CN106965072A - For ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
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Abstract
One kind is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus, including：Cup dolly；Some fixtures, uniformly it is laid on the same periphery on the cup dolly, it is described including be perpendicularly fixed on the cup dolly armstand, be installed on the armstand upper end and towards the rotating shaft extended away from center of circle direction, be installed on the shaft end and be used to clamp the clamping device of the ceramic workpiece, the clamping device can rotate around 360 degree of the rotating shaft.The application clamping apparatus clamping efficiency is high.
Description
Technical field
The application is related to field of ceramic processing, espespecially a kind of to be used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus.
Background technology
In the mobile terminal such as 3C fields, particularly smart mobile phone, wearable device, with the upgrading of network, for terminal
The receiving ability requirement more and more higher of antenna, existing smart mobile phone typically use metal material manufacture shell, and metal material pair
There is obvious shielding problem in aerial signal.After network upgrade to 5G, the antenna for mobile phone of metal material shell is unable to reach
Performance requirement is, it is necessary to which a kind of new material solves the above problems.
Ceramic material possesses high rigidity, glossiness more more preferable than metal, and aerial signal is not present screening effect, ceramics
, it is necessary to be polished to it during material making shell, existing glossing is only capable of being polished ceramic workpiece one side.It is existing
Polissoir is only capable of when being polished to ceramic workpiece, it is necessary to carry out clamping again behind one side of polishing, processing efficiency is low
Under.
The content of the invention
In consideration of it, being necessary that providing one kind is used to ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus lift polishing efficiency.
In order to solve the above technical problems, it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus this application provides one kind, including：
Cup dolly；
Some fixtures, are uniformly laid on the same periphery on the cup dolly, described including being perpendicularly fixed at
State the armstand on cup dolly, be installed on the armstand upper end and towards the rotating shaft extended away from center of circle direction, be installed on described turn
Shaft end is used for the clamping device for clamping the ceramic workpiece, and the clamping device can be around described 360 degree of rotations of rotating shaft.
Preferably, the clamping device end is provided with holding parts, and the ceramic workpiece includes rear wall, from the rear wall edge
Upwardly extend the four side walls to be formed and the inner chamber being set as is enclosed by the rear wall and four side walls, the ceramic workpiece leads to
The inner chamber is crossed to be immobilizated on the holding parts.
Preferably, the side edge surface of the ceramic workpiece is exposed to the outer rim of the clamping device.
Preferably, the clamping apparatus is applied in a kind of polissoir, and the polissoir includes top rotary table, located at institute
The brush below top rotary table, the polishing cloth being coated in the brush, lower rotary table and control system are stated, some clamping apparatus are equal
It is even to be distributed on the same periphery of the lower rotary table.
Preferably, the top rotary table is rotated in a first direction, and the brush is along second party opposite to the first direction
To the rotation on the top rotary table；The lower rotary table rotates along the second direction, and the clamping apparatus is along the first direction
The rotation on the lower rotary table.
Preferably, the upper disk body of the top rotary table is rotated with 120-150r/min speed；The brush is with 6-10r/min
Speed rotate；The lower rotary table is rotated with 20-40r/min speed；Some clamping apparatus on the lower rotary table drive peace
Rotated loaded on some ceramic workpieces thereon with 6-10r/min speed.
Preferably, the polishing cloth in the brush of the top rotary table pushes 2- relative to the side edge surface of the ceramic workpiece
3mm。
Preferably, in polishing process, after the polishing of a side of the ceramic workpiece is completed, the control system
The clamping device is controlled around 90 degree of the axis of rotation, until completing the polishing to four sides of ceramic workpiece.
The application is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus can drive the potter by being set on the fixture
The rotating shaft that part is rotated up 360 degree of sides, time processing, you can processing of the completion to four sides of ceramic workpiece, and
In process, without clamping again, efficiency is greatly improved.
Brief description of the drawings
Accompanying drawing described herein is used for providing further understanding of the present application, constitutes the part of the application, this Shen
Schematic description and description please is used to explain the application, does not constitute the improper restriction to the application.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the application ceramic workpiece；
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of the application burnishing device；
Fig. 3 is the stereogram of the top rotary table of the application burnishing device；
Fig. 4 is installed on the stereogram of lower rotary table for the clamping apparatus of the application burnishing device；
Fig. 5 is the stereogram of the clamping apparatus of the application burnishing device；
Fig. 6 is the stereogram of the fixture of the application burnishing device.
Embodiment
To make the purpose, technical scheme and advantage of the application clearer, below in conjunction with the application specific embodiment and
Technical scheme is clearly and completely described corresponding accompanying drawing.Obviously, described embodiment is only the application one
Section Example, rather than whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the application, those of ordinary skill in the art are not doing
Go out the every other embodiment obtained under the premise of creative work, belong to the scope of the application protection.
