JPS6284845A - Forming method for multigroove v-pulley - Google Patents

Forming method for multigroove v-pulley

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Publication number
JPS6284845A
JPS6284845A JP22485085A JP22485085A JPS6284845A JP S6284845 A JPS6284845 A JP S6284845A JP 22485085 A JP22485085 A JP 22485085A JP 22485085 A JP22485085 A JP 22485085A JP S6284845 A JPS6284845 A JP S6284845A
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wall part
cup body
forming
side wall
pulley
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JP22485085A
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JPH07213B2 (en
Inventor
Masakiyo Ooya
雅清 大矢
Tamio Totsuka
戸塚 民雄
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JTEKT Column Systems Corp
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Fuji Kiko Co Ltd
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21HMAKING PARTICULAR METAL OBJECTS BY ROLLING, e.g. SCREWS, WHEELS, RINGS, BARRELS, BALLS
    • B21H1/00Making articles shaped as bodies of revolution
    • B21H1/02Making articles shaped as bodies of revolution discs; disc wheels
    • B21H1/04Making articles shaped as bodies of revolution discs; disc wheels with rim, e.g. railways wheels or pulleys

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Pulleys (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of a crack in a side wall part, and to improve the durability of a multigroove V-pulley by bringing a plate-shaped blank to press forming roughly in a cup shape, forming a slot on the outside peripheral surface of a bottom wall of a cup body and forming it as a side wall part, and also forming a multi V-groove in the peripheral wall part. CONSTITUTION:One piece of disk-shaped blank having a uniform wall thickness is brought to press forming in a cup body 4, and thereafter, set to a fixed jig 13. Subsequently, with regard to a slot roller 9 provided with one line of projection 20, the slot roller 9 is also rotated and pressed against a peripheral wall part 8 of the cup body 7, as the cup body 7 rotates, the center part of a bottom wall part 15 and a slot side wall part 11 are formed, and also the other side wall part 10 is also formed simultaneously. Next, in the peripheral wall part 8, a multi V-groove 26 is formed by a preforming roller and a regular forming roller 26. Accordingly, after the cup body 7 has been brought to press forming, all stages are executed by a form-rolling roller, therefore, a crack, etc. are not generated in the side wall part.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は、多条V溝を周壁部に備え、かつその両側に側
壁部を有してなる多条Vプーリの成形方法に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for forming a multi-striped V-pulley having a multi-striped V-groove in a peripheral wall portion and side wall portions on both sides thereof.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

一般に多条Vプーリは、その周壁部に溝深さの浅い多条
V溝を備えたものであって、一般のプーリに比べて、ベ
ルトのスリー、プ現象等を有効に防止できるものである
In general, a multi-thread V pulley is equipped with multi-thread V grooves with a shallow groove depth on its peripheral wall, and can more effectively prevent the belt from slipping or slipping than ordinary pulleys. .

従来、この種の多条Vプーリとしては、例えば、第7図
に示すものが知られている(特開昭57−88929号
公報参照)、この多条VプーリP!は、まず一枚の板状
素材をプレス加工して略カップ状に成形し、このカップ
体の周壁部2の上下端部に側壁部3,4を全周に亘って
形成し、次に周壁部2の中間部分に多条突起を備えた転
造a−ラによって多条V溝5を形成してなるものである
Conventionally, as this type of multi-thread V pulley, for example, the one shown in FIG. 7 is known (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-88929).This multi-thread V pulley P! First, a sheet of plate-shaped material is pressed into a substantially cup shape, side walls 3 and 4 are formed around the entire circumference at the upper and lower ends of the peripheral wall 2 of this cup body, and then the peripheral wall A multi-striped V-groove 5 is formed in the middle portion of the portion 2 by a rolled a-roller provided with multi-striped protrusions.

