CN211761925U - Water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior - Google Patents

Water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior Download PDF

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CN211761925U
CN211761925U CN201922413531.4U CN201922413531U CN211761925U CN 211761925 U CN211761925 U CN 211761925U CN 201922413531 U CN201922413531 U CN 201922413531U CN 211761925 U CN211761925 U CN 211761925U
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吴劲男
曾勇
张迁
吴永平
蒋川松
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The utility model discloses a water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior, including organism and the material placing frame that sets up at the organism top, the rectangle that the top of organism was seted up and was put the material frame and be adapted takes the groove, the inboard of material placing frame evenly is provided with a plurality of inner stay, and the top of material placing frame is provided with and waits to cut the material, the top of material placing frame is provided with a plurality of stop device corresponding with waiting to cut the material; through setting up the stop device who comprises U-shaped slide, rotatory pressure seat, pull rod, layering, rubber pad, spring groove, extrusion spring, interior support piece and carrying the block for when waiting to cut the material and put at the top of putting the work or material rest, operating personnel can carry out good spacing through layering and rubber pad to waiting to cut the material, thereby prevent to wait to cut the material and take place the offset in follow-up cutting process, ensure the cutting precision, and stop device's position can be nimble adjust.

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Water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of water cutting equipment, concretely relates to water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior.
Background
The automotive interior is the assembly of various gadgets in the automobile, and some great slice automotive interior spares of area need use a numerical control water sword cutter to carry out cutting process in process of production, and this kind of numerical control water sword cutter links to each other with external booster pump when using, can effectually carry out cutting process to slice automotive interior spare, is the cold attitude cutting equipment of efficient superhigh pressure water jet, is widely applied to the cutting process of various materials.
Current numerical control water-jet cutting machine can set up one at the top of organism and be used for placing the material frame of putting of waiting to cut the material in the use, nevertheless because the top of putting the material frame does not set up any and treats that the material of cutting carries out spacing and fixed device, leads to waiting to cut the material and produce the offset in the in-process of follow-up cutting easily to influence holistic cutting precision, for this the utility model provides a water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior to solve the current numerical control water jet cutting machine who proposes in the above-mentioned background art in the use, can set up one at the top of organism and be used for placing the material frame of putting of waiting to cut the material, nevertheless because the top of putting the material frame does not set up any and treats that the material of cutting carries out spacing and fixed device, lead to waiting to cut the material and produce the offset easily at the in-process of follow-up cutting, thereby influence holistic cutting precision problem.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a water cutting device for producing automotive interiors comprises a machine body and a material placing frame arranged at the top of the machine body, wherein a rectangular overlapping groove matched with the material placing frame is formed in the top of the machine body, a plurality of inner supporting strips are uniformly arranged on the inner side of the material placing frame, a material to be cut is arranged at the top of the material placing frame, a plurality of limiting devices corresponding to the material to be cut are arranged at the top of the material placing frame, each limiting device comprises a U-shaped sliding seat arranged on the top surface of each inner supporting strip, a rotary pressing seat is rotatably connected to the top of each U-shaped sliding seat, a pull rod penetrates through the top end of each rotary pressing seat, a pressing strip is arranged at the bottom end of each pull rod, a rubber pad is arranged on the bottom surface of each pressing strip, a spring groove is formed in the top end of each rotary pressing seat, each pull rod penetrates through the inside of each spring groove, an extrusion spring is arranged inside each spring, an inner abutting block is welded and fixed on the surface of the pull rod and located at the bottom end of the inner portion of the spring groove, a lifting block is fixed at the top end of the pull rod, and a clamping device is arranged between the U-shaped sliding seat and the inner supporting strip.
Preferably, the front surface of the machine body is provided with a push-pull opening matched with the material placing frame, and the push-pull opening is communicated with the rectangular lapping groove.
