CN117583645A - Valve end cover processingequipment - Google Patents

Valve end cover processingequipment Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN117583645A
CN117583645A CN202410076723.3A CN202410076723A CN117583645A CN 117583645 A CN117583645 A CN 117583645A CN 202410076723 A CN202410076723 A CN 202410076723A CN 117583645 A CN117583645 A CN 117583645A
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
valve end
rotating
rack
end cover
sleeve
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
CN202410076723.3A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Other versions
CN117583645B (en
Inventor
杨海宁
郭孟龙
黄红梅
付衍文
张衍庆
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Jinan Maike Valve Technology Co ltd
Original Assignee
Jinan Maike Valve Technology Co ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Jinan Maike Valve Technology Co ltd filed Critical Jinan Maike Valve Technology Co ltd
Priority to CN202410076723.3A priority Critical patent/CN117583645B/en
Publication of CN117583645A publication Critical patent/CN117583645A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CN117583645B publication Critical patent/CN117583645B/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23BTURNING; BORING
    • B23B41/00Boring or drilling machines or devices specially adapted for particular work; Accessories specially adapted therefor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q3/00Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine
    • B23Q3/02Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine for mounting on a work-table, tool-slide, or analogous part
    • B23Q3/06Work-clamping means
    • B23Q3/062Work-clamping means adapted for holding workpieces having a special form or being made from a special material
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q7/00Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23QDETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q7/00Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting
    • B23Q7/02Arrangements for handling work specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools, e.g. for conveying, loading, positioning, discharging, sorting by means of drums or rotating tables or discs

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Drilling And Boring (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of metal processing, in particular to a valve end cover processing device which comprises at least two rotating discs, a clamping mechanism and a drilling mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism is arranged on each rotating disc and is used for clamping a valve end cover, the height of one rotating disc is higher than that of the other rotating disc in two adjacent rotating discs, so that the parts, needing to be perforated, of the two valve end covers on the two adjacent rotating discs are mutually abutted up and down, the perforated parts of the upper valve end cover can be supported, the perforation is more stable, the jitter is reduced, when the upper valve end cover is to be drilled, the lower valve end cover can support the upper valve end cover, the thickness of a drilled area of the valve end cover is increased, the phenomenon that burrs are easy to generate at the moment that a single valve end cover is drilled by the drilling mechanism is avoided, and the processing quality is improved.

