CN112589218A - Electric machining device and method for lining part to equally divide hole groove along circumference - Google Patents

Electric machining device and method for lining part to equally divide hole groove along circumference Download PDF

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CN112589218A
CN112589218A CN202011281938.7A CN202011281938A CN112589218A CN 112589218 A CN112589218 A CN 112589218A CN 202011281938 A CN202011281938 A CN 202011281938A CN 112589218 A CN112589218 A CN 112589218A
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韩鑫
严凯
张涛
杨晨
赵晨红
陈耀武
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The invention belongs to the field of machining of mechanical parts, and particularly relates to an electric machining device and method for uniformly dividing a hole groove of a bush part along the circumference, wherein the device comprises a device bottom plate, a clamping piece, a compression screw, a butterfly nut and a connecting column; the connecting column is a cylinder with a regular polygon section; a compression screw is arranged along the axial direction of the connecting column; a butterfly nut is arranged at the end part of the compression screw; the part to be processed is fixed on the central shaft of the connecting column through a compression screw; the connecting column is arranged on the device bottom plate and is fixed through the clamping piece. The invention provides the electric machining device and the method for the bush part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference, which have the advantages of simple and convenient operation, accurate and reliable machining, effective improvement of the machining quality of the part and production efficiency improvement.

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Electric machining device and method for lining part to equally divide hole groove along circumference
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of machining of mechanical parts, relates to an electric machining device and a machining method, and particularly relates to an electric machining device and method for equally dividing a hole groove along the circumference of a bush part.
Background
Referring to fig. 1, for some bushing type parts, especially the circumference of the bushing type part, three (six) equally distributed grooves or holes need to be processed. The traditional processing method is that a special tool which is provided with a special indexing device and has a complex structure is used for installing and aligning a workpiece on an electric processing machine tool, and then the indexing device is used for rotary indexing and processing in sequence. The clamp has a complex and heavy structure and is troublesome to operate, and the phenomena of unstable hole and groove position size, good processing quality and bad processing quality often occur; and the production efficiency is lower, and the requirements of a production field cannot be well met.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides the electric machining device and the electric machining method for the bush part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference, which have the advantages of simple and convenient operation, accurate and reliable machining, effective improvement of the machining quality of the part and production efficiency improvement.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an electric processingequipment of hole groove is equallyd divide along the circumference to bush class part which characterized in that: the electric machining device for the bush part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference comprises a device bottom plate, a clamping piece, a compression screw, a butterfly nut and a connecting column; the connecting column is a cylinder with a regular polygon section; a compression screw is arranged along the axial direction of the connecting column; a butterfly nut is arranged at the end part of the compression screw rod; the part to be processed is fixed on the central shaft of the connecting column through a compression screw; the connecting column is arranged on the device bottom plate and fixed through a clamping piece.
The clamping piece comprises a pressing plate, a stud and a support; the pressing plate is parallel to the device bottom plate; one end of the stud is fixed on the device bottom plate, the other end of the stud penetrates through the pressing plate, and a first nut is arranged at the end part of the stud; the support and the connecting column are arranged between the pressing plate and the device bottom plate and are arranged on two sides of the stud in a split mode.
The clamping piece further comprises a spring which is sleeved outside the stud and is arranged between the device bottom plate and the pressing plate.
The electric machining device for the bush part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference also comprises a cylindrical pin arranged on a bottom plate of the device; a positioning groove matched with the cylindrical pin is formed in the side wall of the connecting column; the number of the cylindrical pins is two, and a bus connecting line between the two cylindrical pins is parallel to and symmetrical to the axis of the connecting column.
The electric machining device for the lining part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference also comprises a stop pin arranged on a bottom plate of the device; the end face of the connecting column rests against the stop pin and is clamped to the device base plate by means of a clamping element.
A first gasket is arranged between the butterfly nut and the connecting column.
The clamping piece further comprises a second washer which is sleeved outside the stud and is arranged between the first nut and the pressing plate.
The support is provided with a second nut.
