JPH1058152A - Impact prevention method and spot welding equipment using this method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conduct impact prevention to a work and to maintain welding pressure of a prescribed value for the work by, for example, quickly traveling a movable electrode of spot welding equipment, stopping after traveling/reaching to the surface of the work, further, quickly shifting an operation state to a pressurized state. SOLUTION: A work W is subjected to spot welding by a movable electrode S, which by controlling a double action type cylinder mechanism 1 with a control mechanism 20, reciprocating a sub-cylinder 6 with a main cylinder 2 and is connected to a position rod 9 of the sub-cylinder 6, together with a fixed electrode F. At this time, the sub cylinder 6 is advanced against repulsion force by supplying a working fluid to the main cylinder 2, at the moment the movable electrode S reaches the surface of the work W, advancing of the sub-cylinder 6 is stopped and the movable electrodes S maintains the pressurized state of a prescribed value for the surface of the work W by relatively adjusting a supplying quantity to the cylinders 2, 6 respectively. After welding is completed, the working fluid is discharged from the cylinders 2, 6, the piston 4, 8 are returned to the original position respectively with a return spring 5, a buffer return spring 10 and prepared for a next operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, a cylinder device in which a reciprocating piston rod end protrudes to relieve an impact when the rod end hits another object, and at the same time, a pressurized state is kept in contact with the object. To prevent the occurrence of dents and the like in the spot to be welded by the movable electrode in a spot welding apparatus, and to reduce the impact at the time of abutment, and to make it possible to perform spot welding with good appearance. The present invention relates to a method and a spot welding apparatus using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a spot welding apparatus, a work material is sandwiched between the front and back sides of a pair of electrode tips at a welded portion thereof, and a high pressure is applied to the electrode tips and a Joule heat generated by flowing a current. The parts to be welded are joined together. The forward and backward movement of the electrode of such a spot welding apparatus is, for example, performed by a cylinder, and the movable electrode disposed on the other side is relatively attached to the fixed electrode disposed on one side so as to sandwich the workpiece by being attached to the cylinder rod. The workpiece is sandwiched between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode, and is welded.

[0003]

However, when moving the movable electrode, if the moving speed is increased in order to improve the efficiency of the welding operation, when the movable electrode reaches the surface of the workpiece, the movable electrode has a large surface area. An impact may be applied, and in some cases, a dent may be formed on the surface of the workpiece to make the product unsightly. In order to avoid this, a two-stage cylinder structure is provided to provide control means for controlling the moving speed of the movable electrode, so that the moving speed is reduced before reaching the workpiece surface to reduce the impact. However, in this case, the mechanism must be complicated. In addition, at the time of spot welding, the workpiece sandwiched between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode must be pressurized at a predetermined pressure, so even if control means for controlling the moving speed is provided, the workpiece reaches the workpiece surface. After that, it is necessary to provide a pressurizing means for the movable electrode, which is further complicated.

In spot welding, in particular, it is very important to control the pressure applied to the workpiece by the fixed electrode and the movable electrode and to control the magnitude of the current to be applied. This is one of the causes of the distortion of the workpiece because the speed of the movable electrode is increased.

