CN209021713U - Numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure - Google Patents
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The utility model numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure, including the rotating cutter-head being rotatably set on tool magazine connecting plate, several process tool device slots are evenly arranged on rotating cutter-head, when carrying out tool changing, required cutter is rotated to cutter and is exported, the rear corresponding replacement for carrying out required cutter；Cutter crawl steering assembly is provided on tool magazine link block, it includes the commutation rotating member being set on tool magazine link block that cutter, which grabs steering assembly, it is connected to the reversing plate of commutation rotating member, commutation rotating member is connected in the middle part of reversing plate, and both ends are respectively arranged with cutter holding slot, when carrying out tool changing, reversing plate driven rotation, one end cutter holding slot corresponds to cutter needed for cutter outlet is accepted, another pair should be accepted and not need cutter, after turned to, the corresponding dress knife for carrying out required cutter of required cutter, unwanted cutter reaches cutter outlet at this time, release actuator retraction, process tool device slot loads unwanted cutter and is stored in tool magazine.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to numerically controlled processing equipments, specifically, it shows a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change
Structure.
Background technique
The numerical control machining center used at this stage, is generally independent single function, when needing different machining functions, needs
Configure different numerical control machining centers to be processed, serious waste resources of production, and corresponding product need to carry out two kinds or
It when a variety of above last processes, is shifted, so as to the progress of processing, during workpiece transfer, destroys and original determine
Position basis；Simultaneously in processing method at this stage, the setting of fixture needed for needing corresponding progress；And the numerical control used at this stage
Its cutter changing structure of machining center is too fat to move, and structure is cumbersome, not can guarantee the quick progress of tool changing.
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure to solve the above problems.
Utility model content
The purpose of the utility model is to provide a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structures.
Technical solution is as follows:
A kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure is respectively arranged with tool magazine A on one group of column being correspondingly arranged
With tool magazine B；Tool magazine A and tool magazine B are used cooperatively with processing assembly A and processing assembly B respectively；
Tool magazine A and tool magazine B includes tool magazine link block, the tool magazine connecting plate being connected on tool magazine link block, rotatably sets
The rotating cutter-head being placed on tool magazine connecting plate is evenly arranged with several process tool device slots on rotating cutter-head, when carrying out tool changing,
Required cutter is rotated to cutter and is exported, rear corresponding processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat carry out institute
Need the replacement of cutter；
Cutter crawl steering assembly is provided on tool magazine link block, cutter crawl steering assembly includes being set to tool magazine connection
Commutation rotating member on block, the reversing plate for being connected to commutation rotating member are connected to commutation rotating member, and both ends point in the middle part of reversing plate
It is not provided with cutter holding slot, when carrying out tool changing, reversing plate driven rotation, one end cutter holding slot corresponds to cutter outlet and accepts
Required cutter, another pair answers processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat to accept and does not need cutter, laggard
Row turns to, and required cutter corresponds to processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat carries out the dress of required cutter
Knife, unwanted cutter reaches cutter outlet at this time, releases actuator retraction, and process tool device slot loads unwanted cutter
And it is stored in tool magazine.
Further, process tool device slot is rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head, and rotating cutter-head outer ring is provided with protection
Outer girth sheets, cutter outlet are set on the outer girth sheets of protection, and are corresponded to cutter outlet on rotating cutter-head and be provided with cutter release component,
It includes releasing actuator, being connected to the injection block for releasing actuator that cutter, which releases component, and process tool device slot is connected to release
Block, by releasing actuator driving, injection block pushes cutter, since process tool device slot is rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head,
After being pushed, cutter is pushed out protection outer ring.
Further, actuator is released to be made of cylinder.
Further, the cutterhead rotate driving component being used cooperatively with rotating cutter-head is provided on tool magazine link block.
