CN102049448B - Cutting pipe end machine - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a cutting pipe end machine which comprises a worktable. One end of the worktable is provided with an alignment and roundness calibration mechanism while the other end is provided with a cutting pipe end device. The worktable is further provided with a feeding mechanism for sending pipe fitting processed by the alignment and roundness calibration mechanism to the cutting pipe end device to be processed. A cutting mechanism and a clamping mechanism are arranged between the feeding mechanism and the cutting pipe end device. In the invention, the worktable is provided with the alignment and roundness calibration mechanism and alignment deformation can be respectively corrected according to hardness of the copper pipe. Each alignment wheel has a smooth surface and is provided with a bearing so that the alignment precision and stability are ensured. The feeding mechanism has fixed length so that the feeding precision is high and the feeding is stable. The cutting part is in an outward turning cutter and riding wheel structure. The pipe end punch part has vertical or horizontal displacement and is provided with limiting devices on both sides to automatically align to the pipe center for moulding in one step or repeatedly. An electric control system is controlled integrally by a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) and a touch screen, has clear identifiers and is convenient to operate.
Description
[technical field]
The present invention relates to a kind of material pipe end machine of opening.
[background technology]
Opening the material pipe end machine is the machine that a kind of fixed length is opened the strip tube end maching, and it can enlarge the mouth of pipe fitting or reduce under the prerequisite of the quality that guarantees pipe fitting, reaches the requirement of processing.At present, there is following defective in the material pipe end machine of opening on the market: 1, fixed length is opened and is expected that with pipe end all be single machine; 2, complex procedures is cumbersome, and the production time is long, has increased manually, has also done manufacturing cost high; 3, operation, control complexity are unfavorable for producing.
[summary of the invention]
The present invention seeks to have overcome deficiency of the prior art, a kind of high accuracy is provided, save operation, operation, control are easy opens the material pipe end machine.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this:
Open the material pipe end machine, comprise workbench 1, end on the described workbench 1 is provided with alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11, the other end is provided with out material tube-end device 12, also be provided with the feed mechanism 13 of the pipe fitting after alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11 processing being delivered to out 12 processing of material tube-end device on the described workbench 1, feed mechanism 13 expects to be provided with shut-off mechanism 14 and clamp mechanism 15 between the tube-end device 12 with opening;
The ball screw 133 that links to each other with feeding drive motors 132 on described feed mechanism 13 comprises the supporting seat 131 that is arranged on the workbench 1 and is arranged on workbench 1, described supporting seat 131 is installed on the ball screw 133, and described ball screw 133 drives supporting seat 131 and moves back and forth;
Described clamp mechanism 15 comprises the clamping base 151 that is fixed on the workbench 1, be provided with lower clamp formwork 152 at clamping base 151, clamp on the base 151 and also be provided with clamping cylinder 153, the bottom of the piston rod 1534 of clamping cylinder 153 is provided with top board 154, and the lower end of top board 154 is provided with to match with the lower clamp formwork 152 that clamps base and clamps the upper clamp formwork 155 of pipe fitting;
Described shut-off mechanism 14 comprises the cut-out base 141 that is fixed on the workbench 1, and being provided with at cut-out base 141 can be for the axis hole of pipe fitting insertion, and a side of axis hole is provided with and is fixed on the cutter sweep 143 that cuts off on the base 141;
The described material tube-end device 12 of opening comprises the flared bed 121 that is fixed on the workbench 1, and flared bed 121 is provided with the die shoe 122 that can laterally move on flared bed 121, and an end of die shoe 122 is provided with the mobile cylinder 123 that can drive its transverse shifting; Also be provided with fixed block 124 on the die shoe 122, be fixed with transversely arranged drift 125 on the fixed block 124, also be fixed with transversely arranged guide thimble 126 on the fixed block 124, the other end of guide thimble 126 portals with guide pin bushing on the flared bed 121 and communicates.
