CN213614714U - Automatic welding device for clamping and pressing adapter - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of adapter welding accessories, in particular to an automatic welding device for a clamping and pressing adapter, which improves the automation degree, does not need professional personnel to weld, saves labor, lightens the harm of welding fume to workers and improves the practicability, and comprises a frame, wherein a feeding mechanism, a pneumatic manipulator, a centering and rotating mechanism, a moving and pressing mechanism and a moving welding gun mechanism are arranged on the frame; the feeding mechanism comprises a first feeding conveyor belt for conveying the semi-frustum of the clamping pipe fitting and a second feeding conveyor belt for conveying the matched casting; the pneumatic manipulators are provided with two groups, and the two groups of pneumatic manipulators are respectively positioned at the output ends of the first feeding conveyor belt and the second feeding conveyor belt; the centering and rotating mechanism comprises a welding platform, a rotating motor, a cylinder base, a three-jaw centering cylinder and a centering tool clamp; the movable pressing mechanism comprises a guide groove, a sliding table, a telescopic cylinder, a pressing cylinder, a connecting frame and a pressing seat.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a technical field of adapter welding auxiliary device especially relates to an adapter automatic welder is pressed to card.
Background
As is known well, the welding of the clamping and pressing adapter is a semi-automatic girth welding machine, two semi-finished products are manually placed on clamps at two ends of the semi-automatic girth welding machine and then are tightly pushed by a cylinder, then whether a joint is centered is checked, and then the welding is started. Welding operation has higher requirement on personnel, welding operation certificates need to be held, smoke generated in the welding process is harmful to human bodies, meanwhile, small-specification products of the clamping and pressing adapter are large in batch, and repeated operation increases the operation intensity of the personnel.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
Not enough to prior art, the utility model provides an improve degree of automation, need not the professional and weld, save artifically, alleviate the injury of welding the cigarette to the staff, improve the card of practicality and press adapter automatic welder.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: an automatic welding device for a clamping pressure adapter comprises a rack, wherein a feeding mechanism, a pneumatic manipulator, a centering rotating mechanism, a movable pressing mechanism and a movable welding gun mechanism are arranged on the rack;
the feeding mechanism comprises a first feeding conveyor belt for conveying the semi-truncated end of the clamping pipe piece and a second feeding conveyor belt for conveying the matched casting piece;
the pneumatic manipulators are arranged in two groups, and the two groups of pneumatic manipulators are respectively positioned at the output ends of the first feeding conveyor belt and the second feeding conveyor belt;
the centering and rotating mechanism is positioned between the first feeding conveyor belt and the second feeding conveyor belt and comprises a welding platform, a rotating platform and a rotating motor for driving the rotating platform are arranged on the welding platform, the rotating platform can be rotatably arranged on the welding platform, an air cylinder base is arranged inside the rotating platform, a three-jaw centering air cylinder is arranged at the top end of the air cylinder base, and a centering tool clamp is arranged at the output end of the top of the three-jaw centering air cylinder;
the movable pressing mechanism comprises a guide groove, a sliding table, a telescopic cylinder, a pressing cylinder, a connecting frame and a pressing seat, the guide groove is installed on the top end of the welding platform, the sliding table is arranged at the guide groove in a sliding mode, the output end of the telescopic cylinder is connected with the sliding platform, the pressing cylinder is installed on the top end of the sliding table, the top output end of the pressing cylinder is connected with the connecting frame, and the pressing seat is rotatably arranged at the bottom of the connecting frame.
Preferably, the movable welding gun mechanism comprises a sliding rail, a rodless cylinder arranged on the sliding rail in a sliding mode, a cross sliding table module arranged on the rodless cylinder, a front-back moving mechanism arranged on the cross sliding table module, a welding gun fixture arranged on the front-back moving mechanism and an argon arc welding gun arranged on the welding gun fixture.
Preferably, back-and-forth movement mechanism is including leading slide rail, mini cylinder and sliding seat around, leading slide rail and mini cylinder are all installed on cross slip table module around, the sliding seat slides and sets up on leading slide rail around, and the rear side output of mini cylinder is connected with the sliding seat, welder fixture installs on the sliding seat.
Preferably, the bottom of rotary platform is provided with the connecting seat, the middle part of connecting seat is through first bearing and welding platform rotatable coupling, and second bearing and cylinder base rotatable coupling are passed through to the bottom of connecting seat, and the outside of connecting seat is provided with driven pulley, the bottom output of rotating electrical machines is provided with driving pulley, driving pulley passes through belt transmission with driven pulley and is connected.
Preferably, the pressing seat is mounted at the bottom end of the connecting frame through a third bearing.
