CN201979432U - Tilter for large-scale wind power gearbox - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a tilter for a large-scale wind power gearbox, which comprises two stands, two slipping components, two T-shaped tilting components, an L-shaped tilting component and the like, wherein the two slipping components are respectively mounted on the two stands; the two T-shaped tilting components are respectively fixed on the two slipping components; and the two ends of the L-shaped tilting component are respectively connected with the two T-shaped tilting components. The tilter is applied to the assembly line of large-scale wind power gearboxes, has a maximum carrying capacity of 50 ton, is reasonably designed to solve the eccentric problem in the large-scale wind power gearbox, and aims to achieve the effect that the gravity center of the entire large-scale wind power gearbox is positioned at the geometric centre thereof in the tilting process of the large-scale wind power gearbox. Meanwhile, the tilter has the advantages of small energy consumption, high work efficiency, good adaptability, work reliability and easiness in operation, and can be used for tilting products of various models by changing part clamps.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of gear-box tipper, relates in particular to a kind of turning device of the large-scale wind electricity gear-box being spent horizontal level in assembling process by upright position rotation 90.
Background technology
In large-scale wind electricity gear-box assembling process, need gear-box is overturn, for follow-up fitting attachments is prepared.For the upset of large-scale workpiece,, own wt overturn because can only relying on to drive a vehicle greatly all the time in the past, its inconvenient operation, and efficient is low, has had a strong impact on the speed of production of factory floor, also makes the product quality of production can not get guaranteeing.The center of gravity of large-scale wind electricity gear-box is not at its geometric center place in addition, and it is low to need to consider that the eccentricity issues of gear-box and the tipper of designing should satisfy energy consumption, the high requirement of work efficiency.
The utility model content
In order to address the above problem, the utility model purpose is to provide a kind of device that is used for the upset of large-scale wind electricity gear-box.
The purpose of this utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions: a kind of large-scale wind electricity gear-box tipper, and it comprises: two supports, two sliding assemblies, two T shape upset assemblies and a L shaped upset assembly etc.; Wherein, two sliding assemblies are installed in respectively on two supports, and two T shape upset assemblies are separately fixed on two sliding assemblies, and L shaped upset assembly two ends link to each other with two T shape upset assemblies respectively.
Further, described support comprises: base, two adjustment plates, two pedestals, two slippage guide rods and a lifting device etc.; Wherein, lifting device and two adjustment plates are separately fixed on the base, and lifting device is positioned at two to be adjusted in the middle of the plates, and two pedestals are separately fixed at two and adjust on the plates, and two slippage guide rods are separately fixed at vacancy in two two pedestals adjusting on the plate.
Further, described lifting device mainly is connected to form successively by helical speed reduction gear, shaft coupling and screw lift.
Further, described sliding assembly is mainly by lifting machine adpting flange, slip base, and two guide holders and two guide pin bushings are formed; Wherein, two guide holders are in the slip base both sides, and are integrally formed with slip base; Two guide pin bushings are inserted in respectively in the interior through hole of two guide holders; Lifting machine adpting flange is fixed on the slip base.
Further, described T shape upset assembly mainly is connected to form by T shape pivoted frame and reductor assembly, wherein, described T shape pivoted frame is connected fastening form with nine support bars with two blocks of T shape plates by two connecting axles, and described reductor assembly is stretched reductor by reductor supporting seat and twin shaft and is composed of a fixed connection.
Further, described L shaped upset assembly comprises: two L shaped pivoted arms, two toggle carriages, two carriage fixed heads, crossbeam and bottom bracket etc.Two toggle carriages are fixed on two L shaped pivoted arms by two carriage fixed heads respectively, fixedly connected with two L shaped pivoted arms respectively in the crossbeam two ends, and bottom bracket is fixed in the middle of the crossbeam.
Further, this large-scale wind electricity gear-box tipper also comprises a control device, this control device by three encoders, three brakes, several form near switch, three frequency converters and a programmable controller etc.; Wherein, describedly all directly link to each other with PLC with brake near switch, three encoders link to each other with PLC by three frequency converters respectively.