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening, it is characterized in that described cutter sweep 143 comprises can be at the mandrel 1431 that cuts off base 141 rotations, mandrel 1431 is provided with synchronous pulley 1432, and synchronous pulley 1432 is driven by the cut-out motor 14321 that is fixed on the workbench 1; Described mandrel 1431 front ends also are provided with the cutter head disk 1433 with the mandrel synchronous rotary, cutter head disk 1433 is provided with can be for the circular hole 1434 of pipe fitting insertion, the next door of circular hole 1434 is provided with the cutter head 1435 that pipe fitting can be cut off, the root of cutter head 1435 is fixed with slide block 1436, being provided with in the cutter head disk 1433 can be for the chute 1437 of slide block slip, the end that slide block 1436 stretches out cutter head disk 1433 is provided with propelling inclined-plane 14361, the feed that has of also overlapping on the mandrel 1431 overlaps 1438, and the front end sleeve of feed cover 1438 advances on the inclined-planes 14361 at slide block 1436; Cut off base 141 and also be provided with the propulsion cylinder 1440 that advances cutter 1439 and drive to advance cutter to advance, advance an end of cutter 1439 and the rear end of feed cover 1438 to offset.
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening is characterized in that described alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11 comprises school round belting 111 and coalignment 112; Described school round belting 111 comprises the feed pipe conduit 1111 that is fixed on the workbench 1, and the arranged on left and right sides of the port of export of feed pipe conduit 1111 is provided with a pair of school circle roller 1112 that can carry out to pipe fitting the school circle; Described coalignment 112 comprises the alignment riser 1121 that arranges perpendicular to workbench 1 and the alignment transverse slat 1122 that is parallel to workbench 1 setting, and dislocation is arranged at intervals with a plurality of alignment rolling wheels 1113 on alignment riser 1121 and the alignment transverse slat 1122.
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening, it is characterized in that also being provided with console 10 on the described workbench 1, the cut-out motor 14321 of the feeding drive motors 132 of the control system of console 10 and described feed mechanism 13, the clamping cylinder 153 of clamp mechanism 15, shut-off mechanism 14, the mobile cylinder 123 of opening material tube-end device 12 are electrically connected.
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening is characterized in that the next door of the circular hole 1434 on the described cutter head disk 1433 also is provided with a pair of positioning roller 14331, and this is distributed on the periphery of circular hole 1434 to positioning roller 14331 and cutter head 1435.
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening is characterized in that also being provided with pair of guide rods 16 on the described workbench 1, and the supporting seat 131 of described feed mechanism 13 is provided with the guide groove 1311 that cooperates with guide rod 16
The aforesaid material pipe end machine of opening is characterized in that also being provided with on the clamping base 151 of described clamp mechanism 15 a pair of guide hole 1511 that can pass for guide rod 16.
Machine of the present invention is provided with alignment school circular knitting machine structure at workbench, and is simultaneously can soft according to copper pipe, hard attitude different, adjusts respectively the alignment deflection, and each straightening-wheel smooth surface also is equipped with bearing, guarantees alignment precision and stability.Fixed length feeding mechanism, pushing precision is high, steady.Cutting part: adopt evolute cutting knife and riding wheel structure.Vertical or transverse shift are adopted in pipe end drift position, and two ends are provided with stopping means, the moulding of auto-alignment tube hub one or many.Electric-control system adopts PLC and touch-screen centralized Control, and it is clear, easy to operate to identify.
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Fig. 1 is stereogram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is partial structurtes schematic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of another angle of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of clamp mechanism of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of shut-off mechanism of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of the cutter sweep of shut-off mechanism;
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is the structure explosive view of cutter sweep;
Fig. 9 is part section structural representation of the present invention;
Figure 10 is the structural representation of opening material pipe end mechanism of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the A section enlarged drawing of Fig. 1.
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As shown in Figure 1, open the material pipe end machine, comprise workbench 1, end on the described workbench 1 is provided with alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11, the other end is provided with out material pipe end mechanism 12, also be provided with the feed mechanism 13 of the pipe fitting after alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11 processing being delivered to out 12 processing of material pipe end mechanism on the described workbench 1, feed mechanism 13 expects to be provided with shut-off mechanism 14 and clamp mechanism 15 between the pipe end mechanism 12 with opening.Pipe fitting after alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11 carries out alignment school circle, is sent to clamp mechanism 15 by feed mechanism 13 first again, after cutting off by clamp mechanism 15 clampings and by shut-off mechanism 14, carries out enlarging through opening material pipe end mechanism 12 again.
