CN113560650A

CN113560650A - Side milling head exchange device and machining device

Info

Publication number: CN113560650A
Application number: CN202110889394.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔承潭; 游宇; 胡鑫
Original assignee: Suzhou Sky Automation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Sky Automation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-04
Filing date: 2021-08-04
Publication date: 2021-10-29

Abstract

The invention provides a side milling head exchange device which is used for exchanging a side milling head with a main shaft of a processing device, wherein the side milling head comprises a milling head part and a milling head seat, the side milling head exchange device comprises a supporting component for supporting the side milling head and a driving component for driving the supporting component to move, the supporting component comprises a supporting frame and a plurality of supporting seats, an accommodating groove which is concavely arranged from top to bottom is arranged on the supporting frame, the milling head part is positioned in the accommodating groove, the accommodating groove is exposed from at least one side of the front side and the rear side of the supporting frame, the supporting seats are arranged at the top of the supporting frame and positioned at two sides of the accommodating groove, and the supporting seats comprise a first part fixed with the supporting frame and a second part which protrudes upwards from the first part. The processing device and the side milling head exchange device enable an operator to conveniently grab the side milling head or return the side milling head to the milling head library, greatly reduce the labor intensity of the operator and greatly improve the operation safety.

Description

Side milling head exchange device and machining device

Technical Field

The invention relates to a side milling head exchange device and a machining device.

Background

The gantry or vertical machining device can only machine a plane perpendicular to the main shaft, namely an XY plane, and if other surfaces (such as XZ and YZ planes) of a workpiece to be machined need to be turned over and clamped again, but some large workpieces are inconvenient to clamp again. This requires the use of side milling heads. The gantry machining device with the side milling head machining function is characterized in that a fixing seat for fixing the side milling head is arranged on a main shaft box body, and an operator needs to lock or loosen a connecting bolt between the side milling head fixing seat and a side milling head flange by using a spanner when the side milling head is manually assembled and disassembled.

There are several problems with manual operation: 1. because the side milling head is positioned on the workbench, an operator needs to stand on the workbench and operate close to the main shaft and the side milling head in order to align the main shaft and the side milling head, so that potential safety operation hazards exist; 2. if a person operates the cutter loosening switch and the hand pulse simultaneously, misoperation is possible, the side milling head is damaged by moving the main shaft under the condition that the blind rivet is not loosened; 3. as all manual operations have a lot of randomness, irregular operations easily cause safety accidents, and the side milling head is disassembled to injure feet to cause comminuted fracture.

In view of the above, there is a need for an improved side milling head exchange device to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a side milling head exchange device, which solves the problem that the existing processing device can only manually replace a side milling head.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a side milling head exchange device for exchanging a side milling head with a spindle of a machining device, the side milling head comprises a milling head portion and a milling head seat, the side milling head exchange device comprises a support assembly for supporting the side milling head and a driving assembly for driving the support assembly to move, the support assembly comprises a support frame and a plurality of support seats, the support frame is provided with a receiving slot recessed from top to bottom, the milling head portion is located in the receiving slot, the receiving slot is exposed from at least one of the front side and the rear side of the support frame, the plurality of support seats are arranged on the top of the support frame and located on two sides of the receiving slot, the support seats comprise a first portion fixed with the support frame and a second portion protruding upwards from the first portion, at least a portion of the first portion is exposed from above, the milling head seat is used for being placed at a position where the first part is exposed from the second part, and the second part is abutted against the milling head seat so as to limit the movement of the milling head seat in the horizontal direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the number of the supporting seats is four, and two supporting seats are respectively disposed on two sides of the accommodating groove.

As a further improvement of the invention, the containing groove is exposed from the front side and the rear side of the support frame.

As a further improvement of the invention, the supporting frame comprises two U-shaped side plates arranged at intervals and an upper connecting plate for connecting the tops of the two U-shaped side plates, the supporting seat is arranged on the upper connecting plate, and the accommodating groove is formed by surrounding U-shaped notches of the U-shaped side plates.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the driving assembly includes a bottom plate, a slide rail fixed on the bottom plate and extending in a front-back direction, a slider disposed on the slide rail, and an air cylinder for driving the slider to move on the slide rail, and the supporting assembly is fixed to the slider.

As a further improvement of the invention, the number of the slide rails is two, each slide rail is correspondingly provided with two slide blocks, and the two slide rails are arranged in parallel and are arranged up and down along the height direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the side milling head exchanging device further includes a mounting plate connecting the support assembly and the slide block.

As a further improvement of the invention, a reference block protruding towards the bottom plate is arranged above the mounting plate, and the reference block is attached to the upper end of the upper sliding block.

