CN107234432B - Radiator core assembly machine and assembly method thereof - Google Patents

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CN107234432B
CN107234432B CN201710535005.8A CN201710535005A CN107234432B CN 107234432 B CN107234432 B CN 107234432B CN 201710535005 A CN201710535005 A CN 201710535005A CN 107234432 B CN107234432 B CN 107234432B
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The invention discloses a radiator core assembly machine and an assembly method thereof, and relates to the technical field of automobile radiator assembly, wherein the radiator core assembly machine comprises a rack and a back plate arranged on the rack, a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates are arranged on the front surface of the back plate, and a hollowed-out part for accommodating a core is arranged in the middle of the back plate; a horizontal sliding rail is arranged in the hollowed-out part, a backing plate corresponding to the core body and a plurality of sliding check blocks are arranged on the horizontal sliding rail in a sliding manner, and each sliding check block is oppositely arranged at two sides of the backing plate; the front face of the base plate is flush with the front face of each sliding stop block, and the height difference between the front face of the base plate and the clamping groove is equal to the height difference between the radiating belt and the radiating pipe. The invention reduces the consumption of iron wires for bundling and can reduce the labor cost and the material cost for companies.

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Radiator core assembly machine and assembly method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automobile radiator assembly, in particular to a radiator core assembly machine and an assembly method thereof.
Background
Because of the rapid introduction of pure electric buses, manufacturers producing radiators at present only use the production experience of commercial vehicle radiators. For the individual requirements of the passenger car radiator, the improvement of the related production process is only in the fumbling stage, and no related national standard or industry standard exists at all. According to the experience of the two years of new energy passenger car radiator production of our company, the requirements of the passenger car on the radiator, both in terms of heat radiation performance and product reliability, are far higher than those of commercial vehicles. The traditional production equipment and production process can not meet the requirements of new energy buses on the radiator.
The radiator core assembly machine used by companies at present has the same problems that the assembly process is complex, time-consuming and material-consuming, and the quality cannot be ensured:
firstly, the radiator core assembled according to the production process set by the existing assembly machine has the quality problems of uneven wave band, band dropping, inclined brace holes and the like. The main reasons are that the working assembly machines for assembly, leveling, correction and the like cannot guarantee that the working assembly machines can only be completely finished by manual work, visual control is performed, the product quality cannot be stable, and the working efficiency is low.
Secondly, the traditional assembly machine workflow is as follows:
s101, arranging a radiating belt, radiating pipes and baffles according to the requirements of a drawing by an assembly machine;
s102, flattening and finishing the core body;
s103, binding and fixing the assembled core body by using iron wires;
s104, loosening an air cylinder of the assembly machine and taking down the core body;
s105, knocking out a main piece;
s106, taking down the iron wires bound for the first time;
s107, secondary flattening of the core body and arrangement of the heat dissipation belt;
s108, correcting positions of the baffle and the core body;
s109, bundling the corrected core body with iron wires for the second time;
step S110, the flow goes to a roasting process.
The 18 minutes required to complete a core according to the above procedure is very inefficient and presents the first quality problem.
