CN114990297B - Anti-clamping deformation transfer device for suspension torsion bar quenching process and use method - Google Patents

Anti-clamping deformation transfer device for suspension torsion bar quenching process and use method Download PDF

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CN114990297B
CN114990297B CN202210615388.0A CN202210615388A CN114990297B CN 114990297 B CN114990297 B CN 114990297B CN 202210615388 A CN202210615388 A CN 202210615388A CN 114990297 B CN114990297 B CN 114990297B
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The invention discloses an anti-clamping deformation transfer device for a suspended torsion bar quenching process and a use method thereof, wherein the anti-clamping deformation transfer device comprises an intermediate frequency quenching machine, one side of the quenching machine is provided with a discharge port, a discharge port is used for discharging and withdrawing a torsion bar, two ends of the torsion bar are provided with splines, the splines are rolled with blind teeth, the splines are provided with assembly grooves, one side of the discharge port is provided with a pushing table, the pushing table is provided with a pushing sliding rail, the pushing sliding rail is provided with a lifting mechanism, one side of the pushing table is provided with a transition slope plate, the transition slope plate is provided with a limiting device, two sides of the transition slope plate are provided with feeding mechanisms, one end of the transition slope plate is provided with a pushing table, the other end of the transition slope plate is provided with a quenching tank, the top surface of the quenching tank is provided with a positioning and conveying device, and a sinking hanging plate is arranged above the quenching tank; the advantages are that: the invention completely avoids the processing of clamping mechanisms such as clamping jaw firearms and the like on the rod body in the torsion bar quenching transfer process, so that the force points of the clamping mechanisms cannot be excessively concentrated to generate local deformation, and the quality of the torsion bar body after intermediate frequency can be effectively ensured.

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Anti-clamping deformation transfer device for suspension torsion bar quenching process and use method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of torsion bar manufacturing, in particular to an anti-clamping deformation transfer device for a suspension torsion bar quenching process and a use method thereof.
Background
The automobile torsion bar is also called a torsion bar spring, which is one of workpieces widely applied to a vehicle suspension system, most of the torsion bar is broken from the middle part in actual use, the problem can be found out from the production process, the automobile torsion bar is subjected to procedures of upsetting, milling, quenching, cooling, tempering, cooling, air drying, code spraying and the like in the preparation process, the automobile torsion bar is discharged from intermediate frequency equipment in the cooling process after the quenching at present, the torsion bar blank with high surface temperature is manually transported by using a clamp after the discharging, the torsion bar blank is lost into a quenching tank for cooling, in the transportation process, currently commonly used tools such as clamping jaws or live tongs are transported, the torsion bar is placed into a hanging basket for being sunk into a cooling tank for concentrated cooling, the rod body of the torsion bar is quite easy to be subjected to the compression deformation of the clamping jaws or the tongs in the clamping transportation process, and the deformation caused by the clamping positions of the two ends is also increased due to the fact that the gravity factors are larger when the torsion bar is close to the middle clamping position, so that the finished torsion bar is applied to a vehicle, especially in the vehicle with the harvesting machine and the harvesting machine, and the situation of uneven running and the vehicle is easy to break can be caused on the other hand, and the risk of the vehicle is increased on the aspect.
For example, in a full-automatic high-frequency quenching machine for a hard shaft of a mower, which is provided by CN201820616831.5, the equipment only changes the process from manual quenching to automatic quenching, but does not fundamentally solve the quality problem of an automobile torsion bar, and the surface of the hard shaft which is clamped by a mechanical clamping jaw for high-frequency quenching is in a state of hypoeutectoid steel or hypereutectoid steel, so that the problem of breakage in use is caused.
The most needed problem to be solved in the torsion bar manufacturing is how to avoid clamping damage of the bar body during the process of transferring the torsion bar to the cooling pool after heating the torsion bar.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows:
the utility model provides a hang torsion bar quenching process prevent centre gripping deformation transfer device, includes the medium frequency quenching machine, quenching machine one side is equipped with the discharge gate, the discharge gate returns the material and withdraws from the torsion bar, the torsion bar both ends are equipped with the spline, the spline rolls there is blind tooth, the spline is equipped with the assembly groove, discharge gate one side is equipped with pushes away the material platform, it is equipped with pushing away the material slide rail to push away the material bench, it lifts the mechanism to push away on the material slide rail, one side of pushing away the material platform is equipped with the transition ramp plate, be equipped with stop device on the transition ramp plate, the both sides of transition ramp plate are equipped with feed mechanism, the one end of transition ramp plate is equipped with push away the material platform, the other end is equipped with the quenching bath, the top surface of quenching bath is equipped with location conveyer, the top of quenching bath is equipped with the sinking hanger plate.
