CN211757636U - Online intelligent accurate adjusting device for supporting plate position of high-speed wire laying machine - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an altitude laying head layer board position on-line intelligent accurate adjusting device in the mechanical technical field of high-speed wire production line, including servo motor, reducing gear box, first connecting rod, second connecting rod, third connecting rod, transmission shaft, layer board, support and laying head guard shield, the laying head guard shield is provided with a fixed plate, the reducing gear box is connected on the fixed plate of laying head guard shield through a bolt, the right side power output shaft of servo motor is connected with one end output shaft of the reducing gear box, the other end output shaft of the reducing gear box is connected with a first connecting rod, the movable end of the first connecting rod is connected with a second connecting rod, the other end of the second connecting rod is connected with a third connecting rod, the other end of the third connecting rod is connected; the utility model discloses a change the layer board and practiced thrift manufacturing cost effectively, simple structure, processing are easy, and simple to operate has realized the adjustment of small, accurate angle of laying head layer board intelligence swiftly small through the simple cooperation of a small amount of parts to make the lapping wire rod steadily fall on the forced air cooling roll table.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a high-speed wire rod production line machinery technical field, concretely relates to online intelligent accurate adjusting device of altitude laying head layer board position.
Background
Laying heads are one of the key devices in high-speed wire production lines and function to form high-speed linear wire into controlled predetermined loop-shaped loops. At the outlet of the laying head, a pallet device is provided, which functions to smoothly place the wire loops onto an air-cooled roller table. During actual production, if the angle of the supporting plate is not proper, the phenomenon that the roll is disordered and the diameter is uneven and other out-of-tolerance products often occurs, and subsequent process operation is seriously influenced. Therefore, whether the angle of the supporting plate is adjusted properly is the key of whether the wire ring can stably fall on the front end air-cooled roller way.
In the current laying head pallet design, several different adjustment devices also appear. However, there are some disadvantages.
Patent 201220507420.5, whose application date is 09.29.2012, discloses a device for online adjusting a laying head carriage, which adopts the technical scheme that: it comprises adjustment lead screw, supporting seat, wedge, bottom plate, dog, and this utility model discloses well adjustment lead screw drives the wedge and removes on the bottom plate, and the wedge makes the layer board around fixed axial swing, has realized adjusting the layer board under the state of not stopping, nevertheless, the weak point of its existence has: 1) the adjusting screw rod is arranged in the middle of the wedge-shaped block, namely in the center of the laying head, the operating space is very limited during adjustment, great difficulty is brought to operation, and when the laying head works, the temperature of the area is extremely high, and spray water exists, so that the working environment is severe and the danger is great; 2) the wedge-shaped block can only move forwards and backwards, but the angle of the working surface of the wedge-shaped block cannot be adjusted, so that the angle of the butt joint wire ring cannot be finely and accurately adjusted; 3) the wedge block is not provided with a replaceable wear-resisting plate device, when the wedge block is worn to a certain degree, the wedge block can only be replaced integrally, the operation is troublesome, and the cost is increased.
Patent 201420439762.7, whose application date is 2014, 08 and 06 discloses a laying head, which comprises a pinch roll and a laying head body arranged behind the pinch roll, wherein an air cooling roller way is arranged below a laying head of the laying head body, a coiling supporting plate is arranged between the laying head and the air cooling roller way, one end of the coiling supporting plate is a free end, and the other end of the coiling supporting plate is movably connected with the laying head body. However, it has the following disadvantages: 1) the driving device is a hydraulic cylinder, and the tiny control and the difficulty of the stroke of the hydraulic cylinder cause that the bearing roll supporting plate can not realize tiny and accurate control; 2) the wedge-shaped block is not provided with a replaceable wear-resisting plate device, when the wedge-shaped block is worn to a certain degree, the wedge-shaped block can only be replaced integrally, the operation is troublesome, and the cost is increased; 3) and a dial and a pointer device are not arranged, so that the corresponding angles of the coiled supporting plates cannot be obtained when finished products of different specifications are obtained.
