CN215432462U

CN215432462U - Ball cage assembling machine

Info

Publication number: CN215432462U
Application number: CN202121888072.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄兴琼; 钟永铎
Original assignee: Qingdao Kaku Remanufacturing Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Kaku Remanufacturing Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-12
Filing date: 2021-08-12
Publication date: 2022-01-07
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-12

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of automobiles, in particular to a ball cage assembling machine, which comprises: the automatic assembling device comprises a rack, and a feeding mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a grease injection mechanism, a rolling mechanism and an automatic control system which are arranged on the rack, wherein the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are arranged on the same horizontal plane, the feeding mechanism and the clamping mechanism are oppositely arranged, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are arranged outside the middle positions of the feeding mechanism and the clamping mechanism, and the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are electrically connected with the automatic control system so as to finish the automatic assembling of the ball cage; the problems that each step of process is mutually independent in the traditional ball cage assembling process, multiple clamping is needed, manual operation is conducted, the assembling process is complex in turnover, the automation degree is low, the manufacturing precision is low, the stability is poor, the labor cost is high, the production efficiency is low and the like are solved.

Description

Ball cage assembling machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automobiles, in particular to a ball cage assembling machine.

Background

At present, the equipment of ball cage mainly includes processes such as oiling, pressure end cover, knurling key axle, rivet end cover soon, and every step process is mutually independent, and needs a lot of clamping, and manual operation, it is loaded down with trivial details to lead to the equipment process turnover, and degree of automation is low, and the manufacturing accuracy is low, poor stability, and the cost of labor is high, and production efficiency is low. Therefore, there is a need for a ball cage assembly machine to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Technical problem to be solved

The utility model aims to provide a ball cage assembling machine, and aims to solve the problems of complex turnover of ball cage assembling procedures, low manufacturing precision, poor stability, low automation degree, high labor cost and low production efficiency in the prior art.

(II) technical scheme

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a ball cage assembly machine, which comprises: the automatic assembling device comprises a rack, a feeding mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a grease injection mechanism, a rolling mechanism and an automatic control system, wherein the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are arranged on the same horizontal plane, the feeding mechanism and the clamping mechanism are arranged relatively, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are arranged on the outer side of the middle position of the feeding mechanism and the clamping mechanism, and the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism and the rolling mechanism are all electrically connected with the automatic control system so as to complete automatic assembling of a ball cage.

Furthermore, the feeding mechanism comprises a power mechanism and a first grabbing mechanism, and the first grabbing mechanism is arranged at the output end of the power mechanism.

Furthermore, the power mechanism comprises a first motor and a second motor, the first motor is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to rotate, and the second motor is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to linearly move along the length direction of the feeding mechanism; the first grabbing mechanism is a first chuck.

Further, the first motor and the second motor are both servo motors; the first chuck is a pneumatic three-jaw chuck.

Further, the clamping mechanism comprises a second chuck, and the second chuck is arranged on the second bearing seat.

Further, still include the sensor, the sensor sets up keep away from on the second bearing frame one side of second chuck, the sensor with pass through the second leg joint between the second bearing frame.

Further, annotate fat mechanism and include the propelling movement cylinder and annotate the fat rifle, it sets up to annotate the fat rifle the front end of propelling movement cylinder, the propelling movement cylinder sets up and is being located mount pad in the frame.

Further, still include waste oil collection box, waste oil collection box sets up annotate the below of fat rifle grease outlet.

Further, the rolling mechanism comprises a telescopic cylinder and a roller, and the roller is arranged at the end part of the telescopic cylinder.

Further, telescopic cylinder with still be provided with between the gyro wheel and be used for adjusting the angle adjustment mechanism of gyro wheel angle, angle adjustment mechanism is including setting up the mount of telescopic cylinder tip, be provided with on the mount with telescopic cylinder direction of motion vertically lead screw and fixed arm, the lead screw lower extreme swing joint has first digging arm and second digging arm in proper order, the tip of second digging arm is provided with the gyro wheel, the fixed arm lower extreme with the middle section swing joint of second digging arm.

