CN215787537U - A loading attachment for laser pipe cutting machine - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine, which comprises a conveying device, a material guiding device and an adjusting and clamping device, wherein the conveying device is arranged on the feeding device; the material guide device is located at one end of the conveying device and comprises a vertical rod far away from the conveying device, a winding frame close to the conveying device and a flexible belt, wherein two ends of the flexible belt are respectively connected with the vertical rod and the winding frame, and the height of one end, close to the vertical rod, of the flexible belt is higher than that of one end, close to the winding frame. The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the flexible belt is used for bearing the pipe fittings, the winding frame can control the tensioning degree of the flexible belt, and the change of the tensioning degree of the flexible belt can enable the pipe fittings to fall onto the conveying device under the action of weight, so that the feeding accuracy is improved, and the phenomenon that excessive pipe fittings fall onto the conveying device at the same time is avoided; the blocking part can limit the pipe fittings, and prevents that a plurality of pipe fittings are conveyed to the lower part of the clamping part at the same time.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of pipe cutting machines, in particular to a feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine.
Background
The laser pipe cutting machine is a device for cutting long pipes, and can cut the long pipes to obtain the lengths of the pipes which are actually required according to the requirements of customers or production.
For some manufacturers, the loading of the laser pipe cutting machine is generally performed manually, or a gantry crane is used to hoist the pipe onto the pipe cutting machine. And this kind of current material loading mode often inefficiency, is unfavorable for high-efficient production, in addition, because the general diameter of pipe fitting that is used for the cutting machine is great, consequently current loading attachment often can't treat the pipe fitting of cutting well spacing, and then leads to treating the pipe fitting of cutting and directly roll to the pipe cutting machine on from loading attachment to influence the normal work of pipe cutting machine.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is as follows: the feeding device for the laser pipe cutting machine can ensure that only one pipe can be conveyed to the pipe cutting machine at a time and prevent the pipe to be cut from sliding off.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: a feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine comprises a conveying device, a material guiding device and an adjusting and clamping device;
the material guide device is positioned at one end of the conveying device and comprises an upright rod far away from the conveying device, a winding frame close to the conveying device and a flexible belt, wherein two ends of the flexible belt are respectively connected with the upright rod and the winding frame;
the adjusting and clamping device is positioned above the conveying belt and comprises a first driving part, a second driving part, a blocking part and a clamping part, the driving directions of the first driving part and the second driving part are parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying device, the blocking part is connected to the first driving part in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the first driving part under the driving of the first driving part, and the clamping part is connected to the second driving part in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the second driving part under the driving of the second driving part;
and a stopping part is arranged at one end of the conveying device, which is far away from the material guiding device.
The material guide device comprises a conveying device, a material guide device and a limiting part, wherein the conveying device is arranged on the conveying device, the material guide device is arranged on the conveying device, the limiting part is arranged on the conveying device, the material guide device is arranged on the conveying device, the aligning device comprises a third driving part and a limiting part, the driving direction of the third driving part is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying device, and the limiting part is connected to the third driving part in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the third driving part under the driving of the third driving part.
Specifically, the winding frame comprises a frame body, a reel and a guide wheel, wherein the reel and the guide wheel are both rotatably connected to the frame body, the rotating axis of the reel is parallel to that of the guide wheel, and the flexible belt bypasses the guide wheel and is attached to the surface of the guide wheel.
Specifically, the blocking part comprises a fixed plate, a first air cylinder, a sliding plate and a stop lever, the fixed plate is connected with the first driving part, the sliding plate is connected to the fixed plate in a longitudinal sliding mode, the first air cylinder is fixedly connected to the fixed plate and drives the sliding plate to move longitudinally, and the stop lever is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the sliding plate.
