JP6178443B2 - Laminate core manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a laminated core used for a stator or a rotor of a rotating electric machine, and more particularly to an apparatus for manufacturing a laminated core obtained by laminating and bonding an iron core sheet formed by punching a strip-shaped sheet steel plate into a predetermined shape. .

  A laminated iron core for a rotating electrical machine is generally manufactured by a progressive die apparatus using a hoop material (strip-shaped thin steel plate) of an electromagnetic steel plate as a raw material. In the progressive die device, punch holes such as pilot holes, slots, and inner diameter teeth are sequentially punched into the hoop material to continuously form the core thin plates, and a predetermined number of core thin plates after outer punching are stacked. A laminated iron core is manufactured by fixing them. There are also the laminating caulking methods in which corrugation for caulking is formed on each iron thin plate and crimped and bonded together during lamination, and the laminating welding method in which the core thin plates are joined by laser welding etc. after lamination. However, since it is difficult to cause deterioration of the magnetic characteristics of the bonding site, an adhesive is applied to the surface of the hoop material in the progressive die apparatus, and the core sheet is laminated and bonded simultaneously with the outer punching ( Patent Documents 1 and 2) are widely adopted.

  Examples of the adhesive supply device used in the laminating method include a cylinder that is slidably held vertically in a lower mold of a press molding line, and a plurality of adhesive transfer nozzles provided at the tip of the cylinder. And a storage chamber that stores the adhesive liquid supplied at a predetermined pressure from the adhesive liquid supply passage, and is slidably provided in the cylinder to transfer the adhesive liquid in the storage chamber. A piston that pushes in the direction of the nozzle for use, and lowers the upper die of the press molding machine and presses the tip of the cylinder to raise the piston relative to the cylinder, and from the transfer nozzle to the iron core sheet There is one in which the adhesive liquid is discharged toward the surface (see Patent Document 3).

JP 2001-25218 A

JP 2001-321850 A

JP 2003-33711 A

  By the way, in the invention described in Patent Document 3, the relative movement of the cylinder and the piston for discharging the adhesive liquid is realized by the vertical movement of the ram (die) of the press molding machine. When it is increased, the speed of the adhesive liquid discharged from the transfer nozzle toward the iron core thin plate is also increased. Therefore, if the press operation speed exceeds a certain limit, the adhesive liquid is excessively discharged from the transfer nozzle, resulting in variations in the adhesive strength, and the adhesive liquid may scatter around and adversely affect the mold or the like. there were. That is, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to set the speed of the press operation within a range in which appropriate transfer of the adhesive liquid to the iron core thin plate can be realized, and the speed of the press operation is subject to certain restrictions. was there. Such a problem can also occur when the piston is directly moved by the vertical movement of the ram.

  The present invention has been devised in view of such problems of the prior art, and in the production of a laminated iron core employing a laminating and bonding method, the adhesive is used regardless of the transfer speed of the strip-shaped steel sheet to be punched. An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for manufacturing a laminated core that can be stably applied and contributes to an improvement in productivity of the laminated core.

  1st invention made | formed in order to solve the said subject is a manufacturing apparatus of the laminated iron core (19) formed by carrying out the lamination | stacking adhesion | attachment of the iron core thin plate (2) stamped and formed in the predetermined shape from the strip | belt-shaped thin steel plate (1). A progressive die means (3) having an upper die (4) and a lower die (11) and sequentially punching the iron core thin plate from the strip-like thin steel plate that is intermittently transferred; and in the lower die Provided with an adhesive application means (12) for applying an adhesive to a portion corresponding to the iron core thin plate of the strip steel sheet, the adhesive coating means facing the adhesive coating surface of the strip steel sheet An adhesive discharge section (31) provided with a discharge hole (62) for discharging an adhesive, and an adhesive supply section (32) that constantly supplies the adhesive with a predetermined pressure to the adhesive discharge section. The upper die is lowered, and the strip-shaped steel sheet is removed by the stripper plate (10). When it is abutted to hear die upper surface (11a), a configuration for transferring the adhesive discharged from the adhesive discharge portion to the strip thin steel sheet.