Further, the pushing table is provided with support legs, the top surface of the pushing table is provided with hollowed-out parts, two sides of the hollowed-out parts are provided with movable plate grooves, movable plates are arranged in the movable plate grooves, the top surface of the movable plates is horizontal to the top surface of the pushing table, the top surface of the pushing table is provided with torsion bar baffles, the torsion bar baffles are divided into a main baffle, a limiting plate, an auxiliary baffle and side plates, the included angle between the main baffle, the limiting plate and the discharging side of the quenching machine is 90 degrees, the included angle between the side plates and the main baffle is 90 degrees, the pushing table is provided with a cavity, two ends of the cavity are communicated with the pushing table, pushing sliding rails are arranged in the cavity, and the lifting mechanism is a lifting supporting table.
Further, the pushing slide rail is a double-layer slide rail, the pushing slide rail comprises a lifting rail and a pushing rail, the lifting rail is arranged above the pushing rail, the length of the pushing slide rail is the same as that of the lifting slide rail, and one end of the lifting slide rail is fixed in the middle of the pushing slide rail.
Further, the lifting mechanism comprises a lifting sliding block, a lifting motor, a lifting rod and an arc-shaped supporting plate, wherein the lifting motor is fixed on the lifting sliding block, the lifting pulling rod is fixed on the lifting motor, a lug is arranged on the arc-shaped supporting plate, and the lifting sliding block is fixed on the lifting rail.
Further, be equipped with spacing slide rail on the transition slope board, stop device inlay in on the spacing slide rail, the surface both sides of transition slope board are equipped with the drive groove, be equipped with drive shaft and driven shaft in the drive groove, the drive shaft passes the lateral wall of drive groove is connected with driving motor, driving motor passes through the motor support be fixed in on the lateral wall of transition slope board, the drive shaft with the driven shaft passes through drive belt and is connected, stop device pass through belt splint with drive belt fixed connection, be equipped with the limit base plate on the stop device, be equipped with the limit slide table that the structure is the same and set up in both ends symmetrically on the limit base plate, limit slide table includes slip table drive plate, slip table baffle, lead screw and guide pillar, one side of slip table drive plate is equipped with the slip table motor, the guide pillar with the both ends of lead screw are connected respectively the slip table drive plate with the relative face of slip table baffle, be equipped with the through-hole with the slip table motor is connected, be equipped with the limit slide block on the limit slide table, the slider pass with the guide pillar motor the guide pillar the top surface with the drive belt fixed connection, be equipped with the drive belt, the limit block is equipped with the cylinder guide cylinder, be equipped with the cylinder lifting cylinder side of the cylinder is equipped with the lifting cylinder, the lifting cylinder is equipped with the lifting sleeve, the lifting cylinder is equipped with one side of the lifting cylinder, the lifting cylinder is equipped with the lifting cylinder, and the lifting cylinder is equipped with the lifting cylinder lifting rod, the translation screw rod is provided with a translation plate, and the translation plate is fixedly provided with a clamping jaw.
Further, the thimble mechanism includes the axle bed, be equipped with the pivot thimble in the axle bed, rotating device is connected to one section of pivot thimble, the pivot thimble includes syringe needle and pivot two parts, the syringe needle diameter is less than the pivot diameter is fixed in the pivot and is not connected rotating device's one end, the pivot is equipped with the one end of syringe needle is equipped with the arc inserted block, be equipped with the spline housing on the arc inserted block, the spline housing is annular sleeve including stack shell and stack shell two parts, the stack shell of spline housing is equipped with recess and thimble hole, the laminating of the surface of arc inserted block the grooved surface of recess, the thimble passes the thimble hole is located the inboard of spline housing, the stack shell inboard of spline housing is equipped with spline tooth and blind tooth fixture block.
Further, a feeding sliding rail is arranged on one side of the limiting table, a feeding sliding block is arranged on the feeding sliding rail, the feeding air cylinder is fixedly connected with the feeding sliding block, and the upper end of the feeding sliding rail is higher than the top surface of the limiting table.
Further, the feeding mechanism is arranged on two sides of the transition slope plate and comprises a feeding plate, a spline housing conveyor belt is arranged on one side of the feeding plate, a feeding electric rail is arranged on the feeding plate, a feeding clamping plate is arranged on the feeding electric rail, and clamping jaws are arranged on the clamping plates.
Further, the top surface both sides of quenching bath are equipped with location conveyor, location conveyor includes location slide rail, location slider, locating lever and grabbing device, grabbing device is including grabbing cylinder and clamping jaw, it connects through the cylinder pole to snatch the cylinder the clamping jaw, the bottom of locating lever is equipped with the fixing base, the top of locating lever is equipped with the metal piece, the one end of location slide rail is equipped with the solenoid valve, the location slider is the metal slider.
