CN215880710U - Machine base and drilling and tapping center - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a machine base and a drilling and tapping center, wherein the machine base comprises: the workbench is arranged on the base and is positioned above the base; the upright column is provided with a main body part and two first convex columns convexly arranged on the main body part, and the main body part is connected with the base and is positioned above the base; defining a first direction and a second direction, wherein the workbench and the main body part are arranged along the first direction, and the second direction forms an included angle with the first direction; the first convex columns are convexly arranged on the main body portion along the first direction and protrude out of the main body portion towards the direction of the workbench, the two first convex columns are respectively located on two sides of the main body portion in the second direction, the workbench can move relative to the base and can move to a position between the two first convex columns, and the machining device is installed on the main body portion. The machine base of the technical scheme of the utility model has high stability, so that the machining center applying the machine base has high precision in machining the workpiece and good workpiece forming quality.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of drilling and tapping, in particular to a machine base and a drilling and tapping center applying the machine base.
Background
The drilling and tapping center can be applied to fine machining of complex parts, and the machining precision requirement of the drilling and tapping center is high. The machine base of the drilling and tapping center is used for installing the workbench and the machining device, the workbench is used for placing workpieces, and the machining device is used for machining the workpieces on the workbench. When the stability of frame is not high, the processingequipment probably appears rocking in carrying out the course of working to the work piece, influences the shaping quality of work piece.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model provides a machine base which is high in stability, so that a machining center applying the machine base is high in machining precision of workpieces, and the workpieces are good in forming quality.
The utility model provides a machine base, which is used for installing a workbench and a processing device, and comprises:
the workbench is arranged on the base and is positioned above the base; and
the upright post is provided with a main body part and two first convex columns convexly arranged on the main body part, and the main body part is connected with the base and is positioned above the base; defining a first direction and a second direction, wherein the workbench and the main body part are arranged along the first direction, and an included angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction;
the first convex columns are arranged on the main body portion in a protruding mode in the first direction, the workbench protrudes out of the main body portion in the direction of the workbench, the first convex columns are located on two sides of the main body portion in the second direction respectively, the workbench can move relative to the base and can move to the position between the first convex columns, and the machining device is installed on the main body portion.
Optionally, the two first protruding columns extend in the vertical direction, one end of each first protruding column is connected to the base, and the other end of each first protruding column is flush with the main body.
Optionally, the two first protruding columns have inclined surfaces which are arranged oppositely, and the inclined surfaces of the two first protruding columns gradually get close to each other from a position far away from the main body part to a position close to the main body part.
Optionally, the main part is convexly provided with a mounting table, the surface of the mounting table departing from the main part is smoothly arranged, the mounting table is located between the two first protruding columns, and the machining device is mounted on the surface of the mounting table departing from the main part.
Optionally, the upright column further includes two second protruding columns, the second protruding columns are disposed on the main body portion in a protruding manner along the first direction and protrude out of the main body portion in a direction away from the workbench, and the two second protruding columns are respectively located on two sides of the main body portion in the second direction.
Optionally, the stand is equipped with the space of stepping down, the space of stepping down is followed the concave locating of first direction the stand is seted up the stand is close to one side of base, the workstation can be relative the base removes to the part and is located in the space of stepping down.
Optionally, the base and the upright are of an integral structure.
Optionally, two sides of the base in the second direction are flush with two sides of the pillar in the second direction.
Optionally, the base further includes a cover, the cover is connected to the base and the column, and encloses the base and the column to form a processing space, and the cover is flush with the two opposite sides of the second direction and the two opposite sides of the column in the second direction.
