CN221315618U - Automatic flower-scraping machine - Google Patents
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An automatic flower-cutting machine relates to the technical field of machining, and comprises a machine base, wherein an installation cavity is formed in the machine base, and an opening communicated with the installation cavity is formed in the side wall of the machine base; the workbench is arranged in the mounting cavity; the fixing frame is arranged on the workbench, the sliding seat is arranged on the fixing frame in a sliding manner and can move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench; the mounting seat is arranged on the sliding seat in a sliding manner and can move along the Z-axis direction relative to the workbench; the cutter head is rotationally arranged on the side wall of the mounting seat; the base is arranged on the workbench in a sliding manner and can move along the Y-axis direction relative to the workbench; the bracket is fixedly arranged on the base; the bearing seat is rotationally arranged on the bracket and used for bearing a workpiece; and the driving assembly is used for driving the bearing seat to rotate relative to the workbench so that the cutter head can carry out cambered surface flower-scraping on the surface of the workpiece. By adopting the technical scheme, the cambered surface batch-flower requirement of the workpiece can be met, the application range is high, the automation degree is high, and the market popularization is facilitated.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of machining, in particular to an automatic pattern cutting machine.
Background
The pattern cutting machine is a kind of machine, also called a pattern turning machine, on the metal surface or other material, imitates the principle of manual carving, and is widely used in the fields of electronics, jewelry, costumes, ornaments, numerals, mobile phones, audiovisual, clocks, aluminium products and the like.
In the related art, as disclosed in a chinese patent publication No. CN201613766U, a numerically controlled multifunctional pattern-cutting machine is disclosed, which comprises a frame, wherein the frame comprises a deck plate and a support column arranged on the deck plate, and a driving device and an automatic processing device are arranged above the frame; the automatic processing device comprises an X-axis stepping motor, a Y-axis stepping motor, a Z-axis stepping motor, an X-axis linear guide rail pair, a Y-axis linear guide rail pair, a Z-axis linear guide rail pair, a ball screw and a coupler, wherein the X-axis linear guide rail pair is sleeved on the support column, and the X-axis stepping motor is connected with the X-axis linear guide rail pair through the coupler and the ball screw pair; the Y-axis linear guide rail pair is arranged on the X-axis linear guide rail pair, and the Y-axis stepping motor is connected with the X-axis linear guide rail pair through a coupler and a ball screw pair; the Z-axis linear guide rail pair is arranged on the table panel, and the Z-axis stepping motor is connected with the Z-axis linear guide rail pair through a coupler and a ball screw pair; the driving device is arranged on the Y-axis linear guide rail pair and comprises a high-speed motor, the high-speed motor is connected with a belt pulley through a coupling, an angle conversion wheel is connected below the belt pulley, and the belt pulley and a cutter head are connected below the angle conversion wheel.
However, the pattern-cutting machine in the related art can only cut the workpiece in a plane, and it is difficult to cut the workpiece with an arc surface, so that the requirement of cutting the workpiece with the arc surface cannot be met.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to solve the problem that the prior art flower-batch machine can only perform plane flower batch on a workpiece, and is difficult to perform flower batch operation on a workpiece with an arc surface, and cannot meet the requirement of arc surface flower batch of the workpiece.
The technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows: an automatic flower-batching machine comprising: the machine seat is internally provided with an installation cavity, and the side wall of the machine seat is provided with an opening communicated with the installation cavity; the workbench is arranged in the mounting cavity; the fixing frame is arranged on the workbench, the sliding seat is arranged on the fixing frame in a sliding manner, is positioned above the workbench and can move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench; the mounting seat is arranged on the sliding seat in a sliding manner and can move along the Z-axis direction relative to the workbench; the cutter head is rotationally arranged on the side wall of the mounting seat and is used for carrying out pattern-scraping operation on the surface of the workpiece; the base is arranged on the workbench in a sliding manner and can move along the Y-axis direction relative to the workbench; the bracket is fixedly arranged on the base; the bearing seat is rotationally arranged on the bracket and used for bearing a workpiece; and the driving assembly is used for driving the bearing seat to rotate relative to the workbench so that the cutter head can carry out cambered surface flower-scraping on the surface of the workpiece.
Preferably, the driving assembly comprises a rotating rod arranged on the support in a rotating manner and a driving motor for driving the rotating rod to rotate, two ends of the rotating rod are respectively connected to two opposite inner sides of the support in a rotating manner, the bearing seat is fixedly arranged on the rotating rod, the driving motor is fixedly arranged on the support, and an output shaft of the driving motor is fixedly connected to the end part of the rotating rod.
