CN111230069B - Square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming equipment and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming device, which comprises: a bracket including a first mounting seat and a second mounting seat which are arranged oppositely; the forming device comprises a first forming mechanism supported on the first mounting seat and a second forming mechanism supported on the second mounting seat; the first forming mechanism is matched with the second forming mechanism to form a forming cavity for forming a part with a special-shaped structure on the periphery; the first molding mechanism includes a first molding portion having a molding groove, and the second molding mechanism includes: the second forming part is abutted against the first forming part to seal the forming groove to form a forming cavity; the core part is arranged in the forming groove in a penetrating way; the molding equipment comprises a first driving mechanism for driving the first molding mechanism to rotate around a first central axis relative to the mold core part, and a second central axis of the mold core part has a preset distance from the first central axis so that the mold core part extrudes the semi-solid metal to the inner wall of the molding cavity to mold the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body. The invention further provides a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming system.

Description

Square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming equipment and system

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of food packaging can production, and relates to square barrel-shaped alloy can body forming equipment and a system thereof.

Background

A package can for food made of recoverable alloy (such as Al alloy, Mg alloy or Zn alloy) is composed of a can body made of alloy, a top cover film made of alloy and sealed to the open end of said can body, and an aluminium can body with a recess on its top. The food (such as tea and coffee powder) packaged by the tea-leaf packaging bag can be used for a new generation of high-end consumption markets of tea drink/coffee machines and tea drink/coffee capsules, and has the advantages of fresh preservation, simple and convenient operation, quick consumption and no loss of traditional taste. Reduction of production costs to improve production efficiency is a demand for an expanding market.

The existing methods for producing square barrel-shaped alloy tank bodies include punch forming, die-casting forming and spinning forming. The press forming can manufacture parts with thin wall, good rigidity and complex shape at low cost. However, when the can body is subjected to stamping forming, the can body is easy to wrinkle, so that the wall thickness is not uniform, but the outer periphery of the can body cannot be formed into a product with a necking groove or a special-shaped structure. The die-casting forming is used as a special casting process of metal, and has the advantages that high precision can be achieved, the forming efficiency is high, and the square alloy tank body processed by the die-casting forming is good in consistency and high in precision. However, the die-casting process requires a thick wall, and when the alloy can body with a thin-wall structure is formed, poor filling is easily caused, and a welding mark is generated, so that the production defect rate is high, and the production cost is high. The spinning forming technology is called metal spinning forming technology, and can apply force from line to surface at the position of a necking groove of a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body through rotation. Although the necking groove structure of the square packaging can be processed, tea/coffee and the like are taken as fast-selling products, the efficiency of processing the necking groove by numerical control spinning is low, the requirements are difficult to meet, and a product with a special-shaped structure on the periphery can not be formed. In view of the above, the inventors propose the present invention.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming device which does not solve the problems.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a square barrel-shaped alloy tank forming apparatus, comprising: a bracket including a first mounting seat and a second mounting seat which are arranged oppositely; the forming device comprises a first forming mechanism supported on the first mounting seat and a second forming mechanism supported on the second mounting seat; the first molding mechanism can be matched with the second molding mechanism to form a molding cavity for molding a part with a special-shaped structure on the periphery when the first molding mechanism is close to the second molding mechanism; the first molding mechanism includes a first molding portion having a molding groove, and the second molding mechanism includes: the second forming part is abutted against the first forming part to close the forming groove so as to form the forming cavity; the core part is of a columnar structure, is arranged on the second forming part and penetrates through the forming groove; the molding device further comprises a first driving mechanism which is supported on the first mounting seat and used for driving the first molding mechanism to rotate around a first central axis relative to the mold core part, and a second central axis of the mold core part is spaced from the first central axis by a preset distance so that the mold core part can extrude semi-solid metal to the inner wall of the molding cavity to mold the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body.

Preferably, the first molding mechanism comprises: the opposite pushing component comprises two opposite pushing components which are arranged oppositely and mutually abutted to form the forming cavity and a first accommodating cavity for accommodating the second forming part; a magnet unit including two magnets respectively provided on the two opposing members; and an elastic member including an elastic member; when the two magnets are electrified, one direction of the two opposite pushing components is driven to be away from the other direction or the two opposite pushing components are driven to move in the direction away from the other direction so as to open the first accommodating cavity and the molding cavity; the movable push-against component is connected with an elastic component so as to enable the two push-against components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically reset.