The utility model also provides a drilling and tapping center, which comprises a workbench, a machining device and a base;
the frame is used for installation workstation and processingequipment, the frame includes:
the workbench is arranged on the base and is positioned above the base; and
the upright post is provided with a main body part and two first convex columns convexly arranged on the main body part, and the main body part is connected with the base and is positioned above the base; defining a first direction and a second direction, wherein the workbench and the main body part are arranged along the first direction, and an included angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction;
the first convex columns are arranged on the main body portion in a protruding mode along the first direction and protrude out of the main body portion towards the direction of the workbench, the two first convex columns are located on two sides of the main body portion in the second direction respectively, the workbench can move relative to the base and can be partially located between the two first convex columns, and the machining device is installed on the main body portion;
the workstation connect in the base of frame, processingequipment connect in the stand of frame, processingequipment can be right work piece on the workstation is processed.
In the technical scheme of the utility model, the two first convex columns can locally increase the size of the main body part, namely, the two first convex columns can increase the size of the main body part in the first direction on two sides of the main body part in the second direction, so that the structural strength of two sides of the upright column in the second direction is high, and the span of the upright column in the second direction can be increased. The relative base of workstation removes the in-process, can remove to the part and be located between two first projections, also promptly, the setting of first projection can not cause the interference to the motion of workstation for this frame compact structure has higher support intensity and higher stability simultaneously, can make workstation and processingequipment who installs on it good at operation in-process stability, machine-shaping work piece high quality.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a drilling and tapping center according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the stand of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the housing of FIG. 2 from another perspective;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the drilling and tapping center of the present invention.
The reference numbers illustrate:
| reference numerals | Name (R) | Reference numerals | Name (R) |
| 100 | Drilling and |
139 | Abdicating |
| 10 | |
14 | |
| 11 | |
15 | |
| 111 | |
151 | |
| 13 | |
153 | |
| 131 | |
17 | Collecting |
| 133 | |
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| 1331 | Inclined |
30 | Working table |
| 135 | |
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| 137 | Mounting table |
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.
In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a stand 10, and the stand 10 is applied to a drilling and tapping center 100. The drilling and tapping center 100 is a comprehensive processing device having a plurality of processing functions, the drilling and tapping center 100 may include the base 10, the table 30, and the processing device 50, both the table 30 and the processing device 50 are connected to the base 10, and the processing device 50 may perform processing operations of different steps on a workpiece on the table 30.
The machining device 50 may include a cutter shaft assembly, a tool magazine assembly, and a unclamping assembly, the cutter shaft assembly being movable in a vertical direction with respect to the machine base 10 to machine a workpiece on the table 30. The cutter shaft assembly can also move along the vertical direction relative to the machine base 10 so as to drive the cutter beating assembly and the tool magazine assembly to synchronously move, the cutter beating assembly can replace the cutter on the cutter shaft assembly onto the tool magazine assembly, or the cutter beating assembly can replace the cutter on the tool magazine assembly onto the cutter shaft assembly. The arbor assembly can be directly slidably connected to the housing 10, or the processing device 50 further comprises a small column, the arbor assembly is slidably connected to the small column, and the processing device 50 is connected to the housing 10 through the small column.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the base 10 is used for installing the worktable 30 and the processing apparatus 50, and referring to fig. 2, the base 10 may include: a base 11 and a column 13, a table 30 is attached to the base 11, and a processing device 50 is attached to the column 13. The table 30 and the column 13 are both located above the base 11.
A first direction and a second direction are defined, the worktable 30 and the main body part 131 are arranged along the first direction, and the second direction forms an included angle with the first direction;
the upright column 13 is provided with a main body part 131 and two first convex columns 133 convexly arranged on the main body part 131, and the main body part 131 is connected with the base 11 and is positioned above the base 11; the first protruding columns 133 are disposed on the main body 131 in a protruding manner along a first direction, and protrude from the main body 131 toward a direction where the worktable 30 is disposed, the two first protruding columns 133 are respectively disposed on two sides of the main body 131 in a second direction, the worktable 30 can move relative to the base 11 and can be partially disposed between the two first protruding columns 133, and the processing device 50 is mounted on the main body 131.