As a further improvement of the present invention, two adjusting blocks are arranged below the bottom plate at intervals along the front-back direction, and the adjusting blocks are used for adjusting the parallelism of the bottom plate and the slide rail in the front-back direction.

The invention also provides a processing device which comprises a processing table board, upright columns extending upwards from two sides of the processing table board, a cross beam connecting the upright columns at two sides, a ram arranged on the cross beam, a main shaft capable of sliding along the ram and the side milling head exchange device, wherein the driving assembly of the side milling head exchange device is fixed on one upright column.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: the processing device and the side milling head exchange device enable an operator to conveniently grab the side milling head or return the side milling head to the milling head library, greatly reduce the labor intensity of the operator and greatly improve the operation safety.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a processing apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of region A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the processing apparatus of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an enlarged structural view of a region B in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, a processing apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a processing table 1, columns 2 extending upward from both sides of the processing table 1, a beam 3 connecting the columns 2 on both sides, a ram 4 disposed on the beam 3, a spindle 5 slidable along the ram 4, and a side milling head exchanging apparatus 6.

The side milling head exchange device 6 is fixed on the upright 2 on one side and used for exchanging the side milling head 200 with the main shaft 5 of the processing device 100, and the side milling head 200 comprises milling head parts 201 and c.

The side milling head exchange device 6 comprises a supporting component 61 for supporting the side milling head 200, a driving component 62 for driving the supporting component 61 to move, and a mounting plate 63 for connecting the driving component 62 and the supporting component 61.

The driving assembly 62 includes a bottom plate 621, a slide rail 622 fixed on the bottom plate 621 and extending in a front-back direction, a slider 623 disposed on the slide rail 622, a cylinder 64 for driving the slider 623 to move on the slide rail 622, two adjusting blocks 65 disposed below the bottom plate 621 and spaced in the front-back direction, a slider tightening block 626, a bolt fixing block 627, and a slider tightening bolt 628. In this embodiment, the front-rear direction is an extending direction of the cross beam 3.

The bottom plate 621 is fixed to the pillar 2.

The supporting member 61 is fixed to the slider 623, and further, the supporting member 61 is fixed to the mounting plate 63, and the mounting plate 63 is fixed to the slider 623. The cylinder 64 is activated to drive the slider 623 along the slide rail 622, and thus the mounting plate 63 and the support assembly 61 along the slide rail 622.

The sliding rail 622 extends in the same direction as the cross beam 3.

The number of the slide rails 622 is two, each slide rail is correspondingly provided with two slide blocks 623, and the two slide rails 622 are arranged in parallel and are arranged up and down along the height direction. The sliding blocks 623 on each sliding rail 622 are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the sliding rail 622.

And a reference block 631 protruding towards the bottom plate 621 is arranged above the mounting plate 63, and the reference block 631 is attached to the upper end of the upper sliding block 623.

The upper slide rail 622 is a reference rail, the upper end of the slider 623 engaged with the reference rail is a reference side, and the reference side is parallel to the slide rail 622. When the sliding block 623 is installed, the reference edge of the sliding block 623 is tightly attached to the reference block 631, so that the parallelism between the support assembly 61 and the sliding rail 622 is ensured.

The slider jacking block 626 abuts against the lower side of the upper slide rail 622, the bolt fixing block 627 is fixed on the bottom plate 621, and the slider jacking bolt 628 is used for fixing the slider jacking block 626.

The adjusting block 65 is used to adjust the parallelism of the bottom plate 621 and the slide rail 622 in the front-back direction.

The support assembly 61 includes a support frame 611 and a plurality of support seats 612.

The support frame 611 includes two spaced U-shaped side plates 6111, an upper connecting plate 6112 connecting the tops of the two U-shaped side plates 6111, a lower connecting plate 6113 connecting the bottoms of the two U-shaped side plates 6111, and a receiving groove 6114 recessed from top to bottom.

The accommodating groove 6114 is exposed from at least one of the front and rear sides of the supporting frame 611, so that the milling head 201 of the side milling head 200 can be accommodated in the accommodating groove 6114 conveniently. In this embodiment, the accommodating groove 6114 is formed by surrounding a U-shaped notch of the U-shaped side plate 6111, and the accommodating groove 6114 is exposed from the front side and the rear side of the support frame 611. In other embodiments, the receiving slot 6114 may be exposed from only one side, as long as it is ensured that the milling head 201 can be placed into the receiving slot 6114.

The supporting seats 612 are disposed on the top of the supporting frame 611 and located on two sides of the receiving slot 6114. The number of the supporting seats 612 is four, and two supporting seats 612 are respectively arranged on two sides of the accommodating groove 6114.

The support base 612 is mounted on the upper connecting plate 6112. The support seat 612 includes a first portion 6121 fixed to the support frame 611, and a second portion 6122 protruding upward from the first portion 6121.