In addition, the original assembly machine backboard is a whole board, and the relative positions of the baffle plate, the radiating belt and the radiating pipe of the assembled radiator core body cannot reach the positions required by the drawing. Firstly, according to the technical requirements of products, the baffle, the radiating pipe and the radiating belt are not on the same plane, the radiating belt exceeds the radiating pipe by 1mm, the relative positions of the baffle and the radiating belt are on the same central line, and the fact that the relative positions of the braces on the baffle and the radiator core are equal is satisfied. However, the core body actually assembled often cannot be marked, one surface of the heat dissipation belt, which is close to the back plate, of the heat dissipation pipe is almost on the same plane, the core body needs to be taken down and then is completely manually flattened, and the distance of the heat dissipation belt, which is higher than the heat dissipation pipe by 1mm, cannot be ensured by visual inspection. Secondly, the baffle position and the radiating pipe and one surface of the radiating belt backboard are basically on the same plane, so that the relative positions of the brace arranged on the baffle and the core body of the radiator are not consistent, and the serious surface is directly pressed on the core body.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a radiator core assembly machine and an assembly method thereof, which reduce the consumption of iron wires for bundling and can reduce the labor cost and the material cost for companies.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: the radiator core assembly machine comprises two baffles arranged up and down, a radiating belt and a radiating pipe, wherein the radiating belt and the radiating pipe are arranged between the two baffles, a bracket for connecting a hook is arranged on the baffles, the assembly machine comprises a frame and a back plate arranged on the frame, a top plate, a bottom plate and two side plates are arranged on the front surface of the back plate, and a hollowed-out part for accommodating the core is arranged in the middle of the back plate; the top plate is positioned above the hollowed-out part, a first air cylinder is arranged above the top plate, a pressing block is arranged below the top plate, and a driving rod of the first air cylinder penetrates through the top plate to be connected with the pressing block; the bottom plate is positioned below the hollowed-out part, and a top block is arranged above the bottom plate; the two side plates are respectively positioned at two sides of the hollowed-out part, the outer sides of the side plates are provided with second air cylinders, the inner sides of the side plates are provided with push plates, and driving rods of the second air cylinders penetrate through the side plates to be connected with the push plates; the inner side of the push plate is provided with a clamping groove for fixing the radiating pipe; a horizontal sliding rail is arranged in the hollowed-out part, a base plate corresponding to the core body and a plurality of sliding check blocks are arranged on the horizontal sliding rail in a sliding manner, and each sliding check block is oppositely arranged at two sides of the base plate; the front face of the base plate is flush with the front face of each sliding stop block, and the height difference between the front face of the base plate and the clamping groove is equal to the height difference between the radiating belt and the radiating pipe.
On the basis of the technical scheme, two guide posts are arranged on the outer side of the push plate, and the end parts of the two guide posts penetrate through the corresponding side plates; the two guide posts are respectively positioned above and below the second cylinder.
On the basis of the technical scheme, two horizontal sliding rails are arranged and are respectively positioned at the upper end and the lower end of the hollowed-out part.
On the basis of the technical scheme, the width of the horizontal sliding rail is 12mm.
On the basis of the technical scheme, the height difference between the front face of the base plate and the clamping groove is 1mm.
The invention also discloses an assembling method based on the radiator core assembling machine, which is characterized by comprising the following steps of: s201, arranging a radiating belt, radiating pipes and baffles according to the requirements of a drawing by an assembly machine; s202, flattening and finishing the core body; s203, directly hooking hooks on the supports of the two baffles, and bundling and fixing the core; s204, loosening an air cylinder of the assembly machine and taking down the core body; s205, knocking out a main piece; s206, flattening the core body to arrange wave bands; step S207, the flow goes to a roasting process.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. compared with the working procedure before improvement, the special stainless steel hook is directly hooked on the two baffle supports to replace the original binding with iron wires, 4 working procedures (step S106 to step S109) are omitted, the consumption of the iron wires for binding is reduced, and the labor cost and the material cost can be reduced for companies.
2. The position of the sliding stop block can be adjusted to adapt to the states of different products, the protruding portion at the baffle support is avoided, after the core body is assembled, the core body is pressed down through the first air cylinder, the heat dissipation belt and the heat dissipation pipe are tightly attached, the welding rate is guaranteed, then the stay is installed at the reserved gap, the first air cylinder and the second air cylinder are loosened, and the core body is taken down. In addition, the front face of the base plate is flush with the front face of each sliding stop block, and the height difference between the front face of the base plate and the clamping groove is equal to the height difference between the radiating belt and the radiating pipe. The radiating belt can be ensured to be higher than the radiating pipe all the time, and the core body can be taken down without being flattened.
3. Improving productivity: after the new assembly machine omits 3 working procedures, the assembly time of each core body is saved by 5 minutes, 140 x 5=700 minutes, 700 minutes/13 minutes/53.8 according to the current yield of 140 cores per day, and the daily yield can be improved to 193.8 cores. Annual productivity is increased from 36960 to 51163.2 per month according to 22 working days. The energy consumption is not increased while the productivity is improved.
