Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems, the invention provides an end cover sealing and crimping device, which is characterized in that two pressing plate assemblies arranged in front and back are connected to a guide rail, a locking device and a positioning device are arranged, the crimping process is easy to operate, the work is stable, and the crimping product is excellent; the equipment is convenient to adjust when the products with different sizes are replaced, and the adaptability to the products is strong. In addition, the correspondingly provided end cover sealing and crimping method is simple to operate and saves time and labor.
The invention provides an end cover sealing and crimping device, which comprises: the rack is provided with an operation platform for placing a workpiece to be pressed; the guide rail is fixed on the frame along the longitudinal direction; the compression joint assembly is slidably connected with the guide rail and comprises a first pressing plate assembly and a second pressing plate assembly which are arranged along the compression joint stroke and can move relatively, the first pressing plate assembly is used for applying pressure to the workpiece, and the second pressing plate assembly is used for preventing the workpiece from axially displacing in the compression joint process; the driving device is arranged on the frame, connected with the first pressing plate assembly and used for driving the first pressing plate assembly to slide along the guide rail to apply pressure to the workpiece; the locking device is connected with the second pressing plate assembly and used for fixing the second pressing plate assembly to the frame after the position of the second pressing plate assembly relative to the frame is adjusted; the positioning device is arranged on the operating platform in a lifting manner parallel to the guide rail and is used for laterally positioning the workpiece to be pressed.
Further, the first platen assembly includes a first bracket, a first platen, and a ram; the first bracket is connected with the guide rail and can slide along the guide rail under the drive of the driving device, and comprises a vertical plate perpendicular to the operation platform; the first pressing plate is horizontally and adjustably arranged on the vertical plate; the pressure head is vertically adjustably mounted to the first pressure plate.
Further, the vertical plate is provided with a first through groove extending along the horizontal direction, and the first pressing plate is adjustably fixed on the vertical plate through a connecting piece penetrating through the first through groove; the first pressing plate is provided with a second through groove extending along the vertical direction, and the pressure head is adjustably fixed on the first pressing plate through a connecting piece penetrating through the second through groove.
Preferably, the connecting piece comprises a bolt, a nut and a spring, wherein the spring is sleeved on the bolt and is mutually abutted with the head of the bolt or the nut.
Further, the second pressing plate assembly comprises a second support and a pressing block, the second support is slidably connected to the guide rail, and the pressing block is adsorbed to the second support through a magnet arranged on the back face of the pressing block.
Preferably, the locking mechanism comprises a screw and a locking block; the screw rod penetrates through the second bracket to be connected with the locking block; the locking block is L-shaped, the lower part of the locking block is hooked on the frame or the guide rail, and the second pressing plate assembly can be locked on the frame by screwing the screw.
Preferably, the guide rail comprises a first guide rail and a second guide rail which are arranged in a front-back separation way along the crimping stroke; the first guide rail comprises square linear guide rails arranged on two sides of the front end of the operation platform, and the second guide rail comprises round linear guide rails arranged on two sides of the rear end of the operation platform; the first pressing plate assembly and the second pressing plate assembly are respectively connected to the first guide rail and the second guide rail.
Preferably, the positioning device is provided with a plurality of positioning devices and is arranged parallel to the guide rail; each positioning device comprises a positioning plate, a driving mechanism and a connecting piece, and each positioning plate can be driven by the corresponding driving mechanism to lift and is used for laterally positioning a workpiece to be crimped.
Preferably, the upper surface of the operation platform is provided with a universal ball assembly for facilitating the movement of the workpiece to be crimped on the operation platform.
Preferably, the driving device includes: the device comprises an air cylinder, a mounting bracket, an electromagnetic valve and a pressure regulating filter mechanism, wherein a piston rod of the air cylinder is connected with the first pressing plate assembly, and the pressure regulating filter mechanism is used for regulating the size of the pressing force.
