JP6385221B2 - Tightening tool - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique capable of detecting that a fastening member such as a bolt already tightened with a set torque is tightened again.

  Conventionally, a system for managing whether or not a plurality of bolts are all tightened has been proposed (Patent Document 1).

  Such a management system transmits the position information of a tightening tool such as a torque wrench to a personal computer and manages the position of a fastening member such as a bolt. When the tightening tool performs tightening on the fastening member whose position has already been specified, a warning is issued to alert the operator, and the same fastening member is prevented from being tightened twice.

JP 2013-188858 A

  As in the past, in order to prevent double-tightening, a tightening tool such as a torque wrench and a personal computer or the like must communicate with each other by wire or wirelessly, and the position of a fastening member such as a bolt must be managed by the personal computer or the like. .

  For this reason, if it is possible to determine whether or not to tighten twice with only a tightening tool such as a torque wrench, management by communication with a personal computer or the like is not necessary.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a tightening tool capable of independently determining whether or not the tightening tool is tightened twice in order to solve such a problem.

  A first configuration of a tightening tool that realizes an object of the present invention includes a tightening torque transmitting means for transmitting a tightening torque to a fastening member via a one-way transmission mechanism, and a tightening for measuring a tightening torque value. Torque measuring means, a torque limiter that operates when the tightening torque reaches a set torque value, a tightening completion detecting means that detects the operation of the torque limiter, a measured torque value of the tightening torque measuring means, and the tightening The tightening completion detection signal of the completion detecting means is used as the twice tightening determination information, and whether or not the two-way tightening is performed is determined depending on the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism during the acquisition of the tightening completion detection signal from the start of tightening. Double-tightening determining means for determining.

  A second configuration of a tightening tool that realizes the object of the present invention includes a tightening torque transmitting means for transmitting a tightening torque to a fastening member, a tightening torque measuring means for measuring a tightening torque value, and a tightening torque. Is a torque limiter that operates when the torque reaches a set torque value, a tightening completion detecting unit that detects the operation of the torque limiter, a rotation angle detecting unit that detects a rotation angle of the fastening member, and a measurement of the tightening torque measuring unit. While obtaining the tightening completion detection signal from the start of tightening with the torque value, the tightening completion detection signal of the tightening completion detection means, and the detected rotation angle of the rotation angle detection means as the second tightening determination information, Double-tightening determination means for determining the presence or absence of double-tightening based on a ratio angle representing a ratio of the rotation angle of the fastening member to the measured torque value.

  According to a third configuration for realizing the object of the present invention, in the first configuration described above, when the double-tightening determining means detects the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism, the fastening member that has not yet been tightened. If the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism is not detected, it is determined that the fastening member that has already been fastened is double-tightened.

  According to a fourth configuration that realizes the object of the present invention, in the third configuration, the double-tightening determination means is a torque waveform that rapidly increases and rapidly increases the measured torque value as an operation of the one-way transmission mechanism. It is characterized by.

  According to a fifth configuration for realizing the object of the present invention, in the second configuration, the double-tightening determining means is a fastening that has not yet been tightened if the ratio angle is equal to or smaller than a preset threshold angle. It is determined that the member has been tightened, and when the threshold angle is exceeded, it is determined that the fastening member that has already been tightened is double-tightened.

  A sixth configuration for realizing the object of the present invention is characterized in that, in any of the above-described configurations, the tightening tool is a torque wrench or a torque driver.

  According to the first, third, fourth, and sixth aspects of the invention, a tightening tool such as a torque wrench is used to determine whether or not to tighten twice by using the presence or absence of a transmission release operation performed by a one-way transmission mechanism such as a ratchet operation. It can be determined by itself.

  According to the inventions according to claims 2, 5 and 6, it is possible to discriminate whether or not to tighten twice with a tightening tool itself such as a torque wrench based on a screw tightening rotation angle of a fastening member such as a bolt and a measured torque value. .

Schematic which applied the fastening tool by this invention to the torque wrench. The block diagram of the electronic circuit of the torque wrench of FIG. The wave form diagram which shows the relationship between the torque value of 1st mode, and time. The wave form diagram which shows the relationship between the torque value of 2nd mode, and a rotation angle. The figure which shows the waveform of the first time fastening by angle measurement, and the twice fastening.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

  1 is a schematic diagram in which the fastening tool according to the present invention is applied to a torque wrench, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic circuit of the torque wrench of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a waveform diagram showing a relationship between a torque value and time in a first mode. FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing the relationship between the torque value and the rotation angle in the second mode.