[0005] That is, the following three points are used for spot welding.
This is a problem that must be resolved. The first is to reduce the impact on the surface of the workpiece at the moment when the movable electrode comes into contact with the workpiece at a high speed, and to prevent distortion or the like of a welding point in the workpiece. Second, at the moment of contact between the tip of the movable electrode and the surface of the workpiece, the working fluid for high-speed movement is converted into a pressurized fluid and set to a predetermined pressure. Third, the fluctuation of the stroke due to the wear of the movable electrode tip is automatically adjusted and set. The above is a technical difficulty directly affecting the quality of spot welding.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances that have existed in the past. For example, the present invention has been developed to quickly move an object to be moved by a cylinder operation such as a movable electrode in a spot welding apparatus as described above. It is an object of the present invention to prevent the impact on the workpiece by a proper movement, a stop after the movement reaches the surface of the workpiece, and a quick transition of the operating state to a pressurized state. In addition, the present invention is not only a method for preventing impact of a movable electrode on a workpiece in a spot welding apparatus, but also a general method for preventing a workpiece from moving forward and backward by operating, for example, a reciprocating mechanism using a cylinder. There is also to provide.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the method for preventing impact according to the present invention, the workpiece (S) is moved forward and backward with respect to the workpiece W so that the workpiece W
When various types of machining are performed on the workpiece (S), the workpiece (S) is advanced to the surface of the workpiece W, and immediately after contact with the workpiece (S).
Of the workpiece is buffered and the workpiece W surface is moved to the work piece (S).
And pressurized. Also, specifically,
By moving the sub advancing / retreating mechanism (6) by the operation of the main advancing / retracting mechanism (2), various types of workpieces W can be moved by the workpiece (S) connected to the rod (9) in the sub advancing / retreating mechanism (6). When machining is performed, the sub-advancing / retracting mechanism (6) is advanced by the supply of the working fluid to the main-advancing / retracting mechanism (2), and after the workpiece (S) reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the moment it reaches. By stopping the advance of the sub-advancing / retracting mechanism (6) and adjusting the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the advancing / retracting mechanisms (2, 6), the workpiece (S) is applied with a predetermined value to the surface of the workpiece W. The pressure state is maintained, and each of the reciprocating mechanisms has a cylinder structure that operates by supplying and discharging the working fluid. For example, the main cylinder 2 and the sub-cylinder 6 may be provided, and the rod may be a piston rod 9. it can. When the work (S) reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 connects the return spring 5 inserted in the main cylinder 2 and the work (S). The piston 8 of the sub-cylinder 6 compresses the buffer return springs 10 inserted in the sub-cylinder 6, thereby damping the forward force on the sub-cylinder 6 and simultaneously moving the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6 backward. The detection is performed to adjust the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders 2 and 6. Further, in the spot welding apparatus using this impact prevention method, the main cylinder 2 in which the piston 4 is inserted so as to slide against the resilience in the cylinder tube 3 and the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 A sub-cylinder 6 in which a piston 8 provided with a movable tip S in a spot welding device is mounted so as to slide forward and backward so as to slide in a connected cylinder tube 7 against a resilient force. The cylinder mechanism 1 and the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 are slid forward against the elastic force to advance the sub-cylinder 6 and the piston 8 thereof,
When the piston 8 in the advanced sub-cylinder 6 slides backward against the resilience, the supply of the working fluid to the cylinders 2 and 6 is adjusted to bring the respective pistons 4 and 6 into an equilibrium state so that the sub-cylinder 6 A control mechanism 20 for maintaining the pressurized state of the workpiece W by the piston rod 9 and then discharging the working fluid from each of the cylinders 2 and 6 to return to the original position. More specifically, the piston 4 is inserted between the piston 4 slidably inserted into the cylinder tube 3 and the head side cover.
To the main cylinder 2 in which a return spring 5 for returning to the original position is mounted, between a piston 8 slidably mounted in a cylinder tube 7 connected to a piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 and a rod side cover. A cylinder mechanism 1 comprising a sub-cylinder 6 in which a buffer return spring 10 for buffering and returning a piston rod 9 provided with a movable electrode S in a spot welding device at its tip is movably connected; The sub-cylinder 6 and the piston rod 9 of the sub-cylinder 6
When the piston 8 in the advanced sub-cylinder 6 slides backward against the resilience of the buffer return spring 10, the working fluid is supplied to the cylinders 2 and 6 so as to be adjusted. And a control mechanism 20 for maintaining the pressurized state of the workpiece W by the piston rod 9 of the sub-cylinder 6 with the cylinder 6 in an equilibrium state, and then discharging the working fluid from each of the cylinders 2 and 6 to return to the original position. It is provided with. And cylinder mechanism 1
The sub-cylinder 6 is slidably inserted into the main cylinder 2 by being connected to the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 or slid out of the main cylinder 2 by being connected to the piston rod 9 of the main cylinder 2. They can be arranged freely. In the vicinity of the head side of the cylinder tube 7 of the sub cylinder 6, a sensor 12 for detecting the backward slide of the piston 8 is provided. After the movable electrode S reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders 2 and 6 is instantaneously adjusted to maintain a state in which the movable electrode S presses the workpiece W to a predetermined value. It is like that.

