CN111392410B - I-shaped stringer core mold transfer device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of composite stringer processing, in particular to an I-shaped stringer core mould transfer device, which comprises a support frame, a core mould transfer mechanism, a core mould fixing and storing mechanism, a core mould turnover mechanism and a core mould moving and storing mechanism, wherein: the top of the support frame is provided with a first slide rail, the core mold transfer mechanism can be arranged on the first slide rail in a relatively movable manner, and the core mold fixing and storing mechanism, the core mold turnover mechanism and the core mold moving and storing mechanism are sequentially arranged in the space at the bottom of the support frame along the direction of the first slide rail; through the setting of support frame and mandrel transfer mechanism, improved the stability and the efficiency that the mandrel removed, through the setting at the inside mandrel tilting mechanism that sets up of support frame, the left mandrel upset 180 degrees that will become the face down makes the face up set up, places the mandrel on the mandrel storage piece in mandrel removal storage mechanism at last, has prevented the pollution of left mandrel, through the setting of mandrel fixed establishment and mandrel moving mechanism, has improved the efficiency that the mandrel shifted.

Description

I-shaped stringer core mold transfer device and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of composite stringer processing, in particular to a transferring device and method for an I-shaped stringer core mold

Background

The composite stringer is mainly applied to the manufacture of an airplane empennage part, and the stringer material is added on an empennage wallboard part to enhance the bending resistance and tensile resistance of the wallboard and improve the stability, wherein the composite stringer comprises an I-shaped stringer. As shown in fig. 1, the cross section of the h-shaped stringer is h-shaped, and the h-shaped stringer core mold includes a left core mold 01, an upper cover 02, a right core mold 03, a lower core mold 04, and a product 05.

In the related art, after the core mold of the h-shaped stringer is formed, the core mold and the product need to be removed from the manufacturing equipment together for demolding, and in the demolding process, the core mold needs to be turned over to be in a vertical state as shown in fig. 2, and then the left core mold 01 and the product 05 need to be sequentially removed and transported, however, since the forming surface of the left core mold 01 is arranged downwards, the left core mold 01 is directly placed in the core mold transporting process, and the forming surface of the left core mold 01 is easily polluted.

In view of the above problems, the present designer has been actively researched and innovated based on the practical experience and professional knowledge that are abundant for many years in the engineering application of such products, so as to create a device and a method for transferring an i-shaped stringer core mold, which are more practical.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: the I-shaped stringer core mould transfer device and method are provided, so that pollution of a left core mould is prevented, and the efficiency of core mould and product transfer is improved.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention provides an i-shaped stringer core mold transfer device, including a support frame, a core mold transfer mechanism, a core mold fixing and storing mechanism, a core mold turnover mechanism, and a core mold moving and storing mechanism, wherein:

the top of the support frame is provided with a first slide rail, the core mold transfer mechanism can be arranged on the first slide rail in a relatively movable manner, and the core mold fixing and storing mechanism, the core mold overturning mechanism and the core mold moving and storing mechanism are sequentially arranged in the space at the bottom of the support frame in the direction of the first slide rail;

the core mold fixing and storing mechanism comprises a core mold storing clamp for placing a core mold and a workpiece storing block for placing a workpiece, and the core mold storing clamp and the workpiece storing block are uniformly distributed at intervals along the length direction of the workpiece;

the core mold transfer mechanism comprises a sliding platform, a lifting support, a lifting driving assembly and a core mold grabbing assembly, the lifting driving assembly is fixed on the sliding platform and drives the lifting support to change the height of the lifting support, and the core mold grabbing assembly is fixed on the lifting support and used for grabbing a core mold and a workpiece;

the core mold turnover mechanism comprises a turnover platform, a fixing clamp and a turnover driving piece, wherein the fixing clamp is fixedly connected to the turnover platform and used for clamping a core mold or a workpiece, and the turnover driving piece is connected with the turnover platform and used for driving the turnover platform to rotate 180 degrees;

the core mold moving and storing mechanism comprises a trolley, a second slide rail, a core mold storing part and a part storing part, wherein the core mold storing part and the part storing part are fixed on the trolley, and the trolley can be arranged on the second slide rail in a relatively sliding mode.

Furthermore, the fixed storage mechanism of mandrel still includes the jacking cylinder, the quantity of jacking cylinder is the mandrel storage presss from both sides with the quantity sum of finished piece storage piece, mandrel storage presss from both sides, finished piece storage piece homogeneous rigid coupling is in on the piston rod of jacking cylinder.

