CN110465809A - The self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G - Google Patents

The self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G Download PDF

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CN110465809A
CN110465809A CN201910870149.8A CN201910870149A CN110465809A CN 110465809 A CN110465809 A CN 110465809A CN 201910870149 A CN201910870149 A CN 201910870149A CN 110465809 A CN110465809 A CN 110465809A
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The invention discloses a kind of self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die groups of 5G, including the knife rest plate on lathe is arranged in by X-axis guide rail and Y-axis guide rail, and the turning mould group, blanking die group, positioning splicing mould group and the grooving knife edge die group that are arranged in order at along Y-direction on knife rest plate.The invention is by the way that turning, blanking die group and the grooving cutting function in conventional machining process to be combined with each other, and the positioning splicing mould group for specially designing while there is the grooving knife edge die group of grooving and cutting function and match, therefore the integrated complete machine highly-efficient processing of self-locking tuned cell is not only realized, and it is not necessary that long copper bar is cut off in advance and is individually positioned, on-line machining and cutting being carried out directly against long copper bar and improving positioning accuracy and machining accuracy, production efficiency and precision are greatly improved.

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The self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G
Technical field
The present invention relates to 5G self-locking regulating element Computerized Numerical Control processing technology field, in particular to a kind of self-locking tuned cell of 5G is special With numerically controlled lathe turnning and milling compound die group.
Background technique
Centre numerically controlled lathe is suitble to vehicle circle, spherical workpiece, can not mill the straight-line groove that spherical or spherical surface is parallel to main shaft.Such as A kind of self-locking tuned cell for 5G communication apparatus shown in FIG. 1, with one A1 of thread segment of mutual dislocation on screw rod With two A2 of thread segment, and between two A2 of one A1 of thread segment and thread segment with radius be less than thread segment radius light bar segment A3, light It is machined with radial grooving A4 that is symmetrical and misplacing up and down on rod segment A3, is misaligned, is being locked using the axial direction of two sections of screw threads External screw thread can be made to be forced to be aligned screw-in with internal screw thread and compressing or stretching radial grooving A4 when entering internal threaded nut, thus By the axial elastic force of radial grooving A4 by self-locking tuned cell and internal thread locking, to realize locking self-locking purpose.
On existing numerically controlled lathe, need individually to complete thread segment, light bar segment and radial cut by more numerically controlled lathes The processing of slot, multiple working procedure need the dismounting of multiple workpiece to position, and not only processing efficiency is low, and multiple bearing is easy to cause processing Precision is lower.
In addition, the conventional processing method for above-mentioned self-locking tuned cell, is first to cut into the copper bar of regular length Type, then machine-shaping step by step, due to the small volume of self-locking tuned cell, the mode being initially switched off in advance leads to each clamping mistake Journey is relatively complicated, and it is lower to further result in processing efficiency.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a kind of self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling of 5G is compound Mould group, the turnning and milling compound die group is on lathe vehicle body and corresponding with lathe spindle by X-axis guide rail and Y-axis guide rail setting, The Y-axis guide rail is arranged in the X-axis guide rail;The turnning and milling compound die group includes the knife rest being arranged in the Y-axis guide rail Plate, and the turning mould group, blanking die group, positioning splicing mould group and the grooving that are arranged in order at along Y-direction on the knife rest plate Knife edge die group controls by PLC and uses turning mould group, blanking die group, positioning splicing mould group and grooving knife edge die group successively along X Axis rail and Y-axis guide rail drive and correspond to the long copper bar on the lathe spindle, to uninterruptedly be sequentially completed self-locking tuning member Thread segment processing, light bar segment processing, the processing of end cross recess, positioning splicing, radial grooving processing and the discrete component cutting of part, Then it resets and carries out next individual component processing.
Wherein, the turning mould group includes one turning mould group of thread segment, light bar segment turning mould group and the screw thread being arranged successively Section turning mould group.
Wherein, the positioning splicing mould group includes the take-up housing being fixed on the knife rest plate, is arranged in the take-up housing On adjustment sliding block, be arranged in it is described adjustment sliding block on miniature guide rail, be fixed on the air cylinder fixed plate of described take-up housing one end And it is mounted on the cylinder in the air cylinder fixed plate, it is mounted on the adjustment sliding block and by the gas by the miniature guide rail The suction nozzle bracket that cylinder driving is retreated, and it is mounted on the suction nozzle of suction nozzle bracket front end and the corresponding lathe spindle of activity.
Wherein, the grooving knife edge die group includes the pedestal being mounted on the knife rest plate, is arranged in the Chuck top Mounting plate, the servo motor being arranged on the mounting plate, the driving wheel driven by the servo motor and by the active The driven wheel driven by synchronous belt is taken turns, by the guide rail mould group of the driven wheel drive lifting, institute is mounted on by motor anchor ear The motor in guide rail mould group is stated, by the motor-driven knife bar, and is mounted on the knife bar end and the corresponding lathe The blade of main shaft;It is additionally provided with the sensor of the corresponding motor on the pedestal, passes through motor described in the sensor sensing Whether go up and down and whether starts the motor progress grooving and cutoff action in place to further realize.
