Hub blank quality detection equipment

By combining a wheel hub clamping arm detection device and a detection camera, surface defects on wheel hub blanks are automatically detected, solving the problem of missed detections in manual quality inspection and ensuring the yield rate of wheel hubs.

CN223526260UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07JIANGSU POMLEAD CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422634747.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-30
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-30

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies cannot effectively detect whether wheel hub blanks have cracks, pinholes, or deformation, leading to fatigue and missed detections during manual quality inspection, which affects the yield of wheel hubs.

Method used

The system uses a wheel hub clamping arm detection device and a detection camera to automatically detect the surface condition of the wheel hub. Combined with an electric telescopic rod and a push-out mechanism, it can automatically identify and reject defective wheel hubs.

Benefits of technology

Automated quality inspection has been implemented, which can promptly detect and remove defective wheel hubs, improve the yield rate of wheel hubs, and reduce missed inspections due to human fatigue.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to hub blank quality detection equipment which comprises an equipment base and conveying rollers, a conveying belt composed of a plurality of conveying rollers is installed on the upper portion of the equipment base through a support, the middle of the conveying roller in the center of the conveying belt is broken to form a window, and the outer end of the broken conveying roller is installed on the support on the upper portion of the equipment base. A first detection camera controlled by an automatic telescopic rod to ascend and descend is arranged in the open window. A quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder and a quality detection assembly guide sliding rail are installed at the opposite angles of the equipment base respectively, and the quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder controls the quality detection assembly to ascend and descend along the quality detection assembly guide sliding rail. Meanwhile, the surface state of the hub is recorded by means of the second detection camera and the first detection camera, cracks or sand holes and other flaws on the surface of the hub are found in time, defective hubs are kicked out in time, and the yield of the hubs can be effectively ensured.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of wheel hub detection device, specifically is wheel hub blank quality detection equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] Wheel hub after forming blank state, due to material and manufacturing process etc. the surface will exist crack or sand eye and so on flaw, simultaneously in cooling due to thermal expansion and contraction control, wheel hub can produce a small amount of deformation, if the deformation is too big then can influence subsequent production process, at present mainly through artificial naked eye identification, and assembly line worker long time carries out single operation and is extremely easy to produce fatigue, leads to missed detection, and further influence wheel hub yield.

[0003] At present, the utility model discloses a kind of wheel hub blank depth online detection devices for patent announcement No. CN211178266U, it is easy to use, detect efficiently, it is obvious to improve the efficiency of assembly line measurement, it can be applicable to all wheel hub blank, can be matched adjustment according to the different detection site caliber of wheel hub;Including ruler, pointer, base, spring, ruler, support frame, ruler is fixed in the upper end of base, the bottom end of ruler is installed mark color strip, support frame is fixed in the one side of base on the ruler, support frame top is opened with through-hole, base is opened with through-hole corresponding the through-hole of support frame top, ruler is passed through the through-hole of support frame top and the through-hole of base, ruler is marked with scale, pointer is slidably installed on ruler, the pointing end of pointer is close to the ruler, when measuring, the pointer is tightly attached with the base.

[0004] From the above disclosed technical content, as prior art, the utility model for announcement No. CN211178266U is mainly used to measure the change of rim depth of blank, cannot carry out quality inspection to whether wheel hub exists crack, sand eye or whether wheel hub is deformed and other problems. SUMMARY

