Content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of tank container assembly bench and assembly method, solve the problems, such as that high labor intensive in prior art, efficiency are low.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme that:
According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a kind of tank container assembly bench, and for the docking assembling of tank container cylinder and end socket, described assembly bench includes base, the turning rolls being respectively arranged on base and chuck assembly;In order to support described cylinder, described chuck assembly is provided with and end socket can be immobilizated in barrel end and hold the chuck of end socket and cylinder after end socket is docked with cylinder simultaneously described turning rolls;Described chuck assembly also includes support, switching mechanism and slew gear;Support is arranged on described base;Switching mechanism is articulated with described support, and can overturn between upper discharge position and operating position with respect to support;Slew gear supports described chuck and driving card can coil chuck own axis;Slew gear is arranged on switching mechanism, and drives described chuck to overturn between upper discharge position and operating position when overturning with described switching mechanism;When described chuck is located at operating position, the end socket on chuck is relative with the cylinder on turning rolls;After end socket is docked with cylinder, chuck is driven by slew gear and can drive held end socket and barrel body rotation.
Preferably, described slew gear includes pivoting part and device for revolving and driving;Described pivoting part includes fixture and the movable part that can rotate with respect to fixture, and described fixture is connected with described switching mechanism, and described movable part is connected with described chuck;Described device for revolving and driving is installed on described switching mechanism, and drives described movable part to rotate with respect to fixture.
Preferably, described pivoting part is pivoting support, and described fixture is the ring for fixing of pivoting support, and described movable part is the active ring of pivoting support;Described device for revolving and driving is servomotor.
Preferably, described upper discharge position is horizontal level, and described operating position is upright position;Described chuck is driven by described switching mechanism and overturns between horizontal level and upright position.
Preferably, described switching mechanism includes bearing and overturning drive device, and described bearing is hinged with described support, and described overturning drive device connecting bracket and bearing respectively, to drive bearing to overturn between horizontal level and upright position.
Preferably, described overturning drive device is linear drive apparatus, and one end connects described support, and the other end connects described bearing, and the junction point of its connects bearing and bearing are hinged between the pin joint on support and have interval, thus driving bearing to overturn with respect to support.
Preferably, the axis of described chuck and described switching mechanism are hinged on the upset axes intersect on support.Preferably, described support is provided with spacing roller in the side near described turning rolls, spacing to carry out to chuck when described chuck is located at operating position.
Preferably, described turning rolls includes at least two groups carrying rollers separately in described base longitudinal direction;Every group of carrying roller includes forward lead screw along base horizontal expansion, is separately positioned on two rollers at forward lead screw two ends, and the screw rod driving device in order to drive described forward lead screw to rotate;Described forward lead screw make when rotating two rollers along forward lead screw synchronous closer or far from.
Preferably, described base is provided with the carrying roller guide rail of longitudinal extension, and carrying roller described in least one set is located on described carrying roller guide rail, and is driven and vertically moved along described base by carrying roller driving means.
Preferably, described tank container assembly bench also includes embracing circular knitting machine structure, and described armful of circular knitting machine structure is installed on described base, and an armful circular knitting machine structure has two armful round arms of laterally opposite along base, embraces circle arm and is provided with armful round roller in order to described cylinder is carried out embrace with circle.
Preferably, described armful of round arm upper end is provided with and embraces circle driving means, and described armful of round roller is by described armful of round base transverse shifting described in driving means drives edge thus embracing circle to described cylinder;It is additionally provided with described armful of round arm and the described armful of round parallel guide post of driving means, described guide post connects described armful of round roller.
Preferably, described armful of round roller be provided with two between the upper and lower every embrace round roller wheel, each armful of round roller wheel in two armfuls of relative round rollers is located on same circle.
Preferably, described armful of round arm can vertically move along described base.
Preferably, described support along described base longitudinally movable be arranged on base.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a kind of tank container assembly method, including:
There is provided turning rolls to support the cylinder of tank container, provide chuck the end socket of tank container to be immobilizated in the two ends of cylinder;
On chuck is located at during discharge position, end socket is positioned on chuck and makes chuck fixing end socket;
Chuck is overturn to operating position, it is relative with the cylinder being supported on turning rolls to make end socket;
So that end socket is docked with cylinder, and make chuck hold end socket and cylinder after docking simultaneously;
Rotating chuck, drives end socket and barrel body rotation, the abutment joint welding to end socket and cylinder.
Preferably, described upper discharge position is horizontal level, and described operating position is upright position.
Preferably, before end socket is docked with cylinder, also mistake cylinder is carried out embracing circle.
