CN211277611U - Auxiliary device for blanking of machine tool - Google Patents

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CN211277611U
CN211277611U CN201922155207.7U CN201922155207U CN211277611U CN 211277611 U CN211277611 U CN 211277611U CN 201922155207 U CN201922155207 U CN 201922155207U CN 211277611 U CN211277611 U CN 211277611U
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The utility model discloses an auxiliary device for lathe unloading, concretely relates to lathe field, which comprises a housin, the bottom fixed mounting of casing inner chamber has the base, the top fixed mounting of base has spring housing, spring housing inner chamber's bottom fixed mounting has spring assembly, spring assembly's top is located the top of casing and sets up the feed inlet of looks adaptation, the top fixed mounting that spring housing's right side is located the base has vibrations subassembly. The utility model discloses a be equipped with the multichannel process, carry out progressively handling to the work piece that has processed, at first, make the outside sweeps of work piece separate, and be equipped with the rubber layer at this in-process and can protect the work piece not damaged, secondly, clear up the cooling and handle the work piece, can get rid of the sweeps once more on the one hand, on the other hand also can cool down the work piece, carry out the back again after weathering the work piece at last, can avoid the work piece to cross to scald, can't be collected.

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Auxiliary device for blanking of machine tool
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a lathe technical field, more specifically say, the utility model relates to an auxiliary device for lathe unloading.
Background
A machine tool is a machine for manufacturing a machined part, and the machine tool is generally called a machine tool and a machine tool, and is conventionally called a machine tool.
The prior art has the following problems:
generally, manual removal is frequently used for blanking of machine tools, but this method is extremely unsafe because the surface of the part immediately after machining contains a lot of scraps, which easily cause the hand of a worker to be pierced, and further, some blanking methods use a blanking bin, and then the workpiece is totally accumulated in the ground, but this method causes serious damage to the surface of the workpiece and makes the workpiece look dirty.
Therefore, the product needs to provide an auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
In order to overcome prior art's above-mentioned defect, the embodiment of the utility model provides an auxiliary device for lathe unloading, through being equipped with multichannel process, work piece to processing is progressively handled, firstly, make the outside sweeps of work piece separate, and be equipped with the rubber layer at this in-process and can protect the work piece not damaged, secondly, clear up the cooling and handle the work piece, the sweeps can be got rid of once more on the one hand, on the other hand also can cool down the work piece, carry out again after weathering the work piece at last, can avoid the work piece to cross to scald, can't be collected, in order to solve the problem that proposes in the above-mentioned background art.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: an auxiliary device for machine tool blanking comprises a shell, wherein a base is fixedly installed at the bottom of an inner cavity of the shell, a spring shell is fixedly installed at the top end of the base, a spring assembly is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the spring shell, a matched feed inlet is formed in the top end of the spring assembly, a vibration assembly is fixedly installed at the top end of the base on the right side of the spring shell, a matched dustproof net is fixedly installed at the top end of the base outside the vibration assembly, a buffer plate is fixedly installed at the top of the inner cavity of the shell, a discharge outlet is formed in the bottom of the right side of the shell, a matched workpiece processing baffle assembly is fixedly installed in the middle of the spring shell and the discharge outlet, a second base plate is fixedly installed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell, a recovery box body is, the bottom fixed mounting of work piece processing baffle subassembly has the vibrations piece, the right side of buffer board is located the top fixed mounting of casing inner chamber and has the sprinkler subassembly, the top of sprinkler subassembly is located the top of casing inner chamber and has seted up the water filling port, the top fixed mounting of water filling port has water supply assembly, the top fixed mounting that the right side of sprinkler subassembly is located the casing inner chamber has the bracing piece, the bottom fixed mounting of bracing piece has fan motor, fan motor's bottom an organic whole is formed with the fan.
In a preferred embodiment, the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell is provided with an access door matched with the recovery box body, and the outer surface of the access door is integrally formed with a handle.
In a preferred embodiment, the spring assembly comprises a first fixing plate, a connecting rod is fixedly mounted at the bottom end of the first fixing plate, a spring is movably sleeved outside the connecting rod, and a second fixing plate is fixedly mounted at the bottom of the connecting rod.
In a preferred embodiment, the vibration assembly comprises a supporting base, a first base plate is fixedly mounted at the top end of the supporting base, a vibration motor is fixedly mounted at the top end of the first base plate, a transmission shaft is integrally formed at the top end of the vibration motor, and an eccentric wheel is fixedly mounted at the top end of the transmission shaft.