Correspondingly, the invention provides a method for crimping end cover sealing glue based on the end cover sealing glue crimping equipment, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Loosening the locking device, adjusting the position of the second pressing plate assembly according to the length of the workpiece to be pressed, and locking the locking device after adjustment is completed;
(2) Placing the workpiece on an operation platform, lifting a positioning device between the second pressing plate assembly and the first pressing plate assembly to the upper part of the operation platform, and keeping the positioning device behind the second pressing plate assembly to be positioned below the operation platform;
(3) Moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device, and adjusting the positions of the corresponding components in the second pressing plate component and the first pressing plate component according to the components on the front end cover and the rear end cover of the workpiece;
(4) Moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device to a position close to the second pressing plate assembly, and starting crimping;
(5) Lowering a positioning device positioned above the operation platform, and removing the workpiece subjected to crimping;
(6) And (5) repeating the 2 nd to 5 th steps to finish the crimping of other workpieces.
Further, the moving the workpiece along the side of the positioning device, and adjusting the positions of the components in the second pressing plate component and the first pressing plate component according to the components on the front end cover and the rear end cover of the workpiece, includes: moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device to a position close to the second pressing plate assembly, and adjusting the position of the pressing block to ensure that the pressing block avoids the protruding parts on the rear end cover of the workpiece and is uniformly distributed; and moving the workpiece to a position close to the first pressing plate assembly along the side surface of the positioning device, and respectively adjusting the positions of the first pressing plate and the pressing head to avoid the convex parts on the front end cover of the workpiece and uniformly distributing the convex parts.
Compared with the prior art, the end cover sealing and crimping equipment and the crimping method thereof have the beneficial effects that:
(1) The guide rail adopts the first guide rail and the second guide rail which are arranged in a front-back separation way, so that the guide rail material can be saved on the premise of meeting the compression joint travel; meanwhile, the first guide rail at the front end adopts a square linear guide rail, so that the guide precision is high, and the guide rail is convenient to connect with the crimping assembly; the second guide rail at the rear end adopts a circular linear guide rail, so that the bearing capacity is larger, and the second guide rail is not easy to damage in a locking state.
(2) The first pressing plate in the first pressing plate assembly can be horizontally and adjustably arranged on the first vertical plate, the pressing head can be vertically and adjustably arranged on the first pressing plate, and parts convexly arranged on the front end cover can be avoided; and through spring pressure interconnect, adopt this structure can avoid adopting frequent loosening locking connection screw when the pressure head is adjusted to conventional screw locking fixed mode, saved adjustment time.
(3) The briquetting of second clamp plate subassembly adsorbs on the second support through inlay the powerful magnet in its bottom surface, when needing to avoid the protrusion to install at rear end cap upper member, only need manual promotion briquetting, its position can remove, and to a great extent saves position adjustment time.
(4) The upper locking surface of the locking block is provided with a reticular tooth-shaped groove, so that the friction force between the upper locking surface and the bottom surface of the second guide rail seat can be increased, and the second pressing plate assembly can bear larger axial pressure.
(5) Through the hole of stepping down that link up about operating platform along the crimping stroke setting up to set up a plurality of liftable positioner in the hole of stepping down, according to the position lift adjustment positioner of second clamp plate subassembly, can be under the prerequisite that does not influence second clamp plate subassembly adjustment position, the lateral positioning to the work piece, compress tightly the position unanimous when guaranteeing same money product pressure equipment.
(6) The universal ball assembly is arranged on the upper surface of the operation platform, so that a workpiece to be crimped can slide on the operation platform conveniently, and particularly, the heavier workpiece can be saved in labor when moving on the operation platform.
These and other aspects of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.
Detailed Description
In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present invention, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides an end cap seal crimping apparatus 100, comprising: the device comprises a frame 1, a guide rail 2, a crimping assembly 3, a driving device 4, a locking device 5, a positioning device 6 and a control system (not shown).
The frame 1 comprises an operating platform 11, a bracket 12 for supporting the operating platform 11, four casters 13 with supporting blocks 131 and a foot cup 14 for middle support, which are arranged below the bracket 12. The operation platform 11 is provided with a relief hole 110 penetrating through the upper and lower surfaces of the positioning device 6. When the supporting block 131 and the foot cup 14 are screwed up, the frame 1 can be freely moved so as to be convenient for use in different working places; during normal operation, the support block 131 and the footcup 14 are unscrewed to prevent displacement of the frame 1 during crimping.