Further, the core mold gripping assembly further comprises a transverse driving member, a lifting driving member and a clamping member, wherein: the lifting support is characterized in that a clamping groove used for placing a core mold or a finished piece is formed in the clamping piece, the clamping piece is connected with the lifting driving piece, the body of the lifting driving piece is connected with the driving end of the transverse driving piece, and the transverse driving piece is fixed on the lifting support.

Further, the core mold grabbing assembly further comprises a vacuum chuck, the vacuum chuck is fixed on the lifting support through a buffer rod, the surface of the vacuum chuck is opposite to the bottom surface of the clamping groove, and the vacuum chuck is located in the moving range of the clamping piece.

Furthermore, the core mold grabbing component is symmetrically provided with two rows in the length direction of the lifting support, and one side where the clamping groove is located faces outwards.

Furthermore, an opening gear ring is arranged on the outer ring of the overturning platform, the fixing clamp is arranged at the opening of the opening gear ring, and the fixing clamp further comprises two clamping jaws, a clamping jaw air cylinder and a clamping jaw ejection air cylinder;

the clamping jaw ejection cylinder is fixedly connected to the overturning platform and faces the opening of the opening gear ring to drive the clamping jaw ejection cylinder, the clamping jaw ejection cylinder is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the clamping jaw ejection cylinder to drive the two clamping jaws connected with the clamping jaw ejection cylinder to be close to or far away from each other.

Further, the core mould removes storage mechanism still includes the jacking subassembly, the jacking subassembly further includes carriage, jacking piece and jacking piece, the jacking piece rigid coupling is in the drive end of jacking piece is used for the drive the lift of dolly, the bottom of dolly is provided with the universal wheel.

The invention also provides a core mould I-shaped stringer core mould transferring method, which comprises the following steps:

driving a core mold transfer mechanism to grab a left core mold;

moving the left core mold to a core mold turnover mechanism;

driving the overturning platform to rotate 180 degrees;

driving a core mold transfer mechanism to take down a left core mold from a core mold turnover mechanism;

moving the left core mold to a core mold moving and storing mechanism;

driving the core mold transfer mechanism to return, and grabbing the workpiece or the right core mold;

moving the workpiece or the right core mold to a moving storage mechanism;

the core mold moving and storing mechanism is driven to translate outside the support frame.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, through the arrangement of the support frame and the core mold transfer mechanism, the stability and the efficiency of core mold transfer are improved, through the arrangement of the core mold turnover mechanism arranged in the support frame, the left core mold with a downward molding surface is turned over by 180 degrees, so that the molding surface is arranged upwards, and finally the core mold is placed on the core mold storage piece in the core mold transfer storage mechanism, so that the pollution of the left core mold is prevented, and meanwhile, through the arrangement of the core mold fixing mechanism and the core mold transfer storage mechanism, machinery is used for replacing manpower, so that the efficiency of core mold transfer is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments described in the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a construction of an I-beam mandrel according to the related art of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the structure of a prior art H-stringer according to the present invention when demolded;

fig. 3 is a front view of an i-beam core transfer device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a core mold fixing and storing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a core mold transfer mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a core mold gripping assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a core mold turnover mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a retaining clip according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a core mold movement storing mechanism in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a jacking assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a flow chart of a method of transferring an h-beam mandrel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: 01-left mandrel; 02-covering; 03-right core mold; 04-lower core mold; 05-manufacturing a piece; 10-a support frame 11-a first slide rail; 20-core mold transfer mechanism; 21-a sliding platform; 22-a lifting support; 23-a lift drive assembly; 24-a core mold grasping assembly; 30-core mold fixing and storing mechanism; 31-core mold storage clips; 32-an article storage block; 33-a jacking cylinder; 40-core die turnover mechanism; 41-overturning the platform; 42-a retaining clip; 43-a tumble drive; 50-core mold moving and storing mechanism; 51-a trolley; 52-a second slide rail; 53-core mold storage; 54-an article storage; 55-jacking assembly; 56-universal wheel; 241-a transverse drive member; 242-a lifting drive; 243-the cartridge; 244-vacuum chuck; 411-split ring gear; 421-a clamping jaw; 422-clamping jaw cylinder; 423-ejection of the clamping jaw from the cylinder; 551-support frame; 552-jacking block; 553-a jacking member; 2431 card slot.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments.