The method for machining the hole grooves which are equally divided along the circumference of the bushing type part based on the electric machining device for equally dividing the hole grooves along the circumference of the bushing type part is characterized by comprising the following steps of: the method comprises the following steps:
1) selecting a connecting column according to the attribute of the part to be processed; the attribute of the parts to be processed is the number of the parts to be processed which need to be equally divided along the circumference;
2) positioning and clamping the part to be processed along the axial direction of the connecting column, and enabling the part to be processed to be positioned on the central shaft of the connecting column;
3) the connecting column is arranged on the device bottom plate along the radial direction of the connecting column, and is positioned and clamped by the cylindrical pin and the stop pin;
4) processing a first hole groove in the circumferential direction of a part to be processed on an electric processing machine tool;
5) turning the connecting column along the axial direction of the connecting column, and repeating the step 3), and processing a second hole groove in the circumferential direction of the part to be processed on the electric processing machine tool;
6) and step 5) is repeated until all the circumferential grooves of the part to be processed are finished.
The specific implementation manner of the step 3) is as follows:
3.1) one side wall of the connecting column is arranged on a bottom plate of the device, and is positioned with a positioning groove on the connecting column through a cylindrical pin, and one end of the connecting column is ensured to be abutted against a stop pin;
3.2) adjusting the height of the pressing plate to enable the lower surface of the pressing plate to be in contact with the radial outer surface of the connecting column, simultaneously screwing a first nut, and clamping the connecting column on the device bottom plate along the radial direction of the connecting column through the pressing plate.
The invention has the advantages that:
the invention provides an electric machining device and method for uniformly dividing a hole groove on a bush part along the circumference, wherein the device comprises a device bottom plate, a clamping piece, a compression screw, a butterfly nut and a connecting column; the connecting column is a cylinder with a regular polygon section; a compression screw is arranged along the axial direction of the connecting column; a butterfly nut is arranged at the end part of the compression screw; the part to be processed is fixed on the central shaft of the connecting column through a compression screw; the connecting column is arranged on the device bottom plate and is fixed through the clamping piece. The electric machining method and the electric machining device for the grooves of the evenly distributed holes of the bush parts along the circumference of the three (six) are simple and convenient to operate, accurate and reliable in machining, capable of effectively improving the machining quality of the grooves or the shaped holes of the bush parts evenly distributed along the circumference of the three (six) and relatively high in production efficiency, and better meet the requirements of a production site. The electric machining method and the device can universally and better solve the problem that the holes and the grooves are uniformly distributed on an electric machining machine tool along the circumference of three (six) equally, and have the advantages of stable machining quality, high efficiency, convenient implementation, strong adaptability and low cost. The invention is applied to the actual production of factories, well improves the processing of the three (six) equant hole grooves of the bush parts along the circumference, has good processing effect, simple and convenient use, stability and reliability, and is relatively suitable for the electric processing production of the three (six) equant hole grooves of the bush parts along the circumference.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a bushing-like part to be machined;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electromachining device for a bush-like part which equally divides a hole groove along the circumference;
FIG. 3 is a view from K-K of FIG. 2;
wherein:
1-device backplane; 2-a compression screw; 3-connecting a column; 4, pressing a plate; 5-a first gasket; 6-a stud; 7-a first nut; 8-a second gasket; 9-a spring; 10-a second nut; 11-support; 12-cylindrical pins; 13-a wing nut; 14-stop pin.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the invention provides an electric machining device for equally dividing a hole groove of a bush part along the circumference, which comprises a device bottom plate 1, a clamping piece, a compression screw 2, a butterfly nut 13 and a connecting column 3; the connecting column 3 is a cylinder with a regular polygon cross section; a compression screw 2 is arranged along the axial direction of the connecting column 3; a butterfly nut 13 is arranged at the end part of the compression screw rod 2; the part to be processed is fixed on the central shaft of the connecting column 3 through the compression screw 2; the connecting column 3 is arranged on the device bottom plate 1 and fixed by a clamping piece.
The clamping piece comprises a pressing plate 4, a stud 6 and a support 11; the pressing plate 4 is parallel to the device bottom plate 1; one end of a stud 6 is fixed on the device bottom plate 1, the other end of the stud penetrates through the pressing plate 4, and a first nut 7 is arranged at the end part of the stud 6; the support 11 and the connecting column 3 are arranged between the pressing plate 4 and the device bottom plate 1 and are arranged on two sides of the stud 6.
