Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, the invention aims to provide a balance shaft processing production line, which solves the problem that the production quality and the production efficiency are low when only a gear hobbing machine is adopted to process a balance shaft gear in the background technology.
The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical means:
a balance shaft processing production line sequentially comprises:
the feeding unit is used for conveying the balance shaft with the processed central hole;
the central hole blowing unit is used for blowing the central holes at the two ends of the balance shaft and cleaning the residual scraps in the central holes;
the gear hobbing unit is used for roughly machining a gear on the balance shaft;
the outer circle grinding unit is used for grinding outer circles at two ends of the balance shaft to a preset size;
the gear shaving unit is used for performing finish machining on the gear on the balance shaft;
A robot arm unit for transferring a balance shaft between the respective units;
the discharging unit is used for conveying the processed balance shaft to the next process station;
the main controller is used for controlling the feeding unit, the central hole blowing unit, the gear hobbing unit, the cylindrical grinding unit, the gear shaving unit, the mechanical arm unit and the discharging unit.
Further, the centre bore unit of blowing includes the base, is used for keeping the clastic box, is used for the piece of blowing and is used for placing the bearing spare of balanced axle, the box is fixed on the base, bear the front side that the spare was fixed at the box, the front side of box is opened and is equipped with the import that supplies balanced axle one end male, the piece of blowing includes fan and air nozzle, the fan is fixed on the box, the air nozzle is fixed in the box, just the jet-propelled direction orientation of air nozzle enters the mouth, the intercommunication has the hose between air nozzle and the fan.
Further, the hobbing unit comprises a hobbing machine body, a hobbing cutter, an upper clamp, a lower clamp and an oil injection assembly are mounted on the hobbing machine body, a cooling cavity with an open upper side is formed in the hobbing machine body, the open end of the cooling cavity is located on the lower sides of the hobbing cutter and the lower clamp, a filter layer is mounted on one side, close to the open end, of the cooling cavity, a support column is fixed in the cooling cavity, the upper end of the support column penetrates through the filter layer, the lower clamp is rotatably mounted at the upper end of the support column, and a driving piece for driving the lower clamp to rotate is mounted on the hobbing machine body; the oil injection assembly comprises an oil pump, a spray pipe and a spray head, the oil pump is arranged on the gear hobbing machine body, the oil inlet end of the oil pump is communicated with the cooling cavity, the oil outlet end of the oil pump is communicated with the spray pipe, the spray head is fixed on the upper fixture and is communicated with the oil outlet end of the spray pipe, and the oil injection direction of the spray head faces towards the hobbing cutter; the hobbing machine is characterized in that a cleaning piece used for cleaning the filter layer and a collecting piece used for collecting impurities are further installed on the hobbing machine body, the cleaning piece is fixed on the lower clamp and rotates along with the lower clamp, the collecting piece is arranged in the cooling cavity, a impurity removing opening matched with the collecting piece is formed in the filter layer, and the impurity removing opening and the collecting piece are not located in the same vertical direction with the hobbing cutter.
Further, the bottom of box is equipped with the material leakage mouth, the box is located demountable installation in material leakage mouth has the open material receiving box of upside, the both sides that material receiving box is close to the open end are fixed with spacing slide, the both sides of bottom half are equipped with spacing spout, spacing slide can slide rather than the spacing spout of homonymy.
Furthermore, gas blowing device is still including the seal assembly who is used for sealed import, seal assembly includes elasticity cloth and bungee cord, the shape of elasticity cloth is the same with the shape of import, the avris of elasticity cloth is fixed on the inside wall of import, elasticity cloth will import complete the closing cap, the position relative air nozzle on the elasticity cloth has the round hole, the diameter of round hole is less than the diameter of balanced shaft end portion, elasticity cloth is equipped with annular stringing passageway in the edge of round hole, the bungee cord also is the loop configuration, just the bungee cord is arranged in the stringing passageway.
Furthermore, the blowing device also comprises an adjusting assembly for automatically adjusting the size of the round holes, the adjusting assembly comprises a rotating ring and a plurality of rotating shafts, the rotating shafts are rotatably arranged on the front side of the box body and distributed on the periphery of the inlet in a circumferential array structure, a wire winding wheel and a first gear are fixed on the rotating shafts, a pull rope is wound on the wire winding wheel, and the free end of the pull rope is fixed at the edge of the round hole; the rotating ring is rotatably installed on the front side of the box body and surrounds all rotating shafts, a first annular rack is fixed on an inner ring of the rotating ring and meshed with all first gears, a second annular rack is fixed on an outer ring of the rotating ring, a first motor is installed on the top side of the box body, a second gear is fixed on an output shaft of the first motor, and the second gear and the second annular rack are meshed with each other.