Preferably, the side end blocks are fixed on the surfaces of the two sides of the material placing frame, the side sliding grooves matched with the side end blocks are formed in the inner walls of the two sides of the rectangular lapping grooves, and the top ends of the side sliding grooves are communicated with the front surface of the machine body.
Preferably, the front surface of the material placing frame is symmetrically provided with two front pull handles, and the end parts of the front pull handles are welded and fixed with the material placing frame.
Preferably, the clamping device comprises a fastening ring arranged on one side of the U-shaped sliding seat, a threaded rod is fixed on one side of the fastening ring, a limiting extrusion block is fixed at the end of the threaded rod, an extrusion block groove corresponding to the limiting extrusion block is formed in the inner side of the U-shaped sliding seat, the limiting extrusion block is located in the extrusion block groove, and a threaded hole corresponding to the threaded rod is formed in the top end of the extrusion block groove.
Preferably, the surface of tighrening ring evenly is provided with a plurality of anti-skidding sand grips, the screw thread of screw hole inner wall and the screw thread phase-match of threaded rod surface.
Preferably, the top end of the U-shaped sliding seat is provided with a rotating rod, and the bottom end of the rotating pressing seat is sleeved on the surface of the rotating rod.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. through setting up the stop device who comprises U-shaped slide, rotatory pressure seat, pull rod, layering, rubber pad, spring groove, extrusion spring, interior support piece and carrying the block for when waiting to cut the material and put at the top of putting the work or material rest, operating personnel can carry out good spacing through layering and rubber pad to waiting to cut the material, thereby prevent to wait to cut the material and take place the offset in follow-up cutting process, ensure the cutting precision, and stop device's position can be nimble adjust.
2. The push-pull opening is formed in the front surface of the machine body, and the side end block, the side sliding groove and the front pull handle are arranged, so that the material placing frame can be directly pulled out of and pushed into the front surface of the machine body, the material placing frame is easier to disassemble and assemble, and the problem that the material placing frame can only be pulled out of the top of the machine body in the original device is solved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the connection between the material placing frame and the machine body;
fig. 3 is a top view of the material placing frame of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the area A in FIG. 3 according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the joint of the rotary pressing seat and the pressing bar of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of the area B in FIG. 5 according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the U-shaped sliding seat and the inner brace of the present invention;
in the figure: 1. a body; 2. a material placing frame; 3. material to be cut; 4. rotating the pressing seat; 5. pulling the handle forwards; 6. a side end block; 7. a side chute; 8. an inner stay; 9. layering; 10. a U-shaped slide seat; 11. lifting blocks; 12. a fastening ring; 13. a rubber pad; 14. a pull rod; 15. an inner resisting block; 16. a spring slot; 17. a threaded rod; 18. a block extruding groove; 19. limiting the extrusion block; 20. compressing the spring.
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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.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the present invention provides a technical solution: a water cutting device for producing automotive interior comprises a machine body 1 and a material placing frame 2 arranged on the top of the machine body 1, wherein a rectangular overlapping groove matched with the material placing frame 2 is formed in the top of the machine body 1, a plurality of inner supporting strips 8 are uniformly arranged on the inner side of the material placing frame 2 through welding, a material 3 to be cut is arranged on the top of the material placing frame 2, a plurality of limiting devices corresponding to the material 3 to be cut are arranged on the top of the material placing frame 2, each limiting device comprises a U-shaped sliding seat 10 arranged on the top surface of each inner supporting strip 8, each U-shaped sliding seat 10 can slide on the top surface of each inner supporting strip 8, the top of each U-shaped sliding seat 10 is rotatably connected with a rotating press seat 4, a pull rod 14 penetrates through the top end of each rotating press seat 4, a pressing strip 9 is arranged at the bottom end of each pull rod 14 through welding, a rubber pad 13 is arranged on the bottom surface of each pressing strip 9, the pull rod 14 penetrates through the spring groove 16, an extrusion spring 20 is arranged inside the spring groove 16, the extrusion spring 20 is sleeved on the surface of the pull rod 14, an inner abutting block 15 is welded and fixed on the surface of the pull rod 14, the inner abutting block 15 is located at the bottom end inside the spring groove 16, the extrusion spring 20 can apply extrusion force to the inner abutting block 15, a lifting block 11 is welded and fixed on the top end of the pull rod 14, when the material to be cut 3 is placed at the top of the material placing frame 2, an operator can well limit the material to be cut 3 through a pressing strip 9 and a rubber pad 13, and a clamping device is arranged between the U-shaped sliding seat 10 and the inner supporting strip 8.
