JP2011036874A - Bending apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bending apparatus 20a capable of executing the bending of a workpiece W2 at four parts without deviation of the workpiece W2 in the feeding direction, and ensuring the excellent bending accuracy without increasing the size of the apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The bending apparatus includes five tools 21a-21e connected in series in a relatively turnable manner around a turning shaft 23, and offset bending units 22, 22 provided at the positions offset by the predetermined amount from the turning shaft 23 so that the workpiece W2 is not displaced with respect to the tools 21a-21e during the bending. The tool 21a at the upstream end in the feeding direction of the workpiece W2 is arranged in a non-turnable manner with respect to the feeding direction and in a non-movable manner in the direction orthogonal to the feeding direction, and movably along the feeding direction. During the bending, the tool 21a is moved so as to be brought to the tool 21e at the downstream end along the feeding direction, and the tools 21a-21e are relatively turned while imparting the moving force to the center tool 21c on one side in the direction orthogonal to the feeding direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention, for example, bends into a predetermined material such as a circular or rectangular metal wire (for example, a flat wire) constituting a winding (magnet wire) for a rotating electrical machine, or a bar material, pipe material, plate material, or the like. The present invention relates to a bending apparatus that performs processing.

  In general, rotating electrical machines such as induction motors and direct current motors (including generators) are widely used as power sources for industrial or vehicle use, and distributed winding with high specific output is often used for the layout of the stator coils. ing. Recently, as a motor used in a hybrid drive vehicle and an electric vehicle, it has been proposed to use a rectangular wire having a high slot space factor as a magnet wire because of output / size requirements and the like.

  The magnet wire used in the rotating electric machine as described above forms a coil by bending a plurality of portions. As a structure for bending a material in this way, a structure in which the material is sequentially sent to a bending apparatus and bent one by one is known (see Patent Document 1). In addition to such a structure, for example, a structure in which a material is fed into a meshing portion of a pair of gears and bending is performed (see Patent Document 2), and a plurality of protrusions arranged alternately are opposed to each other. A structure in which a material is fed in between and bent (see Patent Document 3), a structure in which rectangular protrusions arranged opposite to each other are alternately pressed against the material (see Patent Document 4), and a material There is known a structure (see Patent Document 5) including a moving member that bends while pressing a part of the material in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the material, and a feed mechanism that feeds the material according to the bending process.

JP 58-176037 A JP 54-26275 A JP 2006-334463 A JP 2003-290840 A JP 2003-170237 A

  In the case of the structure described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since the material is bent one by one, it is inevitable that the processing time becomes long. In the case of the structures described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, it is considered difficult to accurately bend the material due to a meshing error of gears or a meshing error of protrusions. In the case of the structure described in Patent Document 4, it is necessary to move the material in the pressing direction of the protrusions different from the feeding direction when pressing the protrusions alternately. That is, it is necessary to perform bending while swinging the material with respect to the feeding direction (moving in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction). In the case of a structure in which bending is performed while shaking the material in this way, a space for absorbing the shake (movement amount) of this material is required, and the apparatus becomes large. In addition, in order to precisely process the material, it is necessary to move the material supply portion along the shake direction, which also increases the size of the device and complicates the structure of the device.

  On the other hand, in the case of the structure described in Patent Document 5, the material does not run out during bending. However, this structure is a structure in which the material is bent at three locations, and is not a structure in which bending is performed at four locations. If the material is bent at four locations with the structure described in Patent Document 5, it is conceivable that the moving member has a rectangular shape, but the material is drawn by the movement of the moving member during bending ( (Displacement with respect to the moving member) occurs, and the material and the moving member slide against each other, which may damage the material. Therefore, it is simply not possible to apply the structure described in Patent Document 5 to four bending processes.

  Although not disclosed as a structure for bending at four locations, five jigs are connected in series so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis, and a jig at the downstream end in the feed direction of the material is connected. A structure for rotating and displacing other jigs in a fixed state has been developed. However, in the case of this structure, the jig at the upstream end in the feed direction swings with respect to the feed direction of the material. The material is fed, for example, by rotating a bobbin that is disposed upstream of the apparatus and wound with the material. Therefore, when the jig at the upstream end in the feed direction swings with respect to the feed direction, the entire feed mechanism including such a bobbin needs to be moved in accordance with the movement of the jig. The mechanism becomes complicated.

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide a bending apparatus capable of performing bending at four locations on the material without causing the material to swing with respect to the feeding direction and improving the processing accuracy without increasing the size of the apparatus. To do.

The present invention provides a bending apparatus (20a, 20b, 20c) that repeatedly feeds a predetermined material (W2) to the material (W2) repeatedly at four locations.
Five jigs (21a) each having a holding part (24) which is connected in series so as to be relatively rotatable about a rotation axis (23) and which suppresses displacement of the material (W2) on the opposite side to the rotation direction. 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e),
Of the five jigs (21a to 21e), one of a pair of jigs (21a and 21b, 21b and 21c, 21c and 21d, 21d and 21e) connected to each other, 23) offset bending that is offset from the material (W2) by a predetermined amount on the rotation side of the material (W2), and that the material (W2) is bent without being displaced relative to the jigs by relative rotation of the two jigs. Part (22),
Of the jigs (21a, 21e) disposed at both ends, at least the jig (21a) at the upstream end in the feed direction cannot be rotated with respect to the feed direction of the material (W2) and cannot move in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction. , Arranged movably along the feed direction,
At least the upstream end jig (21a) is moved so that the jigs (21a, 21e) at both ends approach each other along the feed direction, and the center jig (21) is perpendicular to the feed direction. By rotating each jig (21a-21e) relatively so that the bending angle of each jig (21a-21e) becomes a predetermined angle while applying a force to move to one side The material (W2) is subjected to four bending processes.

A jig (21b) adjacent to the downstream of the upstream end jig (21a) rotates about a rotation axis (23) with the upstream end jig (21a), and the center jig is fixed. An actuating member for applying a force to the tool (21c) to move in one of the perpendicular directions,
Restriction members (60a, 60b) for restricting the bending angle of the jigs (21a to 21e) are provided.

  First drive means (motor 66a and slide mechanism 65a) for moving the upstream end jig (21a) in the feed direction, and second drive means (motor) for rotating the jigs (21a to 21e). 67a to 67d and respective speed reduction mechanisms) and third driving means (motors 66b, 66c and slide mechanism 65b) for moving the central jig (21c) in a direction parallel to the feed direction and a direction perpendicular to the feed direction. , 65c) at least two drive means.

  The center jig (21c) is composed of a pair of jig members (72a, 72b) arranged so as to move freely, and the length between the bent parts bent on both sides of the center jig (21c). The interval between the two jig members (72a, 72b) can be changed accordingly.

The five jigs (21a to 21e) are a plurality of sets in which the length of at least one of the jigs (21b, 21c, 21d) excluding the jigs arranged at both ends is different. A combination exists,
Depending on the length between the plurality of bent portions (33a, 33b, 33c, 33d) formed on the predetermined material (W2), any jig set can be selected during bending.

The material (W2) is wound two or more times by being bent after bending,
There are two or more combinations of the five jigs (21a to 21e) having different lengths of the central jig (21c),
By changing the set of jigs and changing the feed amount when the materials (W2) are arranged on the five jigs according to the circulation of the materials (W2), the circulation of the materials (W2) is improved. The changing transition portion (one end side connecting portion 31b) adjusts the change in length between the bent portions (33a, 33b, 33c, 33d) by changing the feed amount.

Before bending the material (W2) with the five jigs (21a to 21e), a step forming member (36) for forming a step portion (35) in a predetermined portion of the material (W2) is provided. ,
The step forming member (36) includes a first pressing member (37) and a second pressing member (38), which are disposed so as to be freely displaceable in a direction inclined with respect to the arrangement direction of the material (W2).
These pressing members (37, 38) are arranged on the opposite sides of the material (W2) and at positions shifted in the feed direction of the material (W2). By pressing the material (W2) in an inclined direction including a component toward the downstream in the feed direction of the material (W2) with respect to the installation direction, the pull-in of the material (W2) from the downstream side in the feed direction is prevented. , Forming a stepped portion (35) in the predetermined portion of the material (W2),
At the time of bending with the five jigs (21a to 21e), the stepped portion (35) is bent to form the bent portion (33d) of the material (W2) into a stepped shape.

The first pressing member (37) has a press-molding portion (37a) having a shape corresponding to the shape of the stepped portion (35), and a central one of the five jigs (21a to 21e). It is arranged to be displaceable with respect to the jig (21c),
The second pressing member (38) has a step (38a) corresponding to the bent portion (35a) of the step portion (35), and is adjacent to the upstream of the feeding direction of the central jig (21c). (21b) is displaceably arranged,
A jig (21d) adjacent to the downstream of the first jig (21c) in the feed direction at a position sandwiching the first pressure member (37) and the material (W2). The material (W2) is deformed between the first pressing member (37) and the step (38b) of the jig (21c) by being displaced toward the step (38b) provided in By displacing the second pressing member (38) toward the first pressing member (37), a step (38a) between the first pressing member (37) and the second pressing member (38) The material (W2) is deformed between the steps to form the stepped portion (35).

