CN222370261U - Lubricating device for die of roll forging machine - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of lubrication, in particular to a lubrication device for a roll forging machine die, which comprises a fixing frame, wherein both ends of the fixing frame are fixedly connected with a mounting plate, the rear surface of the mounting plate is fixedly connected with a connecting seat, the outer side of the connecting seat is movably connected with an adjusting frame, the outer surface of the adjusting frame is fixedly connected with a motor seat, the side surface of the motor seat is fixedly connected with a power motor, and the output end of the power motor is detachably connected with a coupling.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of lubrication, in particular to a lubrication device for a die of a roll forging machine.
Background
The utility model relates to the technical field of roll forging machines, in particular to a roll forging machine die lubricating device, which comprises a first forging roller, a second forging roller and a forging piece, wherein the forging piece is movably arranged between the first forging roller and the second forging roller, forging dies are fixedly arranged on the peripheries of the first forging roller and the second forging roller, lubricating seats are movably arranged on one sides of the first forging roller and the second forging roller, which are far away from the forging piece, and a blowing pipe and an oil storage box are fixedly arranged in the lubricating seats;
The device can realize lubrication and slag scraping of the die, but the components contacted with the die are inconvenient and rapid to switch, and when the die is seriously worn, the die needs to be replaced immediately, so that the roll forging machine needs to be stopped for waiting, and the working efficiency of the roll forging machine is influenced along the time required for lubrication.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to provide a lubricating device for a die of a roll forging machine, which is used for solving the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions:
The utility model provides a lubricating arrangement for roll forging machine mould, includes the mount, the equal fixedly connected with mounting panel in both ends of mount, the rear surface fixedly connected with connecting seat of mounting panel, the outside swing joint of connecting seat has the regulation frame, the surface fixedly connected with motor cabinet of regulation frame, the side surface fixedly connected with motor cabinet, the output of motor cabinet can be dismantled and be connected with the shaft coupling, the other end of shaft coupling can be dismantled and be connected with the lead screw, lead screw and connecting seat threaded connection, the nested swing joint of surface of mount has two oil tanks, two the adjacent surface embedding of oil tank is connected with the air pump, the front surface embedding of oil tank is connected with out the aerofoil, the front surface embedding of oil tank is connected with the oil pipe, the rear surface fixedly connected with two contact seats of oil tank, the front surface embedding swing joint of contact seat has the contact bar, the one end fixedly connected with fixed cover of contact bar, the lower surface fixedly connected with regulation frame of one of them, the side surface rotation of regulation frame is connected with pivot, the surface fixedly connected with of pivot, the surface fixedly connected with air pump of two of pivot, the adjacent surface embedding is connected with two of oil tank.
The oil tank is characterized in that an oil injection one-way valve is connected with the outer surface of the oil tank in a threaded mode, a sliding sleeve is fixedly connected with the rear surface of the oil tank, a first bolt is connected with the outer surface of the sliding sleeve in a threaded mode, a partition plate is fixedly connected with the inside of the oil tank, a spray head is fixedly connected with one end of an oil outlet pipe, and one end of the first bolt is in contact with a fixing frame.
Preferably, the output end of the air pump is fixedly connected with a three-way pipe, one end of the three-way pipe is connected with a second electromagnetic valve in a nested manner at a position close to the air outlet plate, and one end of the three-way pipe is connected with a first electromagnetic valve in a nested manner at a position close to the oiling one-way valve.
The contact rod is characterized in that the outer surface of the contact rod is fixedly connected with a fixing plate, the outer surface of the contact rod is connected with a spring in a nested manner, one end of the spring is in contact with the fixing plate, and the other end of the spring is in contact with the contact seat.
The worm is fixedly connected with the outer surface of the rotating shaft, the worm is embedded and rotationally connected with the rear surface of the mounting plate, and the worm is in meshed connection with the worm wheel.
Preferably, the outer surface of the mounting plate is fixedly connected with a limit bar, the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame is in threaded connection with a second locking bolt, and one end of the second locking bolt is in contact with the mounting plate.