Through the above technical solutions, the present invention is by cutting off turning, blanking die group and the grooving in conventional machining process Function and service together, and specially designs while there is the grooving knife edge die group of grooving and cutting function and the positioning matched to connect Mould group is expected, so as to uninterruptedly complete thread segment processing, the light bar segment processing, end cross recess of long copper bar on same lathe Processing, positioning splicing, radial grooving processing and discrete component cutting, then reset and carry out next individual component processing, therefore The integrated complete machine highly-efficient processing of self-locking tuned cell is not only realized, and without cutting off long copper bar and individually positioning in advance, On-line machining and cutting can be carried out directly against long copper bar and improve positioning accuracy and machining accuracy, production efficiency and precision It is greatly improved.
Detailed description of the invention
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, make required in being described below to embodiment Attached drawing is briefly described.
Fig. 1 is a kind of self-locking tuned cell structural schematic diagram disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe structural schematic diagram of 5G disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is turnning and milling compound die group structural schematic diagram disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is positioning splicing modular structure schematic diagram disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is grooving knife edge die group structural schematic diagram disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
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A1. one A2. thread segment of thread segment, two A3. light bar segment
A4. 10. body of lathe bed of radial grooving, 20. lathe spindle
40. turnning and milling compound die group of 31.X axis rail 32.Y axis rail
41. 42. blanking die group 43. of turning mould group positions splicing mould group
431. take-up housings 432. adjust 433. miniature guide rail of sliding block
434. air cylinder fixed plate, 435. cylinder, 436. suction nozzle bracket
437. locating nozzle, 44. grooving knife edge die group, 441. pedestal
442. motor anchor ear, 443. motor, 444. knife bar
445. blade, 446. mounting plate, 447. servo motor
448. driving wheel, 449. synchronous belt, 450. driven wheel
451. 452. sensor of guide rail mould group, 45. knife rest plate
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Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete Site preparation description.
With reference to Fig. 2, the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe of 5G provided by the invention includes turnning and milling compound die group, and turnning and milling is multiple Molding group 40 is on lathe vehicle body 10 and corresponding with lathe spindle 20 by X-axis guide rail 31 and the setting of Y-axis guide rail 32, and Y-axis is led Rail 32 is arranged in X-axis guide rail 31.
With reference to Fig. 3, turnning and milling compound die group 40 includes the knife rest plate 45 being arranged in Y-axis guide rail 32, and is successively arranged along Y-direction The turning mould group 41 being arranged on knife rest plate 45, blanking die group 42, positioning splicing mould group 43 and grooving knife edge die group 44 are arranged, is passed through PLC controls and uses turning mould group 41, blanking die group 42, positioning splicing mould group 43 and grooving knife edge die group 44 successively to lead along X-axis Rail 31 and Y-axis guide rail 32 drive and the long copper bar on corresponding lathe spindle 20, to uninterruptedly be sequentially completed self-locking tuned cell Thread segment processing, light bar segment processing, the processing of end cross recess, positioning splicing, the processing of radial grooving and discrete component cutting, so It resets afterwards and carries out next individual component processing.
Wherein, turning mould group 41 includes one turning mould group 41 of thread segment, light bar segment turning mould group 41 and the spiral shell being arranged successively Line section turning mould group 41, by the X of knife rest plate 45 to and Y-direction running fix make one turning mould group 41 of thread segment, light bar segment vehicle It cuts mould group 41 and thread segment turning mould group 41 is corresponding in turn to the long copper bar clamped on lathe spindle 20, to be sequentially completed Fig. 1 institute Show the processing of one A1 of thread segment, light bar segment A3 and two A2 of thread segment on self-locking tuned cell, then again by the X of frame plate to and Y Make the corresponding self-locking tuning member for processing one A1 of thread segment, light bar segment A3 and two A2 of thread segment of blanking die group 42 to running fix The end of part carries out cross recess processing.
With reference to Fig. 4, positioning splicing mould group 43 includes the take-up housing 431 being fixed on knife rest plate 45, is arranged in take-up housing 431 On adjustment sliding block 432, the miniature guide rail 433 on adjustment sliding block 432 is set, and the cylinder for being fixed on 431 one end of take-up housing is solid Fixed board 434 and the cylinder 435 being mounted in air cylinder fixed plate 434 are mounted on adjustment sliding block 432 simultaneously by miniature guide rail 433 The suction nozzle bracket 436 retreated by the driving of cylinder 435, and it is mounted on 436 front end of suction nozzle bracket and the corresponding lathe spindle 20 of activity Locating nozzle 437.When self-locking tuned cell shown in FIG. 1 end cross recess after processing is completed, then pass through the X of knife rest plate 45 To and Y-direction running fix the end of the corresponding self-locking tuned cell of the locating nozzle 437 for positioning splicing mould group 43, to pass through cylinder 435 driving suction nozzle brackets 436 are finely adjusted so that locating nozzle 437 is directed at the end of self-locking tuned cell along miniature guide rail 433 Absorption positioning is carried out, to prevent the swing of subsequent grooving and cut off operation workpiece.