Preferably, the opposite-pushing member comprises a mold body for forming the first accommodating cavity and the forming cavity, and an opposite-pushing piece fixed on the mold body, the opposite-pushing piece is provided with an accommodating groove for accommodating a power supply for providing power for the magnet and an installation groove for fixing the magnet, and the installation groove is communicated with the accommodating groove; the first forming mechanism comprises a sliding component with a first sliding part, and the pair of pushing pieces is provided with a second sliding part matched with the first sliding part in a sliding mode so as to limit the two pairs of pushing pieces to move in the direction away from each other.

Preferably, two ends of the elastic component are respectively connected between the two pushing components so as to enable the two pushing components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically contracted; or one end of the elastic component is connected with the pushing component, and the other end of the elastic component is connected with the sliding component so as to enable the two pushing components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically extended.

Preferably, the core section has a first feeding passage along the extending direction of the core section, and the first molding mechanism includes a stopper having a second feeding passage communicating with the first feeding passage, the stopper being rotatably connected to the core section relative to the core section; the opposite-pushing component comprises a profiling limiting groove, and the stopper can be tightly abutted against the inner peripheral wall of the profiling limiting groove when the first forming mechanism rotates so as to limit the moving track of the forming cavity and the distance between the core part and the inner peripheral wall of the forming cavity.

Preferably, the support is provided with a pressing mechanism, and the pressing mechanism comprises: the sliding component is used for enabling the second mounting seat to move longitudinally or vertically relative to the bracket; and the pressing component is used for providing a longitudinal or vertical force to the second mounting seat so that the stopper can be abutted against the inner peripheral wall of the profiling limiting groove.

Preferably, the molding apparatus includes a feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism including: the feeding pipe is communicated with the second feeding channel; the push-pull sealing cylinder is communicated with the feeding groove and the feeding pipe; the cylinder is used for pushing the push-pull sealing cylinder to work so as to inject the semi-solid metal into the molding cavity through the feeding pipe, the second feeding channel and the first feeding channel; the feed pipe is provided with a one-way control valve so that the semi-solid metal cannot flow backwards.

Preferably, the molding device comprises a plurality of first molding mechanisms and a plurality of second molding mechanisms corresponding to the first molding mechanisms; a plurality of first molding mechanisms arranged in a matrix on the first mounting base; the former includes gets a mechanism, get a mechanism and contain: the two adjacent supporting plates in the moving direction are connected together in a relatively hinged manner through a rotating shaft; the adsorption component is arranged on the support plate in a matrix manner and comprises a material taking part with an adsorption chamber and a negative pressure interface which is arranged on the material taking part and is communicated with the adsorption chamber; the vertical sliding rail component is used for supporting the rotating shaft through a bearing component so as to limit each supporting plate to move upwards; and the transverse sliding rail component supports the vertical sliding rail component to drive the supporting plate to move transversely.

In a second aspect, the present invention further provides a square barrel alloy tank forming system, which includes any one of the above square barrel alloy tank forming apparatuses, and a control device electrically connected to the forming device and the pressing mechanism, where the control device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor executes the computer program to implement the following steps:

controlling a feeding mechanism to inject semisolid metal liquid into the rotating molding cavity; wherein, the pressure applying component is controlled to apply pressure to the second mounting seat in the process of injecting the semi-solid metal liquid;

after the semi-solid metal liquid is injected for a preset first time, controlling the first molding mechanism to stop rotating and controlling the pressure applying component to stop working;

controlling the magnet to be electrified so as to open the molding cavity and the first receiving cavity;

the second mounting seat is controlled to move towards a direction far away from the first mounting seat so as to form a material taking channel, and the supporting plate is controlled to enter the material taking channel;

after all the supporting plates enter the material taking channel, the material taking mechanism is controlled to be close to the first mounting seat along the transverse direction so that the material taking pieces are sleeved on the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body;

negative pressure is formed in the adsorption cavity to fix the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body in the adsorption cavity so as to take the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body out through the supporting plate;

and after the supporting plate leaves the material taking channel, controlling the first forming mechanism to reset so as to form the forming cavity.