[0005] In view of the problems existing in the above prior art, the utility model provides wheel hub blank quality detection equipment, can automatically detect wheel hub, promptly kick out defective wheel hub, can effectively ensure wheel hub yield.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses a wheel hub blank quality detection equipment, including quality detection subassembly, detection subassembly lifting platform, electric telescopic link, wheel hub clamping elbow, electric flat roller, translation seat reset spring, substandard product push out electric jar, push out disc, push out board limiting guard piece, quality detection subassembly lifting electric jar, equipment base, quality detection subassembly guide slide rail, limiting telescopic electric jar, detection camera no. 1 and conveying roller, the equipment base upper portion passes through the support and installs the conveying belt that a plurality of conveying rollers are formed, and the middle part of the conveying roller at the center of the conveying belt is disconnected to form the open window, and the outer end of the open window is installed on the support on the equipment base upper portion, and the detection camera no. 1 controlled lifting by automatic telescopic link is set in the open window, the substandard product push out electric jar and limiting telescopic electric jar are installed respectively on the both sides of equipment base, and quality detection subassembly lifting electric jar and quality detection subassembly guide slide rail are installed respectively at the diagonal of equipment base, and quality detection subassembly lifting electric jar controls quality detection subassembly to lift along quality detection subassembly guide slide rail, and the lower surface center of detection subassembly lifting platform of quality detection subassembly installs detection camera no. 2, and four or six clamping flat arms are arranged around detection camera no. 2 at equal intervals, and the top of wheel hub clamping elbow of clamping flat arm is movably connected detection subassembly lifting platform through wheel hub clamping elbow detection device, and the lower end of electric telescopic link is articulated to the hinge of wheel hub clamping elbow bending, and the upper end of electric telescopic link is articulated into the recess of preset detection subassembly lifting platform lower surface, and the lower end of wheel hub clamping elbow is fixedly connected motor, and the output shaft of motor drives and connects electric flat roller.

[0007] In addition, the wheel hub blank quality detection equipment according to the above embodiment of the utility model can also have the following additional technical features:

[0008] As a further improved scheme of the utility model, the wheel hub clamping elbow detection device includes a rotating shaft, a translation seat, a translation slot, a slide rail, an electrode sheet, a conductive sheet and a translation seat reset spring. The shell of the wheel hub clamping elbow detection device is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the detection subassembly lifting platform. The translation slot is provided on the side of the wheel hub clamping elbow detection device, and the slide rail is built-in the translation slot. The translation seat moves back and forth on the slide rail. The translation seat reset spring is arranged in front of and behind the translation seat, respectively. The rotating shaft is installed on the surface of the translation seat. The top of the wheel hub clamping elbow is articulated to the rotating shaft. The electrode sheet is installed at equal intervals on the inner surface of the translation slot. The conductive sheet is installed on the side of the translation seat facing the electrode sheet. The conductive sheet contacts the electrode sheet.

[0009] As a further improved scheme of the utility model, the top end of the substandard product push out electric jar is fixedly installed with the push out disc. The push out disc is provided with the push out board limiting guard piece on the outside.

[0010] As a further improved scheme of the utility model, the conveying roller is driven by a gear.

[0011] As a further improved scheme of the utility model, the detection camera no. 1 and the detection camera no. 2 are both double camera configurations, and are equipped with an infrared lamp and a laser range finder.

[0012] By the above scheme, the utility model has at least the following advantages: compared with conventional artificial quality inspection, the wheel hub blank is in standard through the wheel hub clamping bending arm detection device induction, at the same time, the surface state of the wheel hub is recorded by means of detection camera two and detection camera one, the crack or sand eye and other defects on the surface of the wheel hub are found in time, the substandard wheel hub is kicked out in time, and the wheel hub yield can be effectively ensured. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional schematic view of wheel hub blank quality detection equipment;

[0014] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional view of the wheel hub blank quality detection equipment of the dismounting quality detection assembly;

[0015] Figure 3 It is a lower perspective view of the wheel hub blank quality detection equipment of the quality detection assembly;

[0016] Figure 4 It is a wheel hub clamping bending arm detection device structure diagram of the wheel hub blank quality detection equipment;

[0017] In the figure: 1, quality detection assembly, 1-1, detection assembly lifting platform, 1-2, electric telescopic rod, 1-3, wheel hub clamping bending arm, 1-4, electric flat roller, 1-5, detection camera two, 1-6, wheel hub clamping bending arm detection device, 1-61, rotating shaft, 1-62, translation seat, 1-63, translation groove, 1-64, slide rail, 1-65, electrode sheet, 1-66, conductive sheet, 1-67, translation seat reset spring, 2, substandard product pushing electric cylinder, 2-1, pushing disc, 2-2, pushing plate limiting guard piece, 3, quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder, 4, equipment base, 5, quality detection assembly guide slide rail, 6, limiting telescopic electric cylinder, 7, detection camera one, 8, conveying roller. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The wheel hub blank quality detection equipment of the utility model will be described below in combination with the drawings.