Preferably, the top of slip table is provided with the lift direction slide rail, be provided with on the link and go up and down direction slide rail sliding fit's sliding block.
Preferably, the guide way includes the fixed guide way and the regulation guide way that set up relatively, the both sides of slip table are provided with fixed guide way and regulation guide way sliding fit's pulley.
Preferably, the pneumatic manipulator is a transverse and longitudinal bidirectional moving manipulator.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides an adapter automatic welder is pressed to card possesses following beneficial effect: the automatic welding device for the clamping pressure adapter comprises a first feeding conveyor belt and a second feeding conveyor belt, wherein a clamping pressure pipe fitting half-truncated cone and a matched casting are respectively conveyed by the first feeding conveyor belt and the second feeding conveyor belt, the feeding mechanisms stop after the clamping pressure pipe fitting half-truncated cone and the matched casting are conveyed to pneumatic manipulators to be grabbed, the two groups of pneumatic manipulators sequentially convey the clamping pressure pipe fitting half-truncated cone and the matched casting to a welding station, namely a rotary platform, after the pneumatic manipulators complete actions, a pushing mechanism is moved to start actions to press the two half-finished products to each other, meanwhile, the centering mechanism performs three-jaw centering on inner cavities of the two half-finished products through a centering mechanism, after the centering is finished, a centering tool clamp is withdrawn, at the moment, a welding gun mechanism is moved to a welding position to prepare for welding, after the actions are finished, a welding machine is started, at the moment, the rotary platform drives the half-finished products to, push down mechanism and welder and remove knot mechanism and move the action simultaneously and resume to initial condition, the welding is accomplished, and after taking away and leave detection range when the piece that the welding was accomplished, feed mechanism began the operation, carries out next circulation, improves degree of automation, need not the professional and welds, saves artifically, alleviates the injury of welding the cigarette to the staff, improves the practicality.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the centering and rotating mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention from another angle in fig. 3;
fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram at the rotating platform of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of the movable pressing mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the right-view structure of the movable pressing mechanism of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the movable welding gun mechanism of the present invention;
in the drawings, the reference numbers: 1. a frame; 2. a pneumatic manipulator; 3. a centering and rotating mechanism; 4. moving the pressing mechanism; 5. moving the welding gun mechanism; 6. a first feeding conveyor belt; 7. a second feeding conveyor belt; 8. welding a platform; 9. rotating the platform; 10. a rotating electric machine; 11. a cylinder base; 12. a three-jaw centering cylinder; 13. centering the tooling clamp; 14. a guide groove; 15. a sliding table; 16. A telescopic cylinder; 17. a pressing cylinder; 18. a connecting frame; 19. a pressing seat; 20. a sliding track; 21. a rodless cylinder; 22. a cross sliding table module; 23. a welding gun fixture; 24. an argon arc welding gun; 25. a front and rear guide rail; 26. a mini cylinder; 27. a sliding seat; 28. a connecting seat; 29. a first bearing; 30. a second bearing; 31. a driven pulley; 32. a drive pulley; 33. a belt; 34. a third bearing; 35. a lifting guide slide rail; 36. and a slider.
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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. 1-8, an automatic welding device for a clamping pressure adapter comprises a rack 1, wherein a feeding mechanism, a pneumatic manipulator 2, a centering and rotating mechanism 3, a moving pressing mechanism 4 and a moving welding gun mechanism 5 are arranged on the rack 1; the feeding mechanism comprises a first feeding conveyor belt 6 for conveying the semi-truncated end of the clamping pipe piece and a second feeding conveyor belt 7 for conveying the matched casting piece; the pneumatic manipulators 2 are provided with two groups, and the two groups of pneumatic manipulators 2 are respectively positioned at the output ends of the first feeding conveyor belt 6 and the second feeding conveyor belt 7; the centering and rotating mechanism 3 is positioned between the first feeding conveyor belt 6 and the second feeding conveyor belt 7, the centering and rotating mechanism 3 comprises a welding platform 8, a rotating platform 9 and a rotating motor 10 for driving the rotating platform 9 are arranged on the welding platform 8, the rotating platform 9 is rotatably arranged on the welding platform 8, a cylinder base 11 is arranged inside the rotating platform 9, a three-jaw centering cylinder 12 is arranged at the top end of the cylinder base 11, and a centering tool clamp 13 is arranged at the output end of the top of the three-jaw centering cylinder 12; remove hold-down mechanism 4 and include guide way 14, slip table 15, telescopic cylinder 16, compress tightly cylinder 17, link 18 and compress tightly seat 19, guide way 14 is installed on welding platform 8's top, slip table 15 slides and sets up in guide way 14 department, telescopic cylinder 16's output and sliding platform are connected, compress tightly cylinder 17 and install on the top of slip table 15, compress tightly cylinder 17's top output and link 18 and be connected, compress tightly seat 19 rotatable settings in the bottom of link 18, compress tightly seat 19 and install in the bottom of link 18 through third bearing 34, can rotate to rotation platform 9 and work piece after the assurance compresses tightly the work piece.