Preferably, the apparatus for forming a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body comprises a conveyor belt supported on a support and a support member supported on the support for supporting support plates, wherein the material taking member faces downward when each support plate is supported on the support member so as to enable the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body to fall onto the conveyor belt when the negative pressure is cancelled; the control device comprises the power supply, the first driving mechanism, the feeding mechanism, the adsorption part, the pressing part, a second driving mechanism for pushing the first mounting seat to slide along the transverse direction and a third driving mechanism for pushing the supporting plate to enter and exit the material taking channel, wherein the power supply, the first driving mechanism, the feeding mechanism, the adsorption part and the third driving mechanism are respectively and electrically connected with the processor.

By adopting the technical scheme, the invention can obtain the following technical effects:

the invention provides square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming equipment which comprises a first forming mechanism and a second forming mechanism, wherein the first forming mechanism comprises a first forming part with a forming groove, the second forming mechanism comprises a second forming part and a core part, the second forming part is abutted against the first forming part to seal the forming groove to form a forming cavity, the core part is of a columnar structure, is arranged on the second forming part and penetrates through the forming cavity, the forming equipment further comprises a first driving mechanism which is supported on a first mounting seat and is used for driving the first forming mechanism to rotate around a first central axis relative to the core part, and a preset distance is reserved between a second central axis of the core part and the first central axis so that the core part can extrude semi-solid metal to the inner wall of the forming cavity to form a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body. Wherein, through this mode, through design into the dysmorphism structure at the die cavity internal perisporium to can produce the square barrel shape alloy tank body that the periphery is the dysmorphism structure, and through the core portion of columnar structure and the clearance between the die cavity and the relative motion cooperation between them, can produce the square barrel shape alloy tank body that department thin wall structure, and periphery are the dysmorphism structure.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a square barrel-shaped alloy tank forming apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the matching of the molding device of the present invention with the first mounting seat and the second mounting seat.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the first forming mechanism of the present invention.

Fig. 4 and 5 are schematic structural views of the first driving mechanism of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the pressing mechanism of the present invention engaged with the second mounting seat.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a material taking mechanism of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of the pickup mechanism of the present invention.

Reference symbols of the drawings

S, a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body; 1. a support; 2. a molding device; 21. a first molding mechanism; 211. a mold body; 212. aligning the pushing pieces; 213. a slide base; 214. a receiving groove; 215. forming a groove; 216. profiling the limiting groove; 217. a first receiving cavity; 22. a second forming mechanism; 221. a core section; 222. a second molding section; 223. a stopper; 23. a first drive mechanism; 231. a first transmission assembly; 231A, a drive gear; 231B, a transmission gear; 231C, secondary gear; 232. a first drive assembly; 3. a pickup mechanism; 31. a vertical slide rail member; 32. a transverse slide member; 33. a support plate; 34. an adsorption member; 4. a feeding mechanism; 41. a cylinder; 42. pushing and pulling the sealing cylinder; 43. a feed pipe; 44. a feeding tank; 5. a second mounting seat; 51. a second drive mechanism; 6. a first mounting seat; 7. and a pressing mechanism.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the equipment or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The first embodiment:

referring to fig. 1 to 8, the invention provides a square barrel-shaped alloy tank forming device, which comprises a bracket 1, a forming device 2 and a first driving mechanism 23, wherein the bracket 1 comprises a first mounting seat 6 and a second mounting seat 5 which are oppositely arranged. The molding apparatus 2 includes a first molding mechanism 21 and a second molding mechanism 22, the first molding mechanism 21 is supported on the first mounting base 6, and the second molding mechanism 22 is supported on the second mounting base 5. The molding apparatus further comprises a second driving mechanism 51 for pushing the first mounting seat 6 to slide in the transverse direction, wherein the first molding mechanism 21 moves close to or away from the second molding mechanism 22 when sliding in the transverse direction, and cooperates with the second molding mechanism 22 to form a molding cavity for molding a part with a profile structure at the periphery when moving close to the second molding mechanism 22. The first molding mechanism 21 includes a first molding portion having a molding groove 215, and the second molding mechanism 22 includes a second molding portion 222, and a core portion 221. The second molding portion 222 abuts against the first molding portion to close the molding groove 215 and form the molding cavity when closing the molding groove 215. The core part 221 is configured to have a columnar structure, is disposed on the second molding part 222, and is inserted into the molding groove 215. The molding apparatus further includes a first driving mechanism 23, wherein the first driving mechanism 23 is supported on the first mounting seat 6 for driving the first molding mechanism 21 to rotate around the first central axis relative to the core part 221. The second central axis of the core part 221 has a preset distance from the first central axis, so that the core part 221 can apply semi-solid metal to the inner wall of the molding cavity in the rotation process of the first molding mechanism 21, and the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S with a preset wall thickness is molded, wherein the preset wall thickness is equal to the preset distance.

