Wheel Cleaning Device for Bolt Hole and Flange Debris Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
After machining, wheels often have emulsion, oil stains, and aluminum scraps remaining on their surfaces, particularly in bolt holes, flange drainage channels, and flange weight reduction pits, which interfere with positioning and detection processes, necessitating effective cleaning before accuracy and air tightness tests can be conducted.
Innovation Solution
A wheel cleaning device comprising a frame, waste water recovery tank, lifting guide posts, feeding support plate, lifting cylinder, clamping cylinders, servo motors, and spray pipes that position and rotate the wheel to spray high-pressure water into bolt holes, flange drainage channels, and weight reduction pits for thorough cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple spray pipes are used to clean all areas of the wheel, then cleaning coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning system is divided into multiple independent spray pipes, each responsible for specific areas (bolt holes, flange drainage channels, weight reduction pits, outer surface). This segmentation allows comprehensive cleaning coverage while maintaining modular simplicity where each spray pipe can be independently controlled and maintained.
Solution Approach 2:
Different spray pipes are positioned and oriented to address specific local cleaning needs of different wheel areas. The spray pipes are strategically located to target particular features (bolt holes, drainage channels, weight reduction pits) with appropriate spray angles and pressures, ensuring optimal cleaning effectiveness for each specific area.
2Productivity
If the wheel is clamped and rotated for cleaning, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but the clamping and positioning system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping and rotation functions are merged into a single integrated mechanism. The clamping device not only secures the wheel but also drives its rotation, eliminating the need for separate clamping and rotation mechanisms. This reduces overall system complexity while maintaining effective cleaning capability through controlled wheel rotation.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping mechanism is designed to perform multiple functions: securing the wheel in place, driving rotation during cleaning, and potentially adjusting rotation speed. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the overall system architecture.
3Productivity
If high-pressure water spray is used for cleaning, then cleaning efficiency is improved, but water consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
High-pressure water spray is applied locally and selectively to specific areas that require intensive cleaning (bolt holes, drainage channels, weight reduction pits) rather than uniformly across the entire wheel surface. This targeted approach maximizes cleaning efficiency in critical areas while minimizing overall water consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning process uses periodic high-pressure spray cycles rather than continuous spraying. The spray is activated during specific phases of wheel rotation when critical areas are positioned in front of the spray pipes, reducing total water consumption while maintaining effective cleaning through repeated targeted exposure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device efficiently removes aluminum scraps from these areas, ensuring accurate positioning and detection, meeting the requirements of automatic production lines with a compact, flexible, and high-efficiency cleaning solution.
Implementation Method 1
the two bolt hole cleaning spray pipes are symmetrically mounted on the left slide plate and the right slide plate and spray high pressure water into bolt holes vertically upward; the central cleaning spray pipe is mounted on the support and located below the center of the wheel, the high pressure water outlet of the central cleaning spray pipe is T-shaped for spraying water right ahead and right back respectively
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AI summary
Disclosed is a wheel cleaning device, comprising a frame, a waste water recovery tank, lifting guide posts, a feeding support plate, a lifting cylinder, a lifting platform, a support plate, an adjusting cylinder, a left slide plate, bolt hole cleaning spray pipes, clamping cylinders, a left clamping slide plate, a central cleaning spray pipe, clamping wheels, left spray pipes, left upper spray pipes, right upper spray pipes, right spray pipes, shafts, a right clamping slide plate, servo motors, clamping guide rails, clamping system support plates, a support, a right slide plate, a gear rack structure and a guide rail. The device can clean aluminum scraps remaining in bolt holes, flange drainage channels and weight reduction pits, meets the requirements of automatic production lines, and has the characteristics of compact structure, flexibility, practicability, stability, high efficiency and the like.