CN106003604B - Visor for automobile glue-feeder shear - Google Patents

Visor for automobile glue-feeder shear Download PDF

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CN106003604B
CN106003604B CN201610487028.1A CN201610487028A CN106003604B CN 106003604 B CN106003604 B CN 106003604B CN 201610487028 A CN201610487028 A CN 201610487028A CN 106003604 B CN106003604 B CN 106003604B
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王成军
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C45/00Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C45/17Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C45/38Cutting-off equipment for sprues or ingates
    • B29C45/382Cutting-off equipment for sprues or ingates disposed outside the mould
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/04Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member
    • B26D1/06Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates
    • B26D1/08Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type
    • B26D1/09Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type with a plurality of cutting members
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01Means for holding or positioning work
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26DCUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/08Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting
    • B26D7/10Means for treating work or cutting member to facilitate cutting by heating

Abstract

The invention discloses visor for automobile glue-feeder shears, for two glue-feeders between two shearing visor for automobile and runner, including rack, positioning mechanism for being positioned to visor for automobile and runner, for shearing the cutting mechanism and power mechanism of glue-feeder, positioning mechanism is mounted on the rack, cutting mechanism is flexibly connected with rack and can go up and down along the short transverse of rack, cutting mechanism is located at the top of positioning mechanism, the lower end of cutting mechanism has two shearing ends for shearing two glue-feeders respectively, heat generating member is equipped in two shearing ends, two shearing ends are respectively corresponded positioned at the surface of two glue-feeders, power mechanism is installed on rack and the lifting for controlling cutting mechanism;The present invention controls accurate shearing of the shearing end realization to glue-feeder by a power mechanism, and precisely, shearing quality is high for control, and shear efficiency is high, while reducing shearing difficulty.