Further, cutterhead rotate driving component includes cutterhead rotating drive part and is connected to cutterhead rotating drive part
Rotational driving gear column, the outer edge of rotating cutter-head correspond to rotational driving gear column setting rotation helical gear.
Further, cutterhead rotate driving component is composed of motor reducer.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:
1) the different tool magazines of corresponding combined type organisation of working setting, can be according to the processing needed for production to tool magazine is needed replacing
Component carries out cutter changing, avoids cutter when dress knife chaotic, guarantees that production is orderly efficient and carries out；
2) structure of tool magazine is simple, and tool changing is convenient, by tool changing and changes cutter receipt function set in one, easy to produce
The rapid changing knife of setting；
3) cutterhead of the tool magazine by rotary type, corresponding cutterhead setting cutter outlet, process tool device slot are rotatably dispose in
On rotating cutter-head, when tool changing, can be rapidly completed the release of cutter by pushing component and change the push-in of cutter.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is one of structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 2 is the second structural representation of the utility model.
Fig. 3 is the third structural representation of the utility model.
Fig. 4 is the four of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 5 is the five of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 6 is the six of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 7 is the seven of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 8 is the eight of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Fig. 9 is the nine of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Figure 10 is the ten of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Figure 11 is the 11 of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Figure 12 is the 12 of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Figure 13 is the 13 of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Figure 14 is the 14 of the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
Specific embodiment
Embodiment:
Fig. 1 to Figure 14 is please referred to, the present embodiment shows a kind of intelligent combined type multiaxis NC maching center, comprising:
Pedestal 1: including base body 11, several line slide rail setting slots 12 are uniformly arranged in base body 11, straight line is sliding
Line slide rail 13 is provided in rail setting slot 12,12 end of line slide rail setting slot is provided with insertion slope 121, and line slide rail is set
Determine also to be evenly arranged with several insertions on slot 12 and block 14 is auxiliarily fixed, insertion, which is auxiliarily fixed on block 14, to be provided with and insertion slope
121 it is matched it is fixed slide into slopes 141, by block 14 being auxiliarily fixed in insertion and fixing piece is respectively set in line slide rail 13, lead to
It crosses fixing piece and the mutual cooperation of block 14 is auxiliarily fixed in insertion, the high stability for forming line slide rail 13 is fixed, and guarantees pedestal 1
The mobile stability of upper stowage receptacle 2；
It is that each 10cm-18cm is arranged one that the setting distance of block 14, which is auxiliarily fixed, in insertion；
13 upper fixing element of line slide rail setting distance is that each 8cm-14cm is arranged one；
12 quantity of line slide rail setting slot is four, and one of them or two on be provided with grating, and it is right in stowage receptacle
It should be provided with and be corresponding with sliding block, and the tablet of corresponding grating setting with line slide rail；
It is provided with coolant liquid aggregate groove 15 in base body 11, coolant liquid agitated assemblies are provided on coolant liquid aggregate groove 15
16, coolant liquid agitated assemblies 16 include coolant liquid agitation actuator 161, the agitation column for being connected to cooling agitation actuator 161
162；Agitation column 162 be made of helical tube body, coolant liquid confluence, and equipment work when or separated in time, pass through cooling
It stirs actuator 161 to drive, drives agitation column 162 to rotate, the impurity in coolant liquid is avoided to accumulate, influence effect of converging；
Coolant liquid agitation actuator 161 is composed of motor reducer；
It is uniformly arranged on 1 one end of pedestal by several agitation column Anti-extrusion geosynclinal blocks 17, the other end is evenly arranged with several agitations
Column anticreep ejecting plate 18；
Stowage receptacle 2: it is connected to the stowage receptacle driving assembly 19 being arranged on pedestal 1；Stowage receptacle driving assembly 19 includes loading
Seat driving body 191 is connected to the screw rod A192 of stowage receptacle driving body 191, and the connection stowage receptacle 2 is provided on screw rod A192
Feed screw nut A193；
Stowage receptacle driving body 191 is composed of motor reducer；
Several fixed T-slots 21 are evenly arranged in stowage receptacle 2；