With reference to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the first forming mechanism 21 includes a pushing component, a magnet component (not shown) and an elastic component (not shown), and the pushing component includes two pushing members disposed opposite to each other, and the two pushing members abut against each other to form the forming cavity and a first receiving cavity 217 for receiving the second forming portion 222. The magnet unit includes two magnets, and each magnet is disposed on a pair of pushing members. The opposite-pushing component comprises a die body 211 used for forming the first accommodating cavity 217 and the forming cavity and an opposite-pushing piece 212 fixed on the die body 211, the opposite-pushing piece 212 is provided with an accommodating groove 214 used for accommodating a power supply providing power for the magnet and an installation groove used for fixing the magnet, and the installation groove is communicated with the accommodating groove 214 to supply power for the magnet. The elastic member comprises a set of elastic elements, wherein the elastic elements are connected between the two pairs of pushing pieces 212. Two magnet drive two when circular telegrams push away the component respectively towards keeping away from the direction activity of other side, in order to reach open first storage chamber 217 with the mesh in shaping chamber through opening first storage chamber 217 and shaping chamber to take out fashioned square barrel shape alloy tank body S.

Referring to fig. 3, the first forming mechanism 21 includes a sliding member having a first sliding portion, the sliding member includes two sliding bases 213 fixed to each other, and each sliding base 213 is configured with the first sliding portion. The pair of pushing members 212 has a second sliding portion slidably coupled to the first sliding portion, so that the two pushing members slide along a predetermined direction, i.e., the two pushing members move away from and approach each other. The first forming mechanism 21 is fixed to the first mounting base 6 so as to be rotatable with respect to the first mounting base 6 by a slide base 213.

In other embodiments, the elastic member comprises two elastic members respectively connected between the pair of pushing members 212 and the first mounting seat 6. The pushing members 212 compress the elastic member when they are away from each other, and approach each other and abut each other to form the molding cavity under the urging of the elastic return of the elastic member when the magnet is powered off.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the first driving mechanism 23 includes a first driving assembly 232 and a first transmission assembly 231, and the first transmission assembly 231 is coupled between the first driving assembly 232 and the first forming mechanisms 21 to drive each of the first forming mechanisms 21 to rotate. In the present embodiment, the forming apparatus includes a plurality of first forming mechanisms 21, that is, a plurality of first forming mechanisms 21 are disposed on the first mounting base 6, and the plurality of first forming mechanisms 21 are supported on the first mounting base 6 in an array manner, for example, the plurality of first forming mechanisms 21 are disposed on the first mounting base 6 at intervals along the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction, respectively. The first transmission mechanism is a gear transmission assembly, and the rotation of each first forming mechanism 21 is driven by a driving member (e.g., a motor) and by a multi-stage gear transmission.

