Split type tow supply device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automatic laying and forming of composite materials, in particular to a split type tow supply device.
Background
The composite material has the advantages of high specific strength, high specific modulus, fatigue resistance, good vibration damping property, good manufacturability and the like, has been widely applied in the aerospace industry, and meanwhile, the dosage of the composite material is increased in other industries, such as sports equipment, ships, high-speed rails and the like. For high curvature profile composite monolithic components, such as aircraft fuselage sections and other elliptical high curvature profile monolithic composite components such as jet engine cowlings, air inlet ducts, nozzles, tapered tubes, compressor blades, round or "C" channel tubes, it would be difficult to meet lay-up manufacturing requirements using composite automated tape laying equipment. The automatic composite material filament spreading machine can independently control a plurality of narrow strip filament tapes, independently cut the filament tows according to the contour shape of a spreading layer, and lay complex curved surfaces even with windows. Therefore, for such complex components, it is necessary to use an automatic filament laying machine to achieve laying processing manufacturing.
The traditional filament spreading machine filament bundle supply device and the filament spreading head system are separately installed, the path of the filament bundle from the filament spreading head is long, the transmission damping is large, and the filament supply effect is poor; although some types of tow supply devices are integrated on the tow spreading head, the tow supply devices are arranged at a position on a certain side of the tow spreading head for the consistent direction of tows entering the tow spreading head, so that the tow spreading mechanical arm is uneven in stress and poor in dynamic characteristic, and when the tow spreading machine spreads at a specific angle, the tow supply devices and the mechanical arm of the tow spreading machine are collided and interfered, and the spreading angle is limited.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new split annular tow supply that addresses the above-mentioned problems.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, namely the problems of uneven stress, poor dynamic characteristics, collision interference, poor interchangeability and low disassembly and assembly efficiency of a mechanical arm of the conventional filament spreading machine, the split-type filament bundle supply device is connected with the mechanical arm of a filament spreading head, and comprises a base, a plurality of single-flap feeding assemblies connected with the base, a filament closing ring plate and a steering wheel assembly, wherein the single-flap feeding assemblies are annularly distributed on the periphery of the base and are detachably connected with the base.
In a preferred technical scheme of the split type tow supply device, the base is of a disc structure, the tow supply device comprises two groups of filament-combining ring plates and a steering wheel assembly, the filament-combining ring plates of each group are arranged on the outer sides of the corresponding steering wheel assemblies, the two groups of filament-combining ring plates and the steering wheel assemblies are symmetrically arranged along the diameter of the base, and tows of the single-split feeding assembly are gathered on the filament paving head through the two groups of filament-combining ring plates and the steering wheel assemblies.
In a preferred technical scheme of the split tow supply device, the base is of a two-layer disc structure connected with each other through a connecting part, a connecting hole for fixing the mechanical arm is formed in one side, away from the connecting part, of the first layer of disc, and a plurality of guide blocks are circumferentially arranged on one side, close to the connecting part, of the second layer of disc and used for being connected with the single-flap feeding assembly.
In a preferred technical solution of the split type tow supply device, a pair of parallel side plates is disposed on a side of the second layer of disc of the base away from the connecting portion, the ring plate is mounted on the same side end of the side plates, and the steering wheel assembly disposed on the inner side of the ring plate is connected to the side plates.
In a preferred embodiment of the split tow supply device, the steering wheel assembly includes a second mounting plate connected to the side plate, a steering wheel shaft and a steering pressing shaft disposed between the second mounting plate and parallel to each other, a steering wheel disposed on the steering wheel shaft, and a steering wheel spacer fitting the steering wheel, and the steering pressing shaft is engaged with the steering wheel to ensure that the tow passing through the steering wheel maintains a correct position and direction.
In a preferred technical solution of the split type tow supply device, a guide circular boss is provided on the steering swage shaft, and the guide circular boss is engaged with a filament groove of the steering wheel.
In a preferred technical solution of the split tow supply device, a clamping groove is formed in the center of the top end of the second mounting plate, the clamping groove is matched with a shaft of the steering wheel, and the steering pressing shaft is connected to the second mounting plate on either side of the clamping groove.
