Butt welding machine
By designing a spot welding machine with multiple grippers and a rotating turntable, the problem of low material handling efficiency in existing spot welding machines has been solved, achieving high-efficiency production and stable welding quality, and improving production efficiency and equipment intelligence.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520634260.8
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-03
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-27
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-04-03
AI Technical Summary
The existing spot welding machine's single material handling mechanism is inefficient and cannot meet the needs of high-efficiency production, especially on production lines with fast production cycles, it can easily slow down the production pace.
A spot welding machine was designed, comprising a frame, a feeding mechanism, a rotating mechanism, and a spot welding mechanism. Multiple grippers work together to grasp materials, and the rotation of the turntable enables efficient material transfer between the feeding station and the spot welding station. Combined with the precise control of the servo motor and the chromium-zirconium-copper alloy electrode, the welding quality and efficiency are improved.
It significantly improves material feeding efficiency, meets the needs of high-efficiency production, increases production cycle time, ensures welding quality stability and equipment intelligence and automation, and reduces maintenance costs and downtime.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to welding equipment technical field, especially a kind of butt welding machine. BACKGROUND
[0002] In modern industrial production, butt welding machine as key welding equipment, is widely used in automobile manufacturing, household appliances, electronics and aerospace field. With the advancement of automation and intelligentization, butt welding machine gradually combines with servo system, robot, realizes intelligent control by PLC or single-chip microcomputer, and has multiple welding modes. At the same time, the application of high-frequency inverter technology effectively reduces energy consumption and carbon emissions.
[0003] However, although the existing butt welding machine technology has made great progress in automation degree, intelligent control, welding mode diversity and energy saving and environmental protection, etc., there are still some problems and challenges to be solved in actual production application. The single material taking mechanism equipped in most existing equipment has low material taking efficiency, and it is easy to slow down the production rhythm on the production line with fast production rhythm, and cannot meet the demand of efficient production. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0004] The main purpose of the utility model is to provide a kind of butt welding machine, to improve the production efficiency of butt welding machine.
[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the butt welding machine provided by the utility model comprises:
[0006] Frame, the frame has feeding station and butt welding station;
[0007] Feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism includes moving drive part, feeding drive part and multiple grippers, the moving drive part is arranged in the frame, and drives the feeding drive part to be close to or away from the feeding station;The feeding drive part drives each gripper to be close to or away from each other to grab and drop material;
[0008] Rotary mechanism, the rotary mechanism includes rotation drive part, turntable and two material receiving blocks, the rotation drive part is arranged in the frame, and drives the turntable to rotate;Two material receiving blocks are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the turntable, and are respectively arranged to face the feeding station and the butt welding station;And
[0009] Butt welding mechanism, the butt welding mechanism includes butt welding drive part and butt welding electrode, the butt welding drive part is connected to the frame, and drives the butt welding electrode to lift to be close to or away from the butt welding station.
[0010] In an embodiment, the butt welding mechanism further comprises a compression spring, and the two ends of the compression spring are respectively connected to the butt welding electrode and the output end of the butt welding drive part.
[0011] In an embodiment, the butt welding mechanism further comprises a locking nozzle connected to the frame and arranged to face the butt welding station; the locking nozzle is configured to cooperate with the material receiving block to fix the material on the butt welding station.
[0012] In an embodiment, the butt welding mechanism further comprises a translation driving member arranged on the frame and configured to drive the butt welding driving member and the locking nozzle to translate towards or away from the butt welding station.
[0013] In an embodiment, the butt welding mechanism further comprises a circulating water cooling system, the water cooling system comprises a circulating water cooler, a water channel is formed in the butt welding electrode, and the water cooler is connected to the water channel in a pipeline manner.
[0014] In an embodiment, the water channel is arranged in a spiral shape.
[0015] In an embodiment, the butt welding mechanism further comprises a blowing mechanism, the blowing mechanism comprises a fan and a blowing nozzle, the fan is arranged on the frame, the blowing nozzle is connected to the fan in a pipeline manner, and the blowing nozzle is configured to spray air blown by the fan to clean the welding slag.
[0016] In an embodiment, the blowing mechanism further comprises an elastic tube, the blowing nozzle is connected to the fan in a pipeline manner through the elastic tube.
[0017] In an embodiment, the moving driving member and the butt welding driving member are both servo motors.
[0018] In an embodiment, the material of the butt welding electrode is chromium-zirconium-copper alloy.
