CN102969847B - Servo motor stator glue-pouring device and technique - Google Patents
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The invention provides a kind of servo motor stator glue-pouring device, comprise vacuum tank, rotation platform, encapsulating assembly, rotary drive assembly and controller, wherein: described rotation platform is positioned at vacuum tank and is driven by rotary drive assembly and rotates; Described encapsulating assembly comprises injected rubber hose, valve and valve positioner; One end of described injected rubber hose is inserted in vacuum tank and end is positioned at above rotation platform; Described valve to be positioned on injected rubber hose and to be controlled to open and close by valve positioner; Described rotary drive assembly and valve positioner are by controller controlling run.Present invention also offers a kind of servo motor stator process for filling colloid into.Stator is placed in the below of injected rubber hose by the present invention by the rotation platform in vacuum tank, and glue is injected stator by the valve opened on injected rubber hose, achieves the stator encapsulating under vacuum state, and not only structure is simple, and cost is lower.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to field of motor manufacturing, more particularly, relate to a kind of servo motor stator glue-pouring device and technique.
Background technology
In motor is produced, need to carry out encapsulating to motor stator.The process of current servo motor stator encapsulating has two kinds of operating types:
First kind of way first uses encapsulating machine that glue is directly poured into stator interior, then put into evacuator inside by having filled with the stator after glue, pouring into the stator after glue, its inner air extracted out.
The second way uses the technique of injection mo(u)lding to make it flow into stator by the mode of extruding material, its whole operation process is all under vacuum conditions by the stator that the mode of extruding enters, so do not need to carry out vacuumizing being discharged by internal gas after final molding again.
But adopt first kind of way, technique is comparatively loaded down with trivial details, and owing to being the encapsulating carried out in atmosphere, even so have the final PROCESS FOR TREATMENT vacuumized completely by air extraction totally, to impact motor performance.
Adopt the second way, technique is simple, because whole operation is all carry out under vacuum conditions not worrying having air to enter, but the higher production being not suitable for small lot of its processing cost.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, for cannot air extraction is clean and problem that processing cost is higher in said stator encapsulating, provides a kind of servo motor stator glue-pouring device and technique.
The technical scheme that the present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above is, a kind of servo motor stator glue-pouring device is provided, comprise vacuum tank, rotation platform, encapsulating assembly, rotary drive assembly and controller, wherein: described rotation platform is positioned at vacuum tank and is driven by rotary drive assembly and rotates; Described encapsulating assembly comprises injected rubber hose, valve and valve positioner; One end of described injected rubber hose is inserted in vacuum tank and end is positioned at above rotation platform; Described valve to be positioned on injected rubber hose and to be controlled to open and close by valve positioner, and described controller cuts out this valve after Open valve reaches the scheduled time; Described rotary drive assembly and valve positioner are by controller controlling run; Described rotary drive assembly is positioned at the below of vacuum tank, and be provided with the rotating shaft extended in vacuum tank below this vacuum tank bottom described rotation platform, described rotary drive assembly drives axis of rotation by transmission component.
In servo motor stator glue-pouring device of the present invention, described rotation platform is provided with organizes guide vane end stop more, on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop is evenly distributed on described rotation platform and each group guide vane end stop for identifying the position of a stator, the end of described injected rubber hose in vacuum tank is positioned at above guide vane end stop running orbit.
In servo motor stator glue-pouring device of the present invention, described glue-pouring device also comprises the air gauge or baroceptor that are used to indicate vacuum tank internal pressure.
In servo motor stator glue-pouring device of the present invention, described valve positioner is rotary cylinder.
The present invention also provides a kind of servo motor stator process for filling colloid into, comprises the following steps:
A () controls rotary drive assembly and drives the rotation platform in vacuum tank to rotate, on rotation platform stator is made to be positioned at the below that one end is inserted into the end of the injected rubber hose of vacuum tank, described rotary drive assembly is positioned at the below of vacuum tank, be provided with the rotating shaft extended in vacuum tank below this vacuum tank bottom described rotation platform, described rotary drive assembly drives axis of rotation by transmission component;
B valve that () is opened on injected rubber hose by valve positioner makes glue flow into described stator;
C (), after the described valve opening scheduled time, closes the valve on injected rubber hose by valve positioner.