Description

Valve end cover processingequipment
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of metal processing, in particular to a valve end cover processing device.
Background
A valve end cap is a component used to close a valve and is typically mounted at one end of the valve. The valve body can be connected with the valve body in a threaded connection or flange connection mode to form a sealed closed space, so that medium leakage or external impurities are prevented from entering the valve.
When the flange-connected valve end cover is processed, after a plurality of flange connection holes are drilled on the valve cover, tapping equipment is utilized to tap the flange connection holes. Drilling is carried out on the valve end cover by using a drilling machine at the time of drilling, for example, chinese patent CN108515205A discloses a valve end cover punching device.
However, in the above scheme, when the clamp is used for clamping the valve end cover, the bottom of the valve end cover is not supported, when the drilling machine feeds the valve end cover to drill, a certain pressure can be generated when the drilling machine feeds the drilling machine, when the drilling machine is about to drill through, the thickness is thinned, the bottom surface of the valve end cover is easy to generate burrs after the drilling machine feeds the drilling machine, and the processing quality is affected.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a valve end cover processing device aiming at the problem that burrs are easily generated on the bottom surface and the processing quality is affected when the existing valve end cover is perforated.
The above purpose is achieved by the following technical scheme:
a valve end cap processing apparatus comprising:
the device comprises a rack, wherein at least two rotating discs are rotatably arranged on the rack, clamping mechanisms are arranged on the rotating discs at intervals, and the clamping mechanisms are used for clamping valve end covers;
the drilling mechanism is used for drilling the valve end cover;
the height of one rotating disc of the two adjacent rotating discs is higher than that of the other rotating disc, so that the valve end covers on the two rotating discs are required to be mutually abutted up and down in the drilling parts, and the positions of the mutually abutted valve end covers can be adjusted by rotating the rotating discs so as to drill holes in different positions.
Further, a closed track is arranged on the frame, a plurality of rotating discs are arranged in the closed track at intervals, and the rotating discs synchronously move along the closed track and rotate around the axis of the rotating discs and change the height.
Further, be provided with the movable rod in the closed track, the movable rod can be followed the closed track removes, the rotating disc bottom is coaxial to be provided with the connecting sleeve, the connecting sleeve cover is established on the movable rod, be provided with the rack in the closed track, the cover is equipped with the rotating sleeve on the connecting sleeve, the rotating sleeve with the connecting sleeve synchronous rotation, the fixed cover is equipped with the gear on the rotating sleeve outer peripheral face, the gear with the rack meshing makes the rotating sleeve drives the rotation of rotating disc self axis rotates.
Further, the connecting sleeve is in spiral connection with the movable rod, and the rotating sleeve can drive the connecting sleeve to rotate and axially move along the connecting sleeve when rotating, so that the rotating disc is driven to rotate and axially move along the rotating disc to change the height.
Further, the racks are provided with a plurality of sections, a space is arranged between every two adjacent sections of racks, and a gear on the front side of the adjacent two gears along the moving direction of the rotating disc is meshed with the racks first, and the other gear is meshed with the racks.
Further, the closed track is provided with a straight section and an arc section, the racks are located in the straight section, an arc-shaped rack is arranged in the arc section, and when the rotating disc moves in the arc section, the gears are meshed with the arc-shaped rack to enable the rotating disc to reversely rotate.
Further, the valve end cover processing device further comprises a driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism can drive the rotating disc to move along the closed track.
Further, the driving mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and sliding rods, the rotating shaft is located at the bottom of the frame, the sliding rods are uniformly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and distributed along the radial direction, the sliding rods are in sliding connection with the moving rods, and the rotating shaft can drive the sliding rods to rotate so that the moving rods move in the closed track.
Further, the clamping mechanism comprises a three-jaw chuck, the valve end cover is placed on the three-jaw chuck, and the three-jaw chuck abuts against the valve end cover.
Further, the drilling mechanism comprises a drill bit and a drilling machine, the drilling machine drives the drill bit to rotate so as to punch the valve end cover, and the drilling machine can move along the axial direction of the rotating disc so as to complete feeding and retracting.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
the invention provides a valve end cover processing device, which is characterized in that at least two rotating discs are arranged, wherein the height of one rotating disc is higher than that of the other rotating disc in the two adjacent rotating discs, so that the parts of two valve end covers on the two adjacent rotating discs, which need to be perforated, are mutually abutted up and down, the perforated parts of the upper valve end cover can be supported, the upper valve end cover is more stable during perforation, jitter is reduced, when the upper valve end cover is about to be drilled, the lower valve end cover can support the upper valve end cover, the thickness of a drilled area of the valve end cover is increased, and the phenomenon that burrs are easy to occur at the moment that a single valve end cover is drilled by a drilling mechanism is avoided. Simultaneously, the valve end cover below is also drilled with small holes by the drilling mechanism, namely, the valve end cover below is pre-perforated, and the guiding function can be realized when the valve end cover is perforated next time, so that the deviation and swing of the drilling mechanism are avoided, and the generation of burrs is further reduced.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of a valve end cap tooling assembly as provided in one embodiment in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention with a frame removed;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of portion A of the valve end cap tooling apparatus of FIG. 3 according to one embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a clamping mechanism of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a closed rail of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic view of a sliding rod structure of a valve end cap processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein:
100. a frame; 110. closing the track; 111. a first rack; 112. a second rack; 113. a third rack; 114. a fourth rack; 115. an arc-shaped rack;
200. a rotating disc; 210. a connecting sleeve; 220. rotating the sleeve; 230. a gear; 240. a moving rod; 250. a sliding block; 260. a rotating shaft; 270. a slide bar;