The operation principle of the first driving mechanism 23, the first forming mechanism 21 and the first mounting base 6 will be described below with reference to a specific usage.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, a secondary gear 231C for connecting a first forming mechanism 21 is disposed on the first mounting seat 6, and several secondary gears 231C of the array in the predetermined area are engaged and driven by a same transmission gear 231B, i.e., in this embodiment, the first driving mechanism 23 includes a plurality of transmission gears 231B, each transmission gear 231B is engaged with a same driving gear 231A for power rotation, wherein the driving member is coupled to the driving gear 231A for power supply. In a preferred embodiment, the driving member is a motor, which drives the driving gear 231A to rotate through belt transmission, so as to achieve the purpose of stably transmitting power. By this operation, the purpose of controlling the synchronous rotation of each first forming mechanism 21 is achieved. The first forming mechanism 21 is supported on the first mounting base 6 in a manner of being rotatable relative to the first mounting base 6 through a transmission shaft, and the transmission shaft may be a coupler, a bearing, or the like.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the core part 221 has a first feeding passage along an extending direction of the core part 221, and the first molding mechanism 21 includes a stopper 223 having a second feeding passage communicating with the first feeding passage, and the stopper 223 is rotatably coupled to the core part 221 with respect to the core part 221. Wherein the core part 221 is coupled to the stopper 223 through a bearing, and the core part 221 passes through the second molding part 222 and is coupled to the stopper 223 through a bearing. The opposite-pushing component comprises a profile limiting groove 216, wherein the profile limiting groove 216 is formed between the two mold bodies 211, the stopper 223 can abut against the inner peripheral wall of the profile limiting groove 216 when the first molding mechanism 21 rotates, so that the core part 221 has a preset distance from the inner peripheral wall of the molding cavity, and in the rotating process of the first molding mechanism 21, the core part 221 has a preset distance from the inner peripheral wall of the molding cavity to form a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S with a preset wall thickness. It will be appreciated that the distance is set according to the specifications of the product.

In the implementation of the present invention, the inventors found that, when the stopper 223 abuts against the profiling defining groove 216 of the mold body 211 to form the square barrel-shaped alloy can body S, since the adjacent two walls of the square barrel-shaped alloy can body S are connected by a rounded corner, the core portion 221 is self-rotated by the semi-solid metal during the rotation of the mold body 211, the core portion 221 is affected by the stopper 223, and the trajectory is changed from a curve to a straight line, and the core portion 221 is accelerated in the horizontal direction. Under the action of the acceleration, the forming quality of the inner wall of the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S close to the round corner part is influenced by the acceleration. For example, if the acceleration is too large, that is, the rotational speed of the die body 211 is too large, which may cause the motion trajectory of the core part 221 relative to the inner circumferential wall of the forming cavity to be straightened by bending or to be shortened by bending, the instantaneous acceleration may increase, which may cause the upper portion of the inner wall of the square barrel-shaped alloy can body S near the rounded corner not to be rolled by the core part 221, thereby causing the wall thickness of the square barrel-shaped alloy can body S at that position to be greater than the predetermined thickness to generate scrap.

In conjunction with fig. 3, 4 and 6, based on the above-described problem, the rotational locus of the core part 221 and its direction are determined in accordance with the rotational direction of the first molding mechanism 21, and the hydraulic cushion device is added on the side to which the acceleration is directed. Specifically, in the present embodiment, a pressing mechanism 7 for pressing the second mounting seat 5 is disposed on the bracket 1, and the pressing mechanism 7 presses the first mounting seat 6 in the longitudinal direction and/or the vertical direction, so that the stopper 223 fixed on the second mounting seat 5 can abut against the inner peripheral wall of the profile-defining groove 216, and the purpose of preventing the core portion 221 from retreating when receiving the reverse thrust of the semi-solid metal liquid is achieved. For example, when the first molding mechanism 21 rotates counterclockwise as viewed in the lateral direction, the core part 221 rotates counterclockwise under the friction force of the semi-solid metal liquid, when the contact position between the molding cavity and the core part 221 is switched between the curve portion and the straight portion, the linear velocity is constantly changed in the straight portion because the rotation speed of the first molding mechanism 21 is constant, further, the acceleration of the switching position between the inner peripheral wall of the molding cavity and the core part 221 is changed between the curve portion and the straight portion, that is, the pressing force of the inner peripheral wall of the molding cavity and the core part 221 is changed, the change of the instantaneous acceleration (that is, the change of the pressing pressure) causes the relative linear velocity of the core part 221 to be increased or decreased instantaneously, taking the example of switching from the curve to the straight portion, because the diameter is the largest at the curve portion, the relative linear velocity of the core part 221 and the first molding mechanism 21 is increased instantaneously while the pressing pressure is increased instantaneously, the core part 221 at this position is displaced in the force-receiving direction with respect to the movement of the semi-solid metal liquid, i.e., resulting in a thicker molded thickness at this position (i.e., at the end of the straight line). The present embodiment provides a predetermined force for the first mounting seat 6 (i.e. each core part 221) by configuring the pressing mechanism 7, so that the core parts 221 do not generate excessive displacement when being stressed, thereby the wall thickness of the square barrel-shaped alloy tank S reaches the required accuracy, and the waste of material is reduced. Meanwhile, the pressing mechanism 7 of the present embodiment can also mold products with different wall thicknesses or different specifications by adjusting the position of the central axis of the core part 221. The pressing mechanism 7 comprises a sliding component and a pressing component, wherein the sliding component is used for enabling the second mounting seat 5 to move longitudinally and/or vertically relative to the support 1. The sliding component includes a slide rail and a sliding component, and preferably, the sliding component is a linear slide rail, and the linear slide rail is a conventional configuration of a processing apparatus, which is not described herein. The pressing member is used for providing a force to the second mounting seat 5 in a longitudinal direction or a vertical direction so that the stopper 223 can abut against the inner peripheral wall of the profiling limiting groove 216. Preferably, the pressure applying member is a hydraulic damper, for example, an AC2050 hydraulic damper.