At least a part of the first portion 6121 is exposed from above, the headstock 202 is used to be placed at a position where the first portion 6121 is exposed from the second portion 6122, and the second portion 6122 abuts against the headstock 202 to limit the movement of the headstock 202 in the horizontal direction.

The first portion 6121 is high in height, which facilitates the operator to manually tighten the bolts for fixing the spindle 5 and the cutter head holder 202.

In this embodiment, the supporting seat 612 can be adjusted or replaced according to the side milling heads 200 with different sizes.

The method of mounting the side milling head 200 in the machining apparatus 100 of the present invention is as follows: the side milling head 200 is placed on the supporting assembly 61, so that the milling head seat 202 is located on the supporting seat 612, the air cylinder 64 is started to drive the supporting assembly 61 to move to an exchange position close to the main shaft 5, meanwhile, the main shaft 5 is driven to move to the upper side of the supporting assembly 61 and is lowered downwards to be close to the side milling head 200, at the moment, an operator manually fastens bolts to fix the milling head seat 202 of the main shaft 5 and the side milling head 200, then the main shaft 5 is controlled to move upwards, and the air cylinder 64 drives the supporting assembly 61 to restore to the original position.

The method for taking out the lower milling head 200 by the processing device 100 of the present invention is as follows: the air cylinder 64 is started to drive the support assembly 61 to move to an exchange position close to the spindle 5, meanwhile, the spindle 5 is driven to move to the position above the support assembly 61 and to descend to the position close to the support assembly 61, the milling head seat 202 is enabled to be supported on the first portion 6121, at this time, an operator manually loosens a bolt to separate the spindle 5 from the milling head seat 202 of the side milling head 200, then the spindle 5 is controlled to move upwards, the air cylinder 64 drives the support assembly 61 to restore to the original position, and the side milling head 200 is removed from the support assembly 61.

The processing device 100 and the side milling head exchange device 6 of the invention enable an operator to conveniently grab the side milling head 200 or return the side milling head 200 to the milling head library, greatly reduce the labor intensity of the operator and greatly improve the operation safety.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A side milling head exchange device is used for exchanging side milling heads with a main shaft of a machining device, wherein each side milling head comprises a milling head body and a milling head seat, and the side milling head exchange device is characterized in that: the side milling head exchange device comprises a supporting component for supporting the side milling head and a driving component for driving the supporting component to move, the supporting component comprises a supporting frame and a plurality of supporting seats, the supporting frame is provided with a containing groove which is sunken from top to bottom, the milling head part is positioned in the containing groove, the containing groove is exposed from at least one side of the front side and the rear side of the support frame, the plurality of supporting seats are arranged at the top of the support frame and positioned at the two sides of the containing groove, the support seat comprises a first part fixed with the support frame and a second part protruding upwards from the first part, at least part of the first part is exposed from the upper part, the milling head seat is used for being placed at a position where the first part is exposed from the second part, and the second part is abutted against the milling head seat so as to limit the movement of the milling head seat in the horizontal direction.

2. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the quantity of supporting seat is four, the both sides of accepting groove respectively are equipped with two the supporting seat.

3. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the accommodating grooves are exposed from the front side and the rear side of the support frame.

4. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 3, wherein: the support frame includes the U type curb plate that two intervals set up, connects the upper junction plate at two U type curb plate tops, the supporting seat is installed on the upper junction plate, the accepting groove by the U type breach of U type curb plate encloses to establish and forms.

5. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the driving assembly comprises a bottom plate, a sliding rail, a sliding block and a cylinder, the sliding rail is fixed to the bottom plate and extends in the front-back direction, the sliding block is arranged on the sliding rail, the cylinder is used for driving the sliding block to move on the sliding rail, and the supporting assembly is fixed to the sliding block.

6. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the quantity of slide rail is two, each slide rail correspondence is equipped with two sliders, two slide rail parallel arrangement just sets up from top to bottom along the direction of height.

7. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 6, wherein: the side milling head exchange device further comprises a mounting plate for connecting the support assembly and the sliding block.

8. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 7, wherein: the top of mounting panel is equipped with the orientation the protruding benchmark piece of stretching of bottom plate, the upper end laminating of the slider of benchmark piece and top.

9. The side mill head exchange apparatus of claim 6, wherein: two adjusting blocks are arranged below the bottom plate at intervals along the front-back direction and used for adjusting the parallelism of the bottom plate and the slide rail in the front-back direction.

10. A processing apparatus, characterized in that: the machining device comprises a machining table top, upright columns extending upwards from two sides of the machining table top, a cross beam connecting the upright columns at two sides, a ram arranged on the cross beam, a main shaft capable of sliding along the ram, and the side milling head exchange device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the driving assembly of the side milling head exchange device is fixed on one upright column.