300. a clamping mechanism;
400. a valve end cap; 410. an upper end surface; 420. a lower end surface;
431. a first preliminary hole; 432. a second preliminary hole; 433. a third preliminary hole; 434. a fourth preliminary hole;
441. a first through hole; 442. a second through hole; 443. a third through hole; 444. a fourth through hole;
500. and a drilling mechanism.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to examples, which are provided to illustrate the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
The numbering of components herein, such as "first," "second," etc., is used merely to distinguish between the described objects and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The terms "coupled" and "connected," as used herein, are intended to encompass both direct and indirect coupling (coupling), unless otherwise indicated. In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element in question must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" a second feature may be the first and second features in direct contact, or the first and second features in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.
A valve end cap processing apparatus provided herein is described below with reference to fig. 1-8.
The valve end cover processing device is suitable for punching on the valve end cover 400, the valve end cover 400 is a component for closing a valve, is usually arranged at one end of the valve, can be connected with a valve body in a threaded connection or flange connection mode and the like to form a sealed closed space, so that medium leakage or external impurities are prevented from entering the valve, and when the valve end cover 400 adopting flange connection is processed, a hole is needed to be drilled on the valve cover to be connected with the valve body in a matching way.
The utility model provides a valve end cover processingequipment includes frame 100, sets up two at least rolling discs 200 on the frame 100, and two adjacent rolling discs 200 set up the commentaries on classics in the interval on frame 100, and rolling disc 200 can rotate around self axis on frame 100, and rolling disc 200 can change by oneself high when rotating around self axis. The rotating discs 200 are provided with clamping mechanisms 300, the clamping mechanisms are used for clamping the valve end covers 400, each rotating disc 200 can only clamp one valve end cover 400, one of the two rotating discs 200 is clamped with the valve end cover 400, the rotating disc 200 rotates, the height of the rotating disc 200 is lower than that of the other rotating disc 200, then the other rotating disc 200 is clamped with the valve end cover 400, at the moment, the rotating disc 200 with the low position drives the valve end cover 400 to rotate and rise, a part of the upper end face 410 of the valve end cover 400 on the rotating disc 200 is abutted with a part of the lower end face 420 of the valve end cover 400 on the other rotating disc 200, a drilling mechanism 500 is arranged above the abutted area, and the drilling mechanism 500 drills the part. That is, the drilling mechanism 500 performs the function of supporting the valve end cap 400 with a higher height by the valve end cap 400 with a lower height when drilling the valve end cap 400 with a higher height, and performs the pre-drilling of the valve end cap 400 with a lower height by which the valve end cap 400 with a higher height is supported when drilling through the valve end cap 400 with a higher height.
Through the mutual butt in drilling position of two upper and lower valve end covers 400 for top valve end cover 400 is by punching the part and can be supported, more stable when punching reduces the shake, when valve end cover 400 of top will bore the time, valve end cover 400 of below can support valve end cover 400 of top, be equivalent to valve end cover 400 by the thickness increase of drilling the regional, avoided single valve end cover 400 to bore the phenomenon of easy burr in the twinkling of an eye of being bored by drilling mechanism 500, valve end cover 400 of below also is bored the aperture by drilling mechanism 500 simultaneously, punch in advance to valve end cover 400 of below promptly, can play the effect of guide when punching to the next time, avoid the skew and the swing of drilling mechanism 500, thereby further reduce the production of burr, thereby improve the processingquality of valve end cover 400.
Specifically, the frame 100 is provided with a closed track 110, and the rotating disc 200 can rotate around its axis and change in height when moving along the closed track 110.
The interval is provided with a plurality of rolling disc 200 in the confined track, rolling disc 200 can remove along closed track 110 in closed track 110, it is to be noted that, rolling disc 200 can rotate with the adjustment position of punching around self axis when moving in closed track 110, and rolling disc 200 can follow rolling disc 200 axial movement when rotating around self axis for the up end 410 and the lower terminal surface 420 of the position of need drilling on two adjacent valve end covers 400 butt each other, when drilling mechanism 500 punches valve end cover 400, the valve end cover 400 of below supports the valve end cover 400 of top, make valve end cover 400 of top can reduce vibration and deformation when being punched, and then can reduce the bottom surface and produce the burr when punching, the processingquality of valve end cover 400 has been improved.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, racks are disposed in the closed track 110, and it should be noted that four racks are disposed in the closed track 110 and are all located on an outer side surface of the closed track 110, and for convenience of description, a first rack 111, a second rack 112, a third rack 113 and a fourth rack 114 are sequentially disposed from left to right.
The movable rod 240 is disposed in the closed track 110, the movable rod 240 can move along the closed track 110, as shown in fig. 5, the bottom of the rotating disc 200 is coaxially provided with the connecting sleeve 210, the connecting sleeve 210 is sleeved on the movable rod 240, the rotating sleeve 220 is sleeved on the connecting sleeve 210, and the rotating sleeve 220 and the connecting sleeve 210 can only move axially relatively but cannot rotate circumferentially relatively, that is, the connecting sleeve 210 and the rotating sleeve 220 rotate synchronously. Specifically, a limiting block (not shown) extending along an axial direction is disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the connection sleeve 210, a limiting groove (not shown) extending along an axial direction is disposed on an inner wall of the rotation sleeve 220, and the limiting block of the connection sleeve 210 can move along an axial direction in the limiting groove of the rotation sleeve 220, so that the connection sleeve 210 and the rotation sleeve 220 can only move relatively along the axial direction and cannot rotate relatively along the circumferential direction. The gear 230 is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the rotating sleeve 220, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 is meshed with the rack in the closed track 110, when the moving rod 240 drives the rotating disc 200 to move along the closed track 110, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 is meshed with the first rack 111, the rotating sleeve 220 rotates, and the moving rod 240 can only move in the closed track 110 and does not rotate, so that the rotating sleeve 220 drives the connecting sleeve 210 to rotate and further drives the rotating disc 200 to rotate.
