CN210907683U - Automobile rear auxiliary frame longitudinal arm stamping part die - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of stamping dies, in particular to a rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die for automobiles, which is characterized in that when a raw material is stamped into a longitudinal arm by using the rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die for automobiles, an upper pressure head is pushed downwards from an upper die to the original position through a left spring and a right spring, so that a stamping part is withdrawn from the upper die, a mandril is pushed upwards to the original position through a reset spring, the stamping part is withdrawn from a lower die, the time for a worker to manually take out the stamping part is reduced, the waste of manpower and time is reduced, and the stamping efficiency is improved; comprises an upper die holder, an upper template, an upper die, an upper compression column, a lower die holder and a lower die; still including unloading spare, go up the pressure head, the left board of unloading, the right board of unloading, left branch pole, left stopper, left spring, left guiding hole, right branch pole, right stopper, right spring, right guiding hole, ejector pin, roof, left locating lever, right locating lever and reset spring.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a stamping die technical field especially relates to a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car.
Background
As is well known, a stamping part die is an auxiliary device for stamping production raw materials in the production and processing process of a trailing arm of a rear subframe of an automobile, and is widely used in the technical field of stamping dies; the existing stamping part die comprises an upper die holder, an upper die plate, an upper die, an upper compression column, a lower die holder and a lower die; when the existing stamping part die is used, raw materials are placed at the top end of a lower die, an upper die moves downwards to be pressed with the lower die, and a rear auxiliary frame longitudinal arm of an automobile is pressed and formed; the discovery is used to current stamping workpiece mould, and after sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall compression moulding behind the car, need the manual work to remove the stamping workpiece, placing the raw materials and punching press, the stamping workpiece all needs certain time to take out at every turn the punching press, causes the time waste, and extravagant a large amount of manpowers.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides an automatic pop out stamping workpiece uses manpower sparingly, improves punching efficiency's car back sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car, including upper die base, cope match-plate pattern, upper mould, upper compression leg, die holder and lower mould, the top of cope match-plate pattern and the bottom fixed connection of upper die base, the top of upper mould and the bottom fixed connection of cope match-plate pattern, the bottom of upper compression leg passes upper die base and cope match-plate pattern and upper die base and cope match-plate pattern fixed connection downwards in proper order from the top of cope match-plate pattern, the bottom of lower mould and the top fixed connection of die holder; the discharging device also comprises a discharging part, an upper pressure head, a discharging left plate, a discharging right plate, a left support rod, a left limiting block, a left spring, a left guide hole, a right support rod, a right limiting block, a right spring, a right guide hole, a top rod, a top plate, a left positioning rod, a right positioning rod and a reset spring, wherein the discharging part is arranged in the upper die in a sliding manner, the top end of the upper pressure head is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the discharging part, the right end of the discharging left plate penetrates through the upper die and is fixedly connected with the left end of the discharging part, the left guide hole is arranged at the left end of the upper die plate, the bottom end of the left support rod penetrates through the left guide hole downwards from the top end of the upper die plate to the lower side of the upper die plate and is fixedly connected with the top end of the discharging left plate, the bottom end of the left limiting block is fixedly connected with the top end of the left support rod, the left spring, the bottom of right branch pole passes the below of right guiding hole to the cope match-plate pattern downwards from the top of cope match-plate pattern and with the top fixed connection of the right board of unloading, the bottom of right stopper and the top fixed connection of right branch pole, right spring encircles and sets up in the middle-end of right branch pole, the inside of lower mould is provided with the inner chamber, the top of ejector pin upwards passes the mould from the inner chamber, the bottom of ejector pin and the top fixed connection of roof, the bottom left side and the right side of roof respectively with the top fixed connection of left locating lever and right locating lever, reset spring snare sets up in the middle-end of left locating lever and right locating lever and the bottom contacts with the die holder, the top middle part of die holder is provided with the constant head tank, the bottom of left locating.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes bending die and lower bending die, and the bending die sets up in last mould, and the lower bending die sets up in the lower mould.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes upper left direction slider, and the bottom left side of upper die base is provided with upper left direction recess, the bottom of upper left direction slider and the top left side fixed connection of cope match-plate pattern, and upper left direction slider slides and sets up in upper left direction recess.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes upper right direction slider, and the bottom right side of upper die base is provided with upper right direction recess, and upper right direction slider's bottom and the top right side fixed connection of cope match-plate pattern, upper right direction slider slide to set up in upper right direction recess.