4. Labor is saved: 1 core binder can be dispensed with after the new assembly machine, and (payroll + insurance) average 4300 yuan/month x 12 months = 51600 yuan.
5. The fixture is changed into 30 ten thousand yuan for external collaborative design and manufacture, and the design and manufacture cost of the company is changed into 8 ten thousand yuan (8 multiplied by 1 ten thousand/table), so that 22 ten thousand yuan is saved for the company.
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FIG. 1 is a front view of a radiator core assembly machine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a radiator core assembler in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion a in fig. 2.
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1-a frame;
2-a back plate;
3-horizontal sliding rails; 31-backing plate; 32-a sliding block;
4-top plate; 41-a first cylinder; 42-briquetting;
5-a bottom plate; 51-top block;
6-side plates; 61-a second cylinder; 62-pushing plate; 63-a guide post; 64-clamping grooves;
7-a core; 71-a baffle; 72-bracket.
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Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, for the azimuth words such as the terms "center", "transverse (X)", "longitudinal (Y)", "vertical (Z)", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., the azimuth and positional relationships are based on the azimuth or positional relationships shown in the drawings, only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific azimuth, be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and should not be construed as limiting the specific protection scope of the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, the definition of "a first", "a second" feature may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such feature, and in the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a number", "a number" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.
The technical scheme and the beneficial effects of the invention are more clear and definite by further describing the specific embodiments of the invention with reference to the drawings in the specification. The embodiments described below are exemplary by referring to the drawings for the purpose of illustrating the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a radiator core assembly machine, a core 7 includes two baffles 71 disposed up and down, and a heat dissipation belt and a heat dissipation pipe disposed between the two baffles 71, a bracket 72 for connecting a hook is disposed on the baffles 71, the assembly machine includes a frame 1 and a back plate 2 disposed on the frame 1, a top plate 4, a bottom plate 5 and two side plates 6 are disposed on the front surface of the back plate 2, and a hollowed portion for accommodating the core 7 is disposed in the middle of the back plate 2;
the top plate 4 is positioned above the hollowed-out part, a first cylinder 41 is arranged above the top plate 4, a pressing block 42 is arranged below the top plate 4, and a driving rod of the first cylinder 41 penetrates through the top plate 4 to be connected with the pressing block 42;
the bottom plate 5 is positioned below the hollowed-out part, and a top block 51 is arranged above the bottom plate 5;
the two side plates 6 are respectively positioned at the two sides of the hollowed-out part, the outer sides of the side plates 6 are provided with second air cylinders 61, the inner sides of the side plates 6 are provided with push plates 62, and driving rods of the second air cylinders 61 penetrate through the side plates 6 to be connected with the push plates 62; the inner side of the push plate 62 is provided with a clamping groove 64 for fixing the radiating pipe; specifically, two guide posts 63 are arranged on the outer side of the push plate 62, and the end parts of the two guide posts 63 pass through the corresponding side plates 6; the two guide posts 63 are located above and below the second cylinder 61, respectively.
The horizontal sliding rails 3 are arranged in the hollowed-out parts, specifically, the two horizontal sliding rails 3 are arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the hollowed-out parts respectively, and the width of the horizontal sliding rails 3 is 12mm. The horizontal slide rail 3 is provided with a base plate 31 and a plurality of sliding stop blocks 32 which correspond to the core 7 in a sliding manner, and each sliding stop block 32 is oppositely arranged at two sides of the base plate 31; the front surface of the pad 31 is flush with the front surface of each sliding block 32, and the height difference between the front surface of the pad 31 and the clamping groove 64 is equal to the height difference between the heat dissipation belt and the heat dissipation pipe. Specifically, the height difference between the front surface of the pad 31 and the card slot 64 is 1mm. The position of the sliding stop block can be adjusted to adapt to the states of different products, the protruding portion at the baffle support is avoided, after the core body is assembled, the core body is pressed down through the first air cylinder, the heat dissipation belt and the heat dissipation pipe are tightly attached, the welding rate is guaranteed, then the stay is installed at the reserved gap, the first air cylinder and the second air cylinder are loosened, and the core body is taken down. In addition, the front face of the base plate is flush with the front face of each sliding stop block, and the height difference between the front face of the base plate and the clamping groove is equal to the height difference between the radiating belt and the radiating pipe. The distance that the radiating belt is higher than the radiating pipe by 1mm all the time can be ensured, and the core body can be taken down without being flattened.
