JP2009233683A - Forging press - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a forging press where a press structure is miniaturized by devising a shut height regulation mechanism. <P>SOLUTION: As a shut height regulation apparatus, a wrist pin-driving apparatus 6 rotating a wrist pin 3 and a rotation prevention mechanism preventing the rotation of the wrist pin 3 are provided. In the rotation prevention mechanism, (P×e≤P×μ×D/2) is set in such a manner that the torque preventing the rotation of the wrist pin 3 by friction between the outer circumferential face of the slide connection part 3a in the wrist pin 3 and the contact surface 4a of the slide 4 is made higher than the torque causing the rotation of the wrist pin 3 by a press load (wherein, P is a load; e is an eccentricity; D is the outer diameter of the wrist pin; and μ is the friction coefficient of the wrist pin). Since the unrequired rotation of the wrist pin 3 upon a press load can be prevented by the friction of the wrist pin 3, there is no need of providing a mechanism of preventing the rotation of the wrist pin 3. Thus, a connecting rod 2 is made short, and intercore distance between the wrist pin 3 and a crankshaft 1 can be made short. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a forging press. The forging press has a shut height adjusting mechanism that freely adjusts the bottom dead center position of the slide according to the shape and size of the forging material. The present invention relates to a technique that can improve the shut height adjusting mechanism and make the press structure compact.

  Patent Documents 1 to 3 are known as conventional techniques related to the shut height adjustment mechanism.

  The prior art of patent document 1 is demonstrated based on FIG. As a basic structure of the press, a connecting rod 102 connected to an eccentric portion of the crankshaft 101 and a slide 104 are connected by a wrist pin 103, and the wrist pin 103 has an eccentric shaft 131. Since the eccentric shaft 131 is connected to the connecting rod 102 and both ends of the wrist pin 103 are connected to the slide 104, the bottom dead center position of the slide 104 can be adjusted by rotating the wrist pin 103.

The shut height adjusting mechanism for rotating the wrist pin 103 is configured as follows.
In order to rotate the wrist pin 103, a tilting rod 107 is provided. The tip of the tilting rod 107 is coupled to the wrist pin 103 by a rotation block 105, and the proximal end of the tilting rod 107 is coupled to the hydraulic cylinder 106. Has been. The hydraulic cylinder 106 is connected to a hydraulic control unit 108 incorporating a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic switching valve, and a pilot check valve.

In order to adjust the shut height, the wrist pin 103 can be rotated in both forward and reverse directions by switching the hydraulic switching valve in the hydraulic control unit 108 and pushing and pulling the tilting rod 107.
The reaction force during the pressing operation is received by closing the hydraulic cylinder 106 with a pilot check valve, and is restrained so that the wrist pin 103 does not reverse.
In addition, when an abnormal external force is applied to the press and the slide 104 stops and stops moving near the bottom dead center (stick state), the hydraulic cylinder 106 is moved by boosting the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic pump to change the stick state. Can be resolved.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, the tilting rod 107 and the rotation block 105 are provided above the wrist pin 103, that is, between the wrist pin 103 and the crankshaft 101.
For this reason, the length of the connecting rod 102 (inter-center distance between the crankshaft 101 and the wrist pin 103) cannot be shortened, which makes it difficult to make the press compact.

  The prior art of Patent Document 2 is an improved technique of Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. 4, operating rods 206a and 206b are attached to both sides of a protrusion 208 protruding from the wrist pin 204, and hydraulic cylinders 213a and 213b are attached to the operating rods 206a and 206b, respectively. A hydraulic pump 216 is connected to each of the hydraulic cylinders 213a and 213b via a hydraulic switching valve 215.

  In this prior art, the wrist pins 204 can be rotated by operating the hydraulic cylinders 213a and 213b to swing the protrusion 208 to the left and right. In addition, when pressure is supplied from the accumulator 217 to one hydraulic cylinder 213a and pressure oil from the pump 216 is supplied to the other hydraulic cylinder 213b, both the actuating rods 206a and 206b are constrained to a locked state. The rotation of the wrist pin 204 can be prevented.

  In the prior art of the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, since the protrusion 208 and the two actuating rods 206a and 206b are provided above the wrist pin 204, the length of the connecting rod 203 is still long, making it difficult to make the press compact. It is a cause.

Next, the prior art of Patent Document 3 will be described. In this conventional technique, the wrist pin rotating rod is disposed below the wrist pin. However, a holding mechanism for preventing the wrist pin from being rotated by a load during a pressing operation is provided separately from the rotating rod. The hold arm and the hold cylinder constituting the hold mechanism are arranged above the wrist pin.
For this reason, the length of the connecting rod cannot be shortened, which makes it difficult to make the press compact.