In the method for preventing impact according to the present invention and the spot welding apparatus using the same, when an operation signal is turned on in the control mechanism 20, when the working fluid is supplied to the main cylinder 2 in the cylinder mechanism 1, the piston 4 is moved. The whole of the sub-cylinder 6 is advanced by sliding forward, and the movable electrode S, which is the workpiece, reaches the surface of the workpiece W. When the movable electrode S reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the movement of the movable electrode S is restrained and stopped, and the piston 4 in the main cylinder 2 compresses the return spring 5 to cause the forward sliding action on the sub-cylinder 6. While the piston 8 of the sub-cylinder 6 is slid backward while compressing the buffer return spring 10 to stop the movable electrode S on the surface of the workpiece W without giving an impact to the workpiece W. At this time, the sensor 12 detects the backward slide of the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6, and stops the supply of the working fluid for moving the piston 4 in the main cylinder 2 and prevents the backward slide of the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6. Supply working fluid. In this way, the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders 2 and 6 is relatively adjusted and balanced, so that the state where the movable electrode S pressurizes the surface of the workpiece W at a predetermined value is maintained. Further, in the control mechanism 20, the operation signal
When the FF is performed, the working fluid is discharged to each of the cylinders 2 and 6 in the cylinder mechanism 1. In the main cylinder 2, the return spring 5 causes the piston 4 to move.
Similarly, in the sub-cylinder 6, the piston 8 is returned to the original position by the buffer return spring 10 to prepare for the next operation.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the description of the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a spot welding apparatus, but is not limited thereto. Of course. The reference numeral 1 shown in the drawing designates, for example, a movable electrode S in a spot welding apparatus which is moved forward and backward, and a workpiece W to be welded.
Is a cylinder mechanism as an advancing and retreating operation mechanism for pinching and welding with the fixed electrode F.
Is composed of a sub-advancing / retracting mechanism, ie, a sub-cylinder 6, having a movable electrode S attached to the tip thereof, and a main-advancing / retracting mechanism, ie, the main cylinder 2, for moving the sub-cylinder 6 forward and backward.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main cylinder 2 of the cylinder mechanism 1 has the piston 4 in its original position between the piston 4 slidably mounted in the cylinder tube 3 and the head side cover. And a coil-shaped return spring 5 for returning to the original position. On the other hand, the sub-cylinder 6 is disposed so as to be able to advance and retreat inside the main cylinder 2, and a piston 8 slidably inserted into a cylinder tube 7 connected to the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 and a rod-side cover. A coil-shaped buffer return spring 10 for buffering and returning the piston rod 9 provided with the movable electrode S at the tip thereof is inserted therebetween. The supply and discharge of a working fluid such as air into and from the cylinder tube 7 is performed through a supply / discharge pipe 11 through which the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 is inserted and the rod-side cover of the cylinder tube 3 is slidably inserted. There is something to be done. That is, the piston rod in the main cylinder 2 is a so-called sub cylinder 6
The sub-cylinder 6 advances and retreats inside and outside of the main cylinder 2 by the working fluid supplied into the main cylinder 2.

A sensor 12 for detecting when the piston 8 retreats immediately after reaching the head side of the cylinder tube 7 in the sub-cylinder 6 is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder tube 7 on the head side. The sensor 12 is a switch for controlling the supply and discharge of the working fluid into and from the main cylinder 2 and the sub-cylinder 6 in the control mechanism 20 described later.

