Thrust bearing automatic assembly machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of bearings, in particular to an automatic thrust bearing assembly machine.
Background
The thrust ball bearing is a bearing for bearing axial force and comprises a shaft collar, a seat ring, a retainer and a plurality of steel balls arranged in the retainer. The existing assembling process of the thrust ball bearing is that the required steel balls are manually pressed into the retainer window one by fingers, and the installation method consumes a great deal of manpower, has low production efficiency and higher cost, and is not beneficial to mass production and scale production.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an automatic thrust bearing assembly machine which can improve production efficiency.
Based on the problems, the technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows:
The utility model provides a thrust bearing automatic assembly machine, includes the frame and sets up at least one ball loading station in the frame, the ball loading station includes:
The blanking device is used for realizing automatic blanking of the rolling bodies;
the positioning device is arranged below the blanking device and is used for positioning the retainer;
and the charging device is arranged between the blanking device and the positioning device and is used for assembling a plurality of rolling bodies blanked by the blanking device in a retainer on the positioning device.
Further, the discharging device comprises a supporting frame, a bin fixed on the supporting frame, a plurality of material guiding pipes with upper ends extending into the bin and a material guiding driving mechanism arranged on the supporting frame, wherein the material guiding pipes are in transmission connection with the material guiding driving mechanism and are driven by the material guiding driving mechanism to move up and down, and the lower ends of the material guiding pipes are connected to the charging device.
Further, the material guiding driving mechanism comprises a motor, an eccentric shaft arranged at the power output end of the motor, a roller arranged on the eccentric shaft and a material guiding plate assembly in rolling fit with the roller, and a plurality of material guiding pipes are connected with the material guiding plate assembly;
The guide plate assembly comprises a guide plate and a mounting plate fixedly connected with the guide plate, rolling holes matched with the rollers in a rolling mode are formed in the guide plate, the rolling holes are waist-shaped holes, a plurality of guide pipes are fixed on the guide head, and the guide head is fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
Further, the guide driving mechanism further comprises two guide assemblies which are vertically symmetrically arranged, each guide assembly comprises a support plate fixed on the support frame and a guide rod fixed on the support plate and extending along the vertical direction, and the mounting plate is provided with a guide part for the guide rod to extend in.
Further, the positioning device comprises a support, a positioning seat fixed on the support, a lower die holder fixed on the positioning seat, a material ejection sleeve assembly and a push rod assembly, wherein a limiting table for placing the retainer is arranged on the lower die holder, the material ejection sleeve assembly comprises a material ejection sleeve arranged between the positioning seat and the support, a material ejection rod fixed on the material ejection sleeve and a first elastic piece arranged between the material ejection sleeve and the positioning seat, the material ejection rod extends to the lower die holder through the positioning seat, and the material ejection rod can extend into a window hole of the retainer under the driving of the push rod assembly.
Further, the ejector rod assembly comprises an ejector rod penetrating through the support and a first driving part in transmission connection with the ejector rod, and the ejector rod is driven by the first driving part to move up and down so as to be abutted with or separated from the ejector sleeve.
Further, the loading device comprises a mounting frame, a jig plate in sliding fit with the mounting frame, a second driving part for driving the jig plate to move up and down, a ball loading mechanism arranged on the jig plate and a pressure head mechanism for pressing a plurality of rolling bodies in the ball loading mechanism into the retainer.
Further, the ball loading mechanism comprises a needle loading head fixed at the lower end of the jig plate, an upper die holder fixed at the lower end of the needle loading head, a ball pressing part capable of moving up and down and arranged in the needle loading head, and a second elastic piece arranged between the ball pressing part and the upper die holder.
