CN210024138U - Cutting device - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a cutting device, which comprises a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, a third transmission mechanism, a cutting head, a stabilizing seat and a clamping mechanism; the first transmission mechanism comprises two first guide rails and two first screw rods, and the second transmission mechanism comprises two first sliding blocks, a second guide rail and a second screw rod; the first screw rod drives the first sliding block to synchronously reciprocate along the first guide rail; the third transmission mechanism comprises a second sliding block and a mounting plate; the second screw rod drives the second sliding block to reciprocate along the second guide rail; the cutting head is fixedly arranged on the mounting plate; the clamping mechanism comprises two sliding rods, two ends of each sliding rod are fixedly connected with the two first guide rails respectively, and two clamping plate pieces, two ends of each clamping plate piece are connected with the two sliding rods in a sliding mode respectively; the axial direction of the sliding rod is perpendicular to the first guide rail, and the cutting head is perpendicular to the axial direction of the sliding rod and the first guide rail along the moving direction of the sliding rail. The utility model discloses cutting accuracy to the cutting work piece of sheet form is higher, and has promoted machining efficiency.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the laser cutting field, more specifically say, relate to a cutting device.
Background
With the development of the technology, a platform or a machine for laser processing needs to be capable of processing workpieces with higher precision, more fineness and higher efficiency, particularly for processing electronics and jewelry, but the processing precision and the processing efficiency of the current laser processing platform are lower, so that the processed workpieces cannot well meet the product requirements, and therefore a laser cutting device capable of realizing high-precision and high-speed processing is needed to process the workpieces with high efficiency and high precision.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a cutting device to reach the effect that promotes machining precision and machining efficiency to the work piece of lamella form.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: there is provided a cutting device comprising:
the first transmission mechanism comprises two first guide rails arranged in parallel, two first screw rods arranged in parallel with the first guide rails, and two first driving motors respectively connected to the two first screw rods;
the second transmission mechanism comprises two first sliding blocks respectively connected with the two first guide rails in a sliding manner, two second guide rails respectively connected with the two first sliding blocks, a second screw rod arranged in parallel with the second guide rails, and a second driving motor connected with the second screw rod; the two first sliding blocks are respectively in threaded connection with the two first screw rods; the two first screw rods drive the two first sliding blocks to synchronously reciprocate along the first guide rail under the drive of the two first driving motors;
the third transmission mechanism comprises a second sliding block connected with the second guide rail in a sliding manner, a sliding rail fixedly arranged on the second sliding block and a mounting plate connected with the sliding rail in a sliding manner; the second sliding block is in threaded connection with the second screw rod; the second screw rod drives the second sliding block to reciprocate along the second guide rail under the driving of the second driving motor;
the cutting head is fixedly arranged on the mounting plate;
the first guide rail is fixedly arranged on the stabilizing seat;
the clamping mechanism comprises two sliding rods, two clamping plate pieces and a clamping mechanism, wherein two ends of the two sliding rods are fixedly connected with the two first guide rails respectively; the two slide bars are parallel, the axial direction of each slide bar is perpendicular to the first guide rail, and the cutting head is driven by the mounting plate to move along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the slide bars and the first guide rail.
Furthermore, a collecting groove is concavely arranged on the stabilizing seat corresponding to the cutting head.
Further, each splint piece all includes splint, cover and establishes splint seat on the slide bar, install on the splint seat and connect in the driving cylinder of splint, the splint seat with splint parallel arrangement, just splint are in the drive of driving cylinder down with form the centre gripping space between the splint seat.
Further, the splint setting is in the top of splint seat, the driving cylinder is installed the bottom of splint seat, be equipped with the through-hole on the splint seat, the drive shaft of driving cylinder passes through-hole fixed connection in splint.
Furthermore, one end of the clamping plate seat is also provided with a first locking handle used for fixing the clamping plate seat on the sliding rod.
Furthermore, fixture still including set up two at least one support piece between the splint piece, support piece's both ends respectively with two slide bar sliding connection, support piece's top surface with the top surface of splint seat flushes.
Further, one end of the supporting piece is provided with a second locking handle used for fixing the supporting piece on the sliding rod; the top of the supporting piece is in a sawtooth shape.
Furthermore, two dust baffles are installed on the opposite sides of the clamping plate pieces.
Furthermore, supporting seats are arranged at two ends of the sliding rod, and the sliding rod is connected to the first guide rail through the supporting seats.
Furthermore, the first transmission mechanism and the first transmission mechanism are both provided with dust covers.