The clamp further comprises a spring 9 which is fitted around the stud 6 and is disposed between the device base plate 1 and the pressure plate 4.
The electric machining device for the bush part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference also comprises a cylindrical pin 12 arranged on the device bottom plate 1; a positioning groove matched with the cylindrical pin 12 is arranged on the side wall of the connecting column 3; the number of the cylindrical pins 12 is two, and a bus connecting line between the two cylindrical pins 12 is parallel and symmetrical to the axis of the connecting column 3. The electric machining device for the lining part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference also comprises a stop pin 14 arranged on the device bottom plate 1; the end face of the connecting column 3 rests against the stop pin 14 and is clamped to the device base plate 1 by means of a clamping element.
A first washer 5 is arranged between the wing nut 13 and the connecting column 3. The clamp further comprises a second washer 8 arranged to be fitted over the stud 6 and disposed between the first nut 7 and the pressure plate 4. A second nut 10 is provided on the support 11.
The invention provides an electric processing device for equally dividing a hole groove along the circumference of a bushing part, and also provides a processing method for equally dividing the hole groove along the circumference of the bushing part based on the device, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
1) selecting a connecting column 3 according to the attribute of the part to be processed; the attribute of the parts to be processed is the number of the parts to be processed which need to be equally divided along the circumference;
2) the part to be processed is positioned and clamped along the axial direction of the connecting column 3, and the part to be processed is positioned on the central shaft of the connecting column;
3) the connecting column 3 is arranged on the device bottom plate 1 along the radial direction of the connecting column 3, and is positioned and clamped by the cylindrical pin 12 and the stop pin 14 through the clamping piece, and specifically, the connecting column 3 comprises the following components:
3.1) placing one side wall of a connecting column 3 on a device bottom plate 1, positioning the side wall with a positioning groove on the connecting column 3 through a cylindrical pin 12, and ensuring that one end of the connecting column is stopped against a stop pin 14;
3.2) adjusting the height of the pressing plate 4 to enable the lower surface of the pressing plate 4 to be in contact with the radial outer surface of the connecting column 3, simultaneously screwing the first nut 7, and clamping the connecting column 3 on the device bottom plate 1 along the radial direction of the connecting column 3 through the pressing plate 4.
4) Processing a first hole groove in the circumferential direction of a part to be processed on an electric processing machine tool;
5) the connecting column 3 is turned over along the axial direction of the connecting column 3, and the step 3) is repeated, so that a second hole groove in the circumferential direction of the part to be processed is processed on the electric processing machine tool;
6) and step 5) is repeated until all the circumferential grooves of the part to be processed are finished.
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The technical scheme provided by the invention is further explained in detail by combining the attached drawings:
referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, the present invention provides an electric machining method and apparatus for trisecting (taking trisection as an example) the hole slot along the circumference of a bushing type part, which is suitable for on-site production, and can give corresponding installation positions according to different machining and positioning requirements of such workpieces, and the apparatus is installed on an electric machining machine to complete the relevant machining. The invention provides an electric machining method and device for trisecting hole grooves of bushing parts along the circumference, which are based on a reversible connecting column, and are fixed by positioning, clamping and fixing, so that a workpiece to be machined is firstly installed along with a device element and then turned over twice, and reliable machining positions are respectively obtained and determined on an electric machining machine tool, and thus, corresponding hole groove machining is realized. The invention solves the scheme that the steps are as follows: the method comprises the steps of axially positioning and clamping a bush workpiece in a connecting column of a special device to enable the bush workpiece to be positioned at the radial geometric center of the connecting column; secondly, the workpiece obtains a determined hole and groove processing position on processing equipment by utilizing the assembly relation between the connecting column and the device bottom plate; thirdly, continuously turning and indexing twice, and enabling the workpiece to respectively obtain hole and groove machining positions of the other two angular positions according to the description in item 2. According to the operation, the electric machining process of trisecting the hole grooves along the circumference of the bushing type part can be completed.