Preferably, the rotating rod is provided with a clamping piece for clamping and fixing the workpiece on the bearing seat.
Preferably, the fixing frame is fixedly provided with an X-axis linear motor and a Z-axis linear motor, the X-axis linear motor is used for driving the sliding seat to move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench, and the Z-axis linear motor is used for driving the mounting seat to move along the Z-axis direction relative to the workbench.
Preferably, the mounting seat is provided with a rotating motor for driving the cutterhead to rotate, the rotating motor is fixedly arranged on one side, deviating from the cutterhead, of the mounting seat, and an output shaft of the rotating motor penetrates through the mounting seat and is fixedly connected to the center of the cutterhead.
Preferably, the base is provided with a Y-axis driving member for driving the base to move along the Y-axis direction relative to the table.
Preferably, the machine base is further provided with a control device, and the control device is electrically connected with the driving motor, the X-axis linear motor, the Z-axis linear motor, the rotating motor and the Y-axis driving piece.
Preferably, the machine base is rotatably provided with a bin gate for closing the opening.
After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. When the workpiece is subjected to pattern cutting, the workpiece to be subjected to pattern cutting is firstly placed on the bearing seat, the workpiece is fixed, the pattern cutting position of the cutter disc is adjusted by driving the sliding seat and the mounting seat to move along the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction respectively relative to the workbench, the cutter disc is driven to rotate, and the bearing seat is driven to rotate relative to the workbench by the driving assembly, namely, the workpiece is rotated at the moment, so that the rotating cutter disc can carry out cambered surface pattern cutting on the surface of the workpiece, the cambered surface pattern cutting requirement of the workpiece is met, the application range is wider, the automation degree is higher, and the market popularization is facilitated.
2. According to the application, the rotating motor drives the rotating shaft to rotate so as to drive the cutterhead to rotate, so that the cutterhead can rotate stably, the quality of flower batch is ensured, and the slipping caused by belt pulley transmission is avoided.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present embodiment;
Fig. 2 is an illustration of the stand of fig. 1 with the stand removed.
Reference numerals illustrate: 1. a base; 11. a mounting cavity; 12. an opening; 13. a control device; 2. a work table; 3. a fixing frame; 31. an X-axis linear motor; 32. a Z-axis linear motor; 4. a sliding seat; 5. a mounting base; 51. a rotating shaft; 52. a rotating motor; 6. a cutterhead; 7. a base; 8. a bracket; 9. a bearing seat; 91. a workpiece; 101. a rotating lever; 102. and driving the motor.
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The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to fig. 1-2 of the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
It should be noted that, the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "back", "side", "circumferential", and the like of the present utility model indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Moreover, the terms first, second, etc. are only used to distinguish a plurality of components or structures having the same or similar structure, and do not denote any particular limitation on the arrangement order or connection relationship.
The embodiment relates to an automatic flower-cutting machine, referring to fig. 1 and 2, comprising a machine base 1, a workbench 2, a fixing frame 3, a sliding seat 4, a mounting seat 5, a cutter head 6, a base 7, a support 8, a bearing seat 9 and a driving component, wherein a mounting cavity 11 is arranged in the machine base 1, an opening 12 communicated with the mounting cavity 11 is arranged on the side wall of the machine base 1, and a bin gate (not shown in the figure) for closing the opening 12 is arranged on the machine base 1, and in addition, transparent glass is arranged on the bin gate for facilitating the observation of the flower-cutting process of a workpiece 91. The table 2 is fixedly installed in the installation cavity 11, and in this embodiment, the table 2 is provided in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the length direction of the table 2 is set to the X-axis direction, the width direction of the table 2 is set to the Y-axis direction, and the height direction of the table 2 is set to the Z-axis direction.
The mount 3 fixed mounting is on workstation 2, and mount 3 includes two montants of vertical setting and sets up the horizontal pole between two montants, and two montants all set up along the Z axis direction, and the horizontal pole sets up along the X axis direction. The sliding seat 4 is arranged on the cross rod of the fixed frame 3 in a sliding manner, a through hole for the cross rod to pass through is formed in the middle of the sliding seat 4, the sliding seat 4 is positioned above the workbench 2, and the sliding seat 4 can move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench 2.