A control mechanism 20 for controlling the operation of the cylinder mechanism 1 causes the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 to slide forward against the resilience of the return spring 5 to advance the sub-cylinder 6 and the piston rod 9 thereof, When the piston 8 in the advanced sub-cylinder 6 slides backward against the resilience of the buffer return spring 10, the working fluid is supplied to the cylinders 2 and 6 so that the respective pistons 4 and 6 are equilibrated. Then, the pressurized state of the workpiece W by the piston rod 9 of the sub cylinder 6 is maintained, and then the working fluid is discharged from the main cylinder 2 and the sub cylinder 6 to return to the original position.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a fluid pressure from a fluid pressure source 21 such as an air source passes through a solenoid valve 22 and a main cylinder pressure reducing valve 23 for the main cylinder 2 and a sub cylinder pressure reducing valve for the sub cylinder 6. 24, and the main cylinder pressure reducing valve 23 is connected to two NC three-port solenoid valves 25 and 26, respectively.
Is connected to the main cylinder 2. On the other hand, the sub-cylinder pressure reducing valve 24 is a throttle valve 27, a NO type three-port solenoid valve 2
The solenoid valve 29 is connected to each of the sub-cylinders 6. Also, the throttle valve 27 and the solenoid valve 26
An adjustment valve 29 that relatively adjusts the pressure amount of the working fluid supplied to the main cylinder 2 and the sub-cylinder 6 is interposed therebetween.

Next, the control operation of the cylinder mechanism 1 by the control mechanism 20 will be described. The sensor 12 is on standby in the ON state in conjunction with the solenoid valves 25 and 28. At this time, the rod side of the sub cylinder 6 The head 8 is opened in an exhausted state, so that in the sub-cylinder 6, the piston 8 is at the lowermost position on the rod side due to the resilience of the buffer return spring 10. On the other hand, the pressure in the main cylinder 2 is the pressure set by the main cylinder pressure reducing valve 23. When the welding signal is turned on and output here, the solenoid valves 22 and 26 are energized simultaneously and the main cylinder The working fluid is supplied from the fluid pressure source 21 into the piston 2 and the piston 4 is driven at high speed to
Is protruded from the main cylinder 2 and advanced (FIG. 2).
(A)). Then, the movable electrode S at the tip of the piston rod 9 in the main cylinder 2 also moves forward, and the surface of the workpiece W is adjusted by adjusting the supply pressure of the working fluid for movement to the main cylinder 2 so as to sandwich the workpiece W together with the fixed electrode F. Contact to collide at high speed. The contact of the movable electrode S with the surface of the workpiece W causes the movable electrode S
By restricting the movement of itself, only the piston 4 in the main cylinder 2 advances while compressing the return spring 5, so that no forward force is applied to the movable electrode S. In the sub cylinder 6, the piston rod 9 and the The piston 8 retreats against the resilience of the buffer return spring 10, and only the resilience generated by the buffer return spring 10 itself at this time causes an impact applied to the workpiece W via the movable electrode S. It is buffered (see FIG. 2B).

When the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6 moves due to the reaction when the movable electrode S comes into contact with the workpiece W, the moment of the movement is detected by the sensor 12 and the power is supplied to the solenoid valves 25 and 28. At the same time as the cutoff, the sub-cylinder pressure reducing valve 24 sets a predetermined pressure on each of the cylinders 2 and 6 via the regulating valve 29 to apply a pressing force to the workpiece W by the movable electrode S via the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6. (See FIG. 2C). At this time, the supply pressure to the respective cylinders 2 and 6 is relatively automatically adjusted by the adjustment valve 29 in consideration of the size of the piston 4 in the main cylinder 2 and the piston 8 in the sub cylinder 6 as shown in the figure. It is. Further, the pressing force on the workpiece W and the movable electrode S
The adjustment of the advance speed and the like with respect to the workpiece W is adjusted by the throttle valve 27.

When welding of the movable electrode S and the fixed electrode F to the workpiece W is completed, the welding signal is turned off,
The energization of the solenoid valves 22 and 27 is interrupted, so that the solenoid valves 2
At 2, 28 and 26, it is in the state of exhaust at the same time.
Therefore, in the main cylinder 2, the piston 4 returns to the original position by the resilience of the return spring 5, and similarly in the sub cylinder 6, the piston 8 returns to the original position by the resilience of the buffer return spring 10 (see FIG. 2D). ).