  As a second invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem, the upper die is lowered at the tip of the discharge hole, and the strip steel plate is brought into contact with the upper surface of the lower die by the stripper plate. In this case, it may be configured to be separated from the strip-shaped thin steel plate.

  As a third invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems, the adhesive application means includes an advance / retreat drive part (33) for moving the adhesive discharge part forward and backward with respect to the adhesive application surface of the strip-shaped thin steel sheet. Furthermore, it can be set as the structure which has.

  As a fourth invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems, the adhesive applying means has an adhesive reservoir (63) in which a plurality of the discharge holes are provided and the plurality of discharge holes communicate with each other. Can do.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the adhesive can be stably applied without being synchronized with the vertical movement (press vertical movement) for punching, which contributes to the improvement of the productivity of the laminated core. It becomes possible. Moreover, according to the said 2nd invention, it can prevent that the adhesive agent apply | coated to the strip | belt-shaped thin steel plate spreads improperly, and can implement | achieve favorable adhesion | attachment. Moreover, according to the said 3rd invention, the presence or absence of execution of the adhesive application | coating process with respect to a strip | belt-shaped thin steel plate can be switched by simple structure. Moreover, according to the said 4th invention, it becomes possible to discharge a fixed quantity of adhesives stably from a some discharge hole.

The figure which shows the strip layout which concerns on embodiment of this invention Plan view of iron core sheet after punching Schematic configuration diagram of progressive mold device IV-IV sectional view of part A showing the periphery of the adhesive application device in FIG. Enlarged view of part B in FIG. Top view of adhesive supply nozzle The figure which shows the state of the adhesive applicator when not applying adhesive

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing a strip layout according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an iron core thin plate after punching, and FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a progressive die apparatus. In this embodiment, the case where the manufacturing process of the laminated iron core for step motors is comprised from the first half punching process, the adhesive agent coating process, the external shape punching process, the rotation lamination process, and a heating process is shown as an example.

  In the first half punching step shown in FIG. 1, the hoop material 1 is formed by punching the pilot hole P (1), punching the inner diameter lower hole d1 and the outer groove small hole h (2), and punching the slot S (3). Then, the punching process (4) of the inner diameter d and the punching process (5) of the inner diameter groove (tooth) m are sequentially performed to form the basic shape of the iron core thin plate 2 excluding the outer shape. At this time, the hoop material 1 is sequentially punched by punches 5 to 9 attached to the upper mold 4 that moves in the vertical direction while being intermittently transferred in the progressive mold apparatus 3 shown in FIG. In the punching process, the stripper plate 10 attached to the upper mold 4 is lowered to bring the hoop material 1 into contact with the upper surface 11 a of the lower mold 11. In addition, (1)-(9) in the progressive die apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 3 shows a response | compatibility with each process (1)-(9) shown in FIG.

  When the first half punching process is completed, an adhesive application process (6) is performed. At this time, the application of the adhesive to the hoop material 1 is performed by the adhesive application device 12 provided in the lower die 11 of the progressive die device 3, and the adhesive is provided between the slot portions S shown in FIG. Are applied to a plurality of transfer portions corresponding to the magnetic pole portion J and the yoke portion Y (in this embodiment, two locations E1 of each magnetic pole portion J and eight locations E2 of the yoke portion Y). As will be described later, the adhesive is not applied to the iron core thin plate for measurement.

  When the adhesive application step is completed, the outer shape punching step (7) is performed. At this time, the outer shape D is punched by the outer shape punch 13 attached to the upper die 4 of the progressive die device 3 to complete the iron core sheet 2.

  When the iron core thin plate 2 is obtained by the outer shape punching step, the rotating lamination step (8) is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the punching has already been completed and laminated on the core thin plate group 15 laminated in the rotary die 14, and thereafter, it is sequentially pushed into the squeeze ring 16 below the rotary die 14. It is. Here, before the newly punched core sheet 2 is stacked on the core sheet group 15, the rotary drive device 17 rotates the rotary die 14 holding the core sheet group 15 at a predetermined angle (for example, 90 °). Can be rotated. Thereby, it can laminate | stack while changing the rotation position of each iron core thin plate 2, can eliminate the influence by the small thickness deviation which may arise in the iron core thin plate 2, and can manage the stack thickness of a product (laminated core) with high precision. .