The clamping part comprises a horizontal moving frame, a vertical moving plate, a fixed clamping piece, a moving clamping piece, a second cylinder and a third cylinder, the horizontal moving frame is connected with the first driving part, the vertical moving plate is connected to the horizontal moving frame along a longitudinal sliding direction, the second cylinder is fixedly connected to the horizontal moving frame and drives the vertical moving plate to move longitudinally, the fixed clamping piece is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate, the moving clamping piece is arranged relative to the fixed clamping piece and connected to the vertical moving plate along the longitudinal sliding direction, and the third cylinder is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate and drives the moving clamping piece to move longitudinally.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that: the flexible belt is used for bearing the pipe fittings, the winding frame can control the tensioning degree of the flexible belt, and the change of the tensioning degree of the flexible belt can enable the pipe fittings to fall onto the conveying device under the action of weight, so that the feeding accuracy is improved, and the phenomenon that excessive pipe fittings fall onto the conveying device at the same time is avoided; the blocking part can limit the pipe fittings to prevent a plurality of pipe fittings from being conveyed to the lower part of the clamping part at the same time; the clamping part can clamp and convey the pipe fitting to the pipe cutting machine under the driving of the second driving part, and further ensures that only one pipe fitting can be conveyed to the pipe cutting machine at a time.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first configuration of a loading apparatus for a laser pipe cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic diagram of a loading device for a laser pipe cutter according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a winding frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a barrier according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a clamping portion according to an embodiment of the present invention;
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1. a conveying device; 11. a stopper portion; 2. a material guiding device; 21. erecting a rod; 22. a winding frame; 221. a frame body; 222. coiling; 223. a guide wheel; 23. a flexible band; 3. adjusting the clamping device; 31. a first driving section; 32. a second driving section; 33. a blocking portion; 331. a fixing plate; 332. a first cylinder; 333. a sliding plate; 334. a stop lever; 34. a clamping portion; 341. a horizontal moving frame; 342. vertically moving the plate; 343. fixing the clamping piece; 344. a movable clamping piece; 345. a second cylinder; 346. a third cylinder; 4. an alignment device; 41. a third driving section; 42. a limiting part.
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In order to explain technical contents, achieved objects, and effects of the present invention in detail, the following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings in combination with the embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine according to the present invention includes a conveying device 1, a material guiding device 2 and an adjusting and clamping device 3;
the material guiding device 2 is positioned at one end of the conveying device 1, the material guiding device 2 comprises an upright rod 21 far away from the conveying device 1, a winding frame 22 close to the conveying device 1 and a flexible belt 23, two ends of the flexible belt 23 are respectively connected with the upright rod 21 and the winding frame 22, and the height of one end, close to the upright rod 21, of the flexible belt 23 is higher than that of one end, close to the winding frame 22;
the adjusting and clamping device 3 is positioned above the conveying belt, the adjusting and clamping device 3 comprises a first driving part 31, a second driving part 32, a blocking part 33 and a clamping part 34, the driving directions of the first driving part 31 and the second driving part 32 are parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying device 1, the blocking part 33 is connected to the first driving part 31 in a sliding manner and moves along the driving direction of the first driving part 31 under the driving of the first driving part 31, and the clamping part 34 is connected to the second driving part 32 in a sliding manner and moves along the driving direction of the second driving part 32 under the driving of the second driving part 32;
a stopping part 11 is arranged at one end of the conveying device 1 far away from the material guiding device 2.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows: in the same feeding device, a plurality of conveying devices 1, a plurality of material guiding devices 2 and a plurality of adjusting and clamping devices 3 are arranged in parallel, the pipe pieces to be cut are uniformly placed on the flexible belt 23 of the material guiding devices 2, and the flexible belt 23 is in a loose state with the middle part concave downwards under the condition of bearing the full pipe pieces. When the pipe needs to be fed and cut, the winding frame 22 winds the flexible belt 23 to tension the flexible belt, and then the pipe rolls off the flexible belt 23 onto the conveying device 1, and the blocking portion 33 on the adjusting and clamping device 3 can only allow one pipe to pass through and block the other pipes, so that the excessive pipes can be prevented from being conveyed to the pipe cutting machine. In addition, the blocking portion 33 can also move under the driving of the first driving portion 31, so that the blocking position of the blocking portion 33 is changed, the number of the pipe fittings on the conveyor is adaptively adjusted, and the feeding efficiency of the feeding device is further controlled. Finally, with the movement of the conveying device 1, the pipe is conveyed to the position below the clamping portion 34 and is limited by the stopping portion 11 to move, and then the clamping portion 34 clamps the pipe, and moves to the pipe cutting machine under the driving of the second driving portion 32 and places the pipe on the pipe cutting machine for cutting.