Patent 201420805694.1 of application date being 2014, 12, and 18 discloses a 30-degree inclination angle cold rolling laying head, which comprises a laying device, wherein the laying device comprises a rectangular plate, a rectangular plate connecting rod, a supporting rod, an adjusting rod, a fixed arm, two hinges and a plurality of angle irons. The utility model discloses a can realize the upset of rectangle board. However, it has the following disadvantages: 1) the overturning of the rectangular plate is realized by adjusting the bolts, so that the operation is troublesome and the labor amount is large; 2) the two hinges are arranged at positions too close to the center of the laying head, so that the influence of corrosion caused by long-term action of spray water cannot be avoided, the hinges are used for a period of time, and the rotation is difficult; 3) the rectangular plate is not provided with a replaceable wear-resisting plate device, when the rectangular plate is worn to a certain degree, the rectangular plate can only be replaced integrally, the operation is troublesome, and the cost is increased; 4) and a dial and a pointer device are not arranged, so that the corresponding angles of the coiled supporting plates cannot be obtained when finished products of different specifications are obtained.
Based on this, the utility model designs an altitude laying head layer board position is online intelligent accurate adjustment device to solve above-mentioned problem.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide an altitude laying head layer board position is accurate adjusting device of online intelligence to when solving the actual production who provides in the above-mentioned background art, because the layer board angle is improper, lead to often appearing indiscriminate book, diameter size inequality ultra-poor product, seriously influence the problem of follow-up technology operation.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides an altitude laying head layer board position is accurate adjusting device of online intelligence, includes servo motor, reducing gear box, first connecting rod, second connecting rod, third connecting rod, transmission shaft, layer board, support and laying head guard shield, be equipped with the fixed plate on the laying head guard shield, the reducing gear box passes through bolted connection on the fixed plate of laying head guard shield, servo motor's right side power output shaft with reducing gear box one end play hub connection, the reducing gear box other end play hub connection has first connecting rod, the expansion end of first connecting rod is connected with the second connecting rod, the other end of second connecting rod is connected with the third connecting rod, the other end of third connecting rod is connected with the transmission shaft, the outer wall of transmission shaft is equipped with the layer board through the fix with screw, the outer wall of transmission shaft has cup jointed the support.
Preferably, a dial is arranged on the fixing plate, and a pointer is arranged on the transmission shaft.
Preferably, the reduction ratio of the reduction gearbox is greater than 360:1, and 400: 1 or 600: 1.
Preferably, the output shafts at the two ends of the reduction gearbox are respectively provided with a key groove, and the reduction gearbox is respectively connected with the servo motor and the first connecting rod through keys in the two groups of key grooves.
Preferably, the second connecting rod, the first connecting rod and the third connecting rod may be connected by bolts or pins.
Preferably, the third connecting rod is connected with the transmission shaft through a key.
Preferably, transmission shaft one end has the staff through bolted connection, be equipped with the shaft coupling on the staff and have the encoder through the coupling joint, the transmission shaft other end has the tablet through bolted connection, the electric connection has proximity switch on the tablet.
Preferably, the screw connecting hole of the supporting plate is designed into a counter bore form, the depth value of the counter bore minus the height value of the screw head is more than or equal to 2mm, and the supporting plate is made of wear-resistant materials.
Preferably, the support comprises an upper support and a lower support, the upper support and the lower support are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the center of the outlet of the laying head and far away from the laying head, the lower support is fixedly connected with the laying head protective cover, and the upper support is connected with the lower support through a bolt.