〔発明が解決しようとする問題点〕[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

しかしながら、このような従来の多、条VプーリP1に
あっては、特に周壁部2の下端部に形成される側壁部4
は、素材の折り曲げ成形による2重構造となっていたた
めに、折曲部6に加工硬化が発生し易く、高負荷にて回
転させた場合等に折曲部6に亀裂が起きるおそれがあっ
た。また、多条VプーリP1に表面処理を施す場合など
に、折曲部6の裏側の隙間に処理液が滞留して発錆の原
因ともなっていた。
However, in such a conventional multi-row V pulley P1, the side wall portion 4 formed at the lower end of the peripheral wall portion 2 is
Because it had a double structure formed by bending and forming the material, work hardening was likely to occur in the bent portion 6, and there was a risk of cracking in the bent portion 6 when rotating under high load. . Furthermore, when applying surface treatment to the multi-thread V pulley P1, the treatment liquid stagnates in the gap on the back side of the bent portion 6, causing rust.

本発明は、上述の観点に立ってなされたものであり、そ
の目的とするところは側壁部に亀裂等が生ずることはな
く、また発錆も防止し得るような多条Vプーリの成形方
法を提供するものである。
The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned viewpoint, and its purpose is to provide a method for forming a multi-thread V pulley that does not cause cracks or the like to occur in the side wall portion and also prevents rust from forming. This is what we provide.

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

上記目的達成のために、本発明は、一枚の板状素材をプ
レス加工して略カップ状に成形し、そのカップ体の底壁
部の外周面にすり割りローラによって径方向のすり割り
を形成し、この底壁部のすり割り部分を多条Vプーリの
一方の側壁部に形成すると共に、次の工程でカップ体の
周壁部に多条V溝を形成したことを手段としている。
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention press-works a sheet of plate-like material into a substantially cup shape, and creates radial slots on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom wall of the cup body using a slot roller. The slotted portion of the bottom wall is formed on one side wall of the multi-strip V pulley, and in the next step, a multi-strip V groove is formed on the peripheral wall of the cup body.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

以下添付図面に基づいて本発明の実施例を詳細に説明す
る。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the accompanying drawings.

第1図乃至第5図に示す実施例において、多条Vプーリ
P2の成形方法は、先ず第2図に示すようにカップ体7
の周壁部8の上下端部にすり割りローラ9によって側壁
部to、ttを形成し、次いで第5図に示すように、周
壁部8に多条V溝26を形成するようにしである。
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the method for forming the multi-thread V pulley P2 begins with the cup body 7 as shown in FIG.
Side wall portions to and tt are formed at the upper and lower ends of the peripheral wall portion 8 using slotted rollers 9, and then, as shown in FIG. 5, multi-strip V grooves 26 are formed in the peripheral wall portion 8.

この実施例において、上記カップ体7は、一枚の均等肉
厚の円板状素材をプレス加工により略カップ状に成形し
たものである。このように成形されたカップ体7は、先
ず第1図に示すように、固定冶具13にセットされ、次
に反対側から可動治具14によって底壁部15がクラン
プされる。
In this embodiment, the cup body 7 is formed by pressing a disc-shaped material of uniform thickness into a substantially cup shape. The cup body 7 formed in this manner is first set in a fixing jig 13, as shown in FIG. 1, and then the bottom wall portion 15 is clamped by a movable jig 14 from the opposite side.

このとき、カップ体7の周壁部8は、固定治具13と可
動冶具14との間に形成される略台形状の凹溝16内に
配置され、しかもこの周壁部8と凹溝16の底面17の
間には十分な隙間21が形成されている。尚、凹溝16
の底面17および肩側面18.19は、成形時における
ローラの受は面となるものである6次いで、第2図に示
すように、上記カップ体7の周壁部8には一条の突起2
0を備えたすり割りローラ9が押し付けられる。このす
り割りローラ9の突起20は、所定の部位に設定され、
例えば、押し付けたときに底壁部15の厚さの略中央部
付近に位置するように設けられるのが望ましい、カップ
体7の回転と共に、すり割りローラ9も回転させながら
押し付けることにより、底壁部15の外周面に突起20
が入り込み、底壁部15中央部分を径方向にすり割る。
At this time, the peripheral wall 8 of the cup body 7 is disposed within the substantially trapezoidal groove 16 formed between the fixed jig 13 and the movable jig 14, and the peripheral wall 8 and the bottom of the groove 16 A sufficient gap 21 is formed between 17. In addition, the concave groove 16
The bottom surface 17 and shoulder side surfaces 18 and 19 of the cup body 7 serve as surfaces for receiving rollers during molding.6 Next, as shown in FIG.
A slotted roller 9 with 0 is pressed. The protrusion 20 of this slotted roller 9 is set at a predetermined position,
For example, when the cup body 7 is rotated, the slotted roller 9 is also rotated and pressed, which is preferably provided so as to be located near the approximate center of the thickness of the bottom wall part 15 when pressed. A protrusion 20 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the portion 15.
enters and cracks the center portion of the bottom wall portion 15 in the radial direction.