Frame is at the vertical position place and turn over and turn 90 degrees the position and be respectively equipped with position sensor, is provided with mechanical position limitation simultaneously.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are, the utility model is applied to the continuous productive process of large-scale wind electricity gear-box assembling, and its dead weight reaches 50 tons, and (the center of gravity deviation is to carry out appropriate design at the eccentricity issues of large-scale wind electricity gear-box
), make every effort in the switching process overall center of gravity and be positioned at its geometric center place, make workpiece in switching process steadily, to satisfy energy consumption little for this tipper simultaneously, the requirement that work efficiency is high.This tipper adaptability is good, reliable operation, and operation easily, efficient is higher, can realize the upset of multiple type product by the removable parts anchor clamps.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation according to tipper that the utility model provides;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of support;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of lifting device;
Fig. 4 is the sliding assembly structural representation;
Fig. 5 is a T shape modular construction schematic diagram;
Fig. 6 is L shaped modular construction schematic diagram;
Fig. 7 is control principle figure;
Among the figure, support 1, sliding assembly 2, T shape upset assembly 3, L shaped upset assembly 4, base 11, adjust plate 12, pedestal 13, slippage guide rod 14, lifting device 15, lifting machine adpting flange 21, slip base 22, guide pin bushing 23, T shape pivoted frame 31, reductor assembly 32, connecting axle 311, support bar 312, two T shape plates 313, reductor supporting seat 321, twin shafts are stretched reductor 322, limited block 33, are adjusted screw 34, L shaped pivoted arm 41, crossbeam 42, toggle carriage 43, carriage fixed head 44, bottom bracket 45.
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Describe the utility model in detail below with reference to accompanying drawing, it is more obvious that the purpose of this utility model and effect will become.
As shown in Figure 1, the gear tipper that provides of the utility model comprises: two supports 1, two sliding assemblies 2, two T shape upset assemblies 3 and L shaped upset assemblies 4.Two sliding assemblies 2 are installed in respectively on two supports 1, and two T shape upset assemblies 3 are separately fixed on two sliding assemblies 2, and L shaped upset assembly 4 two ends link to each other with two T shape upset assemblies 3 respectively.
As shown in Figure 2, each support 1 comprises: base 11, two are adjusted plate 12, two pedestals 13, two slippage guide rods 14 and lifting devices 15, lifting device 15 and two adjustment plates 12 are separately fixed on the base 11, lifting device 15 is positioned at two and adjusts in the middle of the plate 12, two pedestals 13 are separately fixed at two and adjust on the plate 12, and two slippage guide rods 14 are separately fixed at vacancy in two two pedestals 13 adjusting on the plate 12.
As shown in Figure 3, lifting device 15 is connected to form successively by helical speed reduction gear 151, shaft coupling 152 and screw lift 153.
As shown in Figure 4, described sliding assembly 2 is mainly by lifting machine adpting flange 21, and 22, two guide holders of slip base 24, two guide pin bushings 23 are formed.Wherein, two guide holders 24 are in slip base 22 both sides, and are integrally formed with slip base 22.Two guide pin bushings 23 are inserted in respectively in the through hole in two guide holders 24.Lifting machine adpting flange 21 is fixed on the slip base 22.
As shown in Figure 5, described T shape upset assembly 3 mainly is connected to form by T shape pivoted frame 31 and reductor assembly 32, wherein, T shape pivoted frame 31 is connected fastening form with nine support bars 312 with two blocks of T shape plates 313 by two connecting axles 311, and described reductor assembly 32 is stretched reductor 322 by reductor supporting seat 321 and twin shaft and is composed of a fixed connection.
As shown in Figure 6, described L shaped upset assembly 4 comprises two L shaped pivoted arms 41, two toggle carriages 43, two carriage fixed heads 44, crossbeam 42 and bottom bracket 45.Two toggle carriages 43 are fixed on two L shaped pivoted arms 41 by two carriage fixed heads 44 respectively, fixedly connected with two L shaped pivoted arms 41 respectively in crossbeam 42 two ends, and bottom bracket 45 is fixed in the middle of the crossbeam 42.
Again as shown in Figure 1, base 11 usefulness pre-embedded anchoring bolts are installed on the ground, adjust plate 12 respectively by being bolted on the base 11 for two, adjust on the plate 12 at two with bolted behind two pedestals, the 13 coarse regulation relative positions, two pedestals 13 are provided with waist type groove, when being used for equipment and installing about the accurate adjustment of two ends pedestal 13 positions.Lifting device 15 is also by being bolted on the base 11.