JP-A-8-332600 JP-A-10-305398 JP2001-300797

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a forging press having a compact press structure by devising a shut height adjusting mechanism.

A forging press according to a first aspect of the present invention is a forging press in which a wrist pin connected to a crankshaft and a slide is connected by a connecting rod, the connecting rod connecting portion connected to the connecting rod in the wrist pin and the slide connecting portion connected to the slide are Centers are eccentric from each other, and a wrist pin driving device that rotates the wrist pin and a rotation prevention mechanism that prevents rotation of the wrist pin are provided as a shut height adjustment device, and the rotation prevention mechanism includes the wrist pin. The torque that prevents the rotation of the wrist pin due to the friction between the outer peripheral surface of the slide connecting portion and the contact surface of the slide is set to be larger than the torque that causes the rotation of the wrist pin due to the press load. Features.
The forging press of the second invention is the forging press according to the first invention, wherein the relationship between the torque that prevents the rotation of the wrist pin due to the friction and the torque that causes the rotation of the wrist pin due to the press load is
P × e ≦ P × μ × D / 2 Formula (1)
However, P is a load, e is an eccentric amount, D is a wrist pin outer diameter, and μ is a wrist pin portion friction coefficient.
The forging press of the third invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the wrist pin driving device is provided below the wrist pin.

According to the first invention, unnecessary rotation of the wrist pin at the time of press load can be prevented by friction of the wrist pin, so that it is not necessary to provide a mechanism for preventing rotation of the wrist pin. For this reason, the length of a connecting rod can be shortened and the center distance between a wrist pin and a crankshaft can be shortened. Therefore, the forging press can be made compact.
According to the second invention, if the minimum friction coefficient of the wrist pin is known, the eccentric amount (e) and the wrist pin outer diameter (D) are set so that the formula (1) is established, A frictional force that can prevent unnecessary rotation is obtained. Therefore, the forging press can be made compact by shortening the connecting rod without providing a mechanism for preventing the rotation of the wrist pin.
According to the third invention, by placing the wrist pin driving device below the wrist pin, the length of the connecting rod can be further shortened, so that the forging press can be made more compact.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a wrist pin and its periphery in a forging press according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a crankshaft which includes a shaft portion 1b and eccentric portions 1a at both ends.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a connecting rod (also referred to as a connecting rod) having a large head 2a and a small head 2b. Two connecting rods 2 are formed as a set. The eccentric portion 1a of the crankshaft 1 is passed through the large head 2a of the connecting rod 2, and the wrist pin 3 is passed through the small head 2b.
The wrist pin 3 is connected to the slide 4 and supports the slide 4 so as to be movable up and down.

The wrist pin 3 is a slide connecting portion 3a that connects the slide 4 at both ends and the center portion, and a portion that passes through the small head 2b of the connecting rod 2 is a connecting rod connecting portion 3b. The centers of the slide connecting portion 3a and the connecting rod connecting portion 3b are eccentric from each other by an eccentric amount e.
The friction between the slide connecting portion 3a of the wrist pin 3 and the abutment surface 4a of the slide 4 with respect to the wrist pin 3 constitutes an anti-rotation mechanism, which will be described in detail later.

Next, the shut height adjusting device will be described.
A worm wheel 5 is attached to the center position of the slide pin 3 on the wrist pin 3. The worm wheel 5 is an arc-shaped member in a side view, and teeth are formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof.

A wrist pin driving device 6 is attached to the slide 4 below the wrist pin 3. The wrist pin driving device 6 includes a worm shaft 7 that meshes with the worm wheel 5 and a hydraulic motor 8 that rotates the worm shaft 7.
Therefore, when the worm shaft 6 is rotated by the hydraulic motor 8, the wrist pin 3 is rotated together with the worm wheel 5, so that the slide 4 is moved up and down by a distance corresponding to the eccentricity e and the rotation angle θ to adjust the shut height. can do.

Next, a wrist pin rotation preventing mechanism will be described.
As described above, the slide connecting portion 3a of the wrist pin 3 and the abutting surface 4a of the slide 4 are in contact with each other to generate friction. The slide connecting portions 3 a at both ends of the wrist pin 3 are in contact with the shaft hole 41 formed in the slide 4 on the entire circumference, but the central slide connecting portion 3 a is formed on the upper surface of the central portion of the slide 4. It contacts the arcuate surface-shaped recess 42. The inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole 41 and the upper surface of the arcuate concave portion 42 are contact surfaces 4a as referred to in the present specification (the surface of the portion indicated by dots in the figure).