Specifically, the moving rod 240 is in screw fit with the connecting sleeve 210, specifically, a threaded groove is formed in the inner wall of the connecting sleeve 210, and threads are formed on the outer peripheral wall of the moving rod 240, and the moving rod 240 and the connecting sleeve are connected through the threads. When the rotating sleeve 220 rotates, the moving rod 240 does not rotate about its own axis, so that the connecting sleeve 210 is axially moved with respect to the moving rod 240. That is, the connection sleeve 210 rotates to drive the rotating disc 200 to rotate, and at the same time, the connection sleeve 210 drives the rotating disc 200 to move along the axial direction of the rotating disc 200.
For example, when the moving rod 240 rotates clockwise along the closed track 110, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 is meshed with the rack, and the rotating sleeve 220 drives the connecting sleeve 210 to rotate counterclockwise and drives the connecting sleeve 210 to move upwards along the axial direction thereof, so as to drive the rotating disc 200 to rotate counterclockwise and lift.
In a further embodiment, the gears 230 on the front sides of the adjacent two rotating sleeves 220 in the moving direction are engaged with the racks first, and the other gear 230 is engaged with the racks later. Specifically, there is a space between every two adjacent racks, that is, there is a space between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113, and between the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114. Taking the example that the rotating discs 200 rotate clockwise along the closed track 110 and taking the intervals between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 and the intervals between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113 as the example, one of the two rotating discs 200 is positioned in the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, the other is positioned in the interval between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113, the two rotating discs 200 synchronously move in the closed track 110, and the rotating disc 200 positioned in the interval between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113 is meshed with the third rack 113 firstly, namely rotates and rises firstly; the rotating disk 200 located in the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 is then engaged with the second rack 112, i.e., is rotated up.
Specifically, in this embodiment, 8 rotating discs 200 are disposed in the closed track 110 at intervals, as shown in fig. 3, for example, 8 rotating discs 200 move synchronously in the closed track 110, and the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of each two adjacent rotating discs 200 is meshed with the rack in a sequence, that is, in the moving direction, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of one rotating disc 200 located at the front side of the two adjacent rotating discs 200 is meshed with the rack first, that is, the rotating disc 200 is lifted up by rotation first, the rotating disc 200 is lifted up by rotation second, and meanwhile, the rotating disc 200 is lifted up by rotation first, the rotating disc 200 located at the front side is lifted up by rotation second, and then the valve end cover 400 on the two adjacent rotating discs 200 is prevented from rubbing against the contact surface.
For example, when the first rotary table 200 moves clockwise in the closed orbit 110, the gear 230 on the rotary sleeve 220 of the first rotary table 200 is engaged with the first rack 111, the first rotary table 200 rotates counterclockwise while the height increases, the second rotary table 200 moves synchronously with the first rotary table 200 after the first rotary table 200 moves to the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, the gear 230 on the rotary sleeve 220 of the first rotary table 200 is disengaged from the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 to engage with the second rack 112, and then the gear 230 on the rotary sleeve 220 of the second rotary table 200 is engaged with the first rack 111. Meanwhile, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of the first rotating disc 200 is separated from the second rack 112, that is, the first rotating disc 200 stops rising first, then, the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of the second rotating disc 200 is separated from the first rack 111, rising is stopped later, at this time, the valve end cover 400 on the second rotating disc 200 rises until abutting the valve end cover 400 on the first rotating disc 200, and then, the first rotating disc 200 rises first, and the second rotating disc 200 rises later, so that friction is avoided.
It should be noted that, the distance that the rotating disc 200 moves on the first rack 111, the distance that the second rack 112 moves on the third rack 113 and the distance that the third rack 113 moves on the fourth rack 114 are the same, so that the rotating disc 200 rotates by the same angle, that is, the rotating angles are all 180 °, the lifting distance of the rotating disc 200 is the same, and the lifting distance is the same as the thickness of the drilling position of the valve end cover 400.
In a further embodiment, the closed track 110 may be circular, or may be other shapes, for example, in this embodiment, the closed track 110 is formed by two straight sections and an arc section, where an included angle of the two straight sections is 90 ° as shown in fig. 7, and the other ends of the two straight sections are connected by the arc section to form a closed track. The first rack 111 and the second rack 112 are located in a straight section on the left side of the closed track 110, the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114 are located in a straight section on the right side of the closed track 110, and the first rack 111, the second rack 112, the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114 are all outside the closed track 110. An arc-shaped rack 115 is arranged in the arc section of the closed track 110, the arc-shaped rack 115 is arranged on the inner side of the closed track 110, the shape of the arc-shaped rack 115 is matched with that of the arc section, and teeth of the arc-shaped rack 115 face the closed track 110. The rotating disk 200 moves in opposite directions in the two straight sections of the closed track 110 and moves in the circular arc end. For example, when the rotating disk 200 moves in the straight section and rotates counterclockwise, the rotating disk 200 rotates clockwise when moving in the arc section, and at the same time, when the rotating disk 200 moves in the straight section, the rotating disk 200 can rotate counterclockwise and rise, and when moving in the arc section, the rotating disk 200 can rotate clockwise and drop.
It should be noted that the sum of the lengths of the first rack 111, the second rack 112, the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114 is the same as the length of the arc-shaped rack 115, that is, when the rotating disc 200 passes through the first rack 111, the second rack 112, the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114 and then rises, passes through the arc-shaped rack 115, the rotation directions are opposite, and the height of the rotating disc 200 is reduced to the initial height.
