CN113478070B

CN113478070B - Pipe cutting and managing system and method thereof

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Publication number: CN113478070B
Application number: CN202110640790.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖俊
Original assignee: Zhejiang Taihao Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Taihao Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-09
Filing date: 2021-06-09
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2041-06-09
Also published as: CN113478070A

Abstract

The invention provides a circular tube cutting and managing system and a method thereof, wherein the circular tube cutting and managing system comprises a cutting base, a cutting mechanism and a clamping mechanism which are arranged on the cutting base, and at least one group of feeding and discharging devices which are arranged on the side part of the cutting base, wherein each feeding and discharging device comprises a lifting assembly, a feeding driving assembly for driving the lifting assembly to vertically lift and a discharging driving assembly for driving the lifting assembly to laterally incline; through the last unloader that slide distribution set up multiunit concurrently to have jacking material loading and side-tipping unloading function between two jack catch subassemblies, it can cooperate the jack catch subassembly to carry out the centre gripping spacing to the tubular product of different pipe diameters, cooperates cutting mechanism to carry out multistage support to the cutting process, then the accessible side-tipping is direct to be shifted to the unloading station with the cutting finished product, goes up the action fit degree between unloader and the each process and is good, links up compactly, improves production automation level and efficiency, has solved the technical problem such as last unloading structure separation, production continuity are poor that exist among the prior art.

Description

Pipe cutting and managing system and method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of pipe cutting, in particular to a pipe cutting system and a pipe cutting method.

Background

At present, the mechanical industry adopts a cutting machine to cut materials so as to mass-produce finished products with specific length and shape. Along with the continuous improvement of laser cutting technology, especially the rapid development of the pipe cutting industry, laser processing brings convenience and benefit to the production and manufacturing industry, and the market demand for laser pipe cutting machines is also increasing.

Chinese patent No. CN201810520524.1 discloses a pipe cutting machine for round pipes, comprising a frame and a laser cutting head, wherein one side of the frame is provided with a feeding mechanism for placing round pipes on the frame; a pushing mechanism, a pressing mechanism and a blanking mechanism are sequentially arranged on the frame, wherein a plurality of supporting devices which are distributed at intervals are arranged between the pushing mechanism and the pressing mechanism; the pushing mechanism comprises a pushing track arranged on the frame, a clamping device for clamping the round tube and a pushing driving device for driving the clamping device to move on the pushing track; when the pipe is placed in the frame through feed mechanism, strutting arrangement upwards supports the pipe and removes to clamping device department, after clamping device presss from both sides tight pipe, push drive arrangement orders about clamping device and is close to or keep away from hold-down mechanism, pushes forward the pipe and places laser cutting head below in and cut, and the pipe after the cutting is accomodate through unloading mechanism.

However, in the prior art, the feeding and discharging of the pipe needs to be manually interfered, the degree of automation is low, or the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism need to be independently arranged to finish the feeding and discharging operation respectively, the equipment structure is complex, the continuity of the production action is poor, and the efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims at overcoming the defects of the prior art, and provides a circular tube cutting and managing system and a method thereof, wherein a plurality of groups of feeding and discharging devices with jacking feeding and tilting discharging functions are arranged between two jaw assemblies in a sliding distribution mode, the feeding and discharging devices can be matched with the jaw assemblies to clamp and limit pipes with different pipe diameters, a cutting mechanism is matched with the cutting mechanism to support the cutting process in a multi-section mode, then cut finished products can be directly transferred to a discharging station through tilting, the action matching degree between the feeding and discharging devices and each working procedure is good, the connection is compact, the production automation level and efficiency are improved, and the technical problems of separation of feeding and discharging structures, poor production continuity and the like in the prior art are solved.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

the circular tube cutting and managing system comprises a cutting base, a cutting mechanism and a clamping mechanism which are arranged on the cutting base, and at least one group of feeding and discharging devices which are arranged on the side part of the cutting base;

the feeding and discharging device comprises a lifting assembly for supporting the pipe, a feeding driving assembly for driving the lifting assembly to vertically lift and a discharging driving assembly for driving the lifting assembly to laterally incline.