The movable welding gun mechanism comprises a sliding rail 20, a rodless cylinder 21 arranged on the sliding rail 20 in a sliding mode, a cross sliding table 15 module arranged on the rodless cylinder 21 cylinder, a front-back moving mechanism arranged on the cross sliding table 15 module, a welding gun fixture 23 arranged on the front-back moving mechanism and an argon arc welding gun 24 arranged on the welding gun fixture 23, the front-back moving mechanism comprises a front-back guide slide rail 25, a mini cylinder 26 and a sliding seat 27, the front-back guide slide rail 25 and the mini cylinder 26 are both arranged on the cross sliding table 15 module, the sliding seat 27 is arranged on the front-back guide slide rail 25 in a sliding mode, the rear side output end of the mini cylinder 26 is connected with the sliding seat 27, and the welding gun fixture 23; the cross sliding table 15 module can rotate a hand wheel to perform micro-motion adjustment on the position of a welding gun up and down and back and forth when the equipment is adjusted, so that the welding gun can be aligned to the position of a welding port after action, and the rodless cylinder 21 and the mini cylinder 26 can ensure that the welding gun moving mechanism does not interfere with other mechanisms when leaving the operation position.
A connecting seat 28 is arranged at the bottom end of the rotating platform 9, the middle part of the connecting seat 28 is rotatably connected with the welding platform 8 through a first bearing 29, the bottom of the connecting seat 28 is rotatably connected with the cylinder base 11 through a second bearing 30, a driven pulley 31 is arranged at the outer side of the connecting seat 28, a driving pulley 32 is arranged at the bottom output end of the rotating motor 10, and the driving pulley 32 is in transmission connection with the driven pulley 31 through a belt 33; the rotating motor 10 drives the driving pulley 32 to rotate, and the driving pulley 32 drives the driven pulley 31, the connecting seat 28 and the rotating platform 9 to rotate through the belt 33, so as to realize the rotation of the workpiece.
A lifting guide sliding rail 35 is arranged at the top end of the sliding table 15, and a sliding block 36 in sliding fit with the lifting guide sliding rail 35 is arranged on the connecting frame 18; through the cooperation of lift direction slide rail 35 and slider 36, the stability when guaranteeing link 18 lift.
The guide groove 14 includes fixed guide groove 14 and the regulation guide groove 14 that sets up relatively, the both sides of slip table 15 are provided with the pulley with fixed guide groove 14 and regulation guide groove 14 sliding fit, can adjust with the interval of fixed guide groove 14 through adjusting guide groove 14.
When the clamping and pressing pipe fitting three-jaw centering device is used, the clamping and pressing pipe fitting half-truncated cone and a matched casting are respectively conveyed through the first feeding conveyor belt 6 and the second feeding conveyor belt 7, the clamping and pressing pipe fitting half-truncated cone and the matched casting are conveyed to the pneumatic manipulator 2 to be grabbed, the feeding mechanism stops, the two groups of pneumatic manipulators 2 sequentially convey the clamping and pressing pipe fitting half-truncated cone and the matched casting to a welding station, namely a rotating platform 9, after the pneumatic manipulator 2 finishes acting, the pushing mechanism is moved to act to press the two parts of half-finished products mutually, meanwhile, the centering mechanism performs three-jaw centering on the inner cavities of the two parts of half-finished products through the centering mechanism, after the centering is finished, the centering tool clamp 13 is withdrawn, at the moment, the welding gun mechanism 5 is moved to act, a welding gun is moved to a welding position to be welded, after the action is finished, the welding machine is started, at the, after the welding is accomplished, push down mechanism and welder and remove knot mechanism and move simultaneously and resume to initial condition, the welding is accomplished, after the piece that the welding was accomplished is taken away and is left detection range, feed mechanism begins the operation, carry out next circulation, improve degree of automation, it welds to need not the professional, save artifically, alleviate the injury of welding cigarette to the staff, improve the practicality, cross slip table 15 module can carry out fine motion control around the rotatory hand wheel is with welder position about when equipment is adjusted, guarantee that welder can aim at the weld seam position after the action, rodless cylinder 21 and mini cylinder 26 then can guarantee that welder moving mechanism does not produce the interference with other mechanisms when leaving the operation position.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
The electrical components presented in the document are all electrically connected with an external master controller and 220V mains, and the master controller can be a conventional known device controlled by a computer or the like.