In one aspect, the present invention provides an h-shaped stringer core mold transfer device as shown in fig. 3 to 10, including a support frame 10, a core mold transfer mechanism 20, a core mold fixing and storing mechanism 30, a core mold turnover mechanism 40, and a core mold moving and storing mechanism 50, wherein:

a first slide rail 11 is arranged at the top of the support frame 10, the core mold transfer mechanism 20 is relatively movably arranged on the first slide rail 11, and the core mold fixing and storing mechanism 30, the core mold overturning mechanism 40 and the core mold moving and storing mechanism 50 are sequentially arranged in the bottom space of the support frame 10 along the direction of the first slide rail 11;

the core mold fixing and storing mechanism 30 comprises a core mold storing clamp 31 for placing a core mold and a product storing block 32 for placing a product, wherein the core mold storing clamp 31 and the product storing block 32 are uniformly distributed at intervals along the length direction of the product; here, the core mold storage clip 31 is provided with a notch for placing the left core mold or the right core mold, and the intermediate storage block 32 is provided with a block for manually engaging the h-shaped stringer. The core die or the workpiece is provided with uniform supporting force by uniformly arranging the workpieces at intervals in the length direction, so that the deformation damage of the core die is avoided.

The core mold transfer mechanism 20 comprises a sliding platform 21, a lifting support 22, a lifting driving assembly 23 and a core mold grabbing assembly 24, wherein the lifting driving assembly 23 is fixed on the sliding platform 21 and drives the lifting support 22 to change the height of the lifting support, and the core mold grabbing assembly 24 is fixed on the lifting support 22 and is used for grabbing a core mold and a product; the arrangement of the core mold transfer mechanism 20 improves the stability and efficiency of the core mold transfer process, and reduces the waste of human resources.

The core mold turning mechanism 40 comprises a turning platform 41, a fixing clamp 42 and a turning driving member 43, wherein the fixing clamp 42 is fixedly connected to the turning platform 41 and used for clamping a core mold or a workpiece, and the turning driving member 43 is connected with the turning platform 41 and used for driving the turning platform 41 to rotate 180 degrees; the retaining clip 42 is vertically positioned to facilitate engagement of the left core form from the core form transfer mechanism 20.

The core mold movement storage mechanism 50 includes a carriage 51, a second slide rail 52, a core mold storage member 53 fixed to the carriage 51, and a product storage member 54, and the carriage 51 is slidably disposed on the second slide rail 52. Through the setting of dolly, once only remove left mandrel, right mandrel and finished piece, improved the transportation efficiency.

In the above embodiment, the stability and efficiency of the core mold transfer are improved by the arrangement of the support frame 10 and the core mold transfer mechanism 20, the left core mold whose molding surface is facing down is turned 180 degrees by the arrangement of the core mold turning mechanism 40 provided inside the support frame 10 so that the molding surface is arranged facing up, and finally the core mold is placed on the core mold storage member in the core mold transfer storage mechanism 50, thereby preventing the contamination of the left core mold, and at the same time, the efficiency of the core mold transfer is improved by using a machine instead of a manual work by the arrangement of the core mold fixing mechanism and the core mold transfer storage mechanism 50.

As a preferable convenience for transferring the core mold or the product in the above embodiment, the core mold fixing and storing mechanism 30 further includes lifting cylinders 33, the number of the lifting cylinders 33 is the sum of the number of the core mold storing clamps 31 and the number of the product storing blocks 32, and the core mold storing clamps 31 and the product storing blocks 32 are uniformly and fixedly connected to a piston rod of the lifting cylinders 33. When the concrete transfer is carried out, the jacking cylinder 33 acts first to jack the core mold or the workpiece to be transferred to the height close to the core mold transfer mechanism 20, so that the lifting time of the core mold transfer mechanism 20 is shortened, the lifting space is saved, the space utilization rate is improved, and the transfer efficiency is also improved.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the core mold grasping assembly 24 further includes a transverse driving member 241, a lifting driving member 242, and a catching member 243, wherein: the clamping piece 243 is provided with a clamping groove 2431 for placing a core mold or a finished piece, the clamping piece 243 is connected with the lifting driving piece 242, the body of the lifting driving piece 242 is connected with the driving end of the transverse driving piece 241, and the transverse driving piece 241 is fixed on the lifting support 22. The moving path of the hook 243 is enriched by the linkage of the horizontal driving member 241 and the elevation driving member 242, and when the core mold is fixed, the hook 243 is moved to the bottom of the core mold first, and the core mold is lifted up by the elevation of the elevation driving member 242.

