CN206399669U - A kind of automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear - Google Patents
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The utility model is related to a kind of automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear, belongs to steering gear technical field of experiment equipment.The automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear is inserted in device by program control device, hydraulic station, frame, drive device, load device, oil pipe and workpiece input unit is constituted:Workpiece input unit is provided with frame, workpiece input unit side is provided with load device;Drive device is provided with by mounting bracket above workpiece input unit;Drive device side is provided with oil pipe and is inserted in device;Oil pipe is inserted in device and is connected by oil pipe with hydraulic station.The automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear is simple in construction, easy to operate, the break-in experiment that full automatic can complete steering gear, without artificial operation, has saved human cost;The labor intensity for solving existing running-in test board and having when need to manually operate is big and the problem of inefficiency;The need for meeting enterprise's production detection.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to a kind of automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear, belongs to steering gear technical field of experiment equipment.
Background technology
Automobile steering device is the important spare part for controlling automobile direct of travel.Must be on break-in experimental bench before dispatching from the factory
Its requirement of dispatching from the factory could be met after carrying out strict running-in test.The main purpose of running-in test is:Can steering gear be observed
The operating of normal table.Needed due to the limitation of existing break-in experimental bench reasons in structure, during current running-in test artificial to input
Oil pipe, input shaft and output loading end are set with, and could meet experiment needs.Have that labor intensity is big and work during artificial operation
Make the problem of efficiency is low.It is therefore desirable to research and develop it is a kind of can be automatically finished steering gear break-in experiment experimental bench, with solve
The problem above having during artificial operation.
The content of the invention
The purpose of this utility model is:It is high there is provided a kind of simple in construction, automaticity, it is real to solve existing break-in
Big and inefficiency problem the automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear of the labor intensity tested platform and had when need to manually operate.
The technical solution of the utility model is:
A kind of automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear, it is filled by program control device, hydraulic station, frame, drive device, load
Put, oil pipe is inserted in device and workpiece input unit is constituted;It is characterized in that:Workpiece input unit is provided with frame, workpiece is defeated
Enter device side and be provided with load device;Drive device is provided with by mounting bracket above workpiece input unit;Drive device one
Side is provided with oil pipe and is inserted in device;Oil pipe is inserted in device and is connected by communicating pipe with hydraulic station.
Described drive device is made up of lift cylinder, driving torque sensor, slide, servomotor and swivel joint;
It is slidably fitted with mounting bracket by slide rail above slide, slide and is fixed with lift cylinder, the piston rod and slide of lift cylinder
Connection;It is movably installed with slide by bearing block above swivel joint, swivel joint and is fixed with servomotor;Servomotor leads to
Torque sensor of overdriving is connected with swivel joint.
Described oil pipe is inserted in device and is made up of push-and-pull cylinder, slide plate, oil pipe insertion cylinder and oil pipe pusher cylinder;Install
It is slidably fitted with frame by slide rail above slide plate, slide plate and is fixed with push-and-pull cylinder;The piston rod of push-and-pull cylinder is connected with slide plate;
Shape is spaced on slide plate and inserts cylinder and oil pipe pusher cylinder equipped with oil pipe;It is provided with the piston rod of described oil pipe pusher cylinder
Solve latching connector;Slotting oil connection soon is installed on the piston rod of oil pipe insertion cylinder;Slotting oil connection passes through communicating pipe and liquid soon
Pressure station is connected.
Described workpiece input unit is by mounting seat, transmission line, specific workpiece clamp, positioning and locking seat, locking hook plate and top
Oil-lifting jar is constituted;Transmission line is provided with mounting seat;Positioning and locking seat is fixed with one end mounting seat of transmission line;On transmission line
The upper symmetry shape of positioning and locking seat of side is fixed with locking hook plate;Jacking cylinder is fixed with positioning and locking seat below transmission line;
It is specific that workpiece clamp is movably installed with described transmission line.
Described load device is by base, load magnetic powder brake, reductor, load torque sensor, sliding panel, connection
Joint and torque transmission shaft are constituted;Torque transmission shaft is provided with by base and bearing block in frame;Between torque transmission shaft one end
Reductor and load magnetic powder brake are installed every shape;Magnetic powder brake is loaded to be connected with each other with reductor;Torque transmission shaft is another
One end is provided with sliding panel by guide rail;Jointing is provided with by bearing block on sliding panel;Jointing by keyway and
Key block is slidably connected with torque transmission shaft;Torque transmission shaft is connected by load torque sensor with reductor;Described moment of torsion
Push cylinder is provided with below transmission shaft;Push cylinder is connected with sliding panel.
