Die changing system for forming die
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of automobile manufacturing, in particular to a tire mold changing system.
Background
The automobile bumper is a safety device for absorbing and relieving external impact force and protecting the front and rear parts of the automobile body. The plastic bumper of a general automobile consists of an outer plate, a buffer material and a cross beam, wherein the outer plate and the buffer material are made of plastic, the cross beam is punched into a U-shaped groove by a cold-rolled sheet, and the outer plate and the buffer material are attached to the cross beam. The tire mold is used as a fixed structure of the bumper and plays a vital role in a processing production line of the bumper.
The tire mold for assembling the automobile bumper mainly comprises a non-overturning tire mold and an overturning tire mold. Wherein, the non-overturning tire mold is a traditional assembly tire mold, the tire mold can be divided into a male mold and a female mold by the basic frame and the function difference of the tire mold, and each bumper product is provided with the female mold and the male mold. The overturning tire mold is a single tire mold with overturning capability, and the product can be assembled in two states of a female mold and a male mold through overturning the tire mold on the tire mold.
At present, the mode of changing moulds for the two types of moulds is manual mould changing, an operator transports the mould to be changed to a mould changing trolley, the mould is installed to a mould base through manual operation, the mould changing trolley is required to be used, the investment of personnel in the whole process is more, the cost is long, the mould changing efficiency is lower, and potential safety hazards exist in pure manual operation.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to overcome the defects of low efficiency and potential safety hazard of the existing mold changing mode and provides a mold changing system of a tire mold.
The aim of the utility model can be achieved by the following technical scheme:
A die changing system of a die comprises a die carrier, a die base and a grabbing robot, wherein the grabbing robot is used for grabbing the die and switching between the die carrier and the die base;
The jig frame comprises a die frame for placing a jig, wherein a jig frame positioning pin which can be aligned with the jig is arranged on the die frame, and a laser material sensor for detecting the type of the jig and a position sensor for positioning are also arranged on the die frame;
The tire mold base comprises a tire mold base positioning pin which can be aligned with the tire mold in a positioning way and a clamping air cylinder for fixing the tire mold.
Further, the tire mold frame comprises a mold frame base and supporting square steel, and a plurality of layers of mold frames are arranged on the supporting square steel in parallel at equal intervals.
Further, the laser material sensors are horizontally and symmetrically arranged on the die carrier. The laser material sensor detects the width, height, position, shape and the like of the material through the laser beam.
Further, the tire mold is provided with tire mold positioning holes which are uniformly and correspondingly matched with the tire mold frame positioning pins and the tire mold base positioning pins.
Further, the die base comprises a bottom plate and a supporting positioning block arranged on the bottom plate, and the die base positioning pin is correspondingly arranged on the supporting positioning block.
Further, the supporting and positioning blocks are distributed on the bottom plate in a triangular shape.
Further, the position sensor is arranged on the die carrier in a triangular shape, is a conventional contact sensor, senses the position of the measured object and then converts the position into a usable output signal.
Further, the bottom of the bottom plate is also provided with supporting feet and forklift shovel feet.
Further, the grabbing robot is of a six-axis structure, and a gripper of the grabbing robot can be clamped with a conversion disc of the tire mold.
Further, the tire mold frame, the clamping cylinder and the grabbing robot are all connected with a control system, and the control system is an industrial common control system comprising a PLC program.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
(1) According to the die changing system, the grabbing robot is used for switching the dies between the die frame and the die base, so that manual operation is avoided, the die changing efficiency is improved, and the potential safety hazard of manual operation is reduced.
(2) The die carrier is provided with the laser material sensor for detecting the types of the die and the position sensor for positioning, so that the accuracy and the high efficiency of the die changing process can be greatly improved.
(3) The locating pins on the die carrier and the die base correspond to the locating holes of the die, so that the accuracy of locating the die can be further improved.
(4) Compared with manual die changing, the die changing system is controlled by the PLC control system, so that the workload is greatly reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a tire mold changing system according to the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a tire mold according to embodiment 2 of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a tire mold base according to embodiment 2 of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the tire mold base of embodiment 2 of the present utility model after the tire mold is fixed.
The figure indicates:
The tire mold comprises a 1-tire mold frame, a 11-mold frame, a 12-tire mold frame locating pin, a 13-laser material sensor, a 14-position sensor, a 15-mold frame base, a 16-support square steel, a 2-tire mold base, a 21-tire mold base locating pin, a 22-clamping cylinder, a 23-bottom plate, a 24-support locating block, a 25-support leg, a 26-forklift shovel foot, a 3-grabbing robot, a 4-tire mold and a 41-conversion plate.
Detailed Description
The utility model will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings and specific examples. The present embodiment is implemented on the premise of the technical scheme of the present utility model, and a detailed implementation manner and a specific operation process are given, but the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited to the following examples.
In the present utility model, it should be noted that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "inner," "outer," and the like refer to an orientation or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and to simplify 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 thus should not be construed as limiting the utility model, the terms "first," "second," "third," are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, and furthermore, unless explicitly stated or defined otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," or "connected" should be construed broadly, for example, as being either fixedly connected, as being detachably connected, as being integrally connected, as being mechanically connected, as being electrically connected, as being directly connected, as being indirectly connected through intermediate media, as being in communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.