The adjustable disassembly of crankshaft fixing seat 3 is set in stowage receptacle 2, is fixed on T type groove 21 by being detachably fixed part
It is interior；
Crankshaft fixing seat 3 is including adjusting fixed bottom plate 31, being correspondingly arranged in the crank rotation drive adjusted on fixed bottom plate 31
Dynamic component 32 and follow-on subassembly 33, the crankshaft group that crank rotation driving assembly 32 and follow-on subassembly 33 are separately connected with both ends
34；
Crankshaft group 34 includes the linking arm A341 for being connected to crank rotation driving assembly 32, is connected to follow-on subassembly 33
Linking arm B342 and the workpiece fixing seat 343 for being connected to linking arm A341 and linking arm B342；Workpiece fixing seat 343 includes
Pedestal 344 is connected, connects and is provided with rotation slot 345 in the middle part of pedestal 344, be rotatably provided in rotation slot 345 for setting work
The rotation fixing seat 346 of part fixing tool；
Rotation 346 top of fixing seat, which is provided with, is fixedly connected with chuck 347；
It is fixedly connected on chuck 347 and is evenly arranged with T-type chuck slot；
Crank rotation driving assembly 32 includes stand A321, and stand A321 is made of reverse box, the power of stand A
It is provided with crank rotation actuator 322 on input port, crankshaft driving rotating disk 323 is provided on power output mouth；
Follow-on subassembly 33 includes stand B331, the servo rotary disk 332 being rotatably set on stand B331；
1 two sides of pedestal are correspondingly arranged on one group of column 4；
One group of column top 4 is provided with spreader 5；
Being arranged in the front end face of spreader 5 and upside end face has spreader line slide rail 51；
Combined type processing assembly 6 is slidably provided on spreader 5, combined type processing assembly 6 includes processing assembly stowage receptacle
Body 61, it includes lateral connection seat 62 connected vertically and longitudinally connected seat 63, lateral connection seat 62 that processing assembly, which loads pedestal 61,
Be correspondingly arranged on longitudinally connected seat 63 and the matched attachment base sliding block 64 of spreader line slide rail 51；
It is provided with processing department tablet 65 on one of lateral connection seat 62 and longitudinally connected seat 63, and right on spreader 5
Processing department induction grating 52 should be provided with；
Combined type organisation of working 7 is provided on longitudinally connected seat 63；
Combined type organisation of working 7 includes:
It is organisation of working pedestal 71, the processing assembly A8 for being set to 71 bottom of organisation of working pedestal, corresponding with processing assembly A8
The slide assemblies 72 of setting, the processing assembly B9 being set on slide assemblies 72；It is corresponding to carry out by gathering a variety of processing assemblies
Processing needed for production, by multiple functions collection together in single machining center, the occupancy of the production area of reduction, while reducing life
Produce the waste of material and the energy；
Processing assembly A8 includes the processing assembly A actuator 81 for being set to 71 bottom of organisation of working pedestal, is connected to processing
The processing assembly A of component A actuator 81 be drivingly connected axis 82 and be connected to organisation of working pedestal 71 and by processing assembly A
It is drivingly connected the processing assembly A cutter holding seat 83 that axis 82 drives；
Processing assembly A actuator 81 is composed of motor reducer；
Processing assembly B9 includes processing assembly B lifting seat 91, and left side, right side, the downside of processing assembly B lifting seat 91 are all provided with
Processing assembly B line slide rail 92 is equipped with, to being provided with processing assembly B linear slider 73, the cunning in three directions on organisation of working pedestal
Dynamic stability configuration settings guarantee that processing assembly B9's stablizes lifting；
Processing assembly B lifting seat 9 is connected to the processing assembly B lifting cylinder being arranged on lateral connection seat 62；
Processing assembly B9 further includes the processing assembly B actuator being set on processing assembly B lifting seat 91, is connected to processing
The processing assembly B of component B actuator be drivingly connected axis and be connected to processing assembly B lifting seat 91 and driven by processing assembly B
The dynamic shaft-driven processing assembly B cutter holding seat 93 of connection；
Tool magazine A10 and tool magazine B1001 are respectively arranged on one group of column 3；
Tool magazine A10 and tool magazine B1001 are used cooperatively with processing assembly A8 and processing assembly B9 respectively；
Tool magazine A10 and tool magazine B1001 include that tool magazine link block 101, the tool magazine being connected on tool magazine link block 101 connect
Plate 102, the rotating cutter-head 103 being rotatably set on tool magazine connecting plate 102, be evenly arranged on rotating cutter-head 103 it is several plus