Two slippage guide rods 14 are inserted in respectively in two guide pin bushings 23, and lifting machine adpting flange 21 is connected with lifting machine 15, fixing reductor assembly 32 on the slip base 22, and lifting device 15 drives sliding assemblies 2 and moves up and down, and moves up and down thereby drive reductor assembly 32.Slippage guide rod 14 and guide pin bushing 23 match, thereby can improve the stability of lifting.
Lifting device 15 is used to drive sliding assembly 2 and rises or drop to the precalculated position, and as a kind of embodiment particularly, as Fig. 1 and as shown in Figure 2, described lifting device is fixed on the described pedestal 13 and is connected with sliding assembly 2 by lifting machine adpting flange 21.By control described lifting machine can drive sliding assembly 2 and on turning device rise or drop to the precalculated position.
T shape upset assembly 3 is fixed on the sliding assembly 2, when moving up and down the arrival assigned address with sliding assembly 2, driving T shape pivoted frame 31 by reductor 32 is rotated, reductor bearing 321 is provided with two limited blocks 33, T shape pivoted frame 31 anglecs of rotation are carried out mechanical position limitation, adjustment screw 34 is housed respectively on two limited blocks 33 is used to adjust spacing angle.
Sliding assembly 2 is used for sliding up and down along the slippage guide rod 14 that is installed on the support 1; There is speed reducer device 32 to be fixed on the T shape upset assembly 3 and is used for driving the upset of upset assembly drive workpiece on the sliding assembly 2; L shaped upset assembly 4 is used to hold up workpiece.Thereby the gear-box tipper neatly the driven gear case realize vertically moving and overturning.
Toggle carriage 43 and bottom bracket 45 are used to hold up workpiece.The L shaped pivoted arm 41 in described two ends respectively with T shape upset assembly 3 in connecting axle 311 is connected by bolted, drive together by reductor assembly 32 and rotate.For make this large-scale wind electricity gear-box in switching process steadily, described L shaped upset assembly 4 by about two toggle carriages 43 and bottom bracket 45 hold up workpiece.Toggle carriage 43 is fixed in the T-slot of carriage fixed head 44 by tommyhead bolt, make toggle carriage 43 can on fixed head 44, adjust the position up and down, bottom bracket 45 is fixed together by two bearing pins and crossbeam 42, when tipper is changed upset workpiece model, bottom bracket 45 also should be done corresponding replacing, changes or adjust toggle carriage 43 simultaneously.
Described gear-box tipper also comprises control device, by three encoders, three brakes, several are near switch, three frequency converters, programmable controller compositions such as (PLC).Link to each other with PLC near switch, brake all directly links to each other with PLC, and three encoders link to each other with PLC by three frequency converters respectively, and described control device is used to control described lifting device 15, the action of T shape upset assembly 3 and L shaped upset assembly 4.
Wherein, two encoders are separately fixed on the motor of two helical speed reduction gears 151, realize lifting machine two ends synchronous lifting, and synchronous error can be controlled in 2r/min; Also having an encoder to be fixed on twin shaft stretches on the motor of reductor 322.The motor of two helical speed reduction gears 151 and twin shaft are stretched on the motor of reductor 322 and also are furnished with brake; Be installed on the described both sides pedestal 13 near switch, be used to control the rising and the down position of sliding assembly 2; T shape pivoted frame 31 is at the vertical position place and turn over and turn 90 degrees the position and be respectively equipped with near switch, is provided with mechanical position limitation simultaneously.
Described control device can also comprise a touch-screen, links to each other with PLC, is used for manual input control signal.
Operating process of the present utility model is as follows: at first drive the reductor assembly by lifting machine in the lifting device 15 fixing on two ends, the tipper left and right sides pedestal 13, sliding assembly 2, T shape upset assembly 3 and L shaped upset assembly 4 hold up workpiece, and continue to be moved upwards up to assigned address along slippage guide rod 14.Drive T shape upset assembly 3 and the 4 drive workpiece upsets of L shaped upset assembly by two ends, left and right sides reductor assembly 32 then.Lifting machine in the last lifting device 15 drives the reductor assembly, sliding assembly 2, and the workpiece after T shape upset assembly 3 and L shaped upset assembly 4 will overturn is placed on the Assembling bogie downwards.Tipper sliding assembly 2 continues to descend afterwards, and workpiece and L shaped upset assembly 4 are thrown off, and after dolly to be assembled was transported, tipper sliding assembly 2 moved upward, and reverse flip resets.
