JP2554997Y2 - Free die for indirect extrusion press - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a free die of an indirect extrusion press, and more particularly to removing a container shell removed during extrusion by employing a seal ring on an outer peripheral surface of the free die to clean a container inner surface. The present invention relates to a free die for an indirect extrusion press, in which a seal ring cleaned at the tip of a die stem is refitted on a die body to enable continuous reuse of the same die body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In indirect extrusion of an aluminum alloy, it is essential to remove the container shell attached to the inner wall surface of the container after the extrusion in order to ensure the surface quality. Conventionally, means shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 has been used as such a shell removing means on the inner wall surface of the container. FIG. 5 is a front view of the entire extrusion press, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in which a free die is provided at the tip of a die stem, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in which a fix die is mounted on the tip of the die stem.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 21 denotes a main cylinder mounted on a fixed platen 22, reference numeral 23 denotes a main ram slidably mounted on the main cylinder 21, and reference numeral 20 denotes a main ram 2.
The moving frame 20 is slid on a guide (not shown). The main ram 23 is for moving the moving frame 20 forward, and for retreating the moving frame 20, the cylinder 25 is fixed to the fixed platen 22,
Is fixed to a part of the moving frame 20.
The piercer crosshead 27 is provided so as to be slidable in the axial direction, and the piercer crosshead 27 is
It was mounted on a pier salam 28 slidably mounted therein. The piercer ram 28 is a ram for moving the piercer cross head 27 forward. A retraction cylinder (not shown) is attached to the piercer cross head 27.

Reference numeral 8a denotes a cylindrical extrusion stem attached to the tip of the moving frame 20, and reference numeral 5 denotes a mandrel slidably provided in the extrusion stem 8a, and has a tip 5a at the tip. The mandrel 5 is fastened to the mandrel holder 6 with a screw, and the mandrel holder 6 is rotated by the worm mechanism 7 or a screw between the mandrel 5 and the mandrel holder 6 is tightened. The mandrel 5 and the mandrel holder 6 are held by the main crosshead 8, and the mandrel 5 and the main crosshead 8 are reciprocated by separate hydraulic mechanisms.

As shown in FIG. 5, a container holder 1 is mounted at a position facing a die provided in contact with an end platen 2 so as to be movable in a horizontal axis direction by a hydraulic cylinder 4, and a container 1a is accommodated therein. The billet 10 is stored in the container 1a. On the other hand, at an intermediate position between the container holder 1 and the main crosshead 8,
A billet loader 9 is provided, and a mandrel changing device is also arranged at the position of the billet loader 9. A die stem 11 protruding from the end platen 2 toward the side opposite to the extrusion side is provided coaxially with the extrusion stem 8a.

When the billet 10 is extruded, the die stem 11
The die 3 is disposed at the free front end of the die, and the billet 10 is extruded through the die 3. There are the following two methods for disposing the die 3 on the front surface of the die stem 11. That is, one is an integrated free die 3c shown in FIG. 6, and the other is a fixed die 3d shown in FIG. In the case of the fixed dice 3d, it is configured to be easily detachable from the die stem 11 by a bayonet method. In addition, die 3d
A seal ring 12, which will be described later, is fitted around the outer periphery so as to be freely inserted and removed in the pushing direction. Note that reference numeral 15
Is a cutting device.

The operation of such an indirect extrusion press will be described for the case where the free die 3c is used. First, the container 1a is advanced to abut the die 3c. Next, the billet 10 and the dummy block 9 are placed on the billet loader, the container 1a is retracted, and the cylindrical billet 10 is loaded into the container 1a. After the free die 3c is carried between the die stem 11 and the container 1a, the free dies 3c are inserted into the container 1a by advancing the main ram 23 and pressing the container 1a, and the billet 10 is die-stemted through the free die 3c. Press on 11. Next, the piersalum 28 is activated and the mandrel 5 is turned on.
To advance the billet 10 and fix the tip portion 5a of the mandrel 5 at the center position of the product pushing portion of the die 3c. Subsequently, the main ram 23 is again advanced to advance the extrusion stem 8a, and the container 1a is also advanced to press the billet 10, thereby extruding a tube as a product from the die 3c. After the extruding of the billet 10 is completed, the mandrel 5 is retracted by operating the pier salam 28, and then the extruding stem 8 is operated by operating the main ram 23.
Retreat a. Subsequently, a container moving cylinder (not shown) is operated to separate the container 1a from the die 3c. Next, the cutting device is operated and the cutting blade is lowered to cut the extruded tube 14 and the discard, thereby completing a series of operations.

