CN213052942U - Numerical control milling machine capable of automatically cleaning scraps - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an automatic numerical control milling machine of clearance sweeps, including the lathe body, be provided with the processing platform on the lathe body, be provided with the T type groove of horizontal extension on the processing platform, be provided with clearance mechanism on the processing platform, be provided with actuating mechanism on the processing platform, actuating mechanism is connected with clearance mechanism, clearance mechanism includes the movable plate, the movable plate is connected with the processing platform is slided, the movable plate is provided with the clearance piece on with, the clearance piece is "T" type form and cooperatees with T type groove, the clearance piece is located T type inslot, the horizontal one side of movable plate is provided with vertical chip guide surface, the movable plate is kept away from to vertical one end on the chip guide surface, the other end is close to the movable plate, the chip guide surface is close to the below of one end of movable plate and is provided with first collection bits case, first collection bits case is connected with the movable plate, the sweeps are cleaned in time, accumulation of the sweeps is reduced, and the sweeps are prevented from scattering around to influence the cleaning effect.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the machining equipment field, more specifically the numerical control milling machine who relates to an automatic clearance sweeps that says so.
Background
The milling machine is a machine tool with wide application, and a plane and various curved surfaces can be processed on the milling machine. When the milling machine works, a workpiece is clamped by the clamp, the clamp is fixed on the processing table through the moving groove on the processing table, then milling is carried out to obtain a required product, and the numerical control device is additionally arranged on the milling machine, so that the processing production efficiency of the milling machine can be further improved. In the process of processing products by the milling machine, a large amount of scraps fall into the processing table and the moving groove, and after the scraps are accumulated on the processing table and in the moving groove, the processing of subsequent parts on the processing table can be influenced.
Patent document CN211028241U discloses a milling machine convenient for cleaning, comprising a frame and a processing table, the processing table is provided with a plurality of processing grooves which are arranged in parallel, two sides of the processing table in the width direction are respectively provided with a supporting table, the supporting platform is provided with a cleaning device which comprises a driving mechanism, a moving plate and a scraper, the driving mechanism is arranged on the supporting tables, the moving plate is erected between the two supporting tables and is arranged in a sliding manner along the length directions of the two supporting tables, a plurality of scrapers are arranged at intervals, the scrapers are arranged below the moving plate and are in sliding fit with the processing groove, the bottom of the scraper is abutted against the bottom of the processing groove and forms an acute angle with the processing groove, the length of the supporting table is greater than that of the processing table, a collecting box is arranged on one side of the rack, and a cleaning brush and a cleaning plate are further arranged on the moving plate.
Above-mentioned scheme passes through actuating mechanism and drives the movable plate removal, thereby make the sweeps of scraper blade in with the processing tank scrape, when the movable plate removes to the processing platform end, the sweeps of scraping can fall into in the collecting box, thereby the clearance sweeps, but when the sweeps in the processing tank is more, the sweeps of scraping can only be piled up constantly in the place ahead of scraping strip and movable plate, only when the movable plate removes to the processing platform end when being close to the collecting box, can once only clear up whole sweeps, can not in time clear up accumulational sweeps, thereby make accumulational sweeps spill from the both sides of processing platform, reduce the clearance effect of sweeps.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a be not enough to prior art, the utility model provides a can make even the numerical control milling machine of the automatic clearance sweeps of accumulational sweeps when clearance sweeps.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides an automatic numerical control milling machine of clearance sweeps, includes the lathe body, be provided with the processing platform on the lathe body, the processing bench is provided with horizontal extension's T type groove, the processing bench is provided with clearance mechanism, the processing bench is provided with actuating mechanism, actuating mechanism is connected with clearance mechanism, clearance mechanism includes the movable plate, movable plate and processing platform sliding connection, the movable plate is provided with the clearance piece with last, the clearance piece is "T" type form and cooperatees with T type groove, the clearance piece is located T type inslot, the horizontal one side of movable plate is provided with vertical chip guide face, the movable plate is kept away from to vertical one end on the chip guide face, and the other end is close to, the below that the movable plate is close to one end on the chip guide face is provided with first collection bits case of movable plate, first collection bits case is connected with the movable plate.