Through the setting of the straight section and the circular arc section of the closed track 110, the rotating disc 200 gradually rises when moving in the straight section and gradually decreases when moving in the circular arc section, and when the rotating disc 200 rotates to the initial position, a new valve end cover 400 can be clamped for drilling operation, so that the valve end cover processing device can continuously operate, and the working efficiency is improved.
In a further embodiment, the valve end cover processing device further includes a driving mechanism, the driving mechanism can drive the rotating disc 200 to move in the closed track 110, specifically, the driving mechanism includes a rotating shaft 260 and sliding rods 270, the rotating shaft 260 is rotatably disposed at the bottom of the frame 100 and is driven by a driving source (not shown in the figure), the sliding rods 270 are uniformly disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 260 and are radially distributed, sliding blocks 250 are fixedly disposed at the bottom of the sliding rods 240, through grooves are formed on the sliding blocks 250, the sliding rods 270 are inserted in the through grooves, one sliding rod 270 is slidably connected with one sliding rod 240, so that the sliding blocks 250 can slide on the sliding rods 270, the rotating shaft 260 rotates to further drive the sliding rods 270 to rotate, the sliding rods 270 drive the sliding blocks 250 to move along the closed track 110, and thus drive the sliding rods 240 to move along the closed track 110, and as each sliding rod 270 is slidably connected with the sliding rods 240, when the rotating shaft 260 rotates, the sliding rods 270 synchronously move along the closed track 110, that is, and the plurality of sliding rods 200 synchronously move along the closed track 110.
In a further embodiment, the clamping mechanism 300 is positioned on the rotating disk 200 for clamping the valve cover 400 to the rotating disk 200, the clamping mechanism 300 includes a three-jaw chuck, and after the valve cover 400 is placed on the three-jaw chuck, an adjusting tightening bolt (not shown) clamps the valve cover 400. The clamping mechanism 300 may also have other structures, which are not described in detail herein.
In a further embodiment, in the straight section of the closed track 110, the drilling mechanism 500 is located above each adjacent two of the rotating discs 200, and the drilling mechanism 500 drills the abutting surfaces of the adjacent two valve end caps 400, as shown in fig. 3, four drilling mechanisms 500 are provided, and for convenience of description, the first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500, the third drilling mechanism 500 and the fourth drilling mechanism 500 are provided in this order from left to right. The depth of each drilling mechanism 500 is the same, and the feeding and the retracting are synchronous, so that when the drilling mechanism 500 just drills through the valve end cover 400 above, the feeding is continued, so that after a small hole is drilled on the valve end cover 400 below, the feeding is stopped, namely, a preliminary hole is drilled on the valve end cover 400 below in advance, the retracting is started after the drilling is finished, and when the next drilling mechanism 500 drills, the preliminary hole can conduct a guiding function on the drilling mechanism 500, so that the deflection and swing of the drilling mechanism 500 are avoided, and the generation of burrs is further reduced.
It should be noted that, the distance between the feeding and retracting of each drilling mechanism 500 is set, and the distance between the feeding and retracting of the drilling mechanism 500 is uniform even at different heights, so that the drilling mechanism 500 can drill through the upper valve end cover 400 and then pre-drill the lower valve end cover 400.
Specifically, the drilling mechanism 500 includes a drill bit and a drill, the drill rotates the drill bit, and the drill can move along the axial direction of the rotary disc 200 to perform feeding and retracting.
The specific working process of the valve end cover processing device provided by the application is described by combining the above embodiments:
taking the first rotating disc 200 as an example, the first rotating disc is located at an initial position (the initial position is a position near one end of the first rack 111 far from the second rack 112, such as the position of the rotating disc 200 shown in fig. 3), and moves clockwise along the closed track 110. The first valve cap 400 is clamped to the first rotary disk 200, and the drill bit of the first drilling mechanism 500 is moved downward in the axial direction of the rotary disk 200 to drill the first preliminary hole 431 in the first valve cap 400, and after the first preliminary hole 431 is drilled, the drill bit is moved upward in the axial direction of the rotary disk 200 to retract the cutter.
The rotation shaft 260 rotates clockwise, in the process that the rotation shaft 260 rotates 45 degrees clockwise, the gear 230 on the rotation sleeve 220 of the first rotation disc 200 is meshed with the first rack 111, the first rotation disc 200 drives the first valve end cover 400 to rotate anticlockwise and gradually rise, when the rotation shaft 260 rotates 45 degrees, the rotation of the first valve end cover 400 stops, at this time, the first valve end cover 400 just rotates 180 degrees, the rising height is the thickness of the drilling part of the valve end cover 400, and the first preparation hole 431 is located below the first drilling mechanism 500. The gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of the first rotating disk 200 is disengaged from the first rack 111 and then positioned in the space between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, while the second rotating disk 200 is already positioned at the initial position of the first rotating disk 200, the second valve cap 400 is clamped to the second rotating disk 200, so that the upper end face 410 of the perforated portion of the second valve cap 400 abuts against the lower end face 420 of the first preliminary hole 431 of the first valve cap 400, and the subsequent third, fourth and nth valve caps 400 are all mounted.
The first drilling mechanism 500 and the second drilling mechanism 500 start synchronous feeding, the drill bit of the first drilling mechanism 500 moves downwards along the axial direction of the rotating disc 200, the drilling operation is performed on the mutually abutted parts of the two valve end covers 400, after the drill bit descends a preset distance (the preset distance is a distance for drilling through the valve end cover 400 positioned above and simultaneously pre-drilling the valve end cover 400 positioned below), a first through hole 441 is formed by drilling through a first preparation hole 431 of the first valve end cover 400, and the first preparation hole 431 is drilled on the second valve end cover 400; at the same time, the second drilling mechanism 500 drills a second pilot hole 432 in the first valve end cap 400. After drilling is completed, the first drilling mechanism 500 and the second drilling mechanism 500 retract synchronously.