Furthermore, the number of the cleaning pieces is not less than one, the cleaning pieces comprise an installation handle and a bristle part, one end of the installation handle is fixed on the lower clamp, the bristle part is installed on the lower side of the installation handle, the lower side of the bristle part is abutted against the filter layer, and a connecting ring is fixed at one end, far away from the lower clamp, of the installation handle.
Further, the driving part comprises a second motor, a third gear and a third annular rack, the second motor is installed in the hobbing machine body and located beside the cooling cavity, the third gear is fixed to an output shaft of the second motor, the third annular rack is fixed to an outer ring of the connecting ring, and the third annular rack is meshed with the third gear.
Further, the collecting piece comprises a collecting shell and an impurity box, one side of the collecting shell is integrally formed on the supporting column, the other side of the collecting shell is fixedly and integrally formed on the inner side wall of the cooling cavity, the upper end of the collecting shell is open, and the open end of the collecting shell is communicated with the impurity removing opening; the shape of impurity box is the same with the inside shape of collecting the shell, the impurity box is placed in collecting the shell, the upside of impurity box is uncovered, the opening end of impurity box and the opening end coincidence of collecting the shell, the front side of hobbing machine body is opened and is equipped with the export, export and collection shell intercommunication, the impurity box can remove to outside the hobbing machine body through this export.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the balance shaft processing production line with high efficiency and high quality is formed by the mutual matching of the feeding unit, the central hole blowing unit, the gear hobbing unit, the cylindrical grinding unit, the gear shaving unit, the mechanical arm unit and the discharging unit.
2. According to the invention, through arranging the box body, the sealing assembly, the adjusting assembly and other structures in the central hole blowing unit, not only can the flying chips in the box body when the central hole of the balance shaft is cleaned be retained, but also the problem that the chips fly around is avoided; meanwhile, the elastic cloth can be tightly wrapped on the balance shaft, so that a gap for flying chips cannot exist between the balance shaft and the inlet, and the device can be adapted to balance shafts with different sizes; and the device can also automatically adjust the size of the round hole on the elastic cloth, reduce the risk of damaging the elastic cloth due to the forced opening of the round hole by the balance shaft, and prolong the service life of the elastic cloth.
3. According to the invention, the structures such as the filter layer, the cleaning piece and the collecting piece are arranged in the hobbing unit, so that the recovery range of the cooling oil can be enlarged, and the problem of messy spraying of the cooling oil is reduced; meanwhile, impurities left on the filter layer can be automatically cleaned and collected, so that the hobbing unit is more automatic, and the manual burden is reduced.
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. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without making any creative effort based on the embodiments in the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the production line for processing the balance shaft 9 of the present invention sequentially comprises a feeding unit 1, a central hole blowing unit 2, a hobbing unit 3, an external grinding unit 4, a shaving unit 5, a mechanical arm unit 6, a discharging unit 7, and a main controller 8. The feeding unit 1 is a feeding chain plate line which is used for conveying the balance shaft 9 with the processed center hole and conveying the balance shaft 9 with the processed center hole to the production line; the central hole air blowing unit 2 is an air blowing device, and the central hole air blowing unit 2 is used for blowing air to the central holes at the two ends of the balance shaft 9, cleaning the residual scraps in the central holes and ensuring that the subsequent balance shaft 9 can be normally clamped on clamps of different equipment; the hobbing unit 3 is a hobbing machine which is used for roughly machining a gear on the balance shaft 9 to enable the gear to have a preset tooth number and a preset tooth profile; the cylindrical grinding unit 4 is a cylindrical grinding machine which is used for grinding the outer rings at the two ends of the balance shaft 9 to a preset size; the gear shaving unit 5 is a gear shaving machine which is used for performing finish machining on a gear on the balance shaft 9, and the tooth direction precision of the gear is improved, so that the stability of the balance shaft 9 during operation is improved; the mechanical arm unit 6 is an Effet robot which is used for transferring the balance shaft 9 among all units, so that the production line is higher in automation degree, the production efficiency can be improved, and the labor burden can be reduced; the master controller 8 is used for controlling the feeding unit 1, the central hole blowing unit 2, the hobbing unit 3, the external cylindrical grinding unit 4, the gear shaving unit 5, the mechanical arm unit 6 and the discharging unit 7.