In order to further improve the fixing effect, the core mold grasping assembly 24 further includes a vacuum chuck 244, the vacuum chuck 244 is fixed on the lifting bracket 22 through a buffer rod, a plate surface of the vacuum chuck 244 is disposed opposite to a bottom surface of the clamping groove 2431, and the vacuum chuck 244 is located in a movable range of the clamping member 243. By the arrangement of the vacuum cup 244, the vacuum cup 244 holds the core mould from above, and the bumper bar on the cup 244 ensures that the cup 244 acts on the core mould simultaneously with the escapement 243, ensuring a holding effect. It should be noted here that the vacuum chuck 244 may also be used to hold the article separately.

Referring to fig. 5, the core mold grasping assemblies 24 are symmetrically arranged in two rows in the length direction of the lifting bracket 22, and the side where the engaging grooves 2431 are located is arranged to face outward. Through the setting of two, can improve the transfer efficiency, be close to the one side of mandrel tilting mechanism 40 and be used for fixed left mandrel, the mandrel of one side snatchs the subassembly and is used for snatching finished piece and right mandrel in addition. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, only the left core mold needs to be turned, and the state of the right core mold after the molded article is released is the same as that of the left core mold after turning by 180 degrees, so that turning is not needed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, the outer ring of the flipping platform 41 has an open ring gear 411, the fixing clip 42 is disposed at the opening of the open ring gear 411, and the fixing clip 42 further includes two clamping jaws 421, a clamping jaw cylinder 422, and a clamping jaw ejection cylinder 423; the arrangement of the open ring gear 411 only needs to provide two rows of rotating gears meshed with the teeth on the lower portion of the open ring gear, and then the rotating gears are driven to rotate by the overturning driving part 43, wherein the overturning driving part can be a motor, and can also be an angle formed by driving the rack to move forwards and backwards by the linear cylinder so that the gear meshed with the rack rotates and is fixed.

As shown in fig. 8, the clamping jaw ejecting cylinder 423 is fixedly connected to the overturning platform 41 and is driven towards the opening of the opening gear ring 411, the clamping jaw cylinder 422 is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the clamping jaw ejecting cylinder 423, and drives the two clamping jaws 421 connected thereto to approach or move away from each other. Through the arrangement of the clamping jaw ejection cylinder 423, the clamping mouth of the clamping jaw 421 is positioned outside the open gear ring 411, so that the clamping jaw is convenient to be matched with the core mold grabbing assembly to fix the core mold.

After the left core mold, the product and the right core mold are all transferred to the cart 51, in order to transfer the core mold and the product after demolding to a fixed place, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cart 51 may further be detached from the second slide rail 52 and freely move, specifically, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the core mold movement storage mechanism 50 further includes a jacking assembly 55, the jacking assembly 55 further includes a supporting frame 551, a jacking block 552 and a jacking member 553, the jacking block 552 is fixedly connected to a driving end of the jacking member 553 for driving the cart 51 to ascend and descend, and a universal wheel 56 is disposed at the bottom of the cart 51. The lifting member 553 may be an air cylinder, the universal wheel 56 of the trolley 51 is suspended by the lifting of the air cylinder, so that the trolley is driven to move on the second slide rail 52 by the practical driving member, when the trolley 51 needs to be unloaded from the second slide rail 52, the universal wheel 56 descending the lifting member to the trolley 51 is contacted with the bottom surface, and meanwhile, when the lifting block 552 does not influence the movement of the trolley, the trolley 51 can be freely moved.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for transferring a stringer mandrel in a mandrel form, where the apparatus in the foregoing embodiment is used, as shown in fig. 11, and includes the following steps:

s10: the core mold transfer mechanism 20 is driven to grab the left core mold;

s20: moving the left core mold to the core mold turnover mechanism 40;

s30: the overturning platform 41 is driven to rotate for 180 degrees;

s40: the core mold transfer mechanism 20 is driven to take down the left core mold from the core mold turnover mechanism 40;

s50: moving the left core mold to the core mold moving and storing mechanism 50;

s60: the core mold transfer mechanism 20 is driven to return and grab the workpiece or the right core mold;

s70: moving the article or the right core mold to the moving storage mechanism 50; it should be noted that the transfer of the product and the right core mold is not sequential, and only the steps S60 to S70 need to be repeated.

