CN217371487U - Flexible self-adaptive efficient clamp - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a flexible self-adaptive high-efficiency clamp, which comprises a supporting base and an adjusting support assembly; the supporting base is arranged on the working table surface; the two sets of adjusting support seat components are arranged on the upper plane of the supporting base in a mirror symmetry manner; the adjusting support component comprises an adjusting support body, an adjusting lower wedge block, an adjusting upper wedge block, a V-shaped adjusting seat, a horizontal adjusting push rod and a jacking push rod; the adjusting lower wedge block, the adjusting upper wedge block and the V-shaped adjusting seat are sequentially arranged on the adjusting support body from bottom to top, an inclined surface is formed between the adjusting lower wedge block and the adjusting upper wedge block, and the adjusting upper wedge block is movably connected with the V-shaped adjusting seat; the horizontal adjusting push rod and the jacking push rod are arranged on the adjusting support body, the front end of the horizontal adjusting push rod is contacted with the side surface of the workpiece, and the front end of the jacking push rod is connected with the adjusting lower wedge block; the V-shaped adjusting seats of each set of adjusting support assembly are oppositely arranged. The utility model discloses can satisfy the structure baseplane and be heterotypic inclined plane, the laminating support position is removed to self-adaptation ground.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a machining anchor clamps, more specifically say, relate to a high-efficient anchor clamps of flexible self-adaptation.
Background
In the prior travelling mechanism of the tyre crane hoisting equipment, the tyre crane balance beam structural part has special shape and high processing requirement, and the processing is finished by one-time clamping. According to the characteristic that the member needs to be cut, the irregular inclined surface needs to be fixed downwards to be used as a supporting surface during the cutting of the member. The traditional tool is used for processing and clamping, the bottom supporting surface is in point contact with the clamp body, and the support is not stable. And traditional adjustable's support, the bottom is at rotatory in-process, and the component also can take place the follow-up phenomenon, is unfavorable for clamping and correction. Because the bottom support is unstable, the workpiece vibration phenomenon can occur in the machining process of the structural part, and the machining quality is influenced. Sometimes, in the rough machining process, the workpiece is displaced due to the fact that clamping is not firm.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the above-mentioned defect that exists among the prior art, the utility model aims at providing a high-efficient anchor clamps of flexible self-adaptation can satisfy the structure baseplane and be heterotypic inclined plane, and the laminating support position is removed to self-adaptation ground.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
a flexible self-adaptive efficient clamp comprises a supporting base and an adjusting support assembly;
the supporting base is arranged on the working table surface;
the two sets of adjusting support seat components are arranged on the upper plane of the supporting base in a mirror symmetry manner;
the adjusting support assembly comprises an adjusting support body, an adjusting lower wedge block, an adjusting upper wedge block, a V-shaped adjusting seat, a horizontal adjusting push rod and a jacking push rod;
the lower adjusting wedge block, the upper adjusting wedge block and the V-shaped adjusting seat are sequentially arranged on the adjusting support body from bottom to top, an inclined surface is formed between the lower adjusting wedge block and the upper adjusting wedge block in a matched mode, and the upper adjusting wedge block is movably connected with the V-shaped adjusting seat;
the horizontal adjusting push rod and the jacking push rod are both arranged on the adjusting support body, the front end of the horizontal adjusting push rod is in contact with the side face of a workpiece, and the front end of the jacking push rod is connected with the adjusting lower wedge block;
the V-shaped adjusting seats of each set of adjusting support assembly are oppositely arranged and are contacted with the bottom plane of the workpiece.
Preferably, a straight groove step is arranged on the bottom plane of the supporting base, and a positioning block is arranged in the straight groove step;
the positioning block is matched with the T-shaped groove on the working table top.