The guide rail 2 is fixed to the frame 1. In this embodiment, the guide rail 2 includes a first guide rail 21 and a second guide rail 22 which are disposed apart from each other in front and rear along a crimping stroke; the first guide rail 21 includes a square linear guide rail 211 disposed on both sides of the front end of the operation platform 11 through a first guide rail seat 210, and a slider 212 sleeved on the linear guide rail 211; referring to fig. 6, the second guide rail 22 includes a second guide rail seat 220, and circular linear guide rails 221 disposed on both sides of the rear end of the operation platform 11 through the second guide rail seat 220. The first guide rail 21 and the second guide rail 22 are both selected to be capable of bearing heavy loads; the first guide rail 21 at the front end adopts a square linear guide rail, so that the guide precision is high, and the connection with the crimping assembly 3 is convenient; the second guide rail 22 at the rear end adopts a circular linear guide rail, has larger bearing capacity and is not easy to damage in a locking state.
The compression joint assembly 3 is slidably connected to the guide rail 2 and comprises a first compression plate assembly 31 and a second compression plate assembly 32 which are arranged along the compression joint stroke in a front-back mode and can relatively move; the first and second platen assemblies 31 and 32 are connected to the first and second rails 21 and 22, respectively, to slide in directions defined by the first and second rails 21 and 22, respectively.
As shown in fig. 2, the driving device 4 is disposed on the frame 1, and connected to the first pressing plate assembly 31, for driving the first pressing plate assembly to slide along the guide rail 2. Preferably, the driving device 4 includes: the device comprises a cylinder 40, a mounting bracket 41, an electromagnetic valve (not shown) and a pressure-regulating filtering mechanism (not shown), wherein a piston rod 401 of the cylinder 40 is connected with the first bracket 311, and the pressure-regulating filtering mechanism is used for regulating the pressing force. The electromagnetic valve and the pressure-regulating filtering mechanism are installed below the operation platform 11, and the air cylinder 40 is fixed above the operation platform 11. The pressing force is determined according to the pressure required for pressing the end cover, and the stroke of the cylinder 40 is relatively large, so that when the length and the size of the product are not greatly different, the position of the second pressing plate assembly 32 is not required to be adjusted, and the pressing requirement can be met only by the stroke of the cylinder 40.
In other embodiments, the driving device may also be composed of a motor or a hydraulic cylinder, etc., so long as the first platen assembly can be driven to slide along the first guide rail and apply pressure to the workpiece.
Referring to fig. 3 to 5, the first platen assembly 31 includes a first bracket 311, a first platen 312 and a ram 313. The first bracket 311 is connected to the first rail 21 and can slide along the first rail 21 under the driving of the driving device 4, and includes a first mounting seat 3111 for being mounted on the slider 212 and a vertical plate 3112 connected to the first mounting seat 3111 and perpendicular to the operation platform 11; the first pressing plate 312 is horizontally adjustably mounted to the vertical plate 3112; the ram 313 is vertically adjustably mounted to the first platen 312 so that the ram 313 is adjustable in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
Further, the vertical plate 3112 is provided with a first through slot 3113 extending in a horizontal direction, the first pressing plate 312 is provided with a first positioning hole 3122 corresponding to the first through slot 3113, and the first pressing plate 312 is adjustably fixed to the vertical plate 3112 by a connecting member 314 penetrating the first through slot 3113 and the first positioning hole 3122. The first pressing plate 312 is provided with a second through slot 3121 extending in a vertical direction, the pressing head 313 is provided with a second positioning hole 3131 corresponding to the second through slot 3121, and the pressing head 313 is adjustably fixed on the first pressing plate 312 by a connecting piece 314 penetrating the second through slot 3121 and the second positioning hole 3131.