Next, an example of the operation in the present embodiment will be described. When a welding signal is turned on in the control mechanism 20, working fluid is supplied to the main cylinder 2 in the cylinder mechanism 1, and the piston 4 slides forward. By moving the entire sub-cylinder 6 forward, the movable electrode S reaches the surface of the workpiece W. Then, when the movement of the movable electrode S is suppressed and stopped, the piston 4 compresses the return spring 5 so that the forward sliding action on the sub-cylinder 6 is relaxed and disappears, while the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6 stops the movable electrode S. As a result, the buffer spring 10 slides backward while compressing the buffer return spring 10, and the sensor 12 detects this. Then, the supply of the working fluid to the main cylinder 2 for the forward sliding of the piston 4 up to that point is for maintaining the forward position of the sub-cylinder 6, while the supply of the working fluid to the sub-cylinder 6 The pressurizing action of the movable electrode S on the workpiece W by a predetermined pressure is performed via the movable electrode 8, and the pressurized state is continued. When the pressurized state is maintained, a welding operation on the workpiece W by the movable electrode S and the fixed electrode F is performed. When the welding operation is completed and the welding signal is turned off, the respective cylinders 2 and 2 are turned off. The supply of the working fluid to the cylinder 6 is stopped and discharged, and the piston 4 is returned to the original position by the return spring 5 in the main cylinder 2 and similarly to the piston 8 by the buffer return spring 10 in the sub cylinder 6. It waits for the next operation.

FIG. 3 shows a cylinder mechanism 30 according to another embodiment. The cylinder mechanism 30 connects a sub-cylinder 35 to a piston rod 33 connected to a main piston 32 of a main cylinder 31 and returns the piston rod 33 between the main piston 32 and a rod-side cover of the main cylinder 31. And a coil-shaped buffer return spring 38 for buffering and returning the piston rod 37 between the sub-piston 36 and the head-side cover in the sub-cylinder 35. is there. The movable electrode S is attached to the tip of the piston rod 37 in the sub-cylinder 35, and is of course arranged to face the fixed electrode F so as to sandwich the workpiece W.

The cylinder mechanism 30 in this embodiment
In this embodiment, unlike the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, even if the sub-cylinder 35 is a composite type in a state separated from the main cylinder 31, the operation of the sub-cylinder 35 is the same as that of FIG. There is no difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. However, in this embodiment, since the main cylinder 31 and the sub-cylinder 35 can be configured to have the same capacity, the workpiece W
This facilitates the supply control of the working fluid to the both 31, 31 when the pressure is increased.

Although not shown, the main cylinder 2
In place of the return spring 5 and the buffering return spring 10 in the sub-cylinder 6, a working fluid that exerts a resilient force, such as air, can be used. In this case, the control mechanism 20 controls the head side of the main cylinder 2 ,
Control means for controlling the supply and discharge of the working fluid to each of the rod sides of the sub cylinder 6 is added. In the above embodiment, the cylinder mechanism 1 is operated by a working fluid such as air pressure or oil pressure. However, the cylinder mechanism 1 can be changed to an electric one.

[0021]

The present invention is configured as described above.
For this reason, it is possible to prevent the impact of the movable workpiece (S) coming into contact with the workpiece W when using a fluid device in welding or other various types of machining, for example, and to prevent the workpiece moving forward and backward by the cylinder operation. It has a very wide range of applications as a general method for preventing the workpiece (S) from impacting on the workpiece W, and is excellent in versatility. Then, for example, the workpiece to be moved by the cylinder operation such as the movable electrode S in the spot welding apparatus as described above is quickly moved, stopped after reaching the surface of the workpiece W, and quickly moved to the pressurized state. Workpiece W
Conventionally, various disadvantages such as formation of a dent formed on the surface of the workpiece W and appearance of an unsightly welding mark can be eliminated.

That is, in the present invention, the composite cylinder mechanism 1 comprising the main cylinder 2 and the sub-cylinder 6 is controlled and operated by the control mechanism 20, and the sub-cylinder 6 advances and retreats by the operation of the main cylinder 2 to control the sub-cylinder. When the workpiece W is welded together with the fixed electrode F by the movable electrode S connected to the piston rod 9, the sub-cylinder 6 moves forward against the elasticity by supplying the working fluid to the main cylinder 2. After the electrode S reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the sub-cylinder 6 is stopped from moving at the moment when the electrode S reaches the surface, and the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders 2 and 6 is relatively adjusted to form the movable electrode S. After the welding is completed, the working fluid is discharged from each of the cylinders 2 and 6 and the pistons 4 and 8 are returned to their original positions by elasticity. For we shall prepare for the next operation to.