  In addition, although the code | symbol in the said parenthesis is for contrast with drawing, it has no influence on the structure of each claim by this.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, at least the upstream end jig is moved so that the jigs at both ends approach each other along the feed direction, and the jig at the center moves in one direction perpendicular to the feed direction. Each of the jigs is relatively rotated while applying a force to perform bending on the material. Since the upstream end jig cannot be rotated with respect to the feed direction of the material and cannot move in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction, the material can be bent at four locations without the material swinging with respect to the feed direction. Processing accuracy can be improved without increasing the size of the apparatus. In addition, since the offset bending part is placed at a position offset with respect to the rotation axis, bending can be performed without displacing the material with respect to the jig, preventing damage to the material during bending. it can.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, with a simple structure, it is possible to apply a force to the central jig to move in one direction perpendicular to the feed direction, and it is possible to regulate the bending angle of each jig.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, bending can be automatically performed.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since it is not necessary to change the jig when changing the length between the bent portions, the processing time can be shortened, and it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of jigs and the cost is low. Can be realized.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, bending according to the length between the bent portions formed on the material can be performed.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, even when the material is wound two or more times, the length of the transition portion where the number of turns of the material changes can be adjusted by adjusting the feed amount. The cost can be reduced.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the processing for forming the stepped portion in the material can be performed while preventing the drawing from the downstream in the feed direction, it is not necessary to make the downstream end jig displaceable, Simplification can be achieved.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the structure for forming the step portion is incorporated in the bending apparatus and is not provided separately. For this reason, it is not necessary to perform the formation of the stepped portion and the bending with another processing apparatus, and the processing time can be shortened.

The stator incorporating the coil manufactured by this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a top view. The coil (V phase) is shown, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a plan view. The figure which shows the intermediate material of the coil manufactured by this invention. The top view of the bending apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure seen from the lower part of FIG. The figure seen from the upper part of FIG. II sectional drawing of FIG. The figure seen from the right side of FIG. The schematic diagram for demonstrating the relationship between the bending center of an offset bending part, and a rotation center. The top view of the bending apparatus which shows the state after a bending process. The top view of the bending apparatus which shows the state which bent further considering spring back. The schematic side view of a bending machine. The schematic plan view of the bending machine which abbreviate | omits and shows a part. The schematic side view which shows only the part which slides a mount frame. Similarly a schematic plan view. The top view which abbreviate | omits and shows another example of a bending apparatus. The figure similar to FIG. 16 which shows the 1st process of forming a level | step-difference part in a raw material with another example of a bending apparatus. The enlarged view which extracts and shows the principal part of the part formed by a 1st process. The figure similar to FIG. 16 which shows the 2nd process of forming a level | step-difference part in a raw material with another example of a bending processing apparatus. The figure similar to FIG. 16 which shows the process of bending the level | step difference part of a raw material. A part of the raw material obtained by FIG. 4 thru | or 20 is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is the figure seen from the upper part of (a). The 1st process of the method of further bending the material is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, and (c) is a figure seen from the upper part of (a). The 2nd process is similarly shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a figure seen from the upper part of (a). FIGS. 21 to 23 show a state in which the material is arranged in a bending apparatus used in the bending method performed according to FIGS. 21 to 23, (a) is a left side view of (b), (b) is a front view, and (c) is (b). ) Right side view. The 1st process of a bending process is similarly shown, (a) is a left view of (b), (b) is a front view, (c) is a right view of (b). The 2nd process is similarly shown, (a) is the left view of (b), (b) is a front view, (c) is the right view of (b). The third step is also shown, (a) is a left side view of (b), (b) is a front view, and (c) is a right side view of (b). The top view which shows the bending machine incorporating the bending apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The top view of the bending machine which shows the state which abbreviate | omitted one part and has arrange | positioned the raw material to the bending apparatus. The figure similar to FIG. 29 which shows the 1st process of a bending process. The figure similar to FIG. 29 which shows a 2nd process similarly. The figure similar to FIG. 29 which shows a 3rd process similarly.

<First Embodiment>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a rotary electric (motor, generator, etc.) stator incorporating a coil manufactured according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The stator 1 constitutes an electric motor (including a generator) together with a rotor, and the electric motor is suitable for application to an electric motor (including a generator) serving as a drive source for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, particularly a brushless DC motor. is there. As shown in FIG. 1, the stator 1 includes a stator core 2 in which a large number of thin silicon steel plates are laminated, and a coil 4 around which a magnet wire (conductor, winding) 3 that is a predetermined material is wound. The stator core 2 is formed in a ring shape, and a plurality of slots 5 and 5 and teeth 6 and 6 that are open on the inner diameter side are alternately formed. The three-phase U, V, and W coils 4 (4U, 4V, and 4W) are wound between the two slots 5 and 5 separated by a predetermined pitch by distributed winding.

  The magnet wire 3 is a rectangular wire having a rectangular cross section, and an insulating coating such as an insulating resin is formed on the entire circumference of a conductor portion made of copper or the like. The three-phase coils 4U, 4V, and 4W made of the wires 3 are arranged such that a plurality of (for example, four) wires 3 having the same phase are arranged in the radial direction of the stator core 2 in the slots 5 and 5 having the same phase. In addition, in the one end side coil end portion 8 that protrudes from the one end face 7 in the axial direction L of the stator core 2, a plurality of in-phase wires 3 are arranged side by side in the radial direction (or axial direction) of the stator core 2. In the other end side coil end portion 10 that protrudes from the other end surface 9 in the axial direction L of the wire 2, a plurality of in-phase wires 3 are bent toward the radially inner diameter side of the stator core 2 and arranged side by side in the radial direction of the stator core 2. Has been.

  When representatively showing the V-phase coil 4V, as shown in FIG. 2, the coil 4V occupies the same slot 5, so that two sets 4V1 and 4V2 are set and arranged in the radial direction. It is configured by winding the wire 3 approximately twice. Each set of coils 4V1 and 4V2 protrudes from one end surface 7 of the stator core 2 and is connected to the slot conductors 11 and 11 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. In addition, one end side coil end portion 8 that is bent in a crank shape outward in the radial direction R and extends in the circumferential direction M is projected from the other end surface 9 of the stator core 2 and connected to the slot conductor portions 11 and 11 that are separated by a predetermined distance. As described above, the other end side coil end portion 10 is bent inward in the radial direction R and extends in the circumferential direction M.

  Further, the one end side coil end portion 8 is bent in the radial direction R in the middle of the portion extending in the circumferential direction M to have a substantially crank shape. For this reason, the crank part 12b connected to the outer part in the radial direction R than the crank part 12a connected to the inner part in the radial direction R of the circumferential direction M part of the one end side coil end part 8, The length of the crank-shaped part is increased. Further, the other end side coil end portion 10 is configured so that the first and second round portions overlap in the radial direction R at the distal end portion, and overlap in the axial direction L at the proximal end portion bent in the radial direction R. ing. For this reason, the shape of the part which comprises the other end side coil end part 10 of the 2nd round is made into the stepped shape bent in the direction where an interval becomes narrow toward the inward in the radial direction R. Further, a portion of the other end side coil end portion 10 extending in the circumferential direction M is bent in the axial direction L to have a substantially crank shape. The other coils 4U and 4W are formed in the same manner, and a plurality of them are combined to obtain the stator 1 shown in FIG. If each coil 4 is formed as described above and appropriately combined and incorporated into the stator core 2 as shown in FIG. 1, the coil 4 can be incorporated into the stator core 2 in a space-saving manner.

  The above-described coil 4 is wound by winding (intermediate) material W1 such as a rectangular wire formed in a rectangular wave shape as shown in FIG. Composed. This material W1 is connected to a plurality of straight line portions 30 and 30 parallel to each other and one end portion or the other end portions of the adjacent straight line portions 30 and 30 of the straight line portions 30 and 30 alternately. 3 is composed of connecting portions 31a, 31b and 31c and the other end side (lower side in FIG. 3) connecting portions 32a and 32b. Among these, the intermediate part of each linear part 30 and 30 comprises the above-mentioned slot conductor part 11. FIG. Moreover, each one end side connection part 31a-31c and one end part of each linear part 30 and 30 comprise the above-mentioned one end side coil end part 8, and it connects the terminal from a power supply, or connects with another coil. On the side. Also, the one end side connecting portions 31a and 31a on the right side in FIG. 3 constitute the first turn of the coil 4 wound twice, and the one end side connecting portion 31c on the left side in FIG. The one end side connection part 31b between these constitutes the transition part between the first and second rounds, that is, the circulation changes. For this reason, each length differs. Moreover, the other end side connection parts 32a and 32b and the other end part of each linear part 30 and 30 constitute the above-mentioned other end side coil end part 9, and become an anti-lead side without a connection part such as a terminal.