In Figure 1, a torque wrench 1 has a tubular handle portion 2, a head unit 3 is tightening torque transmitting means for transmitting a tightening torque to the fastening member 6 such as a bolt, provided in the handle section 2 A torque limiter 4, a socket 5 that is attached to a square shaft 32 of the head portion 3 and is fitted to a fastening member 6 such as a bolt, a strain gauge 7 as a tightening force detection sensor that is attached to the head portion 3, And a data acquisition unit 8 having a data transmission function. The square shaft 32 is connected to the head unit 3 via a one-way rotation mechanism such as a ratchet.

  The head portion 3 has a flat rod portion 33 extending rearward from the head main body portion 31 inserted into the handle portion 2 and is attached to the handle portion 2 so as to be rotatable via the support shaft 21.

  The torque limiter 4 constitutes a toggle mechanism, and includes a spring seat 41, a torque value setting spring 42, an adjustment screw shaft 43 constituted by a screw shaft that cannot be moved in the axial direction and can be rotated around the shaft, and a screw on the adjustment screw shaft 43. A nut member 44 to be joined, and a plate-like toggle 45 connected via a connecting pin (not shown) between the rear end portion of the rod portion 33 and the tip end portion of the spring seat 41 are provided. A torque value setting spring 42 is disposed between the spring seat 41 and the nut member 44. The toggle 45 is inclined with respect to an axis along the longitudinal direction of the handle portion 2 in a non-operating state of the torque limiter.

When the fastening member 6 is fitted to the socket 5 and the handle portion 2 is gripped and turned in a predetermined direction, the fastening member 6 is tightened. When the set torque value is reached, the toggle 45 is moved relative to the axis. As a result, the spring seat 41 moves backward against the spring force of the torque value setting spring 42. As a result, transmission of the tightening force from the handle portion 2 to the head portion 3 is cut off. At this time, the handle portion 2 is rotated relative to the head portion 3 of the support shaft 21 as a fulcrum. A toggle operation detection pin (not shown) is attached to the rod portion 33 of the head portion 3 and passes through an opening (not shown) formed in the handle portion 2. A through end portion of the toggle operation detection pin operates a tightening completion detection switch (not shown) attached to a circuit board 81 to be described later.

  That is, when the torque limiter 4 operates, the fastening completion detection switch moves toward the toggle operation detection pin and turns on. When the force applied to the handle portion 2 is weakened by the operation of the torque limiter 4, the torque limiter 4 returns to the original state, and the fastening completion detection switch is turned from ON to OFF.

  On the other hand, when tightening of the fastening member 6 is started, a detection signal of the strain gauge 7 is output to the data acquisition unit 8.

  The data acquisition unit 8 includes a circuit board 81 disposed in the exterior case 83 and a power supply battery (not shown). The exterior case 83 is provided with a display unit 84 that digitally displays a torque value, operation keys (not shown), and the like.

In the present embodiment, the circuit board 81 is provided with a communication unit 86, an angular velocity sensor 87, a processor 80, and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the processor 80, the torque value conversion unit 801 for acquiring the torque value from the detection signal of the strain gauge 7, and to that ANGLE conversion unit 802 acquires a rotation angle from the detection signal of the angular velocity sensor 87 , A double tightening determination unit 803 is provided. The angular velocity sensor 87 detects the rotation of the handle portion 2.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the electronic circuit of the torque wrench 1.

2, the processor 80, ROM 90, RAM 91, display unit 84, a communication unit 86, the angular velocity sensor 87, strain gauge 7 is connected via a bus 92.

The processor 80 includes a ROM 90 that stores a twice tightening determination program (shown in FIGS. 3 and 4) and a RAM 91 that provides the processor 80 with a temporary work area as memory units.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the torque value obtained by converting a torque value conversion unit 801 is output to the communication unit 86 and the twice fastening determination unit 803. The double-tightening determination unit 803 performs double-tightening determination as to whether or not the fastening member has already been tightened based on the waveform of the acquired torque value (first mode). As shown in FIG. 4, the double-tightening determination unit 803 determines whether the fastening member has already been tightened based on the acquired torque value waveform and the angle information converted by the angle conversion unit 802. The second tightening determination is performed (second mode).

  In the present embodiment, the first mode and the second mode can be selected by the operator looking at the display unit 84. Note that only the first mode or only the second mode may be provided.