The utility model provides a cutting device's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a cutting device can carry out higher precision and more efficient processing to work piece especially sheet metal.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive labor.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the clamping mechanism of the cutting device shown in FIG. 1
Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:
1-a first transmission mechanism; 2-a second transmission mechanism; 3-a third transmission mechanism; 4-a cutting head; 5-a stabilizing seat; 6-a clamping mechanism; 7-a collecting tank; 11-a first guide rail; 12-a first lead screw; 13-a first drive motor; 14-a drag chain; 15-a dust cover; 21-a first slider; 22-a second guide rail; 23-a second screw rod; 24-a second drive motor; 31-a second slider; 32-a slide rail; 33-a mounting plate; 61-a slide bar; 62-a splint member; 63-a support; 64-dust baffles; 611-supporting seat; 621-splint; 622-clamping plate seat; 623-driving a cylinder; 624-first locking handle; 631-a second locking handle;
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problem, technical solution and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the following description is given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments to illustrate the present invention in further detail. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.
It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
Referring to fig. 1, a cutting device according to the present invention will now be described. The cutting device includes:
the first transmission mechanism 1 comprises two first guide rails 11 arranged in parallel, two first screw rods 12 arranged in parallel with the first guide rails 11, and two first driving motors 13 respectively connected to the two first screw rods 12; two first guide rails 11 arranged in parallel are installed on two opposite sides of the stable seat 5, a space in the two first guide rails is a space for moving the cutting head 4 when processing (cutting) a cut workpiece, the first transmission mechanism 1 further comprises a drag chain 14, and the drag chain 14 is used for dragging and protecting wires or/and cables used in the first transmission mechanism 1. Understandably, in fig. 1, each of the first guide rails 11 only includes one rail, but in the present invention, more than two rails may be disposed in parallel and at equal intervals in each of the first guide rails 11 according to requirements.
The second transmission mechanism 2 comprises two first sliding blocks 21 respectively connected with the two first guide rails 11 in a sliding manner, two second guide rails 22 respectively connected with the two first sliding blocks 21, a second screw rod 23 arranged in parallel with the second guide rails 22, and a second driving motor 24 connected with the second screw rod 23; the two first sliding blocks 21 are respectively connected with the two first screw rods 12 through threads; the two first screw rods 12 drive the two first sliding blocks 21 to synchronously reciprocate along the first guide rail 11 under the driving of the two first driving motors 13. The first transmission mechanism 1 is used for controlling the first slide block 21 to reciprocate along the first guide rail 11, so as to drive the second slide block 31 in the second transmission mechanism 2 to reciprocate along a direction parallel to the first guide rail 11, and thus, the cutting head 4 mounted on the second slide block 31 is controlled to reciprocate along a direction parallel to the first guide rail 11, so that the position of the cutting head 4 can be adjusted in a direction parallel to the first guide rail 11 according to actual requirements. The two first sliding blocks 21 are respectively connected with the two first lead screws 12 through threads, in an embodiment, the threads may refer to nuts disposed on the first sliding blocks 21, and the first lead screws 12 are connected with the nuts through threads. In this embodiment, the two first lead screws 12 can be controlled by the two first driving motors 13 to rotate synchronously, and then the two first slide blocks 21 are driven to reciprocate synchronously on the first guide rail 11 through the threaded connection between the first lead screws 12 and the first slide blocks 21, so as to realize the synchronous motion of the two ends of the second guide rail 22 along the two first guide rails 11.
The third transmission mechanism 3 comprises a second sliding block 31 connected with the second guide rail 22 in a sliding manner, a sliding rail 32 fixedly installed on the second sliding block 31, and a mounting plate 33 connected with the sliding rail 32 in a sliding manner; the second sliding block 31 is in threaded connection with the second screw rod 23; the second screw 23 is driven by the second driving motor 24 to drive the second slider 31 to reciprocate along the second guide rail 22; the second transmission mechanism 2 is used for controlling the second sliding block 31 to reciprocate along the second guide rail 22, so as to drive the mounting plate 33 mounted on the second sliding block 31 to reciprocate along a direction parallel to the second guide rail 22, and further control the cutting head 4 fixedly connected to the mounting plate 33 to reciprocate along a direction parallel to the second guide rail 22; the third transmission mechanism is used for driving the mounting plate 33 to reciprocate along the slide rail 32, so as to drive the cutting head 4 to reciprocate along a direction parallel to the slide rail 32, and the position of the cutting head 4 can be conveniently adjusted according to actual requirements.
The cutting head 4 is fixedly arranged on the mounting plate 33; in an embodiment, the cutting head 4 is a laser cutting head 4. The laser cutting head 4 can improve the cutting rate and the cutting quality, and is clean and pollution-free.
The first guide rail 11 is fixedly arranged on the stabilizing seat 5; in an embodiment, the material of the stabilizing base 5 is marble so as to improve the accuracy of processing and prolong the service life of the cutting device, and the stabilizing base 5 is made of marble with higher hardness and is not easily affected by the change of the temperature and humidity of the environment.