[0019] In the embodiment one of the application, as Figures 1 to 3As shown, the wheel hub blank quality detection equipment (hereinafter referred to as "the present application") comprises a quality detection assembly 1, a detection assembly lifting platform 1-1, an electric telescopic rod 1-2, a wheel hub clamping bent arm 1-3, an electric flat roller 1-4, a detection camera two 1-5, a wheel hub clamping bent arm detection device 1-6, a rotating shaft 1-61, a translation seat 1-62, a translation groove 1-63, a sliding rail 1-64, an electrode sheet 1-65, a conductive sheet 1-66, a translation seat reset spring 1-67, a defective product pushing electric cylinder 2, a pushing disc 2-1, a pushing plate limiting guard sheet 2-2, a quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder 3, an equipment base 4, a quality detection assembly guide rail 5, a limiting telescopic electric cylinder 6, a detection camera one 7, and a conveying roller 8. The equipment base 4 is provided with a conveying belt composed of a plurality of conveying rollers 8 mounted on the upper part of the equipment base 4 through supports. The middle part of the conveying roller 8 at the center of the conveying belt is disconnected to form a windowed disconnected conveying roller 8, and the outer end of the windowed disconnected conveying roller 8 is mounted on the support on the upper part of the equipment base 4. The window is provided with the detection camera one 7 controlled to lift by an automatic telescopic rod. The defective product pushing electric cylinder 2 and the limiting telescopic electric cylinder 6 are respectively mounted on the two sides of the equipment base 4. The quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder 3 and the quality detection assembly guide rail 5 are respectively mounted on the diagonally opposite sides of the equipment base 4. The quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder 3 controls the quality detection assembly 1 to lift along the quality detection assembly guide rail 5. The detection camera two 1-5 is mounted on the lower surface center of the detection assembly lifting platform 1-1 of the quality detection assembly 1. Four or six clamping flat rotating arms are arranged at equal intervals around the detection camera two 1-5. The top end of the wheel hub clamping bent arm 1-3 of the clamping flat rotating arm is movably connected to the detection assembly lifting platform 1-1 through the wheel hub clamping bent arm detection device 1-6. The bent part of the wheel hub clamping bent arm 1-3 is hingedly connected to the lower end of the electric telescopic rod 1-2. The upper end of the electric telescopic rod 1-2 is hingedly connected to a pre-designed groove in the lower surface of the detection assembly lifting platform 1-1. The lower end of the wheel hub clamping bent arm 1-3 is fixedly connected to a motor. The output shaft of the motor is drivingly connected to the electric flat roller 1-4.

[0020] The utility model announcement No. CN211178266U discloses a kind of wheel hub blank depth online detection device (hereinafter referred to as "the patent"), the patent is mainly used to measure the rim depth of blank produces change, cannot carry out quality inspection to whether wheel hub exists crack, sand eye or whether wheel hub is deformed etc., while the present application is inducted whether wheel hub blank is standard by wheel hub clamping bent arm detection device 1-6, simultaneously with the aid of detection camera two 1-5 and detection camera one 7 record wheel hub surface state, promptly discover the flaw part of wheel hub, and the wheel hub of flaw is kicked out conveying line, can completely replace artificial blank quality inspection.

[0021] The second embodiment is basically the same as the first embodiment, except that Figure 3 And Figure 4As shown, the hub clamping bending arm detection device 1-6 includes a rotating shaft 1-61, a translation seat 1-62, a translation groove 1-63, a slide rail 1-64, an electrode plate 1-65, a conductive plate 1-66, and a translation seat return spring 1-67. The housing of the hub clamping bending arm detection device 1-6 is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the detection assembly lifting platform 1-1. The wheel hub clamping bending arm detection device 1-6 has a translation groove 1-63 on its side, and the slide rail 1-64 is built into the translation groove 1-63. The translation seat 1-62 moves back and forth on the slide rail 1-64. Translation seat return springs 1-67 are set at the front and rear of the translation seat 1-62 respectively. A rotating shaft 1-61 is installed on the surface of the translation seat 1-62. The rotating shaft 1-61 is hinged to the hub to hold the top of the bent arm 1-3. Electrode plates 1-65 are installed at equal intervals on the inner surface of the translation groove 1-63. A conductive plate 1-66 is installed on the side of the translation seat 1-62 facing the electrode plate 1-65. The conductive plate 1-66 contacts the electrode plate 1-65.