As can be seen from the above description, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: the flexible belt is used for bearing the pipe fittings, the winding frame can control the tensioning degree of the flexible belt, and the change of the tensioning degree of the flexible belt can enable the pipe fittings to fall onto the conveying device under the action of weight, so that the feeding accuracy is improved, and the phenomenon that excessive pipe fittings fall onto the conveying device at the same time is avoided; the blocking part can limit the pipe fittings to prevent a plurality of pipe fittings from being conveyed to the lower part of the clamping part at the same time; the clamping part can clamp and convey the pipe fitting to the pipe cutting machine under the driving of the second driving part, and further ensures that only one pipe fitting can be conveyed to the pipe cutting machine at a time.
Further, the device comprises an aligning device 4 which is arranged at one end of the conveying device 1 far away from the material guiding device 2, wherein the aligning device 4 comprises a third driving part 41 and a limiting part 42, the driving direction of the third driving part 41 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying device 1, and the limiting part 42 is connected to the third driving part 41 in a sliding manner and driven by the third driving part 41 to move along the driving direction of the third driving part 41.
According to the above description, when the pipe fitting is transported to the clamping part below by the conveying device, the limiting part can be driven by the third driving device to move and push the end part of the pipe fitting, so that the pipe fitting is ensured to be located at the correct position, and cutting errors caused by the fact that the position of the end part of the pipe fitting exceeds the position of the pipe cutting machine when the pipe fitting is placed on the pipe cutting machine are avoided.
Further, the winding frame 22 comprises a frame body 221, a reel 222 and a guide wheel 223, the reel 222 and the guide wheel 223 are rotatably connected to the frame body 221, the rotation axis of the reel 222 is parallel to the rotation axis of the guide wheel 223, and the flexible belt 23 passes around the guide wheel 223 and is attached to the surface of the guide wheel 223.
Further, the blocking part 33 includes a fixed plate 331, a first cylinder 332, a sliding plate 333, and a blocking lever 334, the fixed plate 331 is connected to the first driving part 31, the sliding plate 333 is slidably connected to the fixed plate 331 in a longitudinal direction, the first cylinder 332 is fixedly connected to the fixed plate 331 and drives the sliding plate 333 to move in the longitudinal direction, and the blocking lever 334 is fixedly connected to a bottom end of the sliding plate 333.
As can be seen from the above description, the first cylinder can drive the sliding plate and the stop lever to move longitudinally, so as to control the distance between the bottom end of the stop lever and the conveying device, and further control the pipe fitting to pass through the blocking part.
Further, the clamping portion 34 includes a horizontal moving frame 341, a vertical moving plate 342, a fixed clamping piece 343, a movable clamping piece 344, a second cylinder 345 and a third cylinder 346, the horizontal moving frame 341 is connected to the first driving portion 31, the vertical moving plate 342 is connected to the horizontal moving frame 341 in a longitudinally sliding manner, the second cylinder 345 is fixedly connected to the horizontal moving frame 341 and drives the vertical moving plate 342 to move longitudinally, the fixed clamping piece 343 is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate 342, the movable clamping piece 344 is opposite to the fixed clamping piece 343 and is connected to the vertical moving plate 342 in a longitudinally sliding manner, and the third cylinder 346 is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate 342 and drives the movable clamping piece 344 to move longitudinally.
According to the above description, the second cylinder can drive the vertical moving plate to enable the vertical moving plate, the fixed clamping piece and the movable clamping piece to integrally descend to the height of the pipe fitting, then the horizontal moving frame moves forward under the driving of the second driving portion to enable the pipe fitting to be located between the fixed clamping piece and the movable clamping piece, and finally the third cylinder drives the movable clamping piece to be close to the fixed clamping piece and clamp the pipe fitting.