The main cylinder 2 in the cylinder mechanism 1 is operated by an operation signal output from the control mechanism 20.
When the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2 slides forward, the entire sub-cylinder 6 moves forward against the resilience of the return spring 5.
Thereby, the movable electrode S, which is the work piece, can reach the surface of the workpiece W at a predetermined speed, and the moving speed of the movable electrode S can be appropriately adjusted according to the supply amount of the working fluid. It is also possible to set a very high speed.

When the movable electrode S reaches the surface of the workpiece W, the piston 4 of the main cylinder 2
By compressing the return spring 5 inserted between the piston 4 and the head side cover, the forward sliding action on the sub-cylinder 6 is relaxed and eliminated. On the other hand, in the piston 8 in the sub cylinder 6, this piston 8
The movable electrode S at the tip end of the piston rod 9 connected to the workpiece W reaches the workpiece W and is prevented from moving forward, thereby compressing the buffer return spring 10 inserted between the piston 8 and the rod-side cover. Since the workpiece W is slid backward, even the movable electrode S reaching the surface of the workpiece W at a considerably high speed can buffer the workpiece W without giving an impact. Therefore, it can be stopped quickly on the surface of the workpiece W, and no dent or damage is caused on the surface of the workpiece W, and at a considerably high speed for improving work efficiency. Even if the movable electrode S is moved forward and backward, the surface of the workpiece W is not damaged.

Further, a sensor 12 is attached to the head side of the sub-cylinder 6, and when the sensor 12 detects the backward slide of the piston 8 in the sub-cylinder 6, the sensor 12 for moving the piston 4 in the main cylinder 2 up to that point. The supply of the working fluid to the cylinders 2 and 6 is relatively adjusted and balanced because the supply of the working fluid to the cylinders 2 and 6 is stopped because the supply of the working fluid to the cylinders 2 and 6 is stopped and the working fluid that prevents the piston 8 from sliding backward in the sub cylinder 6 is supplied. Thus, a pressurizing action is applied to the movable electrode S stopped on the surface of the workpiece W, and for example, a predetermined pressurized state of the workpiece W necessary for spot welding can be maintained.

The operation signal from the control mechanism 20 is O
When the FF is performed, the supply of the working fluid to each of the cylinders 2 and 6 in the cylinder mechanism 1 is interrupted and discharged, so that the piston 4 is returned by the return spring 5 in the main cylinder 2 and the buffer return spring 10 is similarly released in the sub cylinder 6. As a result, the pistons 8 return to their original positions, respectively, and can be prepared for the next operation.

The method for preventing impact according to the present invention can be used not only in spot welding but also in various machine working fields using, for example, various advance / retreat mechanisms having a cylinder structure. It is sufficient to alleviate the impact when hitting another object and at the same time maintain the pressure by keeping it in contact with it. This makes it possible to perform accurate positioning in which the impact at the time of abutment is reduced by buffering after contact, and various kinds of processing after the positioning.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram when implemented as a spot welding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 also shows the operation, wherein (A) is a state before the operation, (B) is a state during the movement operation, (C) is a state during the pressurizing operation, and (D) is a state after the return. .

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

F: fixed electrode S: movable electrode W: workpiece 1: cylinder mechanism 2: main cylinder 3: cylinder tube 4: piston 5: return spring 6: sub cylinder 7: cylinder tube 8: piston 9: piston rod 10: buffer Return spring 11 ... Supply / discharge pipe 12 ... Sensor 20 ... Control mechanism 21 ... Fluid pressure source 22 ... Solenoid valve 23 ... Main cylinder pressure reducing valve 24 ... Sub cylinder pressure reducing valve 25 ... Solenoid valve 26 ... Solenoid valve 27 ... Throttle valve 28 ... Electromagnetic Valve 29 ... Adjusting valve 30 ... Cylinder mechanism 31 ... Main cylinder 32 ... Main piston 33 ... Piston rod 34 ... Return spring 35 ... Sub cylinder 36 ... Sub piston 37 ... Piston rod 38 ... Bumper return spring