[0019] In the technical solution of this utility model, the spot welding machine includes a frame, a feeding mechanism, a rotating mechanism, and a spot welding mechanism. The frame has a feeding station and a spot welding station. The feeding mechanism includes a moving drive, a feeding drive, and multiple grippers. The moving drive is located on the frame and drives the feeding drive to move closer to or away from the feeding station. The feeding drive drives the grippers to move closer to or away from each other to grip and release materials. The rotating mechanism includes a rotating drive, a turntable, and two material support blocks. The rotating drive is located on the frame and drives the turntable to rotate. The two material support blocks are respectively located on opposite sides of the turntable and face the feeding station and the spot welding station respectively. The spot welding mechanism includes a spot welding drive and a spot welding electrode. The spot welding drive is connected to the frame and drives the spot welding electrode to rise and fall to move closer to or away from the spot welding station. In the technical solution of this utility model, multiple grippers work together to grab materials and move them to the material receiving block located at the loading station on a turntable. The turntable rotates, moving the material receiving block from the loading station to the spot welding station. Meanwhile, the material receiving block originally located at the spot welding station rotates to the loading station. The spot welding machine can simultaneously weld the material at the spot welding station and load the next piece of material onto the material receiving block at the loading station. Through the coordinated grabbing of materials by multiple grippers and the rapid rotation of the turntable, efficient material transfer between the loading station and the spot welding station is achieved. While welding the material at the spot welding station, the next piece of material can be loaded onto the material receiving block at the loading station, significantly improving material loading efficiency and increasing production cycle time, thereby meeting the needs of high-efficiency production. Attached Figure Description
[0020] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings without creative effort.
[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of an embodiment of the spot welding machine provided by this utility model;
[0022] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A magnified view of a portion of point A in the middle.
[0023] Explanation of icon numbers:
[0024] 1000 Butt welding machine 32 Rotary table 1 Frame 33 Support block 1a Feeding station 4 Butt welding mechanism 1b Butt welding station 41 Butt welding drive 2 Feeding mechanism 42 Butt welding electrode 21 Movement drive 43 Locking mouth 22 Feeding drive 44 Translation drive 23 Gripper 51 Circulating cold water machine 3 Rotary mechanism 61 Blow nozzle 31 Rotation drive 62 Elastic tube
[0025] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of this utility model will be further explained in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Detailed Implementation
[0026] With reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work are within the scope of the present application.
[0027] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the present application involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain posture, and if the certain posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly.
[0028] In addition, if the embodiments of the present application involve descriptions of "first", "second", etc., the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features with "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, "and / or" or "and / or" appearing throughout the text means that the three parallel schemes are included, for example, "A and / or B" includes A scheme, or B scheme, or A and B simultaneously satisfy the scheme. In addition, the technical solutions of each embodiment can be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of the ordinary skilled in the art, when the combination of technical solutions appears contradictory or unachievable, it should be considered that the combination of technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the scope of protection required by the present application.
[0029] The present application provides a butt welding machine 1000.
[0030] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2The utility model provides a kind of butt welding machine 1000, including rack 1, feeding mechanism 2, rotating mechanism 3 and butt welding mechanism 4, rack 1 has feeding station 1a and butt welding station 1b;Feeding mechanism 2 includes mobile drive part 21, feeding drive part 22 and multiple grippers 23, mobile drive part 21 is located in rack 1, and feeding drive part 22 is driven to be close to or away from feeding station 1a;Feeding drive part 22 drives each gripper 23 to be close to or away from each other to grab and drop material;Rotating mechanism 3 includes rotation drive part 31, turntable 32 and two material receiving blocks 33, rotation drive part 31 is located in rack 1, and drives turntable 32 to rotate;Two material receiving blocks 33 are respectively located in the opposite sides of turntable 32, and are respectively set to face feeding station 1a and butt welding station 1b;Butt welding mechanism 4 includes butt welding drive part 41 and butt welding electrode 42, butt welding drive part 41 is connected to rack 1, and drives butt welding electrode 42 to lift to be close to or away from butt welding station 1b.
[0031] In the technical scheme of the utility model, the multiple grippers 23 cooperate to grab the material, move the material to the material receiving block 33 in the turntable 32 located at the feeding station 1a, the turntable 32 rotates to move the material receiving block 33 from the feeding station 1a to the butt welding station 1b, and the original material receiving block 33 located at the butt welding station 1b is rotated to the position of the feeding station 1a, so that the butt welding machine 1000 can feed the next piece of material to the material receiving block 33 located at the feeding station 1a while welding the material located at the butt welding station 1b;The multiple grippers 23 cooperate to grab the material, and the turntable 32 rotates quickly to realize efficient transfer of the material between the feeding station 1a and the butt welding station 1b, so that the next piece of material can be fed to the material receiving block 33 located at the feeding station 1a while welding the material located at the butt welding station 1b, which significantly improves the material feeding efficiency and production rhythm, thereby meeting the needs of efficient production.
