Copper rod straightening equipment
The copper rod straightening equipment, which uses visual inspection and precise adjustment, solves the problem that traditional equipment cannot adapt to copper rods of different specifications and materials, achieving high-precision and high-efficiency copper rod straightening and supporting automated production.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423153050.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-20
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-07
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-20
AI Technical Summary
Traditional copper rod straightening equipment lacks automation and intelligent control, making it impossible to accurately straighten copper rods of different specifications and materials. This results in poor straightening effects, limited applicability, and difficulty in meeting the high-quality and high-efficiency processing needs of modern industry.
A vision inspection device is used to scan the copper rod in real time. Combined with a drive unit and an electric cylinder, the top rod is driven to make precise adjustments to the bending area. A limit block is provided to prevent the copper rod from swinging. A distance measuring instrument is used to record the length, so as to achieve accurate straightening and quantity measurement of the copper rod.
It improves the accuracy and efficiency of copper rod straightening, adapts to the straightening of copper rods of different diameters and materials, reduces the risk of personal and equipment injury, and provides basic data support for automated production.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to a straightening equipment, especially a copper pole straightening equipment. BACKGROUND
[0002] Copper pole as an important metal material, is widely used in wire and cable, electrical connection, mechanical parts and many other fields. In the production and processing of copper pole, due to raw material, processing technology or transportation storage and many other factors, copper pole often appears deformation problems such as bending and twisting, which not only affects the appearance quality of copper pole, but also causes adverse effects on its subsequent processing and use performance.
[0003] Straightening treatment aims to eliminate the bending stress inside the copper pole and restore its straight line shape to improve the processing precision and use performance of the copper pole. However, traditional copper pole straightening relies on manual operation or simple mechanical devices, and these methods may only be suitable for copper poles of specific diameter or specific material when processing a large number of copper poles. For copper poles of different specifications or materials, the straightening effect may be greatly discounted. Conventional mechanical straightening equipment often lacks automated and intelligent control systems, and cannot realize real-time monitoring and automatic adjustment of the straightening process, which leads to problems such as inability to accurately control the straightening force, angle and position during the straightening process, poor precision, limited application range, etc., and is difficult to meet the needs of modern industrial production for high-quality and high-efficiency processing of copper poles. SUMMARY
[0004] In order to overcome the shortcomings of traditional copper pole straightening relying on manual operation or simple mechanical devices, these methods may only be suitable for copper poles of specific diameter or specific material when processing a large number of copper poles. For copper poles of different specifications or materials, the straightening effect may be greatly discounted. Conventional mechanical straightening equipment often lacks automated and intelligent control systems, and cannot realize real-time monitoring and automatic adjustment of the straightening process, which leads to problems such as inability to accurately control the straightening force, angle and position during the straightening process, poor precision, limited application range, etc., the utility model aims to provide a copper pole straightening equipment to solve one of the above problems.
[0005] The technical scheme is as follows: a copper rod straightening device, comprising a workbench, a support plate, a fixed seat, a driving element, a rotating disc, a first ejector rod, an electric cylinder, a connecting head, a second ejector rod and a visual detector, two support plates are arranged at the lower part of the workbench, a fixed seat is arranged on the workbench, a groove is formed at the lower part of the fixed seat, driving elements are symmetrically arranged at the left and right sides of the groove of the fixed seat, a rotating disc is connected to the driving shaft of the driving element, the driving element provides a rotating driving force for the rotating disc, a first ejector rod is vertically arranged on the rotating disc, an electric cylinder is arranged at the upper part of the fixed seat, the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder vertically penetrates into the fixed seat, a connecting head is arranged at the lower end of the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder, two second ejector rods are symmetrically arranged on the connecting head, two visual detectors are symmetrically arranged at the upper part of the fixed seat, the visual probes of the visual detectors are directed to the side of the workbench, and straightening mechanisms are symmetrically arranged at the left and right sides of the fixed seat as the center point.
[0006] As a further preferred scheme, T-shaped grooves are symmetrically formed at the left and right sides of the fixed seat as the center point on the workbench, and the two straightening mechanisms are symmetrically arranged in the two T-shaped grooves.