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes left lower direction slider, and the bottom left side of lower mould is provided with left lower direction recess, and left lower direction slider's bottom and the top left side fixed connection of die holder, left lower direction slider slide to set up in left lower direction recess.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes the right side and leads the slider down, and the bottom right side of lower mould is provided with the right side and leads the recess down, and the bottom of right side direction slider and the top right side fixed connection of die holder lead the slider down and slide and set up in the right side and lead in the recess down.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes left mounting and left set screw, the left end of left mounting and the left end fixed connection of lower mould, left set screw pass left mounting and die holder downwards in proper order.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes right mounting and right set screw, the left end of right mounting and the right-hand member fixed connection of lower mould, right set screw pass right mounting and die holder downwards in proper order.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: when using car back sub vehicle frame trailing arm stamping workpiece mould to become the trailing arm with the raw materials punching press, will go up the pressure head through left spring and right spring and push down to the normal position in last mould to withdraw from the stamping workpiece in last mould, through reset spring with ejector pin boosting to the normal position, withdraw from the stamping workpiece in the lower mould, reduce the manual time of taking out the stamping workpiece of workman, reduce the waste of manpower and time, improve punching efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection of the lower mold of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of reference A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of reference B in FIG. 1;
in the drawings, the reference numbers: 1. an upper die holder; 2. mounting a template; 3. an upper die; 4. pressing the column upwards; 5. a lower die holder; 6. a lower die; 7. unloading the material; 8. an upper pressure head; 9. a left discharging plate; 10. a discharging right plate; 11. a left strut; 12. a left stop block; 13. a left spring; 14. a left guide hole; 15. a right strut; 16. a right stopper; 17. a right spring; 18. a right guide hole; 19. a top rod; 20. a top plate; 21. a left positioning rod; 22. a right positioning rod; 23. a return spring; 24. bending the die upwards; 25. downward bending a die; 26. an upper left guide slide block; 27. a right upper guide slide block; 28. a left lower guide slide block; 29. a right lower guide slide block; 30. a left securing member; 31. a left set screw; 32. a right fixed member; 33. and a right fixing screw.
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The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the utility model discloses a rear sub-frame longitudinal arm stamping part die for automobiles, which comprises an upper die base 1, an upper die plate 2, an upper die 3, an upper compression leg 4, a lower die base 5 and a lower die 6, wherein the top end of the upper die plate 2 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the upper die 3 base 1, the top end of the upper die 3 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the upper die plate 2, the bottom end of the upper compression leg 4 sequentially passes through the upper die base 1 and the upper die plate 2 from the top end of the upper die base 1 to the bottom and is fixedly connected with the upper die base 1 and the upper die plate 2, and the bottom end of the lower die 6 is fixedly connected; the discharging device also comprises a discharging part 7, an upper pressure head 8, a discharging left plate 9, a discharging right plate 10, a left support rod 11, a left limiting block 12, a left spring 13, a left guide hole 14, a right support rod 15, a right limiting block 16, a right spring 17, a right guide hole 18, an ejector rod 19, a top plate 20, a left positioning rod 21, a right positioning rod 22 and a reset spring 23, wherein the discharging part 7 is arranged in the upper die 3 in a sliding manner, the top end of the upper pressure head 8 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the discharging part 7, the right end of the discharging left plate 9 penetrates through the upper die 3 and is fixedly connected with the left end of the discharging part 7, the left guide hole 14 is arranged at the left end of the upper die plate 2, the bottom end of the left support rod 11 penetrates through the left guide hole 14 downwards from the top end of the upper die plate 2 to the lower side of the upper die plate 2 and is fixedly connected with the top end of the discharging left plate 9, the left end of a discharging right plate 10 penetrates through an upper die 3 and is fixedly connected with the right end of a discharging part 7, a right guide hole 18 is arranged at the right end of an upper die plate 2, the bottom end of a right support rod 15 downwards penetrates through the right guide hole 18 from the top end of the upper die plate 2 to the lower side of the upper die plate 2 and is fixedly connected with the top end of the discharging right plate 10, the bottom end of a right limit block 16 is fixedly connected with the top end of the right support rod 15, a right spring 17 is arranged at the middle end of the right support rod 15 in a surrounding manner, an inner cavity is arranged inside a lower die 6, the top end of a push rod 19 upwards penetrates through the upper die 3 from the inner cavity, the bottom end of the push rod 19 is fixedly connected with the top end of a top plate 20, the left side and the right side of the bottom end of the top plate 20 are respectively fixedly connected with the top ends of a left positioning rod 21 and a, the bottom ends of the left positioning rod 21 and the right positioning rod 22 are inserted into the positioning grooves; when using car back sub vehicle frame trailing arm stamping workpiece mould to become the trailing arm with the raw materials punching press, will go up the pressure head through left spring and right spring and push down to the normal position in last mould to withdraw from the stamping workpiece in last mould, through reset spring with ejector pin boosting to the normal position, withdraw from the stamping workpiece in the lower mould, reduce the manual time of taking out the stamping workpiece of workman, reduce the waste of manpower and time, improve punching efficiency.