When carrying out tool changing, required cutter is rotated to cutter outlet 105, rear corresponding processing assembly A tool-holder for work cutter arrangement slot 104
It holds seat 83 or processing assembly B cutter holding seat 94 carries out the replacement of required cutter；
Process tool device slot 104 is rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head 103, and 103 outer ring of rotating cutter-head is provided with protection
Outer girth sheets 106, cutter outlet 105 are set on the outer girth sheets 106 of protection, and are corresponded to cutter outlet 105 on rotating cutter-head 103 and set
It is equipped with cutter and releases component 107, it includes releasing actuator, being connected to the injection block for releasing actuator that cutter, which releases component 107, is added
Work cutter arrangement slot 104 is connected to injection block, and by releasing actuator driving, injection block pushes cutter, since process tool fills
It sets slot to be rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head, after being pushed, cutter is pushed out protection outer ring；
Actuator is released to be made of cylinder；
Cutter crawl steering assembly 108 is provided on tool magazine connecting plate 102, it includes setting that cutter, which grabs steering assembly 108,
In on tool magazine link block 101 commutation rotating member 1081, be connected to commutation rotating member 1081 reversing plate 1082, reversing plate 1082
Middle part is connected to commutation rotating member 1081, and both ends are respectively arranged with cutter holding slot 1083, when carrying out tool changing, reversing plate 1082
Driven rotation, cutter needed for the corresponding cutter outlet 105 of one end cutter holding slot 1083 is accepted, another pair answer processing assembly A knife
Tool grip slipper 83 or the undertaking of processing assembly B cutter holding seat 94 do not need cutter, after turned to, the corresponding processing of required cutter
Component A cutter holding seat 83 or processing assembly B cutter holding seat 94 carry out the dress knife of required cutter, and unwanted cutter arrives at this time
Up to cutter outlet 105, actuator retraction is released, process tool device slot loads unwanted cutter and is stored in tool magazine；
Tool magazine connecting plate 102 is provided with the cutterhead rotate driving component 109 being used cooperatively with rotating cutter-head 103；
Cutterhead rotate driving component 109 is including cutterhead rotating drive part 1091 and is connected to cutterhead rotating drive part
1091 rotational driving gear column 1092, the outer edge of rotating cutter-head 103 correspond to the rotation of the setting of rotational driving gear column 1092
Helical gear；
Cutterhead rotate driving component 1081 is composed of motor reducer.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:
1) different processing assemblies is combined in one, can be realized a variety of machining functions, the production site of reduction, production
The occupancy of material, resources of production；
2) mutual cooperation of block is auxiliarily fixed by fixing piece and insertion, the high stability for forming line slide rail is fixed, protected
Demonstrate,prove the stability that stowage receptacle is mobile on pedestal；
3) by setting coolant liquid aggregate groove, and in coolant liquid agitated assemblies are arranged on coolant liquid aggregate groove, in equipment work
When making or separated in time drives agitation column rotation, avoids the impurity heap in coolant liquid by cooling agitation actuator driving
Product influences effect of converging；
4) by setting crankshaft fixing seat, by smooth fixation and after fixing, choice set reduces different works together in one
The setting of part clamping fixture, the waste of the resource of reduction, needed for the processing simultaneously for meeting formula processing assembly, without producing
The replacement clamped in the process guarantees machining accuracy and processing efficiency；
5) machining function needed for different machining centers is gathered in the setting of combined type processing assembly, guarantees each
Needed for a process processing；
6) the sliding stability configuration settings in three directions of processing assembly B guarantee that processing assembly B's stablizes lifting；
7) the different tool magazines of corresponding combined type organisation of working setting, can be according to the processing needed for production to tool magazine is needed replacing
Component carries out cutter changing, avoids cutter when dress knife chaotic, guarantees that production is orderly efficient and carries out；
8) structure of tool magazine is simple, and tool changing is convenient, by tool changing and changes cutter receipt function set in one, easy to produce
The rapid changing knife of setting；
9) cutterhead of the tool magazine by rotary type, corresponding cutterhead setting cutter outlet, process tool device slot are rotatably dispose in
On rotating cutter-head, when tool changing, can be rapidly completed the release of cutter by pushing component and change the push-in of cutter.