[0007] As a further preferred scheme, the straightening mechanism comprises a sliding block, a power wheel, a first spring, a fixed frame, a swing frame, a straightening wheel and a second spring, the sliding block is arranged in the T-shaped groove in a sliding manner, two sliding blocks are arranged in the same T-shaped groove and symmetrically arranged in front and back, the power wheel is arranged on the sliding block, the power wheel is composed of a motor and a roller, an arc-shaped groove is formed at the edge of the roller, the rotating directions of the power wheels arranged on the two sliding blocks on the same side are opposite, a space allowing the material to pass through is left between the two power wheels on the same side, the sliding block is connected with two first springs at the outward end, the first spring is a return spring, the other end of the first spring is connected with the workbench, the fixed frame is fixedly arranged on the side of the T-shaped groove away from the sliding block, the swing frame is symmetrically arranged on the fixed frame, the straightening wheel is rotatably connected to the end of the swing frame, the ring-shaped groove is formed on the straightening wheel, the second spring is arranged around the connection between the swing frame and the fixed frame, the swing frame maintains an inclined state under the action of the second spring, and the edges of the two straightening wheels on the same fixed frame are in close contact.
[0008] As a further preferred scheme, it further comprises a limiting block and an auxiliary roller, the limiting block is arranged on the top of the workbench, the limiting block is arranged in a semicircular ring shape, the auxiliary roller is arranged on the upper and lower sides of the limiting block, and a plurality of limiting blocks are arranged on the left and right sides of the top of the workbench, and the opening directions of the semicircular rings of the adjacent two limiting blocks are opposite.
[0009] As a further preferred scheme, it further comprises a mounting seat, an auxiliary roller, a distance measuring instrument and a distance measuring wheel, the mounting seat is arranged on the right side of the top of the workbench, the auxiliary roller is rotatably arranged on the left lower part of the inner side of the mounting seat, the distance measuring wheel is arranged on the right part of the mounting seat, the distance measuring instrument is symmetrically arranged on the left upper part of the mounting seat, and the detection heads of the distance measuring instruments are directed to the inner side of the mounting seat.
[0010] As a further preferred solution, the cover is also included, and the upper portion of the mounting seat is provided with the cover.
[0011] The beneficial effect is that the copper rod straightening mechanism suitable for copper rods with a certain diameter range is arranged to straighten the copper rods in transmission, a visual detector is used to scan the copper rods in transmission in real time, and scanning data is fed back to a control center to control the driving member and the electric cylinder to drive the ejector rod to adjust the bending of the area needing reverse bending to eliminate stress on the copper rod, thereby improving the straightening accuracy and achieving better straightening effect.
[0012] The copper rod is limited in a certain area by the limiting block during transmission, and the copper rod may swing and bounce under stress during straightening, which may affect the straightening process or cause injury to people or objects around, and the limiting block can effectively prevent this situation.
[0013] The distance measuring instrument is used to measure the distance of the copper rod transmitted outward after straightening, the distance measuring instrument provides the length information of the transmitted copper rod, which is beneficial to the measurement of the number of processed copper rods, convenient for tracing historical data in the later period, and conducive to the subsequent continuous connection of the fixed-length cutting or winding equipment, and provides a basis for factory automation production and processing construction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0015] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the straightening mechanism, the limiting component and the distance measuring mechanism of the utility model.
[0016] Figure 3 It is a plan view of the workbench of the utility model.
[0017] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the straightening mechanism of the utility model.
[0018] Figure 5 It is a sectional view of the adjusting mechanism of the utility model.
[0019] Figure 6 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the driving member, the rotating disc and the ejector rod one of the utility model.
[0020] Figure 7 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the electric cylinder, the connecting head and the ejector rod two of the utility model.
[0021] Figure 8 It is a split view of the upper connecting plate of the distance measuring mechanism of the utility model.
[0022] The components are: 1-Workbench, 2-Support plate, 3-Straightening mechanism, 30-T-slot, 31-Slider, 32-Power wheel, 33-Spring 1, 34-Fixed frame, 35-Swing frame, 36-Straightening wheel, 37-Spring 2, 4-Fixed seat, 41-Drive component, 411-Rotating disc, 412-Top rod 1, 42-Electric cylinder, 421-Connector, 422-Top rod 2, 43-Vision inspection instrument, 5-Limit block, 51-Auxiliary roller 1, 6-Mounting seat, 61-Auxiliary roller 2, 62-Range meter, 63-Range measuring wheel, 7-Cover plate. Detailed Implementation
[0023] The technical solution will be further described below with reference to specific embodiments. It should be noted that the terms "up," "down," "left," and "right" used in this document refer only to the position of the structure shown in the corresponding drawings. The serial numbers assigned to components in this document, such as "first," "second," etc., are only used to distinguish the described objects and have no sequential or technical meaning. Unless otherwise specified, terms such as "connection" and "linkage" in this application include both direct and indirect connections (linkages).