As shown from the above technical solution, advantages of the present invention and good effect are:In the tank container assembly bench of the present invention, chuck can be made to overturn between upper discharge position and operating position by switching mechanism, chuck can be made to carry out 360 degree of revolution around its own axis by slew gear, thus driving cylinder together to rotate with end socket.According to this assembly bench, a certain fixed position that weld job position can be set as positioned at cylinder and end socket abutment joint periphery, when end socket and cylinder are when welding portion turns to this weld job position, welding portion carries out welding to be treated to this.After chuck fixing end socket and cylinder, rotate in 360 degree of cycle at one, can make to need the position of welding to reach successively at weld job position in end socket and cylinder abutment joint whole circumference to complete welding, improve production efficiency;During whole weld job, operating personnel need not change job position without the operation that carries out ascending a height, and reduces labor intensity.The present invention improves the automatization level of whole machine, is effectively improved production efficiency and processing safety, reduces the labor intensity of workman, designs for Automated assembly simultaneously and lay a good foundation.
Further, switching mechanism drives chuck overturn between horizontal level and upright position, and horizontal level, as upper discharge position, can make end socket directly be the level of state hoisting material feeding, convenient lift, reduce manually and vehicling operation.
Specific embodiment
Embody feature of present invention will describe in detail in the following description with the exemplary embodiment of advantage.It should be understood that the present invention can have various changes on different embodiments, it neither departs from the scope of the present invention, and explanation therein and diagram are treated as purposes of discussion in itself, and is not used to limit the present invention.
Refering to Fig. 1, present invention firstly provides a kind of tank container assembly method, the method includes:
S00:There is provided turning rolls to support the cylinder of tank container, provide chuck the end socket of tank container to be immobilizated in the two ends of cylinder.Wherein, turning rolls by cylinder horizontal support thereon, for adapting to the tank container of different size, can be set to adjustable structure by turning rolls.Chuck is located at the outside at turning rolls two ends, makes the corresponding two ends being located at cylinder of end socket, and chuck can hold end socket using claw.
S10:On chuck is located at during discharge position, end socket is positioned on chuck and makes chuck fixing end socket;When end socket is held by chuck, the central axis of end socket and the dead in line of chuck.More preferably, upper discharge position is horizontal level, and now, the axis of chuck is vertical state, and accordingly, end socket can be the level of state and be positioned on chuck, is easy to the lifting to end socket for the feeding device, reduces artificial and vehicling operation, reduces labor intensity, improves work efficiency.
S20:Chuck is overturn to operating position, it is relative with the cylinder being supported on turning rolls to make end socket;Operating position is upright position, and now, end socket is located at upright position, and the central axis of end socket is by the central axes with cylinder.
S30:So that end socket is docked with cylinder, and make chuck hold end socket and cylinder after docking simultaneously;In this step, more preferably make the close cylinder of end socket until both docking by making chuck move to the direction of close turning rolls, after end socket is docked with cylinder, end socket is together fixed to clamp by the claw on recycling chuck with cylinder.If before end socket is docked with cylinder, cylinder there is part shell ring occur losing circle deformation, first can carry out embracing circle to mistake cylinder, then make end socket and dock with the cylinder embraced after circle.
S40:Rotating chuck, drives end socket and barrel body rotation, the abutment joint welding to end socket and cylinder.In this step, end socket is rotated around its center axis with cylinder.
In the method, the basis that turning rolls and chuck are implemented for method, fixing is realized to cylinder and end socket by turning rolls and chuck, consequently facilitating both Butt Assembling, then by the operation of step S10 ~ S40, end socket is fixed with cylinder spot welding.
With it, a certain fixed position that weld job position is set as positioned at cylinder and end socket abutment joint periphery can be made, when end socket and cylinder are when welding portion turns to this weld job position, welding portion carries out welding to be treated to this.After chuck fixing end socket and cylinder, rotate in 360 degree of cycle at one, can make to need the position of welding to reach successively at weld job position in end socket and cylinder abutment joint whole circumference to complete welding, improve production efficiency;During whole weld job, operating personnel need not change job position without the operation that carries out ascending a height, and reduces labor intensity.According to the method, end socket is welded using fixed point with the abutment joint of cylinder, also helps the realization of automatic welding production.
Based on above-mentioned thinking, the present invention provides a kind of tank container assembly bench of achievable said method.
