CN208147329U - Full-automatic drilling tapping device - Google Patents

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CN208147329U
CN208147329U CN201820491934.3U CN201820491934U CN208147329U CN 208147329 U CN208147329 U CN 208147329U CN 201820491934 U CN201820491934 U CN 201820491934U CN 208147329 U CN208147329 U CN 208147329U
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吴万庆
俞照东
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Shenzhen Ao Li Die Casting Hardware Co Ltd
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The utility model discloses a kind of Full-automatic drilling tapping device, including base, is arranged side by side in borehole drill construction and tapping mechanism on the base, and the borehole drill construction is to drill to workpiece, and the tapping mechanism is to carry out tapping to workpiece;The Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes the dust collection mechanism being set between the borehole drill construction and the tapping mechanism, and the dust collection mechanism is to remove the iron filings on workpiece.The technical solution of the utility model is by being arranged dust collection mechanism between the borehole drill construction and the tapping mechanism, to remove the iron filings generated on workpiece by drilling.

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Full-automatic drilling tapping device
Technical field
The utility model relates to mechanical equipment technical field, in particular to a kind of Full-automatic drilling tapping device.
Background technique
A kind of existing automatic drilling tooth machining unit includes drilling equipment, tapping device and blowing device, when workpiece is transmitted When to drilling station, the cutter on drilling equipment is moved downward, and is drilled to workpiece, and simultaneously, blowning installation is to drilling for drilling Position is blown, and the iron filings generated in boring procedure are discharged, workpiece is then transmitted to tapping station, tapping device pair The boring sites in curing of workpiece carries out tapping.Since the automatic drilling tooth machining unit is blown away the iron filings on workpiece using blowning installation, this Kind mode will lead to iron filings and is blown in other devices of automatic drilling tooth machining unit, be unfavorable for keeping the clear of automatic drilling tooth machining unit It is clean, it will affect the normal use of automatic drilling tooth machining unit.
Utility model content
The main purpose of the utility model is to propose a kind of Full-automatic drilling tapping device, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device The iron filings on workpiece can effectively be removed.
To achieve the above object, the utility model proposes Full-automatic drilling tapping device, including base, be arranged side by side in Borehole drill construction and tapping mechanism on the base, the borehole drill construction to drill to workpiece, use by the tapping mechanism To carry out tapping to workpiece, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes being set to the borehole drill construction and the tapping mechanism Between dust collection mechanism, the dust collection mechanism is to remove the iron filings on workpiece.
Preferably, the borehole drill construction includes drilling tool, and the tapping mechanism includes tapping cutter;The full-automatic drilling Hole tapping device further includes transmission mechanism, and the transmission mechanism includes the first span line below the drilling tool, position The third of the second span line and connection first span line and second span line below the tapping cutter passes Defeated section.
Preferably, the dust collection mechanism includes the company of dust-collecting box, dust suction part and the connection dust-collecting box and the dust suction part Adapter tube, the dust suction part have the suction inlet for being connected to the dust-collecting box, and the dust suction part is set to the top of the third span line, And the dust suction mouth down setting.
Preferably, the dust suction part is set to one end close to the borehole drill construction of the third span line.
Preferably, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes electric-controlled plate and the first inductor, first inductor Set on the rear end of first span line, the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected first inductor and the dust collection mechanism, to work as When first inductor senses workpiece, controls the dust collection mechanism and bring into operation.
Preferably, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes the second inductor, and second inductor is set to described The front end of second span line, the electric-controlled plate are electrically connected second inductor and the dust collection mechanism, to work as described second When inductor senses workpiece, it is out of service to control the dust collection mechanism.
Preferably, the transmission mechanism includes the first driving mechanism, to drive workpiece to be moved to from first span line The third span line;The Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes electric-controlled plate, and the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected described first Driving mechanism, to control the dust collection mechanism and bring into operation when first driving mechanism operation.
Preferably, first driving mechanism includes first motor, the first driving wheel, the first driven wheel and the first transmission Band, described first transmits the first driving wheel and first driven wheel described in band connection, the first motor connection described first Driving wheel;The electric-controlled plate is to the revolving speed size according to the first motor, to control to adjust the suction of the dust collection mechanism Size.
Preferably, the transmission mechanism includes the second driving mechanism, to drive workpiece to move on second span line; The electric-controlled plate is electrically connected second driving mechanism, to control the vacuum cleaner when second driving mechanism operation Structure is out of service.
Preferably, the base is equipped with elevating mechanism, and the elevating mechanism connects the dust collection mechanism and sees, to drive Dust collection mechanism is stated to move up and down.