  Moreover, the one end side connection parts 31a-31c are made to incline with respect to the perpendicular direction of the linear parts 30 and 30. As shown in FIG. For this reason, among the bent portions 33a and 33b constituting the continuous portion of the one end side connecting portions 31a to 31c and the straight portions 30 and 30, the angles of the left bent portions 33a and 33a in FIG. 3 (one end side connecting portions 31a to 31a). 3c) and the angle of the right bent portions 33b and 33b in FIG. 3 are smaller than 90 °. On the other hand, the other end side connection portions 32 a and 32 b are bent in a substantially right angle direction with respect to the straight portions 30 and 30. Moreover, the continuous part of the other end side connection parts 32a and 32a and the linear parts 30 and 30 which are arrange | positioned on the right side of FIG. 3 and comprise the 1st periphery of the coil 4 are bending parts 33c and 33c which just bent. Yes. On the other hand, the bent portions 33d and 33d that are arranged on the left side of FIG. 3 and form a continuous portion of the other end side connecting portions 32b and 32b that constitute the second circumference of the coil 4 and the linear portions 30 and 30 are: A stepped shape is formed so that the interval becomes narrower toward the tip. As described above, the bent portions 33d and 33d are stepped to prevent the bent portions 33c and 33c and the bent portions 33d and 33d from interfering with each other when the material W1 is wound into the coil 4. In order to make the shape of the coil end portion 10 more compact as described above, the coil end portion 10 is shaped like the other end side coil end portion 10.

  FIGS. 4 to 23 show a bending apparatus 20a, 20b for forming the rectangular wave-shaped material W1 shown in FIG. 3 and a bending machine 40 provided with such a bending apparatus 20a, 20b. It explains using. Such bending apparatuses 20a and 20b are selected and used in accordance with the difference in the lengths of the other end side coupling portions 32a and 32b. That is, when forming the first circumference of the coil 4, the bending apparatus 20a is used, and when forming the second circumference of the coil 4, the bending apparatus 20b is used. The bending apparatuses 20a and 20b repeatedly perform four bending processes on a material W2 such as a straight rectangular wire before being sequentially fed.

  First, the bending apparatus 20a that forms the first circumference of the coil 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a bobbin (not shown) wound with a sufficiently long material W2 is arranged on the right side of FIGS. 4 and 5 and the left side of FIGS. 6 and 7 of the bending apparatus 20, and the material W2 is placed from this bobbin. 4 and 5 are sent (supplied) from the left to the right in FIGS. Therefore, the right side of FIGS. 4 and 5 and the left side of FIGS. 6 and 7 are upstream in the feed direction, and the left side of FIGS. 4 and 5 and the right side of FIGS.

  The bending apparatus 20a includes five jigs 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, a plurality of offset bending portions 22, 22, and the like. Among these, each jig | tool 21a-21e is connected in series so that rotation is possible centering around the rotating shafts 23 and 23, respectively. That is, the jig 21a arranged at the upstream end in the feed direction and the jig 21b adjacent to the jig 21a are rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 4 with respect to the jig 21a at the upstream end. It is connected freely. Further, the jig 21b and the center jig 21c are connected to the jig 21b so as to be rotatable counterclockwise in FIG. 4 with respect to the jig 21b. Further, the jig 21c at the center and the jig 21d adjacent to the downstream of the feeding direction of the jig 21c are connected so that the jig 21d can rotate in the counterclockwise direction of FIG. 4 with respect to the center jig 21c. Has been. Furthermore, the jig 21d and the jig 21e disposed at the downstream end in the feed direction are connected to the downstream end jig 21e so as to be rotatable counterclockwise in FIG. And the raw material W2 is arrange | positioned to each jig | tool 21a-21e, Each bending | flexion process is given to the raw material W2 by rotating each jig | tool 21a-21e relatively.

  For this purpose, the jigs 21a to 21e are fixed to the holding parts 24 and 24 for suppressing the displacement of the material W2 on the opposite side to the rotation direction. That is, the restraining surfaces 24a, 24a of the restraining portions 24, 24 are brought into contact with the side surfaces of the material W2, thereby suppressing the displacement of the material W2 with respect to the jigs 21a-21e during bending. Further, the holding portions 25 and 25 are fixed to the respective jigs 21a, 21b, 21d, and 21e except the central jig 21c at positions facing the respective holding portions 24 and 24 and the material W2. The distance between each holding portion 25, 25 and each holding portion 24, 24 is slightly larger than the width of the material W2, so that the material W2 is loosely clamped. Note that the holding portions 25 and 25 are fixed to the jigs 21b and 21d with being spaced apart from each other. However, the holding portions 24 and 24 and the holding portions 25 and 25 at both ends may be integrated. Also, a holding part may be arranged in the center jig 21c.

  Further, each of the offset bending portions 22 and 22 is connected to one of a pair of jigs connected to each other among the five jigs 21a to 21e from the rotation shafts 23 and 23 to the rotation side of the material W2. They are arranged with a predetermined offset. In the case of the present embodiment, the corners on the side of the holding portions 25, 25 fixed to the both ends of the jigs 21b, 21d on the side facing the holding portions 24, 24 are formed into a partial cylindrical surface, thereby offsetting. Bending portions 22 and 22 are provided. In addition, you may comprise the offset bending parts 22 and 22 by arrange | positioning a cylindrical member etc. separately from the holding parts 25 and 25, for example. Each of the offset bending portions 22 and 22 is a cylindrical surface having a curvature radius substantially the same as the curvature radius of the inner peripheral surface of the material W2 after bending. Further, the offset bending portions 22 and 22 are offset by a predetermined amount from the rotation shafts 23 and 23, thereby displacing the material W2 with respect to the jigs 21a to 21e by the rotation of the jigs 21a to 21d. It can be bent without any problems.

For this purpose, the offset amounts of the offset bending portions 22 and 22 with respect to the rotation shafts 23 and 23 are determined as follows. In the following description, each offset bending portion 22, 22 is a cylindrical member. Although only one bent portion of the material W2 will be described, all the bent portions have the same relationship. As shown in FIG. 9, the bending angle of the material W2 is θ, the thickness of the material W2 (or the diameter when the material W2 is circular in cross section) is T, and the inner circumference of the material W2 after bending the material W2 from the neutral line N The ratio of the distance to the surface to the thickness T is α, the radius of curvature of the offset bending portion 22 is r, and the bending of the material W2 is the distance of the bending center P of the offset bending portion 22 to the rotation center O of the rotation shaft 23. If the state before bending the material W2 in the direction is a straight line, the distance with respect to the linear direction and the parallel direction (X direction, left and right direction in FIG. 9) is X. Similarly, the direction perpendicular to the linear direction (Y direction, When the distance in the vertical direction in FIG. 9 is Y, the bending center P is at least after the bending process with respect to the rotation center O.
X = (r + T × α) × θ / 2
Y = (r + T × α) × θ / 2 / tan (θ / 2)
It is installed at a position that satisfies

  The above formula will be described. First, if the material W2 is bent in a state where the bending center P and the rotation center O coincide with each other, the material W2 becomes (r + T × α) × θ in the jig at the position of the neutral line N. Move against. That is, the material W2 is drawn by the circumferential length of the bent portion of the neutral line N. Therefore, in order to prevent the material W2 from being pulled in during the bending process, the offset bending portion 22 may be moved along the material W2 by (r + T × α) × θ before and after the bending process. As is clear from FIG. 9, it is not necessary to consider the movement distance in the Y direction of the offset bending portion 22. In this case, since the offset bending portion 22 is moved around the rotation center O, as is clear from FIG. 9B, the distance in the X direction from the rotation center O of the bending center P is It is (r + T × α) × θ / 2 which is half the moving distance of the offset bending portion 22. Thus, if the distance in the X direction from the rotation center O of the bending center P is known, the distance (r + T × α) × θ / 2 / tan (θ / 2) in the Y direction can be similarly derived from the trigonometric function.

  In the case of this embodiment, in order to perform the bending process as described above, the jigs 21a and 21e at both ends of the five jigs 21a to 21e cannot be rotated with respect to the feed direction of the material W2. In addition, the jig 21a at the upstream end in the feed direction is arranged so as not to move in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction, and is movable along the feed direction. That is, the jig 21a at the upstream end in the feed direction is movable along the rail 27 fixed on the mount 26 in the feed direction, and the gap between the holding portion 24 and the holding portion 25 is in the feed direction. It is arranged in such a direction as to follow. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 8, a recess 28 is formed along the feed direction on the bottom surface of the jig 21 a so that the rail 27 enters the recess 28. As a result, the jig 21 a is movable along the rail 27 and is disposed so as not to rotate with respect to the rail 27.

  Further, the jig 21e at the downstream end in the feed direction is unrotatable and non-movable in such a direction that the gap between the holding portion 24 and the holding portion 25 is along the feed direction downstream of the rail 27 on the mount 26 in the feed direction. It is fixed to. Therefore, the jig 21a and the jig 21e are arranged on the same straight line along the feeding direction. Moreover, since the jig 21a at the upstream end can be moved along the rail 27, the jigs 21a and 21e at both end portions can be moved in the perspective direction along the feeding direction. Although the downstream end jig 21e may be moved, as will be described later, only the upstream end jig 21a is moved in order to arrange an apparatus for performing the next bending process downstream of the bending apparatus 20. It is preferable. Further, the downstream end jig 21e may be rotatable about the rotation shaft 23 depending on the shape of the downstream end of the material to be bent.