The utility model discloses a rear sub vehicle frame longitudinal arm stamping part mould of automobile, which also comprises an upper bending mould 24 and a lower bending mould 25, wherein the upper bending mould 24 is arranged in the upper mould 3, and the lower bending mould 25 is arranged in the lower mould 6; and carrying out edge bending processing on the stamping part through an upper bending die and a lower bending die.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes upper left guide slider 26, and the bottom left side of upper die base 1 is provided with upper left guide groove, and the bottom of upper left guide slider 26 is connected with the top left side fixed of cope match-plate pattern 2, and upper left guide slider 26 slides and sets up in upper left guide groove; the upper template is fixed through the upper left guide slide block.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car still includes upper right direction slider 27, and the bottom right side of upper die base 1 is provided with upper right direction recess, and the bottom of upper right direction slider 27 and the top right side fixed connection of cope match-plate pattern 2, and upper right direction slider 27 slides and sets up in upper right direction recess; the upper template is fixed through the upper right guide slide block.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car, still include left lower direction slider 28, the bottom left side of lower mould 6 is provided with left lower direction recess, the bottom of left lower direction slider 28 and the top left side fixed connection of die holder 5, left lower direction slider 28 slides and sets up in left lower direction recess; the lower die is fixed through a left lower guide sliding block.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car, still include right lower direction slider 29, the bottom right side of lower mould 6 is provided with right lower direction recess, the bottom of right lower direction slider 29 and the top right side of die holder 5 are fixedly connected, right lower direction slider 29 slides and sets up in right lower direction recess; the lower die is fixed through a right lower guide slide block.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame trailing arm stamping workpiece mould behind car, still include left mounting 30 and left set screw 31, the left end of left mounting 30 and the left end fixed connection of lower mould 6, left set screw 31 passes left mounting 30 and die holder 5 downwards in proper order; the lower die is fixed through the left fixing piece and the left fixing screw.
The utility model discloses a rear sub vehicle frame longitudinal arm stamping part mould of automobile, still include right mounting 32 and right set screw 33, the left end of right mounting 32 and the right-hand member fixed connection of lower mould 6, right set screw 33 passes right mounting 32 and die holder 5 downwards in proper order; the lower die is fixed through the right fixing piece and the right fixing screw.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind car, it is when using sub vehicle frame longitudinal wall stamping workpiece mould behind the car to punch the raw materials into the longitudinal wall, push down to the normal position from last mould through left spring and right spring with the upper pressure head, thereby withdraw from the stamping workpiece in the last mould, push up the ejector pin to the normal position through reset spring, withdraw from the stamping workpiece in the lower mould, reduce the time that the workman takes out the stamping workpiece manually, reduce the waste of manpower and time, improve stamping efficiency, carry out the crimp processing to the stamping workpiece through upper bend mould and lower bend mould, fix the cope match-plate through upper left guide slider, fix the cope match-plate through upper right guide slider, fix the lower mould through lower left guide slider, fix the lower mould through left mounting and left set screw, fix the lower mould through right mounting and right set screw, before accomplishing above-mentioned action, first move to the location desired by the user.
The utility model discloses a sub vehicle frame trailing arm stamping workpiece mould behind car, above the mounting means, the connected mode or the mode that sets up of all parts are common mechanical system to concrete structure, model and the coefficient index of its all parts are its from taking the technique, as long as can reach all can implement of its beneficial effect, so do not add the perplexing more.