Referring to fig. 7, the molding apparatus further includes a feeding mechanism 4, wherein the feeding mechanism 4 includes a plurality of feeding pipes 43 respectively communicating with the second feeding channels, a plurality of push-pull seal cylinders 42 correspondingly communicating with the feeding pipes 43 and the feeding grooves 44, and a cylinder 41 communicating with each push-pull seal cylinder 42. A push-pull sealing cylinder 42 corresponds to a second feed channel (i.e., to a core part 221) so that the same amount of semi-solid metal liquid can be injected into the molding cavity. The air cylinder 41 is used for pushing each push-pull sealing cylinder 42 to suck the semi-solid metal liquid through negative pressure, and the semi-solid metal liquid is injected into the forming cavity through the feeding pipe 43 through positive pressure. Wherein, the push-pull sealing cylinder 42 is communicated with the feeding groove 44 through a feeding pipe, and a one-way control valve is arranged on the path of the feeding pipe and the feeding pipe 43 so as to prevent the semi-solid metal from flowing back to the push-pull sealing cylinder 42.

With reference to fig. 8, the molding apparatus includes a pickup mechanism 3, and the pickup mechanism 3 includes a plurality of support plates 33, an adsorption component 34, a vertical slide rail component 31, and a horizontal slide rail component 32. Two of the support plates 33 adjacent in the moving direction are connected together by a rotating shaft in a manner of being able to hinge relatively. The suction members 34 are arranged in a matrix on the support plate 33, wherein each suction member 34 is arranged corresponding to the first molding mechanism 21. The adsorption part 34 includes a material taking part having an adsorption chamber and a negative pressure port opened on the material taking part and communicated with the adsorption chamber. The negative pressure interface can be communicated with a pneumatic pump to work when the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S enters the adsorption cavity to form negative pressure, so that the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S is fixed in the adsorption cavity to be taken down. The vertical slide member 31 supports the rotary shaft through a bearing assembly to define the upward movement of each of the support plates 33. The vertical slide rail part 31 includes a vertical slide rail, a vertical slider, and a motor. The horizontal slide rail part 32 supports the vertical slide rail part 31 to drive the support plate 33 to move horizontally, so as to drive the adsorption part 34 to move horizontally, so that the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S is accommodated in the adsorption chamber. The transverse slide member 32 includes a transverse slide, and a motor. The horizontal slide rail part 32 and the vertical slide rail part 31 may be formed by linear slide rails or ball linear guide rails, which are conventional fittings and will not be described herein. Wherein, the motors of the horizontal slide rail part 32 and the vertical slide rail part 31 form a third driving mechanism to drive the supporting plate 33 to drive the adsorption part 34 to move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

With reference to fig. 1 and 8, the molding apparatus further includes a conveyor belt supported on the support 1, and a supporting member supported on the support 1 for supporting the supporting plates 33, wherein the upper surface of the supporting plate gradually inclines upward along a direction close to the vertical slide rail member 31, so that when each supporting plate 33 moves downward, the supporting plate 33 can slide relative to the supporting member until each supporting plate 33 is supported on the supporting member. Wherein the molding apparatus comprises two bearings supported longitudinally on the underside of the support plate 33. The take-out member is directed downward when each of the support plates 33 is supported on the support member to drop the square barrel-shaped alloy can S onto the conveyor belt when the negative pressure is removed. Preferably, the angle of inclination of the upper surface of the support plate is no greater than 10 ° so that its take off elements are not too far from the upper surface of the conveyor belt.