Preferably, the feeding and discharging device and the cutting mechanism are respectively arranged in a sliding manner along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixation, and a plurality of groups of feeding and discharging devices are distributed along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixation.

Preferably, the feeding and discharging device further comprises a feeding and discharging base arranged on the cutting base, and the feeding driving assembly comprises a feeding driving part vertically arranged on the feeding and discharging base and a bracket base fixedly connected with the top driving end of the feeding driving part.

Preferably, the lifting assembly is horizontally rotatably mounted on the bracket base; the bottom of the blanking driving assembly is hinged to the bracket base, and the telescopic end of the blanking driving assembly is eccentrically hinged to the horizontal rotating shaft of the lifting assembly.

Preferably, the lifting assembly is in a V-shaped structure and comprises a horizontal rotating shaft and two groups of lifting parts symmetrically arranged on the horizontal rotating shaft; universal balls are uniformly and rotatably arranged on the inner side surface of the lifting part, which is in contact with the pipe.

Preferably, the lifting device further comprises a limiting assembly arranged on the bracket base, wherein the limiting assembly is located on one side of the lifting assembly and can rotate and limit the lifting assembly.

Preferably, the cutting device further comprises a stock frame positioned at the side part of the cutting base, and the feeding and discharging device is positioned between the cutting base and the stock frame.

Preferably, the clamping mechanism comprises a front jaw assembly and a rear jaw assembly which are oppositely arranged on the cutting base; the feeding and discharging device is located between the front jaw assembly and the rear jaw assembly.

Preferably, the front claw assembly clamps one end of the pipe, and the rear claw assembly is matched with the other end of the pipe to perform circumferential limit; the front jaw assembly is slidably mounted on the cutting base; the rear jaw assembly is also provided with a receiving table mechanism relative to one side of the front jaw assembly.

The invention also provides a pipe cutting method based on the pipe cutting system of any one of the circular pipes, which comprises the following steps:

step one, jacking and feeding: the horizontal supporting pipe of the loading and unloading device moves up and down, and two ends of the pipe are clamped and limited by matching with the clamping mechanism;

step two, cutting: the pipe is cut by the action of the cutting mechanism;

step three, turning and blanking: after the clamping mechanism releases the clamping of the pipe, the pipe which is cut by the feeding and discharging device is laterally inclined, so that the pipe is automatically transferred to the discharging station.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. according to the invention, a plurality of groups of feeding and discharging devices are arranged between the two jaw assemblies in a sliding distribution manner, the feeding and discharging devices have the functions of jacking feeding and side tilting discharging, the clamping and limiting functions can be carried out on pipes with different pipe diameters by matching with the jaw assemblies in the feeding stage, the cutting mechanism can be matched for carrying out multistage support on the cutting process in the cutting stage, the side tilting of a cut finished product can be directly transferred to the discharging station in the discharging stage, the action matching degree between the feeding and discharging devices and each working procedure is good, the connection is compact, and the production automation level and the production efficiency are improved;

2. according to the feeding and discharging device, the lifting assembly is arranged, the feeding driving assembly is matched with the lifting assembly to drive the lifting assembly to vertically lift for feeding, the discharging driving assembly is hinged to the bracket base to drive the lifting assembly to horizontally rotate for discharging, and the feeding and discharging structure and functions are integrated, so that the structure is compact;

3. according to the invention, the limiting component is arranged on one side of the lifting component, when the lifting component is in a horizontal lifting state, and the pipe is lifted for feeding or cutting, the limiting buckle of the limiting component is matched and buckled in the limiting groove of the lifting part, so that the condition that the pipe falls due to rotation of the lifting component when sudden gas interruption or power failure is prevented, and the production safety is ensured.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a side-tipping blanking state of the loading and blanking device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a horizontal supporting feeding state of the feeding and discharging device of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the feeding and discharging device of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 at B;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 at C;

fig. 9 is an enlarged view of D in fig. 6.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should 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", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, the circular tube cutting and managing system comprises a cutting base 1, a cutting mechanism 2 and a clamping mechanism 3 which are arranged on the cutting base 1, and at least one group of feeding and discharging devices 4 which are arranged on the side part of the cutting base 1;

as shown in fig. 2, the loading and unloading device 4 includes a lifting assembly 41 for supporting a pipe, a loading driving assembly 42 for driving the lifting assembly 41 to vertically lift, and a unloading driving assembly 43 for driving the lifting assembly 41 to laterally incline.