Description

Visor for automobile glue-feeder shear
Technical field
The present invention relates to visor for automobile glue-feeder shears.
Background technique
Visor for automobile, which just refers to, to be Automobile in rainy day use and in a kind of Automobile Products that fine day uses One synthetic resin on the most upper edge of window or the protrusion rain of engineering plastics material are taken, and visor can effectively avoid rainwater or high wind straight It connects and is blown into car, improve scavenging efficiency;It is driving a vehicle in the rain, windowing can also prevent vehicle window from hazing.
Visor for automobile is plastic cement material, as shown in Figure 1, visor for automobile production injection moulding process in, two automobile weathers A runner entered for plastic cement is formed between gear, the both ends of runner connect to form two glue-feeders with two visor for automobile respectively, It is debugged to meet Shooting Technique, wider (width of glue-feeder is about 50mm) that the width of glue-feeder can be generally arranged, Visor for automobile needs the glue-feeder by runner both ends to cut off, visor for automobile can use after the completion of Shooting Technique.
It in the prior art, is to be cut off glue-feeder along the width direction of glue-feeder by hot melt cutting nippers by manpower work, The principle of shearing be by the way that the shearing end for heating cutting nippers is heated approximately at 220 degree the fusing points of glue-feeder material (temperature be), By glue-feeder being melted so that glue-feeder is separated with visor for automobile, due to the wider width of the shearing of needs, shearing difficulty Greatly, the unstability manually sheared and uncontrollable factor are high, and during artificial shearing, visor for automobile is easy to occur Fracture, and visor for automobile is caused directly to be scrapped, but the cost of visor for automobile is high, in this way, wasting great amount of cost, passes through It is manually sheared, causes the contact surface of visor for automobile and glue-feeder very coarse, precision is low, is unable to satisfy use demand, separately Outside, slow by the speed manually sheared, low efficiency, labor cost height.
Summary of the invention
For overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of shearings of visor for automobile glue-feeder to fill It sets, improves shear efficiency, reduce shearing difficulty.
The purpose of the present invention is implemented with the following technical solutions:
Visor for automobile glue-feeder shear, for two glue-feeders between two shearing visor for automobile and runner, packet Including rack, the positioning mechanism for being positioned to visor for automobile and runner, the cutting mechanism for shearing glue-feeder and dynamic Force mechanisms, positioning mechanism are mounted on the rack, and cutting mechanism is flexibly connected with rack and can go up and down along the short transverse of rack, are cut Cut the top that mechanism is located at positioning mechanism, the lower end of cutting mechanism has two shearing ends for shearing two glue-feeders respectively, and two Heat generating member is equipped in shearing end, two shearing ends are respectively corresponded positioned at the surface of two glue-feeders, and power mechanism is installed on rack And the lifting for controlling cutting mechanism.
Preferably, positioning mechanism includes positioning seat and positioning plate, and the middle part of the upper end of positioning plate and positioning seat is affixed, positioning The card slot that runner is set for card is offered on plate, the two sides of positioning seat are respectively equipped with two convex blocks, and the upper end of convex block, which is equipped with, to be used for With the matched curved surface in side of visor for automobile, the upper end of convex block is additionally provided with clamping portion, and wedging position is in the curved surface close to positioning The top of one end of plate, the clamping portion is for blocking the end for setting visor for automobile close to positioning plate.
Preferably, curved surface is tilted down from one end of remotely located plate to one end close to positioning plate.
Preferably, cutting mechanism includes slide bar and cutting member, and the lower end for shearing strips and slide bar is affixed, and slide bar is installed on machine Frame can simultaneously be gone up and down along the short transverse of rack, power mechanism include bull stick and with the affixed turntable in bull stick one end, the other end of bull stick It is installed on rack and can be rotated relative to rack, slide bar and bull stick are sequentially connected, and two shearing ends are respectively arranged on the lower end of cutting member.
Preferably, cutting member include the first cutting member and the second cutting member, the first cutting member include the first transverse plate and with The first affixed vertical plate of first transverse plate one end, the second cutting member include the second transverse plate and affixed with second transverse plate one end The second vertical plate, the second transverse plate is installed on the first transverse plate and can slide along the length direction of the first transverse plate, two shearings End is respectively arranged on the lower end of the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate.
Preferably, heat generating member is heating wire or electrothermal tube, and the heating wire or electrothermal tube are electrically connected with external electronic box, on electronic box Equipped with the thermometer that can show heating wire or electrothermal tube temperature.
Compared with prior art, shearing end is controlled by a power mechanism the beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention to realize Accurate shearing to glue-feeder, precisely, shearing quality is high, and flatness is good, and the smoothness of shear plane is higher, complies fully with for control The requirement of visor for automobile, the present apparatus replace the side by manually shearing in the prior art in such a way that mechanization is sheared Formula, shear efficiency is high, while reducing shearing difficulty, in shear history, will not damage to visor for automobile, qualification rate It is higher;Pass through the accurate positioning of positioning seat and positioning plate realization to visor for automobile on positioning mechanism.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of visor for automobile and runner;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of visor for automobile glue-feeder shear of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the assembling schematic diagram of visor for automobile glue-feeder shear of the present invention, visor for automobile and runner;
Fig. 4 is the assembling structure schematic diagram of cutting mechanism and positioning mechanism in Fig. 1;