The utility model relates to a stamping part die for the trailing arm of the rear auxiliary frame of an automobile, under the condition that the opposite explanation is not given, the directional terms "up, down, left, right, front, back, inside, and outside, and vertical and horizontal" included in the term merely represent the orientation of the term in the normal use state, or be a trivial term understood by those skilled in the art, and should not be considered as limiting the term, at the same time, the numerical terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. do not denote any particular quantity or order, but rather are used to distinguish one from another, furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of modifications and variations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and variations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A rear auxiliary frame longitudinal arm stamping part die for an automobile comprises an upper die base (1), an upper die plate (2), an upper die (3), an upper compression leg (4), a lower die base (5) and a lower die (6), wherein the top end of the upper die plate (2) is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the upper die base (1), the top end of the upper die (3) is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the upper die plate (2), the bottom end of the upper compression leg (4) sequentially penetrates through the upper die base (1) and the upper die plate (2) from the top end of the upper die base (1) to the bottom and is fixedly connected with the upper die base (1) and the upper die plate (2), and the bottom end of the lower die (6) is fixedly connected with the top end of the lower; the material unloading device is characterized by further comprising an unloading piece (7), an upper pressure head (8), an unloading left plate (9), an unloading right plate (10), a left support rod (11), a left limiting block (12), a left spring (13), a left guide hole (14), a right support rod (15), a right limiting block (16), a right spring (17), a right guide hole (18), an ejector rod (19), a top plate (20), a left positioning rod (21), a right positioning rod (22) and a reset spring (23), wherein the unloading piece (7) is arranged in the upper die (3) in a sliding mode, the top end of the upper pressure head (8) is fixedly connected with the bottom end of the unloading piece (7), the right end of the unloading left plate (9) penetrates through the upper die (3) and is fixedly connected with the left end of the unloading piece (7), the left guide hole (14) is arranged at the left end of the upper die plate (2), and the bottom end of the left support rod (11) penetrates through the left guide hole (14) from the top end of the upper die plate (2) downwards to the lower portion of the upper die plate The bottom end of the left limiting block (12) is fixedly connected with the top end of the left support rod (11), the left spring (13) is arranged at the middle end of the left support rod (11) in a surrounding manner, the left end of the discharging right plate (10) penetrates through the upper die (3) and is fixedly connected with the right end of the discharging part (7), the right guide hole (18) is arranged at the right end of the upper die plate (2), the bottom end of the right support rod (15) penetrates through the right guide hole (18) to the lower side of the upper die plate (2) from the top end of the upper die plate (2) downwards and is fixedly connected with the top end of the discharging right plate (10), the bottom end of the right limiting block (16) is fixedly connected with the top end of the right support rod (15), the right spring (17) is arranged at the middle end of the right support rod (15) in a surrounding manner, an inner cavity is arranged inside the lower die (6), and the top end of the ejector rod (19) penetrates through, the bottom of ejector pin (19) and the top fixed connection of roof (20), the bottom left side and the right side of roof (20) respectively with the top fixed connection of left locating lever (21) and right locating lever (22), reset spring (23) snare sets up in the middle-end and bottom and the die holder (5) contact of left locating lever (21) and right locating lever (22), the top middle part of die holder (5) is provided with the constant head tank, the bottom of left locating lever (21) and right locating lever (22) all inserts in the constant head tank.
2. The stamping die for the trailing arm stamping part of the rear subframe of the automobile as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an upper bending die (24) and a lower bending die (25), wherein the upper bending die (24) is arranged in the upper die (3), and the lower bending die (25) is arranged in the lower die (6).
3. The automobile rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a left upper guide sliding block (26), wherein a left upper guide groove is formed in the left side of the bottom end of the upper die holder (1), the bottom end of the left upper guide sliding block (26) is fixedly connected with the left side of the top end of the upper die plate (2), and the left upper guide sliding block (26) is slidably arranged in the left upper guide groove.
4. The automobile rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a right upper guide sliding block (27), wherein a right upper guide groove is formed in the right side of the bottom end of the upper die holder (1), the bottom end of the right upper guide sliding block (27) is fixedly connected with the right side of the top end of the upper die plate (2), and the right upper guide sliding block (27) is slidably arranged in the right upper guide groove.
5. The automobile rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a left lower guide sliding block (28), wherein a left lower guide groove is formed in the left side of the bottom end of the lower die (6), the bottom end of the left lower guide sliding block (28) is fixedly connected with the left side of the top end of the lower die holder (5), and the left lower guide sliding block (28) is slidably arranged in the left lower guide groove.
6. The automobile rear subframe longitudinal arm stamping part die as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a right lower guide sliding block (29), wherein a right lower guide groove is formed in the right side of the bottom end of the lower die (6), the bottom end of the right lower guide sliding block (29) is fixedly connected with the right side of the top end of the lower die holder (5), and the right lower guide sliding block (29) is slidably arranged in the right lower guide groove.
7. The stamping die for the trailing arm stamping part of the rear subframe of the automobile as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a left fixing member (30) and a left fixing screw (31), wherein the left end of the left fixing member (30) is fixedly connected with the left end of the lower die (6), and the left fixing screw (31) passes through the left fixing member (30) and the lower die holder (5) downwards in sequence.
8. The stamping die for the trailing arm stamping part of the rear subframe of the automobile as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a right fixing member (32) and a right fixing screw (33), wherein the left end of the right fixing member (32) is fixedly connected with the right end of the lower die (6), and the right fixing screw (33) sequentially penetrates through the right fixing member (32) and the lower die holder (5) downwards.
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