Refering to Fig. 2 to Fig. 5, the tank container assembly bench of the present embodiment includes base 1, the turning rolls 2 being respectively arranged on base 1 and chuck assembly 3.Turning rolls 2 includes two groups along base 1 longitudinally carrying roller 21 separately, in order to be supported to the cylinder 101 of tank container 10;Chuck assembly 3 is provided with two groups, ranks in the outside of turning rolls 2, and end socket 102 can be immobilizated in the two ends of cylinder 101.The tank container assembly bench of the present embodiment is also more preferably provided with two groups and embraces circular knitting machine structure 4, can carry out embracing circle, improve product quality to losing cylinder 101.
In the present embodiment, base 1 is divided into two parts of longitudinally spaced setting, and each section respectively supports a carrying roller 21, a chuck assembly 3 and one armful of circular knitting machine structure 4.Base 1 is provided with longitudinally disposed support guide 11, carrying roller guide rail 12 and embraces circle translating rails 13, corresponds to for chuck assembly 3, turning rolls 2 respectively, embraces circular knitting machine structure 4 along the adjustment of base 1 lengthwise position.
Chuck assembly 3 mainly includes support 31, switching mechanism 32, slew gear 33 and chuck 34.
Chuck 34 can utilize existing chuck structure, its generally comprise chuck main body 341, be arranged on chuck main body 341 in order to holding claw end socket 102 claw 342, in order to control claw 342 tensioning with the air bag 343 unclamping, in order to end socket 102 is carried out just position locating rod 344, in order to push up sealing 102 to compress end socket 102 and the stretch oil cylinder 345 of cylinder 101, in order to support anti-skidding oil cylinder 346 of end socket 102 etc. in upright position.Its claw 342 can have plurality of specifications, to adapt to the end socket 102 of different specification size.
Support 31 more preferably can vertically move along base 1, so that whole chuck assembly 3 can be along base 1 longitudinally closer or far from turning rolls 2.Switching mechanism 32 is articulated with support 31, and can rotate between upper discharge position and operating position with respect to support 31.Slew gear 33 support chuck 34 simultaneously can drive chuck 34 around chuck 34 own axis;Slew gear 33 is arranged on switching mechanism 32, and drives chuck 34 to overturn between upper discharge position and operating position when overturning with switching mechanism 32.
In upper discharge position, the end socket 102 of acceptable feeding is simultaneously held chuck 34;When chuck 34 overturns to operating position, the end socket 102 holding thereon is relative with the cylinder 101 carrying on turning rolls 2, end socket 102 and cylinder 101 can be made with vertically moving of support 31 near docking, after end socket 102 is docked with cylinder 101, chuck 34 holds the end socket 102 relatively connecing and cylinder 101 simultaneously;When chuck 34 drives rotation by slew gear 33, you can drive the end socket 102 of fixing and cylinder 101 to rotate.When end socket 102 and cylinder 101 abutment joint are when welding portion turns to weld job position, operating personnel can carry out weld job.
As shown in Fig. 2 support 31 is located on the support guide 11 of base 1.Support 31 protrudes out downwards and is provided with a journal stirrup 311, and this journal stirrup 311 is connected on the output shaft of support translated linear driving means 35, and support translated linear driving means 35 are fixed on base 1.Driving by support translated linear driving means 35, you can drive support 31 mobile along support guide 11, so that whole chuck assembly 3 vertically moves closer or far from turning rolls 2 along base 1.Support translated linear driving means 35 can be the devices such as oil cylinder.It is provided with spacing roller 312 in the side near turning rolls 2 on support 31, spacing to carry out to chuck 34 when chuck 34 is located at operating position.Spacing roller 312 is longitudinally adjustable whole along base 1, adjustable chuck 34 respect thereto 1 vertical.
More preferably, the slewing area of switching mechanism 32 is 90 degree, and material position is set to horizontal level thereon, and operating position is upright position.In structure shown in Fig. 2, the switching mechanism 32 of left side chuck assembly 3 is located at feeding position, and the switching mechanism 32 of right side chuck assembly 3 is located at operating position.Correspondingly, chuck 34 is horizontality in upper discharge position, directly can lift end socket 102 to chuck 34, using hoisting tooling, the feeding completing end socket 102, reduce artificial interference, improve automaticity and production efficiency.Chuck 34 is plumbness when operating position, and the end socket 102 on chuck 34 will be relative with the cylinder 101 on turning rolls 2.
Refering to Fig. 3, in the present embodiment, switching mechanism 32 includes bearing 321 and overturning drive device 322.Bearing 321 links in the upper end of support 31, is rotated with respect to support 31 by the driving of overturning drive device 322 between horizontal level and upright position.
Overturning drive device 322 is linear drive apparatus, its one end connecting bracket 31, other end connects bearing 321.The junction point of overturning drive device 322 connects bearing 321 and bearing 321 are hinged on and have interval between the pin joint on support 31, thus drive the upset of bearing 321 by the linear motion of overturning drive device 322.Overturning drive device 322 can be for example oil cylinder.