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A feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine comprises a conveying device 1, a material guide device 2 and an adjusting and clamping device 3;
the material guiding device 2 is positioned at one end of the conveying device 1, the material guiding device 2 comprises an upright rod 21 far away from the conveying device 1, a winding frame 22 close to the conveying device 1 and a flexible belt 23, two ends of the flexible belt 23 are respectively connected with the upright rod 21 and the winding frame 22, and the height of one end, close to the upright rod 21, of the flexible belt 23 is higher than that of one end, close to the winding frame 22;
the winding frame 22 comprises a frame body 221, a reel 222 and a guide wheel 223, wherein the reel 222 and the guide wheel 223 are rotatably connected to the frame body 221, the rotation axis of the reel 222 is parallel to the rotation axis of the guide wheel 223, and the flexible belt 23 passes around the guide wheel 223 and is attached to the surface of the guide wheel 223;
the adjusting and clamping device 3 is located above the conveying belt, the adjusting and clamping device 3 includes a first driving portion 31, a second driving portion 32, a blocking portion 33 and a clamping portion 34, the driving directions of the first driving portion 31 and the second driving portion 32 are both parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying device 1, the blocking portion 33 is slidably connected to the first driving portion 31 and moves along the driving direction of the first driving portion 31 under the driving of the first driving portion 31, the clamping portion 34 is slidably connected to the second driving portion 32 and moves along the driving direction of the second driving portion 32 under the driving of the second driving portion 32, wherein the first driving portion 31 and the second driving portion 32 can be a conveying belt or a conveying chain driven by a motor;
the blocking part 33 includes a fixed plate 331, a first cylinder 332, a sliding plate 333, and a blocking rod 334, the fixed plate 331 is connected to the first driving part 31, the sliding plate 333 is longitudinally slidably connected to the fixed plate 331, the first cylinder 332 is fixedly connected to the fixed plate 331 and drives the sliding plate 333 to longitudinally move, and the blocking rod 334 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the sliding plate 333;
the clamping part 34 comprises a horizontal moving frame 341, a vertical moving plate 342, a fixed clamping piece 343, a movable clamping piece 344, a second cylinder 345 and a third cylinder 346, the horizontal moving frame 341 is connected with the first driving part 31, the vertical moving plate 342 is connected to the horizontal moving frame 341 in a longitudinal sliding manner, the second cylinder 345 is fixedly connected to the horizontal moving frame 341 and drives the vertical moving plate 342 to move longitudinally, the fixed clamping piece 343 is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate 342, the movable clamping piece 344 and the fixed clamping piece 343 are arranged oppositely and connected to the vertical moving plate 342 in a longitudinal sliding manner, and the third cylinder 346 is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate 342 and drives the movable clamping piece 344 to move longitudinally;
the conveying device 1 is specifically a conveying belt or a conveying chain driven by a motor, and a stopping part 11 is arranged at one end of the conveying device 1 far away from the material guiding device 2;
the material guide device comprises a conveying device 1 and a material guide device 2, and is characterized by further comprising an aligning device 4 located at one end, far away from the material guide device 2, of the conveying device 1, wherein the aligning device 4 comprises a third driving portion 41 and a limiting portion 42, the driving direction of the third driving portion 41 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying device 1, the limiting portion 42 is connected to the third driving portion 41 in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the third driving portion 41 under the driving of the third driving portion 41, and the third driving portion 41 can be a conveying belt or a conveying chain driven by a motor.