The utility model has the advantage of:
The automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear is simple in construction, easy to operate, being capable of the full automatic mill for completing steering gear
Experiment is closed, without artificial operation, human cost has been saved;The labor for solving existing running-in test board and having when need to manually operate
Fatigue resistance is big and the problem of inefficiency;The need for meeting enterprise's production detection.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation that drive device of the present utility model, oil pipe are inserted in device and workpiece input unit;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of workpiece input unit of the present utility model;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of load device of the present utility model.
In figure:1st, hydraulic station, 2, frame, 3, mounting bracket, 4, lift cylinder, 5, driving torque sensor, 6, slide, 7, watch
Take motor, 8, swivel joint, 9, push-and-pull cylinder, 10, slide plate, 11, oil pipe insertion cylinder, 12, oil pipe pusher cylinder, 13, fast insert
Oil connection, 14, mounting seat, 15, transmission line, 16, workpiece clamp it is specific, 17, positioning and locking seat, 18, locking hook plate, 19, bottom
Seat, 20, load magnetic powder brake, 21, reductor, 22, load torque sensor, 23, sliding panel, 24, jointing, 25, turn round
Square transmission shaft, 26, push cylinder, 27, workpiece.
Embodiment
The automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear is by program control device, hydraulic station 1, frame 2, drive device, load device, oil
Pipe is inserted in device and workpiece input unit is constituted:Workpiece input unit is provided with frame 2.
Workpiece input unit is by mounting seat 14, transmission line 15, workpiece clamp specific 16, positioning and locking seat 17, locking hook plate 18
Constituted with jacking cylinder;Transmission line 15 is provided with mounting seat 14;Positioning lock is fixed with one end mounting seat 14 of transmission line 15
Tight seat 17.
Symmetry shape is fixed with locking hook plate 18 on the positioning and locking seat 17 of the top of transmission line 15;The positioning of the lower section of transmission line 15
Jacking cylinder is fixed with locking bed 17(Do not show in Figure of description);Workpiece clamp specific 16 is movably installed with transmission line 15.
Workpiece clamp specific 16 is in the opposite end of positioning and locking seat 17, the course of work when idle, and the people that puts together machines can be in work piece holder
Workpiece 27 is loaded onto or unloaded on body 16.Transmission line 15 can drive specific 16 movement of workpiece clamp under the control of program control device in addition.
Workpiece input unit side is provided with load device;Load device is by base 19, load magnetic powder brake 20, deceleration
Machine 21, load torque sensor 22, sliding panel 23, jointing 24 and torque transmission shaft 25 are constituted;Pass through base 19 in frame 2
Torque transmission shaft 25 is installed with bearing block;One end interval shape of torque transmission shaft 25 is provided with reductor 21 and load magnetic powders brake
Device 20;Load magnetic powder brake 20 is connected with each other with reductor 21.
The other end of torque transmission shaft 25 is provided with sliding panel 23 by guide rail;Company is provided with by bearing block on sliding panel 23
Joint 24;Jointing 24 is slidably connected by keyway and key block with torque transmission shaft 25;Torque transmission shaft 25 passes through load
Torque sensor 22 is connected with reductor 21;Torque transmission shaft 25 can drive jointing 24 to rotate together when rotating.Connection connects
First 24 can be plugged into the output end of workpiece 27, and engage connection.
The lower section of torque transmission shaft 25 is provided with push cylinder 26;Push cylinder 26 is connected with sliding panel 23.Push cylinder
26 can promote sliding panel 23 to be moved along guide rail.
Drive device is provided with by mounting bracket 3 above workpiece input unit;Drive device is turned round by lift cylinder 4, driving
Square sensor 5, slide 6, servomotor 7 and swivel joint 8 are constituted;Slide 6 is slidably fitted with by slide rail on mounting bracket 3, it is sliding
The top of seat 6 is fixed with lift cylinder 4, and the piston rod of lift cylinder 4 is connected with slide 6;Lift cylinder 4 can drive slide 6 along cunning
Rail is moved up and down.
Swivel joint 8 is movably installed with by bearing block on slide 6, swivel joint 8 is corresponding with the input of workpiece 27,
It can be plugged into the output end of workpiece 27 and engage connection.
The top of swivel joint 8 is fixed with servomotor 7;Servomotor 7 passes through driving torque sensor 5 and swivel joint 8
It is connected.Servomotor 7 can drive the left rotation and right rotation of swivel joint 8 by driving torque sensor 5.