As shown in fig. 1, when the balance shaft 9 is processed using the production line, the feeding unit 1 first conveys the balance shaft 9, in which the center hole is processed, into the production line; then, the balance shaft 9 is transferred to the central hole blowing unit 2 through the mechanical arm unit 6, the central holes at two ends of the balance shaft 9 are subjected to blowing treatment, and debris in the central holes are removed; then, the balance shaft 9 is transferred to the hobbing unit 3 through the mechanical arm unit 6, and hobbing is carried out on the gear of the balance shaft 9; then the balance shaft 9 is transferred to the external grinding unit 4 through the mechanical arm unit 6, and two ends of the balance shaft 9 are ground to be round; then the balance shaft 9 is transferred to the gear shaving unit 5 through the mechanical arm unit 6, and gear shaving processing is carried out on the gear of the balance shaft 9; and finally, the balance shaft 9 is transferred to the discharging unit 7 through the mechanical arm unit 6, the balance shaft 9 is transported to the next process station, and the balance shaft 9 processing production line with high efficiency and high quality is realized through the mutual matching of a plurality of units.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, since the conventional central hole blowing device is of an open structure, the blown debris can splash everywhere, and the normal operation of other units in production can be affected. Therefore, in this embodiment, the central hole blowing unit 2 includes a base 21, a box 24 for retaining debris, a blowing member 22 for blowing air, and a bearing member 23 for placing the balance shaft 9, an inner space of the box 24 is a structure with a wide top and a narrow bottom, two connecting columns 241 are symmetrically arranged on the box 24, lower ends of the connecting columns 241 are fixed on the base 21, the bearing member 23 is fixed on a front side of the box 24, an inlet 244 for inserting one end of the balance shaft 9 is opened on the front side of the box 24, the blowing member 22 includes a blower 221 and an air nozzle 222, the blower 221 is fixed on a rear side of the box 24, the air nozzle 222 is fixed in the box 24, an air blowing direction of the air nozzle 222 faces the inlet 244, a hose 223 is communicated between the air nozzle 222 and the blower 221, when the central hole of the balance shaft 9 needs to be cleaned, the balance shaft 9 can be placed on the bearing member 23 first, then one end of the balance shaft 9 is inserted into the box 24 from the inlet 244, and finally, starting the fan 221, spraying air to the central hole of the balance shaft 9 through the air nozzle 222, blowing out the chips in the central hole, and blocking the blown chips in the box body 24 to avoid the situation that the chips fly around.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in order to clean up the debris in the box body 24, a material leaking opening 242 is arranged at the bottom of the box body 24, a material receiving box 25 is detachably mounted at the material leaking opening 242 of the box body 24, the upper side of the material receiving box 25 is open, the open end of the material receiving box 25 is located right below the material leaking opening 242, the blown-out debris can directly fall into the material receiving box 25, limiting sliding plates 251 are integrally formed at the left side and the right side of the material receiving box 25 close to the open end, limiting sliding grooves 243 are arranged at the left side and the right side of the bottom of the box body 24, the limiting sliding plates 251 can slide in the limiting sliding grooves 243 at the same side of the limiting sliding plates, when the debris in the box body 24 needs to be cleaned, the material receiving box 25 is directly taken down, and the debris in the material receiving box 25 can be poured out, so that the operation is simple; the front side of the material receiving box 25 is also fixed with a pull handle 252, which is convenient for the staff to pull out the material receiving box 25.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in order to facilitate the balance shaft 9 to smoothly enter the box 24 through the inlet 244, the size of the inlet 244 is generally larger than the cross-sectional area of the balance shaft 9, but as such, for some balance shafts 9 with smaller cross-sectional areas, there is a larger gap between the inlet 244 and the balance shaft 9, so that blown debris may fly out through the gap, in order to solve this problem, the air blowing device further includes a sealing assembly 26 for sealing the inlet 244, the sealing assembly 26 includes an elastic cloth 261 and a bungee cord 262, the shape of the elastic cloth 261 is the same as that of the inlet 244, the side edge of the elastic cloth 261 is fixed on the inner side wall of the inlet 244, the elastic cloth 261 completely covers the inlet 244, the part of the elastic cloth 261 opposite to the air nozzle 222 has a circular hole 2611, the diameter of the circular hole 2611 is smaller than that of the end of the balance shaft 9, the elastic cloth 261 is provided with an annular threading channel 2612 at the edge of the circular hole 2611, the elastic rope 262 is also the loop configuration to the elastic rope 262 is placed in the passageway 2612 of restricting, when needs insert the one end of balanced axle 9 in the box 24, can directly make balanced axle 9 strut round hole 2611, then get into in the box 24 through this round hole 2611, this elastic cloth 261 receives the elasticity of elastic rope 262 in round hole 2611 department, can tightly wrap up outside balanced axle 9, make and can not have the clearance that leads to the piece departure between balanced axle 9 and the import 244, improve the clearance effect of the device.