Further, the upper die holder is provided with a plurality of needle roller channels which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction, the needle roller channels extend along the radial direction of the upper die holder, the needle roller channels are arranged at the radial outer side of the upper die holder and are provided with feeding holes, the radial inner side of the upper die holder is provided with a discharging hole, the feeding holes are connected with the discharging device, the discharging holes correspond to window holes of the retainer, the ball pressing component comprises a ball pressing plate and a plurality of ejector pins arranged at the lower end of the ball pressing plate, and the ejector pins correspond to the discharging holes.
Further, the pressure head mechanism comprises a pressure head and a third driving part which are arranged opposite to the ball pressing part, and the pressure head is in transmission connection with the third driving part and is driven by the third driving part to be close to or far away from the ball pressing part.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
The automatic ball loading machine has the advantages that a plurality of steel balls can be automatically installed in the window holes of the retainer, manual installation is omitted, labor intensity and production cost are reduced, production efficiency is improved, and when two or more ball loading stations are arranged, the whole machine can be operated by one person, so that large-scale and batch production of products is conveniently realized.
Drawings
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of an automatic thrust bearing assembly machine according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a blanking device in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the installation structure of the roller and the eccentric shaft in the embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a material guiding plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a positioning device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a lower die holder according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a loading device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a ball-in-pressure assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an upper die holder according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a second schematic diagram of an upper die holder according to an embodiment of the present invention;
wherein:
1. a frame;
2. the blanking device comprises 2-1 parts of a supporting frame, 2-1a parts of a first supporting plate, 2-1b parts of a second supporting plate, 2-2 parts of a bin, 2-3 parts of a material guiding pipe, 2-4 parts of a motor, 2-5 parts of an eccentric shaft, 2-6 parts of a roller, 2-7 parts of a material guiding plate, 2-7a parts of a rolling hole, 2-8 parts of a mounting plate, 2-8a parts of a guiding part, 2-9 parts of a guiding rod, 2-10 parts of a supporting plate, 2-11 parts of a guiding head, 2-12 parts of a connecting piece, 2-13 parts of a linear bearing, 2-14 parts of a bearing;
3. A positioning device; 3-1 parts of support, 3-2 parts of positioning seat, 3-2a parts of perforation, 3-3 parts of lower die holder, 3-4 parts of ejection sleeve, 3-5 parts of ejection rod, 3-6 parts of first elastic piece, 3-7 parts of ejector rod, 3-8 parts of first driving part;
4. the device comprises a loading device, 4-1, a mounting frame, 4-2, a jig plate, 4-3, a second driving part, 4-4, a ball pressing part, 4-4a, a ball pressing plate, 4-4b, a thimble, 4-4c, a limit groove, 4-5, a needle mounting head, 4-6, an upper die holder, 4-6a, a needle roller channel, 4-6b, a through groove, 4-7, a pressure head, 4-8, a third driving part, 4-9, a limiting part, 4-10 and a second elastic part;
5. A control unit;
6. 6-1 parts of a bracket, 6-2 parts of a strut and a connecting plate;
7. a setting frame;
8. 8-1 parts of supporting table, 8-2 parts of supporting plate and supporting rod;
9. a retainer;
10. A rolling element;
11. and (5) blanking pipes.
Detailed Description
The above-described aspects are further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments. It should be understood that these examples are illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The implementation conditions used in the examples may be further adjusted according to the conditions of the specific manufacturer, and the implementation conditions not specified are generally those in routine experiments.
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, for a structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic thrust bearing assembling machine is provided, which includes a frame 1 and two ball loading stations disposed on the frame 1, each ball loading station includes a blanking device 2, a positioning device 3 and a loading device 4, where the blanking device 2, the positioning device 3 and the loading device 4 are respectively connected with a control unit 5 by signals, so as to realize automatic thrust bearing rolling body assembling.