[0008]

However, when the die 3 is an integrated free die 3c, the die 3 having the same shape is used.
In this case, the thickness of the extruded tube 14 is not affected by the core accuracy of the die stem 11, but the die cost is increased. It is difficult to produce the same dice without deviation. Further, there is a fixed die 3d in which the die 3 is attached to the tip of the die stem 11 and a seal ring 12 described later is fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the die 3d, but the die stem 11 and the die 3d are formed by a bionet system. Because of being fixed, the wall thickness accuracy of the extrusion tube 14 is affected by the core accuracy of the die stem 11. In addition, when the die 3 is to be maintained or the die 3 needs to be replaced, it is necessary to move the die slide on which the die 3 is mounted and move the die stem 11 out of the press machine one by one from the center of the press. Had to be interrupted.

The present invention pays attention to the above-mentioned conventional problems, and attaches to a seal ring for cleaning a container as a die assembly in which an integrated die is detachably fitted into a die body and a seal ring and inserted and removed. An object of the present invention is to provide a free die in which a shell removing operation does not affect a press cycle and is not affected by a center accuracy of a die stem.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the billet placed at the tip of the die stem of the indirect extrusion press and pressed into the container by relative movement with the container is extruded under pressure. A free die comprising a die body and a seal ring, the die body having a bearing hole for determining a product shape in the center;
The die stem abutment side of the die body is formed to have a small diameter, and a seal ring for scraping off the shell, which is in sliding contact with the billet loading hole of the container, is removably inserted and mounted around the small diameter portion.

[0011]

A free die composed of an assembly of a die body and a seal ring is disposed on the front end face of a die stem, and a billet loaded in a container is extruded by advancing an extrusion stem. After the completion of the extrusion, the die loader is moved to the press position from outside the press machine, and the free die on which the container shell is attached is clamped and retracted to be taken out. Thereafter, the free die that has been cleaned by removing the container shell is placed on a die loader, moved to the center of the press, and again subjected to billet extrusion by the press.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the free die for an indirect extrusion press according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams of a process sequence using a free die of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are explanatory diagrams of a process of removing a container shell attached to a seal ring. Since the configuration of the entire indirect extrusion press is the same as that of the conventional one shown in FIG. 5, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and only the portions related to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

The container 1a is advanced toward the die stem 11 by the container holder 1 (not shown) and moving means. A free die or a die assembly 50 having a seal ring 53 for scraping off the container shell 17 attached to the inner wall surface 41 of the container is disposed at the tip of the die stem 11 having the passage hole of the billet 10 at the center.

The die assembly 50 includes a die body 51 and a seal ring 53. Dice body 5
Reference numeral 1 has a circular outer periphery and a product passage hole 51a formed in the center. The die body 51 includes a small-diameter portion 51b having a hollow inside and a straight cylindrical body outside,
The other end of the small diameter portion 51b in the axial direction (on the side of the extrusion stem 8a) is formed of a ring-shaped base end portion 51c protruding in a radially outward direction.
A bearing portion 51d for determining the shape of No. 4 is provided.

On the other hand, a seal ring 53 for cleaning the inner wall surface 41 of the container is coaxially mounted on the outer periphery of the die body 51 by detachably fitting the seal ring 53 from the base end 51c side of the small diameter portion 51b. During the extrusion of the billet 10, the container shell 17 formed on the inner wall surface 41 of the container as a part of the die assembly 50 can be scraped off.
And the seal ring 53 and the space 33 formed between the base end 51 c of the die body 51.