Refering to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, slew gear 33 includes pivoting part 331 and device for revolving and driving 332.Pivoting part 331 includes fixture 3311 and the movable part 3312 that can rotate with respect to fixture 3311, fixture 3311 is connected with the bearing 321 of switching mechanism 32, movable part 3312 is connected with chuck 34, the dead in line of the pivot center of movable part 3312 and chuck 34.Device for revolving and driving 332 is installed on the bearing 321 of switching mechanism 32, and drives the movable part 3312 of pivoting part 331 to rotate with respect to fixture 3311, so that chuck 34 rotates with respect to its own axis.
More preferably, pivoting part 331 is pivoting support, compact conformation, the ring for fixing being rotatably assorted being carried using its structure and active ring, respectively as fixture 3311 and movable part 3312.The ring for fixing of pivoting part 331, active ring are corresponding respectively to be connected by bolt and bearing 321, chuck 34.Device for revolving and driving 332 is servomotor, can be rotated by the active ring that gear drive drives pivoting part 331.Chuck 34 synchronous axial system in two groups of chuck assemblies 3 directly can also be made using servomotor using SERVO CONTROL.
In the present embodiment, the pivot center of the movable part 3312 of pivoting part 331 is the central axis of pivoting part 331, also coincide with the axis of chuck 34, and the axis of chuck 34 is hinged on the upset axes intersect on support 31 with bearing 321, make structure more compact, and reduce tilting moment during upset, improve safety.
Refering to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, every group of carrying roller 21 of turning rolls 2 include roller seat 211, be located on roller seat 211 along base 1 horizontal expansion forward lead screw 212, be separately positioned on two rollers 213 at forward lead screw 212 two ends, and the screw rod driving device 214 in order to drive forward lead screw 212 to rotate.
Roller seat 211 is matched with the carrying roller guide rail 12 on base 1, is driven by the carrying roller driving means 22 being fixed on base 1 and can slide along carrying roller guide rail 12.By roller seat 211 along the movement of carrying roller guide rail 12, can adjust the distance between two groups of carrying rollers 21, thus being adapted to the cylinder 101 of different length.In Fig. 2, label 21a illustrates the carrying roller after position adjustment.Carrying roller driving means 22 can be oil cylinder.
The two ends of forward lead screw 212 have screw thread in opposite direction, the two rollers 213 screw thread threaded with two ends respectively, when screw rod driving device 214 drives forward lead screw 212 to rotate, two rollers 213 move linearly synchronization closer or far from thus adapting to the cylinder 101 of different-diameter along the length direction of forward lead screw 212.Accurately, adjustment process is simple for the position adjustment of roller 213.Screw rod driving device 214 can be motor.
In two groups of carrying rollers 21 of turning rolls 2, can be using one of which as drive end, another group as driven end.As in the carrying roller 21 of drive end, roller 213 drives rotation by roller driving device 215, and is formed and cylinder 101 between and relatively rotate.This roller driving device 215 is alternatively motor.
In the present embodiment, carrying roller 21 is two groups, and two groups all can vertically move along base 1.In other embodiments, the length according to tank container 10 to be processed, can also suitably increase the quantity of carrying roller 21, and carrying roller 21 can also be integrally fixed on base 1.
Refering to Fig. 5, embrace circular knitting machine structure 4 and include two armful round arms 41 of laterally opposite along base 1, the upper end of each armful of round arm 41 is provided with armful round roller 42 in order to cylinder 101 is carried out embrace with circle, embrace round roller 42 by be similarly installed at embrace on circle arm 41 embrace circle driving means 43 drive and can be along base 1 transverse shifting, thus to 101 armfuls of circles of cylinder.Embrace and the guide post 44 parallel with embracing circle driving means 43 is additionally provided with circle arm 41, guide post 44 is arranged in embrace on circle arm 41 and connect embraces round roller 42.
Embrace round roller 42 be provided with two between the upper and lower every embrace round roller wheel 421, four in two armfuls of relative round rollers 42 embrace round roller wheel 421 be located at same circle on.Embracing circle driving means 43 drives armful round roller 42 to when moving in cylinder 101 direction, embraces round roller wheel 421 contact cylinder 101, presses to cylinder 101 and so that mistake cylinder 101 is replied as circle.Embracing circle driving means 43 can be oil cylinder.
