JP5270830B2 - Vibration sand remover - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vibrating sand shaking-out apparatus not only securely holding the workpiece to be subjected to sand shaking-out on a vibration stand plate with a clamp fixture, but also not affected by heat in the heated workpiece, and in which equipment is miniaturized as well, so as to attain cost reduction. <P>SOLUTION: In the vibrating sand shaking-out apparatus, a workpiece 3 is arranged on a vibration stand plate 1, and sand stuck to the workpiece 3 is shaken out by the vibration of the vibration stand plate 1, the workpiece 3 is clamped with a clamp lever 6, further, the clamp lever 6 is operated with an air spring 10, so as to firmly hold the workpiece 3, the heat of the workpiece 3 is conducted to the air spring 10 via the clamp lever 6, so as to protect the air spring 10 from heat, and also, the equipment is miniaturized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

    The present invention relates to a vibrating sand drop device for a workpiece that drops sand that adheres to a workpiece by vibration, particularly a core sand that adheres to a hollow portion of the workpiece, such as automobile parts. In detail, in particular, the workpiece to be sand-dropped is not only affected by the heat of the heated workpiece, but also reliably held on the vibration base plate by the clamp jig, and the equipment is downsized and the cost is reduced. The present invention relates to a vibration sand removal device that can be downed.

        Many machine parts such as automobile parts are molded by casting. A large amount of sand adheres to the cast product (work), and it is necessary to remove the adhered sand.

        2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a workpiece sand removal device shown in FIG. 2 is known. In FIG. 2, a cylinder 2 and a work 3 are arranged on a vibration base plate 1. The vibration base plate 1 is vibrated by a vibration motor 4. A clamp lever 6 is connected to the tip of the cylinder rod 5 of the cylinder 2 arranged on the vibration base plate 1. The clamp lever 6 rotates the pin joint 7 by operating the cylinder 2 to firmly fix the work 3. In this state, the work 3 receives vibration from the vibration base plate 1 and drops the sand adhering to the work 3.

      However, since the apparatus of FIG. 2 uses the cylinder 2 when the workpiece 3 is fixed by the clamp lever 6, the equipment is increased in size and the cost is greatly increased.

        As a workpiece sand removal device, the one shown in FIG. 3 has been filed as Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-080497. In FIG. 3, the vibration base plate 1 is placed on a base 8 via an elastic support member 9. The vibration base plate 1 is provided with an air spring 10 for holding the workpiece 3 therebetween. Further, the vibration base plate 1 is connected to a vibration motor 4.

        In the sand removal apparatus described above, as shown in FIG. 4, first, as shown in FIG. Create a space to insert. Next, as shown in FIG. 5, after placing the work 3 in the space created by removing air, the air spring 10 is inflated with air, and the work 3 is held by the clamp 13 at the tip of the clamp rod 12. To do.

However, in the above-described apparatus, the heat of the work 3 is conducted through the suppressor 13, the clamp rod 12, and then the work clamp guide 11 to reach the air spring 10, whereby the air spring 10 is broken by the heat of the work 3.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-080497

        The problem to be solved by the present invention is not to be affected by the heat of the heated work as well as to securely hold the work to be sanded on the vibration base plate by the clamp jig, particularly the clamp lever. Another object of the present invention is to provide an oscillating sand removing apparatus that can reduce the cost by reducing the size of the equipment and eliminates the drawbacks of the above-mentioned known techniques.

In order to solve the above-described problems, according to the present invention, a workpiece is placed on a vibration base plate, and the sand is attached to the workpiece by the vibration of the vibration base plate. The clamp lever is operated with an air spring to hold the work firmly. The clamp lever rotates around the pin joint and clamps the work by pressing the work piece at the tip and air spring at the end. It is characterized in that the air spring is protected from the influence of heat by preventing the heat of the work from being directly conducted to the air spring, and the equipment is downsized.

Since the present invention described above uses an air spring instead of the cylinder of the prior art, the heat of the work is not directly transmitted to the air spring but is conducted through the clamp lever, so the air spring is affected by the heat. In addition, since the air spring is smaller than the conventional cylinder, the equipment can be downsized.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a vibrating sand removal apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a conventional apparatus using a cylinder, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a prior application using an air spring, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of the apparatus in an unclamped state, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the apparatus in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention first places a work 3 on a vibration base plate 1. The sand adhered to the work 3 falls due to the vibration of the vibration base plate 1. The vibration is caused by the vibration motor 4.

The workpiece 3 is clamped by the clamp lever 6, and the clamp lever 6 is operated by the air spring 10, thereby holding the workpiece 3 firmly. The clamp lever 6 rotates around the pin joint 7 and presses and clamps the work 3 at the tip, and is connected to the air spring 10 at the end, thereby protecting the air spring 10 from the influence of heat.

The apparatus of the present invention resides in that an air spring 10 is attached in place of the cylinder 2 in the known technique of FIG. 2, or, as shown in the prior art of FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, a work clamp guide 11 and a clamp rod. 12 and the clamp 13 are used instead of the clamp 13, thereby absorbing the heat from the work 3 by the clamp lever 6 to protect the air spring 10 from heat, and using the air spring 10 instead of the cylinder 2. This means that the equipment has been downsized.

As described above, the apparatus of the present invention uses the air spring 10 instead of the cylinder, and uses the clamp lever 6 as a clamp jig, so that the heat from the work 3 is absorbed by the clamp lever 6 and the air spring 10 is moved to the work 3. In addition to protecting from heat, the equipment can be miniaturized and the industrial applicability is high.

The top view of one specific example of this invention apparatus. The top view of the conventional apparatus using a cylinder . The top view of the apparatus concerning a prior application. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of the unclamped state of FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of the clamped state of FIG. 3.

1 Vibration base plate
2 cylinders
3 Work
4 Vibration motor
5 Cylinder rod
6 Clamp lever
7 pin joint
8 base
9 Elastic support member
10 Air spring
11 Work clamp guide
12 Clamp rod
13 Stopper

Claims (1)

In a vibratory sand removal device that places a work on a vibration base plate and drops sand adhered to the work due to vibration of the vibration base plate, the work is clamped by a clamp lever and the clamp lever is operated by an air spring. the result was firmly held, the clamping lever is rotated around the pin joint, as well as clamps holding the workpiece at a tip, terminally connected to the air springs, thereby the heat from the workpiece with the clamp lever A vibrating sand drop device characterized in that the air spring is absorbed and prevented from being directly transmitted to the air spring , the air spring is protected from the effects of heat, and the equipment is downsized.

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