  When the rotating lamination process is completed, the heating process (9) is performed. As shown in FIG. 3, the 1st heating apparatus 18 is provided in the lower part of the squeeze ring 16, and the iron core thin plate group 15 is heated, moving below. Thereby, the adhesive between each iron core thin plate 2 can be hardened by heating, and adhesive strength can be raised. As the heating device, for example, a heater device that blows hot air against the core thin plate group 15 can be used. After the heating by the first heating device 18, the iron core thin plate group 15 is separated at the position of each iron core thin plate for measurement, and a laminated iron core 19 composed of a predetermined number of iron core thin plates 2 is formed. The laminated iron core 19 is placed on a belt conveyor 20 disposed below the lower mold 11 and conveyed to the next process (not shown). A second heating device 21 is provided in the middle of the conveyance path of the belt conveyor 20, and the laminated core 19 being conveyed is reheated. Thereby, the adhesive strength between each iron core thin plate can further be raised.

  Next, the configuration of the adhesive application device in the progressive die apparatus and the details of the adhesive application process will be described. 4 is an IV-IV sectional view of part A showing the periphery of the adhesive application device of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of part B of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an upper surface of the adhesive supply nozzle of FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state of the adhesive application device when the adhesive is not applied in FIG.

  The adhesive application device 12 includes an adhesive discharge unit 31 that discharges an appropriate amount of adhesive toward the adhesive application surface (lower surface) of the hoop material 1, and the adhesive discharge unit 31 always applies adhesive to the adhesive discharge unit 31 at a predetermined pressure. It has an adhesive supply unit 32 for supplying, and an advance / retreat drive unit 33 for moving the adhesive discharge unit 31 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the adhesive application surface of the hoop material 1.

  The adhesive discharge unit 31 includes a base body 41, an adhesive introduction block 43 fixed to the upper surface of the base body 41 with screws 42, a nozzle block 44 that accommodates the upper portion of the adhesive introduction block 43, and these blocks 43 and 44, and a pedestal 46 fixed to the upper surface of the base body 41 with a screw 45.

  The adhesive introduction block 43 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a through hole 51 connecting the outer peripheral surface 43a and the upper surface 43b is formed as an adhesive introduction path therein, and a flange portion 52 is provided at a lower portion thereof. ing.

  The nozzle block 44 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a lower surface 44a is provided with a recess 61a that slidably accommodates the adhesive introduction block 43, and a plurality of adhesives are ejected in a convex shape on the upper surface 44b. A discharge hole 62 is provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the discharge holes 62 in the present embodiment are provided at positions corresponding to the adhesive transfer sites E1 and E2 shown in FIG. 2, but are not limited to those shown here. The shape, size, quantity, arrangement, and the like of the discharge holes 62 can be changed as appropriate. In a state where the adhesive introduction block 43 is accommodated in the nozzle block 44, the gap defined by the recess 61 a and the upper surface 43 b of the adhesive introduction block 43 constitutes an adhesive reservoir 63 and is supplied through the through hole 51. The applied adhesive is stored. Thereby, it is possible to stably discharge a predetermined amount of adhesive from each discharge hole 62. A spring 65 is stretched between the flange portion 64 provided at the lower portion of the nozzle block 44 and the flange portion 52 of the adhesive introduction block 43.