(III) advantageous effects

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the utility model has the following beneficial effects: according to the ball cage assembling machine provided by the utility model, the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism, the rolling mechanism and the automatic control system are integrated on one device, so that the problems of complicated assembly process turnover, low automation degree, low manufacturing precision, poor stability, high labor cost, low production efficiency and the like caused by independent processes in each step, multiple clamping and manual operation in the traditional ball cage assembling process are avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the ball cage assembling machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the important parts of the ball cage assembly machine of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a feeding mechanism in the ball cage assembling machine shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a clamping mechanism of the cage assembly machine shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a grease injection mechanism of the ball cage assembly machine shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a rolling mechanism in the ball cage assembling machine shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a side view of a roller mechanism of the cage assembly machine of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion A of the cage assembly machine shown in FIG. 1;

wherein, 1-a frame; 2-a feeding mechanism; 3-a clamping mechanism; 4-a grease injection mechanism; 5-a rolling mechanism; 6-automatic control system; 7-a guide rail; 8-a second motor;

21-a first motor; 22-a first bracket; 23-a first bearing seat; 24-a first chuck; 25-a ball cage;

31-a sensor; 32-a second bracket; 33-a second bearing seat; 34-a second chuck; 35-a spline shaft assembly;

41-a mounting seat; 42-a push cylinder; 43-grease gun; 44-waste grease collection box;

51-a telescopic cylinder; 52-a lead screw; 53-a holder; 54-a first movable arm; 55-a second movable arm; 56-fixed arm; 57-a roller;

a 1-color difference sensor; A2-O type ring holding groove.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the utility model but are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified; "notched" means, unless otherwise stated, a shape other than a flat cross-section. The terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "head", "tail", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for convenience in describing and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as appropriate by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the utility model provides a ball cage assembly machine, which comprises: the automatic assembling device comprises a rack 1, a feeding mechanism 2, a clamping mechanism 3, a grease injection mechanism 4, a rolling mechanism 5 and an automatic control system, wherein the feeding mechanism 2, the clamping mechanism 3, the grease injection mechanism 4 and the rolling mechanism 5 are arranged on the same horizontal plane, the feeding mechanism 2 and the clamping mechanism 3 are arranged oppositely, the grease injection mechanism 4 and the rolling mechanism 5 are arranged on the outer side of the middle position of the feeding mechanism 2 and the clamping mechanism 3, and the feeding mechanism 2, the clamping mechanism 3, the grease injection mechanism 4 and the rolling mechanism 5 are all electrically connected with the automatic control system so as to finish the automatic assembling of the ball cage.

According to the ball cage assembling machine, the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the grease injection mechanism, the rolling mechanism and the automatic control system are integrated on one device, so that the problems that in the traditional ball cage assembling process, each step of process is independent, multiple times of clamping is needed, manual operation is conducted, the assembling process is complex in turnover, the automation degree is low, the manufacturing precision is low, the stability is poor, the labor cost is high, the production efficiency is low and the like are solved; the ball cage assembling machine has the advantages that all processes do not need manual participation except feeding, and the automation degree is high.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the feeding mechanism 2 includes a power mechanism and a first grabbing mechanism, and the output end of the power mechanism is provided with the first grabbing mechanism.

Further, the power mechanism comprises a first motor 21 and a second motor 8, the first motor 21 is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to do rotary motion, and the second motor 8 is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to do linear motion along the length direction of the feeding mechanism 2; the first gripping mechanism is a first chuck 24. The first motor 21 and the first chuck 24 are both disposed on the first bearing housing 23, and the first motor 21 is disposed on the first bearing housing 23 through the first bracket 22. The first motor 21 rotates a first chuck 24 (air chuck) through bearings in a first bearing housing 23 to rotate a ball cage 25. The second motor 8 mainly provides power for the reciprocating motion of the feeding mechanism 2 on the guide rail 7.

Specifically, the first motor 21 and the second motor 8 are both servo motors; the first chuck 24 is a pneumatic three-jaw chuck. The pneumatic three-jaw chuck cylinder is powered by an independent air source and is controlled by a PLC program of an equipment computer.

Referring to fig. 4, the clamping mechanism 3 includes a second chuck 34, and the second chuck 34 is disposed on the second bearing housing 33. In this embodiment, the second chuck 34 is an air-operated three-jaw chuck, and the spline shaft assembly 35 is grasped and fixed by the second chuck 34.

