JPH11182641A - Slide pulley of belt type continuously variable transmission, and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the wear and damages of a cone surface by forming a large-diameter and conical intermediate pulley by making stock fiber flow spirally flow, and forming a shaft hole in an axial part of the intermediate pulley. SOLUTION: A lower die 17 is fitted to a center part of an upper surface of a movable base to be moved in the vertical direction. A boss part 6b of a primary formed produced is fitted to a fitting hole 17a of the lower die 17, an oscillating base 19 is oscillated in the prescribed direction, and the lower die 17 is moved upward through the movable base 16. An upper die indenter 20 fitted to the oscillating base 19 is moved in the tangential direction relative to the upper surface while being brought into contact with the upper surface of the primary formed product on the radius in a linearly manner, and an upper part of the primary formed product is plastically deformed into a large-diameter and conical shape while making its fiber flow spirally flow. Then, an axial part of an intermediate pulley 14 is punched with a press to form a shaft hole to be communicated with a preliminary shaft hole.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a slide pulley for a belt-type continuously variable transmission and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 10, a material fiber flow 21a has a cylindrical material 2 extending in the axial direction.
1 is heated at about 750 ° C. or higher, and is compressed in the axial direction by an upper die 22 and a lower die 23 of a forging machine, as shown in FIG. A pulley 24 'is formed, and then, as shown in FIG. 12, a shaft hole 25 is formed by punching a hole in the center of the intermediate pulley 24' by a punch, and then a cone 24a and a boss 24b are formed.
The surface of the slide pulley 24 is cut and the shaft hole 25 is formed with a spline groove or the like to form a slide pulley 24 having a predetermined size.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, the material fiber flow 21a has a material 21 extending in the axial direction.
Is axially compressed to form a large diameter and cone shape, so that the fiber flow 21a generated on the cone surface 24a-1 of the slide pulley 24 extends in the radial direction as shown in FIG. Will be. This is different from the spiral contact pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface 24a-1 of the slide pulley 24, so that improvement in durability cannot be expected.

[0004] Further, in the prior art, a raw material 21 heated to a high temperature is axially compressed by a forging machine to form a predetermined shape.
In other words, since it is formed by hot forging, a large-capacity forging machine is required, equipment costs are increased, and it is not possible to form with high precision. And the surface of the boss portion 24b is about 1 mm to 2 m.
It is necessary to finish by cutting at a depth of m, and there is a problem that the amount of cutting increases and the yield of the material deteriorates. An object of the present invention is to obtain a novel slide pulley for a belt-type continuously variable transmission and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the above-mentioned problems are eliminated by causing the fiber flow of the material to flow spirally and plastically deform in a cone shape. I do.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is configured as follows to achieve the above object. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a cone-shaped slide pulley having a shaft hole at a shaft center portion is opposed to a cone-shaped shaft pulley having a shaft portion at a shaft center portion, and a shaft hole of the slide pulley is formed. In the slide pulley of the belt-type continuously variable transmission, which is slidably fitted to the shaft portion of the shaft pulley, the fiber flow of the material is spirally formed to form a large-diameter and cone-shaped intermediate pulley. , A shaft hole is formed in the shaft center of the intermediate pulley. Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1.
To form a large-diameter cone-shaped intermediate pulley by flowing the fiber flow of the material described in the above in a spiral shape substantially in the same direction as the spiral contact pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface of the slide pulley. The shaft hole is formed in the shaft center of the pulley.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a columnar material having a material fiber flow extending in an axial direction, a preliminary shaft hole formed at the other end of the material by cold forging, and then shaking. One end of the material is cold-pressed by a dynamically rotating indenter mold, and the one end of the material is plastically deformed into a large diameter and cone while the fiber flow is swirled to form an intermediate pulley. A shaft hole communicating with the spare shaft hole is formed in the shaft center of the intermediate pulley. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the swinging rotation direction of the indenter type according to the third aspect is substantially the same as the spiral contact pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface of the slide pulley. It was made.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a belt-type continuously variable transmission to which the present invention is applied, FIGS. 2 to 4 show a manufacturing process of a slide pulley according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a primary molded product having a preliminary shaft hole formed at the other end of the material together with a fiber flow, and FIG. 4 is a secondary pulley in which one end of the material is plastically deformed into a large-diameter cone. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a molding state in which one end of the material is plastically deformed into a large diameter and cone shape at one end.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a belt-type continuously variable transmission;
Reference numeral 2 denotes a drive-side transmission pulley, and reference numeral 5 denotes a driven-side transmission pulley. The drive-side speed change pulley 2 has a cone-type slide pulley 3 opposed to a cone-type shaft pulley 4 connected to the engine side, and the shaft pulley 4 has a shaft portion 4a capable of moving the slide pulley 3 in the axial direction. The slide pulley 3 is moved in the direction of the shaft pulley 4 by hydraulic pressure or the like.