Under the control of described control device, the operating process of described large-scale wind electricity gear-box tipper can be: at first drive the reductor assembly by lifting machine in the lifting device 15 fixing on two ends, the tipper left and right sides pedestal 13, sliding assembly 2, T shape upset assembly 3 and L shaped upset assembly 4 hold up workpiece, the encoder that is contained on the motor is transported to signal on the frequency converter, control by controller and to realize lifting machine two ends synchronous lifting, synchronous error can be controlled in 2r/min.When arriving predetermined altitude, be contained in and send signal to PLC near switch on the pedestal 13, PLC controls described lifting device and stops.PLC control twin shaft is stretched the electric motor starting in the reductor 322 then, drives T shape upset assembly, and L shaped upset assembly and workpiece rotate, when being turned to predetermined angular, send signal to PLC near switch, the motor that PLC control twin shaft is stretched in the reductor 322 stops, thereby finishes turning operation.Control by controller at last and realize that lifting machine two ends descend synchronously, the driven by motor reductor assembly in the lifting device 15, sliding assembly 2, the workpiece after T shape upset assembly 3 and L shaped upset assembly 4 will overturn moves downward, and is placed on the Assembling bogie.Tipper sliding assembly 2 continues to descend afterwards, is contained in to send signal to PLC near switch on the pedestal 13, makes workpiece and 4 disengagements of L shaped upset assembly by PLC control, and after dolly to be assembled was transported, tipper sliding assembly 2 moved upward, and reverse flip resets.
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1. large-scale wind electricity gear-box tipper is characterized in that it comprises: two supports (1), two sliding assemblies (2), two T shapes upset assemblies (3) and a L shaped upset assembly (4); Wherein, two sliding assemblies (2) are installed in respectively on two supports (1), and two T shape upset assemblies (3) are separately fixed on two sliding assemblies (2), and L shaped upset assembly (4) two ends link to each other with two T shape upset assemblies (3) respectively.
2. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 1 tipper, it is characterized in that described support (1) comprising: base (11), two adjustment plates (12), two pedestals (13), two slippage guide rods (14) and lifting devices (15); Wherein, lifting device (15) and two adjustment plates (12) are separately fixed on the base (11), lifting device (15) is positioned at two and adjusts in the middle of the plate (12), two pedestals (13) are separately fixed at two and adjust on the plate (12), and two slippage guide rods (14) are separately fixed at vacancy in two two pedestals (13) of adjusting on the plate (12).
3. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 2 tipper, it is characterized in that described lifting device (15) mainly is connected to form successively by helical speed reduction gear (151), shaft coupling (152) and screw lift (153).
4. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 1 tipper, it is characterized in that described sliding assembly (2) is mainly by lifting machine adpting flange (21), slip base (22), two guide holders (24) and two guide pin bushings (23) are formed; Wherein, two guide holders (24) are in slip base (22) both sides, and are integrally formed with slip base (22); Two guide pin bushings (23) are inserted in respectively in the interior through hole of two guide holders (24); Lifting machine adpting flange (21) is fixed on the slip base (22).
5. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 1 tipper, it is characterized in that, described T shape upset assembly (3) mainly is connected to form by T shape pivoted frame (31) and reductor assembly (32), wherein, described T shape pivoted frame (31) is connected fastening form with nine support bars (312) with two blocks of T shape plates (313) by two connecting axles (311), and described reductor assembly (32) is stretched reductor (322) by reductor supporting seat (321) and twin shaft and is composed of a fixed connection.
6. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 1 tipper, it is characterized in that described L shaped upset assembly (4) comprising: two L shaped pivoted arms (41), two toggle carriages (43), two carriage fixed heads (44), crossbeam (42) and bottom bracket (45); Two toggle carriages (43) are fixed on two L shaped pivoted arms (41) by two carriage fixed heads (44) respectively, fixedly connected with two L shaped pivoted arms (41) respectively in crossbeam (42) two ends, and bottom bracket (45) is fixed in the middle of the crossbeam (42).
7. according to the described large-scale wind electricity gear-box of claim 1 tipper, it is characterized in that, also comprise a control device, this control device by three encoders, three brakes, several form near switch, three frequency converters and a programmable controller etc.; Wherein, describedly all directly link to each other with PLC with brake near switch, three encoders link to each other with PLC by three frequency converters respectively.
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