Further, a sensor 31 is further included, the sensor 31 is disposed on a side of the second bearing block 33 away from the second chuck 34, and the sensor 31 is connected with the second bearing block 33 through a second bracket 32. Because behind the integral key shaft of ball cage 25 propelling movement, assemble in advance and can bounce open at the steel wire jump ring of integral key shaft, if do not control the power that presses on the steel wire jump ring, the steel wire jump ring can damage, causes excessive pressure equipment, through setting up sensor 31, can real-time detection press power and the position of ball cage 25 propelling movement on the steel wire jump ring, has avoided excessive pressure equipment, and the steel wire jump ring damages the scheduling problem.

It should be noted that, in order to ensure the press-fitting quality, the first bearing seat 23 and the second bearing seat 33 are arranged on the same horizontal line, and are arranged concentrically to ensure the concentric stress.

Referring to fig. 5, the grease injecting mechanism 4 includes a pushing cylinder 42 and a grease injecting gun 43, the grease injecting gun 43 is disposed at the front end of the pushing cylinder 42, and the pushing cylinder 42 is disposed at a mounting seat 41 on the frame 1.

To ensure that the cage 25 is more durable, the interior of the cage 25 needs to be greased prior to press fitting. When grease is injected, the pushing cylinder 42 extends out, the ball cage 25 moves towards the grease injection gun 43 to a proper position, the grease injection gun 43 starts to inject grease, after a grease injection process is completed, the ball cage 25 moves towards the direction far away from the grease injection gun 43, the pushing cylinder 42 resets, and finally the grease injection work is completed.

In order to debug the machine and detect the need for oil injection accuracy, the grease injection mechanism 4 of the present embodiment further includes a waste grease collecting box 44, and the waste grease collecting box 44 is disposed below the grease outlet of the grease injection gun 43.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the rolling mechanism 5 includes a telescopic cylinder 51 and a roller 57, and the roller 57 is provided at an end of the telescopic cylinder 51.

Further, an angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting the angle of the roller 57 is further arranged between the telescopic cylinder 51 and the roller 57, the angle adjusting mechanism comprises a fixed frame 53 arranged at the end of the telescopic cylinder 51, a lead screw 52 and a fixed arm 56 which are perpendicular to the moving direction of the telescopic cylinder 51 are arranged on the fixed frame 53, the lower end of the lead screw 52 is sequentially and movably connected with a first movable arm 54 and a second movable arm 55, the roller 57 is arranged at the end of the second movable arm 55, and the lower end of the fixed arm 56 is movably connected with the middle section of the second movable arm 55. It should be noted that the rollers 57 typically do not need to be angled unless the outer diameters of the cages 25 differ significantly.

Referring to fig. 8, after the clamping, in order to identify whether the O-ring is not installed in the O-ring placement groove a2 on the cage housing, the cage assembly machine of the present embodiment is further provided with a color difference sensor a1, and the color difference sensor a1 checks whether the O-ring is not installed by identifying the color of the O-ring different from that of the cage housing.

The ball cage assembling machine provided by the utility model has the following specific working process:

preparing work: placing the ball cage assembly on the first chuck 24, and controlling clamping; the spline shaft assembly is placed in the second chuck 34 and clamping is controlled.

The equipment process comprises the following steps: 1. pressing a start button, and extending the grease injection mechanism 4 until the grease injection mechanism is aligned with the ball cage raceway; 2. the feeding mechanism 2 drives the ball cage assembly to be pushed to a quantitative grease injection position, quantitative grease injection is started, meanwhile, the feeding mechanism 2 rotates 360 degrees, uniform distribution of grease is ensured, and quantitative grease injection is finished; 3. the feeding mechanism 2 drives the ball cage assembly to continue to push forwards (the right side in the attached drawing 2), the ball cage star sleeve is contacted with the middle spline shaft until the star sleeve is contacted with the bottom of the barrel-shaped shell, and the operation is stopped; 4. the feeding mechanism 2 drives the ball cage assembly subjected to grease injection to rotate by about 20 degrees and simultaneously pushes the ball cage assembly forwards (to the right in the attached drawing 2) until the teeth are aligned successfully; 5. the feeding mechanism 2 continues to push forwards (the right side in the attached drawing 2), so that the spin riveting positions of the ball cage dust cover and the ball cage barrel type shell are aligned (at the moment, the star-shaped sleeve successfully aligning the teeth is synchronously pushed towards the direction of the middle spline shaft), and the operation is stopped; 6. the roller 57 of the rolling mechanism 5 extends out to extrude the ball cage dust cover to tightly attach to the barrel-shaped shell; 7. the feeding mechanism 2 starts to rotate more than 360 degrees, so that the ball cage dust cover is completely riveted on the ball cage barrel-shaped shell; 8. the feeding mechanism 2 continues to push until the steel wire clamp spring on the middle spline shaft is bounced off and locked; (the pushing force is monitored in the pushing process, and the pushing is immediately stopped when the force value is suddenly increased); 9. the feeding mechanism 2 starts to retreat and reset, and when the force reaches a certain degree (whether the clamp spring is installed in place is checked), the left device chuck is loosened. (if the clamp spring is not installed in place, the left device exceeds a certain position, and the equipment is alarmed to be shut down); 10. the second chuck 34 of the clamping mechanism 3 is released and the workpiece is removed.