The driven speed change pulley 5 has a cone type slide pulley 6 opposed to a cone type shaft pulley 7 connected to the wheel side, and the slide pulley 6 is attached to a shaft portion 7a of the shaft pulley 7. The slide pulley 6 is urged in the direction of the shaft pulley 7 by a coil spring 8 or the like so as to be movable in the axial direction and non-rotatable. Then, an endless belt 9 is wound between the drive-side shift pulley 2 and the driven-side shift pulley 5, and the belt 9 is moved in the opposite radial direction in each of the shift pulleys 2 and 5, whereby the drive side is shifted. The rotational speed of the speed change pulley 2 is changed to change the speed of the speed change pulley 5 on the driven side.
To communicate.

The slide pulleys 3 and 6 are manufactured by substantially the same method, and among them, the slide pulley 6 on the driven side will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 2, a columnar material 10 in which a material fiber flow 11 extends in the axial direction is formed of a tough steel such as SCr or SCM, and the other end (lower portion) of the material 10 is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, the outer diameter is small at the lower part and the preliminary shaft hole 6 is formed at the axial center part.
The primary molded article 13 having the boss portion 6b in which d is formed is obtained.

Next, the upper part of the primary molded product 13 excluding the boss portion 6b is cold forged by a rotary swing forging machine 15, and as shown in FIG.
Get. The rotary swing forging machine 15 is as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 16 denotes a movable base 16 which is moved in a vertical direction. The lower die 17 has a fitting hole 17a at the shaft center portion, into which the boss portion 6b of the above-described primary molded product 13 is fitted, and a molded product discharging shaft at the fitting hole 17a and the shaft center portion of the movable base 16. Ejector pin 16a is vertically movably fitted.

Further, a hemispherical rocking table 19 having a lower half cut out is provided on the upper frame 18 so as to be rotatable about the center of the lower surface thereof. The upper die indenter 20 having the molding surface 20a that is recessed is mounted. The swing angle α of the swing table 19 is about 2 °.

Then, the boss 6b of the primary molded article 13 is fitted into the fitting hole 17a of the lower die 17, and the swing table 19 is moved in a predetermined direction, in this example, as shown in FIG. When the side surface of the belt 9 hits the cone surface 6a-1 of the slide pulley 6, the belt 9 is swung and rotated in the same direction as the spiral contact pattern (a).
Is moved upward. Then, the upper mold indenter 20 attached to the rocking table 19 moves tangentially to the upper surface of the primary molded product 13 while making linear contact on the radial line of the upper surface of the primary molded product 13, and Is plastically deformed into a large-diameter cone while the fiber flow 11 is swirled.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the spiral contact pattern (a) when the side surface of the belt 9 contacts the cone surface 6a-1 of the slide pulley 6 when the side surface of the belt 9 contacts the cone surface of the slide pulley 6 is substantially the same direction. Is formed as a spiral fiber flow 11a. Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the shaft portion of the intermediate pulley 14 is punched out by a press to form a shaft hole 6c communicating with the preliminary shaft hole 6d, and then the surfaces of the cone portion 6a and the boss portion 6b are cut. , And a spline groove is formed in the shaft hole 6d to form the driven side slide pulley 6.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a second embodiment. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 17-1 denotes a lower die attached to the movable table 16 described above, and reference numeral 20-1 denotes an upper die indenter mounted to the swing table 19 described above. The lower die 17-1 has an annular and stepped flank 17b formed on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface, and the same fitting hole 17a as described above is formed in the axial center portion. Reference numeral 16a denotes an ejector pin for discharging a molded product.

The fitting hole 17a of the lower mold 17-1 is provided.
The lower mold 17 is fitted with the boss portion 6b of the primary molded product 13 described above while the swing table 19 is swung and rotated in the same manner as described above.
When -1 is moved upward, the upper mold indenter 20-1 plastically deforms the upper part of the primary molded article 13 into a large diameter and cone shape while causing the fiber flow 11 to spirally flow in the same manner as described above. At this time, the outer peripheral portion plastically deformed into the cone flows downward toward the flank 17b of the lower mold 17-1, and as shown in FIG. Is formed.