Further, the top surface of sinking hanger plate is equipped with the jib, the sinking hanger plate passes through the jib is fixed with the wall body, the bottom surface both sides of sinking hanger plate are equipped with the location draw-in groove, equidistant track that is equipped with the structure the same between the location draw-in groove, all be equipped with two on the track and sink the clamping jaw, it is fixed in on the hydraulic lifter to sink the clamping jaw, the top of locating lever is inserted and is located in the location draw-in groove, the equidistant induction valve that is equipped with of lateral wall of location draw-in groove, the induction valve control track circuit.
Further, the side wall of the quenching tank is provided with clamping blocks which are opposite to each other and have the same structure, and the clamping blocks are provided with grooves with semicircular sections.
The invention has the advantages that: compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages of reasonable design, strong practicability and the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, the processing of clamping mechanisms such as clamping jaw firearms and the like on the rod body is completely avoided in the torsion bar quenching transfer process, so that the force points of the clamping mechanisms cannot be excessively concentrated to generate local deformation, and the quality of the torsion bar body after intermediate frequency can be effectively ensured;
2. according to the transition slope plate part, the complementary spline housing can be flexibly replaced, and the spline housing is combined with the thimble mechanism, so that when a torsion bar is transported to the working procedure, the splines at the two ends are clamped and nested, and then the torsion bar is supported by the two ends, so that the risk of rod body damage is further reduced, and the quality of a workpiece of the rod body is effectively ensured;
3. when the quenching tank is transported to the quenching tank part for cooling preparation work, the quenching tank is firstly clamped by the clamping jaw to drag the quenching tank in the horizontal direction, then the torsion bar sleeve is clamped by the sinking mechanism on the hanging plate, and then the torsion bar sleeve is sunk into the quenching tank for cooling operation;
4. the quenching tank is also provided with the clamping blocks with special structures, so that the torsion bars are distributed more uniformly, and the quenching efficiency is higher during batch operation.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a pushing table according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a lifting mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a pushing rail according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the transition slope plate of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a spacing device according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a limiting table according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the feeding cylinder and the lifting cylinder of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a translating work plate of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the ejector pin mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a feeding mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a positioning and transporting device according to the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the bottom surface of the submerged hanger plate of the present invention;
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a torsion bar construction to which the present invention is applied.
In the figure, a 1-pushing table, a 11-movable plate groove, a 12-movable plate, a 13-torsion bar baffle, a 131-main baffle, a 134-side plate, a 132-limiting plate, a 133-auxiliary baffle, a 14-pushing slide rail, a 141-lifting rail, a 142-pushing rail, a 15-lifting mechanism, a 151-lifting slide block, a 152-lifting motor, a 153-lifting rod and a 154-arc-shaped supporting plate;
2-transition slope plates, 21-limit sliding rails, 22-driving grooves, 221-driving shafts, 222-driving motors and 223-driving belts;
3-a quenching tank;
the device comprises a 4-limiting device, a 41-limiting substrate, a 42-limiting sliding table, a 421-sliding table driving plate, a 422-sliding table baffle, a 423-sliding table screw rod, a 424-guide pillar, a 425-sliding table motor and a 426-limiting sliding block;
43-limit table, 431-feeding cylinder, 432-lifting cylinder, 433-lifting sleeve, 4311-feeding cylinder rod, 4312-translation work plate, 43121-translation groove, 43122-translation screw rod, 43123-translation plate, 4321-lifting cylinder rod, 4313-feeding slide rail, 443-spline housing, 4431-spline teeth, 4432-blind tooth fixture block;
44-thimble mechanism, 441-axle seat, 442-spindle thimble, 444-rotating device, 4421-needle, 4422-spindle, 4423-arc insert block and 45-motor fixing plate;
5-feeding mechanism, 51-feeding plate, 52-spline housing conveyor belt and 53-feeding clamping plate;
6-positioning conveying device, 61-positioning slide rail, 62-positioning slide block, 63-positioning rod and 64-grabbing device; 7-sinking hanging plate, 71-hanging rod, 72-positioning clamping groove and 73-sinking clamping jaw.