The mount pad 5 slides and sets up on sliding seat 4, and mount pad 5 can follow Z axial direction and remove relatively workstation 2, and blade disc 6 rotates and sets up in the lateral wall of mount pad 5, and can carry out the batch flower operation to the surface of work piece 91 when blade disc 6 high-speed rotation.
The base 7 is arranged on the workbench 2 in a sliding manner, the base 7 can move along the Y-axis direction relative to the workbench 2, the support 8 is fixedly arranged on the base 7, and the support 8 can move along the Y-axis direction relative to the workbench 2 under the drive of the base 7. The bearing seat 9 is rotatably arranged on the bracket 8, and the bearing seat 9 is used for bearing the workpiece 91, namely, when the workpiece 91 is subjected to pattern cutting, the workpiece 91 which is required to be subjected to pattern cutting is placed on the bearing seat 9.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the driving assembly is disposed on the bracket 8 and is used for driving the bearing seat 9 to rotate relative to the workbench 2 and driving the workpiece 91 to rotate, so that the cutter head 6 rotating at a high speed can perform cambered surface embossing on the surface of the workpiece 91.
It can be understood that when the workpiece 91 is subjected to the pattern cutting, the workpiece 91 is firstly placed on the bearing seat 9, and the workpiece 91 is limited and fixed, so that the workpiece 91 is stably located on the bearing seat 9, at this time, the sliding seat 4 and the mounting seat 5 are driven to slide relative to the X axis direction and the Z axis direction of the workbench 2 respectively, so that the position of the cutter disc 6 is adjusted, the cutter disc 6 can be abutted to the surface of the workpiece 91, at this time, the cutter disc 6 is driven to rotate at a high speed, so that the cutter disc 6 is used for carrying out the pattern cutting on the surface of the workpiece 91, the driving assembly is used for driving the bearing seat 9 to rotate relative to the workbench 2, and the workpiece 91 is driven to rotate, so that the pattern cutting tool on the cutter disc 6 can always abut against the surface of the workpiece 91, namely the cutter disc 6 can carry out the pattern cutting operation on the cambered surface of the workpiece 91, the requirement of the cambered surface of the workpiece 91 is met, the application range is wider, and the market popularization is facilitated.
Further, the driving assembly comprises a rotating rod 101 rotatably arranged on the bracket 8 and a driving motor 102 for driving the rotating rod 101 to rotate, wherein the rotating rod 101 is approximately U-shaped, the bearing seat 9 is fixedly arranged at the concave part of the rotating rod 101, and two ends of the rotating rod 101 are respectively rotatably connected with two opposite side walls of the bracket 8. The driving motor 102 is fixedly mounted on the bracket 8, and an output shaft of the driving motor 102 is fixedly connected to an end of the rotating rod 101. In this embodiment, a reduction gearbox is provided in the drive motor 102 so that the rotation lever 101 can rotate at a small speed relative to the table 2.
Further, in order to stably locate the workpiece 91 on the carrier 9 and rotate with the rotation of the carrier 9, a clamping member (not shown) for clamping and fixing the workpiece 91 on the carrier 9 is provided on the rotating rod 101, and the clamping member may be an automatic clamping clamp such as a spring clamp or a pneumatic cylinder clamp, which is not limited herein.
Further, in order to enable the sliding seat 4 and the mounting seat 5 to slide along the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction respectively relative to the workbench 2, the fixing frame 3 is fixedly provided with an X-axis linear motor 31 and a Z-axis linear motor 32, wherein the X-axis linear motor 31 is arranged along the X-axis direction, the X-axis linear motor 31 is used for driving the sliding seat 4 to move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench 2, the Z-axis linear motor 32 is arranged along the Z-axis direction, and the Z-axis linear motor 32 is used for driving the mounting seat 5 to move along the Z-axis direction.
Further, a rotating shaft 51 is rotatably arranged on the mounting seat 5, the rotating shaft 51 is arranged along the Y-axis direction, one end of the rotating shaft 51 extends out of the side wall of the mounting seat 5, the cutter disc 6 is fixedly arranged at one end of the rotating shaft 51 extending out of the mounting seat 5, a rotating motor 52 for driving the rotating shaft 51 to rotate is further arranged on the mounting seat 5, the rotating motor 52 is located at one side, deviating from the cutter disc 6, of the mounting seat 5, and an output shaft of the rotating motor 52 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 51.
As can be appreciated, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the rotating motor 52 drives the rotating shaft 51 to rotate, so as to drive the cutterhead 6 to rotate at a high speed, so that the pattern-cutting tool on the cutterhead 6 can stably perform pattern-cutting on the surface of the workpiece 91.