Embrace circle arm 41 lower end and be slidably disposed in embracing on circle translating rails 13 on base 1, by being arranged on the driving of armful circle translated linear driving means 45 on base 1, and can be mobile along embracing circle translating rails 13.As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4, label 4a illustrates armful circular knitting machine structure after position adjustment.Embracing circle translated linear driving means 45 can be for example the devices such as oil cylinder.
The operating process of this tank container assembly bench approximately as.
1st, according to production technology needs, size according to end socket 102 is matched suitable claw 342 and is installed on chuck main body 341, size according to cylinder 101 adjusts the spacing between two groups of carrying rollers 21 of turning rolls 2, adjusts in every group of carrying roller 21 wheelspan between two rollers 213 to correspondence position simultaneously.
2nd, so that chuck 34 is horizontally situated, end socket 102 level is lifted to chuck 34, cylinder 101 is delivered on turning rolls 2.
3rd, after 4 stretch oil cylinders 345 on regulation chuck 34 make end socket 102 level, air bag 343 inflation is made claw 342 clamp end socket 102, overturning drive device 322 drives bearing 321 to overturn, and so that chuck 34 is overturn therewith to upright position, rises anti-skidding oil cylinder 346 and hold out against end socket 102.
4th, crawl is embraced circular knitting machine structure 4 and is moved to specified location, simultaneously can crawl support 31 way roller frame 2 direction advance chuck 34 is moved to specified location together with end socket 102, make end socket 102 front end parallel with cylinder 101 end face.
5th, so that air bag 343 is somewhat exitted and unclamp claw 342, the slightly loose Kaifeng 102 of claw 342, embrace circle driving means 43 to drive armful round roller 42 advance hold out against cylinder 101 to make cylinder 101 is in positive round substantially, crawl support 31 advances again, chuck 34 advances to after certain position together with end socket 102, air bag 343 inflation makes claw 342 simultaneously clamp on end socket 102 and cylinder 101, and anti-skidding oil cylinder 346 drops to lower limit.
6th, crawl air bag 343 is deflated to certain state so that there is certain interval between end socket 102 and claw 342, and crawl stretch oil cylinder 345 adjusts the gap of cylinder 101 and end socket 102, finally makes claw 342 clamp end socket 102 and cylinder 101 air bag 343 inflation.
7th, other end end socket 102 and cylinder 101 assemble and carry out according to above 3-6 step simultaneously.
8th, adjustment turning rolls 2 wheelspan makes cylinder 101 depart from turning rolls 2, unclamp after reaching requirement and embrace circle driving means 43, crawl device for revolving and driving 332, two ends end socket 102 is made to move in a circle with chuck 34 is overall with cylinder 101, adjust spot welding position, by the manual or automatic assembling spot welding operation completing circumferencial direction.
9th, after completing tack-weld, claw 342 is unclamped in air bag 343 venting, after confirming that embracing round driving means 43 retrogressing puts in place, retreats chuck 34 and embraces circular knitting machine structure 4 to home position, so that chuck 34 is overturn to horizontality, start 360 ° of chuck 34 revolution and automatically reset.
10th, the tank body completing docking is transported to after next station by waggon, and repeat step 1 prepares next clamping workpiece.
In the tank container assembly bench of the present invention, chuck can be made to overturn between upper discharge position and operating position by switching mechanism, chuck can be made to carry out 360 degree of revolution around its own axis by slew gear, thus driving cylinder together to rotate with end socket.According to this assembly bench, a certain fixed position that weld job position can be set as positioned at cylinder and end socket abutment joint periphery, when end socket and cylinder are when welding portion turns to this weld job position, welding portion carries out welding to be treated to this.After chuck fixing end socket and cylinder, rotate in 360 degree of cycle at one, can make to need the position of welding to reach successively at weld job position in end socket and cylinder abutment joint whole circumference to complete welding, improve production efficiency;During whole weld job, operating personnel need not change job position without the operation that carries out ascending a height, and reduces labor intensity.The present invention improves the automatization level of whole machine, is effectively improved production efficiency and processing safety, reduces the labor intensity of workman, designs for Automated assembly simultaneously and lay a good foundation.
Further, switching mechanism drives chuck overturn between horizontal level and upright position, and horizontal level, as upper discharge position, can make end socket directly be the level of state hoisting material feeding, convenient lift, reduce manually and vehicling operation.
Although describing the present invention with reference to several exemplary embodiment, it is to be understood that, term used is explanation and exemplary and nonrestrictive term.Because the present invention can be embodied as the spirit without deviating from invention or essence in a variety of forms, it is to be understood that, above-mentioned embodiment is not limited to any aforesaid details, and widely should explain in the spirit and scope that appended claims are limited, therefore fall into the whole changes in claim or its equivalent scope and remodeling all should be appended claims and covered.