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In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present invention, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
Referring to figures 1-14, an anti-clamping deformation transfer device for a suspended torsion bar quenching procedure comprises an intermediate frequency quenching machine, wherein one side of the quenching machine is provided with a discharge port, a discharge port returns to the torsion bar, a torsion bar body is pushed out by the discharge thrust of an intermediate frequency mechanism and moves forwards, two ends of the torsion bar are provided with splines, blind teeth are rolled by the splines, the splines are provided with assembly grooves, the blind teeth and the assembly grooves are all formed by matching with the assembly purpose of a finished product in the later period, the blind teeth are spline notches machined on the periphery of the spline teeth, one side of the discharge port is provided with a pushing table 1, the pushing table 1 is provided with a pushing slide rail 14, the pushing slide rail 14 is provided with a lifting mechanism 15, when the torsion bar is produced from the intermediate frequency equipment, the torsion bar is moved to the upper part of the lifting mechanism 15, the torsion bar is lifted by the linkage of a plurality of devices, the impact on the bar body is reduced by the two ends in the process, one side of the pushing table 1 is provided with a transition sloping plate 2, the transition sloping plate 2 is provided with a limiting device 4, the transition sloping plate 2 is used for conveying the torsion bar to the side of the quenching bath 3 to wait for cooling, the two sides of the transition sloping plate 2 are provided with feeding mechanisms 5, the feeding mechanisms 5 lift the spline sleeve 443 to the position of the transition sloping plate 2 to cooperate with the assembly work of the limiting table 43, one end of the transition sloping plate 2 is provided with the pushing table 1, the other end is provided with the quenching bath 3, the top surface of the quenching bath 3 is provided with a positioning and conveying device 6, the torsion bar is clamped from the transition sloping plate 2, the torsion bar assembled with the spline sleeve 443 can be prevented from being clamped by the bar body in the transferring process, meanwhile, when the torsion bar is moved, the torsion bar is positioned, a sinking hanging plate 7 is arranged above the quenching bath 3, a plurality of groups of mechanisms are arranged on the sinking hanging plate 7, and the torsion bar is regularly lowered into the quenching bath 3 to perform cooling operation in cooperation with the positioning and conveying device 6.
The pushing table 1 is provided with supporting feet for supporting, the top surface of the pushing table 1 is provided with a hollowed-out part and a controller, the controller is provided with a singlechip and a power supply module, each device on the pushing table 1 is controlled to move by using a timing unit, two sides of the hollowed-out part are provided with movable plate grooves 11, movable plates 12 are arranged in the movable plate grooves 11, the top surfaces of the movable plates 12 are level with the top surface of the pushing table 1, the movable plates 12 are arranged in the movable plate grooves 11, electric sliding rails are arranged in the movable plate grooves 11, and two sides of the movable plates are fixed on electric sliding blocks to realize the horizontal movement of the movable plates 12 on the pushing table 1;
the top surface of the pushing table 1 is provided with a torsion bar baffle 13, the torsion bar baffle 13 is divided into a main baffle 131, a limiting plate 132, an auxiliary baffle 133 and a side plate 134, the included angle between the main baffle 131, the limiting plate 132 and the auxiliary baffle 133 and the discharging side of the quenching machine is 90 degrees, the included angle between the side plate 134 and the main baffle 131 is 90 degrees, the torsion bar baffle 13 is arranged at the discharging port of the quenching device, when the torsion bar is pushed out and discharged, firstly, the movable space is limited by the torsion bar baffle 13 to enable the torsion bar baffle to move forward only, the work of the lifting mechanism 15 cannot be influenced by rolling to two sides, the side plate 134 is arranged on the side of the pushing table 1, away from the movable plate groove 11 on one side of the quenching device, so that the torsion bar can not exceed the lifting range of the lifting mechanism 15 in the advancing movement process, the bottom edge part of the main baffle 131 is fixed on the table surface of the pushing table 1 between the two movable plates 12, the length of the main baffle 131 is larger than the outer space between the two movable plates 12, the limiting plate 132 is arranged on the table surface of the pushing table 1, which is close to the quenching device, the main baffle 131 is arranged on the table surface of the quenching device, and the side of the main baffle 131 is arranged between the main baffle 131 and the main baffle 1 and the corresponding to the main baffle 131, and the main baffle 132 is arranged on the largest in the gap between the main baffle and the main baffle 132 and the main baffle 132;
the pushing table 1 is provided with a cavity, two ends of the cavity are communicated, the cavity can be quickly disassembled and replaced when each device on the pushing table 1 fails, a pushing sliding rail 14 is arranged in the cavity, and the lifting mechanism 15 is a lifting supporting table.
The pushing slide rail 14 is a double-layer slide rail, the pushing slide rail 14 comprises a lifting rail 141 and a pushing rail 142, the lifting rail 141 is arranged above the pushing rail 142, the pushing rail 142 and the lifting rail 141 have the same length, one end of the pushing rail 142 is provided with a baffle, the other end of the pushing rail 142 is not provided with a baffle, the lifting rail 141 moves horizontally on the pushing rail 142, and a lifting mechanism 15 arranged on the lifting rail 141 also moves along with the pushing rail.
The lifting mechanism 15 comprises a lifting sliding block 151, a lifting motor 152, a lifting rod 153 and an arc-shaped supporting plate 154, wherein the lifting motor 152 is fixed on the lifting sliding block 151, the lifting rod 153 is fixed on the lifting motor 152, a lug is arranged on the arc-shaped supporting plate 154, the lifting sliding block 151 is fixed on the lifting rail 141, under a normal state, the movable plate 12 moves above the lifting mechanism 15, when the torsion bar is produced, the torsion bar moves smoothly until being blocked by the side plate 134, then the movable plate 12 moves to the other side, the lifting mechanism 15 lifts the torsion bar to realize primary material conveying, and when the torsion bar is lifted by the lifting mechanism 15, the lug can be clamped into an assembly groove on a spline of the torsion bar due to the limit of the side plate 134, so that the stability is further enhanced.
