Wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing
By using a wire feeding device for dual-wire electric arc additive manufacturing, the first wire feeding nozzle drives the second wire feeding nozzle to move synchronously using a fixed component, which solves the problem of low manufacturing efficiency of Al-Cu-Li alloy wire in the prior art and realizes the formation of highly efficient metal components.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202423305946.7
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-31
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-12-31
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies for additive manufacturing of Al-Cu-Li alloys have low efficiency, especially when mass-producing high-specification additive manufacturing wires.
A wire feeding device for dual-wire electric arc additive manufacturing is adopted. The first wire feeder and the second wire feeder are used in conjunction with a fixing component to make the first welding wire and the second welding wire move synchronously and melt onto the substrate to form an alloy. The fixing component is used to make the first wire feeding nozzle drive the second wire feeding nozzle to move synchronously, thereby improving work efficiency.
This greatly improves the efficiency of Al-Cu-Li alloy additive manufacturing, simplifies the control procedure for the second wire feed nozzle, and reduces additional operational complexity.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to alloy additive manufacturing technical field, concretely relates to a kind of wire feeder for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing. BACKGROUND
[0002] Under the background of pursuing lightweight, aluminum magnesium and other lightweight alloys are widely used in aerospace field, usually used as large size complex structural components, using large monolithic aluminum alloy component to replace traditional combined aluminum alloy component, can reduce 15-20%, and component life and reliability increase significantly.But at the same time, with the requirement of performance, precision, manufacturing cost and cycle of key technical fields such as aerospace, energy power, national defense and military industry to metal parts is increasingly stringent, larger processing difficulty and the limitation of existing processing technology, make its processing cost is high.The electric arc additive manufacturing technology is one of the most advanced technologies for metal additive manufacturing, with high deposition efficiency, large forming size, mature equipment and other advantages, has broad application prospect in metal structural materials field.
[0003] At present, electric arc additive manufacturing Al-Cu-Li alloy faces two problems, one is low mechanical property, and the other is that through laboratory small-scale customization Al-Cu-Li alloy wire also faces the test of cost, efficiency and reliability.Al-Cu-Li alloy is difficult to form continuous long wire during drawing reduction treatment due to its high strength and poor plasticity processing, especially batch production of high-specification additive manufacturing wire is more difficult. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of wire feeder for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing to solve the technical problems of lower Al-Cu-Li alloy additive manufacturing efficiency in prior art.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows: a kind of wire feeder for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing is provided, comprising:
[0006] Base plate, set on work platform;Welding machine is used to install in the side of the base plate;
[0007] First wire feeder, set in work platform side, for feeding first welding wire;First wire feeder is equipped with first wire feeder nozzle, and the first wire feeder nozzle is towards the base plate setting;First wire feeder is connected with welding machine;
[0008] Second wire feeder, set in work platform side, for feeding second welding wire;Second wire feeder is equipped with second wire feeder nozzle, and the second wire feeder nozzle is towards the first wire feeder nozzle setting;The central axis of second wire feeder nozzle and the central axis of first wire feeder nozzle intersect;The gun mouth of welding gun of welding machine is towards the intersection point of first welding wire and second welding wire setting;
[0009] A fixing assembly is arranged on the first wire feeder; the fixing assembly is provided with a fixing hole, the second wire feeder penetrates through the fixing hole and is fixedly connected with the fixing hole; the first wire feeder moves towards the base plate and feeds in the first welding wire, under the action of the fixing assembly, the second wire feeder is synchronously driven to move and feed in the second welding wire, and the welding torch melts the first welding wire and the second welding wire on the base plate to form an alloy.
[0010] In a possible implementation, the fixing assembly comprises a support block, a connecting block and a fixing block; the support block is fixedly arranged on the first wire feeder; the connecting block is arranged vertically, and the upper end of the connecting block is connected with the end of the support block away from the first wire feeder; the fixing block is arranged horizontally, and one end of the fixing block is connected with the lower end of the connecting block, and the fixing hole is arranged on the fixing block.
[0011] In a possible implementation, the upper end of the connecting block is rotationally connected with the support block, and one end of the fixing block is rotationally connected with the lower end of the connecting block, so as to adjust the angle of the second wire feeder.
[0012] In a possible implementation, the fixing block and the connecting block are both provided with a rotating hole, and the center axes of the two rotating holes are perpendicular to each other; the connecting block and the fixing block are both provided with a screw rod, the screw rod is rotationally connected with the corresponding rotating hole, and the screw rod is provided with a nut for fixing the screw rod.
