CN104785903B - Automatic integrated welding machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
A kind of automatic integrated welding machine, including rack, weld rim of a cup mechanism, weld bottom of a cup mechanism, flat mouth oil cylinder, press base oil cylinder, soldering bottom oil cylinder, push up cup oil cylinder, micro computer, fixed frame, platen and hydraulic mechanism, rim of a cup fixed plate and fixed frame are equipped in the weldering rim of a cup mechanism, the fixed frame is equipped with movable plate and flat mouth oil cylinder, rim of a cup fixed plate is equipped with big bearing, retainer plate, rim of a cup cover, driving wheel and driven wheel, top cup oil cylinder is equipped with below platen, it pushes up cup oil cylinder and is equipped with bottom of a cup cover, the weldering bottom of a cup mechanism is equipped with pressure base oil cylinder, traveller, fixed plate, shaft, big spring, driven wheel and rim of a cup cover, the bottom of a cup fixed plate is equipped with big bearing, retainer plate, loudspeaker conductor, round bottom plate, screw and slide opening, press base oil cylinder, flat mouth oil cylinder, soldering bottom oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder is connected with hydraulic mechanism, weld rim of a cup switch , weldering bottom of a cup switch be connected with the wiring board on micro computer.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of welding equipments of stainless steel vacuum cup pot, especially adapt to argon arc welding welding vacuum cup pot
Automatic integrated welding machine.
Background technique
With the development of society, the raising of economic life level, people are to health also growing interest, and stainless steel vacuum cup is
As the first choice of tea set, but since stainless steel cup is big with mechanical welding difficulty, existing automatic welder can only weld rim of a cup,
Rim of a cup is welded by bottom of a cup rotation, is that design is unreasonable, is easy substandard products, bottom of a cup is also all to weld by hand at present, manual welding
Connect both time-consuming, also be easy substandard products, want to research and develop it is a kind of can weld bottom of a cup but also weld the argon arc welding automatic equipment welding machine of rim of a cup, be factory
Family and technical staff are badly in need of problem to be solved.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the shortcomings of that the above problem, the present invention provide one kind and can weld rim of a cup but also weld the automatic integrated weldering of bottom of a cup
Machine, not only speed of welding is fast for the automatic integrated welding machine, welding it is high-quality, and solve rim of a cup, bottom of a cup is separately welded asks
Topic has the occupied space that saves space, and reduces production process, improves production efficiency, easy to operate, time saving and energy saving feature.
The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the technical problems is: a kind of automatic integrated welding machine, it is characterized in that together
Not only solderable rim of a cup but also solderable bottom of a cup in one rack, it is easy to operate, it is time saving and energy saving, it reduces the number for stacking semi-finished product and occupies field
Ground space, including rack, weldering rim of a cup mechanism, weldering bottom of a cup mechanism, flat mouth oil cylinder, pressure base oil cylinder, soldering bottom oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder, micro-
The placing box of the hydraulic cabinet and argon arc welding machine on computer, fixed frame, platen and hydraulic mechanism and rack both sides, the weldering cup
Rim of a cup fixed plate and fixed frame are equipped in mouth mechanism, the fixed frame is equipped with movable plate and flat mouth oil cylinder, the fixation
Rim of a cup fixed plate is arranged below in frame, and the rim of a cup fixed plate is made of upper clamp plate, lower clamp plate and backing plate, sets in rim of a cup fixed plate
There are big bearing, retainer plate, rim of a cup cover, driving wheel and driven wheel, the rim of a cup fixed plate is equipped with fixed column, and fixed column is fixed
Top cup oil cylinder is equipped on platen, below platen, top cup oil cylinder is equipped with bottom of a cup cover, be equipped in the bottom of a cup cover backing,
Bottom of a cup backing ring, little spring, plane bearing and small bearing, the weldering bottom of a cup mechanism be equipped with pressure base oil cylinder, traveller, fixed plate,
Shaft, big spring, driven wheel and rim of a cup cover, rim of a cup cover is interior to be equipped with swivel, small bearing, plane bearing, sliding slot, little spring and loudspeaker
Body, the traveller are connected with fixed plate, bottom of a cup fixed plate, belt pulley fixed plate, platen, and the bottom of a cup fixed plate is equipped with
Big bearing, retainer plate, loudspeaker conductor, round bottom plate, screw and slide opening, shaft are equipped with round bottom plate, big spring, small bearing, plane
Bearing and driven wheel, pressure base oil cylinder, flat mouth oil cylinder, soldering bottom oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder are connected with hydraulic mechanism, weldering rim of a cup switch, weldering
Bottom of a cup switch is connected with the wiring board on micro computer.