[0032] In an embodiment of the utility model, the butt welding mechanism 4 further includes a compression spring, and the two ends of the compression spring are respectively connected to the butt welding electrode 42 and the output end of the butt welding drive part 41. The compression spring provides continuous elastic pressure, so that the butt welding electrode 42 contacts the material more closely and uniformly, avoids poor contact caused by slight unevenness of the surface of the material or slight deviation of the electrode, and thereby improves the welding quality stability;An impact force is generated when the butt welding electrode 42 contacts the material, and the compression spring can effectively buffer, reduce the damage between the butt welding electrode 42 and the material, and make the welding process more stable, thereby reducing the risk of welding spatter and defects.
[0033] In an embodiment of the utility model, the butt welding mechanism 4 further includes a locking nozzle 43, the locking nozzle 43 is connected to the rack 1 and is arranged towards the butt welding station 1b;The locking nozzle 43 is used to cooperate with the material receiving block 33 to fix the material on the butt welding station 1b.The locking nozzle 43 cooperates with the material receiving block 33 to fix the material on the butt welding station 1b, prevents the material from displacement or shaking due to external force when welding, thereby improving the stability of the welding process and ensuring the welding quality.
[0034] In an embodiment of the utility model, the butt welding mechanism 4 further includes a translation driving part 44, the translation driving part 44 is arranged on the rack 1 and drives the butt welding driving part 41 and the locking nozzle 43 to translate to approach or move away from the butt welding station 1b.The accurate control of the translation driving part 44 ensures that the butt welding driving part 41 and the locking nozzle 43 accurately move to the predetermined welding position, realizes stable welding operation, reduces welding quality problems and improves the welding quality stability;After the translation driving part 44 drives the locking nozzle 43 and the butt welding driving part 41 to the position, the butt welding driving part 41 drives the butt welding electrode 42 to lift to butt weld, which can reduce the operation steps, reduce the adjustment time of the welding equipment and thereby significantly improve the production efficiency.
[0035] In an embodiment of the utility model, the butt welding machine 1000 further includes a circulating water cooling system, the water cooling system includes a circulating water cooler 51, a water channel is formed in the butt welding electrode 42, and the water cooler is connected with the water channel pipeline.The circulating water cooling system transports cooling water to the water channel in the butt welding electrode 42 through the circulating water cooler 51, timely removes the heat generated in the welding process, makes the butt welding electrode 42 always be at the appropriate working temperature, even under the welding operation of long time high intensity or bad environment, the butt welding electrode 42 also will not be damaged due to overheating, thereby significantly prolonging the service life of the butt welding electrode 42, reducing the maintenance cost and downtime of the butt welding machine 1000.
[0036] It can be understood that the water channel can be arranged in a straight shape or a spiral shape.In an embodiment of the utility model, the water channel is arranged in a spiral shape.The spiral water channel can increase the contact area of the cooling water and the butt welding electrode 42, so that the cooling water can more fully absorb heat when flowing through the inside of the butt welding electrode 42, thereby significantly improving the cooling efficiency and ensuring that the butt welding electrode 42 always maintains a good working state during the welding process.Therefore, the water channel is preferably arranged in a spiral shape.
[0037] In an embodiment of the utility model, butt welding machine 1000 still include blowing mechanism, blowing mechanism include fan and blow nozzle 61, fan is located in frame 1, blow nozzle 61 is connected with fan pipeline, blow nozzle 61 is used to spray the wind that fan blows to clean welding slag. Blowing mechanism can remove the welding slag and other impurities of welding area in time through the cooperation of fan and blow nozzle 61, avoid welding slag mixing into welding position and influence welding quality, thereby significantly improve the strength of welding joint, reduce the generation of welding defects, simultaneously, keep the cleanliness of welding area also help to reduce the occurrence of butt welding machine 1000 failure, improve the operation stability of butt welding machine 1000.
[0038] In an embodiment of the utility model, blowing mechanism still include elastic pipe 62, blow nozzle 61 and fan are connected through elastic pipe 62 pipeline. The flexibility and scalability of elastic pipe 62 make user can flexibly adjust the position and alignment direction of blow nozzle 61 according to welding position and angle, thereby ensure that blowing wind can accurately act on welding area, effectively remove welding slag.