When the rotating shaft 260 starts to rotate clockwise, the first rotating disc 200 and the second rotating disc 200 synchronously move in the straight section of the closed track 110, but the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of the first rotating disc 200 is firstly separated from the space between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 and is meshed with the second rack 112, so that the first rotating disc 200 rotates anticlockwise and is firstly lifted, then the gear 230 on the rotating sleeve 220 of the second rotating disc 200 is meshed with the first rack 111, the rotating shaft 260 rotates clockwise for 45 degrees, in the process of rotating the rotating shaft 260, the gear 230 of the rotating sleeve 220 of the first rotating disc 200 is firstly separated from the second rack 112 and enters the space between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113, then the gear 230 of the rotating sleeve 220 of the second rotating disc 200 is separated from the space between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, the valve end cover 400 on the first rotating disc 200 is rotated 180 degrees, the upper end face of the valve end cover 400 on the second rotating disc 200 is also rotated 180 degrees and then is in contact with the upper end face of the third valve end cover 400 of the first valve end cover 400, and the upper end face of the third valve end cover 400 is in contact with the first end face of the third valve end cover 400 is prepared, and the upper end face of the third valve cover 400 is in contact with the third end face of the third valve end cover 400 is rotated, and the upper end face of the third end cover 400 is in contact with the third end face of the third end cover 400 is in the position of the valve end cover 400 is in the first end face of the valve cover 400.
The first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500 and the third drilling mechanism 500 feed synchronously, and the drill bit of the third drilling mechanism 500 moves downwards along the axial direction of the rotating disc 200 by a preset distance to drill the first valve end cover 400 and drill the third preparation hole 433; meanwhile, the second drilling mechanism 500 drills the second preliminary hole 432 of the first valve end cover 400 through to form the second through hole 442, and drills the second preliminary hole 432 on the second valve end cover 400; while the first drilling mechanism 500 drills the first preliminary hole 431 of the second valve cover 400 through to form the first through hole 441, and drills the first preliminary hole 431 in the third valve cover 400. After drilling is completed, the first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500 and the third drilling mechanism 500 retract synchronously.
The rotation shaft 260 starts to rotate clockwise, when the rotation shaft 260 rotates, the first rotation plate 200, the second rotation plate 200 and the third rotation plate 200 move synchronously in the straight section of the closed track 110, but the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the first rotation plate 200 is firstly separated from the space between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113 to be meshed with the third rack 113, so that the first rotation plate 200 rotates anticlockwise and is firstly lifted, then the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the second rotation plate 200 is separated from the space between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 to be meshed with the second rack 112, finally, the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the third rotation plate 200 is meshed with the first rack 111, and during the clockwise rotation of the rotation shaft 260, the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the first rotation plate 200 is firstly separated from the third rack 113 to be entered into the space between the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114, then the gear 230 of the rotating sleeve 220 of the second rotating disc 200 is separated from the second rack 112 and enters the interval between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113, finally, the gear 230 of the rotating sleeve 220 of the third rotating disc 200 is separated from the first rack 111 and enters the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112, the valve cover 400 on the first rotating disc 200 rotates 180 degrees, the upper end face 410 of the drilling position on the second rotating disc 200 also rotates 180 degrees and abuts against the lower end face 420 of the third preparation hole 433 of the first valve cover 400, the upper end face 410 of the drilling position on the third rotating disc 200 finally rotates 180 degrees and abuts against the lower end face 420 of the second preparation hole 432, at this time the fourth rotating disc 200 moves to the initial position, the fourth valve cover 400 is clamped on the fourth rotating disc 200, so that the upper end surface 410 of the perforated portion of the fourth valve cap 400 abuts the lower end surface 420 of the first prepared hole 431 of the third valve cap 400.
The first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500, the third drilling mechanism 500 and the fourth drilling mechanism 500 are synchronously fed, and the drill bit of the fourth drilling mechanism 500 moves downwards along the axial direction of the rotary disk 200 to drill the fourth preparation hole 434 in the first valve cover 400; meanwhile, the third drilling mechanism 500 drills the third preliminary hole 433 of the first valve cap 400 through to form the third through hole 443, and drills the third preliminary hole 433 of the second valve cap 400; meanwhile, the second drilling mechanism 500 drills the second preliminary hole 432 of the second valve cover 400 through to form the second through hole 442, and drills the second preliminary hole 432 of the third valve cover 400; meanwhile, the first drilling mechanism 500 drills through the first preliminary hole 431 of the third valve cover 400, and drills the first preliminary hole 431 of the fourth valve cover 400. After drilling is completed, the first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500, the third drilling mechanism 500 and the fourth drilling mechanism 500 are retracted synchronously.
The rotation shaft 260 starts to rotate clockwise, when the rotation shaft 260 rotates, the first rotation plate 200, the second rotation plate 200, the third rotation plate 200 and the fourth rotation plate 200 move synchronously in the straight section of the closed track 110, but the gear 230 on the rotation sleeve 220 of the first rotation plate 200 is firstly separated from the fourth rack 114 by the interval between the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114, so that the first rotation plate 200 rotates anticlockwise and is firstly lifted, then the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the second rotation plate 200 is separated from the interval between the second rack 112 and the third rack 113 to be meshed with the third rack 113, then the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the third rotation plate 200 is separated from the interval between the first rack 111 and the second rack 112 to be meshed with the second rack 112, and then the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the second rotation plate 200 is separated from the fourth rack 114 by the interval between the third rack 113 and the fourth rack 114, and the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the second rotation plate 200 is separated from the third rack 113 to be separated from the fourth rack 114 by 45 ° in the clockwise rotation of the rotation shaft 260, and finally the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 of the second rotation plate 200 is separated from the third rack 112 to be separated from the interval between the third rack 112 and the fourth rack 112 to be separated from the fourth rack 112. The valve end cap 400 on the first rotary disk 200 rotates 180 °, the upper end face 410 of the drilling position after the valve end cap 400 on the second rotary disk 200 rotates 180 ° is abutted against the lower end face 420 of the fourth preliminary hole 434 of the first valve end cap 400, the upper end face 410 of the drilling position after the valve end cap 400 on the third rotary disk 200 rotates 180 ° is abutted against the lower end face 420 of the third preliminary hole 433, and finally the upper end face 410 of the drilling position after the valve end cap 400 on the fourth rotary disk 200 rotates 180 ° is abutted against the lower end face 420 of the second preliminary hole 432 on the third valve end cap 400, at this time, the fifth rotary disk 200 moves to the initial position, and the fifth valve end cap 400 is clamped on the fifth rotary disk 200, so that the upper end face 410 of the drilling position of the fifth valve end cap 400 is abutted against the lower end face 420 of the first preliminary hole 431 of the fourth valve end cap 400.