Furthermore, a second chip collecting box is arranged on the processing table and is positioned below one transverse end of the processing table and corresponds to the chip guide surface.
Furthermore, a cleaning surface inclined towards the chip guide surface is arranged on the cleaning block.
Furthermore, one side of the moving plate, which is far away from the scrap guide surface, is provided with an air suction cover, the air suction cover is in sliding connection with the processing table, an air suction pipe is arranged on the air suction cover, and the air suction pipe is connected with an exhaust fan.
Further, the chip guide surface extends vertically upwards to form a chip guide plate.
Furthermore, a shielding plate is arranged at one end, away from the moving plate, of the chip guide surface in the longitudinal direction, and the shielding plate extends towards the direction away from the chip guide surface.
Furthermore, the driving mechanism comprises a rodless cylinder, the rodless cylinder is located on one longitudinal side of the processing table, a cylinder body of the rodless cylinder is connected with the moving plate, two ends of a guide rod of the rodless cylinder are respectively connected with two transverse ends of the processing table, and the cylinder body of the rodless cylinder is connected with the guide rod in a sliding mode.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: make the movable plate remove on the processing platform through actuating mechanism for the clearance piece removes on one side and scrapes the sweeps in the T type groove, and when the sweeps of scraping when more, the sweeps can be concentrated on the sweeps face, makes the sweeps discharge to one side of processing platform along the inclined sweeps face to the sweeps incasement that gathers, reduces piling up of sweeps, prevents that the sweeps from scattering all around and influencing the clearance effect.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the numerically controlled milling machine of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the numerically controlled milling machine of the present invention at another viewing angle;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the mounting of the moving plate and the cleaning block;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning block.
Reference numerals: 1. a machine tool body; 2. a processing table; 3, a T-shaped groove; 4. moving the plate; 5. cleaning the block; 6. chip-removing surface; 7. a first scrap collecting box; 8. a second scrap collecting box; 9. cleaning the noodles; 10. an air suction hood; 11. an air suction pipe; 12. a scrap guide plate; 13. a shutter; 14. rodless cylinders.
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In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, for the orientation words, such as the terms "center", "lateral (X)", "longitudinal (Y)", "vertical (Z)", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., the orientation and the positional relationship are indicated based on the orientation or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, and the description is only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but not for indicating or implying that the device or the element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and should not be construed as limiting the specific protection scope of the present invention.
Furthermore, if the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only, they are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, the definition of "a first" or "a second" feature may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features, and "a plurality" or "a plurality" in the description of the invention means two or more unless a specific definition is explicitly provided.
The present invention is further explained with reference to fig. 1 to 5.
A numerical control milling machine capable of automatically cleaning scraps comprises a machine tool body 1, wherein a processing table 2 is arranged on the machine tool body 1, a T-shaped groove 3 extending transversely is formed in the processing table 2, a cleaning mechanism is arranged on the processing table 2, a driving mechanism is arranged on the processing table 2 and connected with the cleaning mechanism, the cleaning mechanism comprises a moving plate 4, the moving plate 4 is in sliding connection with the processing table 2, a cleaning block 5 is arranged on the moving plate 4, the cleaning block 5 is in a T-shaped shape and matched with the T-shaped groove 3, the cleaning block 5 is positioned in the T-shaped groove 3, a vertical scrap guide surface 6 is arranged on one transverse side of the moving plate 4, one longitudinal end of the moving plate on the scrap guide surface 6 is far away from the moving plate 4, the other end of the moving plate is close to the processing table 4, a first scrap collecting box 7 is arranged below one end, close to the moving plate 4, on the scrap guide surface 6, the first scrap collecting box 7 is connected with the moving plate 4.
Preferably, for better understanding the utility model discloses, the one end of leading the 6 orientation of bits face on the processing platform 2 is the front end, and the one end of leading bits face 6 dorsad is the rear end, and initially, movable plate 4 is located the rear end of processing platform 2.