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 automatic welding device for the clamping pressure adapter is characterized by comprising a rack (1), wherein a feeding mechanism, a pneumatic manipulator (2), a centering and rotating mechanism (3), a movable pressing mechanism (4) and a movable welding gun mechanism (5) are arranged on the rack (1);
the feeding mechanism comprises a first feeding conveyor belt (6) for conveying the semi-truncated end of the clamping pipe piece and a second feeding conveyor belt (7) for conveying a matched casting piece;
the pneumatic manipulators (2) are provided with two groups, and the two groups of pneumatic manipulators (2) are respectively positioned at the output ends of the first feeding conveyor belt (6) and the second feeding conveyor belt (7);
the centering and rotating mechanism (3) is positioned between the first feeding conveyor belt (6) and the second feeding conveyor belt (7), the centering and rotating mechanism (3) comprises a welding platform (8), a rotating platform (9) and a rotating motor (10) for driving the rotating platform (9) are arranged on the welding platform (8), the rotating platform (9) is rotatably arranged on the welding platform (8), a cylinder base (11) is arranged inside the rotating platform (9), a three-jaw centering cylinder (12) is arranged at the top end of the cylinder base (11), and a centering tool clamp (13) is arranged at the output end of the top of the three-jaw centering cylinder (12);
remove hold-down mechanism (4) including guide way (14), slip table (15), telescopic cylinder (16), compress tightly cylinder (17), link (18) and compress tightly seat (19), install on the top of welding platform (8) guide way (14), slip table (15) slide and set up in guide way (14) department, the output and the sliding platform of telescopic cylinder (16) are connected, compress tightly cylinder (17) and install on the top of slip table (15), the top output that compresses tightly cylinder (17) is connected with link (18), compress tightly seat (19) rotatable setting in the bottom of link (18).
2. The automatic welding device for the clamping pressure adapter according to claim 1, wherein the movable welding gun mechanism comprises a sliding rail (20), a rodless cylinder (21) arranged on the sliding rail (20) in a sliding mode, a cross sliding table (15) module arranged on the rodless cylinder (21) cylinder, a front-back moving mechanism arranged on the cross sliding table (15) module, a welding gun fixture (23) arranged on the front-back moving mechanism, and an argon arc welding gun (24) arranged on the welding gun fixture (23).
3. The automatic welding device for the clamping adapter according to claim 2, wherein the front and back moving mechanism comprises a front and back guide slide rail (25), a mini cylinder (26) and a sliding seat (27), the front and back guide slide rail (25) and the mini cylinder (26) are both mounted on the cross sliding table (15) module, the sliding seat (27) is slidably arranged on the front and back guide slide rail (25), the rear side output end of the mini cylinder (26) is connected with the sliding seat (27), and the welding gun fixture (23) is mounted on the sliding seat (27).
4. The automatic welding device for the clamping and pressing adapter according to claim 3, characterized in that a connecting seat (28) is arranged at the bottom end of the rotating platform (9), the middle part of the connecting seat (28) is rotatably connected with the welding platform (8) through a first bearing (29), the bottom of the connecting seat (28) is rotatably connected with the cylinder base (11) through a second bearing (30), a driven pulley (31) is arranged on the outer side of the connecting seat (28), a driving pulley (32) is arranged at the bottom output end of the rotating motor (10), and the driving pulley (32) is in transmission connection with the driven pulley (31) through a belt (33).
5. The automatic welding device for clamping adapters according to claim 4, characterized in that the pressing seat (19) is mounted at the bottom end of the connecting frame (18) through a third bearing (34).
6. The automatic welding device for the clamping and pressing adapter according to claim 5, wherein a lifting guide sliding rail (35) is arranged at the top end of the sliding table (15), and a sliding block (36) in sliding fit with the lifting guide sliding rail (35) is arranged on the connecting frame (18).
7. The automatic welding device for the clamping and pressing adapter according to claim 6, wherein the guide grooves (14) comprise a fixed guide groove (14) and an adjusting guide groove (14) which are oppositely arranged, and pulleys which are in sliding fit with the fixed guide groove (14) and the adjusting guide groove (14) are arranged on two sides of the sliding table (15).
8. The automatic welding device of card pressure adapters according to claim 7, characterized in that said pneumatic manipulator (2) is a bidirectional mobile transverse and longitudinal manipulator.
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