Preferably, the supporting base is fixed on the working table top through a fastening assembly;
a groove is formed in the middle of the side edge of the supporting base;
the fastening assembly comprises a fastening pressure plate, a fastening screw, a locking nut and a trapezoidal block;
the trapezoidal block is located in the T-shaped groove, the fastening screw is located in the groove, the lower end of the fastening screw is screwed into the threaded hole in the trapezoidal block, a through hole is formed in the fastening pressing plate, the fastening pressing plate is sleeved on the fastening screw through the through hole, and the locking nut is screwed on the fastening screw to lock the fastening pressing plate so that the support base is fixed on the working table top.
Preferably, the support base is provided with a central reference groove, and the straight groove step is located on the central reference groove.
Preferably, a plurality of groups of threaded holes are averagely arranged on the top plane of the supporting base.
Preferably, the adjusting support body comprises a horizontal bottom plate, a vertical baffle arranged on the outer end part of the horizontal bottom plate and a jacking sliding cabin;
the horizontal bottom plate is provided with a waist-shaped hole corresponding to the threaded hole on the top plane of the supporting base;
the jacking sliding cabin is arranged on the inner side surface of the vertical baffle;
and the vertical baffle plate is provided with two threaded holes for mounting the jacking push rod and the horizontal adjusting push rod.
Preferably, a cover plate is arranged on the top surface of the jacking sliding cabin, and the top plane of the adjusting upper wedge block is exposed out of the top surface of the jacking sliding cabin;
two side surfaces of the jacking sliding cabin are provided with symmetrical vertical kidney-shaped holes;
and a fixing bolt for fixing the adjusting upper wedge block is arranged in the vertical waist-shaped hole.
Preferably, the front end of the jacking push rod is provided with a step groove, and the side surface of the adjusting lower wedge block is provided with a convex step matched with the step groove.
Preferably, the movable connection comprises pin shaft holes respectively arranged on the adjusting upper wedge block and the V-shaped adjusting seat, the two pin shaft holes are connected through a pin shaft, and the end part of the pin shaft is provided with a transition end cover; and
the bottom of the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with an arc convex surface, and an arc concave surface matched with the arc convex surface is arranged on the top plane of the adjusting upper wedge block;
the back of the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with an inner concave arc surface, and the top surface of the pin shaft hole on the adjusting upper wedge block is provided with an outer convex arc surface matched with the inner concave arc surface.
Preferably, the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with a plane datum matched with the inclined surface of the workpiece and a V-shaped datum surface matched with the cylindrical surface of the workpiece.
The utility model provides a pair of high-efficient anchor clamps of flexible self-adaptation makes point, line contact in the past optimize for the face contact. And the workpiece does not need to rotate the supporting surface in the horizontal correcting process, and a jacking mechanism at the bottom of the clamp body is utilized. The purposes of quick correction, firm clamping and stable processing of the special-shaped structural part are achieved. Finally, the standby time of the equipment is reduced, the working efficiency is improved, the product quality is improved, and the labor intensity is reduced. The problem of clamping and correcting the special-shaped part of the balance beam of the tire crane can be conveniently, quickly, safely and reliably solved. The self-structure of the supporting clamp body is utilized to be matched with the structural member supporting bottom surface in a self-adaptive mode, and the attaching plane is automatically rotated through force transmission. The phenomena that workpieces are not easy to correct, bottom support is not stable and the like in the conventional tool can be effectively avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the field layout of the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of portion A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic axial view of an adjusting support assembly of the flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a rear view of the V-shaped adjusting seat and the upper adjusting wedge of FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a support base in the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp of the present invention, in which the support surface is an inclined surface;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp of the present invention, in which the support surface is a cylindrical surface;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a V-shaped adjusting seat supporting cylinder in the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp according to the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a V-shaped adjusting seat supporting inclined plane in the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic view of the use state of the flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp according to the present invention.
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In order to better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the following further describes the technical solution of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the present invention provides a flexible adaptive high-efficiency clamp, which includes a support base 1 and an adjusting support assembly 100.