When the lifting mechanism 15 moves to the most far end, the limiting table 43 obliquely arranged on the transition slope plate 2 can obtain an overlapped included angle, the clamping of the torsion bar is realized by moving two sides to the two ends of the torsion bar, then the lifting mechanism 15 descends, and moves towards the pushing table 1, and meanwhile, the lifting rail 141 also moves towards the pushing table 1, so that the shrinkage of the sliding rail is realized, the limiting table 43 can drive the torsion bar to slide downwards, and the transfer and transportation from the pushing table 1 to the quenching bath 3 are realized.
5-10, a limit sliding rail 21 is arranged on the transition slope plate 2, a limit device 4 is embedded on the limit sliding rail 21, the limit sliding rail 21 is an electric control sliding rail, further power support is provided for the limit device 4, driving grooves 22 are formed in two sides of the surface of the transition slope plate 2, a driving shaft 221 and a driven shaft are arranged in the driving grooves 22, the driving shaft 221 penetrates through the side wall of the driving grooves 22 to be connected with a driving motor 222, the driving motor 222 drives the driving shaft 221 to rotate, the driving motor 222 is fixed on the side wall of the transition slope plate 2 through a motor bracket, and the driving shaft 221 is connected with the driven shaft through a transmission belt 223;
the limiting device 4 is fixedly connected with the driving belt 223 through a belt clamping plate, the limiting device 4 is provided with a limiting substrate 41, the limiting substrate 41 is provided with limiting sliding tables 42 which are identical in structure and symmetrically arranged at two ends, four corners of the limiting substrate 41 are fixed on the limiting device 4 through screws, two sides of the limiting device 4 are clamped with the driving belt 223 through metal plates, then the metal plates are fixed on the side surfaces of the limiting device 4, the belt 223 is used for assisting the movement of the limiting device, and the influence of high-load workload on the use of the sliding rails is reduced;
the limiting sliding table 42 comprises a sliding table driving plate 421, a sliding table baffle 422, a sliding table screw rod 423 and a guide pillar 424, one side of the sliding table driving plate 421 is provided with a sliding table motor 425, two ends of the guide pillar 424 and the sliding table screw rod 423 are respectively connected with opposite surfaces of the sliding table driving plate 421 and the sliding table baffle 422, a through hole is formed in the sliding table driving plate 421, the sliding table screw rod 423 passes through the through hole and is connected with the sliding table motor 425, a limiting sliding block 426 is arranged on the limiting sliding table 42, the sliding table screw rod 423 and the guide pillar 424 pass through the limiting sliding block 426, a limiting table 43 is arranged on the top surface of the limiting sliding block 426, the sliding table motor 425 drives the screw rod, and the limiting sliding block 426 is controlled to reciprocate on the screw rod by the sliding table motor 425;
as shown in fig. 7-9, the top surface of the limiting table 43 is provided with a motor fixing plate 45, the motor fixing plate 45 is provided with a thimble mechanism 44, two ends of a torsion bar are clamped and clamped through the thimble mechanism 44, one side of the limiting table 43 is provided with a feeding cylinder 431 and a lifting cylinder 432, the feeding cylinder 431 is provided with a feeding cylinder rod 4311, the horizontal included angle of the two cylinders is 90 degrees, the lifting cylinder 432 is provided with a lifting cylinder rod 4321, the outer side of the feeding cylinder rod 4311 is provided with a lifting sleeve 433, the lifting cylinder rod 4321 is connected with the lifting sleeve 433, one end of the feeding cylinder rod 4311 is provided with a translation work plate 4312, the translation work plate 4312 is provided with a translation groove 43121, a translation screw 43122 is arranged in the translation groove 43121, a translation screw 43122 is provided with a translation plate 43123, the translation plate 43123 is provided with clamping jaws, the translation screw 43122 is driven by a motor, one side of the clamping jaws is fixedly connected with a translation plate 43123, the translation plate 43123 drives the clamping jaws 443 to the spline housing 44 to approach the mechanism 44, the assembly of the clamping jaw 443 is realized, the translation work plate 12 side is provided with a lifting sleeve seat, the motor is fixed on the side of the translation work plate 443, the translation work plate 443 is provided with a translation work plate 443 through the motor seat, and then the translation work plate is inserted into the bottom surface of the spline housing 4423 through the control groove of the spline housing 443, and the spline housing is provided with a rotary shaft 4423.