  Further, by fixing a handle 29 to a jig 21b adjacent to the downstream of the upstream end jig 21a and operating this handle 29, the rotation shaft 23 with the jig 21a at the upstream end is operated. It is possible to apply a force in the rotation direction (clockwise in FIG. 4) centering on. Thus, by applying a force in the rotation direction to the jig 21b, a force that moves in one direction perpendicular to the feed direction (upward in FIG. 3) is applied to the center jig 21c. Therefore, the jig 21b is an actuating member that rotates in the direction of rotation about the rotation axis 23 with the jig 21a at the upstream end, and applies a force to move to one side in the direction perpendicular to the center jig 21c. is there.

  When bending the material W2 by the bending apparatus 20a as described above, the jig 21a at the upstream end is moved along the rail 27 so that the jigs 21a and 21e at both ends approach each other. At the same time, while applying a force to the central jig 21c to move in one direction perpendicular to the feed direction, each jig 21a to 21e is relatively positioned in the above-described direction, as shown in FIG. Rotate until Thereby, the bending process of four places is performed to the raw material W2 substantially simultaneously. In the present embodiment, the handle 29 fixed to the jig 21b adjacent to the jig 21a at the upstream end is operated so as to be rotated in the clockwise direction in FIGS. Thereby, the jig 21a at the upstream end is slid downstream in the feeding direction, the jig 21b is rotated clockwise with respect to the jig 21a at the upstream end, and further, the jig 21c at the center is moved in the feeding direction. A force that moves in one direction at right angles can be applied. If the turning direction of the jig 21b and the moving direction of the center jig 21c are determined, the jig 21e at the downstream end is fixed, so that the jigs 21b, 21c, and 21d are moved by the movement of the jig 21a. Relative rotation in such a direction. The movement of the jig 21a and the rotation of the jig 21b may be performed by an actuator.

  Further, at the time of bending as described above, the upstream portion of the bending apparatus 20a of the material W2 is pulled by the jig 21a. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the material W2 supplied from the bobbin is bent with a margin between the bobbin and the bending apparatus 20, and the material W2 is smoothly pulled by the movement of the jig 21a. I am trying to do it. The material W2 may be supplied following the movement of the jig 21a, for example, by rotating the bobbin in accordance with the movement of the jig 21a. Further, the material W2 may not be bent as long as the movement of the jig 21a and the supply by the bobbin can be smoothly interlocked.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as described later, the crank portions 12a and 12b (see FIGS. 2 and 23) having different lengths are formed on the straight portions 30 and 30 of the material W1 (see FIGS. 3 and 21). As described above, the one end side connecting portions 31 (31a, 31b, 31c) for connecting the one end portions of the linear portions 30, 30 are connected to the pair of linear portions 30, 30 existing on both sides of the one end side connecting portion 31. It is inclined with respect to the perpendicular direction. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 10, the bending angles of the jigs 21a and 21e at both ends and the jigs 21b and 21d adjacent to the jigs 21a and 21e are different from 90 °. That is, each jig is made until the angle formed between the upstream end jig 21a and the jig 21b is smaller than 90 ° and the angle formed between the downstream end jig 21e and the jig 21d is larger than 90 °. 21a-21e is rotated. Therefore, the bending angles of the jigs 21a and 21e and the jigs 21b and 21d are regulated by the regulating members 60a and 60b. If the bending angles of the jigs 21a and 21e and the jigs 21b and 21d are determined, the bending angles of the jig 21c and the jigs 21b and 21d are determined according to the lengths of the jigs 21b and 21d. . In the present embodiment, the lengths of the jigs 21b and 21d are the same, and the bending angle between the jig 21c at the center, the jig 21b, and the jig 21d is approximately 90 °. In the present embodiment, in consideration of the springback of the material W2, the jigs 21a to 21 are further rotated as shown in FIG.

  In this way, if the material W2 is bent at four locations, the bent portion is removed from the bending apparatus 20a, and the material W2 is moved downstream in the feed direction (feed) and then processed. The power portion is mounted on the bending apparatus 20a, and the above-described processing is performed again. By sequentially performing such processing, the first round portion of the coil 4 is obtained from the rectangular wave material W2 shown in FIG. In this case, the feed amount of the material W2 is the same within the range of the first round.

  There are a plurality of types of coils arranged in the stator core 2 as shown in FIG. The various coils have different circumferential lengths depending on the radial positions arranged on the stator core 2. That is, the intervals between the straight portions are different. Moreover, when arrange | positioning to the stator core from which axial direction length (axial length) differs, the length of a linear part also differs. For this reason, it is necessary to prepare a plurality of sets of jigs for each coil having different circumferential lengths or axial lengths (all of the lengths between the bent portions 33a, 33b, 33c, and 33d). That is, as the above-mentioned five jigs 21a to 21e, a plurality of combinations in which the lengths of at least one of the jigs 21b to 21e excluding the jigs arranged at both ends are different are prepared. To do. The length between the plurality of bent portions 33a to 33d (of the material W1) (between adjacent straight portions 30, 30) formed on the material W2 or the length of the straight portions 30, 30 is set. Accordingly, any jig set can be selected during bending.

  For example, in the case where the substantially rectangular wave-shaped (intermediate) material W1 (FIG. 3) is wound two or more times by being bent after bending, the five pieces of jigs include the central jig 21c. Prepare two or more combinations with different lengths. And according to the circumference | surroundings of the raw material W1, by changing the feed amount at the time of arrange | positioning the linear raw material W2 in the five jigs 21a-21e (bending apparatus 20a) according to the circumference | surroundings of the raw material W1, In the transition portion where the circulation of W1 changes, the change in length between the bent portions 33a to 33d is adjusted by changing the feed amount. Since the axial length does not change, the same jigs 21b and 21d can be used.

  In this way, when the length adjustment of the transition portion where the turn of the material W1 changes is changed according to the feed amount, when the coil 4 is formed by winding the material W1 twice, two sets of jigs are formed. It suffices to prepare, and the number of jigs to be prepared can be reduced. Therefore, when the various coils are formed by winding the material twice, two sets of jigs for forming each coil may be prepared. For this reason, the set of jigs can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced. On the other hand, when adjusting the length of the transition part by exchanging the jig, a set of jigs is required, and when the material W1 is wound twice, three sets of jigs are required. become.

  In this embodiment, as described above, the coil 4 is formed by winding the material W1 twice. Therefore, when the first round is finished by the bending apparatus 20a as described above, first, the material W2 is moved in the feed direction by the length of the transition portion between the first round and the second round. Adjust the length of this transition part. That is, the length of the one end side connecting portion 31b shown in FIG. 3 is adjusted by the feed amount. Next, the material W2 is removed from the bending device 20a and replaced with a bending device 20b for the second round (see FIGS. 16 to 20), and a portion corresponding to the second round of the material W2 is replaced with this bending device. 20b is processed. In the present embodiment, the bending apparatuses 20a and 20b are arranged on the same base 26, and the bending apparatuses 20a and 20b are exchanged by sliding the base 26. Therefore, before describing the bending apparatus 20b, the bending machine 40 having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As described above, the bending machine 40 includes the gantry 26 on which the bending devices 20a and 20b are arranged, the slide mechanism 41 that slides the gantry 26, and the gantry 26 together with the bending devices 20a and 20b in the vertical direction of FIG. A displacement mechanism (elevating mechanism) 42 for displacing, a restraining mechanism 43 for placing the material W2 on the bending devices 20a and 20b, and a chuck mechanism 44 for grasping the material W2 and removing it from the bending devices 20a and 20b are provided. Among these, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 14, the slide mechanism 41 is configured such that a base 41a that supports the gantry 26 is slidable with respect to rails 41b and 41b. For this reason, by moving the base 41a automatically along the rails 41b and 41b manually or by an actuator or the like, the base 26 is moved in the front-and-back direction of FIG. 12, the vertical direction of FIGS. 13 and 15, and the horizontal direction of FIG. It is movable. The displacement mechanism 42 moves (lifts) the gantry 26 in the vertical direction of FIGS. 12 and 14 with respect to the base 41a by an actuator such as a combination of a motor and a feed screw mechanism. Further, the restraining mechanism 43 has a restraining member 43a movable in the vertical direction of FIG. 13, and as shown in FIG. 12, on the upper side of the bending apparatus 20a (20b), as shown in FIG. It is arranged at a position off the side of the device 20a. Further, the chuck mechanism 44 is disposed so as to be movable along the rail 40b disposed in the feed direction on the lower surface of the top plate 40a of the bending machine 40. The material W2 is gripped by the chuck 44a in a state of being positioned downstream in the feeding direction above the bending apparatus 20a. For this purpose, a groove 44b (see FIG. 4 and the like) into which the chuck 44a can enter is formed in the jig 21d of the bending apparatus 20a.