In the technical solution of the present invention, the two first protruding columns 133 can locally increase the size of the main body portion 131, that is, the two first protruding columns 133 can increase the size of the main body portion 131 in the first direction on both sides of the main body portion 131 in the second direction, so that the structural strength of both sides of the upright column 13 in the second direction is high, and the span of the upright column 13 in the second direction can be increased. During the moving process of the workbench 30 relative to the base 11, the workbench can be moved to a position between the two first convex columns 133, the first convex columns 133 do not interfere with the movement of the workbench 30, the machine base 10 is compact in structure and has high supporting strength and high stability, the workbench 30 and the processing device 50 mounted on the machine base can be good in stability during the operation process, and the forming quality of the processed and formed workpiece is high.
In the above embodiment, the two first protruding columns 133 extend in the vertical direction, and one end of each first protruding column is connected to the base 11, and the other end of each first protruding column is flush with the main body 131. The base 11 is connected to the lower end of the first stud 133 in the vertical direction, and the structure mounted on the column 13 can be supported by the first stud 133 in cooperation with the body 131, thereby improving the structural strength of the column 13. The upper end of the first convex column 133 in the vertical direction is flush with the main body part 131, and the first convex column 133 and the main body part 131 can be molded together, so that the structure is simple.
Further, the first protruding pillar 133 has two inclined surfaces 1331 disposed oppositely, and the inclined surfaces 1331 of the two first protruding pillars 133 gradually get closer from the direction away from the main body 131 to the direction close to the main body 131. By the structure, the size of the side of the main body 131 connected with the first convex column 133 is larger than the size of the side of the main body 131 far away from the first convex column 133, and the cross section of the first convex column 133 is roughly trapezoidal or triangular, so that the overall structural strength of the main body 131 connected with the first convex column 133 is high.
In the above embodiment, the main body 131 may be convexly provided with the mounting platform 137, a surface of the mounting platform 137 departing from the main body 131 is smoothly disposed, the mounting platform 137 is located between the two first protruding columns 133, and the processing device 50 is mounted on the surface of the mounting platform 137 departing from the main body 131.
The surface of the mounting table 137 for connecting the processing device 50 is processed into a smooth surface, so that the mounting accuracy of the processing device 50 and the column 13 is high. The mounting platform 137 is convexly arranged on the main body 131, so that other parts of the main body 131 do not need to be subjected to finish machining, and only the surface of the mounting platform 137, which is away from the main body 131, is subjected to finish machining, so that the stand 10 has high mounting precision and low machining cost.
Furthermore, the upright column 13 may further have two second protruding columns 135, the second protruding columns 135 are disposed on the main body 131 in a protruding manner along the first direction, and protrude from the main body 131 towards a direction away from the worktable 30, and the two second protruding columns 135 are respectively disposed on two sides of the main body 131 in the second direction.
The protruding direction of the second protruding column 135 is opposite to the protruding direction of the first protruding column 133 protruding from the main body 131, so that not only can the stability of the upright column 13 be ensured, but also the structural strength of the upright column 13 can be further increased.
Referring to fig. 4, the stand 10 may further be provided with a control box 14, and the control box 14 may be connected to a side of the column 13 facing away from the working table 30 and at least partially located between the two second studs 135. These two second projection 135 still can carry on spacingly for the installation of control box 14 for control box 14 installation is more convenient, mounted position is accurate.
In the above embodiment, the extension length of the second convex pillar 135 in the second direction is greater than the extension length of the first convex pillar 133 in the second direction. An extension length of the first and second bosses 133 and 135 in the second direction may be defined as a width of the first and second bosses 133 and 135. When the opposite side surfaces of the two first protruding pillars 133 are the inclined surfaces 1331, the widths of the first protruding pillars 133 in the extending direction gradually change, and the width of the second protruding pillar 135 may be greater than the maximum width of the first protruding pillar 133, or the width of the second protruding pillar 135 may be the same as the maximum width of the first protruding pillar 133. To ensure the smoothness of the stand 10 in the first direction.