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1. The utility model provides an electric processingequipment of hole groove is equallyd divide along the circumference to bush class part which characterized in that: the electric machining device for the lining part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference comprises a device bottom plate (1), a clamping piece, a compression screw (2), a butterfly nut (13) and a connecting column (3); the connecting column (3) is a cylinder with a regular polygon section; a compression screw (2) is arranged along the axial direction of the connecting column (3); a butterfly nut (13) is arranged at the end part of the compression screw rod (2); the part to be processed is fixed on the central shaft of the connecting column (3) through the compression screw (2); the connecting column (3) is arranged on the device bottom plate (1) and is fixed through a clamping piece.
2. An electromachining device for equally dividing a hole groove along a circumference of a bush-like member according to claim 1, wherein: the clamping piece comprises a pressing plate (4), a stud (6) and a support (11); the pressing plate (4) is parallel to the device bottom plate (1); one end of the stud (6) is fixed on the device bottom plate (1), the other end of the stud penetrates through the pressing plate (4), and a first nut (7) is arranged at the end part of the stud (6); the support (11) and the connecting column (3) are arranged between the pressing plate (4) and the device bottom plate (1) and are arranged on two sides of the stud (6) in a dividing mode.
3. An electromachining device for equally dividing a hole groove along a circumference of a bush-like part according to claim 2, wherein: the clamping piece further comprises a spring (9) which is sleeved outside the stud (6) and is arranged between the device bottom plate (1) and the pressing plate (4).
4. An electromachining device for lining type parts equally dividing a hole groove along the circumference according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: the electric machining device for the lining part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference also comprises a cylindrical pin (12) arranged on the device bottom plate (1); a positioning groove matched with the cylindrical pin (12) is formed in the side wall of the connecting column (3); the number of the cylindrical pins (12) is two, and a bus connecting line between the two cylindrical pins (12) is parallel to and symmetrical to the axis of the connecting column (3).
5. An electromachining device for equally dividing a hole groove along a circumference of a bush-like part according to claim 4, wherein: the electric machining device for the lining part to equally divide the hole groove along the circumference further comprises a stop pin (14) arranged on the device bottom plate (1); the end face of the connecting column (3) rests against a stop pin (14) and is clamped to the device base plate (1) by means of a clamping element.
6. An electromachining device for equally dividing a hole groove along a circumference of a bush-like member according to claim 5, wherein: a first gasket (5) is arranged between the butterfly nut (13) and the connecting column (3).
7. An electromachining device for lining type parts equally dividing hole slot along circumference according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: the clamping piece further comprises a second washer (8) which is sleeved outside the stud (6) and arranged between the first nut (7) and the pressing plate (4).
8. An electromachining device for circumferentially equally dividing a hole groove in a bush-like member according to claim 7, wherein: the support (11) is provided with a second nut (10).
9. A method for machining a bush-like component circumferentially equally dividing a hole groove based on the bush-like component circumferentially equally dividing electric machining apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:
1) selecting a connecting column (3) according to the attribute of the part to be processed; the attribute of the parts to be processed is the number of the parts to be processed which need to be equally divided along the circumference;
2) the part to be processed is positioned and clamped along the axial direction of the connecting column (3), and the part to be processed is positioned on the central shaft of the connecting column;
3) the connecting column (3) is arranged on the device bottom plate (1) along the radial direction of the connecting column (3), and is positioned and clamped by a clamping piece through a cylindrical pin (12) and a stop pin (14);
4) processing a first hole groove in the circumferential direction of a part to be processed on an electric processing machine tool;
5) the connecting column (3) is turned over along the axial direction of the connecting column (3), the step 3 is repeated, and a second hole groove in the circumferential direction of the part to be processed is processed on the electric processing machine tool;
6) and step 5) is repeated until all the circumferential grooves of the part to be processed are finished.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein: the specific implementation manner of the step 3) is as follows:
3.1) placing one side wall of the connecting column (3) on the device bottom plate (1), positioning the side wall with a positioning groove on the connecting column (3) through a cylindrical pin (12), and ensuring that one end of the connecting column is stopped against a stop pin (14);
3.2) adjusting the height of the pressing plate (4), enabling the lower surface of the pressing plate (4) to be in contact with the radial outer surface of the connecting column (3), simultaneously screwing a first nut (7), and clamping the connecting column (3) on the device bottom plate (1) along the radial direction of the connecting column (3) through the pressing plate (4).
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