The clamping mechanism 6 comprises two sliding rods 61, two ends of which are respectively fixedly connected with the two first guide rails 11, and two clamping plate pieces 62, two ends of which are respectively connected with the two sliding rods 61 in a sliding manner; the two slide bars 61 are parallel, the axial direction of the slide bar 61 is perpendicular to the first guide rail 11, and the cutting head 4 is driven by the mounting plate 33 to move along the slide rail 32 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the slide bar 61 and the first guide rail 11.
The utility model provides a cutting device is at first put into the sheet metal form (for example sheet metal) cutting work piece of waiting to cut in fixture 6, then pass through first drive mechanism 1, second drive mechanism 2 with third drive mechanism adjusts according to actual demand the position of cutting head 4, and then passes through in this position cutting head 4 is right the cutting work piece cuts, and in cutting process, the cutting work piece is fixed by fixture 6, the accessible first drive mechanism 1, second drive mechanism 2 with 3 accurate control of third drive mechanism the cutting route of cutting head 4 to the cutting precision and the cutting efficiency of cutting work piece have been promoted.
Further, please refer to fig. 1, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, a collecting groove 7 is concavely disposed on the stabilizing seat 5 corresponding to the position of the cutting head 4, the collecting groove 7 is convenient for collecting the cutting workpiece after cutting, and can also be used for collecting the processing waste.
Further, please refer to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided in the present invention, each of the clamping plates 62 includes a clamping plate 621, a clamping plate seat 622 sleeved on the sliding rod 61, and a driving cylinder 623 installed on the clamping plate seat 622 and connected to the clamping plate 621, wherein the clamping plate seat 622 and the clamping plate 621 are arranged in parallel, and the clamping plate 621 forms a clamping space (not shown) between the driving cylinder 623 and the clamping plate seat 622. The clamping plate seat 622 can be sleeved on the sliding rod 61 through a linear bearing to realize sliding connection; the clamping space is used for clamping a cutting workpiece, and for convenience of understanding, the working principle of the clamping space is described in detail as follows: the driving cylinder 623 drives the clamping plate 621 to move away from and close to the clamping plate seat 622 through a driving shaft to clamp and loosen the cutting workpiece (i.e. adjust the size of the clamping space), and when the driving cylinder 623 drives the clamping plate 621 to move away from the clamping plate seat 622 through the driving shaft, the clamping space is increased, so that the clamping tightness of the cutting workpiece therein is decreased (i.e. the loosening process); when the driving cylinder 623 drives the clamping plate 621 to approach the clamping plate seat 622 through the driving shaft, the clamping space becomes smaller, and the clamping tightness of the cut workpiece therein becomes larger (i.e. the clamping process described above).
Further, please refer to fig. 2, as a specific implementation manner of the cutting device provided in the present invention, the clamping plate 621 is disposed at the top of the clamping plate seat 622, the driving cylinder 623 is mounted at the bottom of the clamping plate seat 622, a through hole (not shown) is disposed on the clamping plate seat 622, a driving shaft (not shown) of the driving cylinder 623 passes through the through hole and is fixedly connected to the clamping plate 621, so that the driving shaft of the driving cylinder 623 is vertically connected to the clamping plate 621, so as to achieve a maximum torque and improve the energy utilization efficiency of the driving cylinder 623.
Further, referring to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, one end of the clamping plate seat 622 is further provided with a first locking handle 624 for fixing the clamping plate seat 622 on the sliding rod 61; when the first locking handle 624 is tightened, the clamp plate seat 622 is fixed on the slide rod 61; when the first locking handle 624 is unscrewed, the clamping plate seat 622 and the sliding rod 61 are no longer fixedly connected, and at this time, the clamping plate seat 622 can be moved along the axis of the sliding rod 61 in a manual or motor-driven manner, so as to adjust the position of the clamping plate seat 622 according to actual requirements and tighten the first locking handle 624 again at the position, which is convenient for better adjusting the position of the clamping plate seat 622 according to the size of the cut workpiece, thereby completing clamping of the cut workpiece.
Further, referring to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, the clamping mechanism 6 further includes at least one supporting member 63 disposed between the two clamping plates 62, two ends of the supporting member 63 are slidably connected to the two sliding rods 61, respectively, and a top surface of the supporting member 63 is flush with a top surface of the clamping plate seat 622; the supporting member 63 is used for supporting the clamped cutting workpiece, so that the cutting workpiece is prevented from being deformed at the middle position in the cutting process due to overlarge size, and the machining (cutting) precision is improved.
Further, referring to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, one end of the supporting member 63 is provided with a second locking handle 631 for fixing the supporting member 63 on the sliding rod 61; when the second locking handle 631 is tightened, the supporter 63 is fixed on the slide bar 61; when the second locking handle 631 is unscrewed, the supporting member 63 and the sliding rod 61 are no longer fixedly connected, at this time, the supporting member 63 can be reciprocated along the axis of the sliding rod 61 in a manual or motor-driven manner, so as to adjust the position of the supporting member 63 according to actual requirements, and the second locking handle 631 is screwed again at the position, so that the position of the supporting member 63 can be adjusted better according to the size of the cut workpiece, and the cut workpiece can be better supported.