In servo motor stator process for filling colloid into of the present invention, described rotation platform is provided with organizes guide vane end stop more, on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop is evenly distributed on described rotation platform and each group guide vane end stop for identifying the position of a stator, the end of described injected rubber hose in vacuum tank is positioned at above guide vane end stop running orbit; Comprise before described step (a): multiple stator is placed in described rotation platform respectively, and each stator is spacing by one group of guide vane end stop.
In servo motor stator process for filling colloid into of the present invention, comprise after described step (c): drive the rotation platform in vacuum tank to rotate by rotary drive assembly, make another stator on rotation platform be positioned at the below of the end of injected rubber hose, and perform step (a).
In servo motor stator process for filling colloid into of the present invention, described vacuum tank comprises air gauge or the baroceptor of instruction vacuum tank internal pressure, described step (b) performs when vacuum tank internal gas pressure is less than preset value, and described valve positioner is rotary cylinder.
Servo motor stator glue-pouring device of the present invention and technique, by the rotation platform in vacuum tank, stator is placed in the below of injected rubber hose, and glue is injected stator by the valve opened on injected rubber hose, achieve the stator encapsulating under vacuum state, not only structure is simple, and cost is lower.Further, the present invention controls the valve on injected rubber hose by rotary cylinder, simply, effectively can realize glue and inject control.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of servo motor stator glue-pouring device embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram in servo motor stator glue-pouring device front in Fig. 1.
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In order to make object of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearly understand, below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the present invention is further elaborated.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explain the present invention, be not intended to limit the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1, 2, be the schematic diagram of servo motor stator glue-pouring device embodiment of the present invention.Servo motor stator glue-pouring device in the present embodiment comprises vacuum tank 30, rotation platform 21, encapsulating assembly, rotary drive assembly and controller 50, wherein rotation platform 21 is positioned at vacuum tank and is driven by rotary drive assembly and rotates, stator 60 is placed on rotation platform 21, and encapsulating assembly is used for the stator 60 injected by glue on rotation platform 21.Controller 50 is for controlling rotary drive assembly and encapsulating assembly operating.
Above-mentioned encapsulating assembly comprises injected rubber hose 41, valve 43 and valve positioner 42, wherein injected rubber hose 41 is communicated with inside and outside vacuum tank 30, its one end is inserted into the top that in vacuum tank 30 and end is positioned at rotation platform 21, and valve 43 to be positioned on injected rubber hose 41 and to be controlled to open and close by valve positioner 42.Opened the valve 43 on injected rubber hose 41 by valve positioner 42, the glue in injected rubber hose 41 can be made to inject stator 60.
In above-mentioned servo motor stator glue-pouring device, rotation platform 21 is provided with many groups guide vane end stop 22 (three groups in such as Fig. 1), on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop 22 is evenly distributed on rotation platform 21 and each group guide vane end stop 22 for identifying the position (i.e. each stator 60 be placed in one group of guide vane end stop 22 interior) of a stator 60.The end that injected rubber hose 41 is positioned at vacuum tank 30 is positioned at the top of guide vane end stop 22 running orbit, thus the glue flowed out from injected rubber hose 41 can inject the stator 60 of being located by guide vane end stop 22 smoothly.
Above-mentioned guide vane end stop 22, for located stator 60, in actual applications, also can replace with other positioners, such as position transducer etc.
In the present embodiment, rotary drive assembly is positioned at the below of vacuum tank 30 and comprises servomotor 11, motor servo driver 12, driving wheel 13, driven pulley 14 and driving belt etc., wherein motor servo driver 12 controls servomotor 11 according to the instruction of controller 50 and rotates, and the rotating shaft that driving wheel 13 is arranged on servomotor 11 is rotated by driving belt (this driving belt also uses travelling gear to replace) drive driven pulley 14.The rotating shaft 24 extended to from vacuum tank 30 inside below this vacuum tank 30 is provided with in the bottom of rotation platform 21, the driven pulley 14 of rotary drive assembly drives rotating shaft 24 to rotate by transmission component (such as driving belt or travelling gear etc.), thus rotation platform 21 is rotated together.For keeping the stable of rotation platform 21, above-mentioned rotation platform can arrange the support bar 26 and bearing 25 that support this rotation platform 21 for 21 times.
Certainly, in actual applications, above-mentioned rotary drive assembly also can be positioned at vacuum tank 30.But now must increase the inner space of vacuum tank 30, be unfavorable for saving cost.