S80: the core mold movement storage mechanism 50 is driven to translate out of the support frame.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (8)

1. The utility model provides a longpurlin mandrel transfer device of I-shaped, includes support frame (10), mandrel transfer mechanism (20), fixed storage mechanism of mandrel (30), mandrel tilting mechanism (40) and mandrel removal storage mechanism (50), wherein:

a first slide rail (11) is arranged at the top of the support frame (10), the core mold transfer mechanism (20) is arranged on the first slide rail (11) in a relatively movable manner, and the core mold fixing and storing mechanism (30), the core mold overturning mechanism (40) and the core mold moving and storing mechanism (50) are sequentially arranged in the bottom space of the support frame (10) along the direction of the first slide rail (11);

the core mold fixing and storing mechanism (30) comprises a core mold storing clamp (31) for placing a core mold and a product storing block (32) for placing a product, wherein the core mold storing clamp (31) and the product storing block (32) are uniformly distributed at intervals along the length direction of the product;

the core mold transfer mechanism (20) comprises a sliding platform (21), a lifting support (22), a lifting driving assembly (23) and a core mold grabbing assembly (24), wherein the lifting driving assembly (23) is fixed on the sliding platform (21) and drives the lifting support (22) to change the height of the lifting support, and the core mold grabbing assembly (24) is fixed on the lifting support (22) and is used for grabbing a core mold and a product;

the core mold overturning mechanism (40) comprises an overturning platform (41), a fixing clamp (42) and an overturning driving part (43), wherein the fixing clamp (42) is fixedly connected to the overturning platform (41) and used for clamping a core mold or a workpiece, and the overturning driving part (43) is connected with the overturning platform (41) and used for driving the overturning platform (41) to rotate 180 degrees;

the core mold movement storage mechanism (50) comprises a trolley (51), a second slide rail (52), a core mold storage part (53) and a part storage part (54), wherein the core mold storage part and the part storage part are fixed on the trolley (51), and the trolley (51) is arranged on the second slide rail (52) in a relatively sliding mode.

2. The h-beam core transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein the core fixing and storing mechanism (30) further includes a plurality of lift cylinders (33), the number of the lift cylinders (33) is the sum of the number of the core storage clips (31) and the number of the work storage blocks (32), and the core storage clips (31) and the work storage blocks (32) are integrally fixed to a piston rod of the lift cylinders (33).

3. The h-stringer core transfer device of claim 1, wherein the core gripper assembly (24) further includes a transverse drive (241), a lift drive (242), and a catch (243), wherein: the clamping piece (243) is provided with a clamping groove (2431) for placing a core mold or a finished piece, the clamping piece (243) is connected with the lifting driving piece (242), the body of the lifting driving piece (242) is connected with the driving end of the transverse driving piece (241), and the transverse driving piece (241) is fixed on the lifting support (22).

4. The h-beam core transfer device of claim 3, wherein the core gripper assembly (24) further comprises a vacuum chuck (244), the vacuum chuck (244) is fixed to the lifting bracket (22) by a buffer rod, and a plate surface of the vacuum chuck (244) is disposed opposite to a bottom surface of the clamping groove (2431), the vacuum chuck (244) is within a movable range of the clamping member (243).

5. The h-truss core transfer device of claim 3 or 4, wherein the core gripper assemblies (24) are symmetrically arranged in two rows in the length direction of the lifting bracket (22), and the side where the clamping grooves (2431) are located is arranged facing outward.

6. The h-beam mandrel transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outer race of the roll-over platform (41) has an open ring gear (411), the fixing clip (42) is disposed at an opening of the open ring gear (411), the fixing clip (42) further comprises two clamping jaws (421), a clamping jaw cylinder (422), and a clamping jaw ejection cylinder (423);

the clamping jaw ejection cylinder (423) is fixedly connected to the overturning platform (41) and drives towards the opening of the opening gear ring (411), the clamping jaw cylinder (422) is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the clamping jaw ejection cylinder (423) and drives the two clamping jaws (421) connected with the clamping jaw ejection cylinder to be close to or far away from each other.

7. The h-beam core transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein the core travel storage mechanism (50) further comprises a lift assembly (55), the lift assembly (55) further comprises a support frame (551), a lift block (552) and a lift member (553), the lift block (552) is fixedly connected to a driving end of the lift member (553) for driving the lifting of the trolley (51), and a universal wheel (56) is provided at a bottom of the trolley (51).

8. A stringer core transfer method using the stringer core transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of:

driving a core mold transfer mechanism to grab a left core mold;

moving the left core mold to a core mold turnover mechanism;

driving the overturning platform to rotate 180 degrees;

driving a core mold transfer mechanism to take down a left core mold from a core mold turnover mechanism;

moving the left core mold to a core mold moving and storing mechanism;

driving the core mold transfer mechanism to return, and grabbing the workpiece or the right core mold;

moving the workpiece or the right core mold to a core mold moving and storing mechanism;

the core mold moving and storing mechanism is driven to translate outside the support frame.

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