In figure: 1, rack;2, positioning mechanism;21, positioning seat;22, positioning plate;23, card slot;24, convex block;25, curved surface; 26, clamping portion;3, cutting mechanism;31, shearing end;32, slide bar;33, cutting member;34, the first cutting member;35, the second cutting member; 36, the first transverse plate;37, the first vertical plate;38, the second transverse plate;39, the second vertical plate;4, power mechanism;41, turntable; 42, bull stick;5, visor for automobile;6, runner;7, glue-feeder.
Specific embodiment
In the following, being described further in conjunction with attached drawing and specific embodiment to the present invention:
As shown in Figure 1-3, visor for automobile glue-feeder shear, for shearing between two visor for automobile 5 and runner 6 Two glue-feeders 7, including rack 1, the positioning mechanism 2 for being positioned to visor for automobile 5 and runner 6, for shear into The cutting mechanism 3 and power mechanism 4 of glue mouth 7, positioning mechanism 2 are mounted in rack 1, and cutting mechanism 3 is flexibly connected simultaneously with rack 1 It can be gone up and down along the short transverse of rack 1, cutting mechanism 3 is located at the top of positioning mechanism 2, and the lower end of cutting mechanism 3, which has, to be used for Two shearing ends 31 of two glue-feeders 7 are sheared respectively, heat generating member is equipped in two shearing ends 31, and two shearing ends 31, which respectively correspond, to be located at The surface of two glue-feeders 7, power mechanism 4 are installed on rack 1 and the lifting for controlling cutting mechanism 3.
When shearing, first visor for automobile 5 and runner 6 are placed on positioning mechanism 2, positioning mechanism 2 is fixed, So that two shearing ends 31 of cutting mechanism 3 are located at the upper end of two glue-feeders 7, then heat generating member generates heat, so that two cut The temperature of cut end 31 respectively reaches the melting temperature of 7 material of glue-feeder, and power mechanism 4 drives cutting mechanism 3 to move down, and two cut Cut end 31 fuses two glue-feeders 7 so that two glue-feeders 7 are separated with two visor for automobile 5 respectively, and completion is sheared;In this way, this hair Bright to control accurate shearing of the realization of shearing end 31 to glue-feeder 7 by a power mechanism 4, precisely, shearing quality is high, smooth for control It spends, the smoothness of shear plane is higher, complies fully with the requirement of visor for automobile 5, and the present apparatus is sheared by mechanization Mode replace in the prior art by way of manually shearing, shear efficiency is high, while reducing shearing difficulty, is shearing Cheng Zhong will not damage visor for automobile 5, and qualification rate is higher.
As shown in figure 4, positioning mechanism 2 includes positioning seat 21 and positioning plate 22, positioning plate 22 and the upper end of positioning seat 21 Middle part is affixed, and the card slot 23 that runner 6 is set for card is offered on positioning plate 22, and the two sides of positioning seat 21 are respectively equipped with two convex blocks 24, the upper end of convex block 24 be equipped with for the matched curved surface 25 in the surface side of visor for automobile 5, curved surface 25 is from remotely located plate 22 One end is tilted down to one end close to positioning plate 22, and the upper end of convex block 24 is additionally provided with clamping portion 26, and clamping portion 26 is located at the song Face 25 sets visor for automobile 5 close to the end of positioning plate 22 for blocking close to the top of one end of positioning plate 22, the clamping portion 26; When positioning to visor for automobile 5 and runner 6, runner 6 passes through card slot 23 and is connected in the card slot 23, guarantees that runner 6 can not Width direction along positioning plate 22 is slided, and curved surface 25 is bonded with the inner wall of visor for automobile 5 so that visor for automobile 5 is in shearing It is more stable in the process, while the visor for automobile 5 that is entirely limited of curved surface 25 is along the displacement of 22 length direction of positioning plate, in this way, The displacement of visor for automobile 5 and 6 length direction of runner and width direction is all limited, and is realized to visor for automobile 5 and runner 6 Precise positioning.
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are referred to, in order to guarantee the stability during cutting mechanism 3 moves down and the accuracy of shearing, Cutting mechanism 3 includes slide bar 32 and cutting member 33, and cutting member 33 and the lower end of slide bar 32 are affixed, and slide bar 32 is installed on rack 1 simultaneously Can be gone up and down along the short transverse of rack 1, power mechanism 4 include bull stick 42 and with the affixed turntable 41 in 42 one end of bull stick, bull stick 42 The other end is installed on rack 1 and can rotate relative to rack 1, and slide bar 32 and bull stick 42 are sequentially connected, and two shearing ends 31 are respectively arranged on The lower end of cutting member 33;When needing to shear glue-feeder 7, rotary turnplate 41, turntable 41 is moved down with moving slide-bar 32, is cut Cut end 31 shears glue-feeder 7, further ensures shear precision.
Further, as shown in figure 4, cutting member 33 includes the first cutting member 34 and the second cutting member 35, the first cutting member 34 include the first transverse plate 36 and first vertical plate 37 affixed with 36 one end of the first transverse plate, and the second cutting member 35 includes second Transverse plate 38 and second vertical plate 39 affixed with 38 one end of the second transverse plate, the second transverse plate 38 are installed on the first transverse plate 36 And can be slided along the length direction of the first transverse plate 36, two shearing ends 31 are respectively arranged on the first vertical plate 37 and the second vertical plate 39 Lower end can adjust two during actual use by the second transverse plate 38 of sliding and cut according to the specific length of runner 6 The distance between cut end 31 after the completion of adjusting, can be tightened the first transverse plate 36 and the second transverse plate 38 by screw, according to reality Border service condition flexible modulation, structure is simple, easy to adjust.
In order to accurately control the temperature of heat generating member, heat generating member is heating wire or electrothermal tube, the heating wire or electrothermal tube and outer The electrical connection of portion's electronic box, electronic box are equipped with the thermometer that can show heating wire or electrothermal tube temperature, and electronic box can be to heating wire or electric heating Pipe is heated, and heating wire is made to reach the melting temperature of 7 material of glue-feeder.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that can make various other according to the above description of the technical scheme and ideas Corresponding change and deformation, and all these changes and deformation all should belong to the protection scope of the claims in the present invention Within.