Referring further to fig. 2, in the above embodiment, the column 13 may be provided with a space 139, the space 139 is recessed in the column 13 along the first direction and is opened at a side of the column 13 adjacent to the base 11, and the worktable 30 may move relative to the base 11 to be partially located in the space 139. The yielding space 139 arranged on the column 13 can be used for yielding for the movement of the workbench 30, so that the stroke of the workbench 30 moving relative to the base 11 is larger under the condition that the size of the base 11 is not increased, and the compactness of the whole structure of the machine base 10 is ensured.
The offering of the abdicating space 139 can be determined according to the position and the size of the workbench 30, the abdicating space 139 can be only provided on the main body part 131 of the upright post 13, can also be provided on the main body part 131 and the first convex post 133 at the same time, and can be set according to specific requirements.
In the above embodiment, the base 11 and the upright 13 may be a split structure, so as to facilitate the processing and forming of each part. The base 11 and the upright column 13 can be of an integral structure, so that the matching precision of the base 11 and the upright column 13 is high, and the installation time is saved.
When the upright column 13 comprises the main body part 131 and the first convex column 133, the main body part 131, the first convex column 133 and the base 11 are all of an integrated structure; when the pillar 13 includes the body portion 131, the first boss 133, and the second boss 135, the body portion 131, the first boss 133, and the second boss 135 are integrally formed.
In the above embodiment, two sides of the base 11 in the second direction are flush with two sides of the pillar 13 in the second direction. That is, the surface of the base 11 and the surface of the upright 13 in the second direction are flush, so that the base 11 and the upright 13 form the base 10 with high consistency.
Referring to fig. 4, in the above embodiment, the base 10 may further include a cover 15, where the cover 15 connects the base 11 and the upright 13 and encloses the base 11 and the upright 13 to form a processing space, and two opposite sides of the cover 15 in the second direction are flush with two opposite sides of the upright 13 in the second direction.
The cover body 15 can enclose jointly with base 11 and stand 13 and close and form the processing space, bores and attacks center 100 in the course of the work, and processingequipment 50 can process the work piece in the processing space, prevents to form pollutants such as dust in the course of the work and causes the pollution to the environment, can also protect processingequipment 50 and workstation 30.
The two opposite sides of the cover 15 in the second direction are flush with the two opposite sides of the upright 13 in the second direction, so that the cover 15 only needs to be connected with the upright 13 on one side of the upright 13 in the second direction, enclose the base 11, and then be connected with the other side of the upright 13 in the second direction, and the cover 15 is located on one side of the upright 13 in the first direction. Under this structure, stand 13 need not whole be located the cover body 15, but can enclose with the cover body 15 jointly and close and form the processing space, and this stand 13 can regard as a part of the appearance of frame 10, not only supports the effect still, and can save the cost of manufacture of cover body 15.
The cover body 15 may include a main body cover 151 and two side wall covers 153, the main body cover 151 and the column 13 are arranged along a first direction, the two side wall covers 153 are arranged in parallel along a second direction, the two side wall covers 153 are respectively connected to two sides of the main body cover 151 in the second direction, and extend along the lateral direction of the main body cover 151, one side of the two side wall covers 153 departing from the main body cover 151 is respectively connected to the column 13, the main body cover 151, two side walls and the column 13 are sequentially enclosed along the circumferential direction, and are located above the base 11, and the base 11 is covered. The table 30 and the processing device 50 are located within the enclosed area.
The base 11 of the machine base 10 may further be provided with an outlet 111, and the workpieces on the worktable 30 may generate waste slag and waste water during the processing process, and the waste slag and waste water may fall down along the worktable 30 to the base 11 and be discharged through the outlet 111.