In this embodiment, preferably, the clamping device includes a fastening ring 12 disposed on one side of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, a threaded rod 17 is welded and fixed on one side of the fastening ring 12, a limiting extrusion block 19 is welded and fixed on an end portion of the threaded rod 17, an extrusion block groove 18 corresponding to the limiting extrusion block 19 is formed in the inner side of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, the limiting extrusion block 19 is located inside the extrusion block groove 18, and a threaded hole corresponding to the threaded rod 17 is formed in a top end of the extrusion block groove 18, so that the U-shaped sliding seat 10 can be limited by the limiting extrusion block 19 when the surface of the inner supporting bar 8 slides to any position.
In this embodiment, preferably, the outer surface of the fastening ring 12 is uniformly provided with a plurality of anti-slip raised lines, so that the fastening ring 12 is easy to rotate and screw, and the threads on the inner wall of the threaded hole are matched with the threads on the outer surface of the threaded rod 17.
In this embodiment, preferably, a rotating rod is disposed at the top end of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, and the bottom end of the rotating pressing seat 4 is sleeved on the surface of the rotating rod, so that the rotating pressing seat 4 can smoothly rotate on the top of the U-shaped sliding seat 10.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the present invention provides a technical solution: a water cutting device for producing automotive interior comprises a machine body 1 and a material placing frame 2 arranged on the top of the machine body 1, wherein a rectangular overlapping groove matched with the material placing frame 2 is formed in the top of the machine body 1, a plurality of inner supporting strips 8 are uniformly arranged on the inner side of the material placing frame 2 through welding, a material 3 to be cut is arranged on the top of the material placing frame 2, a plurality of limiting devices corresponding to the material 3 to be cut are arranged on the top of the material placing frame 2, each limiting device comprises a U-shaped sliding seat 10 arranged on the top surface of each inner supporting strip 8, each U-shaped sliding seat 10 can slide on the top surface of each inner supporting strip 8, the top of each U-shaped sliding seat 10 is rotatably connected with a rotating press seat 4, a pull rod 14 penetrates through the top end of each rotating press seat 4, a pressing strip 9 is arranged at the bottom end of each pull rod 14 through welding, a rubber pad 13 is arranged on the bottom surface of each pressing strip 9, the pull rod 14 penetrates through the spring groove 16, an extrusion spring 20 is arranged inside the spring groove 16, the extrusion spring 20 is sleeved on the surface of the pull rod 14, an inner abutting block 15 is welded and fixed on the surface of the pull rod 14, the inner abutting block 15 is located at the bottom end inside the spring groove 16, the extrusion spring 20 can apply extrusion force to the inner abutting block 15, a lifting block 11 is welded and fixed on the top end of the pull rod 14, when the material to be cut 3 is placed at the top of the material placing frame 2, an operator can well limit the material to be cut 3 through a pressing strip 9 and a rubber pad 13, and a clamping device is arranged between the U-shaped sliding seat 10 and the inner supporting strip 8.
In this embodiment, preferably, the front surface of the machine body 1 is provided with a push-pull opening matched with the material placing frame 2, and the push-pull opening communicates with the rectangular groove, so that the material placing frame 2 can be directly pulled out and pushed in from the front surface of the machine body 1, and the material placing frame 2 can be more easily disassembled.