The embodiments of the present invention have been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and are not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the utility model in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the utility model and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the utility model for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A ball cage assembly machine, characterized by, includes: frame (1) and setting are in feeding mechanism (2), clamping mechanism (3), notes fat mechanism (4), rolling mechanism (5) and automatic control system on frame (1), feeding mechanism (2), clamping mechanism (3), notes fat mechanism (4) and rolling mechanism (5) set up on same horizontal plane, feeding mechanism (2) and clamping mechanism (3) set up relatively, it is in to annotate fat mechanism (4) and rolling mechanism (5) set up the outside of feeding mechanism (2) and clamping mechanism (3) intermediate position, feeding mechanism (2), clamping mechanism (3), notes fat mechanism (4) and rolling mechanism (5) all with the automatic control system electricity is connected to accomplish the automatic equipment of ball cage.

2. The ball cage assembling machine according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism (2) comprises a power mechanism and a first grabbing mechanism, and the first grabbing mechanism is arranged at an output end of the power mechanism.

3. The ball cage assembling machine according to claim 2, wherein the power mechanism comprises a first motor (21) and a second motor (8), the first motor (21) is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to rotate, and the second motor (8) is used for controlling the first grabbing mechanism to linearly move along the length direction of the feeding mechanism (2); the first gripping mechanism is a first chuck (24).

4. The ball cage assembly machine according to claim 3, wherein the first motor (21) and the second motor (8) are both servo motors; the first chuck (24) is a pneumatic three-jaw chuck.

5. Ball cage assembly machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said clamping mechanism (3) comprises a second chuck (34), said second chuck (34) being arranged on a second bearing seat (33).

6. The ball cage assembly machine according to claim 5, further comprising a sensor (31), wherein the sensor (31) is disposed on a side of the second bearing seat (33) away from the second chuck (34), and the sensor (31) is connected with the second bearing seat (33) through a second bracket (32).

7. The ball cage assembling machine according to claim 1, wherein the grease injecting mechanism (4) comprises a pushing cylinder (42) and a grease injecting gun (43), the grease injecting gun (43) is arranged at the front end of the pushing cylinder (42), and the pushing cylinder (42) is arranged at a mounting seat (41) on the frame (1).

8. The cage assembling machine according to claim 7, further comprising a waste grease collection box (44), wherein the waste grease collection box (44) is disposed below the grease outlet of the grease gun (43).

9. The ball cage assembling machine according to claim 1, wherein the rolling mechanism (5) comprises a telescopic cylinder (51) and a roller (57), and the roller (57) is arranged at an end of the telescopic cylinder (51).

10. The ball cage assembling machine according to claim 9, wherein an angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting the angle of the roller (57) is further disposed between the telescopic cylinder (51) and the roller (57), the angle adjusting mechanism comprises a fixed frame (53) disposed at an end of the telescopic cylinder (51), a lead screw (52) and a fixed arm (56) perpendicular to the movement direction of the telescopic cylinder (51) are disposed on the fixed frame (53), a first movable arm (54) and a second movable arm (55) are sequentially and movably connected to a lower end of the lead screw (52), the roller (57) is disposed at an end of the second movable arm (55), and a lower end of the fixed arm (56) is movably connected to a middle section of the second movable arm (55).