The Full-automatic drilling tapping device of the utility model including base, is arranged side by side in the drilling machine on the base Structure and tapping mechanism, to drill to workpiece, the tapping mechanism leads to the borehole drill construction to carry out tapping to workpiece It crosses and dust collection mechanism is set between the borehole drill construction and the tapping mechanism, to remove the iron filings generated on workpiece by drilling, On the one hand effectively the iron filings on workpiece can be cleaned out, on the other hand also can avoid iron filings and falls into Full-automatic drilling tapping Other positions of device are conducive to the cleaning for keeping Full-automatic drilling tapping device.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to illustrate the embodiment of the utility model or the technical proposal in the existing technology more clearly, below will be to embodiment Or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only It is some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, in the premise not made the creative labor Under, the structure that can also be shown according to these attached drawings obtains other attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model Full-automatic drilling tapping device;
Fig. 2 is the assembling schematic diagram of part-structure in Fig. 1.
Drawing reference numeral explanation:
Label Title Label Title
100 Full-automatic drilling tapping device 520 Second span line
110 Base 521 Second driving mechanism
200 Borehole drill construction 522 Second driving wheel
210 Drilling tool 523 Second driven wheel
300 Tapping mechanism 524 Second conveyer belt
310 Tapping cutter 530 Third span line
400 Feed mechanism 600 Cutting agency
500 Transmission mechanism 700 Dust collection mechanism
510 First span line 710 Dust-collecting box
511 First driving mechanism 720 Connecting tube
512 First driving wheel 730 Dust suction part
513 First driven wheel 800 First inductor
514 First conveyer belt 810 Second inductor
The embodiments will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings for the realization, functional characteristics and advantage of the utility model aim.
Specific embodiment
The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, carries out the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model Clearly and completely describing, it is clear that described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the utility model, rather than all Embodiment.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making creative work premise Under every other embodiment obtained, fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
It is to be appreciated that if related in the utility model embodiment directionality instruction (such as upper and lower, left and right, it is preceding, Afterwards ...), then directionality instruction is only used for explaining opposite between each component under a certain particular pose (as shown in the picture) Positional relationship, motion conditions etc., if the particular pose changes, directionality instruction is also correspondingly changed correspondingly.
In addition, if relating to the description of " first ", " second " etc. in the utility model embodiment, " first ", " the Two " etc. description is used for description purposes only, and is not understood to indicate or imply its relative importance or is implicitly indicated meaning The quantity of the technical characteristic shown." first " is defined as a result, the feature of " second " can explicitly or implicitly include at least one A this feature.It in addition, the technical solution between each embodiment can be combined with each other, but must be with ordinary skill Based on personnel can be realized, this technical side will be understood that when the combination of technical solution appearance is conflicting or cannot achieve The combination of case is not present, also not within the protection scope of the requires of the utility model.
The utility model proposes a kind of Full-automatic drilling tapping devices, are mainly used for processing helicitic texture on workpiece.
Referring to Fig.1, Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 provided by the utility model, including base 110, be arranged side by side in Borehole drill construction 200 and tapping mechanism 300 on the base 110, the borehole drill construction 200 is to drill to workpiece, institute Tapping mechanism 300 is stated to carry out tapping to workpiece.Specifically, the borehole drill construction 200 and the tapping mechanism 300 are set to On 110 platform of base, the borehole drill construction 200 includes multiple drilling tools 210, and multiple drilling tools 210 can be to more A workpiece drills simultaneously;The tapping mechanism 300 includes multiple tapping cutters 310, and multiple tapping cutters 310 can be to multiple works Part tapping simultaneously.The Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes material containing disk, and the material containing disk is equipped at least one installation Position, to place workpiece.Wherein, the quantity of the installation position can for one, two or more, do not do specific limit herein System.
The Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes the work-piece transmission system being set on the base 110, described Workpiece to be successively transmitted to drilling station, tapping station and discharge station by work-piece transmission system from feeding station.In this reality It applies in example, the work-piece transmission system includes feed mechanism 400, transmission mechanism 500 and discharging mechanism 600.The feed mechanism 400 to be transmitted to drilling station from feeding station for workpiece, and the transmission mechanism 500 is to transmit workpiece from drilling station To tapping station, the discharging mechanism 600 is to be transmitted to discharge station from tapping station for workpiece.
The Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes setting in the borehole drill construction 200 and the tapping mechanism 300 Between dust collection mechanism 700, the dust collection mechanism 700 is to remove the iron filings on workpiece.Because borehole drill construction 200 to workpiece into Row boring procedure can generate iron filings, if the iron filings at Workpiece boring position not removed, will affect tapping mechanism 300 to workpiece into Row tapping.Design structure about dust collection mechanism 700 with no restrictions, as long as be able to achieve cleaning workpiece on iron filings function i.e. It can.Specifically, referring to Fig. 2, the dust collection mechanism 700 include dust-collecting box 710, dust suction part 730 and the connection dust-collecting box 710 with The connecting tube 720 of the dust suction part 730, the dust suction part 730 have the suction inlet for being connected to the dust-collecting box 710.
The Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 of the utility model, including base 110, be arranged side by side on the base 110 Borehole drill construction 200 and tapping mechanism 300, the borehole drill construction 200 is to drill to workpiece, the tapping mechanism 300 To carry out tapping to workpiece, by the way that dust collection mechanism 700 is arranged between the borehole drill construction 200 and the tapping mechanism 300, To remove the iron filings generated on workpiece by drilling, on the one hand effectively the iron filings on workpiece can be cleaned out, on the other hand It also can avoid other positions that iron filings fall into Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100, be conducive to keep Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 cleaning.
Referring to Fig. 2, the transmission mechanism 500 includes the first span line 510 for being located at 210 lower section of drilling tool, position In the second span line 520 and connection first span line 510 of 310 lower section of tapping cutter and second transmission The third span line 530 of section 520.First span line 510, second span line 520 and the third span line 530 are simultaneously Row's setting.
Wherein, the dust suction part 730 is set to the top of the third span line 530, and the dust suction mouth down is arranged.? During workpiece is transmitted to third span line 530 from the first span line 510, when workpiece passes through the dust suction of dust collection mechanism 700 When below mouthful, dust collection mechanism 700 can remove the iron filings generated on workpiece by drilling, so that it is right to will not influence tapping mechanism 300 The tapping of workpiece.
In a preferred embodiment, the dust suction part 730 is set to the close borehole drill construction of the third span line 530 200 one end.Because multiple workpiece can be placed on material containing disk simultaneously, in order to ensure dust suction part 730 is on material containing disk Iron filings on each workpiece are cleared up, using the close brill that dust suction part 730 is arranged in the third span line 530 One end of holes mechanism 200.
About the operating status of dust collection mechanism 700, also it is not particularly limited.For example, in Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 During the entire process of work, the dust collection mechanism 700, which can be, remains operating status, however when the operation of dust collection mechanism 700 Noise can be generated, in order to reduce noise, and also to save electricity consumption, the dust collection mechanism 700, which may not be, to be remained Operating status.
In one embodiment, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes electric-controlled plate (not shown) and the first induction Device 800, first inductor 800 are set to the rear end of first span line 510, and the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected described first Inductor 800 and the dust collection mechanism 700, to control the dust collection mechanism when first inductor 800 senses workpiece 700 bring into operation.
It should be noted that after borehole drill construction 200 is to Workpiece boring, the material containing disk equipped with the workpiece will be by from One span line transmits 510 to third span line 530.First inductor 800 is set to the rear end of first span line 510, So transmission workpiece signal is described automatically controlled to electric-controlled plate when the first inductor 800 senses the material containing disk equipped with workpiece and passes through Plate control dust collection mechanism 700 brings into operation.In this way, dust collection mechanism 700 can be clear to the progress iron filings of each workpiece on material containing disk Reason.
Further, the Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes the second inductor 810, second inductor 810 are set to the front end of second span line 520, and the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected second inductor 810 and the dust suction Mechanism 700, it is out of service to control the dust collection mechanism 700 when second inductor 810 senses workpiece.Here, institute The length for stating third span line 530 is greater than the length of material containing disk, can guarantee that the second inductor 810 is sensed equipped with workpiece in this way Material containing disk when, dust collection mechanism 700 has been completed the cleaning to the last one workpiece on material containing disk.
In another embodiment, the transmission mechanism 500 includes the first driving mechanism 511, to drive workpiece from described the One span line 510 is moved to the third span line 530;The Full-automatic drilling tapping device 100 further includes electric-controlled plate, described Electric-controlled plate is electrically connected first driving mechanism 511, to control the dust suction when first driving mechanism 511 operation Mechanism 700 brings into operation.After borehole drill construction 200 is to Workpiece boring, electric-controlled plate controls the first driving mechanism 511 and starts to transport Row, to drive the material containing disk equipped with workpiece to be moved to third span line 530 from the first span line 510, meanwhile, electric-controlled plate control is inhaled Dirt mechanism 700 brings into operation.In this way, dust collection mechanism 700 can carry out iron filings cleaning to each workpiece on material containing disk.
Specifically, first driving mechanism 511 include first motor, the first driving wheel 512, the first driven wheel 513 and First conveyer belt 514, first conveyer belt 514 connects first driving wheel 512 and first driven wheel 513, described First motor connects first driving wheel 512, to drive first driving wheel 512 to rotate.
In order to accurately control the suction size of dust collection mechanism 700, the electric-controlled plate also be can be used to according to the first motor Revolving speed size control to adjust the suction size of the dust collection mechanism 700.When first motor low-speed running, material containing disk is mobile Speed it is slower, workpiece is longer by the time of suction inlet, and electric-controlled plate control reduces the suction of the dust collection mechanism 700; When first motor runs at high speed, the mobile fast speed of material containing disk, workpiece is shorter by the time of suction inlet, the electric-controlled plate Control increases the suction of the dust collection mechanism 700.In this way, the dust suction can be controlled according to the revolving speed size of the first motor The suction size of mechanism 700, to realize the purpose of the accurate suction size for controlling dust collection mechanism 700.