  The cradle 46 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and an upper portion on the inner peripheral side thereof is reduced in diameter to form a stepped portion 46a. Engagement between the stepped portion 46a and the flange portion 64 of the nozzle block 44 restricts the upward movement of the nozzle block 44 (that is, the direction protruding from the upper surface 11a of the lower mold 11). The lower part of the cradle 46 is housed together with the base body 41 in a lower mold 71 fixed in the lower mold 11. Further, the upper part on the outer peripheral side of the cradle 46 is reduced in diameter to form a stepped portion 46b, and when the stepped portion 46b and the pressing member 72 are engaged, the adhesive discharge unit 31 is moved upward. Is regulated. Further, the upper surface 46 c of the cradle 46 and the upper end surface of the pressing member 72 are set and arranged on the same plane as the upper surface 11 a of the lower mold 11.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper surface 44 b of the nozzle block 44 (that is, the tip of the discharge hole 62) is arranged to be slightly lower than the upper surface 46 c of the cradle 46. A constant gap α is formed between the nozzle block 44 and the upper surface 44 b of the nozzle block 44. Therefore, when the upper mold 4 is lowered and the hoop material is brought into contact with the upper surface of the lower mold by the stripper plate 10, a gap α is formed between the upper surface of the nozzle block 44 having the adhesive discharge holes 62. Further, as described above, the spring 65 is stretched between the adhesive introduction block 43 and the nozzle block 44, so that the required positional accuracy (gap α) of the upper surface 44b of the nozzle block 44 can be easily achieved. Can be maintained. Further, there is an advantage that a fastening means such as a screw (and its arrangement space) is not required for assembling the nozzle block 44, and the assembling work is facilitated.

  The adhesive supply unit 32 includes a pressurizing device 81 that pressurizes the adhesive in the adhesive tank (not shown) by a well-known method (for example, compressed air). It is sent to the adhesive discharge part 31 through the pipe line 82 at a predetermined supply speed corresponding to the pressurization. The pipe 82 is constituted by an adhesive tube 82 a and a communication passage 82 b formed in the lower mold 11 (including the pressing member 72, the cradle 46, etc.), and the through hole of the adhesive introduction block 43. 51. The supplied adhesive is stored in the adhesive reservoir 63 of the adhesive discharge part 31 and finally discharged from the discharge hole 62.

  The advance / retreat drive unit 33 includes a drive member 91 that engages with the base body 41 to move the adhesive discharge unit 31 forward and backward, and a drive device 92 that supplies power for moving the drive member 91 in the longitudinal direction thereof. . The drive member 91 is formed with a direct-acting sawtooth cam surface 91a on the top thereof. The cam surface 91a constitutes a cam mechanism together with a similar serrated cam surface 41a provided on the lower surface of the base body 41, and allows the adhesive discharge section 31 to move forward and backward. FIG. 4 shows a case where the cam surface 91a and the cam surface 41a are in a non-engaged state (a state where they are not meshed with each other). At this time, the adhesive discharge portion 31 is at the upper limit position and the adhesive is applied. It can be processed. As the driving device 92, a known actuator (for example, a fluid cylinder, a solenoid, etc.) that realizes a linear motion of the driving member 91 can be used. The configuration of the cam mechanism can be changed as appropriate.

  Next, an outline of the adhesive application process by the adhesive application device 12 having the above-described configuration will be described. When the adhesive application process is executed (that is, when the target portion of the hoop material 1 does not correspond to the iron core thin plate for measurement), when the transfer operation of the hoop material 1 in which the first half punching process is completed is completed, the next press operation is performed. As a result, the stripper plate 10 is lowered to bring the hoop material 1 into contact with the upper surface 11 a of the lower mold 11. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the adhesive stored in the adhesive reservoir 63 is pressurized to a predetermined pressure by the pressurizing device 81, and the adhesive discharge part 31 is open. From the discharge hole 62 of the nozzle block 44 at a speed corresponding to the area of the opening and the applied pressure, the nozzle block 44 is formed and extended above the gap α, that is, toward the lower surface of the hoop material. By matching the timing at which the upper mold moves down and the hoop material is brought into contact with the upper surface of the lower mold by the stripper plate 10 by the vertical movement of the upper mold, and the timing at which the adhesive rises from the discharge hole 62, The adhesive is transferred in a spot shape to a predetermined position on the lower surface of the hoop material 1 (see E1 and E2 in FIG. 2). Thereafter, the hoop material to which the adhesive is applied is conveyed to the next outer punching and laminating step. In order to transfer the adhesive satisfactorily, find the optimum condition by controlling the pressurizing force in the adhesive supply section according to the vertical movement speed (press speed) of the upper mold and the transfer area of the adhesive. Is possible.