  Next, the first mode shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

Generally, when fastening a fastening member such as a bolt to a member to be fastened, which is a cylinder block of an engine part, for example, the bolt is tightened to a certain fastening force (this fastening is referred to as temporary fastening), and after temporary fastening, using a torque wrench The fastening member is tightened (this tightening is referred to as main tightening). Then, in this clamping, by the torque value tightening reaches the set torque value, it is common practice to repeat several times the ratchet Tsu preparative operation.

In FIG. 3, a torque value exceeding a threshold value (peak hold torque) is acquired with the vertical axis representing the torque value and the horizontal axis representing time.

  In FIG. 3, a torque waveform A indicated by a broken line indicates a case where a fastening member such as a bolt that has already been tightened with a set torque value is tightened by the torque wrench 1 of the present embodiment. Torque waveforms B1, B2, and B3 indicated by solid lines indicate a state in which the fastening members that have been temporarily tightened are finally tightened by the torque wrench of the present embodiment.

  The torque waveform A reaches the set torque value immediately after the tightening by the torque wrench 1 is started, and the fastening completion detection switch is turned on. That is, when the fastening member that has been temporarily tightened is finally tightened, at least one ratchet operation is required. However, when the fastening member that is finally tightened is tightened twice, there is no ratchet operation and the set torque value is reached. The completion detection switch is turned on.

Thus, twice fastening determination unit 803, between the start tightening until engagement completion detection switch is ON, when detecting no ratcheting operation discriminates that the twice fastening, warning on the display unit 84 Display. Also, a warning is given by a buzzer sound.

  On the other hand, when the temporarily tightened fastening member is finally tightened, first, the tightening by the torque waveform B1 is performed. Even if the torque wrench 1 is rotated within a certain rotation range, the tightening torque value is small, so that a ratchet operation for once rotating the handle portion 2 in the reverse direction is performed. During this ratcheting operation, no force is applied to the rod portion 33 of the head portion 3. For this reason, no signal is output from the strain gauge 7 affixed to the rod portion 33, and the torque value becomes zero.

Next, when the handle portion 2 is rotated in the tightening direction, a torque waveform B2 is obtained. The torque waveform B2 has a torque value larger than that of the torque waveform B1, but has not yet reached the set torque value. Therefore, once performed ratchet Tsu bets operation described above, to rotate the handle 2 in the tightening direction again. As shown in the torque waveform B3, the final tightening is completed by the third tightening. In the torque waveform B3, the fastening completion detection switch is turned on at the peak of the torque value.

The twice tightening determination unit 803 detects the ratchet operation during the period from the start of tightening until the tightening completion detection switch is turned on, so it is determined that the tightening is not performed twice, and the display unit 84 displays the tightening completion indication. Do.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not the torque wrench 1 itself is tightened twice.

  Next, the second mode shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

In FIG. 4, a torque waveform C indicated by a broken line indicates a case where a fastening member such as a bolt that has been completely tightened with a set torque value is tightened by the torque wrench 1 of the present embodiment. Torque waveforms D1, D2, and D3 indicated by two-dot chain lines, and a torque waveform E indicated by a solid line indicate a state in which the fastening member that has been temporarily tightened is finally tightened by the torque wrench 1 of the present embodiment.

When the fastening member that has been completely tightened is tightened by the torque wrench 1 of the present embodiment, as shown by the waveform C, the handle portion 2 hardly rotates but the torque value increases rapidly. In this case, the specific angle representing the ratio of the screw rotation angle (θ) at the time of fastening of a fastening member such as a bolt to the screw fastening torque value (T) is Δθ1. When the set torque value is reached, the fastening completion detection switch is turned on.

  On the other hand, torque waveforms D1, D2, and D3 indicated by two-dot chain lines indicate a case where the ratchet operation is performed twice. The torque waveforms D1, D2, and D3 have a specific angle Δθ2 (Δθ1> Δθ2) representing a ratio of a screw rotation angle (θ) at the time of fastening of a fastening member such as a bolt to a screw fastening torque value (T). Temporarily, the ratio of the screw rotation angle (θ) at the time of fastening of a fastening member such as a bolt to the screw fastening torque value (T) of the torque waveform E when the torque wrench 1 is rotated to the set torque value without performing a ratchet operation. The expressed specific angle is also Δθ2.

  The peak hold torque corresponding to 0 degree at which the bolt starts rotating is determined by the torque wrench type (size). The angle threshold is set and changed according to the joint coefficient. The joint coefficient represents the tightening hardness of the screw and is inversely proportional to Δθ. When the joint coefficient is large, the tightening hardness of the screw is hard, and when it is small, the joint is soft. Therefore, the joint coefficient is stored in the ROM 90 according to the type of the fastening member, etc., and the peak hold torque is changed.