Second embodiment:

with reference to fig. 1 to 8, the present invention further provides a square barrel alloy tank forming system, which includes any one of the above square barrel alloy tank forming apparatuses, and a control device electrically connected to the forming device 2 and the pressing mechanism 7, wherein the control device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, and the processor implements the following steps when executing the computer program:

s100, controlling the feeding mechanism 4 to inject semi-solid metal liquid into the rotating forming cavity; wherein, the pressure applying component is controlled to apply pressure to the second mounting seat 5 in the process of injecting the semi-solid metal liquid.

And S200, after injecting the semi-solid metal liquid for a preset first time, controlling the first forming mechanism 21 to stop rotating and controlling the pressing component to stop working.

And S300, controlling the magnet to be electrified so as to open the molding cavity and the first receiving cavity 217.

S400, controlling the second mounting seat 5 to move towards a direction far away from the first mounting seat 6 to form a material taking channel so as to control the supporting plate 33 to enter the material taking channel.

S500, after all the supporting plates 33 enter the material taking channel, the material taking mechanism is controlled to be close to the first mounting seat 6 along the transverse direction, so that the material taking pieces are connected to the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S in a sleeved mode.

And S600, forming negative pressure in the adsorption chamber to fix the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S in the adsorption chamber so as to take the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S out through the supporting plate 33.

S700, after the supporting plate 33 leaves the material taking channel, the first forming mechanism 21 is controlled to reset to form the forming cavity.

And S800, repeating the steps.

In step S600, the step of forming negative pressure in the adsorption chamber to fix the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S in the adsorption chamber specifically includes: and controlling an air pump electrically connected with the control device to work so as to form negative pressure in the adsorption chamber and fix the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body S in the adsorption chamber. Step S600 further includes controlling the third driving mechanism to work to drive each supporting plate 33 to move downward to leave the material taking channel. Step S800 further includes step S801 of controlling an air pump electrically connected to the control device to stop operation so that the square barrel-shaped alloy can body S fixed in the adsorption chamber falls onto the conveyor belt.

The control device comprises the power supply, the first driving mechanism 23, the feeding mechanism 4, the adsorption part 34, the pressing part, a second driving mechanism 51 for pushing the first mounting seat 6 to slide along the transverse direction, and a third driving mechanism for pushing the support plate 33 to enter or exit the material taking channel, which are respectively and electrically connected with the processor, so as to realize the steps.

In the present invention, the control device comprises an industrial conventional PLC control box, wherein the PLC control box is configured with the memory and the processor to realize the above steps.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A square barrel-shaped alloy tank body forming device comprises:

a bracket including a first mounting seat and a second mounting seat which are arranged oppositely; and

the molding device comprises a first molding mechanism supported on the first mounting seat and a second molding mechanism supported on the second mounting seat; the first molding mechanism can be matched with the second molding mechanism to form a molding cavity for molding a part with a special-shaped structure on the periphery when the first molding mechanism is close to the second molding mechanism;

wherein the first forming mechanism comprises a first forming portion having a forming groove, and the second forming mechanism comprises:

the second forming part is abutted against the first forming part to close the forming groove so as to form the forming cavity; and

the core part is of a columnar structure, is arranged on the second forming part and penetrates through the forming groove;

the molding equipment also comprises a first driving mechanism which is supported on the first mounting seat and used for driving the first molding mechanism to rotate around a first central axis relative to the mold core part, and a second central axis of the mold core part has a preset distance from the first central axis so that the mold core part can extrude semi-solid metal to the inner wall of the molding cavity to mold a square barrel-shaped alloy tank body;

the first molding mechanism includes:

the opposite pushing component comprises two opposite pushing components which are arranged oppositely and mutually abutted to form the forming cavity and a first accommodating cavity for accommodating the second forming part;

a magnet unit including two magnets respectively provided on the two opposing members; and

the elastic component comprises an elastic component;

when the two magnets are electrified, one direction of the two opposite pushing components is driven to be away from the other direction or the two opposite pushing components are driven to move in the direction away from the other direction so as to open the first accommodating cavity and the molding cavity; the movable push-against component is connected with an elastic component so as to enable the two push-against components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically reset.