In this embodiment, once the container shell 17 adhered to the seal ring 53 is quickly removed by the shell removing device 60, the container shell 17 adhered to the seal ring 53 is quickly removed.
A so-called die body 51 to be inserted into 1b is configured to be able to be implemented without interrupting the press cycle by the die assembly 50 using one seal ring 53 for one.

The outer diameters of the die body 51 and the seal ring 53 constituting the die assembly 50 are as follows. That is, the outer diameter (D ₁ ) of the seal ring 53 abutting on the die stem 11 side during the extrusion of the billet 10 and the die 51 on the side abutting on the billet 10 side.
Has an outer diameter (D ₂ ) of D ₁ > D ₂ . The die assembly 50 having such a dimensional configuration is fixed to a fixed diameter D.
Once loaded into the container 1a having a Between the outer diameter _{D 2} of the proximal end portion 51c of the die _{51 ((D-D 2)} / 2 =) t
₀ , and there is a gap of ((D−D ₁ ) / 2 =) t ₁ between the inner diameter D of the container 1 a and the outer diameter D ₁ of the seal ring 53, and t ₀ > t ₁ Have a relationship.

In general, t ₁ has a minute size close to zero, and t ₀ is configured to be larger than the height of the container shell 17 attached to the inner wall surface 41 of the container. When the billet 10 loaded in the container 1a advances toward the die stem 11 fixed together with the container 1a by the advance of the extrusion stem 8a, the container 1
The billet 10 in a is extruded as an extruded tube 14. At this time, although the base end portion 51c of the die body 51 of the die assembly 50 located in front of the die stem 11 passes through the container shell 17 attached to the container inner wall surface 41 without cleaning (scraping), the seal ring 53 is formed. As a result, the container shell 17 is scraped off from the container inner wall surface 41 and cleaned.

The scraped container shell 17
Is a base end portion 51c of the die body 51 and a seal ring portion 53.
It is configured to be sequentially deposited in the space 33 formed therebetween.

Referring to the press cycle of the indirect extrusion press according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1A, the billet 10 is firstly loaded into a container 1a as in the prior art, and then a pier salam (not shown). 28
The mandrel 5 is moved forward to insert the billet 10 and the tip 5a of the mandrel 5 is inserted into the die body 5
It is fixed to the center position of the first bearing part 51d. Subsequently, when the extruding stem 8a provided with the free dummy block 24 at the tip is moved toward the die stem 11 as shown by an arrow, the billet 10 in the container 1a is extruded as the extruded tube 14 by the free die 50, It passes through the die stem 11 and is discharged to the end platen side,
During this indirect extrusion, the container shell 17 attached to the container inner wall surface 41 is removed by the seal ring 53,
The shell 17 is deposited in the space 33.

When the extrusion is completed, the discard 40
The pressed cake of the billet 10 is protruded rightward toward the view of the container 1a (FIG. 1 (2)), and the discard 40 is separated and cut from the extruded tube 14 by the advance operation of the known cutting blade 42 (FIG. 2 (1)) On the other hand, the extrusion stem 8a is retracted in the direction opposite to the extrusion direction of the billet 10 as shown by the arrow.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (2), the container 1a slightly moves leftward as viewed in the figure, and the die assembly 50 is exposed outside the right end of the container 1a.
A die unloader (not shown) is moved from a position outside the press machine to a press position, and a clamp provided on the die unloader device is positioned concentrically with the center axis of the press, so that the exposed die assembly 50 is securely and firmly held. It will be grasped. Thereafter, the die unloader retracts to the start position outside the press, removes the die assembly 50, disassembles into a die body 51 and a seal ring 53, and adheres to the seal ring 53.
7 for removal.