[0024] Example 1: A copper rod straightening device, such as Figures 1-7 As shown, the equipment includes: a workbench 1, which is equipped with a control module to control and monitor various parts of the equipment; two support plates 2 at the bottom of the workbench 1, which is horizontally arranged on the support plates 2; the workbench 1 is flat and without tilt; a fixed seat 4 is provided on the workbench 1; drive components 41 are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the groove of the fixed seat 4; the drive shaft of the drive component 41 is vertically upward, and a rotating disk 411 is connected to the drive shaft of the drive component 41; the drive component 41 provides rotational driving force to the rotating disk 411; each rotating disk 411 is vertically provided with a push rod 412, which rotates with the rotating disk 411; the push rod 411 is used to adjust the section of the copper rod that is bent forward and backward; an electric cylinder 42 is provided on the upper part of the fixed seat 4; the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder 42 is vertically inserted into the fixed seat 4; the lower part of the fixed seat 4 has a groove; and the electric cylinder... The lower end of the telescopic rod of the 42 is provided with a connector 421. Two push rods 422 are spaced apart on the connector 421. The two push rods 422 are arranged vertically on the side of the connector. When the connector 421 and the push rods 422 move downward with the telescopic axis of the electric cylinder 42, they will extend into the groove. The push rods 411 are used to adjust the section of the copper rod that is bent in the vertical direction. Two vision inspection instruments 43 are symmetrically provided on the upper part of the fixed seat 4. Their vision probes are all facing the working rotating disk 411. The vision inspection instruments 43 will scan the copper rod that passes through the fixed seat 4 and transmit the scanned data to the control module of the equipment. T-shaped slots are symmetrically opened on the left and right sides of the fixed seat 4 on the worktable 1. Straightening mechanisms 3 are provided in the T-shaped slots. When the copper rod enters the fixed seat 4, it will be pre-straightened by the straightening mechanism 3 on the left side to adjust the copper rod to a relatively straight state.
[0025] As Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4 shown, the T-shaped groove 30 is symmetrically opened on the upper part of the workbench 1 with the fixed seat 4 as the center point, and the two straightening mechanisms 3 are symmetrically installed in the two T-shaped grooves 30, wherein the straightening mechanism 3 comprises a sliding block 31, the sliding block 31 is slidably arranged in the front and rear sliding grooves of the T-shaped groove 30, and the same T-shaped groove 30 is symmetrically arranged with two sliding blocks 31, the power wheels 32 are installed on the sliding blocks 31, the power wheels 32 are composed of a motor and a roller, the roller of the power wheel 32 is horizontally arranged, an arc-shaped groove is formed on the edge of the roller, the roller is driven by the motor in the sliding block 31, when the power wheels 32 on the two sliding blocks 31 on the same side rotate, the rotating directions are opposite, and a gap is left between the two power wheels 32 on the same side to allow the copper rod to pass through, when the copper rod is inserted, the copper rod needs to pass through the rollers between the two power wheels 32 on the left side, the outer end of the sliding block 31 is connected with two springs 33, the springs 33 are return springs, the other end is connected with the workbench 1, the sliding block 31 is automatically adjusted in position by the copper rod in the power wheel 32, that is, the copper rod in a certain diameter range can be straightened and machined, and the machining state is less affected by the diameter of the copper rod, under the extrusion and rolling of the two power wheels 32 on the left side, the copper rod is transmitted from left to right; the fixed frame 34 is fixedly arranged in the transverse sliding groove of the T-shaped groove 30, the swing frame 35 is symmetrically arranged on the fixed frame 34, the straightening wheels 36 are rotatably connected to the ends of the swing frame 35, the two straightening wheels 36 and the two power wheels 32 on the same side are cross arranged, the spring 37 is arranged around the connection between the swing frame 35 and the fixed frame 34, the spring 37 is a torsion spring, under the action of the spring 37, the swing frame 35 maintains an inclined state, and the edges of the two straightening wheels 36 on the same fixed frame 34 are attached, the annular grooves are formed in the straightening wheels 36, the two straightening wheels 36 are arranged in an up-down manner, the copper rod passes through the grooves of the two straightening wheels 36, the swing frame 35 connected with the straightening wheels 36 is also swung up and down under the extrusion of the copper rod, the position is changed, the extrusion force of the two straightening wheels 36 on the transmitted copper rod is maintained through the spring 37, and the copper rod inserted into the equipment is pre-straightened through the cooperation of the power wheels 32 and the straightening wheels 36.