Preferably, a self-lubricating shaft sleeve is arranged between the upper support and the lower support.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
(1) the reduction ratio of the reduction gearbox is more than 360: 1; generally, 400: 1 or 600:1, when the servo motor rotates for one circle, the overturning angle of the supporting plate is less than 1 degree, so that the supporting plate can be finely and accurately adjusted;
(2) the supporting plate adopts a replaceable wear-resisting plate design, and in the practical process, when the wear-resisting plate is worn to a certain degree and cannot ensure that the service performance needs to be replaced, only the wear-resisting plate needs to be replaced, so that the production cost is effectively saved;
(3) two supporting blocks are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the center of the outlet of the laying head, in order to avoid the corrosion influence caused by the long-term action of spray water, the two supporting seats are far away from the laying head, and in order to enable the transmission shaft to rotate freely, a self-lubricating shaft sleeve is arranged between the upper supporting seat and the lower supporting seat;
(4) the dial and pointer device is used for conveniently and quickly recording the initial position of the supporting plate and the real-time angle position of the on-site visual supporting plate, detecting the induction plate through the proximity switch and extracting the initial position signal of the supporting plate;
(5) the supporting plate can intelligently adjust the control program according to the specifications of different finished rolled pieces, and the specification parameters of the finished rolled pieces obtained by the feedback of the front-end diameter gauge can be matched, so that the number of rotation turns of the servo motor can be intelligently and quickly controlled through the encoder, and the angle of the supporting plate can be accurately adjusted in real time.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments 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 that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the present invention taken along line K of FIG. 1;
fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 2 in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 2 in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of fig. 1, taken along line C-C, in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of fig. 1 in accordance with the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic view of the transmission shaft structure of the present invention.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1-a servo motor; 2-a reduction gearbox; 3-a first link; 4-a second link; 5-a third link; 6-dial scale; 7-a pointer; 8-a transmission shaft; 9-a supporting plate; 10-a support; 10 a-upper support; 10 b-a lower support; 11-self-lubricating shaft sleeve; 12-a fixing plate; 13-an encoder; 14-a coupling; 15-small axis; 16-a sensing plate; 17-proximity switch.
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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 of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1-7, the present invention provides a technical solution: an online intelligent accurate adjusting device for the position of a supporting plate of an altitude spinning machine comprises a servo motor 1, a reduction gearbox 2, a first connecting rod 3, a second connecting rod 4, a third connecting rod 5, a transmission shaft 8, a supporting plate 9, a support 10 and a spinning machine protective cover, wherein a fixing plate 12 is arranged on the spinning machine protective cover, the reduction gearbox 2 is connected to the fixing plate 12 of the spinning machine protective cover through a bolt, the reduction ratio of the reduction gearbox 2 is greater than 360:1, and 400 can be selected generally: 1 or 600:1, so that the supporting plate 9 can realize tiny and accurate angle adjustment, the labor intensity of operators in the adjustment process is reduced, in order to facilitate the online adjustment of the supporting plate 9, a servo motor 1 is arranged on the side surface of a laying head protective cover and is far away from the center of the laying head, a right power output shaft of the servo motor 1 is connected with one end of a reduction gearbox 2 through an output shaft, the other end of the reduction gearbox 2 is connected with a first connecting rod 3 through an output shaft, key grooves are arranged on two ends of the reduction gearbox 2, the reduction gearbox 2 is respectively connected with the servo motor 1 and the first connecting rod 3 through keys in two groups of key grooves, the movable end of the first connecting rod 3 is connected with a second connecting rod 4, the other end of the second connecting rod 4 is connected with a third connecting rod 5, the second connecting rod 4 can be connected with the first connecting rod 3 and the third connecting rod 5 through bolts or pin shafts, the, the third connecting rod 5 is connected with the transmission shaft 8 through a key, one end of the transmission shaft 8 is connected with a small shaft 15 through a bolt, the small shaft 15 is provided with a coupler 14 and is connected with an encoder 13 through the coupler 14, the other end of the transmission shaft 8 is connected with an induction plate 16 through a bolt, the induction plate 16 is electrically connected with a proximity switch 17, the outer wall of the transmission shaft 8 is fixedly provided with a supporting plate 9 through a bolt, the supporting plate 9 is arranged in a replaceable form and is fixed on the transmission shaft 8 through a bolt, a bolt connecting hole of the supporting plate 9 is designed in a counter bore form, the depth value of the counter bore minus the height value of a bolt head is more than or equal to 2mm, in order to prolong the service life of the supporting plate 9, the production stop influence caused by replacing the supporting plate is reduced, the labor intensity is reduced, the supporting plate 9 is made of wear-, the upper support 10a and the lower support 10b are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the center of the outlet of the laying head, so that the upper support 10a and the lower support 10b are far away from a laying head opening for avoiding corrosion influence caused by long-term action of spray water, the lower support 10b is fixedly connected with a laying head shield, the upper support 10a and the lower support 10b are connected through bolts, and a self-lubricating shaft sleeve 11 is arranged between the upper support 10a and the lower support 10b for enabling the transmission shaft 8 to freely rotate.
In order to record the initial position of the supporting plate and visualize the real-time angle position of the supporting plate on site, a dial and pointer device is provided, the dial 6 is arranged on the fixing plate 12, and the pointer 7 is arranged on the transmission shaft 8.