[0022] To further optimize the working efficiency of this application and enable the defective product ejection cylinder 2 to more stably and accurately eject defective wheel hubs from the conveyor line, an ejection disc 2-1 is fixedly installed at the top of the telescopic part of the defective product ejection cylinder 2, and an ejection plate limiting guard 2-2 is provided on the outer side of the ejection disc 2-1. To ensure that all conveyor rollers 8 can rotate uniformly, the conveyor rollers 8 are driven by gears. To make the detection by the first detection camera 7 and the second detection camera 1-5 more accurate, both the first detection camera 7 and the second detection camera 1-5 are configured with dual cameras and equipped with infrared lights and laser rangefinders.

[0023] When using the equipment, install the wheel hub blank quality inspection equipment, then place it in the blank inspection station, and the equipment is ready for use.

[0024] When this utility model is used, its specific operation is as follows:

[0025] During use, the hub is fed by a conveyor line from... Figure 1A in the direction of input by the conveyor belt composed of conveying rollers 8, conveying rollers 8 rotate in the same direction under the drive of the motor and gear to convey the hub blank to the front of the detection camera 7, after the detection camera 7 senses the hub in place, the conveying belt composed of conveying rollers 8 stops working, then the quality detection assembly lifting cylinder 3 retracts, the quality detection assembly 1 moves downward along the quality detection assembly guide rail 5, the electric flat roller 1-4 drops to the middle of the hub outside, then the electric telescopic rod 1-2 that clamps the flat rotating arm extends, pushes the hub clamping bent arm 1-3, the top end of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 is limited, the lower end of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 moves to the side of the hub, multiple clamping flat rotating arms clamp the hub blank inward together, because the hub side has a recess, so the hub can be clamped by the electric flat roller 1-4, then the quality detection assembly lifting cylinder 3 extends, the quality detection assembly 1 moves upward along the quality detection assembly guide rail 5, the hub is separated from the conveying roller 8, at the same time, the detection camera 7 is lifted, then the motor at the end of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 drives the electric flat roller 1-4 to rotate, the electric flat roller 1-4 drives the hub to rotate, so that the detection camera 2 1-5 and the detection camera 1 7 can shoot the upper and lower surfaces of the hub, and the computer determines whether there is a defect, at the same time, if the rotating hub blank is not standard, the hub surface fluctuation will push the lower end of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3, because the middle segment of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 is fixed by the electric telescopic rod 1-2, so the upper end of the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 will squeeze or relax the rotating shaft 1-61 of the hub clamping bent arm detection device 1-6 like a seesaw, the moving rotating shaft 1-61 drives the translation seat 1-62, when the conductive sheet 1-66 on the translation seat 1-62 passes through multiple electrode sheets 1-65, current disturbance is generated, so that the equipment determines the moving distance of the translation seat 1-62, if the distance is below the standard value, for example, the conductive sheet 1-66 only contacts two electrode sheets 1-65, then the hub is qualified, if the conductive sheet 1-66 only contacts more than three electrode sheets 1-65, then the hub does not meet the standard, after quality inspection, the quality detection assembly lifting cylinder 3 retracts, the quality detection assembly 1 moves downward along the quality detection assembly guide rail 5, contacts the conveying roller 8, then the electric telescopic rod 1-2 retracts, the hub clamping bent arm 1-3 unfolds, the quality detection assembly lifting cylinder 3 extends again, the quality detection assembly 1 moves upward to reset, at this time, if the hub is a good product, the conveying roller 8 continues to rotate, so that the hub enters the next process, if the hub is a defective product, the limiting telescopic cylinder 6 retracts, leaving a passageway, then the defective product pushing cylinder 2 pushes the pushing disc 2-1 and the pushing plate limiting guard sheet 2-2, so that the hub passes through the limiting telescopic cylinder 6 for post-processing. The equipment can then continue quality inspection.