Refer to shown in Fig. 1, the application be used for process ceramic workpiece 10 be smart mobile phone shell, including rear wall 11, from
In the edge of rear wall 11 upwardly extends four side walls 13 being formed and is enclosed and be set as by the rear wall and four side walls 13
Chamber 12.Four side walls 13 form arc-shaped corner 14 at adjacent position two-by-two.In a particular embodiment, the ceramic workpiece
10 can be the center for smart mobile phone, i.e., including four side walls 13, without including rear wall 11.
Refer to shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 6, the application is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus 30 and set applied to a kind of polishing
Standby interior, the polissoir includes lower rotary table 20, the clamping apparatus 30 being placed on the lower rotary table 20, positioned at the clamping apparatus
The top rotary table 40 and control system of 30 tops.The top rotary table 40, lower rotary table 20 are circular configuration, and the top rotary table 40 is wrapped
Include disk body 41, some brushs 42 for being placed in the lower section of upper disk body 41, the polishing cloth 43 being coated in the brush 42.It is described
Brush 42 can on described on disk body 41 with it is described on the opposite direction rotation of the rotation direction of disk body 41.The polishing cloth 43 can
To use following material：Collodion silk pad ----cost is low, and polishing effect is general, and the amount of going is small, for rough polishing technique；Grind leather packing ----into
This is higher, and the amount of going is small, and polishing effect is good, and finish is higher, and technique is thrown for essence；Hog hair brush --- cost is higher, and the amount of going is fast, makes
With short life, polishing effect is general, for rough polishing technique；Carpet is dragged --- and cost is not high, and the amount of going is small, mainly increases finish, uses
Technique is thrown in essence；Fiber mat --- cost is not high, and the amount of going is fast, and service life is long, and polishing effect is bad, for rough polishing technique.It is described
It is flexible material that polishing cloth 43, which has, can deformation easily.
The application clamping apparatus 30 is rounded and is uniformly distributed on the lower rotary table 20, i.e., described clamping apparatus 30 is distributed
In on the circumference of the same radius of lower rotary table 20.The clamping apparatus 30 includes the circle that can be rotated relative to the lower rotary table 20
Shape base 31 and some fixtures 32 being fixed on the certain radius circumference of the cup dolly 31.The fixture 32 includes hanging down
The armstand 321 that is directly fixed on the cup dolly 31, it is installed on the upper end of armstand 321 and towards extending away from center of circle direction
Rotating shaft 322, the clamping device 323 for being installed on the end of rotating shaft 322, located at the end of clamping device 323 be used for fix institute
The holding parts 324 of ceramic workpiece 10 are stated, the clamping device 323 can be under control of the control system around the rotating shaft 322 3 hundred
60 degree of rotations.The ceramic workpiece 10 is fixed on the holding parts 324 of the clamping device 323, makes the ceramic workpiece 10
On the cup dolly 31, four side walls 13 of the ceramic workpiece 10 are exposed to the outer of the clamping device 323
Edge.
The upper disk body 41 of the top rotary table 40 of the application polissoir is rotated in a first direction, positioned at the upper lower section of disk body 41
Brush 42 with second direction rotation opposite to the first direction；The lower rotary table 20 is rotated with the second direction, institute
State clamping apparatus 30 and the rotation of fixture 32 is driven on the lower rotary table 20 along the first direction.
The technique being polished using the polissoir of the application is as follows：
S10, some ceramic workpieces are fixed on the lower rotary table by the fixture；
The ceramic workpiece 10 is fixed on the holding parts 324 by this step by the fixture 32, the potter
Four sides 13 of part 10 are exposed to the outer rim of the clamping device 323.
S20, initial networked control systems；
This step is by initializing set parameter, and the upper disk body 41 of top rotary table 40 is in a first direction with 120-150r/min
Speed rotate；The brush 42 of the top rotary table 40 is in second direction opposite to the first direction with 6-10r/min speed
Spend backwards rotation；The lower rotary table 20 is rotated with 20-40r/min speed in this second direction；On the lower rotary table 20
Some clamping apparatus 30 drive some ceramic workpieces 10 for being mounted thereon in the first direction opposite with the lower rotary table 20
On rotated with 6-10r/min speed.Polishing cloth 43 in the brush 42 of the top rotary table 40 is contacting the ceramic workpiece
During 13 surface of side, in addition it is also necessary to push 2-3mm, so as to grinding efficiency is improved, meanwhile, it is also adapted to the side of the ceramic workpiece 10
And on-plane surface but the problem of curved surface, i.e., described polishing cloth 43 is in the case where pushing 2-3mm, the side table of institute's ceramic workpiece 10
Face can all be contacted by the polishing cloth.Four corners 14 of the ceramic workpiece 10 are arcuate structure, the polishing simultaneously
In the case that cloth 43 pushes 2-3mm, the corner 14 can be made to contact throwing by the polishing cloth 43 according to cornerwise half at least
Light.