[0013] In a possible implementation, the fixing block is provided with a clamping hole in communication with the fixing hole, and the center axis of the clamping hole is perpendicular to the center axis of the fixing hole; the clamping hole is provided with an internal thread, and the fixing block is provided with a screw threadedly connected with the internal thread for clamping the second wire feeder.
[0014] In a possible implementation, the number of the connecting blocks is plural, and the number of the fixing blocks is plural, and the plural connecting blocks and the plural fixing blocks are in one-to-one correspondence.
[0015] In a possible implementation, the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing further comprises a mechanical arm, and the first wire feeder is installed on the mechanical arm.
[0016] In a possible implementation, the second wire feeder is a numerical control wire feeder.
[0017] The beneficial effect of the double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing wire feeding device is that, compared with the prior art, the double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing wire feeding device of the utility model, when in use, after the first wire feeder and the first wire feeder input program, the first wire feeder controls the first wire feeder nozzle to feed the first welding wire towards the base plate, the second wire feeder controls the second wire feeder nozzle to feed the second welding wire towards the base plate, and the welding gun of the welding machine sprays the flame to make the first welding wire and the second welding wire hot melt on the base plate to form an alloy; the welding machine is connected with the first wire feeder, so as to control the movement of the first wire feeder nozzle and the welding gun of the welding machine at the same time; since the second wire feeder nozzle is connected with the fixing hole of the fixing assembly, and the fixing assembly is arranged on the first wire feeder nozzle, the first wire feeder nozzle moves above the base plate, synchronously drives the second wire feeder nozzle to move, and then forms the required alloy component; in this way, the first welding wire and the second welding wire are used to form the alloy by hot melting, and the fixing assembly is used to synchronously move the second wire feeder nozzle to form the required component by driving the first wire feeder nozzle, so that the work efficiency is greatly improved; meanwhile, the second wire feeder only needs to control the wire feeding speed to be consistent with the wire feeding speed of the first wire feeder, and does not need to additionally set other programs to control the movement of the second wire feeder nozzle. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creating labor.
[0019] Figure 1 The structure schematic view of the double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing system provided by the embodiments of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 2 The connection schematic view of the first wire feeder nozzle, the second wire feeder nozzle and the fixing assembly provided by the embodiments of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 3 The structure schematic view of the fixing assembly provided by the embodiments of the utility model.
[0022] In the drawings, various reference signs represent:
[0023] 1, work platform;2, base plate;3, welding gun;4, first wire feeder nozzle;5, second wire feeder nozzle;6, fixing assembly;61, fixing hole;62, support block;63, connecting block;64, fixed block;65, screw;66, nut;67, clamping hole;68, screw. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and do not limit the present application.
[0025] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or indirectly connected to the other element.
[0026] It should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only used to facilitate the description of the present application and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.
[0027] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited.
[0028] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3The utility model provides a double -filament electric arc additive manufacturing is with the wire feeding device, and the utility model discloses a double -filament electric arc additive manufacturing is with the wire feeding device, including base plate 2, first wire feeder, second wire feeder and fixed assembly 6, base plate 2 is located on the work platform 1, and the welding machine is used to install on one side of base plate 2, and first wire feeder is located on one side of work platform 1 and is used to send in first welding wire, and first wire feeder is equipped with first wire feeder nozzle 4, and first wire feeder nozzle 4 is towards base plate 2 setting, and first wire feeder is connected with welding machine, and second wire feeder is located on one side of work platform 1 and is used to send in second welding wire, and second wire feeder is equipped with second wire feeder nozzle 5, and second wire feeder nozzle 5 is towards first wire feeder nozzle 4 setting, and the central axis of second wire feeder nozzle 5 and the central axis of first wire feeder nozzle 4 intersect, and the gun mouth of welding torch 3 of welding machine is towards the intersection point of first welding wire and second welding wire setting, and fixed assembly 6 is equipped on first wire feeder nozzle 4, and fixed assembly 6 is equipped with fixed hole 61, and second wire feeder nozzle 5 penetrates fixed hole 61 and is fixedly connected with fixed hole 61, and first wire feeder nozzle 4 moves towards base plate 2 and sends in first welding wire, and under the action of fixed assembly 6, synchronously drives second wire feeder nozzle 5 to move and send in second welding wire, and simultaneously welding torch 3 melts first welding wire and second welding wire on base plate 2 and forms alloy.