As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the inlet 244 is a circular through hole, and the diameter of the inlet 244 gradually increases along the direction from the outside of the box 24 to the inside of the box 24, so that the box 24 at the inlet 244 can present a slope, and when the debris flies to the inlet 244, the debris will slide to the lower side of the box 24 directly along the slope instead of remaining at the position of the inlet 244.
As shown in fig. 3 and fig. 6, in the present embodiment, if the balance shaft 9 is frequently used to forcibly open the circular hole 2611, there is a risk that the balance shaft 9 may not enter the box 24 because of the elasticity of the elastic cloth 261, so that the balance shaft 9 may always advance against the elastic cloth 261, and the elastic cloth 261 may be damaged, therefore, the air blowing device further includes an adjusting assembly 27 for automatically adjusting the size of the circular hole 2611, the adjusting assembly 27 includes a rotating ring 271 and four rotating shafts 272, each of the four rotating shafts 272 is rotatably installed at the front side of the box 24, and the four rotating shafts 272 are distributed at the periphery of the inlet 244 in a circumferential array structure, a winding wheel 273 and a first gear 274 are fixed on the rotating shaft 272, the winding wheel 273 is disposed at a side close to the box 24, a pulling rope 275 is wound on the winding wheel 273, and a free end of the pulling rope 275 is fixed at an edge of the circular hole 2611; the rotating ring 271 is rotatably installed at the front side of the box 24 and surrounds all the rotating shafts 272, a first annular rack 2711 is integrally formed on the inner ring of the rotating ring 271, the first annular rack 2711 is meshed with all the first gears 274, a second annular rack 2712 is integrally formed on the outer ring of the rotating ring 271, a first motor 276 is installed at the top side of the box 24, a second gear 277 is fixed on the output shaft of the first motor 276, the second gear 277 is meshed with the second annular rack 2712, when the balance shaft 9 needs to be inserted, the first motor 276 can be started, the first motor 276 drives all the winding wheels 273 to rotate through the second gear 277, the rotating ring 271 and the first gear 274, the pulling rope 275 is wound on the winding wheels 273, so that the round hole 2611 is enlarged through the pulling rope 275, one end of the balance shaft 9 can be directly put into the box 24, and then the output shaft of the first motor is controlled to rotate reversely, the pulling rope 275 is reset under the elastic force of the elastic rope 262, so that the elastic cloth 261 is wrapped on the balance shaft 9 under the elastic force of the elastic rope 262, and the risk of damaging the elastic cloth 261 is reduced.
As shown in fig. 7, the hobbing unit 3 includes a hobbing machine body 31, a hob 32, an upper clamp 33, a lower clamp 34 and an oil spraying assembly 36 are installed on the hobbing machine body 31, the balance shaft 9 can be installed between the upper clamp 33 and the lower clamp 34, the hob 32 can perform hobbing on a gear on the balance shaft 9, and the oil spraying assembly 36 is used for spraying cooling oil on the hob 32 and a workpiece in the machining process, so that cutting scraps can be prevented from being scattered, and the temperature of the hob 32 can be reduced.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, a cooling cavity 311 with an open upper side is formed in the hobbing machine body 31, the cooling cavity 311 is a cylindrical cavity, the open end of the cooling cavity 311 is located at the lower sides of the hobbing cutter 32 and the lower clamp 34, the cooling cavity 311 is used for recovering and recooling cooling oil, a circular filter layer 35 is installed at one side, close to the open end, in the cooling cavity 311 and used for filtering cutting scraps in the cooling oil, the filter layer 35 has a large range and can enlarge the recovery range of the cooling oil, a support column 312 is vertically fixed at the middle part in the cooling cavity 311, the upper end of the support column 312 penetrates through the filter layer 35 and extends to the upper side of the cooling cavity 311, the lower clamp 34 is rotatably installed at the upper end of the support column 312, and a driving piece 39 used for driving the lower clamp 34 to rotate is installed on the hobbing machine body 31; the oil spraying assembly 36 comprises an oil pump 361, a spraying pipe 362 and a spraying head 363, the oil pump 361 is installed on the rear side of the hobbing cutter body 31, the oil inlet end of the oil pump 361 is communicated with the cooling cavity 311, the oil outlet end of the oil pump 361 is communicated with the spraying pipe 362, the spraying head 363 is fixed to one end, close to the hobbing cutter 32, of the upper fixture 33, the spraying head 363 is communicated with the oil outlet end of the spraying pipe 362, the oil spraying direction of the spraying head 363 faces towards the hobbing cutter 32, and cooling oil sprayed out of the spraying head 363 can prevent cutting scraps generated during workpiece machining from splashing and can also cool the hobbing cutter 32.