  With the bending machine 40 as described above, the arrangement, separation, and replacement of the bending apparatus 20a and the bending apparatus 20b with respect to the bending apparatus 20a (20b) are performed as follows. First, the bending device 20a is arranged at a position along the feed direction of the material W2 by the slide mechanism 41. At this time, the position of the gantry 26 is below the arrangement position of the material W2. Next, the holding member 43a of the holding mechanism 43 is disposed on the material W2, and in this state, the gantry 26 is raised together with the bending device 20a by the displacement mechanism 42. Accordingly, the material W2 is disposed in the gap between the restraining portion 24 and the holding portion 25 of each jig 21a to 21e of the bending apparatus 20a while restraining the material W2 from above by the restraining member 43a. At this time, the jigs 21a to 21e are arranged linearly. After retracting the holding member 43a, bending is performed by the bending apparatus 20a. Next, the chuck mechanism 44 is moved to a predetermined position, the material W2 after bending is gripped by the chuck 44a, and in this state, the bending device 20a is lowered together with the gantry 26 by the displacement mechanism 42. Thereby, the raw material W2 is separated from the bending apparatus 20a. When processing is continued by the bending apparatus 20a as it is, the material W2 is fed by a predetermined amount, and the above-described steps are repeated. On the other hand, when bending is performed by the bending apparatus 20b, the gantry 26 is moved by the slide mechanism 41, and the bending apparatus 20b is disposed at a position along the feed direction of the material W2. Then, the same process as described above is repeated.

  Next, such a bending apparatus 20b will be described with reference to FIGS. As described above, the bending apparatus 20b processes a portion corresponding to the second round of the rectangular wave-shaped (intermediate) material W1 (FIG. 3). As described above, the other end side connecting portions 32b and 32b of the portion corresponding to the second round of the material W1 have the stepped shapes of the bent portions 33d and 33d. For this reason, the bending apparatus 20b differs from the bending apparatus 20a described above in the structure of the portion forming the stepped shape and the length of the central jig 21c. It is the same as the processing apparatus 20a. Therefore, in the following description, the structure of the different parts will be mainly described, and the description and illustration of the parts of the same structure as the other bending apparatus 20a will be omitted or simplified.

  Before bending the material W2 with the five jigs 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, and 21e (see FIG. 3 and the like for the jig 21a and the jig 21e), the bending apparatus 20a performs the material W2 Is provided with a step forming member 36 for forming a step 35 (FIG. 19) at a predetermined portion. The step forming member 36 includes a first pressing member 37 and a second pressing member 38 that are displaceably disposed in a direction inclined with respect to the arrangement direction of the material W2. These pressing members 37 and 38 are disposed on the opposite sides of the material W2 and at positions shifted in the feeding direction of the material W2 (the left-right direction in FIGS. 16 to 20).

  In the present embodiment, the first pressing member 37 is the holding portion 24 of the center jig 21c, and the holding portion 24 is disposed so as to be freely displaceable with respect to the jig 21c. Further, the restraining surface 24 a of the restraining portion 24 is a press-molding portion 37 a having a shape commensurate with the shape of the stepped portion 35. The second pressing member 38 is the holding portion 25 of the jig 21b adjacent to the upstream in the feeding direction of the center jig 21c (the right side in FIGS. 16 to 20). Displaceable. Further, the portion shifted to the upstream side of the offset bending portion 22 at the downstream (left side in FIGS. 16 to 20) end of the holding portion 25 corresponds to the bending portion 35a (FIG. 19) on the upstream side of the step portion 35. A step 38a is formed. Further, at the upstream end of the holding portion 25 of the jig 21d adjacent to the downstream side of the central jig 21c in the feed direction, a portion shifted downstream from the offset bending portion 22 is provided with a bent portion 35b ( A step 38b corresponding to FIG. 19) is formed. That is, the steps 38a and 38b are formed at positions that are shifted upstream or downstream in the feed direction at a position between the first pressing member 37 and the material W2.

  Both the pressing members 37 and 38 described above press the material W2 in an inclined direction including a component toward the downstream in the feed direction of the material W2 with respect to the arrangement direction of the material W2, thereby from the downstream side in the feed direction of the material W2. The stepped portion 35 is formed in a predetermined portion of the material W2 while preventing the pull-in. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 17, the first pressing member 37 (the holding portion 24 of the jig 21c) is shifted to the position upstream of the feeding direction at a position between the first pressing member 37 and the material W2. By displacing toward the formed step 38b (in the direction of arrow H), the material W2 is deformed between the first pressing member 37 and the step 38b. At this time, as shown in FIG. 18, the first pressing member 37 is pressed in the direction of the arrow toward the step 38b. This direction is a contact point I between the pressing portion 37a of the first pressing member 37 and the material W2. In addition, the contact point J between the holding portion 25 and the material W2 where the step 38b is formed is regulated in relation to the friction at the contact points I and J so that almost no slip occurs. Next, as shown in FIG. 19, by displacing the second pressing member 38 (the holding portion 25 of the jig 21 b) toward the first pressing member 37, the first pressing member 37 and the second pressing member 38. The stepped portion 35 is formed by deforming the material W2 between the stepped portion 38a.

  Such movement of the pressing members 37 and 38 is automatically performed manually or by an actuator or the like. In the case of manual operation, for example, the moving directions of the pressing members 37 and 38 are regulated by concave / convex fitting with the jig 21c or the jig 21b, respectively. And the 1st press member 37 and the 2nd press member 38 are pressed along the above-mentioned uneven | corrugated fitting by rotating the screw screwed by the nut member each fixed to the jig | tool 21c and the jig | tool 21b. When performing automatically, both the press members 37 and 38 are pressed by rotating the above-mentioned screw with a motor, for example.

  As described above, when the stepped portion 35 is formed on the material W2, the jig 21a at the upstream end is moved along the feed direction in the same manner as the bending apparatus 20a described above, and the jigs 21a to 21e are moved relative to each other. As shown in FIG. 20, the material W2 is bent by rotating it. In the present embodiment, the offset bending portions 22 that bend the material W2 by the relative rotation of the jig 21c, the jig 21b, and the jig 21d exist in the stepped portions 35, that is, between the bent portions 35a and 35b. To do. For this reason, by bending the jigs 21a to 21e, the portions near both ends of the step portion 35 are bent, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 20, the bent portions 33d and 33d of the material W1 are formed in a stepped shape. . The offset bending portion 22 formed on the holding portion 25 of the jig 21b is applied to the material W2 in a state where the holding portion 25 as the second pressing member 38 moves toward the first pressing member 37 as described above. It is arranged at a regular position where no pull-in occurs.

  Next, bending processing is performed in which crank portions 12a and 12b having different lengths are formed on one end side of the straight portions 30 and 30 of the (intermediate) material W1 formed in a rectangular wave shape by the bending devices 20a and 20b as described above. A method and a bending apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 21 to FIG. 27, a part of the one end side connecting portion 31 (31a, 31b, 31c) and the pair of straight portions 30, 30 connected by the one end side connecting portion 31 is shown. The other parts are the same. First, the bending method will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 described above, in order to bend the middle of the portion extending in the circumferential direction M of the coil end portion 8 of the coil 4 in the radial direction R to obtain a substantially crank shape. Crank portions 12a and 12b having different lengths are formed on both straight portions 30 and 30, respectively. That is, a pair of bent portions 39a and 39b whose bending directions are opposite to each other are formed on both the straight portions 30 and 30, respectively, and a pair of bent portions 39a and 39b of the left straight portion 30 in FIG. The crank portion 12a is constituted by a pair of right bent portions 39a and 39b. And the length between the one end side connection part 31 and the bending part 39b of the other end side of each linear part 30 is varied. In the present embodiment, the right crank portion 12b is longer than the left crank portion 12a in FIG.

  In order to efficiently form the crank portions 12a and 12b having different lengths in this way, in the present embodiment, the material W1 is formed by the above-described steps as shown in FIG. That is, with the above-described bending apparatuses 20a and 20b, a plurality of linear portions 30 and 30 that are parallel to each other and one end portion and the other end portion of the adjacent linear portions of the linear portions 30 and 30 are alternately connected. The one end side connecting portion 31 and the other end side connecting portions 32a and 32b (FIG. 3) are sequentially formed to obtain the material W1. And in this process, the raw material W1 is formed so that the one end side connection part 31 inclines with respect to the orthogonal direction (beta) of a pair of linear parts 30 and 30 which exist in both sides. This inclination corresponds to the difference in length between the pair of bent portions 39a and 39b formed on the straight portions 30 and 30, that is, the crank portions 12a and 12b, respectively. In the case of the illustrated example, the right crank portion 12b is longer than the left crank portion 12a in FIG. 23 (a). Therefore, as shown in FIG. It is made to incline according to the difference of the length of the crank parts 12a and 12b in the direction which goes to the upper side of the figure, so that it goes to the right from the left.