The novel cleaning device is characterized in that the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame is fixedly connected with an smearing head, and the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame is fixedly connected with a scraping head.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. Through the mount that sets up, the bolt of rotatory sliding sleeve is gone up, makes bolt and mount separation No. one, can manually adjust the distance between two oil tanks, makes the mould on smearing the rotatory roller of head and scraping head applicable to different diameters, and the bolt of opposite direction rotation is gone up No. one, and the oil tank is fixed again, makes the device be applicable to the mould of different positions.
2. Through the worm that sets up, the protruding position of mould with scribble the head or scrape the head contact time, U-shaped card frame atress removes and makes fixed plate extrusion spring, and rebound through the spring resets, make the protruding use that does not influence this device on the mould, through the rotatory worm wheel of worm, worm one end fixedly connected with hand wheel in the time of the in-service use, the hand wheel is convenient for manually rotate the worm, can make with worm wheel fixed connection's pivot rotate, make the mounting disc rotatory, make the head of scribbling of different positions and scrape head and mould contact, be convenient for scrape the head and scribble the change of head, optimize the use experience of this device, avoid stopping waiting for the part to change.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another angular configuration of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a contact base structure according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the fuel tank of the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of the use state of the present utility model.
The device comprises a fixing frame 1, a mounting plate 101, a mounting plate 2, an adjusting frame 201, a connecting seat 202, a motor seat 203, a power motor 204, a coupling, 205, a screw rod, a 3, an oil tank 301, an oiling one-way valve 302, a sliding sleeve 303, a first bolt 304, a baffle plate 305, an oil outlet pipe 306, a spray head 4, an air pump 401, a three-way pipe 402, a first electromagnetic valve 403, a second electromagnetic valve 404, an air outlet plate 5, a contact seat 501, a contact rod 502, a fixing plate 503, a spring 6, a fixing sleeve 601, an adjusting frame 602, a rotating shaft 603, a worm wheel 604, a mounting plate 605, a limiting bar 606, a worm 7, a U-shaped clamping frame 701, a second locking bolt 702, a smearing head 703, a scraping head 8, a roller body 9 and a hand wheel.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described 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.
Referring to fig. 1-5, in the embodiment of the utility model, a lubrication device for a die of a roll forging machine comprises a fixing frame 1, wherein two ends of the fixing frame 1 are fixedly connected with a mounting plate 101, the rear surface of the mounting plate 101 is fixedly connected with a connecting seat 201, the outer side of the connecting seat 201 is movably connected with an adjusting frame 2, the outer surface of the adjusting frame 2 is fixedly connected with a motor seat 202, the side surface of the motor seat 202 is fixedly connected with a power motor 203, the output end of the power motor 203 is detachably connected with a coupling 204, the other end of the coupling 204 is detachably connected with a screw rod 205, the screw rod 205 is in threaded connection with the connecting seat 201, the outer surface of the fixing frame 1 is in nested movable connection with two oil tanks 3, the adjacent surfaces of the two oil tanks 3 are in embedded connection with an air pump 4, the front surface of the oil tank 3 is in embedded connection with an air outlet plate 404, the front surface of the oil tank 3 is embedded with an oil outlet pipe 305, the rear surface of the oil tank 3 is fixedly connected with two contact seats 5, the front surface of the contact seat 5 is embedded with a contact rod 501, one end of the motor seat 202 is fixedly connected with a fixed sleeve 6, the lower surface of one fixed sleeve 6 is fixedly connected with an adjusting frame 601, the outer surface of the adjusting frame 602 is movably connected with a rotating shaft 7, the side surface of the adjusting frame is in contact 7 is in contact with a rotating connection with a U-shaped frame 602, the outer surface of a U-shaped joint 7 is fixedly connected with the U-shaped joint frame 602, and the outer surface of a U-shaped joint is fixedly connected with the U-shaped joint frame 602, and the outer surface of a rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the U-shaped joint frame is fixedly connected with the U-shaped joint.