The ball screw 133 that links to each other with feeding drive motors 132 on feed mechanism 13 comprises the supporting seat 131 that is arranged on the workbench 1 and is arranged on workbench 1, described supporting seat 131 is installed on the ball screw 133, and described ball screw 133 drives supporting seat 131 and moves back and forth.Also be provided with pair of guide rods 16 on the workbench 1, the supporting seat 131 of described feed mechanism 13 is provided with the guide groove 1311 that cooperates with guide rod 16.
Open material pipe end mechanism 12 and comprise the flared bed 121 that is fixed on the workbench 1, flared bed 121 is provided with the die shoe 122 that can laterally move on flared bed 121, and an end of die shoe 122 is provided with the mobile cylinder 123 that can drive its transverse shifting; Also be provided with fixed block 124 on the die shoe 122, be fixed with transversely arranged drift 125 on the fixed block 124, also be fixed with transversely arranged guide thimble 126 on the fixed block 124, the other end of guide thimble 126 portals with guide pin bushing on the flared bed 121 and communicates.The pipe fitting of at first being aimed on the clamp mechanism by drift 125 carries out enlarging, after enlarging is finished, mobile cylinder 123 drives die shoe 122 and moves, the pipe fitting that guide thimble 126 is aimed on the clamp mechanism, this moment, clamp mechanism was unclamped pipe fitting, restart feed mechanism pipe fitting is sent into guide thimble 126, portal from guide pin bushing and send.
Shut-off mechanism 14 comprises the cut-out base 141 that is fixed on the workbench 1, and being provided with at cut-out base 141 can be for the axis hole 142 of pipe fitting insertion, and a side of axis hole 142 is provided with and is fixed on the cutter sweep 143 that cuts off on the base 141.
The next door of the circular hole 1434 on the disk 1433 also is provided with a pair of positioning roller 14331, and this is distributed on the periphery of circular hole 1434 to positioning roller 14331 and cutter head 1435.This can fixed fitting to positioning roller 14331, makes cutter head 1435 more stable when cutting off pipe fitting.
Described alignment school circular knitting machine structure 11 comprises school round belting 111 and coalignment 112; Described school round belting 111 comprises the feed pipe conduit 1111 that is fixed on the workbench 1, and the arranged on left and right sides of the port of export of feed pipe conduit 1111 is provided with a pair of school circle roller 1112 that can carry out to pipe fitting the school circle; Described coalignment 112 comprises the alignment riser 1121 that arranges perpendicular to workbench 1 and the alignment transverse slat 1122 that is parallel to workbench 1 setting, and dislocation is arranged at intervals with a plurality of alignment rolling wheels 1113 on alignment riser 1121 and the alignment transverse slat 1122.
The present invention also is provided with console 10 on workbench 1, the cut-out motor 14321 of the feeding drive motors 132 of the control system of console 10 and described feed mechanism 13, the clamping cylinder 153 of clamp mechanism 15, shut-off mechanism 14, the mobile cylinder 123 of opening material pipe end mechanism 12 are electrically connected, control system by console 10 is controlled, not only operate, control easy, and precision control is very good.