2. The apparatus for forming a square barrel-shaped alloy can according to claim 1, wherein the push-to-push member comprises a die body for forming the first receiving cavity and the forming cavity, and a push-to-push member fixed to the die body, the push-to-push member is provided with a receiving groove for receiving a power supply for supplying power to the magnet, and a mounting groove for fixing the magnet, and the mounting groove is communicated with the receiving groove;

the first forming mechanism comprises a sliding component with a first sliding part, and the pair of pushing pieces is provided with a second sliding part matched with the first sliding part in a sliding mode so as to limit the two pairs of pushing pieces to move in the direction away from each other.

3. The apparatus for forming a square barrel shaped alloy can body according to claim 2,

two ends of the elastic component are respectively connected between the two opposite pushing pieces so as to enable the two opposite pushing components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically contracted; or the like, or, alternatively,

one end of the elastic component is connected with the pushing pieces, and the other end of the elastic component is connected with the sliding component so as to enable the two pushing components to be mutually abutted when the elastic component is elastically extended.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mandrel portion has a first feed channel along the direction of extension of the mandrel portion, and wherein the first forming mechanism includes a stopper having a second feed channel in communication with the first feed channel, the stopper being rotatably coupled to the mandrel portion relative to the mandrel portion;

the opposite-pushing component comprises a profiling limiting groove, and the stopper can be tightly abutted against the inner peripheral wall of the profiling limiting groove when the first forming mechanism rotates so as to limit the moving track of the forming cavity and the distance between the core part and the inner peripheral wall of the forming cavity.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the support is configured with a pressing mechanism, the pressing mechanism comprising:

the sliding component is used for enabling the second mounting seat to move longitudinally or vertically relative to the bracket; and

and the pressing component is used for providing a longitudinal or vertical force to the second mounting seat so that the stopper can abut against the inner peripheral wall of the profiling limiting groove.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus comprises a feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism comprising:

the feeding pipe is communicated with the second feeding channel;

the push-pull sealing cylinder is communicated with the feeding groove and the feeding pipe; and

the cylinder is used for pushing the push-pull sealing cylinder to work so as to inject the semi-solid metal into the molding cavity through the feeding pipe, the second feeding channel and the first feeding channel;

the feed pipe is provided with a one-way control valve so that the semi-solid metal cannot flow backwards.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the forming means comprises a plurality of first forming mechanisms and a plurality of second forming mechanisms disposed in correspondence with the first forming mechanisms; a plurality of first molding mechanisms arranged in a matrix on the first mounting base; the former includes gets a mechanism, get a mechanism and contain:

the two adjacent supporting plates in the moving direction are connected together in a relatively hinged manner through a rotating shaft;

the adsorption component is arranged on the support plate in a matrix manner and comprises a material taking part with an adsorption chamber and a negative pressure interface which is arranged on the material taking part and is communicated with the adsorption chamber;

the vertical sliding rail component is used for supporting the rotating shaft through a bearing component so as to limit each supporting plate to move upwards;

and the transverse sliding rail component supports the vertical sliding rail component to drive the supporting plate to move transversely.

8. A square barrel alloy can forming system comprising the square barrel alloy can forming apparatus of claim 7, and a control device electrically connected to the forming device and the pressing mechanism, the control device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the processor when executing the computer program implementing the steps of:

controlling a feeding mechanism to inject semisolid metal liquid into the rotating molding cavity; wherein, the pressure applying component is controlled to apply pressure to the second mounting seat in the process of injecting the semi-solid metal liquid;

after the semi-solid metal liquid is injected for a preset first time, controlling the first molding mechanism to stop rotating and controlling the pressure applying component to stop working;

controlling the magnet to be electrified so as to open the molding cavity and the first receiving cavity;

the second mounting seat is controlled to move towards a direction far away from the first mounting seat so as to form a material taking channel, and the supporting plate is controlled to enter the material taking channel;

after all the supporting plates enter the material taking channel, the material taking mechanism is controlled to be close to the first mounting seat along the transverse direction so that the material taking pieces are sleeved on the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body;

negative pressure is formed in the adsorption cavity to fix the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body in the adsorption cavity so as to take the square barrel-shaped alloy tank body out through the supporting plate;

and after the supporting plate leaves the material taking channel, controlling the first forming mechanism to reset so as to form the forming cavity.

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