Before a part is machined, the movable plate 4 moves towards the rear side and stops at one transverse end of the machining table 2, then a tool clamp for clamping the part is placed at a proper position on the machining table 2, then a T-shaped fixing block matched with the T-shaped groove 3 is placed in the T-shaped groove 3, the tool clamp is fixed on the machining table 2 through the T-shaped fixing block, then the part is positioned and clamped through the tool clamp, finally a milling machine spindle is started, the part is machined through rotation of a milling cutter and movement of the machining table 2, and waste chips can fall on the surface of the machining table 2 or in the T-shaped groove 3 in the machining process.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, for better understanding the utility model discloses, the one end of keeping away from movable plate 4 on leading bits face 6 is the B end, and the one end that is close to movable plate 4 is the C end, and it is close to movable plate 4 to C end gradually from the B end to lead bits face 6 promptly to make leading bits face 6 be the slope form, first collection bits case 7 is located C end below.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, when a part of the same specification is machined and another tooling fixture needs to be replaced, the original tooling fixture is detached from the machining table 2, before a new tooling fixture is installed, the scrap on the machining table 2 needs to be cleaned, at this time, the driving mechanism is operated to move the moving plate 4 on the machining table 2 towards the front end, the cleaning block 5 moves in the T-shaped groove 3 and scrapes the scrap in the T-shaped groove 3 during movement, when the scrap is scraped, the scrap is gradually accumulated upwards on the scrap guide surface 6, at this time, a part of the accumulated scrap on the scrap guide surface 6 is discharged from the scrap guide surface 6 from the C end along the direction from the B end to the C end on the scrap guide surface 6 and falls into the first scrap collecting box 7, and because the first scrap collecting box 7 moves along with the moving plate 4, the scrap on the scrap guide surface 6 can fall into the first scrap collecting box 7 for collection, when the movable plate 4 moves towards the front end, the sweeps can continuously fall into the first scrap collecting box 7, the sweeps can be prevented from being accumulated excessively, and therefore the cleaning effect when the sweeps are accumulated is improved.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the chip guide surface 6 is arc-shaped, that is, the B end and the C end of the chip guide surface 6 are smoothly transited, and the surface of the chip guide surface 6 is smooth, so as to improve the chip guide efficiency of the chip guide surface 6.
Preferably, lead and be provided with the sweeps pipeline (the attached drawing does not show) on the 6C end of bits face, the import and the C end intercommunication of sweeps pipeline, the export of sweeps pipeline communicates to the inside of first album bits case 7, and the import of sweeps pipeline is greater than the export of sweeps pipeline for the first album of bits case 7 of entering can be followed to the sweeps pipeline to C end exhaust sweeps when preventing that the sweeps from dropping in the environment, influences the processing environment.
Preferably, the first scrap collecting box 7 is detachably connected with the movable plate 4, for example, through a fastening bolt, and when the first scrap collecting box 7 is full of scraps, the first scrap collecting box 7 can be detached so as to intensively treat the scraps in the first scrap collecting box 7.
As shown in fig. 1 and 3, in the preferred embodiment, the second chip collecting box 8 is disposed on the processing table 2, the second chip collecting box 8 is disposed below one end of the processing table 2 in the transverse direction and corresponds to the chip guide surface 6, that is, the second chip collecting box 8 is disposed below the front end of the processing table 2, when the moving plate 4 is close to the second chip collecting box 8, the waste chips in the processing tank and part of the waste chips accumulated on the chip guide surface 6 gradually fall into the second chip collecting box 8, when the chip guide surface 6 exceeds the front end of the processing table 2 and the front side of the cleaning block 5 also exceeds the front end of the processing table 2, all the waste chips fall into the second chip collecting box 8, and then the driving mechanism moves the chip guide surface 4 back to the rear end of the processing table 2, so as to complete the waste chip cleaning process, and the waste chips not discharged from the chip guide surface 6 are collected by the second chip collecting box 8, thereby improving the cleaning effect.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the cleaning block 5 of the present embodiment is preferably provided with a cleaning surface 9 inclined toward the scrap guiding surface 6, so that a large amount of scraps accumulated in the T-shaped groove 3 can be scraped more easily by the cleaning surface 9, the scraped scraps can move upward along the cleaning surface 9 and be accumulated more easily on the scrap guiding surface 6, and the scraps can be discharged through the scrap guiding surface 6, thereby improving the scrap cleaning effect.