The motor servo driver 12 that above-mentioned control servomotor 11 runs can be connected to controller 50, to receive instruction from controller 50, and controls servomotor 11 rotation platform 21 is rotated predetermined angular, make to treat that the stator 60 of encapsulating is positioned at the below of injected rubber hose 41 just.
In order to indicate vacuum tank 30 internal gas pressure, can an air gauge 32 be set on vacuum tank 30.Certainly, in actual applications, above-mentioned air gauge 32 also can replace with baroceptor, and the air pressure signal of the output of this baroceptor can directly be sent to controller 50, controls encapsulating process by controller 50 according to above-mentioned air pressure signal.Further, vacuum tank 30 also can arrange a visual windows 33, convenient encapsulating situation of observing in vacuum tank.
Especially, in above-mentioned servo motor stator glue-pouring device, valve positioner 42 can adopt rotary cylinder, controls this rotary cylinder twisting valve 43, can realize connection and the shutoff of injected rubber hose 41 by controller 50.In the present embodiment, rotary cylinder is that benchmark rotates forward 90 ° and can open valve 43 with axle center, then is that benchmark reverse rotation 90 ° can valve-off 43 with axle center.
Above-mentioned controller 50 can adopt electric control box, it comprises and starts button etc. and be built-in with corresponding control program (such as the motor anglec of rotation, valve opening time etc.).
When using above-mentioned servo motor stator glue-pouring device to carry out encapsulating, first the power supply of controller 50 and motor servo driver 12 is opened, on device 50 to be controlled, indicator light (need be placed on the position that guide vane end stop 22 limits) by treating that the stator 60 of encapsulating is put on the rotation platform 21 of vacuum tank 30 after normally glimmering when noting placement, the chamber door of vacuum tank 30 is closed after carrying out by work to be prepared, and the starting switch pressed on movement controller 50, whole system now starts action.
First vacuum tank 30 starts to vacuumize that (vacuum tank itself comprises vacuum extractor, this vacuum pumping can be controlled by controller 50) air extraction in cavity is gone out, after the standard that vacuum reaches certain (such as-0.1MP), controller 50 by-pass valve control controller 42 is that benchmark half-twist is to open valve 43 with axle center, now glue can flow into the stator 60 in vacuum tank 30 along injected rubber hose 41, valve positioner 42 is made to take axle center as benchmark opposite spin 90 ° after predetermined time to be achieved, valve 43 is closed, after valve 43 closes certain hour, (treat in glue inflow pipe, to remain glue stream complete), controlling servomotor 11 drives driving wheel 13 to rotate, driven pulley 14 is because the effect of synchronous belt is by driving wheel 13 driven rotary, and rotation platform 21 is also along with rotation, quit work until next one servomotor 11 after the stator 60 of encapsulating rotates to the position of injected rubber hose 41, circulation like this is gone down until all stators 60 encapsulating in vacuum tank 30 is complete.
Finally, after the end indicator light after encapsulating on controller 50 lights, air can be reentered into by vacuum tank 30, chamber door can be opened take out the stator 60 of having filled with glue from inside after the air pressure inside of vacuum tank 30 is equal with external pressure.
Above-mentioned servo motor stator glue-pouring device is a better simply automation equipment, not only combine the glue-pouring method of traditional handicraft but also draw the advantage of injection mo(u)lding under vacuum conditions, make this device both be applicable to small lot batch manufacture to be also applicable in enormous quantities, improve its application scenario.Because whole encapsulating process is all automatically complete everything by cylinder and servomotor under vacuum conditions, avoid the danger of air access arrangement, in actual production process, improve product quality, avoid the quality instability because artificial destabilizing factor causes.
The present invention also provides a kind of servo motor stator process for filling colloid into of correspondence, and this process for filling colloid into comprises the following steps:
A () controls rotary drive assembly and drives the rotation platform in vacuum tank to rotate, make on rotation platform stator be positioned at the below that one end is inserted into the end of the injected rubber hose of vacuum tank.Above-mentioned rotation platform is provided with organizes guide vane end stop more, on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop is evenly distributed on described rotation platform and each group guide vane end stop for identifying the position of a stator, the end that injected rubber hose is positioned at vacuum tank is positioned at the top of guide vane end stop running orbit.