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1. visor for automobile glue-feeder shear, for shearing two glue-feeders between visor for automobile and runner, feature It is: including rack, the positioning mechanism for being positioned to visor for automobile and runner, the cutter for shearing glue-feeder Structure and power mechanism, positioning mechanism are mounted on the rack, and cutting mechanism is flexibly connected with rack and can be along the short transverse of rack Lifting, cutting mechanism are located at the top of positioning mechanism, and the lower end of cutting mechanism has cuts for shearing the two of two glue-feeders respectively Cut end, heat generating member is equipped in two shearing ends, and two shearing ends are respectively corresponded positioned at the surface of two glue-feeders, power mechanism installation In rack and for controlling the lifting of cutting mechanism;Positioning mechanism includes positioning seat and positioning plate, positioning plate and positioning seat it is upper The middle part at end is affixed, the card slot that runner is set for card is offered on positioning plate, the two sides of positioning seat are respectively equipped with two convex blocks, convex The upper end of block be equipped with for the matched curved surface in the side of visor for automobile, the upper end of convex block is additionally provided with clamping portion, wedging position In the curved surface close to the top of one end of positioning plate, the clamping portion is for blocking the end for setting visor for automobile close to positioning plate.
2. visor for automobile glue-feeder shear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: curved surface is from remotely located plate One end tilted down to close to one end of positioning plate.
3. visor for automobile glue-feeder shear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: cutting mechanism includes slide bar And cutting member, the lower end of cutting member and slide bar is affixed, and slide bar is installed on rack and can go up and down along the short transverse of rack, engine Structure include bull stick and with the affixed turntable in bull stick one end, the other end of bull stick is installed on rack and can rotate relative to rack, slide bar with Bull stick transmission connection, two shearing ends are respectively arranged on the lower end of cutting member.
4. visor for automobile glue-feeder shear according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: cutting member is cut including first Cut piece and the second cutting member, the first cutting member include the first transverse plate and first vertical plate affixed with first transverse plate one end, Second cutting member includes the second transverse plate and second vertical plate affixed with second transverse plate one end, and the second transverse plate is installed on One transverse plate can simultaneously be slided along the length direction of the first transverse plate, and two shearing ends are respectively arranged on the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate Lower end.
5. visor for automobile glue-feeder shear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: heat generating member be heating wire or Electrothermal tube, the heating wire or electrothermal tube be electrically connecteds with external electronic box, and electronic box is equipped with can show heating wire or electrothermal tube temperature Thermometer.
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