In this embodiment, preferably, the both sides surface of putting work or material rest 2 all welded fastening has side piece 6, and the rectangle takes the both sides inner wall in groove all to set up with the sideslip groove 7 of side piece 6 looks adaptation, and the top of sideslip groove 7 communicates with each other with the front surface of organism 1 for it can obtain spacingly in the vertical direction after 2 push rectangles take the groove to put work or material rest, avoids putting work or material rest 2 and appears rocking from top to bottom.
In this embodiment, preferably, the front surface of the material placing frame 2 is symmetrically provided with two front pulling handles 5, and the end portions of the front pulling handles 5 are welded and fixed with the material placing frame 2, so that the force can be easily applied when the material placing frame 2 is pulled.
In this embodiment, preferably, the clamping device includes a fastening ring 12 disposed on one side of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, a threaded rod 17 is welded and fixed on one side of the fastening ring 12, a limiting extrusion block 19 is welded and fixed on an end portion of the threaded rod 17, an extrusion block groove 18 corresponding to the limiting extrusion block 19 is formed in the inner side of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, the limiting extrusion block 19 is located inside the extrusion block groove 18, and a threaded hole corresponding to the threaded rod 17 is formed in a top end of the extrusion block groove 18, so that the U-shaped sliding seat 10 can be limited by the limiting extrusion block 19 when the surface of the inner supporting bar 8 slides to any position.
In this embodiment, preferably, the outer surface of the fastening ring 12 is uniformly provided with a plurality of anti-slip raised lines, so that the fastening ring 12 is easy to rotate and screw, and the threads on the inner wall of the threaded hole are matched with the threads on the outer surface of the threaded rod 17.
In this embodiment, preferably, a rotating rod is disposed at the top end of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, and the bottom end of the rotating pressing seat 4 is sleeved on the surface of the rotating rod, so that the rotating pressing seat 4 can smoothly rotate on the top of the U-shaped sliding seat 10.
The utility model discloses the model of numerical control water sword cutting machine is ONE JET50-G20 x 15;
the utility model discloses a theory of operation and use flow: when the numerical control water jet cutting machine is used, the material 3 to be cut can be cut only by placing the material 3 on the top of the material placing frame 2 and starting the numerical control water jet cutting machine;
when an operator places the material 3 to be cut on the top of the material placing frame 2, the operator can unscrew the fastening ring 12 to enable the limiting extrusion block 19 not to limit the U-shaped sliding seat 10, then slide the U-shaped sliding seat 10 to one side of the material 3 to be cut on the surface of the inner supporting strip 8, then screw the fastening ring 12 to enable the limiting extrusion block 19 to be tightly attached to the inner supporting strip 8, so that the U-shaped sliding seat 10 can be clamped and limited, at the moment, pull up the lifting block 11 on the top of the rotary pressing seat 4 to enable the lifting block 11 to pull up the pressing strip 9 and the rubber pad 13 through the pull rod 14, enable the inner supporting block 15 to compress the extrusion spring 20 and enable the inner supporting block 15 to slide towards the top end of the spring groove 16, so that the heights of the pressing strip 9 and the rubber pad 13 can be pulled to be higher than the height of the material 3 to be cut, and then rotate the rotary pressing seat 4 on the top of the U-shaped sliding seat 10, the pressing strip 9 and the rubber pad 13 can rotate to the top of the material 3 to be cut, then the lifting block 11 is loosened, the extrusion spring 20 in the spring groove 16 pushes the inner abutting block 15 back, and the rubber pad 13 at the bottom end of the pull rod 14 can abut against the material 3 to be cut under the action of the extrusion spring 20, so that the material 3 to be cut can be limited, the material 3 to be cut can be prevented from position deviation in the subsequent cutting process, when the material 3 to be cut needs to be taken down after the subsequent cutting is finished, the lifting block 11 is only pulled upwards, the rotary pressing seat 4 is rotated, the pressing strip 9 and the rubber pad 13 are rotated and moved away from the top of the material 3 to be cut, and the material 3 to be cut can be smoothly taken down;