In a preferred embodiment, the workpiece processing baffle assembly comprises a baffle front part, the top end of the baffle front part is positioned in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly and is filled with a rubber layer, the top end of the rubber layer is positioned in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly and is fixedly provided with a vibration net, the top end of the vibration net is positioned in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly and is fixedly provided with a filter grid plate, and the top end of the filter grid plate is positioned in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly and is fixedly provided with a baffle tail part.
In a preferred embodiment, the sprinkler assembly comprises a main pipeline, a plurality of secondary pipelines are arranged in the main pipeline, and the top ends of the secondary pipelines are fixedly provided with spray heads at the bottom of the sprinkler assembly.
In a preferred embodiment, the water supply assembly comprises a third base plate, a water tank is placed on the top end of the third base plate, a fourth base plate is fixedly mounted at the bottom of an inner cavity of the water tank, a water pump is placed on the top end of the fourth base plate, and a water injection pipe is fixedly mounted at the output end of the water pump.
In a preferred embodiment, a rubber layer is integrally formed at the bottom of the buffer plate, and a filter screen is fixedly installed inside the recovery tank body.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an auxiliary device for lathe unloading possesses following beneficial effect:
1. the utility model discloses a being equipped with multichannel process, progressively handling the work piece that is processed, at first, make the sweeps outside the work piece separate, and be equipped with the rubber layer in this process and can protect the work piece not damaged, secondly, clear up the cooling treatment to the work piece, can get rid of the sweeps once more on the one hand, on the other hand also can cool down the work piece, carry out the delivery again after drying the work piece at last, can avoid the work piece to cross to scald, can't be collected;
2. the utility model discloses a for the guard action of spring when carrying out unloading processing, can make the device inside can not get into the dust under the condition of not using, in addition, this device can handle the sweeps box sewage after the separation to great saving the waste of cost.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the external structure of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the spring assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the vibration assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the workpiece processing baffle assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the sprinkler assembly of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the water supply assembly of the present invention.
The reference signs are: 1. a housing; 2. a base; 3. a spring housing; 4. a spring assembly; 41. a first fixing plate; 42. a connecting rod; 43. a spring; 44. a second fixing plate; 5. a feed inlet; 6. a vibration assembly; 61. a support base; 62. a first backing plate; 63. vibrating a motor; 64. a drive shaft; 65. an eccentric wheel; 7. a dust screen; 8. a buffer plate; 9. a discharge port; 10. a workpiece handling baffle assembly; 101. the front part of the baffle; 102. a rubber layer; 103. vibrating the net; 104. filtering the grid plate; 105. a baffle tail; 11. a second backing plate; 12. a recovery box body; 13. a vibration block; 14. a sprinkler assembly; 141. a main pipeline; 142. a secondary pipeline; 143. a spray head; 15. a water injection port; 16. a water supply assembly; 161. a third base plate; 162. a water tank; 163. a fourth base plate; 164. a water pump; 165. a water injection pipe; 17. a support bar; 18. a fan motor; 19. a fan; 20. an access door; 21. a handle.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the present invention provides a technical solution: an auxiliary device for machine tool blanking comprises a shell 1, wherein a base 2 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of an inner cavity of the shell 1, a spring shell 3 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the base 2, a spring assembly 4 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the inner cavity of the spring shell 3, a feed inlet 5 matched with the top end of the spring assembly 4 is formed in the top end of the shell 1, a vibration assembly 6 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the base 2 on the right side of the spring shell 3, a dustproof net 7 matched with the vibration assembly 6 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the base 2 on the outer portion of the vibration assembly 6, a buffer plate 8 is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner cavity of the shell 1, a discharge outlet 9 is formed in the bottom of the right side of the shell 1, a workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 matched with the spring shell 3 and the discharge outlet 9 is fixedly arranged in the middle of, the bottom fixed mounting of work piece processing baffle subassembly 10 has vibrations piece 13, the top fixed mounting that the right side of buffer board 8 is located the casing 1 inner chamber has sprinkler subassembly 14, sprinkler subassembly 14's top is located the top of casing 1 inner chamber and has seted up water filling port 15, the top fixed mounting of water filling port 15 has water supply subassembly 16, the top fixed mounting that sprinkler subassembly 14's right side is located the casing 1 inner chamber has bracing piece 17, the bottom fixed mounting of bracing piece 17 has fan motor 18, the bottom of fan motor 18 an organic whole is formed with fan 19.
