Ball separator cutting device

By designing an electric gear saw and an automated ball separator cutting device, the problems of unstable ball separator cutting and inspection were solved, achieving efficient and safe ball separator cutting, and ensuring the consistency of the cut surface and the reliability of internal quality inspection.

CN223719623UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26BEIJING LONG XUAN RUBBER & PLASTIC CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423122473.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-17
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-17

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Technical Problem

Existing ball separators suffer from problems such as unstable operation, difficulty in detecting internal quality, and inconsistent surface roughness during the cutting process, and pose safety hazards when cutting with a hand saw.

Method used

A ball separator cutting device was designed, which uses an electric gear saw with a stepped mounting plate and a clamping assembly. The device achieves automated cutting through a linear guide rail and a controller, ensuring the stability and centering of the clamping block. A damping layer is used to improve the clamping effect, and a baseline is used to ensure cutting accuracy.

Benefits of technology

It achieves stable and high-quality cutting with the ball separator, improves the flatness and safety of the cut surface, ensures the reliability of internal quality inspection, and overcomes the defects of hand saw cutting.

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Abstract

According to the cutting device for the ball separator, the rear sides of the clamping blocks can be blocked through the installation plate of the step-shaped structure, the action of force generated in the feeding and cutting process can be resisted, the pressing block is pressed through the pressing assembly, the relative positions of the two clamping blocks are fixed through the combination of the connection plate, and therefore the clamping blocks can be clamped conveniently. According to the clamping device for the ball spacer, clamping of the ball spacer is achieved, the stability of the electric gear saw when the ball spacer is cut can be guaranteed, centering cutting of the ball spacer can be conveniently achieved through limiting, pressing and connecting fixing of the two clamping blocks, and the defects that centering is troublesome when a hand saw is used, and the internal quality of the center of the ball spacer cannot be detected due to the fact that the hand saw is prone to inclining are overcome; in addition, the electric gear saw is adopted for cutting, the roughness of the cutting face can be guaranteed to be consistent, and the cutting safety, accuracy and cutting quality of the ball separator are greatly improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a ball separator cutting technical field especially a ball separator cutting device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Because the ball separator is manufactured through injection molding process, shrinkage holes are caused in the product due to cooling shrinkage after forming in the manufacturing process, internal shrinkage holes are difficult to find, therefore, the product needs to be cut at the thinnest part along the center line to observe the proportion of the overall area occupied by the internal bubbles generated to determine whether the product meets the requirements, and the proportion is required to be less than 10%. Due to the special shape, the existing ball separator cutting method mainly adopts the clamp to fix the ball separator and manually cuts the ball separator from the center with a handsaw. When the ball separator with small size is fixed on the clamp, the operator's hand is easily clamped, the thickness of the center detection part of the ball separator is very small, the center is troublesome when manually sawing, and the handsaw is easily inclined when manually sawing the ball separator, which causes that the internal quality of the center of the ball separator cannot be detected, and the roughness is inconsistent when manually sawing, which causes great trouble for later observation. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at providing a ball separator cutting device, which realizes stable and high-quality cutting of the ball separator.

[0004] The utility model provides a ball separator cutting device, including base, the top of base symmetry is installed linear guide rail, fixed installation has electric gear saw on the base between two linear guide rails, the slider of two linear guide rails is fixedly installed the mounting plate of ladder shape structure, two pieces of clamping block for clamping ball separator are placed on the mounting plate, two groups of pressure assembly for pressure two clamping blocks are equipped on the mounting plate respectively, one side of two clamping blocks away from electric gear saw is equipped with connecting plate, the adjusting hole is opened in the connecting plate symmetry, the adjusting hole is installed the locking rod for with clamping block screw connection.

[0005] Further, the controller is installed on the base, and the linear guide rail and the electric gear saw are electrically connected with the controller.

[0006] Further, the base is provided with an empty slot parallel to the linear guide rail corresponding to the position of the electric gear saw.

[0007] Further, the pressure assembly comprises an insertion rod and a pressing plate which are sleeved with each other, the insertion rod is fixedly installed at the top of the mounting plate, and the pressing plate is provided with an insertion hole matched with the insertion rod.