As shown in fig. 3, the blanking device 2 is configured to implement automatic blanking of rolling bodies 10 (such as steel balls), and includes a support frame 2-1, a bin 2-2 fixed on the support frame 2-1, a plurality of material guiding pipes 2-3 with upper ends extending into the bin 2-2, and a material guiding driving mechanism mounted on the support frame 2-1, where the plurality of material guiding pipes 2-3 are in transmission connection with the material guiding driving mechanism and are driven by the material guiding driving mechanism to move up and down, and lower ends of the material guiding pipes 2-3 are connected to the charging device 4. Preferably, the material guiding pipe 2-3 is made of stainless steel.
The support frame 2-1 comprises a first support plate 2-1a extending along the horizontal direction and a second support plate 2-1b arranged along the vertical direction, wherein the first support plate 2-1a is connected with the second support plate 2-1b to form an L shape, the second support plate 2-1b is fixedly arranged on a support 6 of the frame 1, the support 6 comprises two support posts 6-1 which are oppositely arranged and a connecting plate 6-2 which is connected with the two support posts 6-1, and the second support plate 2-1b is fixedly connected with the connecting plate 6-2 through a connecting component.
Wherein, the material guiding driving mechanism comprises a motor 2-4 arranged on a second support plate 2-1b, an eccentric shaft 2-5 arranged at the power output end of the motor 2-4, a roller 2-6 arranged on the eccentric shaft 2-5 and a material guiding plate component in rolling fit with the roller 2-6, a plurality of material guiding pipes 2-3 are connected with the material guiding plate component, and the roller 2-6 is supported on the eccentric shaft 2-5 through a bearing 2-14 (as shown in figure 4).
The guide plate assembly comprises a guide plate 2-7 and a mounting plate 2-8 fixedly connected with the guide plate 2-7, wherein a rolling hole 2-7a matched with a roller 2-6 is arranged on the guide plate 2-7, the rolling hole 2-7a is a waist-shaped hole (shown in figure 5), the waist-shaped hole extends along the horizontal direction, and the roller 2-6 is driven by an eccentric shaft 2-5 to roll back and forth in the rolling hole 2-7a, so that the guide plate 2-7 can be driven to move up and down.
In this example, a plurality of material guiding pipes 2-3 are fixed on a material guiding head 2-11 and are uniformly arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the material guiding head 2-11, and the material guiding head 2-11 is fixedly connected with a mounting plate 2-8 through a connecting piece 2-12. Therefore, the material guide plate 2-7 drives the mounting plate 2-8 to move up and down in the up and down moving process, and then drives the plurality of material guide pipes 2-3 to move up and down so as to fill the steel balls in the material bin 2-2 into the material guide pipes 2-3.
In order to improve the stability of the guide driving mechanism, two guide components which are arranged up and down symmetrically are further arranged, specifically, the guide components comprise a support plate 2-10 fixed on a second support plate 2-1b and a guide rod 2-9 fixed on the support plate 2-10 and extending along the vertical direction, a guide part 2-8a for the guide rod 2-9 to extend in is arranged on one side of the mounting plate 2-8 facing the second support plate 2-1b, and a linear bearing 2-13 is arranged on the guide part 2-8a to support the guide rod 2-9. When the material guide plate 2-7 moves up and down under the drive of the eccentric shaft 2-5, the guide part 2-8a of the mounting plate 2-8 slides up and down along the guide rod 2-9 to play a role in guiding, and the running stability of the material guide driving mechanism is improved.
The positioning device 3 is arranged below the blanking device 2 and is used for realizing the positioning of the retainer 9, and as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the positioning device comprises a support 3-1, a positioning seat 3-2 fixed on the support 3-1, a lower die holder 3-3 fixed on the positioning seat 3-2, a jacking sleeve component and a jacking rod component, and a limiting table for placing the retainer 9 is arranged on the lower die holder 3-3. The ejection sleeve assembly comprises an ejection sleeve 3-4 arranged between a positioning seat 3-2 and a support seat 3-1, an ejection rod 3-5 fixed on the ejection sleeve 3-4 and a first elastic piece 3-6 arranged between the ejection sleeve 3-4 and the positioning seat 3-2, a perforation 3-2a for the ejection rod 3-5 to extend in is arranged on a lower die holder 3-3, a positioning table matched with the ejection sleeve 3-4 is arranged on the support seat 3-1, the ejection rod 3-5 extends to the lower die holder 3-3 through the positioning seat 3-2, and the ejection rod 3-5 can extend into a window hole of a retainer 9 under the drive of the ejector rod assembly. Preferably, the first elastic member 3-6 is a spring.