The thimble mechanism 44 comprises a shaft seat 441, a rotating device 444 is arranged in the shaft seat 441, the rotating device 444 is connected to one end of the rotating shaft thimble 442, the rotating shaft thimble 442 comprises a needle 4421 and a rotating shaft 4422, the diameter of the needle 4421 is smaller than that of the rotating shaft 4422, the rotating shaft 4422 is fixed to one end of the rotating shaft 4422, which is not connected with the rotating device 444, an arc-shaped insert 4423 is arranged at one end of the rotating shaft 4422, a spline sleeve 443 is arranged on the arc-shaped insert 4423, the spline sleeve 443 is an annular sleeve and comprises a barrel body and a barrel bottom, a groove and a thimble hole are formed in the barrel bottom of the spline sleeve 443, the surface of the arc-shaped insert 4423 is attached to the groove surface of the groove, the needle 4421 penetrates through the thimble hole and is arranged on the inner side of the spline sleeve 443, spline teeth 4431 and blind tooth clamping blocks 4432 are arranged on the inner side of the barrel body of the spline sleeve 443 and are driven by the rotating shaft 4422, and when spline angles with the two ends of the torsion bar are matched with the spline sleeve 443, the spline sleeve 443 is partially sleeved on the spline side.
The limit table 43 one side is equipped with feeding slide rail 4313, is equipped with feeding slider on the feeding slide rail 4313, and feeding cylinder 431 and feeding slider fixed connection, feeding slide rail 4313's upper end is higher than limit table 43's top surface for feeding cylinder 431 can upwards move, and the centre of a circle of spline housing 443 and the axle center coaxial line of pivot thimble 442, the thimble hole aperture of spline housing 443 bottom surface is greater than syringe needle 4421.
The feeding mechanism 5 is arranged on two sides of the transition slope plate 2, the feeding mechanism 5 comprises a feeding plate 51, a spline housing conveying belt 52 is arranged on one side of the feeding plate 51, a feeding electric rail is arranged on the feeding plate 51, a feeding clamping plate 53 is arranged on the feeding electric rail, clamping jaws are arranged on the feeding clamping plate 53, the conveying belt 52 conveys the well-arranged spline housing 443, the feeding clamping plate 53 reciprocates to clamp and lift the spline housing 443, and a mechanism on the limiting table 43 can clamp the spline housing 443.
According to the rotating device 444 shown in fig. 7, the rotating shaft arranged on the side surface of the limiting table 43 is connected with the rotating shaft thimble 442, so that the rotating shaft arranged on the side surface of the limiting table 43 in the illustration can be removed from direct connection during actual arrangement, and compared with the rotating device 444 which is directly connected with the rotating shaft thimble 442, the rotating shaft arranged on the side surface of the limiting table 43 is used for transferring, and a chain is arranged to connect the rotating device 444 with the rotating shaft thimble 442, so that the transmission ratio can be improved.
In combination with the contents of fig. 1, 12 and 13, the two sides of the top surface of the quenching bath 3 are provided with positioning and conveying devices 6, each positioning and conveying device 6 comprises a positioning slide rail 61, two positioning slide rails 61 are arranged on the top surface of the quenching bath 3, each positioning slide rail 62, a positioning rod 63 and a grabbing device 64, each grabbing device 64 comprises a grabbing cylinder and a clamping jaw, each grabbing cylinder is connected with each clamping jaw through a cylinder rod, a fixed seat is arranged at the bottom of each positioning rod 63, a metal block is arranged at the top of each positioning rod 63, one end of each positioning slide rail 61 is provided with an electromagnetic valve, each positioning slide rail 62 is a metal slide block, each clamping jaw on each positioning and conveying device 6 clamps one half of a spline sleeve 443, each spline sleeve 443 is clamped by the other half of the clamping jaws on each positioning and conveying device 6 through a linkage mechanism above, and each positioning rod 63 matched with the top can accurately position the clamping jaw and a torsion bar in the process of the movement of the positioning slide blocks 62.
The top surface of sinking hanger plate 7 is equipped with jib 71, sinking hanger plate 7 passes through jib 71 and wall body to be fixed, the bottom surface both sides of sinking hanger plate 7 are equipped with positioning slot 72, equidistant track that is equipped with the structure the same between the positioning slot 72, all be equipped with two clamping jaws 73 that sink on the track, clamping jaw 73 is fixed in the hydraulic lifter, positioning rod 63's top is inserted and is located in positioning slot 72, positioning slot 72's lateral wall equidistant induction valve that is equipped with, induction valve control track circuit, positioning rod 63 is through a plurality of inductance element in the in-process of removal, when stopping in the shelves period, the clamping jaw 73 that this department inductance corresponds begins the operation, positioning slot 72 one end sets up touch sensor, after the singlechip receives a plurality of signal, confirm that one batch of torsion bars put and accomplish, stop work.
The side wall of the quenching tank 3 is provided with clamping blocks which are opposite to each other and have the same structure, the clamping blocks are provided with grooves with semicircular sections, and the torsion bars are directly arranged on the clamping blocks, so that the stability is improved, and the distance between the torsion bars can be fully controlled.