The technical means are adopted: the utility model discloses a being equipped with multichannel process, progressively handling the work piece that is processed, at first, make the sweeps outside the work piece separate, and be equipped with the rubber layer in this process and can protect the work piece not damaged, secondly, clear up the cooling treatment to the work piece, can get rid of the sweeps once more on the one hand, on the other hand also can cool down the work piece, carry out the delivery again after drying the work piece at last, can avoid the work piece to cross to scald, can't be collected; the utility model discloses a for the guard action of spring when carrying out unloading processing, can make the device inside can not get into the dust under the condition of not using, in addition, this device can handle the sweeps box sewage after the separation to great saving the waste of cost.
Referring to the attached figure 2 of the specification specifically, the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell 1 is provided with an access door 20 matched with the recovery box body 12, and the outer surface of the access door 20 is integrally formed with a handle 21, so that collected waste scraps and sewage can be conveniently recovered.
Referring to fig. 3 of the specification, the spring assembly 4 includes a first fixing plate 41, a connecting rod 42 is fixedly mounted at a bottom end of the first fixing plate 41, a spring 43 is movably sleeved outside the connecting rod 42, and a second fixing plate 44 is fixedly mounted at a bottom of the connecting rod 42, so that when the spring is squeezed by a workpiece, dust can be prevented from entering the inside of the device.
Referring to the attached drawing 4 of the specification specifically, the vibration assembly 6 includes a supporting base 61, a first base plate 62 is fixedly installed at the top end of the supporting base 61, a vibration motor 63 is fixedly installed at the top end of the first base plate 62, a transmission shaft 64 is integrally formed at the top end of the vibration motor 63, and an eccentric wheel 65 is fixedly installed at the top end of the transmission shaft 64, so that vibration can be generated by the device, and scraps on a workpiece can be separated.
Referring to the attached drawing 5 of the specification specifically, the workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 comprises a baffle front part 101, a rubber layer 102 is filled in an inner cavity of the baffle front part 101, the rubber layer 102 is arranged in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 at the top end of the baffle front part 101, a vibration net 103 is fixedly arranged in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 at the top end of the rubber layer 102, a filtering grid plate 104 is fixedly arranged in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 at the top end of the filtering grid plate 104, a baffle tail part 105 is fixedly arranged in the inner cavity of the workpiece processing baffle assembly 10 at the top end of the filtering grid plate, and workpieces can be processed in different steps through the.
Referring to fig. 6 of the specification specifically, the spraying device assembly 14 includes a main pipe 141, a plurality of secondary pipes 142 are disposed inside the main pipe 141, and a nozzle 143 is fixedly mounted at the top end of the secondary pipe 142 at the bottom of the spraying device assembly 14, so as to perform cleaning processing on workpieces.
Referring to the attached drawing 7 of the specification specifically, the water supply assembly 16 comprises a third backing plate 161, a water tank 162 is placed on the top end of the third backing plate 161, a fourth backing plate 163 is fixedly installed at the bottom of an inner cavity of the water tank 162, a water pump 164 is placed on the top end of the fourth backing plate 163, and a water injection pipe 165 is fixedly installed at the output end of the water pump 164 to provide a water source for cleaning workpieces.
Referring to the attached drawing 1 of the specification specifically, a rubber layer is integrally formed at the bottom of the buffer plate 8, a filter screen is fixedly mounted inside the recovery box body 12, the rubber layer prevents a workpiece from flying out of the vibration screen 103 during vibration, the outer surface of the workpiece cannot be damaged, and the filter screen can separate scraps from water and facilitate recovery.
Firstly, when no workpiece enters the device, the spring assembly 4 enters and exits the elastic state, so that dust can be prevented from entering the device;
secondly, when a workpiece enters, the spring assembly 4 is extruded, the workpiece enters the workpiece processing baffle plate assembly 10, the vibration motor 63 is started at the beginning, the workpiece is vibrated at the vibration net 103 under the action of the vibration motor 63, the transmission shaft 64, the eccentric wheel 65 and the vibration block 13, so that the workpiece is separated from scraps, the workpiece can be prevented from flying away from an original track due to vibration due to the action of the buffer plate 8 in the vibration process, the scraps fall into the recovery box body 12 through the vibration net 103 and can be intercepted by the filter screen, and water can fall into the bottom of the recovery box body 12;
when the workpiece passes through the filter screen grid plate 104, the spraying device assembly 14 washes the workpiece, so that on one hand, some scraps which are not cleaned in the previous step can be removed, on the other hand, the workpiece can be cooled, and finally, the workpiece passes through the tail part 105 of the baffle plate, the fan 19 dries the workpiece, and finally, the workpiece is stacked through the discharge hole 9;
finally, the waste water in the waste box in the recovery box body 12 is treated through the access door 20 and the handle 21.