In this embodiment, through slide distribution setting up multiunit unloader 4 between the two jack catch subassemblies of fixture 3, this unloader 4 has the function of jacking material loading and side slope unloading concurrently, and in the material loading stage, it can cooperate the jack catch subassembly to carry out the centre gripping spacing to the tubular product of different pipe diameters, and in the cutting stage, it can cooperate cutting mechanism 2 to carry out multistage support to the cutting process, in the unloading stage, it can directly be with cutting the finished product side slope transfer to the unloading station on, go up the action fit degree between unloader and the each process is good, links up compactly, improves production automation level and efficiency.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the loading and unloading device 4 and the cutting mechanism 2 are respectively arranged in a sliding manner along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixture, and multiple groups of loading and unloading devices 4 are distributed along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixture.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 9, the cutting mechanism 2 includes an X-axis slide 21 provided on the cutting base 1 in a linear sliding manner, a Y-axis slide 22 provided on the X-axis slide 21 in a sliding manner perpendicular to a sliding direction of the X-axis slide 21, a Z-axis slide 23 provided on the Y-axis slide 22 in a vertical sliding manner, and a laser cutting portion provided at a bottom of the Z-axis slide 23.

The sliding structure of the X-axis sliding base 21 includes: a slide rail and a rack parallel to the slide rail are arranged on the cutting base 1, a motor is arranged on the X-axis slide carriage 21, and the rotating end of the motor is provided with a gear meshed with the rack on the cutting base 1. The sliding structure of the Y-axis sliding seat 22 is similar to that of the X-axis sliding seat 21, and will not be described herein.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2-3, the loading and unloading device 4 further includes a loading and unloading base 44 mounted on the cutting base 1, and the loading driving assembly 42 includes a loading driving portion 421 vertically mounted on the loading and unloading base 44, and a bracket base 422 fixedly connected to the top driving end of the loading driving portion 421.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, a sliding block is disposed on a side of the loading and unloading base 44 opposite to the cutting base 1, and a linear sliding rail for sliding and clamping the sliding block is correspondingly disposed on the cutting base 1.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the lifting assembly 41 is horizontally rotatably mounted on the bracket base 422; the bottom of the blanking driving assembly 43 is hinged to the bracket base 422, and the telescopic end of the blanking driving assembly is eccentrically hinged to the horizontal rotating shaft of the lifting assembly 41.

In this embodiment, through setting up and lifting subassembly 41, the cooperation sets up material loading drive assembly 42 again and lifts subassembly 41 vertical lift with the drive and go up the material loading, articulates on bracket base 422 and sets up unloading drive assembly 43 with the drive lift subassembly 41 horizontal rotation and go up the unloading, will go up unloading structure and function integration, and the structure is compacter, and the action linking degree is good between the preceding and succeeding steps.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the lifting assembly 41 is configured in a V-shaped structure, and includes a horizontal rotating shaft 411 and two groups of lifting parts 412 symmetrically mounted on the horizontal rotating shaft 411; as shown in fig. 5, universal balls 410 are uniformly and rotatably disposed on the inner side surface of the lifting portion 412 contacting with the pipe.

In this embodiment, the blanking driving assembly 43 is located below the lifting assembly 41, the blanking driving assembly 43 is configured as a telescopic cylinder, one end of the horizontal rotating shaft 411 is coaxially fixed with a cam structure, a connecting shaft is arranged on the cam structure in parallel with the horizontal rotating shaft 411, the telescopic end of the blanking driving assembly 43 is hinged on the connecting shaft, and when the telescopic end extends out, the cam structure is jacked up, so that the lifting assembly 41 is rotated to a horizontal lifting state; the cam structure is pulled back when the telescopic end of the blanking driving assembly 43 is retracted, so that the lifting assembly 41 is rotated and inclined towards the end far away from the main body structure of the cutting machine, and the cut and bent pipe fitting automatically falls and is collected.