As shown in fig. 7 and 11, the gear hobbing machine body 31 is further provided with a cleaning piece 37 and a collecting piece 38, the cleaning piece 37 is used for cleaning impurities such as cutting scraps left on the filter layer 35, and the collecting piece 38 is used for collecting the impurities swept out by the cleaning piece 37, so that the device can automatically clean the impurities on the filter layer 35 in the operation process, and the automation degree is high.
As shown in FIG. 7, the number of the cleaning elements 37 is three, the cleaning elements 37 include a mounting stem 371 and a bristle portion 372, one end of the mounting stem 371 is fixed on the lower fixture 34, so that the whole cleaning element 37 can rotate along with the lower fixture 34, the bristle portion 372 is mounted on the lower side of the mounting stem 371, the lower side of the bristle portion 372 abuts against the filter layer 35, and in the process that the cleaning element 37 rotates along with the lower fixture 34, the bristle portion 372 can sweep the upper surface of the whole filter layer 35 to clean the cutting scraps on the filter layer 35, so that the efficiency of the device for recovering the cooling oil is higher, one ends of the mounting stems 371 of all the cleaning elements 37, which are far away from the lower fixture 34, are jointly fixed with a connecting ring 373, and the structure between all the cleaning elements 37 is more compact through the connecting ring 373.
As shown in fig. 10, in the present embodiment, the driving member 39 includes a second motor 391, a third gear 392 and a third annular rack 393, the body 31 has a mounting groove at the right side of the cooling cavity 311, the second motor 391 is mounted in the mounting groove, the third gear 392 is fixed on the output shaft of the motor, the third annular rack 393 is integrally formed on the outer ring of the connecting ring 373, the third annular rack 393 and the third gear 392 are engaged with each other, and the driving member 39 drives the lower clamp 34 to smoothly rotate.
As shown in fig. 11, in this embodiment, the collecting member 38 includes a collecting shell 381, the collecting shell 381 is fixedly installed in the cooling chamber 311, one side of the collecting shell 381 is integrally formed on the supporting column 312, the other side of the collecting shell 381 is integrally formed on the inner sidewall of the cooling chamber 311, the upper end of the collecting shell 381 is open, the space in the collecting shell 381 is separated from the inner space of the cooling cavity 311, the filter layer 35 is provided with a impurity removing opening 351, the shape of the impurity removing opening 351 is the same as that of the open end of the collecting shell 381, and the open end of the collecting case 381 communicates with the impurity removing port 351, when the cleaning member 37 rotates following the lower jig 34, the impurities on the filter layer 35 can be swept into the collecting case 381, also in the present embodiment, the impurity-removing opening 351 and the collecting member 38 are not located in the same vertical direction as the hob 32, so that the cooling oil does not directly enter the collecting case 381.
As shown in fig. 7 and 11, in order to clean the impurities in the collecting shell 381 after shutdown, the collecting element 38 further includes an impurity box 382, the shape of the impurity box 382 is the same as the internal shape of the collecting shell 381, the impurity box 382 is placed in the collecting shell 381, the upper side of the impurity box 382 is also open, the open end of the impurity box 382 coincides with the open end of the collecting shell 381, the impurities cleaned by the cleaning element 37 can enter the impurity box 382 from the impurity removing opening 351, an outlet 313 is opened on the front side of the machine body 31, the outlet 313 is communicated with the collecting shell 381, the impurity box 382 can move out of the machine body 31 through the outlet 313, and when the impurities need to be cleaned after shutdown, the impurity box 382 can be directly taken out for cleaning.
As shown in fig. 7, in order to facilitate pulling out the impurity box 382, a handle 3821 is installed on one side of the impurity box 382 facing the outside of the machine body 31, and the worker can pull out the impurity box 382 through the handle 3821, which is simple to operate.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. The techniques, shapes, and configurations not described in detail in the present invention are all known techniques.