Specifically, the upper surface of the machine base 10 may be inclined from top to bottom, the discharge port 111 is located at the lowest position of the upper surface of the machine base 10, and the waste slag and waste water falling to the upper surface of the base 11 along the worktable 30 can slide down in the inclined direction of the machine base 10 and be discharged through the discharge port 111.
Referring to fig. 3, the base 10 may further include a collection box 17, wherein the base 11 of the collection box 17 is located below the outlet 111, and is capable of collecting waste residues and waste water discharged from the outlet 111.
The base 10 is further provided with a slag discharging mechanism 19, the slag discharging mechanism 19 comprises a support, a filter screen and a moving member, the moving member is connected to the support and circularly moves from a position close to the base 11 to a position far away from the base 11, the filter screen is connected with the moving member and can move along the moving direction of the moving member under the driving of the moving member, and the filter screen extends into the collecting box 17 and is positioned below the discharge port 111.
After the waste slag and waste water generated during the processing of the workpiece by the drilling and tapping center 100 are discharged through the discharge port 111, part of the waste slag may fall onto the filter screen and be transported away from the base 11 following the movement of the filter screen, and the waste water may flow through the filter screen and be stored in the collection box 17.
The utility model also provides a drilling and tapping center 100, wherein the drilling and tapping center 100 comprises a workbench 30, a machining device 50 and a machine base 10. The specific structure of the machine base 10 refers to the above embodiments, and since the drilling and tapping center 100 adopts all technical solutions of all the above embodiments, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiments are achieved, and no further description is given here.
The worktable 30 is connected to the base 11 of the machine base 10, the machining device 50 is connected to the column 13 of the machine base 10, and the machining device 50 can machine the workpiece on the worktable 30.
The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a frame for installation workstation and processingequipment, its characterized in that, the frame includes:
the workbench is arranged on the base and is positioned above the base; and
the upright post is provided with a main body part and two first convex columns convexly arranged on the main body part, and the main body part is connected with the base and is positioned above the base; defining a first direction and a second direction, wherein the workbench and the main body part are arranged along the first direction, and an included angle is formed between the second direction and the first direction;
the first convex columns are arranged on the main body portion in a protruding mode in the first direction, the workbench protrudes out of the main body portion in the direction of the workbench, the first convex columns are located on two sides of the main body portion in the second direction respectively, the workbench can move relative to the base and can move to the position between the first convex columns, and the machining device is installed on the main body portion.
2. The stand according to claim 1, wherein two of the first studs extend in a vertical direction, and one end of the first studs is connected to the base and the other end of the first studs is flush with the main body.
3. The stand according to claim 1, wherein the two first protruding pillars have opposite inclined surfaces, and the inclined surfaces of the two first protruding pillars gradually get closer from a direction away from the main body to a direction close to the main body.
4. The stand according to claim 1, wherein the main body is provided with a mounting platform, a surface of the mounting platform facing away from the main body is smoothly arranged, the mounting platform is located between the two first protruding columns, and the processing device is mounted on a surface of the mounting platform facing away from the main body.
5. The stand according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the upright post further has two second protruding pillars protruding from the main body along the first direction and protruding from the main body in a direction away from the worktable, and the two second protruding pillars are respectively located on two sides of the main body in the second direction.
6. The stand according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pillar has a space, the space is recessed along the first direction and is opened at a side of the pillar adjacent to the base, and the worktable is movable relative to the base to a position partially within the space.
7. The stand according to claim 1, wherein said base is of unitary construction with said upright.
8. The stand according to claim 5, wherein both sides of said base in said second direction are flush with both sides of said post in said second direction.
9. The stand according to claim 8, further comprising a cover connecting the base and the upright and enclosing the base and the upright to form a processing space, wherein two opposite sides of the cover in the second direction are flush with two opposite sides of the upright in the second direction.
10. Drilling and tapping center, characterized in that, the drilling and tapping center includes the frame of any one of claims 1 to 9, workstation connection in the base of frame, processingequipment connects in the stand of frame, processingequipment can be to the work piece on the workstation processing.
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