Working principle: all sliding rails and sliding blocks in the scheme are electrically driven sliding rails, clamping jaws are conventional electric clamping jaws, cooperative parallel electric pawls and pneumatic clamping jaws are mainly arranged, an arrangement structure is installed in a conventional mode, a torsion bar discharged from a discharge hole of a quenching machine is limited at a pushing table 1 and is transported to one end by the torsion bar, the moving distance of the torsion bar is further extended by the double-layer sliding rails, when the torsion bar is driven to a certain distance by the sliding blocks, a proper included angle is obtained by a limiting device 4, the torsion bar is fixed by a thimble mechanism 44, then a lifting mechanism 15 is driven to descend by an air cylinder and returns to the pushing table 1 through a bottom sliding block, the upper layer of an upper double-layer sliding rail, namely a lifting rail 141, moves towards the pushing table 1, the limiting device 4 moves the torsion bar horizontally, the torsion bar is enabled to approach to a quenching tank 3, a positioning conveying device 6 moves towards the limiting device 4 after the position is reached to a specified place, the torsion bar is pushed out by a rear air cylinder, the clamping jaws clamp 443, the spline 443 is mainly used as a ceramic spline sleeve, and half of the spline sleeve 443 is arranged on the outer side, the torsion bar is clamped by a sinking 73, the sinking plate 62 is clamped by the sinking mechanism and is enabled to drop down on the other side of the sliding block, and the sliding block 62 is arranged on the other side of the sliding rail and is positioned on the sliding block and is positioned on the side of the sliding block and is convenient to be hung on the side of the sliding block.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is provided for clarity only, and that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in detail below, and that the embodiments described in the examples may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a hang torsion bar quenching process prevent centre gripping deformation transfer device, includes the quenching machine, quenching machine one side is equipped with the discharge gate, the discharge gate returns the material and withdraws from the torsion bar, the torsion bar both ends are equipped with the spline, the blind tooth has been seted up to the spline, the spline is equipped with the assembly groove, its characterized in that: the automatic feeding device is characterized in that a pushing table (1) is arranged on one side of the discharging hole, a pushing sliding rail (14) is arranged on the pushing table (1), a lifting mechanism (15) is arranged on the pushing sliding rail (14), a transition slope plate (2) is arranged on one side of the pushing table (1), a limiting device (4) is arranged on the transition slope plate (2), feeding mechanisms (5) are arranged on two sides of the transition slope plate (2), one end of the transition slope plate (2) is provided with the pushing table (1), a quenching tank (3) is arranged at the other end of the transition slope plate, a positioning conveying device (6) is arranged on the top surface of the quenching tank (3), and a sinking hanging plate (7) is arranged above the quenching tank (3);
the material pushing table (1) is provided with supporting legs, the top surface of the material pushing table (1) is provided with hollowed-out parts, two sides of each hollowed-out part are provided with movable plate grooves (11), movable plates (12) are arranged in the movable plate grooves (11), and the top surface of each movable plate (12) is horizontal to the top surface of the material pushing table (1);
the top surface of the pushing table (1) is provided with a torsion bar baffle (13), the torsion bar baffle (13) is divided into a main baffle (131), a limiting plate (132), an auxiliary baffle (133) and a side plate (134), the included angle between the main baffle (131), the limiting plate (132) and the auxiliary baffle (133) and the discharging side of the quenching machine is 90 degrees, and the included angle between the side plate (134) and the main baffle (131) is 90 degrees;
the pushing table (1) is provided with a cavity, two ends of the cavity are communicated, the pushing sliding rail (14) is arranged in the cavity, and the lifting mechanism (15) is a lifting supporting table;
the pushing slide rail (14) is a double-layer slide rail, the pushing slide rail (14) comprises a lifting rail (141) and a pushing rail (142), the lifting rail (141) is arranged above the pushing rail (142), and the length of the pushing rail (142) is the same as that of the lifting rail (141);
the lifting mechanism (15) comprises a lifting sliding block (151), a lifting motor (152), a lifting rod (153) and an arc-shaped supporting plate (154), wherein the lifting motor (152) is fixed on the lifting sliding block (151), the lifting rod (153) is fixed on the lifting motor (152), a lug is arranged on the arc-shaped supporting plate (154), and the lifting sliding block (151) is fixed on the lifting track (141);
the transition slope plate (2) is provided with a limit sliding rail (21), the limit device (4) is embedded on the limit sliding rail (21), driving grooves (22) are formed in two sides of the surface of the transition slope plate (2), a driving shaft (221) and a driven shaft are arranged in the driving grooves (22), the driving shaft (221) penetrates through the side wall of the driving grooves (22) to be connected with a driving motor (222), the driving motor (222) is fixed on the side wall of the transition slope plate (2) through a motor bracket, and the driving shaft (221) is connected with the driven shaft through a driving belt (223);
the limiting device (4) is fixedly connected with the driving belt (223) through a belt clamping plate, a limiting substrate (41) is arranged on the limiting device (4), and limiting sliding tables (42) which are identical in structure and symmetrically arranged at two ends are arranged on the limiting substrate (41);
the limiting sliding table (42) comprises a sliding table driving plate (421), a sliding table baffle (422), a sliding table screw rod (423) and a guide pillar (424), wherein a sliding table motor (425) is arranged on one side of the sliding table driving plate (421), the guide pillar (424) is connected with the opposite surfaces of the sliding table driving plate (421) and the sliding table baffle (422) respectively at two ends of the sliding table screw rod (423), a through hole is formed in the sliding table driving plate (421), the sliding table screw rod (423) penetrates through the through hole and is connected with the sliding table motor (425), a limiting sliding block (426) is arranged on the limiting sliding table (42), the sliding table screw rod (423) and the guide pillar (424) penetrate through the limiting sliding block (426), and a limiting table (43) is arranged on the top surface of the limiting sliding block (426).