[0008] Further, a damping layer is attached to the inner wall of the insertion hole.

[0009] Further, the damping layer is made of rubber material.

[0010] Further, the slide rail of the linear guide rail is provided with a limiting block for limiting the sliding of the mounting plate.

[0011] Further, the mounting plate is provided with a first cutting reference line, and the connecting plate is provided with a second cutting reference line.

[0012] Further, one side of each of the two clamping blocks is provided with a hemispherical body for tightly pressing the ball separator, and the plane of the hemispherical body is provided with a plug rod, and the clamping block is provided with a plug hole matched with the hemispherical body.

[0013] Further, the two linear guide rails are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the electric gear saw.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the technical scheme are: the mounting plate with the stepped structure can block the rear side of the clamping block, resist the force during the feeding cutting, and the pressing assembly can press the pressing block, the relative position of the two clamping blocks is fixed by the connecting plate, the clamping of the ball separator is realized, the stability of the electric gear saw during the cutting of the ball separator is ensured, the centering cutting of the ball separator is facilitated by the limiting, pressing and connecting fixing of the two clamping blocks, the defects of the manual sawing of the center and the difficulty of detecting the quality of the center of the ball separator are overcome; in addition, the electric gear saw is used for cutting, the roughness of the cutting surface is consistent, and the safety, accuracy and cutting quality of the cutting of the ball separator are greatly improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present application or the technical scheme in the prior art, the drawings needed in the following specific embodiment or prior art description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creating any creative labor.

[0016] Fig. 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present application.

[0017] Fig. 2 It is a cutting position indication diagram of the ball separator.

[0018] Explanation of reference signs: 1-base, 2-linear guide rail, 3-electric gear saw, 4-mounting plate, 401-stop bar, 5-clamping block, 6-connecting plate, 601-adjusting hole, 7-locking rod, 8-plug rod, 9-pressing plate, 10-limiting block, 11-contact sensor, 12-hemispherical body, 13-first cutting reference line, 14-second cutting reference line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are some of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application.

[0020] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the devices or elements indicated must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0021] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, "a plurality of" means two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited. In addition, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral connection; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be direct connection, or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or communication between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0022] As shown in Figs. 1-2 The present application provides a cutting device for ball separator, which comprises a base 1, two groups of linear guides 2 are symmetrically installed at the top end of the base 1, an electric gear saw 3 is fixedly installed on the base 1 between the two groups of linear guides 2, the two linear guides 2 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the electric gear saw 3, and a clearance groove parallel to the linear guide 2 is formed on the base 1 corresponding to the position of the electric gear saw 3, so as to avoid interference between the working part of the electric gear saw 3 and the base 1.

[0023] The mounting plate 4 in the stepped structure is fixedly installed on the sliders of the two straight rails 2, that is, the mounting plate 4 is provided with a baffle 401, two clamping blocks 5 for clamping the ball separator are placed on the mounting plate 4, the baffle 401 can limit the clamping blocks 5, and the rear side of the clamping blocks 5 is abutted, thereby providing support for the cutting of the ball separator; in order to further stabilize the clamping blocks 5, two sets of pressing assemblies for pressing the two clamping blocks 5 are arranged on the mounting plate 4; the pressing assembly comprises a plug rod 8 and a pressing plate 9 which are sleeved with each other, the plug rod 8 is fixedly installed at the top end of the mounting plate 4, the pressing plate 9 is provided with a plug hole matched with the plug rod 8, and in order to ensure the pressing effect of the pressing plate 9 on the clamping blocks, a damping layer made of rubber material is bonded to the inner wall of the plug hole.

[0024] The two clamping blocks 5 are provided with a connecting plate 6 away from the electric gear saw 3, the connecting plate 6 is symmetrically provided with an adjusting hole 601, and a locking rod 7 for threaded connection with the clamping blocks 5 is installed in the adjusting hole 601; the connecting plate 6 serves to connect the two clamping blocks 5, so as to avoid transverse movement of the two clamping blocks 5 during cutting; in use: after the ball separator is clamped by the two clamping blocks 5, the position of the clamping blocks 5 and the connecting plate 6 can be fixed by tightening the locking rod 7, and the adjusting hole 601 is arranged to facilitate adjustment of the distance between the two clamping blocks 5.