Specifically, install the roll forging machine main part 8 with this device through external screw thread subassembly cooperation regulation frame 2 when using, make the oil tank 3 be close to the rotatory roller position of roll forging machine main part 8, when the mould on the lubricated rotatory roller of needs, make rotatory roller rotatory, scrape the head 703 and scrape the mould, carry out the deslagging operation, and the residue of blowing down of air-out board 404, drive the lead screw 205 through power motor 203 cooperation shaft coupling 204 and rotate, make connecting seat 201 drive mount 1 and oil tank 3 and remove, make the device be applicable to the mould in different positions, and after the deslagging, power motor 203 cooperates external positive and negative circuit, make connecting seat 201 reverse direction remove, at this moment, shower nozzle 306 spouts lubricating oil, and paint through scribbling the head 702, accomplish the lubrication of mould, and install a plurality of U-shaped card frames 7 on the mounting disc 604, the U-shaped card frame 7 cooperation of different positions scribbles head 702 or scrapes head 703 and mould contact, the change the head 702 or the head 703 of scraping of being convenient for different specifications.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1-5, an oiling one-way valve 301 is connected to the outer surface of the oil tank 3 in a threaded manner, a sliding sleeve 302 is fixedly connected to the rear surface of the oil tank 3, a first bolt 303 is connected to the outer surface of the sliding sleeve 302 in a threaded manner, a partition 304 is fixedly connected to the inside of the oil tank 3, a spray head 306 is fixedly connected to one end of the oil outlet pipe 305, one end of the first bolt 303 is in contact with the fixing frame 1, a three-way pipe 401 is fixedly connected to the output end of the air pump 4, a second electromagnetic valve 403 is connected to one end of the three-way pipe 401 in a position close to the air outlet plate 404 in a nested manner, and a first electromagnetic valve 402 is connected to one end of the three-way pipe 401 in a position close to the oiling one-way valve 301 in a nested manner.
In this embodiment, the first bolt 303 on the sliding sleeve 302 is rotated, so that the first bolt 303 is separated from the fixing frame 1, the distance between the two oil tanks 3 can be manually adjusted, the smearing head 702 and the scraping head 703 are applicable to dies on rotating rollers with different diameters, the first bolt 303 is rotated in the opposite direction, the oil tanks 3 are re-fixed, the air pump 4 is matched with the second electromagnetic valve 403 through the three-way pipe 401, the space where the air outlet plate 404 is located is pressurized, the air outlet plate 404 with a through groove blows outwards, the air pump 4 pressurizes the space where the oil outlet pipe 305 is located through the first electromagnetic valve 402, lubricating oil is matched with the oil outlet pipe 305 of the tee joint to enter the spray head 306, and sprayed onto the rotating rollers through the spray head 306, in addition, a sealing cover is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the middle partition 304, and is used for isolating the first electromagnetic valve 402 and lubricating oil, and a liquid one-way valve is installed at the tail end of the first electromagnetic valve 402, so that the lubricating oil is prevented from flowing into the air pump 4.
Example two
Based on the first embodiment, the problem that the angle of the mounting plate 604 is inconvenient to adjust in the first embodiment is solved.
As shown in fig. 3, the outer surface of the contact rod 501 is fixedly connected with a fixing plate 502, the outer surface of the contact rod 501 is connected with a spring 503 in a nested manner, one end of the spring 503 is in contact with the fixing plate 502, the other end of the spring 503 is in contact with the contact seat 5, the outer surface of the rotating shaft 602 is fixedly connected with a worm gear 603, the rear surface of the mounting plate 604 is embedded and rotationally connected with a worm 606, the worm 606 is in meshed connection with the worm gear 603, the outer surface of the mounting plate 604 is fixedly connected with a limit bar 605, the outer surface of the u-shaped clamping frame 7 is in threaded connection with a second locking bolt 701, and one end of the second locking bolt 701 is in contact with the mounting plate 604.
