Wheel End Surface Runout Detection and Online Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Machined aluminum alloy wheels often exhibit unqualified end surface runout due to deformation, leading to vibrations during driving and safety concerns, necessitating an automated online detection and correction system.
Innovation Solution
A wheel end surface detection and correction device comprising a stand, guide columns, servo electric cylinders, a dial indicator, and pressing blocks, which detects runout and corrects the wheel end surface by adjusting the reference plate and pressing blocks to ensure proper fitting and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated online detection and correction equipment is introduced, then productivity and manufacturing precision are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into distinct functional modules: detection system (dial indicator, translational frame), correction system (pressing blocks, servo electric cylinders), and support structure (stand, guide columns). Each module operates independently but coordinates through the control system, allowing for easier maintenance and reduced overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The pressing blocks serve multiple functions: they apply correction force to the wheel end surface and simultaneously act as positioning elements. The servo electric cylinders provide both positioning and force application functions, reducing the need for separate components.
2Measurement precision
If the reference plate is adjusted to fit the wheel flange surface, then measurement precision is improved, but the complexity of adjustment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The reference plate is designed with selective contact points on its lower surface that correspond to specific locations on the wheel flange surface. This localized contact approach ensures accurate measurement while simplifying the adjustment mechanism, as only specific points need to be precisely positioned rather than the entire surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment of the reference plate is achieved through servo electric cylinders that provide automated, precise positioning. This replaces manual mechanical adjustment methods, improving measurement precision while reducing the operational complexity for the user.
3Force
If the expansion core tightens the wheel, then clamping force increases, but the risk of wheel deformation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The expansion core is designed to apply distributed radial force against the wheel rim inner surface. By expanding uniformly in all directions, it creates a balanced clamping force that secures the wheel without creating localized stress concentrations that would cause deformation. The force is counterbalanced across the entire circumference.
Solution Approach 2:
The expansion core allows for controlled adjustment of the clamping force through gradual expansion. The parameter of expansion diameter can be precisely controlled to achieve the optimal clamping force that secures the wheel firmly while remaining below the threshold that would cause deformation of the wheel structure.
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AI summary
The present disclosure a wheel end surface detection and correction device. The present disclosure may detect the end surface runout of the wheel on line and correct the wheel end surface on line when used, and has the characteristics of high automation degree, advanced process, high generality, safe and stable performance and the like.