Above-described is only some embodiments of the utility model.For those of ordinary skill in the art,
Without departing from the concept of the present invention, various modifications and improvements can be made, these belong to practical
Novel protection scope.
Claims (6)
1. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure, it is characterised in that: set respectively on one group of column being correspondingly arranged
It is equipped with tool magazine A and tool magazine B；Tool magazine A and tool magazine B are used cooperatively with processing assembly A and processing assembly B respectively；
Tool magazine A and tool magazine B includes tool magazine link block, the tool magazine connecting plate being connected on tool magazine link block, is rotatably set to
Rotating cutter-head on tool magazine connecting plate is evenly arranged with several process tool device slots on rotating cutter-head, when carrying out tool changing, by institute
It needs cutter to rotate to cutter to export, rear corresponding processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat carry out required knife
The replacement of tool；
Cutter crawl steering assembly is provided on tool magazine link block, cutter crawl steering assembly includes being set on tool magazine link block
Commutation rotating member, be connected to the reversing plate of commutation rotating member, be connected to commutation rotating member in the middle part of reversing plate, and both ends are set respectively
It is equipped with cutter holding slot, when carrying out tool changing, reversing plate driven rotation, one end cutter holding slot is corresponded to needed for cutter outlet undertaking
Cutter, another pair answer processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat to accept and do not need cutter, after turned
To, required cutter corresponds to processing assembly A cutter holding seat or processing assembly B cutter holding seat carries out the dress knife of required cutter, this
When unwanted cutter reach cutter outlet, release actuator retraction, process tool device slot loads unwanted cutter and simultaneously deposits
Enter tool magazine.
2. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: process tool
Device slot is rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head, and rotating cutter-head outer ring is provided with the outer girth sheets of protection, and cutter outlet is set to protection
Cutter outlet is corresponded on outer girth sheets, and on rotating cutter-head and is provided with cutter release component, and it includes releasing driving that cutter, which releases component,
Part is connected to the injection block for releasing actuator, and process tool device slot is connected to injection block, by releasing actuator driving, pushes away
Block pushes cutter out, and since process tool device slot is rotatably dispose on rotating cutter-head, after being pushed, it is outer that cutter is pushed out protection
Circle.
3. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: release driving
Part is made of cylinder.
4. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: tool magazine connection
The cutterhead rotate driving component being used cooperatively with rotating cutter-head is provided on block.
5. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: cutterhead rotation
Driving assembly includes cutterhead rotating drive part and the rotational driving gear column for being connected to cutterhead rotating drive part, rotating cutter-head
Outer edge correspond to rotational driving gear column setting rotation helical gear.
6. a kind of numerical control machining center cutter quick change structure according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: cutterhead rotation
Driving assembly is composed of motor reducer.
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