The ejector rod assembly comprises an ejector rod 3-7 penetrating through the support 3-1 and a first driving part 3-8 in transmission connection with the ejector rod 3-7, the ejector rod 3-7 is driven by the first driving part 3-8 to move up and down so as to be abutted with or separated from the ejector sleeve 3-4, and preferably, the first driving part 3-8 adopts an air cylinder. Wherein, first drive part 3-8 is installed on frame 1 through arrangement frame 7, and positioning seat 3-2 is fixed on supporting bench 8 above the mesa of frame 1, and supporting bench 8 includes a plurality of branch 8-2 and sets up the mounting panel 8-1 in a plurality of branch 8-2 upper ends.
In the original position, namely, when the retainer 9 is positioned, the first driving part 3-8 drives the ejector rod 3-7 to extend, the retainer 9 is manually placed on the lower die holder 3-3, and the ejector rod 3-5 extends into the window hole of the retainer 9 to position the retainer 9. When the steel balls are arranged, the first driving part 3-8 drives the ejector rod 3-7 to retract, the ejector sleeve 3-4 moves downwards under the action of the first elastic part 3-6, and the ejector rod 3-5 withdraws from the retainer 9, so that the steel balls can be conveniently arranged.
And a loading device 4 arranged between the blanking device 2 and the positioning device 3, and used for assembling a plurality of rolling bodies 10 blanked by the blanking device 2 into window holes of a retainer 9 on the positioning device 3. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the charging device 4 includes a mounting frame 4-1, a jig plate 4-2 slidably fitted with the mounting frame 4-1, a second driving member 4-3 driving the jig plate 4-2 to move up and down, a ball charging mechanism mounted on the jig plate 4-2, and a pressing head mechanism for pressing a plurality of rolling bodies 10 in the ball charging mechanism into a holder 9.
Specifically, the ball loading mechanism comprises a needle loading head 4-5 fixed at the lower end of the jig plate 4-2, an upper die holder 4-6 fixed at the lower end of the needle loading head 4-5, a ball pressing part 4-4 capable of moving up and down and arranged in the needle loading head 4-5, and a second elastic part 4-10 arranged between the ball pressing part 4-4 and the upper die holder 4-6, wherein the second elastic part 4-10 is a spring. As shown in fig. 9, the ball pressing member 4-4 includes a ball pressing plate 4-4a and a plurality of pins 4-4b provided at the lower end of the ball pressing plate 4-4 a. The ball pressing plate 4-4a is arranged in the jig plate 4-2 and the needle mounting head 4-5 in a penetrating way, a limiting groove 4-4c extending along the vertical direction is arranged on the side part of the ball pressing plate 4-4a, and a limiting piece 4-9 extending into the limiting groove 4-4c is arranged on the needle mounting head 4-5. The ball pressing plate 4-4a can move up and down in the needle assembly 4-5 and is limited in the needle assembly 4-5 by the limiting piece 4-9.