The embodiment of the invention also provides an assembling method based on the radiator core assembling machine, which comprises the following steps:
s201, arranging a radiating belt, radiating pipes and a baffle 71 according to the requirements of a drawing by an assembly machine;
s202, flattening and finishing the core 7;
s203, directly hooking hooks on the supports 72 of the two baffles 71, and bundling and fixing the core 7; the special stainless steel hook is directly hooked on the two baffle supports to replace the original iron wire binding.
S204, loosening an air cylinder of the assembly machine and taking down the core 7;
s205, knocking out a main piece;
s206, flattening the core 7 to arrange wave bands;
step S207, the flow goes to a roasting process.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but a number of modifications and adaptations can be made by a person skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, which modifications and adaptations are also considered to be within the scope of the invention. What is not described in detail in this specification is prior art known to those skilled in the art.

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1. Radiator core assembly machine, core (7) are including two baffles (71) that set up from top to bottom to and set up heat dissipation area and cooling tube between two baffles (71), are provided with on baffle (71) and are used for connecting support (72) of couple, its characterized in that: the assembly machine comprises a frame (1) and a back plate (2) arranged on the frame (1), wherein a top plate (4), a bottom plate (5) and two side plates (6) are arranged on the front surface of the back plate (2), and a hollowed-out part for accommodating a core body (7) is formed in the middle of the back plate (2);
the top plate (4) is positioned above the hollowed-out part, a first air cylinder (41) is arranged above the top plate (4), a pressing block (42) is arranged below the top plate (4), and a driving rod of the first air cylinder (41) penetrates through the top plate (4) to be connected with the pressing block (42);
the bottom plate (5) is positioned below the hollowed-out part, and a top block (51) is arranged above the bottom plate (5);
the two side plates (6) are respectively positioned at two sides of the hollowed-out part, a second air cylinder (61) is arranged at the outer side of the side plate (6), a push plate (62) is arranged at the inner side of the side plate (6), and a driving rod of the second air cylinder (61) penetrates through the side plate (6) to be connected with the push plate (62); a clamping groove (64) for fixing the radiating pipe is formed in the inner side of the push plate (62);
a horizontal sliding rail (3) is arranged in the hollowed-out part, a base plate (31) corresponding to the core body (7) and a plurality of sliding check blocks (32) are arranged on the horizontal sliding rail (3) in a sliding manner, and each sliding check block (32) is oppositely arranged on two sides of the base plate (31); the front face of the base plate (31) is flush with the front face of each sliding stop block (32), and the height difference between the front face of the base plate (31) and the clamping groove (64) is equal to the height difference between the radiating belt and the radiating pipe;
two guide posts (63) are arranged on the outer side of the push plate (62), and the end parts of the two guide posts (63) penetrate through the corresponding side plates (6); the two guide posts (63) are respectively positioned above and below the second air cylinder (61);
the horizontal sliding rails (3) are arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the hollowed-out part respectively.
2. The radiator core assembly machine of claim 1, wherein: the width of the horizontal sliding rail (3) is 12mm.
3. The radiator core assembly machine of claim 1, wherein: the height difference between the front surface of the backing plate (31) and the clamping groove (64) is 1mm.
4. The assembling method based on the radiator core assembling machine as claimed in claim 1, comprising the steps of:
s201, arranging a radiating belt, radiating pipes and a baffle plate (71) according to the requirements of a drawing through an assembly machine;
s202, flattening and finishing the core body (7);
s203, directly hooking hooks on the brackets (72) of the two baffles (71), and bundling and fixing the core body (7);
s204, loosening an air cylinder of an assembly machine and taking down the core body (7);
s205, knocking out a main piece;
s206, flattening the core body (7) to arrange wave bands;
step S207, the flow goes to a roasting process.
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