Referring to fig. 1, 2, 5 and 6, a plurality of groups of support bases 1 can be arranged according to the shape and size of the structural member 300, and are all arranged on the working table 200, a straight groove step is arranged on the bottom plane of the support base 1, and a positioning block 3 is arranged in the straight groove step by a fastening screw 2; the positioning block 3 is matched with the T-shaped groove on the working table 200, so that when the multiple groups of supporting bases 1 are adjusted back and forth according to the shape and size of the structural member 300, the supporting bases can be kept on the same central line reference to move, and the position of the flexible self-adaptive high-efficiency clamp is convenient to adjust quickly and accurately; a plurality of groups of threaded holes 4 are averagely formed in the top plane of the supporting base 1 so as to expand the longitudinal adjusting range of the adjusting support assembly 100 and facilitate connection and fastening; the supporting base 1 is fixed on the working table 200 through a fastening assembly, a groove is formed in the middle of the side edge of the supporting base 1, the fastening assembly comprises a fastening pressure plate 5, a fastening screw 6, a locking nut 7 and a trapezoidal block 8, the trapezoidal block 8 is located in a T-shaped groove in the working table 200, the fastening screw 6 is located in the groove in the side edge of the supporting base 1, the lower end of the fastening screw 6 is screwed into a threaded hole of the trapezoidal block 8, a through hole is formed in the fastening pressure plate 5, the fastening pressure plate 5 is sleeved on the fastening screw 6 through the through hole, and the locking nut 7 is screwed on the fastening screw 6 to lock the fastening pressure plate 5, so that the supporting base 1 is fixed on the working table 200; support and be equipped with central benchmark groove on the base 1, fixed a set of locating piece 3 on the central benchmark groove, with the T type groove phase-match on the table surface 200, the multiunit of being convenient for supports the unified principle of base 1 benchmark, but the short-term determination the utility model discloses flexible self-adaptation high efficiency anchor clamps's adjustment position.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, each set of support base 1 has two sets of adjusting seat assemblies 100, which are arranged on the upper plane of the support base 1 in mirror symmetry.
The adjusting support assembly 100 comprises an adjusting support body 9, an adjusting lower wedge 10, an adjusting upper wedge 11, a V-shaped adjusting seat 12, a horizontal adjusting push rod 13 and a jacking push rod 14.
The adjusting support body 9 comprises a horizontal bottom plate 15, a vertical baffle 16 arranged on the outer end part of the horizontal bottom plate 15 and a jacking sliding cabin 17; a waist-shaped hole 18 corresponding to the top plane threaded hole 4 of the supporting base 1 is formed in the horizontal bottom plate 15 and is connected to the supporting base 1 through a locking bolt 19; two threaded holes are formed in the vertical baffle 16, one threaded hole is matched with the horizontal adjusting push rod 13, and the other threaded hole is matched with the jacking push rod 14; the jacking sliding cabin 17 is arranged on the inner side surface of the vertical baffle 16 and is used for embedding the lower adjusting wedge block 10 and the upper adjusting wedge block 11; the front end of the jacking push rod 14 is provided with a step groove, and the side surface of the adjusting lower wedge block 10 is provided with a convex step matched with the step groove; the upper inclined plane of the lower adjusting wedge block 10 is matched with the lower inclined plane of the upper adjusting wedge block 11 to form a complementary angle; a cover plate 20 is designed above the jacking sliding cabin 17, is connected to the top surface of the jacking sliding cabin 17 by a fastening screw 21 and is matched with the side surface of the adjusting upper wedge block 11, and a gap is left to avoid influencing the adjusting upper wedge block 11 to do jacking movement, so that the jacking sliding cabin 17 is prevented from being invaded by sundries, and the smooth sliding of the internal structure is kept; the upper adjusting wedge block 11 is movably connected with the V-shaped adjusting seat 12, the movable connection comprises pin shaft holes which are respectively arranged on the upper adjusting wedge block 11 and the V-shaped adjusting seat 12, the two pin shaft holes are connected through a pin shaft 22, the other end of the pin shaft 22 is provided with a transition end cover 23, the other end of the pin shaft 22 is fixed on the pin shaft 22 by a fastening screw 24, a certain gap is reserved between the two pin shaft holes in a matched manner, and the upper adjusting wedge block 11 and the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 can normally rotate while being fixed; and the bottom of the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 is set to be a circular arc convex surface, a circular arc concave surface matched with the circular arc convex surface is arranged on the top plane of the adjusting upper wedge block 11, meanwhile, the back surface of the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 is provided with an inner concave circular arc surface 27, the top surface of a pin shaft hole on the adjusting upper wedge block 11 is provided with an outer convex circular arc surface 28 matched with the inner concave circular arc surface 27, at the moment, the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 and the adjusting upper wedge block 11 are matched into a flexible assembly, and under the condition that the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 and a workpiece 300 support the bottom contact stress, the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 and the workpiece 300 are self-adaptively attached to each other and support each other.