With reference to Fig. 5, grooving knife edge die group 44 includes the pedestal 441 being mounted on knife rest plate 45, is arranged on 441 top of pedestal Mounting plate 446, the servo motor 447 being arranged on mounting plate 446, the driving wheel 448 driven by servo motor 447 and by leading Driving wheel 448 passes through the driven wheel 450 that synchronous belt 449 drives, and by the guide rail mould group 451 of the driving lifting of driven wheel 450, passes through motor Anchor ear 442 is mounted on the motor 443 in guide rail mould group 451, the knife bar 444 driven by motor 443, and is mounted on knife bar 444 The blade 445 of end and corresponding lathe spindle 20;It is additionally provided with the sensor 452 of corresponding motor 443 on pedestal 441, passes through biography Whether whether 452 induction machine 443 of sensor goes up and down starts the progress grooving of motor 443 and cutoff action in place to further realize. After workpiece is positioned by suction, guide rail mould group 451 is driven to go up and down for servo motor 447443 so that blade 445 corresponds to workpiece Groove location to be cut and by motor 443 drive 445 high speed rotation of blade carry out positioning grooving, add to twice radial direction grooving A4 Work finishes, then is adjusted by position so that 445 alignment pieces of blade realize cutting for complete self-locking tuned cell to off-position It is disconnected, so far complete the online integrated high-efficiency high-precision machine-shaping of an independent self-locking tuned cell.
The present invention by the way that turning, blanking die group 42 and the grooving cutting function in conventional machining process are combined with each other, And specially design while there is the grooving knife edge die group 44 of grooving and cutting function and the positioning splicing mould group 43 matched, thus The thread segment processing, light bar segment A3 processing, the processing of end cross recess, positioning of long copper bar can be uninterruptedly completed on same lathe Splicing, radial grooving processing and discrete component cutting, then reset and carry out next individual component processing, therefore not only realize The integrated complete machine highly-efficient processing of self-locking tuned cell, and without cutting off long copper bar and individually positioning in advance, it can direct needle On-line machining and cutting are carried out to long copper bar and improve positioning accuracy and machining accuracy, production efficiency and precision are greatly mentioned It is high.
The foregoing description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to implement or use the present invention. A variety of modifications of above-described embodiment will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, it is as defined herein General Principle can be realized in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, of the invention It is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, and is to fit to and the principles and novel features disclosed herein phase one The widest scope of cause.

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1. a kind of self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G, the turnning and milling compound die group pass through X-axis guide rail And Y-axis guide rail setting is on lathe vehicle body and corresponding with lathe spindle, the Y-axis guide rail is arranged in the X-axis guide rail;Its It is characterized in that, the turnning and milling compound die group includes the knife rest plate being arranged in the Y-axis guide rail, and is arranged successively and sets along Y-direction Turning mould group, blanking die group, positioning splicing mould group and grooving knife edge die group on the knife rest plate are set, simultaneously by PLC control It is successively driven simultaneously along X-axis guide rail and Y-axis guide rail using turning mould group, blanking die group, positioning splicing mould group and grooving knife edge die group Long copper bar on the corresponding lathe spindle, to uninterruptedly be sequentially completed the thread segment processing of self-locking tuned cell, light bar segment Processing, the processing of end cross recess, positioning splicing, radial grooving processing and discrete component cutting, then reset and carry out next list Only element processing.
2. the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G according to claim 1, which is characterized in that institute Stating turning mould group includes one turning mould group of thread segment, light bar segment turning mould group and the thread segment turning mould group being arranged successively.
3. the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G according to claim 1, which is characterized in that institute Stating positioning splicing mould group includes the take-up housing being fixed on the knife rest plate, and the adjustment sliding block on the take-up housing is arranged in, if The miniature guide rail on the adjustment sliding block is set, the air cylinder fixed plate of described take-up housing one end is fixed on and is mounted on the cylinder Cylinder in fixed plate is mounted on the suction nozzle retreated on the adjustment sliding block and by cylinder driving by the miniature guide rail Bracket, and it is mounted on the locating nozzle of suction nozzle bracket front end and the corresponding lathe spindle of activity.
4. the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G according to claim 1, which is characterized in that institute Stating grooving knife edge die group includes the pedestal being mounted on the knife rest plate, and the mounting plate of the Chuck top is arranged in, and setting exists It servo motor on the mounting plate, the driving wheel driven by the servo motor and synchronous belt is passed through by the driving wheel drives Driven wheel the electricity in the guide rail mould group is mounted on by motor anchor ear by the guide rail mould group of the driven wheel drive lifting Machine by the motor-driven knife bar, and is mounted on the blade of the knife bar end and the corresponding lathe spindle.
5. the self-locking tuned cell cnc lathe turnning and milling compound die group of 5G according to claim 4, which is characterized in that institute State the sensor that the corresponding motor is additionally provided on pedestal, by motor described in the sensor sensing whether go up and down in place with It further realizes and whether starts the motor progress grooving and cutoff action.
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