  Thus, after obtaining the raw material W1 which inclined the one end side connection part 31, as shown to FIG. 22, 23, crank part 12a, 12b is formed in this raw material W1. First, as shown in FIG. 22, in a state in which the portions (clamp portion C, shaded portions) having different distances from the one end side connecting portion 31 of both the straight portions 30, 30 are clamped (fixed), the both straight portions 30, The one end side connecting portion 31 side of 30 is simultaneously bent to one side, and a bent portion 39a on one end side is formed on each side (molded portion F, black coating portion). At this time, the clamp part C is a part adjacent to the opposite side (the other end side) to the one end side connecting part 31 rather than the part where the bent part 39a on the one end side is to be formed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 23, in a state in which a part of both straight portions 30, 30 (clamp portion C, hatched portion) is clamped, the one end side connecting portion 31 side of both straight portions 30, 30 is shown in FIG. The other side is bent at the same time on the opposite side, and the other end side bent portion 39b is formed (molded portion F, black coating portion). At this time, the clamp portion C is a portion adjacent to the other end side from the portion where the bent portion 39b on the other end side is to be formed. As shown in FIG. 23, by forming simultaneously the bent portions 39a, 39a on one end side and the bent portions 39b, 39b on the other end side in which the bending directions are the same in both the straight portions 30, 30, as shown in FIG. The crank portions 12a and 12b having different lengths can be obtained, and the one end side connecting portion 31 can be disposed in a substantially perpendicular direction to the straight portions 30 and 30.

  A processing apparatus for performing the bending process as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. The bending apparatus 50 is capable of moving in parallel with each other along a rail 52a on a pair of pedestals 52 and 52 that are arranged to move freely on and off the rails 51a and 51a on the base 51. Support plates 53 and 53, and a bending jig 54 and a fixing jig 55 provided on each of the support plates 53 are provided. The rails 51a, 51a on the base 51 and the rails 52a on the gantry 52 are arranged in directions that are perpendicular to each other. Further, the support plates 53 and 53 are arranged to face each other, and the respective pedestals 52 are arranged along the rail 51a in the front and back directions of (a) and (c) of FIGS. By moving in the left-right direction, they can move to each other. Further, the support plates 53 and 53 are moved along the rails 52a on the respective pedestals 52, so that the positions of the support plates 53 and 53 are parallel to each other {the left and right directions of (a) and (c) in FIGS. The front and back direction of (b) can be shifted.

  The bending jig 54 includes a rotating portion 54a that is rotatably supported by the support plate 53, and a substantially cylindrical bending portion 54b that is protruded and fixed at a position offset by a predetermined amount from the rotation center of the rotating portion 54a. Prepare. The bent portions 54b provided on the respective support plates 53, 53 are arranged to face each other. The fixing jig 55 has a pair of clamp jigs 56 and 56 disposed at positions adjacent to the bent portion 54b of the support plate 53, and at least one of the clamp jigs 56 is shown in FIGS. The linear portion 30 of the material W1 can be clamped by moving it up and down. At this time, the linear portion 30 is disposed in the recessed groove 55a that exists between the pair of clamp jigs 56, 56 so as to penetrate in parallel with the rail 52a. Further, in the opening on the side of the bent portion 54b of the concave groove 55a, the continuous portion between the wall surfaces 55b and 55b of the concave groove 55a and the end surface 55c of the fixing jig 55 is a chamfered portion 55d and 55d having a partial cylindrical surface shape. . The curvatures of the chamfered portions 55d and 55d correspond to the curvatures of the bent portions 39a and 39b to be formed in the linear portion 30. The relationship between the center of curvature of each of the chamfered portions 55d and 55d and the rotation center of the bending portion 54b is the same as the bending center P of the offset bending portion 22 and the rotation center O of the rotation shaft 23 shown in FIG. It is the same as the relationship.

  The bending process by the bending apparatus 50 as described above is performed as follows. First, the material W1 as shown in FIG. 21 is arranged as shown in FIG. At this time, the pair of straight portions 30 and 30 are inserted and disposed in the concave grooves 55a of the fixing jigs 55 and 55 disposed to face each other, and the predetermined positions of both the straight portions 30 and 30 are clamped. At this time, the gantry 52 that supports the support plates 53, 53 is moved along the rail 51 a on the base 51, and is adjusted to the interval between the pair of linear portions 30, 30. Further, the support plates 53 and 53 are moved along the rail 52a on the gantry 52, and the position of the chamfered portion 55d of the concave groove 55a is set to a portion where the bent portions 39a and 39a are to be formed in the respective linear portions 30 and 30. Match. In this state, the clamp part C in FIG. 22A is clamped by the fixing jig 55, and the molding part F is arranged at the chamfered part 55d. Next, as shown in FIG. 25, the rotating portions 54a and 54a of the bending jigs 54 and 54 arranged to face each other are simultaneously rotated, and the linear portions 30 and 30 are bent at the same time by the bending portions 54b and 54b. As a result, a shape as shown in FIG. 22 is obtained. Note that the movement of the gantry 52 and the support plate 53 and the rotation of the rotating portion 54a are each performed manually or automatically by an actuator (not shown).

  Next, the clamps of the straight portions 30 and 30 are released, and the pedestals 52 and 52 are moved along the rails 51a, thereby separating the support plates 53 and 53 and removing the straight portions 30 and 30 from the grooves 55a and 55a. . Then, the bending jig 54 is further rotated, and the bending portion 54b is moved to the opposite side across the straight portions 30 and 30 with respect to the state shown in FIG. Then, the support plates 53 and 53 are respectively moved along the rail 52a, and the position of the chamfered portion 55d of the groove 55a is adjusted to the portion where the bent portions 39b and 39b are to be formed in the respective linear portions 30 and 30. Further, again, the pedestals 52 and 52 are moved along the rail 51a so that the interval between the support plates 53 and 53 is matched with the interval between the linear portions 30 and 30, and the linear portions 30 and 55a are respectively inserted into the grooves 55a and 55a. 30 is arranged and further clamped to obtain the state shown in FIG. In this state, the clamp part C in FIG. 23A is clamped by the fixing jig 55, and the molding part F is arranged at the chamfered part 55d. Next, as shown in FIG. 27, the rotating portions 54a and 54a of the bending jigs 54 and 54 are simultaneously rotated in the opposite direction to that of FIG. 25, and the linear portions 30 and 30 are bent at the same time by the bending portion 54b. As a result, a shape as shown in FIG. 23 is obtained.

  According to the present embodiment as described above, first, as described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 20, the upstream ends of the bending devices 20a and 20b are arranged so that the jigs 21a and 21e at the both ends approach each other along the feeding direction. The jig 21a is moved, and the jig 21a at the center is applied with a force to move in one direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, while the jigs 21a to 21e are relatively rotated, so that the substantially straight material W2 is bent at four locations. Since the upstream end jig 21a cannot rotate with respect to the feed direction of the material W2 and cannot move in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction, the material W2 can be bent with respect to the feed direction by bending the material W2 at four locations. The processing accuracy can be improved without increasing the size of the apparatus.

  That is, the material W2 is fed, for example, by rotating a bobbin (not shown) that is disposed upstream of the apparatus and wound with the material W2. Therefore, if the jig 21a at the upstream end in the feed direction moves along this feed direction without shaking with respect to the feed direction, it is not necessary to move the whole feed mechanism including such a bobbin. As a result, the apparatus is not enlarged and the mechanism is not complicated. In addition, unlike the structure described in Patent Document 1, the bending process can be performed on the four locations of the material W2 in one step, so that the processing time can be shortened and the cost can be reduced. Further, unlike the structures described in Patent Documents 2 and 3, there are no gear meshing errors and projections meshing errors, and the material W2 can be precisely bent, and the processing accuracy can be improved.

  Further, since the offset bending portion 22 is disposed at a position offset with respect to the rotation shaft 23 and the material W2 can be bent without being displaced with respect to the jigs 21a to 21e, Damage can be prevented from occurring. In other words, since the material W2 is not displaced with respect to the restraining portion 24 constituting the jigs 21a to 21e (no pull-in occurs) at the time of bending, it is possible to prevent the material W2 and the restraining portion 24 from sliding. It is possible to prevent the material W2 from being damaged. In addition, since the tensile force does not act on the material W2 during the bending process, the bending process of the material W2 can be performed accurately.

  Further, even when the material W2 is a flat wire constituting the coil 4 as described above, it is possible to accurately perform the process of bending four portions of the flat wire. That is, unlike a round wire with a circular cross section, a flat wire has a limited bending direction. Therefore, it is difficult to perform bending at four locations unless any special measures are taken. In particular, in the case of forming the shape as described above, since the bending direction is different, it is more difficult to bend. On the other hand, in the case of the present embodiment, even with a flat wire with a limited bending direction, the bending process performed by changing the bending direction can be performed easily and accurately. In addition, since no pull-in occurs during the bending process, the insulating enamel layer is not damaged during the bending process, and a high-quality coil 4 for a rotating electrical machine can be obtained.