Two sides of the jacking sliding cabin 17 are provided with symmetrical vertical kidney-shaped holes 25, and fixing bolts 26 for limiting and adjusting the stroke of the upper wedge block 11 are arranged in the vertical kidney-shaped holes 25.
The V-shaped adjusting seats 12 in the two sets of adjusting support assemblies 100 on each set of supporting base 1 are oppositely arranged and contact with the bottom plane of the workpiece 300.
Referring to fig. 6 and 7, the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 is mainly used for adaptively matching with the bottom plane of the workpiece 300, and the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 is provided with a plane reference matching with the inclined plane of the workpiece and a V-shaped reference plane matching with the cylindrical surface of the workpiece.
Referring to fig. 8, when the jacking rod 14 is matched with the screw thread to rotate, and the adjusting support body 9 to which the screw thread belongs is in a static state, the jacking rod 14 displaces back and forth to drive the adjusting lower wedge 10 to displace back and forth, the adjusting lower wedge 10 is matched with the adjusting upper wedge 11 by an inclined plane, the adjusting upper wedge 11 moves up and down along with the adjusting upper wedge, and the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 is driven to displace up and down to adjust the position of the workpiece 300 in the vertical direction; the front end of the level adjustment push rod 13 acts on the side surface of the workpiece 300. Referring to fig. 9, two sets of adjusting support assemblies 100 are respectively disposed on each set of supporting base 1 of the workpiece 300, and bottom adjustment and side adjustment are matched, so that the workpiece 300 can be quickly and firmly clamped.
Referring to fig. 10, the flexible adaptive high-efficiency fixture of the present invention mainly includes a supporting base 1 and an adjusting supporting seat assembly 100. The support base 1 is mainly embodied in: firstly, the adjusting support seat assemblies 100 on each group of supporting bases 1 can be adjusted at the same horizontal position, and meanwhile, the threaded holes 4 evenly distributed on the plane of the supporting base 1 are connected with the adjusting support seat assemblies 100; secondly, pass through locating piece 3 positioning connection with table surface 200, ensure the utility model discloses flexible self-adaptation high efficiency anchor clamps's central line benchmark is unified. The adjustment seat assembly 100 is mainly embodied as follows: the opening size can be adjusted within a certain range by connecting with the supporting base 1; secondly, a jacking sliding cabin 17 for adjusting the upper wedge block 10 and the lower wedge block 11 to perform jacking movement is designed, so that the requirement for adjusting the workpiece 300 is met; thirdly, the V-shaped adjusting seat 12 can meet the up-down jacking adjustment and can rotate automatically to adapt to the bottom plane of the inclined workpiece 300; fourthly, after the workpiece 300 is calibrated and adjusted, the workpiece is locked through a fastening piece.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention and are not to be used as limitations of the present invention, and that changes and modifications to the above described embodiments will fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention as long as they are within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a high-efficient anchor clamps of flexible self-adaptation which characterized in that: comprises a supporting base and an adjusting support assembly;
the supporting base is arranged on the working table surface;
the two sets of adjusting support seat components are arranged on the upper plane of the supporting base in a mirror symmetry manner;
the adjusting support assembly comprises an adjusting support body, an adjusting lower wedge block, an adjusting upper wedge block, a V-shaped adjusting seat, a horizontal adjusting push rod and a jacking push rod;
the lower adjusting wedge block, the upper adjusting wedge block and the V-shaped adjusting seat are sequentially arranged on the adjusting support body from bottom to top, an inclined surface is formed between the lower adjusting wedge block and the upper adjusting wedge block in a matched mode, and the upper adjusting wedge block is movably connected with the V-shaped adjusting seat;
the horizontal adjusting push rod and the jacking push rod are both arranged on the adjusting support body, the front end of the horizontal adjusting push rod is in contact with the side face of a workpiece, and the front end of the jacking push rod is connected with the adjusting lower wedge block;
the V-shaped adjusting seats of each set of adjusting support assembly are oppositely arranged and are contacted with the bottom plane of the workpiece.
2. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 1, wherein: a straight groove step is arranged on the bottom plane of the supporting base, and a positioning block is arranged in the straight groove step;
the positioning block is matched with the T-shaped groove on the working table top.
3. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 2, wherein: the supporting base is fixed on the working table top through a fastening assembly;
a groove is formed in the middle of the side edge of the supporting base;
the fastening assembly comprises a fastening pressure plate, a fastening screw, a locking nut and a trapezoidal block;
the trapezoidal block is located in the T-shaped groove, the fastening screw is located in the groove, the lower end of the fastening screw is screwed into the threaded hole in the trapezoidal block, a through hole is formed in the fastening pressing plate, the fastening pressing plate is sleeved on the fastening screw through the through hole, and the locking nut is screwed on the fastening screw to lock the fastening pressing plate so that the support base is fixed on the working table top.
4. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 2, wherein: the supporting base is provided with a central reference groove, and the straight groove step is positioned on the central reference groove.
5. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 3, wherein: and a plurality of groups of threaded holes are averagely formed in the top plane of the supporting base.
6. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 5, wherein: the adjusting support body comprises a horizontal bottom plate, a vertical baffle arranged on the outer end part of the horizontal bottom plate and a jacking sliding cabin;
the horizontal bottom plate is provided with a waist-shaped hole corresponding to the threaded hole on the top plane of the supporting base;
the jacking sliding cabin is arranged on the inner side surface of the vertical baffle;
and the vertical baffle plate is provided with two threaded holes for mounting the jacking push rod and the horizontal adjusting push rod.
7. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 6, wherein: a cover plate is arranged on the top surface of the jacking sliding cabin, and the top plane of the upper adjusting wedge block is exposed out of the top surface of the jacking sliding cabin;
two side surfaces of the jacking sliding cabin are provided with symmetrical vertical kidney-shaped holes;
and a fixing bolt for fixing the adjusting upper wedge block is arranged in the vertical waist-shaped hole.
8. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 6, wherein: the front end of the jacking push rod is provided with a step groove, and the side surface of the adjusting lower wedge block is provided with a convex step matched with the step groove.
9. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 7, wherein: the movable connection comprises pin shaft holes which are respectively arranged on the adjusting upper wedge block and the V-shaped adjusting seat, the two pin shaft holes are connected through a pin shaft, and the end part of the pin shaft is provided with a transition end cover;
the bottom of the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with an arc convex surface, and an arc concave surface matched with the arc convex surface is arranged on the top plane of the adjusting upper wedge block;
the back of the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with an inner concave arc surface, and the top surface of the pin shaft hole on the adjusting upper wedge block is provided with an outer convex arc surface matched with the inner concave arc surface.
10. The flexible adaptive high efficiency clamp of claim 9, wherein: and the V-shaped adjusting seat is provided with a plane datum matched with the inclined surface of the workpiece and a V-shaped datum plane matched with the surface of the cylinder of the workpiece.
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