In conclusion, the beneficial effects provided by the utility model are as follows: the flexible belt is used for bearing the pipe fittings, the winding frame can control the tensioning degree of the flexible belt, and the change of the tensioning degree of the flexible belt can enable the pipe fittings to fall onto the conveying device under the action of weight, so that the feeding accuracy is improved, and the phenomenon that excessive pipe fittings fall onto the conveying device at the same time is avoided; the blocking part can limit the pipe fittings to prevent a plurality of pipe fittings from being conveyed to the lower part of the clamping part at the same time; the clamping part can clamp and convey the pipe fitting to the pipe cutting machine under the driving of the second driving part, and further ensures that only one pipe fitting can be conveyed to the pipe cutting machine at a time. When the pipe fitting was transported to clamping part below by conveyor, spacing portion can remove and promote the tip of pipe fitting under third drive arrangement's drive to guarantee that the pipe fitting is located correct position, avoid the pipe fitting to place when on the pipe cutting machine because the position of pipe fitting tip surpasss the position of pipe cutting machine and lead to the cutting mistake. The first cylinder can drive the sliding plate and the stop lever to move longitudinally, so that the distance between the bottom end of the stop lever and the conveying device is controlled, and the pipe fitting is controlled to pass through the blocking part. The second cylinder can drive the vertical moving plate, so that the vertical moving plate, the fixed clamping piece and the movable clamping piece integrally descend to the height of the pipe fitting, then the horizontal moving frame moves forward under the driving of the second driving part, the pipe fitting is located between the fixed clamping piece and the movable clamping piece, and finally the third cylinder drives the movable clamping piece to be close to the fixed clamping piece and clamp the pipe fitting.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent changes made by using the contents of the present specification and the drawings, or applied directly or indirectly to the related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A feeding device for a laser pipe cutting machine is characterized by comprising a conveying device, a material guiding device and an adjusting and clamping device;
the material guide device is positioned at one end of the conveying device and comprises an upright rod far away from the conveying device, a winding frame close to the conveying device and a flexible belt, wherein two ends of the flexible belt are respectively connected with the upright rod and the winding frame;
the adjusting and clamping device is positioned above the conveying belt and comprises a first driving part, a second driving part, a blocking part and a clamping part, the driving directions of the first driving part and the second driving part are parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying device, the blocking part is connected to the first driving part in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the first driving part under the driving of the first driving part, and the clamping part is connected to the second driving part in a sliding mode and moves along the driving direction of the second driving part under the driving of the second driving part;
and a stopping part is arranged at one end of the conveying device, which is far away from the material guiding device.
2. The feeding device for the laser pipe cutting machine according to claim 1, further comprising an alignment device located at an end of the conveying device away from the material guiding device, wherein the alignment device includes a third driving portion and a limiting portion, a driving direction of the third driving portion is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the conveying device, and the limiting portion is slidably connected to the third driving portion and driven by the third driving portion to move along a driving direction of the third driving portion.
3. The loading device for the laser pipe cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the winding frame comprises a frame body, a reel and a guide wheel, the reel and the guide wheel are both rotatably connected to the frame body, the rotation axis of the reel is parallel to the rotation axis of the guide wheel, and the flexible belt is wound around the guide wheel and is attached to the surface of the guide wheel.
4. The loading device for the laser pipe cutting machine according to claim 1, wherein the blocking portion comprises a fixed plate connected to the first driving portion, a first cylinder slidably connected to the fixed plate in a longitudinal direction, a sliding plate fixedly connected to the fixed plate and driving the sliding plate to move in the longitudinal direction, and a stopper fixedly connected to a bottom end of the sliding plate.
5. The loading device for the laser pipe cutting machine according to claim 1, wherein the clamping portion comprises a horizontal moving frame, a vertical moving plate, a fixed clamping piece, a movable clamping piece, a second cylinder and a third cylinder, the horizontal moving frame is connected with the first driving portion, the vertical moving plate is connected to the horizontal moving frame in a longitudinal sliding manner, the second cylinder is fixedly connected to the horizontal moving frame and drives the vertical moving plate to move longitudinally, the fixed clamping piece is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate, the movable clamping piece is arranged opposite to the fixed clamping piece and connected to the vertical moving plate in a longitudinal sliding manner, and the third cylinder is fixedly connected to the vertical moving plate and drives the movable clamping piece to move longitudinally.
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