The operation of removing the container shell 17 attached to the seal ring 53 is performed in a step different from the step of extruding the billet 10 in the extrusion press body described above. A process of removing the container shell 17 attached to the seal ring 53 will be described with reference to FIGS.

After the extrusion is completed, the container shell 17 is removed from the die assembly 50 taken out of the container 1a by using a shell removing device 60 provided at a position different from the extrusion press body. The shell removing device 60 includes a clamp portion 61 for clamping the seal ring 53 and a knocker 62 for knocking down the container shell 17 attached to the seal ring 53.
And a blade 63 for removing the container shell 17 attached to the outer peripheral surface of the small diameter portion 51b of the die body 51.

There are four clamp portions 61 in the radial direction (radial) and at equal intervals outside the seal ring 53, and the two clamp portions 61 are movably disposed in opposing positions in pairs. A knocker 62 disposed vertically upward in the same direction as the clamp 61
Are arranged to be vertically movable along the side surface of the seal ring 53. Further, a blade 63 is radially divided into four parts and is movably disposed adjacent to the seal ring 53 side of the base end part 51c of the die body 51.

First, the seal ring 53 of the die assembly 50 to which the container shell 17 has adhered is clamped by the clamp 61 (FIG. 3A). Next, the end face of the die body 51 on the small diameter portion 51b side is, for example, NO. The die body 51 that is pushed by the one pusher 30L and inserted into the seal ring 53 is taken out (FIG. 3 (2)). Thereafter, when the knocker 62 is lowered, the container shell 17 attached to the seal ring 53 is forcibly removed (FIG. 3 (3)). Once the knocker 62 has been lowered, the knocker 62 is raised after the removal of the container shell 17 is completed and waits at the original position, and the blade 63 is also retracted at the same time (FIG. 4 (1)). Thus, container shell 1
The die body 51 is attached to the seal ring 53 from which the
O. Press with the 2 pusher 30R to re-insert (Fig. 4
(2)), the die assembly 50 is prepared for the next use (FIG. 4 (3)).

[0027]

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the die is disposed at the tip of the die stem of the indirect extrusion press and presses and extrudes the billet loaded in the container by relative movement with the container. A free die comprising a main body and a seal ring, the die main body having a bearing hole for determining a product shape at a central portion;
The die-stem contact side of the die body is formed to have a small diameter, and a shell scraping-off seal ring slidingly contacting the billet loading hole of the container is removably fitted and attached to the outer periphery of the small-diameter portion. Continuous reuse becomes possible, and it becomes possible to manufacture extruded tubes that require strict crossing. Further, continuous extrusion can be performed without interrupting the press operation, thereby improving productivity. Furthermore, at the portion where the die body and the seal ring are fitted, there is almost no play, and since it is a free die, it is not affected by the core accuracy of the die stem, and the wall thickness accuracy of the extruded tube is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a process sequence using a free dice of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a continuation of the operation shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a process of removing a container shell attached to a seal ring of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a continuation of the operation shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the entire conventional extrusion press.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in which a free die is provided at the tip of a die stem.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in which a fix die is attached to a tip of a die stem.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 container holder 1a container 3 dice 10 billet 11 die stem 12 seal ring 14 extrusion tube 17 container shell 30L NO. 1 pusher 30R NO. 2 pusher 33 space portion 41 container inner wall surface 50 die assembly 51 die body 51a product passage hole 51b small diameter portion 51c base end portion 51d bearing portion 53 seal ring 60 shell removing device 61 clamp portion 62 knocker 63 blade

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A free die comprising a die body and a seal ring, which is disposed at the tip of a die stem of an indirect extrusion press and presses and extrudes a billet loaded in the container by relative movement with the container. A die body having a bearing hole for determining a product shape in a part thereof, a seal ring for forming a small diameter on the side of the die body abutting on the die stem, and a seal ring for scraping off the shell sliding on the billet loading hole of the container around the small diameter part. A free die for an indirect extrusion press, which is detachably fitted and mounted.