The first 500, second 500, third 500 and fourth 500 drilling mechanisms are synchronized such that the drill bit on the fourth drilling mechanism 500 moves downward in the axial direction of the rotary disc 200 to drill the fourth pilot hole 434 on the first valve end cap 400 through to form the fourth throughhole 444 and drill the fourth pilot hole 434 on the second valve end cap 400; meanwhile, the third drilling mechanism 500 drills a third preliminary hole 433 of the second valve cover 400 through to form a third through hole 443, and drills a third preliminary hole 433 of the third valve cover 400; meanwhile, the second drilling mechanism 500 drills the second preliminary holes 432 of the third valve cover 400 through to form the second through holes 442, and drills the second preliminary holes 432 of the four valve covers 400; meanwhile, the first drilling mechanism 500 drills a first preliminary hole 431 in the fourth valve cover 400 through to form a first through hole 441, and drills a first preliminary hole 431 in the fifth valve cover 400. After drilling is completed, the first drilling mechanism 500, the second drilling mechanism 500 and the third drilling mechanism 500 retract synchronously.
The first valve cover 400 has been drilled with a first through hole 441, a second through hole 442, a third through hole 443, and a fourth through hole 444 to complete the processing of the valve cover 400, and the first valve cover 400 is removed from the first rotary disk 200. The rotation shaft 260 continues to rotate clockwise, the first rotation plate 200 enters the circular arc section of the closed track 110, the gear 230 of the rotation sleeve 220 on the first rotation plate 200 is meshed with the arc rack 115 in the circular ring section of the closed track 110, the first rotation plate 200 starts to rotate reversely, namely rotate clockwise, the height of the first rotation plate 200 starts to descend, and when the first rotation plate 200 moves to the initial position, the height of the first rotation plate 200 is restored to the initial height, so that the new valve end cover 400 starts to be clamped, and the valve end cover 400 can be continuously processed in a circulating operation.
The technical features of the above embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The foregoing examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention and are described in detail herein without thereby limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A valve end cap processing apparatus, comprising:
the device comprises a rack, wherein at least two rotating discs are rotatably arranged on the rack, the rotating discs are arranged at intervals, a clamping mechanism is arranged on each rotating disc, and the clamping mechanism is used for clamping a valve end cover;
the drilling mechanism is used for drilling the valve end cover;
the height of one rotating disc of the two adjacent rotating discs is higher than that of the other rotating disc, so that the valve end covers on the two rotating discs are required to be mutually abutted up and down in the drilling parts, and the positions of the mutually abutted valve end covers can be adjusted by rotating the rotating discs so as to drill holes in different positions.
2. The valve end cap machining apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame is provided with a closed rail, and a plurality of rotating discs are disposed in the closed rail at intervals, and the plurality of rotating discs synchronously move along the closed rail and rotate around their own axes and change in height.
3. The valve end cover machining device according to claim 2, wherein a moving rod is arranged in the closed track, the moving rod can move along the closed track, a connecting sleeve is coaxially arranged at the bottom of the rotating disc, the connecting sleeve is sleeved on the moving rod, a rack is arranged in the closed track, a rotating sleeve is sleeved on the connecting sleeve, the rotating sleeve and the connecting sleeve synchronously rotate, a gear is fixedly sleeved on the peripheral surface of the rotating sleeve, and the gear is meshed with the rack so that the rotating sleeve drives the rotating disc to rotate around the axis of the rotating disc.
4. The valve end cap processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the connection sleeve is in screw connection with the moving rod, and the rotation sleeve can drive the connection sleeve to rotate and move axially along the connection sleeve, and further drive the rotation disc to rotate and move axially along the connection sleeve to change the height.
5. A valve end cap machining apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the racks have a plurality of stages, a space is provided between each adjacent two stages of racks, and a gear on a front side in a moving direction of the rotary disk of the adjacent two gears is engaged with the rack first, and the other gear is engaged with the rack later.
6. The valve end cap tooling of claim 5, wherein the closed track has a straight section and a circular arc section, the rack being positioned in the straight section, the circular arc section having an arcuate rack disposed therein, the gear engaging the arcuate rack when the rotatable disk is moved in the arcuate section to cause counter rotation of the rotatable disk.
7. The valve end cap tooling apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a drive mechanism capable of driving the rotating disk along the closed track.
8. The valve end cover machining device according to claim 7, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and sliding rods, the rotating shaft is located at the bottom of the frame, the sliding rods are uniformly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft and distributed in the radial direction, the sliding rods are in sliding connection with the moving rods, and the rotating shaft can drive the sliding rods to rotate so that the moving rods move in the closed track.
9. The valve end cap machining apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a three jaw chuck on which the valve end cap is placed, the three jaw chuck abutting the valve end cap.
10. The valve end cap machining apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drilling mechanism comprises a drill bit and a drill, the drill rotates the drill bit to drill the valve end cap, and the drill is movable in an axial direction of the rotating disc to perform feed and retract.
CN202410076723.3A 2024-01-19 2024-01-19 Valve end cover processingequipment Active CN117583645B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202410076723.3A CN117583645B (en) 2024-01-19 2024-01-19 Valve end cover processingequipment