Further, the transmission mechanism 500 includes the second driving mechanism 521, to drive workpiece in second transmission It is moved in section 520;The electric-controlled plate is electrically connected second driving mechanism 521, to run when second driving mechanism 521 When, it is out of service to control the dust collection mechanism 700.Specifically, second driving mechanism 521 includes the second motor, the second master Driving wheel 522, the second driven wheel 523 and the second conveyer belt 524, second conveyer belt 524 connect 522 He of the second driving wheel Second driven wheel 523, second motor connects second driving wheel 522, to drive 522 turns of second driving wheel It is dynamic.
The transmission mechanism 500 further includes third driving mechanism (not shown), to drive workpiece in the third span line It is moved on 530, and driving workpiece is moved to the second span line 520 from third span line 530.When workpiece is moved to the second transmission When section 520, second driving mechanism 521 brings into operation, so that workpiece be driven to move on the second span line 520, goes forward side by side one Step driving workpiece is moved to discharging mechanism 600.Wherein, third driving mechanism can be conveyer mechanism, be also possible to gear teeth Mechanism.
In addition, adjusting the height of suction inlet for convenience, dust collection mechanism 700 is fully disposed on workpiece Iron filings, also settable elevating mechanism on the base 110, the elevating mechanism connect the dust collection mechanism 700, described in driving Dust collection mechanism 700 moves up and down, so as to adjust the distance between suction inlet and workpiece.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and therefore it does not limit the scope of the patent of the utility model, It is all under the inventive concept of the utility model, equivalent structure made based on the specification and figures of the utility model becomes It changes, or directly/be used in other related technical areas indirectly and be included in the scope of patent protection of the utility model.

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1. a kind of Full-automatic drilling tapping device including base, is arranged side by side in borehole drill construction and tooth machining unit on the base Structure, the borehole drill construction is to drill to workpiece, and the tapping mechanism is to carry out tapping to workpiece;It is characterized in that, The Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes the dust collection mechanism being set between the borehole drill construction and the tapping mechanism, institute Dust collection mechanism is stated to remove the iron filings on workpiece.
2. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the borehole drill construction includes bore cutter Tool, the tapping mechanism includes tapping cutter;The Full-automatic drilling tapping device further includes transmission mechanism, the transmission mechanism Including being located at the first span line, the second span line below the tapping cutter, Yi Jilian below the drilling tool Connect the third span line of first span line Yu second span line.
3. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 2, which is characterized in that the dust collection mechanism include dust-collecting box, The connecting tube of dust suction part and the connection dust-collecting box and the dust suction part, the dust suction part have the dust suction for being connected to the dust-collecting box Mouthful, the dust suction part is set to the top of the third span line, and the dust suction mouth down is arranged.
4. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 3, which is characterized in that the dust suction part is passed set on the third Defeated section one end close to the borehole drill construction.
5. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 4, which is characterized in that the Full-automatic drilling tapping device is also Including electric-controlled plate and the first inductor, first inductor is set to the rear end of first span line, and the electric-controlled plate is electrical First inductor and the dust collection mechanism are connected, to control the dust suction when first inductor senses workpiece Mechanism brings into operation.
6. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that the Full-automatic drilling tapping device is also Including the second inductor, second inductor is set to the front end of second span line, described in the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected Second inductor and the dust collection mechanism are stopped with when second inductor senses workpiece, controlling the dust collection mechanism Operation.
7. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 4, which is characterized in that the transmission mechanism includes the first driving Mechanism, to drive workpiece to be moved to the third span line from first span line;The Full-automatic drilling tapping device is also Including electric-controlled plate, the electric-controlled plate is electrically connected first driving mechanism, to control when first driving mechanism operation The dust collection mechanism brings into operation.
8. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 7, which is characterized in that first driving mechanism includes first Motor, the first driving wheel, the first driven wheel and the first conveyer belt, the first driving wheel and described described in the first transmission band connection First driven wheel, the first motor connect first driving wheel;The electric-controlled plate according to the first motor to turn Fast size, to control to adjust the suction size of the dust collection mechanism.
9. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in claim 7, which is characterized in that the transmission mechanism includes the second driving Mechanism, to drive workpiece to move on second span line;The electric-controlled plate is electrically connected second driving mechanism, to work as When second driving mechanism is run, it is out of service to control the dust collection mechanism.
10. Full-automatic drilling tapping device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, which is characterized in that set on the base There is elevating mechanism, the elevating mechanism connects the dust collection mechanism, to drive the dust collection mechanism to move up and down.
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