Preferably, the connector 314 includes a bolt 3141, a nut 3142, and a spring 3143 sleeved on the bolt 3141. When the bolt 3141 is inserted through the vertical plate 3112 and the first pressing plate 312, one end of the spring 3143 is in contact with the head of the bolt 3141 or the nut 3142, and the other end is in contact with the vertical plate 3112 or the first pressing plate 312; when the bolt 3141 is inserted between the first pressing plate 312 and the pressing head 313, one end of the spring 3143 is in contact with the head of the bolt 3141 or the nut 3142, and the other end is in contact with the first pressing plate 312 or the pressing head 313. The first pressing plate 312 is pressed against the vertical plate 3112 by the elastic force of the spring 3143, and the first pressing plate 312 can be manually pulled up when adjustment is needed, the spring is compressed, and the first pressing plate 312 can be moved left and right at a certain distance from the vertical plate 3112; the pressing head 313 is pressed against the first pressing plate 312 by elastic force, and the position adjustment principle thereof is the same as that of the first pressing plate 312. By adjusting the first presser plate 312 and the presser 313, the presser 313 can be positioned at any coordinate point within the range of use.
Referring to fig. 6, the second pressing plate assembly 32 includes a second bracket 321 and a pressing block 322, wherein the second bracket 321 is slidably connected to the second rail 22, and the pressing block 322 is attracted to the second bracket 321 by a magnet (not shown) disposed on the back surface thereof for movement adjustment. In this embodiment, the second pressing plate assembly 32 further includes a roller 323 cooperating with the second bracket 321, where the second pressing plate assembly 32 is supported on the second guide rail 22 by the roller 323, so that the second pressing plate assembly 32 can move back and forth along the second guide rail 22, and lock the locking device 5 after moving to a proper position, so that axial displacement of the second pressing plate assembly 32 during press-fitting can be avoided. Preferably, the back of the pressing block 322 is provided with a strong magnet by embedding.
Referring to fig. 6, the locking device 5 is connected to the second pressing plate assembly 32, and is used for fixing the second pressing plate assembly to the frame 1. Preferably, the locking device 5 comprises a screw 51, a handle 52 and a locking block 53. The screw rod 51 passes through the second bracket 321 to be connected with the locking block 53; the locking block 53 is L-shaped, and the lower portion thereof is hooked on the bottom surface of the second guide rail seat 220 mounted on the bracket 1, so that the second pressing plate assembly 32 can be locked on the frame 1 by screwing the screw 51. Preferably, the upper locking surface of the locking block 53 is formed with a mesh-shaped groove to increase friction with the bottom surface of the second guide rail seat 220, so that the second pressing plate assembly 32 can bear a large axial pressure.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the positioning device 6 is disposed on the operation platform 1 in parallel to the guide rail 2 in a liftable manner. In this embodiment, four positioning devices 6 are provided, which are disposed in the yielding holes 110 and are uniformly arranged on a straight line parallel to the guide rail 2. Preferably, each positioning device 6 includes a positioning plate (not labeled), a positioning cylinder (not shown) and a positioning connector (not labeled), and each positioning plate can be independently lifted in the yielding hole 110 under the driving of its corresponding positioning cylinder, so as to laterally position the workpiece 200 to be crimped. Different numbers of positioning devices 6 can be selected according to the length of the workpiece 200, and when the shorter workpiece 200 is pressed and the second pressing plate assembly 32 needs to move forwards, the positioning devices 6 behind the position to which the second pressing plate assembly 32 needs to move can be independently lowered, so that interference with the movement of the second pressing plate assembly 32 is avoided; when the press-fitting of the workpiece 200 is completed, the raised positioning device 6 is automatically lowered, so that the workpiece 200 can be conveniently moved out of the operation platform 110.
The control system comprises an operation button and other electrical elements such as a PLC for control, and can realize automatic control of the end cover sealing and crimping equipment 100 by starting a stored program.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the operation platform 11 is provided with an array arrangement of universal ball assemblies 7, which includes a ball seat fixed on the operation platform 11 and balls disposed in the ball seat and capable of rotating 360 °. The universal ball assembly 7 can enable the workpiece 200 to be pressed to slide on the operation platform 11 more smoothly, and particularly can enable heavier workpieces to move on the operation platform 11 more effort-saving.