And a set of supporting plates 9 can be intelligently adjusted according to the specification of different finished rolled pieces, and the specification parameters of the finished rolled pieces can be obtained by the feedback of a front-end diameter gauge. The initial position signal of the supporting plate 9 is extracted by the proximity switch 17, the specification parameters of the finished product rolled piece are obtained by the feedback of a front-end diameter gauge, and the number of rotation turns of the servo motor 1 is controlled by the encoder 13, so that the angle of the supporting plate 8 is intelligently and quickly accurately adjusted in real time.
The servo motor 1 is an alternating current servo motor and is provided with a position servo system. The rated output power of the servo motor is generally 0.4kW, the rated output rotating speed is 3000rpm, the power frequency is 50Hz, and the voltage is 380V.
The encoder 13 is an absolute value type encoder with high measurement accuracy, zero-point-free accumulated error and strong interference resistance, the working voltage is DC 10-30V, and the output code is selected as a binary code or a Gray code.
The proximity switch 17 is an inductance type high-temperature expansion type proximity switch, the working voltage DC24V is adopted, and the output state is in a PNP form.
It is worth noting that: the whole device is controlled by the encoder, the encoder matched equipment is common equipment and belongs to the existing mature technology, the control circuit of the encoder can be realized by simple programming of technicians in the field, the power supply also belongs to the common knowledge in the field, and the electrical connection relation and the specific circuit structure are not described in detail herein.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention disclosed above are intended only to help illustrate the present invention. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand the invention for and utilize the invention. The present invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides an online intelligent accurate adjusting device of altitude laying head layer board position, includes servo motor (1), reducing gear box (2), first connecting rod (3), second connecting rod (4), third connecting rod (5), transmission shaft (8), layer board (9), support (10) and laying head guard shield, its characterized in that: the spinning machine is characterized in that a fixing plate (12) is arranged on the spinning machine shield, the reduction gearbox (2) is connected onto the fixing plate (12) of the spinning machine shield through bolts, the right power output shaft of the servo motor (1) is connected with one end of the reduction gearbox (2) through an output shaft, the other end of the reduction gearbox (2) is connected with a first connecting rod (3) through an output shaft, the movable end of the first connecting rod (3) is connected with a second connecting rod (4), the other end of the second connecting rod (4) is connected with a third connecting rod (5), the other end of the third connecting rod (5) is connected with a transmission shaft (8), a supporting plate (9) is arranged on the outer wall of the transmission shaft (8) through screw fixation, and a support (10) is sleeved.
2. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: be equipped with calibrated scale (6) on fixed plate (12), be equipped with pointer (7) on transmission shaft (8).
3. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the reduction ratio of the reduction gearbox (2) is greater than 360:1, and 400: 1 or 600: 1.
4. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: key grooves are formed in the output shafts at the two ends of the reduction gearbox (2), and the reduction gearbox (2) is connected with the servo motor (1) and the first connecting rod (3) through keys in the two groups of key grooves respectively.
5. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the second connecting rod (4), the first connecting rod (3) and the third connecting rod (5) are connected in any one of bolt connection and pin connection.
6. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the third connecting rod (5) is connected with the transmission shaft (8) through a key.
7. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: there is staff (15) transmission shaft (8) one end through bolted connection, be equipped with shaft coupling (14) on staff (15) and be connected with encoder (13) through shaft coupling (14), there is tablet (16) transmission shaft (8) other end through bolted connection, electric connection has proximity switch (17) on tablet (16).
8. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the screw connecting hole of the supporting plate (9) is designed to be in a counter bore mode, the depth value of the counter bore minus the height value of a screw head is larger than or equal to 2mm, and the supporting plate (9) is made of wear-resistant materials.
9. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the support (10) comprises an upper support (10a) and a lower support (10b), the upper support (10a) and the lower support (10b) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the center of the outlet of the laying head and far away from the laying head, the lower support (10b) is fixedly connected with the laying head shield, and the upper support (10a) is connected with the lower support (10b) through bolts.
10. The high-speed wire laying head supporting plate position online intelligent precise adjusting device according to claim 9, characterized in that: and a self-lubricating shaft sleeve (11) is arranged between the upper support (10a) and the lower support (10 b).
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