In this embodiment, when the protruding position of the mold contacts with the coating head 702 or the scraping head 703, the U-shaped clamping frame 7 moves under force to make the fixing plate 502 squeeze the spring 503, and the spring 503 returns to the original position, so that the protrusion on the mold does not affect the use of the device, the worm wheel 603 is rotated by the worm 606, one end of the worm 606 is fixedly connected with the hand wheel 9 in practical use, the hand wheel 9 is convenient to manually rotate the worm 606, the rotating shaft 602 fixedly connected with the worm wheel 603 can be rotated, the mounting plate 604 is rotated, the coating head 702 and the scraping head 703 at different positions contact with the mold, the scraping head 703 and the coating head 702 are convenient to replace, when in operation, the single coating head 702 or the scraping head 703 contacts with the mold, the power motor 203 is matched with the coupling 204 to drive the screw rod 205 to rotate, make connecting seat 201 drive mount 1 and oil tank 3 and remove, and smear head 702 or scrape head 703 along with oil tank 3 removes, scrape the different positions of mould, when oil tank 3 removes to the terminal time of lead screw 205, manually close the power of motor 203, at this moment, lubricating arrangement is in static state, the roll forging machine is still running, hand wheel 9 is rotated manually afterwards and is switched and smear head 702 and scrape head 703, optimize the use experience of this device, avoid stopping waiting for the part to change, wherein spacing 605 carries out spacingly to U-shaped card frame 7, when dismantling U-shaped card frame 7, rotatory No. two locking bolt 701 makes No. two locking bolt 701 one end and mounting disc 604 separation, can outwards manual take out U-shaped card frame 7.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present utility model may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the utility model being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is provided for clarity only, and that the disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in detail below, and that the embodiments described in the examples may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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1. The utility model provides a lubricating arrangement for roll forging machine mould, includes mount (1), its characterized in that, the equal fixedly connected with mounting panel (101) in both ends of mount (1), the rear surface fixedly connected with connecting seat (201) of mounting panel (101), the outside swing joint of connecting seat (201) has adjusting frame (2), the surface fixedly connected with motor cabinet (202) of adjusting frame (2), the side surface fixedly connected with motor (203) of motor cabinet (202), the output of motor (203) can be dismantled and be connected with shaft coupling (204), the other end of shaft coupling (204) can be dismantled and be connected with lead screw (205), lead screw (205) and connecting seat (201) threaded connection, the embedded swing joint of surface of mount (1) has two oil tanks (3), two the adjacent surface embedding of oil tank (3) is connected with air pump (4), the front surface connection of oil tank (3) has air-out plate (404), the front surface embedding of oil tank (3) is connected with oil outlet pipe (305), the surface embedding of two fixed contact rod (501) contact bar (5) contact pin (5) contact bar (5), the lower surface of one of them fixed cover (6) is fixedly connected with alignment jig (601), the side surface rotation of alignment jig (601) is connected with pivot (602), the surface fixedly connected with of pivot (602) two mounting plates (604), the front surface nested connection of mounting plate (604) has U-shaped card frame (7).
2. The lubricating device for the roll forging machine die according to claim 1, wherein an oiling one-way valve (301) is connected to the outer surface of the oil tank (3) in a threaded mode, a sliding sleeve (302) is fixedly connected to the rear surface of the oil tank (3), a first bolt (303) is connected to the outer surface of the sliding sleeve (302) in a threaded mode, a partition plate (304) is fixedly connected to the inner portion of the oil tank (3), a spray head (306) is fixedly connected to one end of the oil outlet pipe (305), and one end of the first bolt (303) is in contact with the fixing frame (1).
3. The lubricating device for the die of the roll forging machine according to claim 2, wherein the output end of the air pump (4) is fixedly connected with a three-way pipe (401), one end of the three-way pipe (401) is connected with a second electromagnetic valve (403) in a nested manner near the position of the air outlet plate (404), and one end of the three-way pipe (401) is connected with a first electromagnetic valve (402) in a nested manner near the position of the oiling one-way valve (301).
4. The lubricating device for the die of the roll forging machine according to claim 1, wherein a fixing plate (502) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the contact rod (501), a spring (503) is connected to the outer surface of the contact rod (501) in a nested manner, one end of the spring (503) is in contact with the fixing plate (502), and the other end of the spring (503) is in contact with the contact seat (5).
5. A lubrication device for a die of a roll forging machine according to claim 1, wherein a worm wheel (603) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the rotating shaft (602), a worm (606) is connected to the rear surface of the mounting plate (604) in an embedded rotation manner, and the worm (606) is in meshed connection with the worm wheel (603).
6. The lubricating device for the die of the roll forging machine according to claim 5, wherein a limiting strip (605) is fixedly connected to the outer surface of the mounting plate (604), a second locking bolt (701) is connected to the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame (7) in a threaded manner, and one end of the second locking bolt (701) is in contact with the mounting plate (604).
7. The lubricating device for the die of the roll forging machine according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame (7) is fixedly connected with an smearing head (702), and the outer surface of the U-shaped clamping frame (7) is fixedly connected with a scraping head (703).
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