Drive device side is provided with oil pipe and is inserted in device;Oil pipe is inserted in device to be inserted by push-and-pull cylinder 9, slide plate 10, oil pipe
Enter cylinder 11 and oil pipe pusher cylinder 12 is constituted;Slide plate 10 is slidably fitted with by slide rail on mounting bracket 3, the top of slide plate 10 is fixedly mounted with
There is push-and-pull cylinder 9;The piston rod of push-and-pull cylinder 9 is connected with slide plate 10;Push-and-pull cylinder 9 can drive slide plate 10 to be moved down along along slide rail
It is dynamic.
Shape is spaced on slide plate 10 and inserts cylinder 11 and oil pipe pusher cylinder 12 equipped with oil pipe;The piston of oil pipe pusher cylinder 12
Solution latching connector is installed on bar;Slotting oil connection 13 soon is installed on the piston rod of oil pipe insertion cylinder 11;Oil connection is inserted soon
13 are connected by communicating pipe with hydraulic station 1.In the course of work, pusher cylinder 12 can be by solving latching connector by the oil nozzle of workpiece 27
Locking device makes the oil nozzle of workpiece 27 be in opening-wide state by opening.Then fast slotting oil connection 13 inserts cylinder 11 in oil pipe
It can be connected under promoting with the oil nozzle of workpiece 27.
When the automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear works, under the control of program control device, the people that puts together machines can be by workpiece
27 are assemblied in the workpiece clamp specific 16 in positioning and locking 17 opposite ends of seat.Then transmission line 15 drives specific 16 He of workpiece clamp
Workpiece 27 is moved to stop motion after positioning and locking seat 17.Now jacking cylinder can by the upward jack-up of workpiece clamp specific 16, and
Workpiece clamp specific 16 is fixedly clamped under the cooperation of locking hook plate 18.
Subsequent push-and-pull cylinder 9 promotes slide plate 10 to be moved down along slide rail, when the oil pipe insertion cylinder 11 and workpiece 27 on slide plate 10
When corresponding, slide plate 10 stops moving down.Then pusher cylinder 12 is by solving latching connector by the oil nozzle locking device of workpiece 27 by opening,
The oil nozzle of workpiece 27 is set to be in opening-wide state.Now fast slotting oil connection 13 in the case where oil pipe inserts the promotion of cylinder 11 with workpiece 27
Oil nozzle is connected, and then pusher cylinder 12 resets, and oil nozzle locking device will insert oil connection 13 soon and seal locking.
After slotting oil connection 13 is connected with the oil nozzle of workpiece 27 soon, hydraulic station 1 can give work by communicating pipe and oil connection 13
The fuel feeding of part 27.Servomotor 7 drives the left rotation and right rotation of swivel joint 8 by driving torque sensor 5 in this course;It is same with this
When lift cylinder 4 promote slide 6 moved down along slide rail.When swivel joint 8 is connected with the input engagement of workpiece 27, slide
6 stop moving down.
After above procedure is finished, servomotor 7 can drive workpiece by driving torque sensor 5 and swivel joint 8
27 input is rotated, and swivel joint 8 drives the input of workpiece 27 to turn to after certain extreme position, can commutation zone start building part
27 input turns to the extreme position of other direction;Then swivel joint 8 can be driven during the input of workpiece 27 turns to
Between position and slack.
Subsequent push cylinder 26 can drive jointing 24 close to workpiece 27 by sliding panel 23;When jointing 24 with
During the output end engagement connection of workpiece 27, sliding panel 23 stops movement.Subsequent servomotor 7 can pass through driving torque sensor 5
With swivel joint 8 drive workpiece 27 input left-right rotation, at the same time load magnetic powder brake 20 can by reductor 21,
Load torque sensor 22, torque transmission shaft 25 and jointing 24 give the load of the output end of workpiece 27 necessarily, for mould
Intend the actual use situation of workpiece 27, so that its automatic progress break-in experiment.
After automatic break-in experiment is finished, swivel joint 8 and jointing 24 can stop operating, and can each revert to
Initial position.Subsequent hydraulic station 1 can stop giving the fuel feeding of workpiece 27.Pusher cylinder 12 is locked the oil nozzle of workpiece 27 by solving latching connector
Tight device is by opening, and then oil pipe insertion cylinder 11 drives slotting oil connection 13 to reset;Subsequent pusher cylinder 12 drives solution latching connector
Reset;And the reconciliation of oil connection 13 latching connector is returned to initial position in the presence of push-and-pull cylinder 9.Last jacking cylinder is answered
Position, transmission line 15 drives workpiece clamp specific 16 and workpiece 27 to be moved to initial position;The people that then puts together machines can finish experiment
Workpiece 27 take away and load onto new workpiece 27, hence into next working cycles.