when an operator needs to detach the material placing frame 2, the operator only needs to hold the front pull handle 5 to pull the material placing frame 2 forward forcibly, so that the material placing frame 2 can be pulled out from the push-pull opening, and the side end block 6 can be pulled out from the top end of the side sliding groove 7, the material placing frame 2 can be detached smoothly, when the subsequent material placing frame 2 is installed, the bottom end of the material placing frame 2 is also needed to be pushed into the rectangular groove from the push-pull opening, then the material placing frame 2 is continuously pushed into the rectangular groove until the side end block 6 at the top end position of the material placing frame 2 can slide into the side sliding groove 7, the installation of the material placing frame 2 can be smoothly completed, the problem that the material placing frame 2 can only be detached from the top of the machine body 1 in a lifting mode in the original device is avoided, and the material placing frame 2 can be detached.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a water cutting equipment for producing automotive interior, includes organism (1) and sets up at the work or material rest (2) of putting at organism (1) top, the rectangle of putting work or material rest (2) looks adaptation is seted up at the top of organism (1) and is taken the groove with the rectangle of putting work or material rest (2), the inboard of putting work or material rest (2) evenly is provided with a plurality of interior stay (8), and the top of putting work or material rest (2) is provided with and waits to cut material (3), its characterized in that: the top of the material placing frame (2) is provided with a plurality of limiting devices corresponding to a material to be cut (3), each limiting device comprises a U-shaped sliding seat (10) arranged on the top surface of an inner supporting bar (8), the top of each U-shaped sliding seat (10) is rotatably connected with a rotary pressing seat (4), a pull rod (14) penetrates through the top end of each rotary pressing seat (4), a pressing strip (9) is arranged at the bottom end of each pull rod (14), a rubber pad (13) is arranged on the bottom surface of each pressing strip (9), a spring groove (16) is formed in the top end of each rotary pressing seat (4), each pull rod (14) penetrates through the corresponding spring groove (16), an extrusion spring (20) is arranged inside each spring groove (16), each extrusion spring (20) is sleeved on the surface of each pull rod (14), an inner abutting block (15) is welded and fixed on the surface of each pull rod (14), and each inner abutting block (15) is located at the bottom end of each spring groove (16), a lifting block (11) is fixed at the top end of the pull rod (14), and a clamping device is arranged between the U-shaped sliding seat (10) and the inner stay bar (8).
2. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the front surface of the machine body (1) is provided with a push-pull opening matched with the material placing frame (2), and the push-pull opening is communicated with the rectangular lapping groove.
3. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 1, characterized in that: side end blocks (6) are fixed on the surfaces of the two sides of the material placing frame (2), side sliding grooves (7) matched with the side end blocks (6) are formed in the inner walls of the two sides of the rectangular lapping grooves, and the top ends of the side sliding grooves (7) are communicated with the front surface of the machine body (1).
4. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the front surface of the material placing frame (2) is symmetrically provided with two front pull handles (5), and the end parts of the front pull handles (5) are welded and fixed with the material placing frame (2).
5. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 1, characterized in that: clamping device is including setting up tight loop (12) in U-shaped slide (10) one side, one side of tight loop (12) is fixed with threaded rod (17), and the end fixing of threaded rod (17) has spacing crowded piece (19), the corresponding crowded piece groove (18) with spacing crowded piece (19) is seted up to the inboard of U-shaped slide (10), spacing crowded piece (19) are in the inside of crowded piece groove (18), just the corresponding screw hole with threaded rod (17) is seted up on the top of crowded piece groove (18).
6. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 5, characterized in that: the surface of tight ring (12) evenly is provided with a plurality of anti-skidding sand grips, the screw thread of screw hole inner wall and the screw thread phase-match of threaded rod (17) surface.
7. A water cutting apparatus for producing automotive interiors, according to claim 1, characterized in that: the top of U-shaped slide (10) is provided with the rotary rod, and the bottom cover of rotatory pressure seat (4) is established on the surface of rotary rod.
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