[0039] It needs to be explained that mobile drive 21 and butt welding drive 41 can be drive cylinder, also can be servo motor. In an embodiment of the utility model, mobile drive 21 and butt welding drive 41 are all servo motor. Servo motor can realize accurate position, speed and torque control, make the movement of feeding mechanism 2 and the welding action of butt welding mechanism 4 more accurate, ensure the accurate grasping of material and the accuracy of welding position, thereby can improve the welding quality. Servo motor has fast response characteristic, can realize start, stop and speed change in short time, make butt welding machine 1000 can quickly adapt to the demand of different stations on production line and the switching of welding task, thereby can improve the production efficiency of butt welding machine 1000. Servo motor is compatible with intelligent control system such as PLC or robot control system, realize the automation and intelligentization of welding process, through programming and control, butt welding machine 1000 can automatically adjust welding parameter and action according to different welding requirements, reduce manual intervention, thereby improve the intelligent degree of production. In conclusion, preferably, mobile drive 21 and butt welding drive 41 are servo motor.
[0040] It can be understood that the material of the butt welding electrode 42 can be aluminum, iron, or chromium-zirconium-copper alloy. In an embodiment of the present application, the material of the butt welding electrode 42 is chromium-zirconium-copper alloy. The chromium-zirconium-copper alloy has high hardness, wear resistance, and crack resistance, and high softening temperature, and is not easy to wear, deform, and crack during the welding process, can maintain a good working condition for a long time, significantly prolong the service life of the butt welding electrode 42, reduce the maintenance cost and downtime of the butt welding machine 1000; the chromium-zirconium-copper alloy has good electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, which can ensure the stable transmission of current and heat during the welding process, avoid welding defects caused by insufficient electrical conductivity or thermal conductivity of the material of the butt welding electrode 42, and thus significantly improve the welding quality. In summary, the material of the butt welding electrode 42 is preferably chromium-zirconium-copper alloy.
[0041] The above description is only an exemplary embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application. Any equivalent structural transformation or direct / indirect application in other related technical fields within the technical concept of the present application, as described in the present application and the drawings, is included in the patent protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A butt welder characterized by, The utility model relates to a kind of welding machine, including: Frame, the frame has feeding station and collision welding station; Feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism includes movement drive, feeding drive and multiple grippers, the movement drive is set to the frame, and the feeding drive is driven to be close to or away from the feeding station; The feeding drive drives each gripper to be close to or away from each other to grab and drop material; Rotary mechanism, the rotary mechanism includes rotation drive, rotating disc and two material receiving blocks, the rotation drive is set to the frame, and the rotating disc is driven to rotate;Two material receiving blocks are respectively set to opposite sides of the rotating disc, and are respectively arranged to face the feeding station and the collision welding station;And Collision welding mechanism, the collision welding mechanism includes collision welding drive and collision electrode, the collision welding drive is connected to the frame, and the collision electrode is driven to lift to be close to or away from the collision welding station.
2. The butt welder of claim 1, wherein, The collision welding mechanism further includes compression spring, and two ends of the compression spring are respectively connected with the collision electrode and the output end of the collision welding drive.
3. The butt welder of claim 2, wherein, The collision welding mechanism further includes lock mouth, the lock mouth is connected to the frame, and is arranged to face the collision welding station;The lock mouth is used to cooperate with the material receiving block to fix the material on the collision welding station.
4. The butt welder of claim 3, wherein, The collision welding mechanism further includes translation drive, the translation drive is set to the frame, and drives the collision welding drive and the lock mouth to be close to or away from the collision welding station.
5. The butt welder of claim 1 wherein, The collision welding machine further includes circulating water cooling system, the water cooling system includes circulating water cooler, water channel is formed in the collision electrode, and the water cooler is connected with the water channel pipeline.
6. The butt welder of claim 4 wherein, The water channel is arranged in spiral shape.
7. The butt welder of claim 1 wherein, The collision welding machine further includes blowing mechanism, the blowing mechanism includes fan and blowing nozzle, the fan is set to the frame, the blowing nozzle is connected with the fan pipeline, and the blowing nozzle is used to spray the air blown by the fan to clean welding slag.
8. The butt welder of claim 1 wherein, The blowing mechanism further includes elastic tube, and the blowing nozzle and the fan are connected by the elastic tube pipeline.
9. The butt welder of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, The movement drive and the collision welding drive are both servo motors.
10. The butt welder of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein, The material of the collision electrode is chrome-zirconium-copper alloy.