving block 6 is connected to the adsorption assembly 8. The upper end of the adsorption assembly 8 is set as an electric telescopic structure. The adsorption assembly 8 can be set as a combination of an electric telescopic rod and an adsorption head or other conventional adsorption devices. The adsorption assembly 8 is arranged directly above the storage barrel 1 and the snap ring cylinder 9. When feeding is required, the first motor 5 is controlled to start, and the adsorption assembly 8 is moved above the storage barrel 1. The first motor 5 is turned off, the adsorption assembly 8 is controlled to extend, and the snap ring at the uppermost end of the storage barrel 1 is adsorbed. Then, the electric telescopic structure is controlled to contract, the first motor 5 is started, the snap ring is moved to the upper end of the snap ring cylinder 9, the first motor 5 is turned off, the adsorption assembly 8 is controlled to extend, and the snap ring is placed inside the snap ring cylinder 9 to complete the feeding.

[0028] The transmission unit includes a spring barrel 9 and a rotating assembly connected to the spring barrel 9, the rotating assembly includes an electric rotating disk 10 and a rotating block 11 connected to the upper end of the electric rotating disk 10, one end of the rotating block 11 is connected to a fixed rod 12, the other side of the fixed rod 12 is connected to a fixed block 13, the fixed block 13 is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the spring barrel 9, and the spring barrel 9 is arranged on the spring barrel seat 14. After the spring barrel 9 is placed in the spring barrel 9, the electric rotating disk 10 is started to move the spring barrel 9 to the upper end of the workpiece for press-fitting.

[0029] The press-fitting unit includes a press-fitting assembly and a clamping assembly. The press-fitting assembly includes a press-fitting head 15 and a first cylinder 16. The top of the first cylinder 16 is connected to a support plate 17. The press-fitting head 15 is driven downward by the first cylinder 16 to complete the press-fitting work. The support plate 17 is connected to the right side of the support frame 3. The clamping assembly includes a clamping hand 18 for clamping the workpiece. The clamping hand 18 is an automatic manipulator, which completes the clamping and releasing actions of the workpiece according to instructions. The clamping hand 18 is connected to a transfer block 19, and the transfer block 19 is fixedly connected to the free end of the second cylinder 20. The upper and lower position movement of the clamping hand 18 is achieved by driving the second cylinder 20 to open. The fixed end of the second cylinder 20 is provided with a connecting block, and the upper end of the connecting block is connected to the second lead screw 21. The upper end of the second lead screw 21 penetrates the support plate 17 and is connected to the output shaft of the second motor 26 through a coupling. Before and after pressing, the second motor 26 is controlled to be turned on to drive the second lead screw 21 to rotate, thereby driving the components below the connecting block connected to the second lead screw 21 to rotate synchronously, thereby realizing the position movement of the clamping hand 18, thereby facilitating the loading and unloading of the workpiece.

[0030] A workpiece seat 22 is provided at the lower end of the press-fitting assembly, and a workpiece is placed on the workpiece seat 22. The workpiece seat 22 can be provided with a lifting structure to ensure that the height of the retaining spring cylinder seat 14 is the same as the top height of the workpiece placed on the workpiece seat 22. The storage barrel 1, the retaining spring cylinder seat 14, the electric rotating disk 10, and the workpiece seat 22 are all arranged on the same straight line, which is convenient for assembly line operation. A conveyor belt 25 is provided on the right side of the workpiece seat 22 on the bottom plate 23. The workpiece at the front end of the conveyor belt 25 moves to the same straight line as the workpiece seat 22 and stops moving, so that the clamping hand 18 can clamp the workpiece. The conveyor belt 25 can be connected to other devices for the transmission of workpieces.

[0031] In the above device, the connection between each component adopts a conventional connection method. The first motor 5, the second motor 26, the first cylinder 16, the second cylinder 20, the third cylinder 24, the electric rotating disk 10, the clamping hand 18, and the adsorption component 8 are all connected to the controller signal. This is a conventional setting, and the entire device is controlled by the controller to complete the work; or the above components are connected to a computer, and the computer program is set (using a conventional assembly line control system) to control the work of each component.