  In addition, if the bending apparatus 20b shown in FIGS. 16 to 20 is used, the step of forming the stepped portion 35 on the material W2 can be performed while preventing the pulling in from the downstream in the feed direction. It is not necessary to have a displaceable structure, and the apparatus can be simplified. That is, at the time of forming the stepped portion 35, when a part of the material W <b> 2 is simply pressed by the pressing member, both ends of the material W are drawn toward the stepped portion 35. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the stepped portion 35 is formed by the first pressing member 37 and the second pressing member 38 and these pressing directions are appropriately regulated. While preventing, the process which forms the level | step-difference part 35 can be performed. Further, in order to form such a stepped portion 35, the first pressing member 37 is disposed in the central jig 21c, and the second pressing member 38 is disposed in the jig 21b adjacent to the upstream of the central jig 21c. is doing. That is, the structure for forming the stepped portion 35 is incorporated in the bending apparatus 20b and is not provided separately. For this reason, it is not necessary to form and bend the step portion 35 with a separate processing apparatus, and the processing time can be shortened.

  Furthermore, if the coil 4 for a rotating electrical machine as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is manufactured by the bending apparatuses 20a and 20b according to the present embodiment, the number of joints of the coil 4 can be reduced. Reduction can be achieved and the size of the coil 4 can be reduced. That is, if bending is performed on the material W as described above, a large number of bent portions can be formed by one processing, so the materials after bending are joined by welding or the like, as shown in FIG. When a simple coil 4 is obtained, the number of joints can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. If the number of joints can be reduced, the distance between the coils 4 can be reduced, and the entire coil 4 can be reduced in size.

  Next, in the case of the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 21 to 27, before the bent portions 39a and 39b are simultaneously formed on the pair of linear portions 30 and 30 on both sides of the one end side connecting portion 31, According to the difference in the length of a pair of bent portions 39a and 39b (crank portions 12a and 12b) that form the side connecting portion 31 in the straight portions 30 and 30 with respect to the direction perpendicular to the straight portions 30 and 30, respectively. Is inclined. For this reason, it can prevent that the one end side connection part 31 inclines from a desired state with respect to both the linear parts 30 and 30 after forming the bending parts 39a and 39b. That is, when the crank portions 12 a and 12 having different lengths are formed at the same time, the one end side connecting portion 31 can be made substantially perpendicular to both the straight portions 30 and 30. On the other hand, if the crank portions having different lengths are formed at the same time in the state where the both straight portions 30 and 30 are in a right angle direction without inclining the one end side connecting portion 31, for example, Since the portion 31 is inclined with respect to the direction perpendicular to both the straight portions 30, 30, a process for making the inclined state of the one end side connecting portion 31 perpendicular to both the straight portions is required, and the processing time is long. Become. Therefore, in the case of this embodiment, such a process becomes unnecessary and processing time can be shortened. Further, in the present embodiment, at the time of processing, the one end side connecting portion 31 and the opposite side (the other end side) are fixed (clamped) from the portion where the bent portion 39a (39b) is to be formed. The straight portions 30 and 30 do not shake during processing, and processing accuracy can be improved.

  In addition, even if the shape or number of the bent portions formed in the pair of straight portions 30, 30 is different from the above case, if the one end side connecting portion is inclined according to the difference in the length of the bent portions, After forming the bent portion, it is possible to prevent the one end side connecting portion from inclining from the desired state (not necessarily in the perpendicular direction) with respect to both linear portions, so that the processing time can also be shortened.

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A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment relates to a bending machine 61 that automatically drives a bending apparatus 20c for bending the material W2. Since the second embodiment is basically the same as the above-described first embodiment except that it is performed automatically, the description of the same parts is omitted or simplified, and hereinafter, the description will focus on parts different from the first embodiment.

  The bending apparatus 20c has a bending member 62a on the jig 21a at the upstream (also right side) end in the feed direction of the material W2 (left and right direction in FIGS. 28 to 32), and bending members 62b and 62c on both sides of the central jig 21c. The bending member 62d is rotatably connected to the jig 21e at the downstream (also the left side) end. Among these bending members 62a to 62d, the bending member 62a and 62b exist between the jig 21a and the jig 21c, and the bending member 62c exists between the jig 21c and the jig 21e. The jig 21d is configured by 62d. In other words, the jig 21b and the jig 21d are formed by separately arranging the bending members 62a and 62b or the bending members 62c and 62d.

  Each of the bending members 62a to 62d has a groove 63 for arranging the material W2. The both sides in the rotational direction (both sides in the vertical direction in the state of FIG. 28) forming the groove 63 correspond to the holding part and the holding part. The jigs 21 a, 21 c, and 21 e also have a holding part 24 and a holding part 25, and a groove 63 is formed between the holding part 24 and the holding part 25. Each of such grooves 63 is used to form a portion of the material W1 shown in FIG. 3 described above having a bent portion 33c having a stepped shape. Further, the bending members 62b and 62c arranged on both sides of the jig 21c have another groove 64 at a position shifted in the rotation direction with respect to the groove 63 in addition to the groove 63. Such another groove 64 is used for forming a portion having the stepped bent portion 33d in the material W1 shown in FIG. Further, in this case, both side portions in the rotational direction that form another groove 64 correspond to the holding portion and the holding portion.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the center jig 21c is composed of a pair of jig members 72a and 72b arranged so as to move freely. By changing the distance between the two jig members 72a and 72b, the jig 21c is cured. The length of the portion bent by the tool 21c and the bending members 62b and 62c can be changed. For this reason, the processing according to the length of the other end side connection portions 32a and 32b of the material W1 shown in FIG. 3 can be performed only by changing the distance between the two jig members 72a and 72. In other words, it is not necessary to change the jig when changing the lengths of the other end side connection portions 32a and 32b, which are the lengths between the bent portions. For this reason, the processing time can be shortened, and it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of jigs, thereby reducing the cost. In the present embodiment, the jig member 72a on one side can be displaced together with the bending member 62b. Further, the slide amount of the slide mechanisms 65a and 65c described below is adjusted in accordance with the interval between the bending members 72a and 72b. In addition, by adjusting the slide amount of the slide mechanism 65b, the lengths of the straight portions 30, 30 of the material W1 can be adjusted without changing the jig.

  The bending apparatus 20 c configured as described above is driven by a bending machine 61. The bending machine 61 includes a plurality of slide mechanisms 65a, 65b, 65c, a plurality of motors 66a, 66b, 66c, 66d, 67a, 67b, 67c, 67d, 67e, 73, and the like. Each of the slide mechanisms 65 a to 65 c includes a screw 68 that is rotated by motors 66 a to 66 d, and moving tables 69 and 70 that are movable along the screw 68 by the rotation of the screw 68. That is, a nut member (not shown) fixed to the moving tables 69 and 70 is screwed into the screw 68, and the moving tables 69 and 70 can be slid together with the nut member by the rotation of the screw 68. If this slide mechanism is performed by a ball screw mechanism, smooth sliding is possible. The motors 67a to 67d are arranged on the moving tables 69 and 70 or the fixed table 71, respectively, and the bending members 62a to 62d and the downstream end jig 21e are moved to a predetermined angle via a reduction mechanism such as a gear mechanism. It is rotating.

  The arrangement of the above-described members will be described. First, in the slide mechanism 65a arranged at the lower right in FIG. 28, the screw 68 is arranged in parallel with the feed direction of the material W2, and the moving table 69 can be slid in parallel with this feed direction by the rotation of the motor 66a. These motor 66a and slide mechanism 65a constitute a first drive means. The moving table 69 can be slid in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction by the motor 66d, but is not used in the current bending process. On the moving table 69, an upstream end jig 21a and a bending member 62a are installed. In addition, a motor 67a and a speed reduction mechanism that transmits the rotation of the motor 67a are also provided. Therefore, the jig 21a and the bending member 62a, as well as the motor 67a and the speed reduction mechanism, are slidable in the feed direction together with the moving table 69. In addition, the motors 67b to 67d for rotating the jigs 21b to 21d and the respective speed reduction mechanisms include the motor 67a and the speed reduction mechanism for rotating the bending member 62a of the jig 21b. Constitute. The second driving means has a motor disposed therein, but any of a plurality of rotating portions of the jigs 21b to 21d can be driven by a single motor. For example, if the pair of jig members 72a and 72b that constitute the central jig 21c do not move in a far-and-short direction, the rotating portions of the bending members 62b and 62c are respectively rotated by a single motor via a reduction mechanism. It can also be moved.

  In addition, the slide mechanism 65b disposed at the center of FIG. 28 disposes the screw 68 in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the material W2, and the movable table 70 can be slid in this perpendicular direction by the rotation of the motor 66b. In addition, the slide mechanism 65c arranged in the upper part of FIG. 28 arranges the screw 68 in parallel with the feed direction of the material W2, and can slide the moving table 70 in this feed direction by the rotation of the motor 66c. The motors 66b and 66c and the slide mechanisms 65b and 65c constitute third drive means. On the moving table 70, a central jig 21c and bending members 62b and 62c are provided. In addition, motors 67b and 67c and a speed reduction mechanism for transmitting the rotations of the motors 67b and 67c are installed. Accordingly, the jig 21c and the bending members 62b and 62c, as well as the motors 67b and 67c, and the speed reduction mechanisms thereof, slide together with the moving table 70 in the direction perpendicular to the feed direction by the slide mechanism 65b and in the feed direction by the slide mechanism 65c. It is free.