[0026] In conclusion, the hub blank quality detection equipment of the embodiment of the present application can detect whether the hub blank is standard through the hub clamping and bending arm detection device 1-6, record the surface state of the hub by means of the detection camera two 1-5 and the detection camera one 7, discover the cracks or sand eyes and other defects on the surface of the hub in time, and kick out the substandard hub in time, so that the yield of the hub can be effectively ensured.

[0027] Those skilled in the art should understand that the above discussion of any of the embodiments is only exemplary and is not intended to imply that the scope of the present application is limited to these examples; under the idea of the present application, the technical features of the above embodiments or different embodiments can also be combined, the steps can be implemented in any order, and there are many other changes of different aspects of the present application as described above. In order to be brief, they are not provided in details. Any omission, modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A wheel hub blank quality inspection apparatus comprising an apparatus base (4) and a conveyor roller (8), characterised in that, The device base (4) upper part is installed with a plurality of conveying rollers (8) through a support to form a conveying belt, the middle part of the conveying roller (8) at the center of the conveying belt is disconnected to form a windowed disconnected conveying roller (8), the outer end of the windowed disconnected conveying roller (8) is installed on the support on the upper part of the device base (4), a detection camera one (7) controlled to lift by an automatic telescopic rod is arranged in the window; a substandard product pushing out electric cylinder (2) and a limiting telescopic electric cylinder (6) are respectively installed on the two sides of the device base (4); a quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder (3) and a quality detection assembly guide slide rail (5) are respectively installed on the diagonals of the device base (4), the quality detection assembly lifting electric cylinder (3) controls the quality detection assembly (1) to lift along the quality detection assembly guide slide rail (5); a detection assembly lifting platform (1-1) of the quality detection assembly (1) is installed with a detection camera two (1-5) at the center of the lower surface, four or six clamping horizontal rotating arms are arranged at equal intervals around the detection camera two (1-5), the hub clamping bent arm (1-3) top end of the clamping horizontal rotating arm is movably connected to the detection assembly lifting platform (1-1) through a hub clamping bent arm detection device (1-6), the hub clamping bent arm (1-3) is hinged to the lower end of an electric telescopic rod (1-2) at the bending part, the upper end of the electric telescopic rod (1-2) is hinged to a preset groove in the lower surface of the detection assembly lifting platform (1-1), the lower end of the hub clamping bent arm (1-3) is fixedly connected to a motor, and the output shaft of the motor is drivingly connected to an electric horizontal roller (1-4).

2. The wheel hub blank quality inspection apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by The hub clamping bent arm detection device (1-6) comprises a rotating shaft (1-61) and a translation seat reset spring (1-67), the shell of the hub clamping bent arm detection device (1-6) is fixedly installed on the lower surface of the detection assembly lifting platform (1-1), a translation groove (1-63) is formed in the side of the hub clamping bent arm detection device (1-6), a slide rail (1-64) is arranged in the translation groove (1-63), a translation seat (1-62) moves back and forth on the slide rail (1-64), the translation seat reset spring (1-67) is arranged on the front and back of the translation seat (1-62), the rotating shaft (1-61) is installed on the surface of the translation seat (1-62), the rotating shaft (1-61) is hinged to the top end of the hub clamping bent arm (1-3), the electrode sheet (1-65) is arranged at equal intervals on the inner side surface of the translation groove (1-63), and the conductive sheet (1-66) is arranged on the side of the translation seat (1-62) facing the electrode sheet (1-65).

3. The wheel hub blank quality inspection apparatus according to claim 2, characterized by The telescopic part of the substandard product pushing out electric cylinder (2) is fixedly installed with a pushing out disc (2-1), and the outer side of the pushing out disc (2-1) is provided with a pushing out plate limiting protection sheet (2-2).

4. The wheel hub blank quality inspection apparatus according to claim 1, characterized by, The conveying roller (8) is driven by a gear.

5. The wheel hub blank quality inspection apparatus according to claim 4, characterized by The detection camera one (7) and the detection camera two (1-5) are both double camera configurations, and are provided with an infrared lamp and a laser range finder.

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  • Hub blank depth on-line detection device

    CN211178266U