The top surface of limit table (43) is equipped with motor fixed plate (45), be equipped with thimble mechanism (44) on motor fixed plate (45), one side of limit table (43) is equipped with feeding cylinder (431) and lifting cylinder (432), feeding cylinder (431) are equipped with feeding cylinder pole (4311), lifting cylinder (432) are equipped with lifting cylinder pole (4321), the outside of feeding cylinder pole (4311) is equipped with lifting sleeve (433), lifting cylinder pole (4321) with lifting sleeve (433) are connected, the one end of feeding cylinder pole (4311) is equipped with translation working plate (4312), be equipped with translation groove (43121) on translation working plate (4312), be equipped with translation lead screw (43122) in translation groove (43121), be equipped with translation board (43123) on translation lead screw (43122), be fixed with the clamping jaw on translation plate (43123).
The quenching bath is characterized in that positioning conveying devices (6) are arranged on two sides of the top surface of the quenching bath (3), each positioning conveying device (6) comprises a positioning sliding rail (61), a positioning sliding block (62), a positioning rod (63) and a grabbing device (64), each grabbing device (64) comprises a grabbing cylinder and a clamping jaw, each grabbing cylinder is connected with each clamping jaw through a cylinder rod, a fixed seat is arranged at the bottom of each positioning rod (63), a metal block is arranged at the top of each positioning rod (63), an electromagnetic valve is arranged at one end of each positioning sliding rail (61), each positioning sliding block (62) is a metal sliding block, clamping blocks which are opposite in pairs and have the same structure are arranged on the side wall of the quenching bath (3), and each clamping block is provided with a groove with a semicircular section;
the top surface of the sinking hanging plate (7) is provided with a hanging rod (71), the sinking hanging plate (7) is fixed with a wall body through the hanging rod (71), two sides of the bottom surface of the sinking hanging plate (7) are provided with positioning clamping grooves (72), the positioning clamping grooves (72) are provided with tracks with the same structure at equal intervals, two sinking clamping claws (73) are arranged on the tracks, the sinking clamping claws (73) are fixed on a hydraulic lifter, the top ends of positioning rods (63) are inserted into the positioning clamping grooves (72), the side walls of the positioning clamping grooves (72) are provided with sensing valves at equal intervals, and the sensing valves control the track circuits;
the thimble mechanism (44) comprises a shaft seat (441), a rotating shaft thimble (442) is arranged in the shaft seat (441), one end of the rotating shaft thimble (442) is connected with a rotating device (444), the rotating shaft thimble (442) comprises a needle head (4421) and a rotating shaft (4422), the diameter of the needle head (4421) is smaller than that of the rotating shaft (4422) and is fixed at one end of the rotating shaft (4422) which is not connected with the rotating device (444), one end of the rotating shaft (4422) provided with the needle head (4421) is provided with an arc-shaped insert block (4423), and the arc-shaped insert block (4423) is provided with a spline sleeve (443);
the spline housing (443) is an annular sleeve and comprises a barrel body and a barrel bottom, the barrel bottom of the spline housing (443) is provided with a groove and a jacking hole, the surface of the arc-shaped insert block (4423) is attached to the groove surface of the groove, the needle head (4421) penetrates through the jacking hole and is arranged on the inner side of the spline housing (443), and spline teeth (4431) and blind tooth clamping blocks (4432) are arranged on the inner side of the barrel body of the spline housing (443);
limiting table (43) one side is equipped with pay-off slide rail (4313), be equipped with the pay-off slider on pay-off slide rail (4313), pay-off cylinder (431) with pay-off slider fixed connection, the upper end of pay-off slide rail (4313) is higher than the top surface of limiting table (43), the both sides of transition slope board (2) are equipped with feed mechanism (5), feed mechanism (5) are including loading board (51), loading board (51) one side is equipped with spline housing conveyer belt (52), be equipped with the material loading electric rail on loading board (51), be equipped with material loading clamp plate (53) on the material loading electric rail, be equipped with the clamping jaw on the material loading clamp plate (53).
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