  In this way, the adhesive can be stably applied without synchronizing with the vertical movement speed (pressing speed) of the upper die for punching, and this can contribute to the improvement of the productivity of the laminated core. In this case, since the supply of the adhesive is not related to the press operation, the adhesive application process is not affected by the press operation. Further, the gap α is provided so that the adhesive is discharged from the discharge port, whereby the lower surface of the hoop material is in close contact with the upper surface 44b of the nozzle block 44, that is, the tip of the discharge hole 62, and the adhesive spreads inappropriately. And maintain a good spot shape.

  On the other hand, when the adhesive application process is not executed (that is, when the target portion of the hoop material 1 corresponds to a measuring iron core thin plate), the hoop material 1 is driven before contacting the upper surface 11a of the lower mold 11. The device 92 is activated to move the drive member 91 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. As a result, the cam surface 91a of the drive member 91 and the cam surface 41a of the base body 41 are in an engaged state (a state in which they are engaged with each other), and the adhesive discharge portion 31 is shown in FIG. 7 from the upper limit position shown in FIG. Lower to the lower limit position. As a result, the gap α between the hoop material 1 and the upper surface 44b of the nozzle block 44 is widened, so that it is possible to easily prevent the adhesive from being transferred to the lower surface of the hoop material 1.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail based on specific embodiments, these embodiments are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, the laminated core manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied not only to the above-described step motor but also to a laminated core for a normal motor core.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hoop material 2 Iron core thin plate 3 Progressive die apparatus 4 Upper mold 10 Stripper plate 11 Lower mold 11a Upper surface 12 of lower mold Adhesive application apparatus 15 Iron core thin plate group 16 Squeeze ring 17 Rotation drive apparatus 18 1st heating apparatus 19 Laminated iron core 21 Second heating device 31 Adhesive discharge part 32 Adhesive supply part 33 Advance / retreat drive part 43 Adhesive introduction block 44 Nozzle block 46 Receiving base 46c Receiving upper surface 62 Discharge hole 63 Adhesive reservoir 72 Holding member 81 Pressurizing device 91 Drive member 92 Drive device

Claims (3)

An apparatus for manufacturing a laminated iron core obtained by laminating and bonding an iron core thin plate formed by punching into a predetermined shape from a strip-shaped thin steel sheet,
A progressive mold means for sequentially punching an iron core sheet from a strip-shaped sheet steel sheet having an upper mold and a lower mold, and intermittently transferred;
An adhesive application means for applying an adhesive to a portion corresponding to the iron core thin plate of the strip-shaped thin steel plate provided in the lower mold;
The adhesive application means includes
An upper surface facing the adhesive application surface of the strip-shaped thin steel plate in a state in which the strip-shaped thin steel plate is in contact with the upper surface of the lower mold, and a plurality of discharges on the upper surface; An adhesive discharge part including a nozzle block having a hole;
An adhesive supply section that discharges the adhesive from the plurality of discharge holes by supplying an adhesive with a predetermined pressure to the adhesive discharge section;
The adhesive discharge part further includes a predetermined volume of the adhesive reservoir,
The adhesive supply unit constantly discharges the adhesive from the plurality of discharge holes through the adhesive reservoir,
When the upper mold is lowered and the strip-shaped thin steel sheet is brought into contact with the upper surface of the lower mold, the adhesive discharged from the adhesive discharge section is transferred to the strip-shaped thin steel sheet. A laminated iron core manufacturing device. The apparatus for manufacturing a laminated iron core according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive application unit controls a pressure applied to the adhesive in the adhesive discharge section. The laminated iron core manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive application unit further includes an advance / retreat driving unit that causes the adhesive discharge unit to advance / retreat with respect to the adhesive application surface of the strip-shaped thin steel plate.

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