Claims (10)

[Claims] When performing various types of machining on a workpiece by moving the workpiece toward and away from the workpiece, the workpiece is advanced to the surface of the workpiece so that the workpiece advances immediately after contact. Shock stopping method, wherein the workpiece surface is pressurized by a work piece. 2. When performing various types of machining on a workpiece by an actuated object connected to a rod in the sub advance / retract mechanism by operating the main advance / retreat mechanism by operating the main advance / retreat mechanism, the main advance / retreat mechanism is controlled by the main advance / retreat mechanism. After the sub-advancing / retracting mechanism is moved forward by the supply of the working fluid and the workpiece arrives at the surface of the workpiece, the sub-advancing / retracting mechanism is stopped at the moment it reaches, and the supply amount of working fluid to each of the moving / retracting mechanisms is adjusted. A method for preventing the workpiece from being pressed against the surface of the workpiece by a predetermined value. 3. The impact preventing method according to claim 2, wherein each of the reciprocating mechanisms has a cylinder structure that operates by supplying and discharging the working fluid. 4. When the workpiece reaches the surface of the workpiece, the piston of the main cylinder includes a return spring that is inserted into the main cylinder, and the piston of the sub cylinder that connects the workpiece includes a piston. By compressing the buffer return springs installed in the sub-cylinders, the forward force on the sub-cylinders is buffered, and the reciprocating slide of the piston in the sub-cylinder is detected to adjust the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders. 4. The method for preventing impact according to claim 3, wherein: 5. A main cylinder in which a piston is inserted so as to slide against a resilient force in a cylinder tube,
A sub-cylinder loaded with a piston provided with a movable electrode in a spot welding device at the end is connected to move freely back and forth so as to slide against a resilient force into a cylinder tube connected to the piston of this main cylinder. And the sub-cylinder and its piston are advanced by sliding the piston of the main cylinder forward against the elastic force, and the piston in the advanced sub-cylinder slides backward against the elastic force. When the working fluid is supplied to each cylinder and adjusted, each piston is equilibrated to maintain the pressurized state of the workpiece by the piston rod of the sub cylinder, and then the working fluid is discharged from each cylinder to return to the original position. And a control mechanism for returning to the normal position. Welding equipment. 6. A main cylinder in which a return spring for returning a piston to an original position is inserted between a piston slidably mounted in a cylinder tube and a head side cover, and connected to the piston of the main cylinder. A sub-cylinder in which a buffer return spring is mounted between a piston slidably mounted in a cylinder tube and a rod-side cover, for buffering and returning a piston rod provided with a movable electrode in a spot welding device at the tip. A sub-cylinder and its piston rod are advanced by sliding the piston of the main cylinder forward against the resilience of the return spring, and the piston in the advanced sub-cylinder. Slides backward against the elasticity of the buffer return spring Supply the working fluid to each cylinder and adjust the respective pistons to an equilibrium state, maintain the pressurized state of the workpiece by the piston rod of the sub cylinder, and then discharge the working fluid from each cylinder to return to the original position A spot welding apparatus using an impact prevention method, comprising: 7. The sub-cylinder in the cylinder mechanism,
A spot welding apparatus using the impact prevention method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the spot welding apparatus is slidably inserted into the main cylinder by being connected to a piston of the main cylinder. 8. The sub-cylinder in the cylinder mechanism,
7. A spot welding apparatus using the impact prevention method according to claim 5, wherein the spot welding apparatus is slidably disposed outside the main cylinder by being connected to a piston rod of the main cylinder. 9. A spot welding apparatus using an impact prevention method according to claim 5, wherein a sensor for detecting retraction slide of the piston is provided near the head side of the cylinder tube of the sub cylinder. 10. After the movable electrode reaches the surface of the workpiece, the supply amount of the working fluid to each of the cylinders is instantaneously adjusted to maintain a predetermined value of the state of pressurization of the workpiece by the movable electrode. A spot welding apparatus using the impact prevention method according to any one of claims 5 to 9.