As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, preferably, an air suction hood 10 is disposed on one side of the moving plate 4, which is far away from the scrap guide surface 6, the air suction hood 10 is slidably connected to the processing table 2, an air suction pipe 11 is disposed on the air suction hood 10, the air suction pipe 11 is connected to an air exhauster (not shown in the drawing), when the moving plate 4 moves towards the front end, the air exhauster is started, and negative pressure is generated in the air suction hood 10 through the air suction pipe 11, so that a small amount of scraps which are not cleaned by the moving plate 4 are sucked into the air suction hood 10, and the sucked scraps are discharged through the air suction pipe 11 for centralized treatment, thereby improving the scrap cleaning effect.
As shown in fig. 4, the chip guide surface 6 of the present embodiment preferably extends vertically and upwardly to form a chip guide plate 12, and the chip guide plate 12 is higher than the moving plate 4, so that the accumulated waste chips can be prevented from overflowing the chip guide surface 6 and accumulating on the moving plate 4, that is, the ability of the chip guide surface 6 to accumulate waste chips and chips is improved, and the cleaning effect is improved.
As shown in fig. 2, in the preferred embodiment, a shielding plate 13 is disposed at an end of the chip guide surface 6 longitudinally far from the moving plate 4, and the shielding plate 13 extends towards a direction far from the chip guide surface 6, so as to prevent the accumulated waste chips from falling from the end B of the chip guide surface 6, and improve the chip guide efficiency of the chip guide surface 6.
As shown in fig. 1, the driving mechanism of the present embodiment preferably includes a rodless cylinder 14, the rodless cylinder 14 is located at one longitudinal side of the processing table 2, a cylinder body of the rodless cylinder 14 is connected to the moving plate 4, two ends of a guide rod of the rodless cylinder 14 are respectively connected to two transverse ends of the processing table 2, the cylinder body of the non-sensing cylinder is slidably connected to the guide rod, and the moving plate 4 can be rapidly driven to move by the rodless cylinder 14, so that the whole cleaning process is faster, and the cleaning efficiency of the moving plate 4 is improved.
It is above only the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the utility model discloses a scope of protection does not only confine above-mentioned embodiment, the all belongs to the utility model discloses a technical scheme under the thinking all belongs to the utility model discloses a scope of protection. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides an automatic numerical control milling machine of clearance sweeps, includes the lathe body, be provided with the processing platform on the lathe body, the last T type groove that is provided with horizontal extension of processing platform, the processing bench is provided with clearance mechanism, the processing bench is provided with actuating mechanism, actuating mechanism is connected its characterized in that with clearance mechanism: clearance mechanism includes the movable plate, movable plate and processing platform sliding connection, the movable plate is provided with the clearance piece with last, the clearance piece is "T" type form and cooperatees with T type groove, the clearance piece is located T type inslot, the horizontal one side of movable plate is provided with vertical bits face of leading, the movable plate is kept away from to the fore-and-aft one end on the bits face of leading, and the other end is close to the movable plate, the below that is close to movable plate one end on the bits face of leading is provided with first collection bits case, first collection bits case is connected with the movable plate.
2. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 1, wherein: the processing table is provided with a second chip collecting box, and the second chip collecting box is located below one transverse end of the processing table and corresponds to the chip guide surface.
3. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 2, wherein: the cleaning block is provided with a cleaning surface inclined towards the chip guide surface.
4. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 3, wherein: and an air suction cover is arranged on one side of the movable plate, which is far away from the scrap guide surface, and is in sliding connection with the machining table, an air suction pipe is arranged on the air suction cover, and the air suction pipe is connected with an exhaust fan.
5. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 4, wherein: the chip guide surface vertically extends upwards to form a chip guide plate.
6. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 5, wherein: lead the bits face and vertically keep away from one of movable plate and be provided with the sunshade, the sunshade extends towards keeping away from the bits face direction of leading.
7. The numerically controlled milling machine for automatically cleaning scraps according to claim 6, wherein: the driving mechanism comprises a rodless cylinder, the rodless cylinder is located on one longitudinal side of the machining table, a cylinder body of the rodless cylinder is connected with the moving plate, two ends of a guide rod of the rodless cylinder are respectively connected with two transverse ends of the machining table, and the cylinder body of the rodless cylinder is connected with the guide rod in a sliding mode.
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