[0025] In order to realize automatic cutting of the cutting device, a controller is installed on the base 1, the straight rails 2 and the electric gear saw 3 are electrically connected with the controller, and the working of the straight rails 2 and the electric gear saw 3 is realized by the switch button arranged in the electrical connection of the controller.

[0026] A limiting block 10 is arranged on the slide rail of the straight rail 2, for limiting the maximum travel distance of the mounting plate 4, and a contact sensor 11 can be installed on the limiting block 10; when the slider on the straight rail 2 contacts the contact sensor 11, it represents that the cutting of the ball separator is completed, the contact sensor 11 feeds back an electrical signal to the controller, and the slider moves in the opposite direction under the control of the controller.

[0027] In order to more accurately find the cutting position of the ball separator, a first cutting reference line 13 is arranged on the mounting plate 4, the first cutting reference line 13 is aligned with the slice, a second cutting reference line 14 is arranged on the connecting plate 6, and the second cutting reference line 14 is a symmetrical line of the two clamping blocks 5, so that the second cutting reference line 14 is aligned with the first cutting reference line 13, and the alignment of the slice and the symmetrical division line of the ball separator is determined.

[0028] The side adjacent to the two clamping blocks 5 is provided with a hemispherical body 12 for tightly pressing the ball separator, the plane of the hemispherical body 12 is provided with the plug rod 8, and the clamping block 5 is provided with a plug hole matched with the hemispherical body 12; different sizes of the hemispherical body 12 can be replaced for different specifications of the ball separator.

[0029] Working principle

[0030] When the ball separator is installed: place the ball separator between the two clamping blocks 5, adjust the position of the connecting plate 6 so that the second cutting reference line 14 on the connecting plate 6 is equal in distance from the two clamping blocks 5, tighten the locking rod 7 to fix the position of the clamping blocks 5 and the connecting plate 6, and move the two pressure plates 9 downward to press the clamping blocks 5. When cutting: press the switch button, the electric gear saw 3 starts, the controller controls the slider on the linear guide rail 2 to move forward, and when the slider contacts the contact sensor 11, it represents that the cutting is completed, the controller controls the slider to move backward, and the electric gear saw 3 is turned off.

[0031] Finally, it should be pointed out that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit them; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: it can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent replacement for part or all of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A ball and socket cutter apparatus, comprising: The base is provided with linear guides symmetrically arranged at the top end, an electric gear saw is fixedly arranged on the base between the two linear guides, a stepped mounting plate is fixedly arranged on the sliding blocks of the two linear guides, two clamping blocks for clamping the ball separator are arranged on the mounting plate, and two sets of pressing assemblies for pressing the two clamping blocks are arranged on the mounting plate.

2. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, A controller is arranged on the base, and the linear guides and the electric gear saw are electrically connected to the controller.

3. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, An air clearance groove parallel to the linear guides is arranged on the base corresponding to the position of the electric gear saw.

4. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, The pressing assembly comprises an insertion rod and a pressing plate which are sleeved with each other, the insertion rod is fixedly arranged at the top end of the mounting plate, and the pressing plate is provided with an insertion hole matched with the insertion rod.

5. The caddy cutter device of claim 4, wherein, A damping layer is attached to the inner wall of the insertion hole.

6. The caddy cutter device of claim 5, wherein, The damping layer is made of rubber material.

7. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, A limiting block for limiting the sliding of the mounting plate is arranged on the sliding rail of the linear guide.

8. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, A first cutting reference line is arranged on the mounting plate, and a second cutting reference line is arranged on the connecting plate.

9. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, A hemispherical body for tightly pressing the ball separator is arranged on the side adjacent to the clamping block, the hemispherical body is provided with an insertion rod on the plane, and the clamping block is provided with an insertion hole matched with the hemispherical body.

10. The caddy cutter device of claim 1, wherein, The two linear guides are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the electric gear saw.