Example 1:
A die changing system comprises a die frame 1, a die base 2 and a grabbing robot 3 for grabbing a die 4 and switching between the die frame 1 and the die base 2.
The tire mold frame 1 comprises a mold frame 11 for placing a tire mold, a tire mold frame positioning pin 12 capable of being aligned with the tire mold 4 is arranged on the mold frame 11, and a laser material sensor 13 for detecting the type of the tire mold and a position sensor 14 for positioning are also arranged on the mold frame 11.
The mold base 2 includes a mold base positioning pin 21 that can be aligned with the mold 4 and a clamping cylinder 22 for securing the mold 4.
In this embodiment, after the grabbing robot 3 identifies the tire mold 4, grabs the tire mold 4 from the tire mold frame 1, moves to above the tire mold base 2, accurately and rapidly installs the tire mold 4 on the tire mold base 2, and drives the clamping cylinder 22 to automatically clamp after the tire mold base 2 detects a signal that the tire mold 4 is installed in place, so as to fix the tire mold 4.
Example 2:
A tire mold changing system, as shown in fig. 1-4, comprises a tire mold frame 1, a tire mold base 2, and a grabbing robot 3 for grabbing a tire mold 4 and switching between the tire mold frame 1 and the tire mold base 2.
The tire mold frame 1 comprises a mold frame base 15 and supporting square steel 16, wherein a plurality of layers of mold frames 11 are arranged on the supporting square steel 16 in parallel at equal intervals. The mould frame 11 is provided with mould frame positioning pins 12 which can be aligned with the mould 4, and the mould 4 is provided with mould positioning holes which are in one-to-one correspondence with the mould frame positioning pins 12. The die carrier 11 is also horizontally and symmetrically provided with laser material sensors 13 for detecting the types of the dies, so that misplacement of the dies can be effectively avoided. The mould frame 11 is also provided with a plurality of position sensors 14 to ensure that the mould is in place.
The tire mold base 2 comprises a bottom plate 23 and supporting positioning blocks 24 arranged on the bottom plate 23, and the tire mold base positioning pins 21 are correspondingly arranged on the supporting positioning blocks 24 and correspond to the tire mold positioning holes one by one. The bottom plate 23 is provided with a clamping cylinder 22 for fixing the tire mold 4. The bottom of the bottom plate 23 is also provided with supporting feet 25 and forklift feet 26. The die base 2 is fixed on the ground through supporting legs 25, the supporting positioning block 24 is fixed on a 23 bottom plate, and is aligned with the die 4 through a round die base positioning pin 21, and the clamping cylinder 22 automatically clamps after confirming the types and the positions of the die 4, so that the clamping and fixing of multiple types of dies 4 can be satisfied.
The grabbing robot 3 of this embodiment is of a six-axis structure, the grippers of the grabbing robot 3 can be clamped with the conversion plate 41 of the tire mold 4, and the grabbing robot 3 can grab the tire mold, the measuring unit or the product and the like and can move according to a specified track through a PLC program. The tire mold frame 1, the clamping cylinder 22 and the grabbing robot 3 of the embodiment are all connected with a control system containing a PLC program.
Example 3:
A die changing system comprises a die frame 1, a die base 2 and a grabbing robot 3 for grabbing a die 4 and switching between the die frame 1 and the die base 2. Unlike embodiment 2, in this embodiment, according to the shape of the tire mold, in order to enhance the stability and accuracy of positioning the tire mold, the supporting and positioning blocks 24 are arranged on the bottom plate 23 in a triangle shape, and the position sensors 14 are correspondingly arranged on the mold frame 11 in a triangle shape.
In this embodiment, the male die is taken as an example to show the die changing process, and the working process of the female die is the same. The specific working process is as follows:
Initially, the male mold ① is stored on the tire mold frame 11a, and the male mold ② is mounted on the tire mold base 2. After an operator starts a die changing program, the clamping cylinder 22 of the male die ② is automatically opened, the grabbing robot 3 operates to a station of the male die ② to grab the male die ② according to the PLC program, the male die ② is transported to the die frame 11b after a screen display grabbing signal is displayed, the male die ② is placed to the die frame 11b after the laser material sensor 13 of the die frame 11b receives the signal, and die changing of the male die ② can be completed after the position sensor 14 receives the signal. Then, the grabbing robot 3 grabs the male die ① and conveys the male die ① to the tire die base 2 according to the PLC program, the tire die base 2 senses the position degree of the male die ① and drives the clamping cylinder 22 to automatically clamp after the in-place signal is placed, and the grabbing robot 3 is reset and die changing is completed.
The previous description of the embodiments is provided to facilitate a person of ordinary skill in the art in order to make and use the present utility model. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be readily made to these embodiments and the generic principles described herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the inventive faculty. Therefore, the present utility model is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art, based on the present disclosure, should make improvements and modifications without departing from the scope of the present utility model.