As a preferred embodiment, the two lifting portions 412 are rotatably mounted on the horizontal rotating shaft 411, so that an included angle formed between the two lifting portions 412 is adjustable, and pipes with different diameters can be adapted.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the feeding driving part 421 includes a feeding driving part 4211 horizontally mounted on the feeding and discharging base 44, and a screw lifting assembly 4212 driven by the feeding driving part 4211 to perform a vertical motion, and a screw expansion end of the screw lifting assembly 4212 is fixedly connected with the bracket base 422.

In this embodiment, the structure of the screw lifting assembly 4212 is a structure known in the prior art, and will not be described herein.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the cutting device further comprises a stock frame 5 positioned at the side of the cutting base 1, and the loading and unloading device 3 is positioned between the cutting base 1 and the stock frame 5.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 6-8, the clamping mechanism 3 comprises a front jaw assembly 31 and a rear jaw assembly 32 arranged opposite to each other on the cutting base 1; the loading and unloading device 4 is positioned between the front jaw assembly 31 and the rear jaw assembly 32.

Preferably, the front jaw assembly 31 clamps one end of the pipe, and the rear jaw assembly 32 cooperates with the other end of the pipe to perform circumferential limit; the front jaw assembly 31 is slidably mounted on the cutting base 1; the rear jaw assembly 32 is further provided with a receiving table mechanism 6 on the side opposite to the front jaw assembly 31.

Example two

In this embodiment, the same or corresponding parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment, and only the differences from the first embodiment will be described below for the sake of brevity. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that:

preferably, as shown in fig. 3-4, the lifting device further comprises a limiting component 45 disposed on the bracket base 422, wherein the limiting component 45 is located on one side of the lifting component 41 and can limit rotation of the lifting component 41.

Preferably, the limiting assembly 45 includes a mounting plate 451 fixedly mounted on the bracket base 422, a limiting driving portion 452 horizontally disposed on the mounting plate 451, a limiting buckle 453 horizontally slidably penetrating through the mounting plate 451 and fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the limiting driving portion 452, and a limiting groove 454 disposed on an outer side surface of the lifting portion 412 and on the same side as the limiting assembly 45, where the limiting driving portion 452 drives the limiting buckle 453 to horizontally slide and clamp in the limiting groove 454 when the lifting assembly 41 is in a horizontal supporting state.

In this embodiment, by arranging the limiting component 45 on one side of the lifting component 41, when the lifting component 41 is in a horizontal lifting state, that is, in the process of lifting a pipe for feeding or cutting, the limiting buckle 453 of the limiting component 45 is matched and buckled in the limiting groove 454 of the lifting portion 412, so as to limit the rotation of the lifting component 41, thereby preventing the situation that the pipe falls due to the rotation of the lifting component 41 when the gas is suddenly cut off or the power is off, and ensuring the production safety.

Before the rotary overturning blanking is carried out, the limit button 453 is driven by the limit driving part 452 to move towards the direction of the lifting part 412 so as to be separated from the limit groove 454; when the lifting assembly 41 is in the horizontal lifting state, the limit button 453 moves away from the lifting portion 412 to be clamped into the limit groove 454.

In addition, the top of the mounting plate 451 is configured to have an inclined slope structure adapted to the inclination angle of the lifting portion 412, so that the mounting plate 451 can support the lifting portion 412 when the lifting assembly 41 is in a horizontal lifting state, thereby improving the overall support strength.

Example III

A circular tube cutting method comprises the following steps:

step one, jacking and feeding: the pipe is horizontally supported by the feeding and discharging device 4 to move up and down, and two ends of the pipe are clamped and limited by the clamping mechanism 3;

step two, cutting: the cutting mechanism 2 acts to cut the pipe;

step three, turning and blanking: after the clamping mechanism 3 releases the clamping of the pipe, the feeding and discharging device 4 carries the cut pipe to incline sideways so as to automatically transfer to a discharging station.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention.