Further, a Y-axis driving member (not shown) for driving the base 7 to move along the Y-axis direction relative to the table 2 is further provided on the base 7, and in this embodiment, the Y-axis driving member is a linear motor, and in other embodiments, the Y-axis driving member may be provided as a driving mechanism capable of implementing linear reciprocating motion, such as an air cylinder, a screw motor, or the like.
Further, the machine base 1 is further provided with a control device 13, and the control device 13 is electrically connected with the driving motor 102, the X-axis linear motor 31, the Z-axis linear motor 32, the rotating motor 52 and the Y-axis driving piece, so as to control the driving motor 102, the X-axis linear motor 31, the Z-axis linear motor 32, the rotating motor 52 and the Y-axis driving piece, thereby realizing automatic pattern-cutting of the workpiece 91, having higher automation degree and saving the labor cost.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model and not for the purpose of limiting the same, and other modifications and equivalents thereof by those skilled in the art should be included in the scope of the claims of the present utility model without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present utility model.
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1. An automatic flower-batching machine, comprising:
The machine comprises a machine base (1), wherein an installation cavity (11) is formed in the machine base, and an opening (12) used for communicating with the installation cavity (11) is formed in the side wall of the machine base (1);
The workbench (2) is arranged in the mounting cavity (11);
a fixing frame (3) arranged on the workbench (2),
The sliding seat (4) is arranged on the fixing frame (3) in a sliding manner, is positioned above the workbench (2), and can move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench (2);
the mounting seat (5) is arranged on the sliding seat (4) in a sliding manner and can move along the Z-axis direction relative to the workbench (2);
the cutter head (6) is rotationally arranged on the side wall of the mounting seat (5) and is used for carrying out pattern-scraping operation on the surface of the workpiece (91);
The base (7) is arranged on the workbench (2) in a sliding manner and can move along the Y-axis direction relative to the workbench (2);
the bracket (8) is fixedly arranged on the base (7);
the bearing seat (9) is rotationally arranged on the bracket (8) and is used for bearing a workpiece (91); and
The driving assembly is used for driving the bearing seat (9) to rotate relative to the workbench (2), so that the cutter head (6) can carry out cambered surface batch patterning on the surface of the workpiece (91).
2. The automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 1, wherein the driving assembly comprises a rotating rod (101) rotatably arranged on the bracket (8) and a driving motor (102) for driving the rotating rod (101) to rotate, two ends of the rotating rod (101) are respectively rotatably connected to two opposite inner sides of the bracket (8), the bearing seat (9) is fixedly arranged on the rotating rod (101), the driving motor (102) is fixedly arranged on the bracket (8), and an output shaft of the driving motor (102) is fixedly connected to an end part of the rotating rod (101).
3. An automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the rotating lever (101) is provided with clamping means for clamping and fixing the workpiece (91) to the carrying seat (9).
4. An automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 2, wherein the fixing frame (3) is fixedly provided with an X-axis linear motor (31) and a Z-axis linear motor (32), the X-axis linear motor (31) is used for driving the sliding seat (4) to move along the X-axis direction relative to the workbench (2), and the Z-axis linear motor (32) is used for driving the mounting seat (5) to move along the Z-axis direction relative to the workbench (2).
5. The automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 4, wherein the rotary shaft (51) is rotatably arranged on the mounting seat (5), the rotary shaft (51) is arranged along the Y-axis direction, one end of the rotary shaft (51) extends out of the side wall of the mounting seat (5), the cutter disc (6) is fixedly arranged at one end of the rotary shaft (51) extending out of the mounting seat (5), the mounting seat (5) is further provided with a rotary motor (52) for driving the rotary shaft (51) to rotate, the rotary motor (52) is positioned at one side of the mounting seat (5) away from the cutter disc (6), and an output shaft of the rotary motor (52) is fixedly connected with the rotary shaft (51).
6. An automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the base (7) is provided with a Y-axis drive for driving the base (7) to move in the Y-axis direction relative to the table (2).
7. The automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 6, wherein the machine base (1) is further provided with a control device (13), and the control device (13) is electrically connected with the driving motor (102), the X-axis linear motor (31), the Z-axis linear motor (32), the rotating motor (52) and the Y-axis driving member.
8. An automatic flower-cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing (1) is rotatably provided with a door for closing the opening (12).
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