The invention also provides a method for crimping the end cover sealing glue based on the end cover sealing glue crimping equipment 100, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Loosening the locking device, adjusting the position of the second pressing plate assembly according to the length of the workpiece to be pressed, and locking the locking device after adjustment is completed;
(2) Placing the workpiece on an operation platform, lifting a positioning device between the second pressing plate assembly and the first pressing plate assembly to the upper part of the operation platform, and keeping the positioning device behind the second pressing plate assembly to be positioned below the operation platform;
(3) Moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device, and adjusting the positions of the corresponding components in the second pressing plate component and the first pressing plate component according to the components on the front end cover and the rear end cover of the workpiece;
(4) Moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device to a position close to the second pressing plate assembly, and starting crimping;
(5) Lowering a positioning device positioned above the operation platform, and removing the workpiece subjected to crimping;
(6) And (5) repeating the 2 nd to 5 th steps to finish the crimping of other workpieces.
And in the step 1, the position of the second pressing plate assembly is adjusted according to the length and the size of the workpiece, specifically, the workpiece can be positioned in the travel range of the air cylinder of the driving device, and the movement travel of the air cylinder is as short as possible.
And 3. Moving the workpiece along the side of the positioning device, and adjusting the positions of the corresponding components in the second pressing plate component and the first pressing plate component according to the components on the front end cover and the rear end cover of the workpiece, wherein the 3 rd step comprises the following steps: moving the workpiece along the side surface of the positioning device to a position close to the second pressing plate assembly, and adjusting the position of the pressing block to ensure that the pressing block avoids the protruding parts on the rear end cover of the workpiece and is uniformly distributed; and moving the workpiece to a position close to the first pressing plate assembly along the side surface of the positioning device, and respectively adjusting the positions of the first pressing plate and the pressing head to avoid the convex parts on the front end cover of the workpiece and uniformly distributing the convex parts.
Compared with the prior art, the end cover sealing and crimping equipment and the crimping method thereof have the following advantages:
(1) The guide rail adopts the first guide rail and the second guide rail which are arranged in a front-back separation way, so that the guide rail material can be saved on the premise of meeting the compression joint travel; meanwhile, the first guide rail at the front end adopts a square linear guide rail, so that the guide precision is high, and the guide rail is convenient to connect with the crimping assembly; the second guide rail at the rear end adopts a circular linear guide rail, so that the bearing capacity is larger, and the second guide rail is not easy to damage in a locking state.
(2) The first pressing plate in the first pressing plate assembly can be horizontally and adjustably arranged on the first vertical plate, the pressing head can be vertically and adjustably arranged on the first pressing plate, and parts convexly arranged on the front end cover can be avoided; and through spring pressure interconnect, adopt this structure can avoid adopting frequent loosening locking connection screw when the pressure head is adjusted to conventional screw locking fixed mode, saved adjustment time.
(3) The briquetting of second clamp plate subassembly adsorbs on the second support through inlay the powerful magnet at its back, when needing to avoid the protrusion to install at rear end cap upper member, only need manual promotion briquetting, its position can remove, and to a great extent saves position adjustment time.
(4) The upper locking surface of the locking block is provided with a reticular tooth-shaped groove, so that the friction force between the upper locking surface and the bottom surface of the second guide rail seat can be increased, and the second pressing plate assembly can bear larger axial pressure.
(5) Through the hole of stepping down that link up about operating platform along the crimping stroke setting up to set up a plurality of liftable positioner in the hole of stepping down, according to the position lift adjustment positioner of second clamp plate subassembly, can be under the prerequisite that does not influence second clamp plate subassembly adjustment position, the lateral positioning to the work piece, compress tightly the position unanimous when guaranteeing same money product pressure equipment.
(6) The universal ball assembly is arranged on the upper surface of the operation platform, so that a workpiece to be crimped can slide on the operation platform conveniently, and particularly, the heavier workpiece can be saved in labor when moving on the operation platform.
While certain embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and applications described herein.