  As described above, the moving table 70 is provided with the motor 73 and the slide mechanism 74 that move the jig member 72a and the bending member 62a that constitute the central jig 21c. The slide mechanism 74 includes a screw 75 arranged parallel to the feed direction, and a moving table 76 that can move along the screw 75. The moving table 76 is provided with a jig member 72a and a bending member 62a, a motor 67b for driving the bending member 62a, a speed reduction mechanism, and the like. And by the drive of the motor 73, the movement table 76 is moved along a feed direction with each of these members, and the jig members 72a and 72b can move freely.

  In addition, the fixed table 71 arranged on the left side of FIG. 28 is fixed to a fixed part such as a gantry (not shown) so as not to move. On the fixed table 71, a downstream end jig 21e and a bending member 62d are installed. Further, motors 67d and 67e and a speed reduction mechanism for transmitting the rotations of these motors 67d and 67e are also set. The motor 67d and the speed reduction mechanism constitute a sixth drive means. The motor 67e rotates the jig 21e, but is not used in normal bending. For example, it is used in the case where the straight portion 30 is extended as it is in the state of the material W1 without bending the tip of the material W2. In this case, the jig 21e is rotated in the same direction together with the bending member 62d so that the groove 63 of the jig 21e and the groove 63 of the bending member 62d are linear. Thus, by extending the straight portion 30 of the material W2 as it is, a terminal to be connected to another coil is formed.

  The bending process performed on the material W2 by the bending apparatus 20c and the bending machine 61 configured as described above is performed as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 29, the positions of the movable tables 69 and 70 are adjusted so that the grooves 63 of the jigs 21a, 21c and 21e and the bending members 62a to 62d are aligned along the feed direction. . In this state, the material W2 is disposed in each groove 63. In FIG. 29, the jig 21e is rotated in advance as described above, and the leading end of the material W2 is formed in a rectangular wave shape, and the linear portion 30 at the downstream end is extended.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 30 and 31, the moving table 69 is moved downstream in the feeding direction, and the moving table 70 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction and in the feeding direction. At this time, the motors 67a to 67d are driven in synchronism with the movement of the moving tables 69 and 70, and the bending members 62a to 62d are moved a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction with respect to the jigs 21a, 21c and 21e. Move. As a result, the jig 21a at the upstream end is moved so that the jigs 21a and 21e at both ends approach each other along the feeding direction, and one of the central jig 21c is perpendicular to the feeding direction (FIG. 28 to FIG. The jigs 21a to 21e are relatively rotated so that the bending angles of the jigs 21a to 21e become a predetermined angle, while applying a force to move the upper part 32). Then, the movement of each of the moving tables 69 and 70 and the rotation of the bending members 62a to 62d are performed to the state shown in FIG. 32, and the bending process is finished. When the next portion of the material W2 is bent, the jigs 21a, 21c, 21e and the bending members 62a to 62d are lowered while the material W2 is held by a chuck (not shown), or the material W2 is moved. By raising, the material W2 is removed from each groove 63, and this material W2 is disposed in each groove 63 by performing the reverse operation while feeding the material W2 by a predetermined amount. Then, the steps shown in FIGS. 29 to 32 are repeated.

  Further, when forming a portion having the stepped bent portion 33d in the material W1 shown in FIG. 3, the bending members 62b and 62c are rotated from the state shown in FIG. 28 to the upper side in FIG. Thus, the groove 63 and another groove 64 of the bending members 62b and 62c are continued in a state inclined with respect to the groove 63 of the jig 21c. At this time, the shape formed by each of the grooves 64 and the grooves 63 is the same as the stepped portion 35 portion of the material W2 shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the material W2 is placed in the bending apparatus 20c with the stepped portion 35 formed in advance. And the part which has the step-shaped bent part 33d can be formed by performing the process of FIG. 29 thru | or 32 mentioned above.

  According to the present embodiment as described above, the process of bending the four parts of the material can be automatically performed. Further, by changing the distance between the jig members 72a and 72b of the center jig 21c, the processing according to the length of the other end side connection parts 32a and 32b or the straight parts 30 and 30 of the material W1 can be performed. This can be done without changing the set. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the first driving means (motor 66a and slide mechanism 65a) for moving the above-described upstream end jig 21a in the feed direction, and the second for rotating the jigs 21a to 21e. Driving means (motors 67a to 67d and their respective speed reduction mechanisms) and third driving means (motors 66b and 66c and slide mechanism for moving the central jig 21c in a direction parallel to the feeding direction and a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction) 65b, 65c), if at least two driving means are provided, the bending process as described above is possible. In addition, the configuration of the first embodiment can be appropriately incorporated in the present embodiment and used. For example, it is possible to incorporate a structure in which the step portion 35 is formed by the first pressing member 37 and the second pressing member 38 of the bending apparatus 20b. In this case, a motor for driving these pressing members 37 and 38 is provided.

12a, 12b Crank portion 20a, 20b, 20c Bending device 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e Jig 22 Offset bending portion 24 Rotating shaft 30 Linear portion 31, 31a, 31b, 31c One end side connecting portion 32a, 32b, etc. End side connecting portions 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d Bending portion 35 Step portions 35a, 35b Bending portion 36 Step forming portion 37 First pressing member 37a Press forming portion 38 Second pressing members 38a, 38b Step portions 39a, 39b Bending portion 62a, 62b, 62c, 62d Bending member 63 Groove 64 Another groove W1, W2 Material

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In a bending apparatus that repeatedly feeds a predetermined material to the material, repeatedly bending the material at four locations,
5 jigs connected in series so as to be relatively rotatable about a rotation axis, respectively, and having a restraining portion for suppressing displacement of the material on the opposite side to the rotation direction;
Of the five jigs, one of a pair of jigs connected to each other is disposed with a predetermined amount offset from the pivot shaft toward the pivot side of the material. An offset bending portion that bends the material without moving the material relative to the jigs,
Among the jigs arranged at both ends, at least the jig at the upstream end in the feeding direction is arranged so as to be movable along the feeding direction so that it cannot be rotated with respect to the feeding direction and cannot move in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. And
While moving at least the upstream end jig so that the jigs at both ends approach each other along the feed direction, while applying a force to move to the central jig in one direction perpendicular to the feed direction, A bending apparatus characterized in that bending is performed at four locations on the material by relatively rotating the jigs so that the bending angles of the jigs become predetermined angles. A jig adjacent to the downstream end of the upstream end jig rotates in a rotation direction around the rotation axis with the upstream end jig, and moves to the central jig in one direction perpendicular to the center. An actuating member that gives the force to
The bending apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a regulating member that regulates a bending angle of each jig.   First driving means for moving the upstream end jig in the feeding direction, second driving means for rotating the jigs, and the central jig in a direction parallel to the feeding direction and in the feeding direction The bending apparatus according to claim 1, comprising at least two drive means among the third drive means for moving in a direction perpendicular to the direction.   The center jig is composed of a pair of jig members arranged so as to move freely, and the distance between the two jig members is determined according to the length between the bent parts bent on both sides of the center jig. The bending apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the change can be changed. The five jigs have a plurality of combinations in which the lengths of at least one of the jigs except the jigs arranged at both ends are different,
The set of any one of the jigs can be selected at the time of bending according to the length between a plurality of bent portions formed on the predetermined material. The bending apparatus according to any one of the above. The material is wound two or more times by being bent after bending,
There are two or more combinations of the five jigs with different lengths of the central jig,
By changing the set of jigs according to the circumference of the material and changing the feed amount when the material is arranged on the five jigs, the transition portion where the circumference of the material changes is the feed amount. The bending apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a change in length between each of the bent portions is adjusted by changing the length. Before bending the material with the five jigs, a step forming member that forms a step portion in a predetermined portion of the material,
The step forming member has a first pressing member and a second pressing member, which are arranged to be displaceable in a direction inclined with respect to the arrangement direction of the material,
These pressing members are arranged on the opposite sides of the material and at positions shifted in the material feed direction, and each component is directed downstream in the material feed direction with respect to the material placement direction. By pressing the material in an inclined direction including the above, forming a stepped portion in the predetermined portion of the material while preventing the material from being pulled in from the downstream side in the feed direction,
The bending portion of the material is bent to form a bent portion of the material into a stepped shape when bending with the five jigs. The bending apparatus of Claim 1. The first pressing member has a press-molding portion having a shape corresponding to the shape of the stepped portion, and is disposed so as to be displaceable with respect to a central jig among the five jigs,
The second pressing member has a step corresponding to the bent portion of the stepped portion, and is disposed so as to be displaceable with respect to a jig adjacent upstream in the feed direction of the central jig,
By displacing the first pressing member toward a step provided on a jig adjacent downstream in the feed direction of the central jig at a position between the first pressing member and the raw material, The first pressing member and the second pressing member are deformed by deforming the material between the pressing member and the step of the jig, and then displacing the second pressing member toward the first pressing member. The bending apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the step portion is formed by deforming the material between the step of the pressing member.

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