[0026] At the beginning, the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder 42 is half extended, and the copper rod needs to be wired in advance before straightening: one end of the copper rod is inserted between the two power wheels 32 on the left side, and then inserted between the two straightening wheels 36 on the right side, and then inserted into the fixed seat 4, and then passed through the two rotating discs 411, before that, the position of the top rod one 412 on the two rotating discs 411 is located on the front and back of the transverse passing path of the copper rod, and the copper rod is inserted between the two top rod two 422, and then the copper rod is sequentially inserted between the two straightening wheels 36 and the two power wheels 32 on the right side, and the left power wheel 32 is driven to work, and the copper rod is transmitted, and the copper rod is extruded and rolled by the power wheel and the straightening wheel 36 during transmission, and the stress at the bending part of the copper rod is eliminated or adjusted, at this time, the copper rod that is relatively straight is inserted from the left straightening wheel 36 to the right, but there may still be a part of the stress that needs to be straightened again, at this time, the visual detector 43 is used for real-time scanning, the scanned information is transmitted to the control module, and the data is fed back to the control system of the driving part 41 and the electric cylinder 42, and the driving part 41 and the electric cylinder 42 drive the rotating disc 411 and the connecting head 421 to move cooperatively, and adjust the front and back bending parts or the upper and lower bending parts, eliminate the bending stress, and finally straighten the copper rod by the straightening wheel 36 and the power wheel 32 on the right side and transmit it outward.
[0027] Example 2: based on example 1, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 It also includes: a limiting block 5 is arranged on the top of the workbench 1, the limiting block 5 is arranged in a semi-circular ring shape, when the copper rod is inserted, the copper rod is inserted into the semi-circular ring of the limiting block 5, the limiting block 5 is provided with a plurality of limiting blocks 5, which are arranged on the left and right sides of the top of the workbench 1, and the semi-circular ring opening directions of the adjacent two limiting blocks 5 are opposite, the inserted copper rod is not easy to fall out of the limiting block 5, and the limiting block 5 is provided with auxiliary rollers one 51 on the upper and lower sides for auxiliary transmission of the copper rod to reduce friction during transmission; specifically, when the copper rod is straightened, due to the influence of the bending direction and the internal stress distribution of the straightening part of the copper rod, the whole copper rod will be unevenly stressed during straightening, and will swing and bounce, if not limited, it will affect the processing, and may cause harm to the surrounding people or objects, and the limiting block 5 limits the copper rod in a certain area, which can effectively suppress the influence of this processing condition.
[0028] As shown in Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 8As shown, it also includes: the right side of the top of the workbench 1 is provided with a mounting seat 6, the left lower part of the inner side of the mounting seat 6 is rotatably provided with an auxiliary roller two 61 for guiding the copper rod into the mounting seat 6, the right part of the mounting seat 6 is provided with a distance measuring wheel 63 for contacting the copper rod during transmission, the left upper part of the mounting seat 6 is symmetrically provided with a distance measuring instrument 62, the distance measuring instrument 62 is an infrared distance measuring instrument 62, and the detection heads of the distance measuring instrument 62 are all directed to the inner side of the mounting seat 6, when the copper rod passes into the mounting seat 6, the copper rod will pass between the two distance measuring instruments 62, at this time, the distance measuring instrument 62 will record the distance of the copper rod transmitted to the right in real time, and the installed distance measuring wheel 63 is used for physical measurement of data, the length of the contacted copper rod is recorded by rolling, so as to reduce the data error caused by a single distance measuring component, and the purpose of setting the distance measuring component is to measure the number of processed copper rods, facilitate the tracing of historical data in the later period, and be beneficial to the subsequent continuous and coherent long cutting or winding equipment, so as to provide a basis for factory automatic production and processing construction; the upper part of the mounting seat 6 is provided with a shutter 7, the shutter 7 shields the opening in the upper part of the mounting seat 6, and reduces the influence of external factors on the measuring instrument.