Magnetic force suction block and welding gun fixing mount are designed in the rim of a cup fixed plate and bottom of a cup fixed plate.
The driving wheel is connected with weld bond motor.
The driven wheel is connected with soldering bottom motor.
The lower part of the rim of a cup cover is tubaeform.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the automatic integrated welding machine not only not only solderable rim of a cup but also solderable cup in the same rack
Bottom, speed of welding is fast, welding it is high-quality, and solve the problems, such as that rim of a cup, bottom of a cup separately weld, there is the occupancy that saves space
Production process is reduced in space, improves production efficiency, easy to operate, time saving and energy saving feature.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to the accompanying drawings and examples to further explanation of the invention.
Fig. 1 is principle schematic diagram of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of Zhong Han rim of a cup of the present invention mechanism.
Fig. 3 is the A-B structural schematic diagram of Zhong Han rim of a cup of the present invention mechanism.
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of rim of a cup cover in the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the C-D structural schematic diagram of rim of a cup cover in the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the structural schematic diagram of bottom of a cup cover in the present invention.
Fig. 7 is the E-F structural schematic diagram of bottom of a cup cover in the present invention.
Fig. 8 is the structural schematic diagram of Zhong Han bottom of a cup of the present invention mechanism.
In figure, 1. iron plates, 2. pressure base oil cylinders, 3. micro computers, 4. emergency stop switch, 5. fixed plates, 6. rim of a cup covers, 7. upper rights
Case, 8. travellers, 9. bottom of a cup fixed plates, 10. weldering bottom of a cup mechanisms, 11. welding gun fixing mounts, 12. magnetic force suction blocks, 13. weldering bottom of a cup switches,
14. rack, 15. welding guns, 16. soldering bottom oil cylinders, 17. bottom right casees, 18. argon arc welding machines, 19. under-chassis, 20. upper left casees, 21. flat mouthes oil
Cylinder, 22. fixed frames, 23. movable plates, 24. weldering rim of a cup mechanisms, 25. nuts, 26. rim of a cup fixed plates, 27. fixed columns, 28. bottom of a cup
Cover, 29. weldering rim of a cup switches, 30. top cup oil cylinders, 31. lower-left casees, 32. hydraulic mechanisms, 33. lower raising middle flasks, 34. platens, 35. belts
Wheel fixed plate, 36. shafts, 37. big bearings, 38. pressing plates, 39. retainer plates, 40. upper clamp plates, 41. backing plates, 42. lower clamp plates, 43.
Fixation hole, 44. weld bond motor, 45. screws, 46. driven wheels, 47. driving wheels, 48 small bearings, 49. swivels, 50. horn bodies,
51. plane bearing, 52. sliding slots, 53. little springs, 54. bottom of a cup backing rings, 55. backings, 56. driver flutes, 57. loudspeaker conductors, 58.
Round bottom plate, 59. slide openings, 60. big springs.