As shown in fig. 10 and 11, the upper die holder 4-6 is provided with a plurality of needle roller channels 4-6a arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction, each needle roller channel 4-6a extends radially along the upper die holder 4-6, the needle roller channel 4-6a is located at the radial outer side of the upper die holder 4-6 and is a feed inlet, and the needle roller channel is located at the radial inner side of the upper die holder 4-6 and is a discharge outlet, wherein the feed inlet is connected with the material guiding pipe 2-3 through the material discharging pipe 11, and preferably, the material discharging pipe 11 adopts a spring pipe, so that connection and discharging with the upper die holder 4-6 are facilitated. The discharge hole corresponds to the window hole of the retainer 9, the positions of the plurality of ejector pins 4-4b on the ball pressing plate 4-4a correspond to the positions of the plurality of discharge holes, the upper die holder 4-6 is provided with a through groove 4-6b for the ejector pins 4-4b to extend into, when the ejector pins 4-4b extend into the upper die holder 4-6 through the through groove 4-6b, the ejection holes in the needle roller channels 4-6a can be blocked, or the rolling bodies 10 can be pressed into the window hole of the retainer 9.
The pressing head mechanism comprises a pressing head 4-7 and a third driving part 4-8 which are arranged opposite to the ball pressing part 4-4, the pressing head 4-7 is in transmission connection with the third driving part 4-8 and is driven by the third driving part 4-8 to be close to or far away from the ball pressing part 4-4, when a rolling body 10 in a stock bin 2-2 is conveyed into a needle roller channel 4-6a of an upper die holder 4-6, the pressing head 4-7 presses a ball pressing plate 4-4a under the driving of the third driving part 4-8, a thimble 4-4b blocks a discharge hole of the needle roller channel 4-6a, after the retainer 9 is positioned, the pressing head 4-7 is driven by the third driving part 4-8 to move upwards, the ball pressing plate 4-4a is driven by a second elastic part 4-10 to move upwards, the discharge hole of the needle roller channel 4-6a is opened, a steel ball in the needle roller channel 4-6a rolls down to the ball mounting position of the upper die holder 4-6, and then the pressing head 4-7 is driven by the third driving part 4-8 to press the ball pressing plate 4-4b under the effect of the retainer 9.
The working principle of the invention is as follows:
Starting the motor 2-4, rotating the motor 2-4 to drive the eccentric shaft 2-5 to rotate, rotating the idler wheel 2-6 to drive the guide plate 2-7 to move up and down, under the action of the guide component, moving the mounting plate 2-8 up and down at a uniform speed, driving the guide pipe 2-3 to move up and down by the mounting plate 2-8, moving the guide pipe 2-3 up and down in the feed bin 2-2, enabling the steel balls to enter the guide pipe 2-3, and enabling the steel balls to enter the needle roller channel 4-6a of the upper die holder 4-6 through the blanking pipe 11. The second driving part 4-3 drives the jig plate 4-2 to move downwards, the upper die holder 4-6 moves to the upper end face of the retainer 9, the ball pressing plate 4-4a moves downwards under the drive of the third driving part 4-8, and the ejector pin 4-4b is blocked at the outer side of the discharge hole of the needle roller channel 4-6 a.
The first driving part 3-8 drives the ejector rod 3-7 to extend, the ejector rod 3-5 extends to the lower die holder 3-3, the retainer 9 is manually placed on the lower die holder 3-3 and positioned by the ejector rod 3-5, the first driving part 3-8 drives the ejector rod 3-7 to retract, and the ejector rod 3-5 moves downwards under the action of the first elastic piece 3-6 to finish the positioning of the retainer 9.
When the ball is loaded, the third driving part 4-8 drives the pressing head 4-7 to move upwards, the ball pressing plate 4-4a moves upwards under the action of the second elastic piece 4-10, the thimble 4-4b is far away from the discharge hole of the needle roller channel 4-6a, the steel ball in the needle roller channel 4-6a enters the ball loading position of the upper die holder 4-6, meanwhile, the third driving part 4-8 drives the ball pressing plate 4-4a to move downwards, and the plurality of thimbles 4-4b press a plurality of steel balls into the retainer 9, so that the installation of the steel balls is completed.
In conclusion, the assembly machine can realize automatic installation of a plurality of rolling bodies in the retainer, reduces labor intensity and improves production efficiency.
The above examples are provided for illustrating the technical concept and features of the present invention and are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and to implement the same, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.