S30, starting device are polished to the ceramic workpiece；
This step starts polissoir, makes the upper disk body 41, brush 42, lower rotary table 20, clamping apparatus 30 according to setting
Parameter rotated, this step includes：
First side in S301,10 4 sides of all ceramic workpieces is towards the top rotary table, under the top rotary table 40
Polishing cloth 43 on pressure, the top rotary table 40 contacts the first side and pushes 2-3mm, polishes 20-30min；
S302, control system control the rotary shaft 322 of the clamping apparatus 30 to drive the clamping device 323 to rotate 90
Degree, makes the second side of the ceramic workpiece 10 towards the top rotary table 40, repeat step S301 is polished to second side；
S303, control system control the rotary shaft 322 of the clamping apparatus 30 to drive the clamping device 323 in same side
To rotating 90 degree again, make the 3rd side of the ceramic workpiece 10 towards the top rotary table 40, repeat step S301 is to the 3rd
Side is polished；
S304, control system control the rotary shaft 322 of the clamping apparatus 30 to drive the clamping device 323 in same side
To rotating 90 degree again, make the four side of the ceramic workpiece 10 towards the top rotary table 40, repeat step S301 is to the 4th
Side is polished；
It is additionally included in before step S30 on the polishing cloth 43 and smears polishing fluid or antiscuffing paste, the polishing fluid or throwing
Light cream is diamond powder, and the demand that can be thrown according to rough polishing or essence selects the granular size of diamond powder.Rough polishing may be selected particle compared with
Big diamond powder, essence, which is thrown, may be selected the less diamond powder of particle.
S40, repeat step S30, the selection less diamond powder of particle carry out smart throwing to the ceramic workpiece 10.
The polissoir or polishing method of the application by set on the lower rotary table 20 it is some can rotation clamping apparatus
30, and some fixtures 32 on same circumference are set on the clamping apparatus 30, time processing is completed to up to
The polishing of tens ceramic workpieces, meanwhile, the fixture 32 is rotated up provided with the drive ceramic workpiece 360 degree of sides
Rotating shaft, time processing, you can complete the processing to four sides of ceramic workpiece, and in process, without filling again
Folder, greatly improves efficiency.
It should also be noted that, term " comprising ", "comprising" or its any other variant are intended to nonexcludability
Comprising so that process, method, commodity or equipment including a series of key elements are not only including those key elements, but also wrap
Include other key elements being not expressly set out, or also include for this process, method, commodity or equipment intrinsic want
Element.In the absence of more restrictions, the key element limited by sentence "including a ...", it is not excluded that wanted including described
Also there is other identical element in process, method, commodity or the equipment of element.
Embodiments herein is the foregoing is only, the application is not limited to.For those skilled in the art
For, the application can have various modifications and variations.It is all any modifications made within spirit herein and principle, equivalent
Replace, improve etc., it should be included within the scope of claims hereof.
Claims (8)
1. one kind is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus, it is characterised in that including：
Cup dolly；
Some fixtures, are uniformly laid on the same periphery on the cup dolly, described including being perpendicularly fixed at the circle
Armstand on shape base, be installed on the armstand upper end and towards the rotating shaft extended away from center of circle direction, be installed on the rotating shaft end
The clamping device for clamping the ceramic workpiece is held, the clamping device can be around described 360 degree of rotations of rotating shaft.
2. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the clamping device end
Provided with holding parts, the ceramic workpiece includes rear wall, four side walls being formed is upwardly extended from the rear wall edge and by described
Rear wall encloses the inner chamber being set as with four side walls, and the ceramic workpiece is immobilizated on the holding parts by the inner chamber.
3. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that the side of the ceramic workpiece
Side surface is exposed to the outer rim of the clamping device.
4. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the clamping apparatus application
In in a kind of polissoir, the polissoir includes top rotary table, the brush below the top rotary table, is coated on the brush
Polishing cloth, lower rotary table and control system on disk, some clamping apparatus are uniformly distributed in the same periphery of the lower rotary table
On.
5. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the top rotary table is along first
Direction rotates, and the brush is along the second direction opposite to the first direction rotation on the top rotary table；The lower rotary table
Rotated along the second direction, the clamping apparatus is along first direction rotation on the lower rotary table.
6. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that the upper disk of the top rotary table
Body is rotated with 120-150r/min speed；The brush is rotated with 6-10r/min speed；The lower rotary table is with 20-40r/
Min speed is rotated；Some clamping apparatus on the lower rotary table drive some ceramic workpieces being mounted thereon with 6-10r/
Min speed is rotated.
7. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that the brush of the top rotary table
On polishing cloth push 2-3mm relative to the side edge surface of the ceramic workpiece.
8. it is used for ceramic workpiece polishing clamping apparatus as described in any one of claim 4 to 7, it is characterised in that in polishing
During, after the polishing of a side of the ceramic workpiece is completed, the control system controls the clamping device around institute
90 degree of axis of rotation is stated, until completing the polishing to four sides of ceramic workpiece.
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