Preferably, the top of the supporting member 63 is serrated; in this embodiment, since the metal thin plate is used for cutting, and during the cutting process, when the cutting head 4 cuts the cutting workpiece, the generated heat is too high, so that the cutting workpiece made of metal material contacting with the supporting member 63 is easily melted, and if the contact area between the supporting member 63 and the cutting workpiece is too large, the adhesion between the supporting member 63 and the cutting workpiece is easily generated, therefore, the supporting member 63 is set to be zigzag, the contact area between the supporting member 63 and the cutting workpiece is reduced, the heat dissipation area of the contact portion between the supporting member 63 and the cutting workpiece is increased, and the adhesion between the supporting member 63 and the cutting workpiece can be prevented.
Further, referring to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, a dust-proof baffle 64 is installed on each of opposite sides of the two clamping plates 62; to prevent dust and waste from the process from entering elsewhere in the cutting device.
Further, please refer to fig. 2, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, two ends of the sliding rod 61 are respectively provided with a supporting seat 611, and the sliding rod 61 is connected to the first guide rail 11 through the supporting seat 611, so as to fix the sliding rod 61 better.
Further, referring to fig. 1, as a specific embodiment of the cutting device provided by the present invention, dust covers 15 are disposed on the first transmission mechanism 1 and the first transmission mechanism 1 to prevent dust and waste generated by processing from entering into devices in the cutting device.
The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.
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1. A cutting device, comprising:
the first transmission mechanism comprises two first guide rails arranged in parallel, two first screw rods arranged in parallel with the first guide rails, and two first driving motors respectively connected to the two first screw rods;
the second transmission mechanism comprises two first sliding blocks respectively connected with the two first guide rails in a sliding manner, a second guide rail with two ends respectively connected with the two first sliding blocks, a second screw rod arranged in parallel with the second guide rail, and a second driving motor connected with the second screw rod; the two first sliding blocks are respectively in threaded connection with the two first screw rods; the two first screw rods drive the two first sliding blocks to synchronously reciprocate along the first guide rail under the drive of the two first driving motors;
the third transmission mechanism comprises a second sliding block connected with the second guide rail in a sliding manner, a sliding rail fixedly arranged on the second sliding block and a mounting plate connected with the sliding rail in a sliding manner; the second sliding block is in threaded connection with the second screw rod; the second screw rod drives the second sliding block to reciprocate along the second guide rail under the driving of the second driving motor;
the cutting head is fixedly arranged on the mounting plate;
the first guide rail is fixedly arranged on the stabilizing seat;
the clamping mechanism comprises two sliding rods, two clamping plate pieces and a clamping mechanism, wherein two ends of the two sliding rods are fixedly connected with the two first guide rails respectively; the two slide bars are parallel, the axial direction of the slide bars is perpendicular to the first guide rail, and the cutting head is driven by the mounting plate to move along the movement direction of the slide rails, perpendicular to the axial direction of the slide bars and the first guide rail.
2. The cutting device of claim 1, wherein: and a collecting groove is concavely arranged on the stable seat corresponding to the cutting head.
3. The cutting device of claim 1, wherein: each splint piece all includes splint, cover and establishes splint seat on the slide bar, install on the splint seat and connect in the driving cylinder of splint, the splint seat with splint parallel arrangement, just splint are in the drive of driving cylinder down with form the centre gripping space between the splint seat.
4. A cutting device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: the splint setting is in the top of splint seat, the driving cylinder is installed the bottom of splint seat, be equipped with the through-hole on the splint seat, the drive shaft of driving cylinder passes through-hole fixed connection in splint.
5. A cutting device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: one end of the clamping plate seat is also provided with a first locking handle used for fixing the clamping plate seat on the sliding rod.
6. A cutting device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: the clamping mechanism further comprises at least one supporting piece arranged between the two clamping plate pieces, the two ends of the supporting piece are respectively connected with the two sliding rods in a sliding mode, and the top surface of the supporting piece is flush with the top surface of the clamping plate seat.
7. The cutting device of claim 6, wherein: one end of the supporting piece is provided with a second locking handle used for fixing the supporting piece on the sliding rod; the top of the supporting piece is in a sawtooth shape.
8. The cutting device of claim 1, wherein: and one side of each of the two clamping plate members opposite to each other is provided with a dustproof baffle.
9. The cutting device of claim 1, wherein: the two ends of the sliding rod are respectively provided with a supporting seat, and the sliding rod is connected to the first guide rail through the supporting seats.
10. The cutting device of claim 1, wherein: and the first transmission mechanism are both provided with dust covers.
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