Also can comprise before step: multiple stator is placed in rotation platform respectively, and each stator is spacing by one group of guide vane end stop.
B () makes glue flow into the stator treating encapsulating by the valve positioner valve opened on injected rubber hose.This encapsulating step need perform when vacuum tank internal gas pressure is less than preset value.Above-mentioned valve positioner can adopt the rotary cylinder controlled by controller.
C (), after the valve opening scheduled time, closes the valve on injected rubber hose by valve positioner.
After above-mentioned steps (c), also can comprise and wait for the scheduled time (make the residue glue stream in injected rubber hose complete), then the rotation platform in vacuum tank is driven to rotate by rotary drive assembly, another stator on rotation platform is made to be positioned at the below of the end of injected rubber hose, until the encapsulating stator encapsulating that needs in vacuum tank completes.
The present invention realizes stator encapsulating under vacuum conditions, vacuumizes the situation that the stator interior caused has bubble to occur after which obviating first encapsulating in atmosphere.And the total of device of the present invention is fairly simple, it is by the Spool rotating of rotary cylinder band movable valve, and effective glue of stopping flows in vacuum tank, thus realization blocking-up glue flows into, not only simple but also effective.
The above; be only the present invention's preferably embodiment, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, is anyly familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; the change that can expect easily or replacement, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claim.
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1. a servo motor stator glue-pouring device, is characterized in that: comprise vacuum tank, rotation platform, encapsulating assembly, rotary drive assembly and controller, wherein: described rotation platform is positioned at vacuum tank and is driven by rotary drive assembly and rotates; Described encapsulating assembly comprises injected rubber hose, valve and valve positioner; One end of described injected rubber hose is inserted in vacuum tank and end is positioned at above rotation platform; Described valve to be positioned on injected rubber hose and to be controlled to open and close by valve positioner, and described controller cuts out this valve after Open valve reaches the scheduled time; Described rotary drive assembly and valve positioner are by controller controlling run; Described rotary drive assembly is positioned at the below of vacuum tank, and be provided with the rotating shaft extended in vacuum tank below this vacuum tank bottom described rotation platform, described rotary drive assembly drives axis of rotation by transmission component.
2. servo motor stator glue-pouring device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described rotation platform is provided with organizes guide vane end stop more, on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop is evenly distributed on described rotation platform and each group guide vane end stop for identifying the position of a stator, the end of described injected rubber hose in vacuum tank is positioned at above guide vane end stop running orbit.
3. servo motor stator glue-pouring device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described glue-pouring device also comprises the air gauge or baroceptor that are used to indicate vacuum tank internal pressure.
4. servo motor stator glue-pouring device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described valve positioner is rotary cylinder.
5. a servo motor stator process for filling colloid into, is characterized in that: comprise the following steps:
A () controls rotary drive assembly and drives the rotation platform in vacuum tank to rotate, on rotation platform stator is made to be positioned at the below that one end is inserted into the end of the injected rubber hose of vacuum tank, described rotary drive assembly is positioned at the below of vacuum tank, be provided with the rotating shaft extended in vacuum tank below this vacuum tank bottom described rotation platform, described rotary drive assembly drives axis of rotation by transmission component;
B valve that () is opened on injected rubber hose by valve positioner makes glue flow into described stator;
C (), after the described valve opening scheduled time, closes the valve on injected rubber hose by valve positioner.
6. servo motor stator process for filling colloid into according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described rotation platform is provided with organizes guide vane end stop more, on the same annulus that this many groups guide vane end stop is evenly distributed on described rotation platform and each group guide vane end stop for identifying the position of a stator, the end of described injected rubber hose in vacuum tank is positioned at above guide vane end stop running orbit; Comprise before described step (a): multiple stator is placed in described rotation platform respectively, and each stator is spacing by one group of guide vane end stop.
7. servo motor stator process for filling colloid into according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: comprise after described step (c): drive the rotation platform in vacuum tank to rotate by rotary drive assembly, make another stator on rotation platform be positioned at the below of the end of injected rubber hose, and perform step (a).
8. servo motor stator process for filling colloid into according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described vacuum tank comprises air gauge or the baroceptor of instruction vacuum tank internal pressure, described step (b) performs when vacuum tank internal gas pressure is less than preset value, and described valve positioner is rotary cylinder.
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