Specific embodiment
In Fig. 1, the rack 14 on platen top is made of upper left case 20 and upper right case 7, and the rack 14 of platen lower part is by a left side
Nowel 31, bottom right case 17 and lower raising middle flask 33 form, and are welded with iron plate 1 and under-chassis 19 in rack 14, weldering is equipped on upper left case 20
Rim of a cup mechanism 24 and weldering bottom of a cup mechanism 10 are equipped with fixed column 27, fixed column in weldering rim of a cup mechanism 24 in rim of a cup fixed plate 26
One of 27 is mounted on platen 34, and other end is fixed with hex nut 25, and rim of a cup fixed plate 26 is by upper clamp plate, lower clamp plate and pad
Board group in backing plate at being equipped with driven wheel and driving wheel, driving wheel is connected with weld bond motor, in rim of a cup fixed plate 26 successively
Big bearing, retainer plate and rim of a cup cover 6 are installed, rim of a cup cover is mobile in order to prevent, pressing plate is equipped on retainer plate, and use screw
Fixed, one of pressing plate is pressed on rim of a cup cover 6, and the upper surface of rim of a cup fixed plate is equipped with fixed frame 22 and magnetic force suction block 12, fixed
Movable plate 23 and flat mouth oil cylinder 21 are installed on frame 22, welding gun fixing mount 11 is installed in magnetic force suction block 12, welding gun 15 is installed
In the upper surface of rim of a cup fixed plate 26, top cup oil cylinder 30 is installed on the platen below weldering rim of a cup mechanism, pushes up and pacifies on cup oil cylinder 30
Equipped with bottom of a cup cover 28, backing, bottom of a cup backing ring, little spring, small bearing and plane bearing are installed in bottom of a cup cover 28.In weldering bottom of a cup machine
In structure 10, traveller 8 is sequentially connected with fixed plate 5, bottom of a cup fixed plate 9, belt pulley fixed plate 35, platen 34, belt pulley fixed plate
Driving wheel and driven wheel are installed on 35, pressure base oil cylinder 2 is installed in belt pulley fixed plate 35, is installed on pressure base oil cylinder 2
There is rim of a cup cover 6, swivel, small bearing and plane bearing are installed in rim of a cup cover 6, sliding slot and round recessed are pressed on swivel,
Little spring is installed on round recessed, the screw of positioning, the lower part flare of rim of a cup cover, in cup are installed on the top of rim of a cup cover
It is sequentially installed with big bearing, retainer plate and loudspeaker conductor in bottom fixed plate 9, pressing plate is installed on retainer plate, is screwed,
One of pressing plate is pressed on loudspeaker conductor, and round bottom plate is equipped on loudspeaker conductor, and round bottom plate is connected with shaft 36, shaft 36 it is another
One is mounted on soldering bottom oil cylinder 16, and plane bearing, small bearing and big spring are equipped in shaft 36, be equipped on small bearing from
Driving wheel, driven wheel are connected with driving wheel, and driven wheel is mounted on soldering bottom motor, and magnetic force suction block 12 is equipped on platen 34,
Welding gun fixing mount 11 is installed, welding gun 15 is mounted on the upper surface of bottom of a cup fixed plate 9 in magnetic force suction block 12.It is installed on upper right case 7
Micro computer 3 and emergency stop switch 4 are equipped with top cup oil cylinder 30 and soldering bottom oil cylinder 16 in lower raising middle flask 33, install in bottom right case 17
There is hydraulic mechanism 32, the oil pipe on hydraulic mechanism 32 is connected with the various oil cylinders in rack, two on bottom right case 17 argon arc welding
Machine 18 is connected with two welding guns 15 respectively, and the ground wire on argon arc welding machine 18 is connected with rack, and platen both sides are separately installed with weld bond
Switch 29 and soldering bottom switch 13, two switches are connected with the wiring board on micro computer respectively, and the electric wire on micro computer is gone back respectively and liquid
Electric wire on press mechanism is connected with the electric wire on argon arc welding machine.
In Fig. 2, rim of a cup fixed plate 26 is made of upper clamp plate 40, lower clamp plate 42 and backing plate 41, in rim of a cup fixed plate 26
It is pressed with fixation hole 43, large and small bearing hole, big bearing 37 is installed in big bearing hole, small bearing is installed in small bearing hole,
Retainer plate 39 is installed on big bearing hole, rim of a cup cover 6 is cased on retainer plate 39, rim of a cup cover is mobile in order to prevent, on retainer plate
Pressing plate 38 is installed, and fixed with screw 45, one of pressing plate 38 is mounted on rim of a cup cover 6.
In Fig. 3, rim of a cup fixed plate 26 is made of upper clamp plate 40, lower clamp plate 42 and backing plate 41, in rim of a cup fixed plate 26
It is pressed with fixation hole 43, large and small bearing hole, big bearing 37 is installed in big bearing hole, small bearing 48 is installed in small bearing hole,
Retainer plate 39 is installed on big bearing hole, rim of a cup cover 6 is cased on retainer plate 39, pressing plate 38 is installed on retainer plate, is used in combination
Screw 45 is fixed, and one of pressing plate 38 is mounted on rim of a cup cover 6, prevents rim of a cup cover mobile, driven wheel is equipped on retainer plate
46, shaft 36 is installed on small bearing 48, driving wheel 47, driving wheel 47 and 44 phase of weld bond motor are installed in shaft 36
Even.
In Fig. 4, swivel 49, small bearing 48 and plane bearing are installed in rim of a cup cover 6, positioning is installed on rim of a cup cover
Screw 45.