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1. open the material pipe end machine, comprise workbench (1), end on the described workbench (1) is provided with alignment school circular knitting machine structure (11), the other end is provided with out material pipe end mechanism (12), also be provided with the feed mechanism (13) of the pipe fitting after alignment school circular knitting machine structure (11) processing being delivered to out material pipe end mechanism (12) processing on the described workbench (1), feed mechanism (13) expects to be provided with shut-off mechanism (14) and clamp mechanism (15) between the pipe end mechanism (12) with opening;
The ball screw (133) that links to each other with feeding drive motors (132) on described feed mechanism (13) comprises the supporting seat (131) that is arranged on the workbench (1) and is arranged on workbench (1), described supporting seat (131) is installed on the ball screw (133), and described ball screw (133) drives supporting seat (131) and moves back and forth;
Described clamp mechanism (15) comprises the clamping base (151) that is fixed on the workbench (1), be provided with lower clamp formwork (152) at clamping base (151), clamp on the base (151) and also be provided with clamping cylinder (153), the bottom of the piston rod (1534) of clamping cylinder (153) is provided with top board (154), and the lower end of top board (154) is provided with to match with the lower clamp formwork that clamps base (152) and clamps the upper clamp formwork (155) of pipe fitting;
Described shut-off mechanism (14) comprises the cut-out base (141) that is fixed on the workbench (1), being provided with at cut-out base (141) can be for the axis hole of pipe fitting insertion, and a side of axis hole is provided with and is fixed on the cutter sweep (143) that cuts off on the base (141);
The described material pipe end mechanism (12) that opens comprises the flared bed (121) that is fixed on the workbench (1), flared bed (121) is provided with can be at the upper die shoe (122) that laterally moves of flared bed (121), and an end of die shoe (122) is provided with the mobile cylinder (123) that can drive its transverse shifting; Also be provided with fixed block (124) on the die shoe (122), be fixed with transversely arranged drift (125) on the fixed block (124), also be fixed with transversely arranged guide thimble (126) on the fixed block (124), the other end of guide thimble (126) portals with guide pin bushing on the flared bed (121) and communicates.
2. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described cutter sweep (143) comprises the mandrel (1431) that can cut off base (141) and rotate, mandrel (1431) is provided with synchronous pulley (1432), and synchronous pulley (1432) is driven by the cut-out motor (14321) that is fixed on the workbench (1); Described mandrel (1431) front end also is provided with the cutter head disk (1433) with the mandrel synchronous rotary, cutter head disk (1433) is provided with can be for the circular hole (1434) of pipe fitting insertion, the next door of circular hole (1434) is provided with the cutter head (1435) that pipe fitting can be cut off, the root of cutter head (1435) is fixed with slide block (1436), being provided with in the cutter head disk (1433) can be for the chute (1437) of slide block slip, the end that slide block (1436) stretches out cutter head disk (1433) is provided with propelling inclined-plane (14361), on the mandrel (1431) also cover feed cover (1438) arranged, the front end sleeve of feed cover (1438) advances on the inclined-plane (14361) at slide block (1436); Cut off base (141) and also be provided with the propulsion cylinder (1440) that advances cutter (1439) and drive the propelling of propelling cutter, advance an end of cutter (1439) and the rear end of feed cover (1438) to offset.
3. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that described alignment school circular knitting machine structure (11) comprises school round belting (111) and coalignment (112); Described school round belting (111) comprises the feed pipe conduit (1111) that is fixed on the workbench (1), and the arranged on left and right sides of the port of export of feed pipe conduit (1111) is provided with a pair of school circle roller (1112) that can carry out to pipe fitting the school circle; Described coalignment (112) comprises the alignment riser (1121) that arranges perpendicular to workbench (1) and is parallel to the alignment transverse slat (1122) that workbench (1) arranges, and alignment riser (1121) and alignment transverse slat (1122) are gone up to misplace and be arranged at intervals with a plurality of alignment rolling wheels (1113).
4. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that also being provided with on the described workbench (1) console (10), the cut-out motor (14321) of the feeding drive motors (132) of the control system of console (10) and described feed mechanism (13), the clamping cylinder (153) of clamp mechanism (15), shut-off mechanism (14), the mobile cylinder (123) of opening material pipe end mechanism (12) are electrically connected.
5. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 2, the next door that it is characterized in that the circular hole (1434) on the described cutter head disk (1433) also is provided with a pair of positioning roller (14331), and this is distributed on the periphery of circular hole (1434) to positioning roller (14331) and cutter head (1435).
6. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 1, it is characterized in that also being provided with on the described workbench (1) pair of guide rods (16), the supporting seat (131) of described feed mechanism (13) is provided with the guide groove (1311) that cooperates with guide rod (16)
7. the material pipe end machine of opening according to claim 6 is characterized in that also being provided with a pair of guide hole (1511) that can supply guide rod (16) to pass on the clamping base (151) of described clamp mechanism (15).
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