[0029] Although the present disclosure has been shown and described with respect to certain exemplary embodiments thereof, it should be understood by the skilled in the art that certain modifications could be made within the scope of the disclosure, without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof. Therefore, the scope of the disclosure should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined only by the appended claims, and should be defined by equivalents of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A copper rod straightening equipment, comprising a workbench (1) and a support plate (2), the lower part of the workbench (1) is provided with two support plates (2); characterized in that It also includes a fixed seat (4), a driving element (41), a rotating disc (411), a top rod one (412), an electric cylinder (42), a connecting head (421), a top rod two (422) and a visual detector (43), the workbench (1) is provided with a fixed seat (4), the lower part of the fixed seat (4) is provided with a groove, the left and right sides of the groove of the fixed seat (4) are symmetrically provided with driving elements (41), the driving shaft of the driving element (41) is connected with a rotating disc (411), the driving element (41) provides a rotating driving force for the rotating disc (411), the rotating disc (411) is vertically provided with a top rod one (412), the upper part of the fixed seat (4) is provided with an electric cylinder (42), the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder (42) vertically penetrates into the fixed seat (4), the lower end of the telescopic rod of the electric cylinder (42) is provided with a connecting head (421), two top rod twos (422) are spaced apart on the connecting head (421), the upper part of the fixed seat (4) is symmetrically provided with two visual detectors (43), the visual probes of the two visual detectors (43) are all directed to one side of the work rotating disc (411), and the upper part of the workbench (1) is symmetrically provided with a straightening mechanism (3) with the fixed seat (4) as the center.
2. A copper rod straightening apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The upper part of the workbench (1) is symmetrically provided with T-shaped grooves (30) with the fixed seat (4) as the center, and the two straightening mechanisms (3) are symmetrically installed in the two T-shaped grooves (30).
3. A copper rod straightening apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: The straightening mechanism (3) comprises a sliding block (31), a power wheel (32), a spring one (33), a fixed frame (34), a swing frame (35), a straightening wheel (36) and a spring two (37), the sliding block (31) is slidingly arranged in the T-shaped groove (30), two sliding blocks (31) are arranged in the same T-shaped groove (30) and symmetrically arranged in front and back, the power wheel (32) is installed on the sliding block (31), the power wheel (32) is composed of a motor and a roller, an arc-shaped groove is formed in the edge of the roller, when the power wheels (32) installed on the two sliding blocks (31) on the same side rotate, the rotating directions are opposite, an interval allowing materials to pass through is left between the two power wheels (32) on the same side, two spring ones (33) are connected to the outward end of the sliding block (31), the spring one (33) is a return spring, the other end of the spring one (33) is connected with the workbench (1), the fixed frame (34) is fixedly arranged on the side of the T-shaped groove (30) away from the sliding block (31), the swing frame (35) is symmetrically arranged on the fixed frame (34), the straightening wheel (36) is rotatably connected to the end of the swing frame (35), the annular groove is formed in the straightening wheel (36), the spring two (37) is arranged around the connection between the swing frame (35) and the fixed frame (34), the spring two (37) is a torsion spring, under the action of the spring two (37), the swing frame (35) maintains an inclined state, and the edges of the two straightening wheels (36) on the same fixed frame (34) are in close contact.
4. A copper rod straightening apparatus as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: It also includes a limit block (5) and an auxiliary roller one (51), the top of the workbench (1) is provided with a limit block (5), the limit block (5) is arranged in a semicircular ring shape, the inside of the limit block (5) is provided with an auxiliary roller one (51) on the upper and lower sides, wherein the limit block (5) is provided with a plurality of, respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the top of the workbench (1), and the semicircular ring opening direction of the adjacent two limit blocks (5) is opposite.
5. A copper rod straightening apparatus as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that: It also includes a mounting seat (6), an auxiliary roller two (61), a range finder (62) and a distance measuring wheel (63), the right side of the top of the workbench (1) is provided with a mounting seat (6), the inside of the mounting seat (6) is rotatably provided with an auxiliary roller two (61) at the lower left part, the right part of the mounting seat (6) is provided with a distance measuring wheel (63), the left upper part of the mounting seat (6) is provided with a range finder (62) symmetrically in front and back, and the detection heads of the range finder (62) all face the inside of the mounting seat (6).
6. A copper rod straightening apparatus as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: It also includes a shutter (7), the upper part of the mounting seat (6) is provided with a shutter (7).