Rotary Table Spindle Press for Flexible Workpiece Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spindle presses face limitations in workpiece guiding and processing efficiency, particularly in achieving improved workpiece positioning and energy transfer during the forming process.
Innovation Solution
A spindle press with a rotary table that allows workpiece receptacles to be rotated into different working positions, both within and outside the processing head's cross-sectional area, enabling improved workpiece positioning and energy transfer through a combination of motorized and flywheel-driven mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a rotary table with workpiece receptacles is used to improve workpiece positioning and processing flexibility, then workpiece handling and forming flexibility are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotary table serves multiple functions: it positions workpieces for forming operations, provides storage positions for finished workpieces, and enables sequential processing of multiple workpieces. This multi-functionality improves forming flexibility while avoiding the need for separate positioning and storage mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotary table is designed to be rotatable, allowing dynamic repositioning of workpiece receptacles between different working positions. This dynamic capability enables flexible workpiece handling and positioning without requiring multiple fixed stations, thereby improving adaptability while managing device complexity.
2Use of energy by moving object
If kinetic energy is converted fully into useful work during impact, then energy efficiency is improved, but energy loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The impact between the processing head and workpiece, which traditionally represents energy loss through deformation and heat, is utilized as the primary forming mechanism. The kinetic energy of the moving components is deliberately converted into useful forming work through controlled impact, transforming what would be energy loss into productive deformation of the workpiece.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enhances workpiece processing by allowing for efficient energy conversion and reduced energy loss, improved workpiece handling, and increased flexibility in forming operations, while minimizing mechanical interference and heat input.
Implementation Method 1
When the slide meets the workpiece with impact, the kinetic energy of flywheel, spindle and slide is converted fully into useful work and energy loss
Implementation Method 2
The rotary movement of the spindle is converted into a rectilinear slide movement via a steep multi-start thread
Data Source
AI summary
A forming device, (e.g., a spindle press), can include a processing head, having a processing tool that is guided along a movement axis for the forming processing of a workpiece, and a processing region, located opposite the processing head, a processing station configured for the forming processing of the workpiece, and a rotary table having an axis of rotation parallel to the direction of movement and workpiece receptacles that are arranged, with respect to the axis of rotation, in an offset manner with respect to one another in the circumferential direction. The rotary table is configured such that each of the workpiece receptacles is transferable into at least one first working position located within the processing region and into at least one, second working position at least partially laterally outside a cross-sectional area of the processing head in axial projection with respect to the axis of movement.