In Fig. 5, swivel 49, small bearing 48 and plane bearing 51 are installed in rim of a cup cover 6, it is fixed to be equipped on rim of a cup cover
The screw 45 of position is pressed with round recessed and sliding slot 52 on swivel 49, little spring 53 is equipped in round recessed, is pacified on sliding slot 52
Screw 45 equipped with positioning is pressed with horn body 50 in the lower part of swivel 49.
In Fig. 6, backing 55 is installed in bottom of a cup cover 28, is connected with bottom of a cup backing ring 54 on backing 55, on bottom of a cup backing ring 54
It is pressed with driver flutes 56.
In Fig. 7, backing 55 is installed in bottom of a cup cover 28, is connected with bottom of a cup backing ring 54 on backing 55, on bottom of a cup backing ring 54
Driver flutes 56 are pressed with, round recessed is pressed on backing 55, little spring 53 is installed in round recessed, is equipped on bottom of a cup cover 28
Small bearing 48 and plane bearing 51.
In fig. 8, it is pressed with slide opening 59 and axis hole in bottom of a cup fixed plate 9, big bearing 37, big bearing 37 is installed on axis hole
Retainer plate 39 is inside installed, loudspeaker conductor 57 is installed in retainer plate 39, pressing plate 38 is installed on retainer plate 39, and use screw
45 is fixed, and one of pressing plate 38 is mounted on the upper end of loudspeaker conductor 57, and the lower end of loudspeaker conductor 57 is equipped with round bottom plate 58, round bottom
Plate 58 is connected with shaft 36, and the other end of shaft 36 is connected with driven wheel 46, and plane bearing 51 and big bullet are equipped in shaft 36
Spring 60, driven wheel 46 are connected with driving wheel with belt, and driving wheel is connected with soldering bottom motor.
Above-described is only a specific embodiment of the invention, but scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto, is appointed
Why not pass through creative labor, expect variation and replace changing, all Gai Han is subject to the scope of the present invention.
Claims (5)
1. a kind of automatic integrated welding machine, including rack, weldering rim of a cup mechanism, weldering bottom of a cup mechanism, flat mouth oil cylinder, pressure base oil cylinder, soldering bottom
Oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder, micro computer, fixed frame, platen and hydraulic mechanism, it is characterized in that: being equipped with cup in the weldering rim of a cup mechanism
Mouth fixed plate and fixed frame, the fixed frame are equipped with movable plate and flat mouth oil cylinder, and rim of a cup is arranged below in the fixed frame
Fixed plate, the rim of a cup fixed plate are made of upper clamp plate, lower clamp plate and backing plate, and rim of a cup fixed plate is equipped with big bearing, fixation
Circle, rim of a cup cover, driving wheel and driven wheel, the rim of a cup fixed plate are equipped with fixed column, and fixed column is fixed on platen, platen
Below be equipped with top cup oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder is equipped with bottom of a cup cover, backing, bottom of a cup backing ring, small bullet is equipped in the bottom of a cup cover
Spring, plane bearing and small bearing, the weldering bottom of a cup mechanism be equipped with pressure base oil cylinder, traveller, fixed plate, shaft, big spring, from
Driving wheel and rim of a cup cover, rim of a cup cover is interior to be equipped with swivel, small bearing, plane bearing, sliding slot, little spring and horn body, the traveller
It is connected with fixed plate, bottom of a cup fixed plate, belt pulley fixed plate, platen, the bottom of a cup fixed plate is equipped with big bearing, fixation
Circle, loudspeaker conductor, round bottom plate, screw and slide opening, shaft are equipped with round bottom plate, big spring, small bearing, plane bearing and driven
Wheel, pressure base oil cylinder, flat mouth oil cylinder, soldering bottom oil cylinder, top cup oil cylinder be connected with hydraulic mechanism, weldering rim of a cup switch, weldering bottom of a cup switch and
Wiring board on micro computer is connected.
2. automatic integrated welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: in the rim of a cup fixed plate and bottom of a cup fixed plate
It is designed with magnetic force suction block and welding gun fixing mount.
3. automatic integrated welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the driving wheel is connected with weld bond motor.
4. automatic integrated welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the driven wheel is connected with soldering bottom motor.
5. automatic integrated welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the lower part of the rim of a cup cover is tubaeform.
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