Next, the shaft center portion of the intermediate pulley 14-1 is punched out by a press to form a shaft hole 6c communicating with the preliminary shaft hole 6d, and then tempered. Next, the excess thickness portion 14a is swaged into a thin and cylindrical shape to form a driven-side slide pulley 6-1 having a cylindrical skirt portion 6e on the outer peripheral portion, as shown in FIG.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
According to the described invention, the spiral fiber flow formed on the cone surface of the slide pulley is similar to the spiral hit pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface, and the wear of the cone surface is reduced.・ Damage reduction can be expected. According to the second aspect of the present invention,
The expectation is further increased because the fiber flow formed on the cone surface has a spiral shape substantially in the same direction as the contact pattern of the belt hitting the cone surface. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the surface of the material is locally pressurized and the fiber flow is swirled and plastically deformed into a large diameter and a cone while being swirled, the material can be cold-cooled with small power. Forging can be performed, equipment costs can be reduced, and molding can be performed with high precision. Therefore, when machining is performed in a subsequent process, the amount of cutting is reduced, and the yield of the material is improved. In addition, the fiber flow on the cone surface is similar to a spiral hit pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface, and a reduction in wear and damage on the cone surface can be expected. Also,
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fiber flow formed in the fiber flow on the cone surface has a spiral shape substantially in the same direction as the contact pattern of the belt hitting the cone surface, so that the cone surface is worn and damaged. Can be further expected to be reduced. And so on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a belt-type continuously variable transmission to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the material according to the present invention together with its fiber flow.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a primary molded product according to the present invention together with a fiber flow.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an intermediate pulley according to the present invention together with a fiber flow.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a molding state of the intermediate pulley according to the first embodiment of the present invention together with a fiber flow.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a slide pulley according to a first embodiment of the present invention together with a fiber flow.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a fiber flow of a slide pulley and a contact pattern of a belt according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a molding state of an intermediate pulley according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a slide pulley according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a conventional material together with its fiber flow.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a molding state of a conventional intermediate pulley together with a fiber flow.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a conventional slide pulley.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing an extended state of a fiber flow generated on a cone surface of a slide pulley according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 belt-type continuously variable transmission 2 drive-side shift pulley 3 slide pulley 4 shaft pulley 4a shaft portion 5 driven-side shift pulley 6 slide pulley 6-1 slide pulley 6a cone portion 6a-1 cone surface 6b boss portion 6c shaft hole 6d Preliminary shaft hole 6e Skirt part 7 Shaft pulley 7a Shaft part 8 Coil spring 9 Belt 10 Material 11 Fiber flow 11a Fiber flow 13 Primary molded product 14, 14-1 Intermediate pulley 14a Excess wall part 15 Rotating swing forging machine 16 Movable table 16a Ejector pin 17, 17-1 Lower die 17a Fitting hole 17b Relief surface 18 Upper frame 19 Swing table 20, 20-1 Upper die indenter 20a Molding surface

Claims (4)

[Claims] A cone-shaped slide pulley having a shaft hole at a shaft center portion is opposed to a cone-shaped shaft pulley having a shaft portion at a shaft center portion, and a shaft hole of the slide pulley is connected to a shaft of the shaft pulley. In the slide pulley of the belt-type continuously variable transmission, which is slidably fitted to the portion, a fiber flow of the material is spirally flowed to form a large-diameter and cone-shaped intermediate pulley, and the shaft of the intermediate pulley A slide pulley for a belt-type continuously variable transmission, wherein a shaft hole is formed in a core portion. 2. A large-diameter, cone-shaped intermediate pulley is formed by causing the fiber flow of the material to flow in a spiral in a direction substantially the same as the spiral contact pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface of the slide pulley. A shaft hole is formed in a shaft center portion of the intermediate pulley.
A slide pulley for the belt-type continuously variable transmission according to the above description. 3. A cylindrical material having a material fiber flow extending in the axial direction is provided, and a spare shaft hole is formed at the other end of the material by cold forging, and then the material is formed by an indenter die which swings and rotates. One end of the material is cold-pressed, and one end of the material is plastically deformed into a large diameter and a cone while the fiber flow is swirled to form an intermediate pulley, and the shaft center of the intermediate pulley is formed. A method of manufacturing a slide pulley of a belt-type continuously variable transmission, wherein a shaft hole communicating with the auxiliary shaft hole is formed in the belt shaft. 4. The belt type according to claim 3, wherein said indenter type swinging rotation direction is substantially the same as the spiral contact pattern when the side surface of the belt hits the cone surface of the slide pulley. Manufacturing method of slide pulley for continuously variable transmission.