In the present invention, the torque for preventing the rotation of the wrist pin 3 due to the friction between the outer peripheral surface of the wrist pin 3 and the contact surface 4a of the slide 4 is set larger than the torque that causes the rotation of the wrist pin due to the press load. Is.
That is, assuming that the press load is P, the eccentric amount of the wrist pin 3 is e, the outer diameter of the wrist pin 3 is D, and the friction coefficient with respect to the slide contact surface 4a of the wrist pin 3 is μ, P × e is the wrist load The torque that causes the pin 3 to rotate, and P × μ × D / 2 is the torque that prevents the wrist pin 3 from rotating due to friction.
And the torque which prevents rotation of the wrist pin 3 by friction with the outer peripheral surface of the wrist pin 3 and the contact surface 4a of the slide 4 is set larger than the torque which causes rotation of the wrist pin 3 by a press load. .
That is, P × e ≦ P × μ × D / 2 (Formula (1)) is set.

Therefore, if the minimum friction coefficient of the wrist pin is known, the eccentric amount (e) and the outer diameter of the wrist pin (D) are set so that the formula (1) is satisfied, thereby preventing unnecessary rotation of the wrist pin. A friction force that can be obtained is obtained.
In order to effectively prevent the rotation of the wrist pin 3 due to the friction described above, it is preferable to reduce the rotational torque of the wrist pin 3 due to the press load. For this purpose, the slide connecting portion 3a of the wrist pin 3 and the connecting rod are connected. It is preferable to reduce the amount of eccentricity e between the portions 3b.
In this case, the swing angle θ of the wrist pin 3 may be increased in order to ensure a sufficient amount of adjustment for the shut height of the slide 4. For this purpose, a worm wheel 5 having a large arc length may be used.

With the above configuration, it is not necessary to provide mechanical means for preventing the wrist pin 3 from rotating. For this reason, the length of the connecting rod 2 can be shortened, and the distance L between the wrist pins 3 and the crankshaft 1 can be shortened. Therefore, the forging press can be made compact.
Moreover, since the length of the connecting rod 2 can be further shortened by placing the wrist pin driving device 6 below the wrist pin 3, the forging press can be made more compact.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the present invention, the driven mechanism on the wrist pin side may use a rack and pinion mechanism, a gear mechanism or the like in addition to the worm wheel 5 described above. In addition to the hydraulic motor 8 as described above, a hydraulic cylinder, a servo motor, an electric motor with a speed reducer, or the like may be used as a drive source.

  In the above-described embodiment, the wrist pin driving device 6 is placed below the wrist pin 3, but may be disposed above the wrist pin 3. Even in this case, the connecting rod 2 can be made compact by not using mechanical means for preventing the rotation of the wrist pin 3.

It is principal part sectional drawing which shows the wrist pin periphery in the forge press which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is a mechanism figure of the shut height adjustment mechanism of the prior art of patent document 1. FIG. It is a mechanism figure of the shut height adjustment mechanism of the prior art of patent document 2. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Crankshaft 2 Connecting rod 3 Wrist pin 3a Slide connection part 4 Slide 4a Contact surface 5 Worm wheel 6 Wrist pin drive device

Claims (3)

A forging press in which a wrist pin connected to a crankshaft and a slide is connected by a connecting rod,
The connecting rod connecting portion connected to the connecting rod in the wrist pin and the slide connecting portion connected to the slide are eccentric from each other.
As the shut height adjusting device, a wrist pin driving device for rotating the wrist pin and a rotation preventing mechanism for preventing the wrist pin from rotating are provided.
The rotation prevention mechanism is
The torque that prevents the wrist pin from rotating due to friction between the outer peripheral surface of the slide connecting portion and the contact surface of the slide in the wrist pin is set to be larger than the torque that causes the wrist pin to rotate due to a press load. A forging press characterized by being. Torque for preventing rotation of the wrist pin due to the friction;
The relationship with the torque that causes rotation of the wrist pin due to the press load,
P × e ≦ P × μ × D / 2 Formula (1)
However, the forging press according to claim 1, wherein P: load e: eccentric amount D: wrist pin outer diameter μ: wrist pin portion friction coefficient. The forging press according to claim 1, wherein the wrist pin driving device is provided below the wrist pin.

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