[0032] The process of this device during flow production is as follows:

[0033] In the early stage of press-fitting, a plurality of circlips are placed in the storage barrel 1. The third cylinder 24 is used to drive the circlips to rise, so that the uppermost circlip moves to the uppermost end of the storage barrel 1, facilitating the next adsorption operation.

[0034] After the press-fitting work starts, first control the first motor 5 to start, drive the adsorption assembly 8 to move to the upper end of the storage barrel 1, turn off the first motor 5, drive the adsorption assembly 8 to extend, complete the adsorption of the circlip, then the adsorption assembly 8 contracts, and then control the first motor 5 to start, move the adsorbed circlip to the upper end of the circlip cylinder 9, and similarly control the adsorption assembly 8 to place the circlip in the circlip cylinder 9.

[0035] During the feeding process of the circlip, the second motor 26 is started, driving the second lead screw 21 to rotate, driving the clamping hand 18 at the lower end of the connecting block to rotate towards the conveyor belt 25 direction. The second motor 26 is turned off, control the second cylinder 20 to contract and adjust to an appropriate height to clamp the workpiece located on the conveyor belt 25, then adjust the height through the second cylinder 20, and then start the second motor 26 to drive the clamping hand 18 to rotate the workpiece to the upper end of the workpiece seat 22; adjust the workpiece to be placed on the workpiece seat 22 through the second cylinder 20.

[0036] Then control the electric rotating disk 10 to rotate, rotate the circlip cylinder 9 located on the circlip cylinder seat 14 to the upper end of the workpiece seat 22, turn off the electric rotating disk 10, drive the first cylinder 16 to start, and control the press-fitting punch 15 to press-fit the circlip.

[0037] Therefore, the present utility model adopts a circlip press-fitting device with the above structure, controls the movement of the circlip cylinder between the circlip cylinder seat and the workpiece through the electric rotating disk, and automatically performs feeding and press-fitting work; drives the clamping hand to move through the second cylinder and the second lead screw together, and cooperates with the conveyor belt to realize automatic feeding and discharging of the workpiece, saving manpower.

[0038] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present utility model and are not intended to limit them. Although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they can still modify or equivalently replace the technical solutions of the present utility model, and these modifications or equivalent replacements cannot make the modified technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A clamp spring press-fitting device, characterized in that: It includes a loading unit, a transmission unit and a pressing unit which are arranged on the bottom plate from left to right in sequence, the loading unit includes a storage barrel and a loading assembly arranged at the upper end of the storage barrel, the transmission unit includes a retaining spring cylinder and a rotating assembly connected to the retaining spring cylinder, the pressing unit includes a pressing assembly and a clamping assembly, and a workpiece seat is arranged at the lower end of the pressing assembly.

2. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A third cylinder is arranged at the bottom of the material storage barrel, a retaining spring seat is arranged at the upper end of the third cylinder, and a retaining spring is placed on the retaining spring seat.

3. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loading assembly includes a support frame and a first lead screw and a first motor arranged on the support frame, the output shaft of the first motor is connected to the first lead screw, a moving block is connected to the first lead screw, the lower end of the moving block is connected to the adsorption assembly, and the upper end of the adsorption assembly is set as an electric telescopic structure.

4. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The upper end of the support frame is provided with a slide rail, and the upper end of the moving block is slidably connected to the slide rail.

5. The clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating assembly includes an electric rotating disk and a rotating block connected to the upper end of the electric rotating disk, one end of the rotating block is connected to a fixing rod, the other side of the fixing rod is connected to a fixing block, the fixing block is connected to the outer wall of the retaining spring tube, and the retaining spring tube is arranged on a retaining spring tube seat.

6. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The press-fitting assembly comprises a press-fitting head and a first cylinder, the top of the first cylinder is connected to a support plate, and the support plate is connected to the right side of the support frame.

7. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The clamping assembly includes a clamping hand for clamping a workpiece, the clamping hand is connected to an adapter block, the adapter block is fixedly connected to the free end of the second cylinder, the fixed end of the second cylinder is provided with a connecting block, the upper end of the connecting block is connected to the second lead screw, the upper end of the second lead screw passes through the support plate and is connected to the output shaft of the second motor.

8. The clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A workpiece is placed on the workpiece seat.

9. A clamp spring press-fitting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A conveyor belt is arranged on the bottom plate at the right side of the workpiece seat.