In the preferred embodiment of the split tow supply device, the single-split feeding assembly comprises a first mounting plate, and a composite material cartridge, a composite lining paper winding drum and a steering roller which are arranged on one side of the first mounting plate, wherein the composite material cartridge drives the composite lining paper winding drum to rotate so as to wind the composite lining paper on the composite lining paper winding drum.
In a preferred embodiment of the split tow supply device, a first driving pulley connected to the composite material barrel is disposed at an end of the composite material barrel, a second driving pulley connected to the composite material lining paper winding barrel is disposed at an end of the composite material lining paper winding barrel on the same side, the first driving pulley and the second driving pulley are mounted on the other side of the first mounting plate, and the first driving pulley drives the second driving pulley to rotate through a driving belt.
In a preferred embodiment of the split type tow supply device, a brake connected with the composite material barrel shaft is further arranged outside the first driving pulley so as to control the tension of the tow; and/or the first mounting plate is provided with mounting holes matched with the composite material barrel, the composite lining paper winding barrel and the steering roller; and/or the first mounting plate is also provided with a slot matched with the guide block; and/or the first mounting plate is also provided with a weight-reducing long hole.
The single-flap feeding assembly of the tow supply device is an annular independent single-path tow supply assembly, has uniform splitting, can be independently installed and interchanged for use, has extremely high disassembly efficiency, solves the problems of collision interference and limited angle caused by the fact that the feeding device is arranged on one side behind the tow spreading head in a centralized manner, and realizes the maximum-range rotation work of 360 degrees. The filament-closing ring plate and the steering wheel components are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the filament-laying head, so that the problems of uneven stress and poor dynamic characteristics of a mechanical arm when the filament-laying machine is laid are solved. The split type annular tow supply device can provide the functions of supplying, constant tension control and forward-spread adjustment of a plurality of fiber tows for the tow laying head, ensures the independence and stability of the tows of the plurality of fiber tows in the processes of shearing, re-feeding and laying and pressing, smoothly forms fiber cloth with uniform distribution and smooth surface, and realizes the stable high-quality laying effect.
Drawings
The split annular tow supply of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the base of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view (two) of the base of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a guide block of the base of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a single-lobed feeder assembly of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a first mounting plate of the single-petal feed assembly of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a steering wheel assembly of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a second mounting plate of the steerable wheel assembly of the split tow supply of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a steering pinch shaft of the steering wheel assembly of the split tow supply of the present invention;
list of reference numerals
1. Composite liner paper; 2. a composite tow; 3. a steering wheel assembly; 4. a wire-closing ring plate; 5. a single-petal feeding assembly; 6. a side plate; 7. a base; 31. a second mounting plate; 32. a steering wheel shaft; 33. a steering wheel spacer bush; 34. a steering wheel; 35. a steering material pressing shaft; 51. a first mounting plate; 52. a turning roll; 53. a composite material barrel; 54. a composite liner paper winding drum; 55. a first drive pulley; 56. a transmission belt; 57. a magnetic powder brake; 58. a second drive pulley; 71. a base body; 72. a guide block; 311. connecting holes i; 312. a card slot; 313. chamfering; 314. a connection hole j; 351. connecting a hole k; 352. a guiding round boss; 511. a slot; 512. a connecting hole e; 513. a weight-reducing long hole; 514. connecting holes f; 515. a through hole a; 516. connecting holes g; 517. a through hole b; 518. connecting holes h; 711. a connecting hole a; 712. a connecting hole b; 713. connecting the stop hole; 714. a connecting hole c; 715. connecting holes d; 721. pressing the surface of the guide block; 722. a guide block boss; 723. and (e) connecting the holes.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the figures illustrate specific numbers and positional relationships of the various components, these numbers and positional relationships are not necessarily constant, and can be modified as desired by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
As shown in FIG. 1, the tow supply device of the present invention comprises a base 7, two side plates 6 arranged in parallel on the base 7, a plurality of single-petal feeding assemblies 5, two ring-closing plates 4, and two steering wheel assemblies 3. Each wire ring combining plate 4 is arranged on the outer side of the corresponding steering wheel component 3, each pair of wire ring combining plates 4 and the steering wheel components 3 are symmetrically arranged along the diameter of the base 7, and the side plates 6 and the wire ring combining plates 4 form a closed structure. The single-flap feeding assembly 5 is annularly distributed around the base 7, the single-flap feeding assembly 5 provides the composite material tows 2, and the composite material tows 2 are connected with the steering wheel assembly 3 through the filament-closing ring plate 4. The single-petal feeding assembly 5 is an independent single-path wire feeding assembly, is uniform in split, is arranged in an annular mode, can be independently installed and detached, solves the problems that the feeding device is centralized on one side of the rear of the wire laying head and collision interference and angle limitation are caused, and realizes 360-degree maximum-range rotation work. The filament-combining ring plate 4 and the steering wheel component 3 are symmetrically distributed on two sides of a filament-laying head (not shown), so that the problems of uneven stress and poor dynamic characteristics of a mechanical arm when a filament-laying machine is laid are solved.