The points to be finally explained are: first, in the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" should be understood broadly, and may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection, or a communication between two elements, and may be a direct connection, and "upper," "lower," "left," and "right" are only used to indicate a relative positional relationship, and when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed, the relative positional relationship may be changed;
secondly, the method comprises the following steps: in the drawings of the disclosed embodiments of the present invention, only the structures related to the disclosed embodiments are referred to, and other structures can refer to the common design, and under the condition of no conflict, the same embodiment and different embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other;
and finally: the above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool, comprising a housing (1), characterized in that: the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell (1) is fixedly provided with a base (2), the top end of the base (2) is fixedly provided with a spring shell (3), the bottom of the inner cavity of the spring shell (3) is fixedly provided with a spring assembly (4), the top end of the spring assembly (4) is positioned at the top of the shell (1) and is provided with a feed inlet (5) matched with the feed inlet, the right side of the spring shell (3) is positioned at the top end of the base (2) and is fixedly provided with a vibration assembly (6), the outer part of the vibration assembly (6) is positioned at the top end of the base (2) and is fixedly provided with a dustproof net (7) matched with the dust screen, the top end of the inner cavity of the shell (1) is fixedly provided with a buffer plate (8), the bottom of the right side of the shell (1) is provided with a discharge hole (9), and, a second cushion plate (11) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell (1), a recovery box body (12) is arranged at the top end of the second cushion plate (11), the bottom of the workpiece processing baffle plate component (10) is fixedly provided with a vibration block (13), a spraying device component (14) is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner cavity of the shell (1) on the right side of the buffer plate (8), the top end of the spraying device component (14) is positioned at the top of the inner cavity of the shell (1) and is provided with a water injection port (15), a water supply assembly (16) is fixedly arranged at the top end of the water filling port (15), a support rod (17) is fixedly arranged at the top of the right side of the spraying device assembly (14) positioned in the inner cavity of the shell (1), the bottom end of the supporting rod (17) is fixedly provided with a fan motor (18), and the bottom end of the fan motor (18) is integrally formed with a fan (19).
2. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the bottom of the inner cavity of the shell (1) is provided with an access door (20) matched with the recovery box body (12), and the outer surface of the access door (20) is integrally formed with a handle (21).
3. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: spring unit (4) include first fixed plate (41), the bottom fixed mounting of first fixed plate (41) has connecting rod (42), the outside movable sleeve of connecting rod (42) is equipped with spring (43), the bottom fixed mounting of connecting rod (42) has second fixed plate (44).
4. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: vibrations subassembly (6) are including supporting base (61), the top fixed mounting who supports base (61) has first backing plate (62), the top fixed mounting of first backing plate (62) has shock dynamo (63), the top of shock dynamo (63) is integrated into one body has transmission shaft (64), the top fixed mounting of transmission shaft (64) has eccentric wheel (65).
5. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the workpiece processing baffle assembly (10) comprises a baffle front part (101), wherein a rubber layer (102) is filled in an inner cavity of the baffle front part (101) located in the workpiece processing baffle assembly (10), a vibration net (103) is fixedly installed in the inner cavity of the rubber layer (102) located in the workpiece processing baffle assembly (10), a filtering grid plate (104) is fixedly installed in the inner cavity of the vibration net (103) located in the workpiece processing baffle assembly (10), and a baffle tail part (105) is fixedly installed in the inner cavity of the filtering grid plate (104) located in the workpiece processing baffle assembly (10).
6. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sprinkler subassembly (14) includes trunk line (141), a plurality of time pipeline (142) have been seted up to the inside of trunk line (141), the bottom fixed mounting that the top of time pipeline (142) is located sprinkler subassembly (14) has shower nozzle (143).
7. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: water supply assembly (16) includes third backing plate (161), water tank (162) have been placed on the top of third backing plate (161), the bottom fixed mounting of water tank (162) inner chamber has fourth backing plate (163), water pump (164) have been placed on the top of fourth backing plate (163), the output fixed mounting of water pump (164) has water injection pipe (165).
8. An auxiliary device for blanking of a machine tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: a rubber layer is integrally formed at the bottom of the buffer plate (8), and a filter screen is fixedly arranged in the recovery box body (12).
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