[0029] The double -filament electric arc additive manufacturing is with the wire feeding device of the utility model, compared with the prior art, when using, after first wire feeder and first wire feeder input program, first wire feeder controls first wire feeder nozzle 4 and sends in first welding wire towards base plate 2, and second wire feeder controls second wire feeder nozzle 5 and sends in second welding wire towards base plate 2, and simultaneously welding torch 3 of welding machine sprays flame and makes first welding wire and second welding wire melt on base plate 2 and form alloy, and welding machine is connected with first wire feeder, to facilitate the movement of first wire feeder nozzle 4 and welding torch 3 of welding machine is controlled simultaneously, because second wire feeder nozzle 5 is connected with the fixed hole 61 of fixed assembly 6, and fixed assembly 6 is equipped on first wire feeder nozzle 4, so first wire feeder nozzle 4 moves above base plate 2, synchronously drives second wire feeder nozzle 5 to move, and then forms the required component, in this way, first welding wire and second welding wire are used to melt and form alloy, and first wire feeder nozzle 4 drives second wire feeder nozzle 5 to move synchronously to form the required component by the aid of fixed assembly 6, greatly improve work efficiency, and second wire feeder only needs to control the wire feeding speed to be consistent with the wire feeding speed of first wire feeder, and does not need to set other programs to control the movement of second wire feeder nozzle 5, first welding wire is ER2319 welding wire, second welding wire is 2A97 welding wire, ER2319 welding wire and 2A97 welding wire are melted on base plate 2 by the aid of welding torch 3 and form Al-Cu-Li alloy, and the required alloy component is formed by controlling the movement of first wire feeder nozzle 4.
[0030] Please refer to Figure 2 And Figure 3As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the fixed assembly 6 comprises a supporting block 62, a connecting block 63 and a fixed block 64; the supporting block 62 is fixedly arranged on the first wire feeding nozzle 4; the connecting block 63 is arranged vertically, and the upper end of the connecting block 63 is connected with one end of the supporting block 62 away from the first wire feeding nozzle 4; the fixed block 64 is arranged horizontally, and one end of the fixed block 64 is connected with the lower end of the connecting block 63; the fixed hole 61 is arranged on the fixed block 64; the supporting block 62 is used to facilitate the arrangement of the fixed assembly 6 on the first wire feeding nozzle 4; the fixed block 64 and the supporting block 62 are connected through the connecting block 63, so as to fix the first wire feeding nozzle 4 and the second wire feeding nozzle 5, thereby enabling the first wire feeding nozzle 4 to drive the second wire feeding nozzle 5 to move.
[0031] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the upper end of the connecting block 63 is rotationally connected with the supporting block 62, and one end of the fixed block 64 is rotationally connected with the lower end of the connecting block 63, which is used to adjust the angle of the second wire feeding nozzle 5; the connecting block 63 is rotationally connected with the supporting block 62, and the fixed block 64 is rotationally connected with the connecting block 63, which not only facilitates the adjustment of the angle of the second wire feeding nozzle 5 at any time, but also adjusts the distance between the second wire feeding nozzle 5 and the first wire feeding nozzle 4, so that the welding torch 3 can better melt the first welding wire and the second welding wire.
[0032] Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 3 As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the fixed block 64 and the connecting block 63 are both provided with rotating holes, and the center axes of the two rotating holes are perpendicular; the connecting block 63 and the fixed block 64 are both provided with screw rods 65, the screw rods 65 are rotationally connected with the corresponding rotating holes, and the screw rods 65 are provided with nuts 66 for fixing the screw rods 65; the rotating hole on the fixed block 64 and the screw rod 65 on the connecting block 63 can enable the connecting block 63 to drive the fixed block 64 to rotate, so as to adjust the distance between the first wire feeding nozzle 4 and the second wire feeding nozzle 5; the rotating hole on the connecting block 63 and the screw rod 65 on the fixed block 64 can enable the fixed block 64 to drive the second wire feeding nozzle 5 to rotate, so as to adjust the angle of the second wire feeding nozzle 5; after the adjustment of the fixed assembly 6 is completed, the screw rod 65 and the nut 66 can completely fix the connecting block 63 and the fixed block 64, so as to prevent them from rotating at will.
[0033] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the fixed block 64 is provided with a clamping hole 67 in communication with the fixed hole 61, and the central axis of the clamping hole 67 is perpendicular to the central axis of the fixed hole 61; the clamping hole 67 is provided with an internal thread, and the fixed block 64 is provided with a screw 68 threadedly connected with the internal thread, for clamping the second wire feeding nozzle 5; by means of the internal thread in the clamping hole 67 and the screw 68 threadedly connected with the internal thread, the screw 68 can be clamped or loosened on the second wire feeding nozzle 5 by rotating the screw 68.