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the base 7 includes a base body 71 and a guide block 72 of a two-layer disk structure having a columnar connecting portion provided in the middle. The side of the first layer of discs far away from the connecting part is provided with a connecting hole b712 for fixing a mechanical arm (not shown), the connecting hole b712 is arranged at the outer edge of the first layer of discs, the inner side of the connecting hole b712 is provided with a connecting stop hole 713 of the mechanical arm, and the side of the second layer of discs close to the connecting part is circumferentially provided with a plurality of guide blocks 72, and the number of the guide blocks corresponds to that of the single-petal feeding assemblies 5 one by one. The preferred number of this embodiment is 8, but other numbers may be selected as desired. The guide block 72 is fixed to the second layer disk through the coupling hole c 714.
As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the guide block 72 includes a guide block pressing surface 721, a guide block boss 722, and a connecting hole e 723. The guide block pressing surface 721 has a fitting fixing function for the first mounting plate 51, the guide block boss 722 fits in the insertion groove 511 of the first mounting plate 51, and the connection hole e 723 is used for fixing itself to the base body 71. When the mounting is performed, the insertion slot 511 of the first mounting plate 51 is inserted into the guide block boss 722 of the guide block 72, and then the mounting is completed by using a quick fastening screw (not shown) through the connection hole d 715 and the connection hole e 512. The matching design of the guide block bosses 722 and the slots 511 facilitates the quick positioning of the single-petal feeding assembly 5, and also enables the single-petal feeding assembly 5 to be conveniently detached from the base 7, thereby flexibly creating a repair operation space.
One side of the second layer of disc of the base 7, which is far away from the connecting part, is connected with a pair of parallel side plates 6, the side plates 6 are symmetrically arranged along the diameter of the second layer of disc, the wire-closing ring plates 4 are installed at the end parts of the same side of the side plates 6, the wire-closing ring plates 4 are arc-shaped and form a closed structure with the side plates 6. The inner side of the wire ring plate 4 is provided with a steering wheel component 3, and the steering wheel component 3 is vertical to the side plate 6 and is connected with the side plate.
As shown in fig. 7, 8 and 9, the steerable wheel assembly 3 includes a second mounting plate 31, a steerable wheel shaft 32, a steerable wheel spacer 33, a steerable wheel 34, and a steerable presser shaft 35. Preferably, the second mounting plate 31 is a T-shaped structure having a locking groove 312, the locking groove 312 is disposed at the center of the top end of the second mounting plate 31, and the steering wheel shaft 32 is locked in the locking groove 312. The steering wheel shaft 32 is provided with a steering wheel 34 and a steering wheel spacer 33 matched with the steering wheel 34. The second mounting plate 31 is further connected with a steering material pressing shaft 35 parallel to the steering wheel shaft 32, the steering material pressing shaft 35 is provided with a plurality of guiding circular bosses 352, and the guiding circular bosses 352 are matched with the wire grooves of the steering wheel 34. The guide bosses 352 press the tows into the grooves to maintain the correct position and orientation of the tows. Two convex parts of the T-shaped structure are provided with connecting holes i 311, and the steering material pressing shaft 35 can be connected with any one of the two convex parts according to the conveying direction of the tows. The end of the locking slot 312 is also provided with 2 chamfers 313 to facilitate the quick insertion of the steering wheel shaft 32 and the steering wheel 34 and steering wheel spacer 33 assembled thereon into an integral assembly. The clamping groove 312 facilitates quick assembly and disassembly of the steering wheel shaft 32 and the steering wheel 34 and the steering wheel spacer 33 which are assembled on the steering wheel shaft, and facilitates wire threading operation in a compact structure. In addition, the vertical portion of the second mounting plate 31 is further provided with a connecting hole j 314 fixedly connected with the side plate 6. And the steering wheel component 3 realizes the conversion of the direction of each path of tows to the filament laying head.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the single-lobe feed assembly 5 includes a first mounting plate 51 and a composite material cartridge 53, a composite backing paper winding cartridge 54 and a turn roll 52 mounted on the same side of the first mounting plate 51. The composite material cartridge 53 rotates the composite interleaving paper winding drum 54 to wind the composite interleaving paper 1 on the composite interleaving paper winding drum 54. Specifically, a first driving pulley 55 connected with the shaft of the composite material barrel 53 is arranged at the end part of the composite material barrel 53, a second driving pulley 58 connected with the shaft of the composite material lining paper winding barrel 54 is arranged at the end part of the same side, the first driving pulley 55 and the second driving pulley 58 are arranged at the other side of the first mounting plate 51, and the first driving pulley 55 drives the second driving pulley 58 to rotate through a driving belt 56. In addition, a magnetic powder brake 57 connected to the composite material cylinder 53 is provided outside the first driving pulley 55, and the tow can be kept at a constant tension by setting a braking torque of the magnetic powder brake 57. In the embodiment, a magnetic particle clutch is adopted, but the technical scheme of the invention is not limited to a magnetic particle brake.