Claims

1. The circular tube cutting and managing system comprises a cutting base (1), a cutting mechanism (2) and a clamping mechanism (3) which are arranged on the cutting base (1), and is characterized by further comprising at least one group of feeding and discharging devices (4) which are arranged on the side part of the cutting base (1);

the feeding and discharging device (4) comprises a lifting assembly (41) for supporting the pipe, a feeding driving assembly (42) for driving the lifting assembly (41) to vertically lift and a discharging driving assembly (43) for driving the lifting assembly (41) to laterally incline;

the feeding and discharging device (4) further comprises a feeding and discharging base (44) arranged on the cutting base (1), and the feeding driving assembly (42) comprises a feeding driving part (421) vertically arranged on the feeding and discharging base (44) and a bracket base (422) fixedly connected with the top driving end of the feeding driving part (421);

the lifting assembly (41) is horizontally and rotatably arranged on the bracket base (422); the bottom of the blanking driving assembly (43) is hinged to the bracket base (422), and the telescopic end of the blanking driving assembly is eccentrically hinged to the horizontal rotating shaft of the lifting assembly (41);

the lifting device further comprises a limiting assembly (45) arranged on the bracket base (422), wherein the limiting assembly (45) is positioned on one side of the lifting assembly (41) and can rotationally limit the lifting assembly (41);

the limiting assembly (45) comprises a mounting plate (451) fixedly mounted on the bracket base (422), a limiting driving part (452) horizontally arranged on the mounting plate (451), a limiting buckle (453) horizontally sliding to penetrate through the mounting plate (451) and fixedly connected with the telescopic end of the limiting driving part (452) and a limiting groove (454) arranged on the outer side face of one lifting part (412) on the same side as the limiting assembly (45), and the limiting driving part (452) drives the limiting buckle (453) to horizontally slide and clamp in the limiting groove (454) when the lifting assembly (41) is in a horizontal bearing state.

2. The pipe cutting system according to claim 1, wherein the feeding and discharging device (4) and the cutting mechanism (2) are respectively arranged in a sliding manner along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixation, and a plurality of groups of feeding and discharging devices (4) are distributed along the length direction of the pipe clamping fixation.

3. The pipe cutting and managing system according to claim 1, wherein the lifting assembly (41) is provided with a V-shaped structure, and comprises a horizontal rotating shaft (411) and two groups of lifting parts (412) symmetrically arranged on the horizontal rotating shaft (411); universal balls (410) are uniformly and rotatably arranged on the inner side surface of the lifting part (412) contacted with the pipe.

4. A round tube cutting and management system according to claim 1, further comprising a stock rack (5) at the side of the cutting base (1), the loading and unloading device (4) being located between the cutting base (1) and the stock rack (5).

5. A pipe cutting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the clamping mechanism (3) comprises a front jaw assembly (31) and a rear jaw assembly (32) arranged opposite to the cutting base (1); the feeding and discharging device (4) is positioned between the front jaw assembly (31) and the rear jaw assembly (32).

6. A pipe cutting and managing system according to claim 5, characterized in that the front jaw assembly (31) clamps one end of the pipe and the rear jaw assembly (32) cooperates to limit the other end of the pipe circumferentially; the front jaw assembly (31) is slidably mounted on the cutting base (1); the rear jaw assembly (32) is further provided with a receiving table mechanism (6) at one side relative to the front jaw assembly (31).

7. A pipe cutting method based on the pipe cutting system of any one of claims 1-6, characterized by comprising the steps of:

step one, jacking and feeding: the loading and unloading device (4) horizontally supports the pipe to move up and down, and the clamping mechanism (3) is matched to clamp and limit the two ends of the pipe;

step two, cutting: the cutting mechanism (2) acts to cut the pipe;

step three, turning and blanking: after the clamping mechanism (3) releases the clamping of the pipe, the feeding and discharging device (4) carries the cut pipe to incline sideways so as to automatically transfer to a discharging station.