[0034] As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the number of the connecting blocks 63 is multiple, the number of the fixed blocks 64 is multiple, and the multiple connecting blocks 63 and the multiple fixed blocks 64 are one-to-one corresponding; by means of the multiple connecting blocks 63 and the fixed blocks 64, different kinds of alloy welding wires can be increased, and the welding gun 3 can be used to heat and melt the alloy welding wires to make different alloy components.
[0035] As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the welding machine is a Fronius-TPS-500i type welding machine; since the Fronius-TPS-500i type welding machine has excellent welding function, is convenient and comfortable to operate, and is highly flexible and can adapt to multiple devices, the welding machine is set to be the Fronius-TPS-500i type welding machine; the first wire feeder is a wire feeding mechanism of the Fronius-TPS-500i type welding machine.
[0036] As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing further comprises a mechanical arm, and the first wire feeder is installed on the mechanical arm; the first wire feeder is controlled to move by the mechanical arm, and then the required component is formed.
[0037] As a specific embodiment of the wire feeding device for double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing provided by the utility model, the second wire feeder is a numerical control wire feeder; since the numerical control wire feeder can adapt to multiple welding processes, has high wire feeding precision and strong wire feeding stability, the second wire feeder is set to be the numerical control wire feeder.
[0038] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the utility model, and is not used to limit the utility model, and any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.
Claims
1. A dual wire arc additive manufacturing wire feeder, comprising: The utility model relates to a double -wire electric arc additive manufacturing wire feeder, including: The substrate is arranged on the work platform; The welding machine is used to install on one side of the substrate; The first wire feeder is arranged on one side of the work platform and is used to feed the first welding wire; The first wire feeder is provided with a first wire feeder nozzle, and the first wire feeder nozzle is arranged towards the substrate; the first wire feeder is electrically connected with the welding machine; The second wire feeder is arranged on one side of the work platform and is used to feed the second welding wire; the second wire feeder is provided with a second wire feeder nozzle, and the second wire feeder nozzle is arranged towards the first wire feeder nozzle; the central axis of the second wire feeder nozzle intersects with the central axis of the first wire feeder nozzle; The nozzle of the welding torch of the welding machine is arranged towards the intersection point of the first welding wire and the second welding wire; The fixing assembly is arranged on the first wire feeder nozzle; the fixing assembly is provided with a fixing hole, the second wire feeder nozzle penetrates through the fixing hole and is fixedly connected with the fixing hole; the first wire feeder nozzle moves towards the substrate and feeds the first welding wire, under the action of the fixing assembly, synchronously drives the second wire feeder nozzle to move and feed the second welding wire, and the welding torch melts the first welding wire and the second welding wire on the substrate to form an alloy.
2. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The fixing assembly includes a support block, a connecting block and a fixing block; the support block is fixedly arranged on the first wire feeder nozzle; the connecting block is vertically arranged, and the upper end of the connecting block is connected with the end of the support block away from the first wire feeder nozzle; the fixing block is horizontally arranged, and one end of the fixing block is connected with the lower end of the connecting block; the fixing hole is arranged on the fixing block.
3. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 2, wherein, The upper end of the connecting block is rotationally connected with the support block, and one end of the fixing block is rotationally connected with the lower end of the connecting block, for adjusting the angle of the second wire feeder nozzle.
4. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 3 wherein, Both the fixing block and the connecting block are provided with a rotating hole, and the central axes of the two rotating holes are perpendicular; both the connecting block and the fixing block are provided with a screw rod, the screw rod is rotationally connected with the corresponding rotating hole, and the screw rod is provided with a nut for fixing the screw rod.
5. A dual wire arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 2, wherein, The fixing block is provided with a clamping hole in communication with the fixing hole, and the central axis of the clamping hole is perpendicular to the central axis of the fixing hole; the clamping hole is provided with an internal thread, and the fixing block is provided with a screw threadedly connected with the internal thread for clamping the second wire feeder nozzle.
6. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 5 wherein, The number of the connecting blocks is multiple, and the number of the fixing blocks is multiple; the multiple connecting blocks and the multiple fixing blocks are one-to-one corresponding.
7. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The double-wire electric arc additive manufacturing wire feeder further includes a mechanical arm, and the first wire feeder is installed on the mechanical arm.
8. A dual wire electrical arc additive manufacturing wire feeder as claimed in claim 1, wherein, The second wire feeder is a numerical control wire feeder.