The first mounting plate 51 is provided with a through hole a 515 and a coupling hole g 516 fitted to the composite material cylinder 53, and the composite material cylinder 53 is passed through the through hole a 515 and fixed again through the coupling hole g 516. The first mounting plate 51 is further provided with a through hole b 517 and a connecting hole h 518 adapted to the composite interleaving paper winding drum 54. The connection is in the same principle as the composite material cartridge 53. The first mounting plate 51 is further provided with a coupling hole f 514 adapted to the steering roller 52. The bottom of the base is provided with a slot 511 adapted to the guide block 72 and a connecting hole e 512 for fixing the single-piece feeding assembly 5. The first mounting plate 51 is provided with a weight-reduction long hole 513 at the center. The first mounting plate 51 can be mounted on both sides to provide for the interchangeable positioning of the turning roll 52 and the composite liner paper winding drum 54 to accommodate the interchangeable mounting of each of the segments of the single-segment feeding assembly 5.
The single-flap feeding assembly 5 has the functions of supplying a plurality of fiber tows, controlling constant tension, adjusting the forward and backward spreading of the tows and the like, ensures the independence and stability of the tows in the shearing, re-feeding and paving processes of the plurality of fiber tows, and smoothly forms fiber cloth with uniform distribution and smooth surface. Meanwhile, the problems of collision interference and angle limitation caused by the fact that the feeding device is arranged on one side behind the fiber laying head in a concentrated mode are solved, and the rotating work within the maximum range of 360 degrees is achieved. Moreover, the single-flap feeding assembly 5 is an independent single-path wire supply assembly, is uniform in split and annularly arranged, can be independently installed and independently disassembled, and therefore all the single-path wire supply assemblies in the wire supply system can be used interchangeably.
In particular, the single-petal feed assembly 5 operates on the following principle:
when the composite material tows 2 are pulled forward by the tension force during the laying or re-feeding, the composite material cartridges 53 of the single-petal feeding assembly 5 are rotated to supply the composite material tows 2, and simultaneously the composite material interleaving paper winding drums 54 of the single-petal feeding assembly 5 are driven to rotate, so that the composite material interleaving papers 1 wound loose on the composite material cartridges 53 are wound on the composite material interleaving paper winding drums 54.
More specifically, the magnetic powder brake 57 has a rotating shaft integrally connected to the shaft of the composite material cylinder 53 and the first driving pulley 55 to generate a constant resistance torque, the composite material liner paper winding cylinder 54 has a shaft integrally connected to the second driving pulley 58, and the first driving pulley 55 and the second driving pulley 58 are connected to the driving belt 56 for driving the composite material liner paper winding cylinder 54 to rotate through the first driving pulley 55, the driving belt 56 and the second driving pulley 58 when the composite material cylinder 53 rotates.
Preferably, the connection holes of the present invention are all threaded holes, but this is merely exemplary, and the technical solution of the present invention is not limited thereto. Some or all of the attachment holes may take the form of non-threaded holes without departing from the basic principles of the present invention.
So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.