That is, twice fastening determination unit 803, when determining the rotation angle and torque values than the ratio angle Δθ1 of the handle portion 2, also detects the ON of engagement completion detection switch determines that twice clamping, the display unit 84 in two Display the tightening. Also, warn twice with a buzzer.

On the other hand, the double-tightening determination unit 803 determines that the final tightening has been performed when the ratio angle Δθ2 is obtained from the rotation angle and torque value of the handle unit 2 and detects that the fastening completion detection switch is ON, and then fastens to the display unit 84. Display completion. Here, the ratio angle Δθ3, which is a threshold value for determining whether or not to tighten twice, is stored in the ROM 90 in advance.

Therefore, if calculated by the obtained ratio angle Δθn threshold and a ratio angle Δθ3 less is provisionally tightened by fastening members determined to have tightened, if it exceeds the ratio angle Δθ3 angle threshold and twice tightening Determine.

  In each of the embodiments described above, when the torque wrench 1 tightens a fastening member such as a bolt, it can be determined by the torque wrench itself whether or not it is tightened twice. For this reason, it is not necessary to discriminate twice tightening by communication with a management device such as a personal computer as in the prior art, and it is possible to easily discriminate twice tightening.

  In the double tightening determination in the first mode, the double tightening determination can be easily performed by using the presence or absence of the ratchet operation.

  In the second tightening discrimination in the second mode, even if there is no ratchet operation, a specific angle Δθ (T representing the ratio of the screw rotation angle (θ) at the time of fastening of a fastening member such as a bolt to the screw fastening torque value (T) / θ), it is possible to determine whether or not the tightening is performed twice.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, when the torque display and the management of torque data are unnecessary, a high-precision strain gauge is not necessary for measuring the torque waveform. Therefore, any sensor can be used as long as it can detect the bending stress at the time of torque load and can discriminate the increase in torque.

  Further, the tightening tool is not limited to a structure that is tightened by hand like a torque wrench or a torque driver, but may be an automatic drive structure.

In the above-described embodiment, in the second mode, the ratio angle Δθ is compared with the angle threshold value to determine whether or not the tightening is performed twice, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, simply, from the start of angle measurement, initial tightening if the measured angle to the torque limiter of the torque wrench to operate (engagement completion detection switch is ON) Jer threshold angle super It determines that biasing, it is possible to determine that the detected twice fastening is less than the threshold angle. In this case, the torque limiter is actuated (the fastening completion detection switch is ON), and the first tightening is performed when the measurement angle is 35 degrees, and the second tightening is performed when the measurement angle is 2.5 degrees. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not to tighten twice based on the measurement angle by appropriately setting the threshold angle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Torque wrench 2 Handle part 21 Support shaft 3 Head part 31 Head main body part 32 Square axis 33 Rod part 4 Torque limiter 41 Spring seat 42 Torque value setting spring 43 Adjustment screw axis 44 Nut member 45 Toggle 5 Socket 6 Fastening member 7 Strain gauge 8 Data acquisition unit 80 Processor 801 Torque value conversion unit 802 Angle conversion unit 803 Double tightening determination unit 81 Circuit board 83 Exterior case 84 Display unit 85 86 Communication unit 87 Angular velocity sensor 90 ROM 91 RAM 92 Bus

Claims (4)

Tightening torque transmission means for transmitting the tightening torque to the fastening member via the one-way transmission mechanism;
A tightening torque measuring means for measuring a tightening torque value;
A torque limiter that operates when the tightening torque value reaches the set torque value;
Tightening completion detection means for detecting the operation of the torque limiter and outputting a tightening completion detection signal ;
Aforementioned tightening torque measuring means and the torque value tightening measured is said completion detection signal twice clamping discrimination information tightening, between the start tightening until obtaining a completion detection signal said clamping, the one-way transmission A double-tightening determining means for determining whether or not the double-tightening is performed depending on the presence or absence of the operation of the mechanism,
Tightening tool with   When the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism is detected, the double-tightening determination unit determines that a fastening member that has not yet been tightened is tightened, and if the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism is not detected, the tightening is already tightened. The tightening tool according to claim 1, wherein the tightening member is determined to be a second-time tightening in which the fastening member that has been completed is tightened again. The double-tightening determination means detects the operation of the one-way transmission mechanism when the measured tightening torque value does not reach the set torque value and increases after the tightening torque value decreases. The fastening tool according to claim 2 , wherein: The tightening tool, tightening tool according to any of claims 1 3, characterized in that the torque wrench or torque screwdriver.