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CN202410076723.3A CN117583645B (en) 2024-01-19 2024-01-19 Valve end cover processingequipment

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN117583645A true CN117583645A (en) 2024-02-23
CN117583645B CN117583645B (en) 2024-04-05

Family

ID=89918730

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CN202410076723.3A Active CN117583645B (en) 2024-01-19 2024-01-19 Valve end cover processingequipment

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN117583645B (en)

Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS59102505A (en) * 1982-12-02 1984-06-13 Kubota Ltd Drilling device for pipe flange
JPH0654465U (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-07-26 株式会社イワタニハーモテック Contact tip changer for welding robot
CN105108495A (en) * 2015-10-12 2015-12-02 济南迈克阀门科技有限公司 Drilling and tapping equipment for butterfly valve body
KR101605442B1 (en) * 2015-07-02 2016-03-23 이대규 multi axis drilling machine
CN108515205A (en) * 2018-03-30 2018-09-11 重庆市骞焰机械有限责任公司 A kind of valve ending cover perforating device
CN213680747U (en) * 2020-06-13 2021-07-13 四川古力鞋业有限公司 Perforating device is used in leather manufacturing
CN113236995A (en) * 2021-04-29 2021-08-10 广州市爱维迪灯光音响设备有限公司 Combined effect disc for stage lamp
CN216326418U (en) * 2021-10-21 2022-04-19 深圳市鸿富精研科技有限公司 A carousel output device for material station shifts
CN116252180A (en) * 2023-02-10 2023-06-13 王丽君 Symmetrical disc type separation connecting device for machining
CN219881588U (en) * 2023-04-26 2023-10-24 南阳金牛电气有限公司 Full-automatic laser marking machine for lightning arrester end cover

Patent Citations (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS59102505A (en) * 1982-12-02 1984-06-13 Kubota Ltd Drilling device for pipe flange
JPH0654465U (en) * 1992-08-28 1994-07-26 株式会社イワタニハーモテック Contact tip changer for welding robot
KR101605442B1 (en) * 2015-07-02 2016-03-23 이대규 multi axis drilling machine
CN105108495A (en) * 2015-10-12 2015-12-02 济南迈克阀门科技有限公司 Drilling and tapping equipment for butterfly valve body
CN108515205A (en) * 2018-03-30 2018-09-11 重庆市骞焰机械有限责任公司 A kind of valve ending cover perforating device
CN213680747U (en) * 2020-06-13 2021-07-13 四川古力鞋业有限公司 Perforating device is used in leather manufacturing
CN113236995A (en) * 2021-04-29 2021-08-10 广州市爱维迪灯光音响设备有限公司 Combined effect disc for stage lamp
CN216326418U (en) * 2021-10-21 2022-04-19 深圳市鸿富精研科技有限公司 A carousel output device for material station shifts
CN116252180A (en) * 2023-02-10 2023-06-13 王丽君 Symmetrical disc type separation connecting device for machining
CN219881588U (en) * 2023-04-26 2023-10-24 南阳金牛电气有限公司 Full-automatic laser marking machine for lightning arrester end cover

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN117583645B (en) 2024-04-05

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CN104308538B (en) A kind of numerical control lock core unit mahine
CN108747374A (en) A kind of brill attacks all-in-one machine
CN116460374A (en) Radial positioning structure for machining large gear ring and positioning method thereof
CN111203566B (en) Machine part spiral perforating device
CN105149695B (en) Axial workpiece automatic chamfering lathe
CN111376054B (en) Drilling equipment with reaming function
CN117583645B (en) Valve end cover processingequipment
JP2005324272A (en) Threading device
CN213437257U (en) Efficient automatic drilling machine tool
CN216758297U (en) Milling device is used in production of circle form part
CN105798615A (en) Drilling system of multifunctional automatic machining all-in-one machine
CN110576201B (en) Multi-station feeding type drilling machine
CN209867399U (en) Transverse feed mechanism for processing end face of part in automatic line
CN208696765U (en) Electric-motor pump forming equipment in a kind of compressor
CN107962394B (en) Multifunctional drilling and tapping milling machine and operation method thereof
CN219443557U (en) Horizontal perforating machine
CN216502439U (en) Single-arm drilling machine with double sliding rails
CN205166053U (en) Automatic chamfer lathe of axle type part
CN219704136U (en) Multi-station fixing support based on numerical control lathe and used for workpiece machining
CN219665693U (en) Vertical multi-station punching tapping machine
CN116900350B (en) Automatic drilling equipment for mechanical manufacturing and using method thereof
CN218135151U (en) Workpiece clamping device for drilling machine
CN219402439U (en) Drilling machine convenient to punch and position
CN214237199U (en) Punching machine
CN217018676U (en) Hydraulic directional positioning multi-hole internal expansion type gang drill equipment for motor rotor

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PB01 Publication
PB01 Publication
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
GR01 Patent grant
GR01 Patent grant