In break-in experimentation, if driving torque sensor 5 and load torque sensor 22 detect moment of torsion it is excessive or
When too small, workpiece 27 can be demarcated as substandard products by the automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear, stop break-in experiment, be directly entered next
Working cycles.
The automatic running-in testing machine platform of the steering gear is simple in construction, easy to operate, being capable of the full automatic mill for completing steering gear
Experiment is closed, without artificial operation, human cost has been saved;The labor for solving existing running-in test board and having when need to manually operate
Fatigue resistance is big and the problem of inefficiency;The need for meeting enterprise's production detection.
Claims (5)
1. a kind of automatic running-in testing machine platform of steering gear, it is by program control device, hydraulic station(1), frame(2), drive device, load
Device, oil pipe are inserted in device and workpiece input unit is constituted;It is characterized in that:Frame(2)On be provided with workpiece input unit, work
Part input unit side is provided with load device;Pass through mounting bracket above workpiece input unit(3)Drive device is installed;Driving
Device side is provided with oil pipe and is inserted in device;Oil pipe is inserted in device and passes through communicating pipe and hydraulic station(1)It is connected.
2. the automatic running-in testing machine platform of a kind of steering gear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Described drive device
By lift cylinder(4), driving torque sensor(5), slide(6), servomotor(7)And swivel joint(8)Constitute;Mounting bracket
(3)It is upper that slide is slidably fitted with by slide rail(6), slide(6)Top is fixed with lift cylinder(4), lift cylinder(4)Piston
Bar and slide(6)Connection;Slide(6)It is upper that swivel joint is movably installed with by bearing block(8), swivel joint(8)Top is fixedly mounted with
There is servomotor(7);Servomotor(7)Pass through driving torque sensor(5)With swivel joint(8)It is connected.
3. the automatic running-in testing machine platform of a kind of steering gear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Described oil pipe is inserted in
Device is by push-and-pull cylinder(9), slide plate(10), oil pipe insertion cylinder(11)With oil pipe pusher cylinder(12)Constitute;Mounting bracket(3)On
Slide plate is slidably fitted with by slide rail(10), slide plate(10)Top is fixed with push-and-pull cylinder(9);Push-and-pull cylinder(9)Piston rod
With slide plate(10)Connection;Slide plate(10)Upper interval shape inserts cylinder equipped with oil pipe(11)With oil pipe pusher cylinder(12);Described
Oil pipe pusher cylinder(12)Piston rod on solution latching connector is installed;Oil pipe inserts cylinder(11)Piston rod on fast insert is installed
Oil connection(13);Oil connection is inserted soon(13)Pass through communicating pipe and hydraulic station(1)It is connected.
4. the automatic running-in testing machine platform of a kind of steering gear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Described workpiece input
Device is by mounting seat(14), transmission line(15), workpiece clamp it is specific(16), positioning and locking seat(17), locking hook plate(18)And jacking
Oil cylinder is constituted;Mounting seat(14)On be provided with transmission line(15);Transmission line(15)One end mounting seat(14)On be fixed with positioning
Locking bed(17);Transmission line(15)The positioning and locking seat of top(17)Upper symmetry shape is fixed with locking hook plate(18);Transmission line
(15)The positioning and locking seat of lower section(17)On be fixed with jacking cylinder;Described transmission line(15)On be movably installed with work piece holder
Body(16).
5. the automatic running-in testing machine platform of a kind of steering gear according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Described load device
By base(19), load magnetic powder brake(20), reductor(21), load torque sensor(22), sliding panel(23), connect
Head(24)And torque transmission shaft(25)Constitute;Frame(2)It is upper to pass through base(19)Torque transmission shaft is installed with bearing block(25);
Torque transmission shaft(25)One end interval shape is provided with reductor(21)With load magnetic powder brake(20);Load magnetic powder brake
(20)With reductor(21)It is connected with each other;Torque transmission shaft(25)The other end is provided with sliding panel by guide rail(23);Sliding panel
(23)It is upper that jointing is provided with by bearing block(24);Jointing(24)Pass through keyway and key block and torque transmission shaft(25)
It is slidably connected;Torque transmission shaft(25)Pass through load torque sensor(22)With reductor(21)Connection;Described moment of torsion transmission
Axle(25)Lower section is provided with push cylinder(26);Push cylinder(26)With sliding panel(23)It is connected.
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