そして、第2図に示すように、カップ体7の周壁部8が
凹溝16の底面17に接触する位置まですり割りローラ
9でV字状にすり割る。このとき、すり割られた底壁部
15の角部は、凹溝16の肩側面19に沿って多条Vプ
ーリP2の一方の側壁部llに形成される。尚、第1図
に示すように凹溝16の底面17と周壁部8との間に隙
間21が形成されていることから、その分、すり割りが
大きくなる。上記すり割りローラ9によって、カップ体
7の周壁部8もローラ成形され、凹jl l 6の肩側
面18に沿って多条VプーリP2の他方側の側壁部lO
も同時に形成される。
Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the cup body 7 is slit in a V-shape with a slit roller 9 until the peripheral wall portion 8 of the cup body 7 comes into contact with the bottom surface 17 of the groove 16. At this time, the slotted corner of the bottom wall portion 15 is formed along the shoulder side surface 19 of the groove 16 on one side wall portion ll of the multi-thread V pulley P2. Incidentally, since a gap 21 is formed between the bottom surface 17 of the groove 16 and the peripheral wall portion 8 as shown in FIG. 1, the slot becomes larger accordingly. The peripheral wall portion 8 of the cup body 7 is also roller-formed by the slotted roller 9, and the side wall portion lO on the other side of the multi-thread V pulley P2 is formed along the shoulder side surface 18 of the concave jl l6.
are also formed at the same time.

次いで、第3図に示すように、カップ体7の周壁部8に
、多条の突起22を備えた予備成形ローラ23を押し付
け、予備的な多条V溝24を成形する。尚、この時、成
形される多条V$11124の山部と谷部との関係は、
最終製品における多条V溝のそれに一致する。予備成形
終了後、第4図に示すように、本成形ローラ25を周壁
部8に押し付け、多条V溝26を仕上げ成形すると共に
、側壁部10.11も最終的に仕上げ、多条■プーリP
2を完成させる。
Next, as shown in FIG. 3, a preforming roller 23 having a multi-striped protrusion 22 is pressed against the peripheral wall 8 of the cup body 7 to form a preliminary multi-striped V-groove 24. At this time, the relationship between the peaks and valleys of the multi-thread V$11124 to be formed is as follows:
This corresponds to that of the multi-line V-groove in the final product. After the preliminary forming is completed, as shown in FIG. 4, the main forming roller 25 is pressed against the peripheral wall part 8 to finish form the multi-striped V groove 26, and the side wall parts 10 and 11 are also finally finished, and the multi-striped pulley P
Complete 2.

第5図は、上述の成形方法によって形成された多条Vプ
ーリP2であり、その周壁部8に多条■溝26を備える
と共に、この多条V溝26の両側には、すり割りによっ
て成形された一方の側壁部11と、これと同時成形の他
方の側壁部10が形成される。
FIG. 5 shows a multi-striped V-pulley P2 formed by the above-mentioned forming method, and has a multi-striped groove 26 on its peripheral wall portion 8, and molds the two sides of this multi-striped V-groove 26 by slotting. One side wall portion 11 that has been molded and the other side wall portion 10 that is molded at the same time are formed.

このような多条VプーリP2の成形方法にあっては、プ
レス加工によってカップ体7を成形した後は、すり割り
も含めてすべて転造ローラによるものであるから、一貫
作業による効率化を図ることができる他、多条V溝26
の肉厚のバラツキも極めて少ないものとなった。また、
本成形方法によれば、第6図に示すような多段の多条V
プーリP3も上記成形方法を一段ずつ順次行なうことで
、各段の多条V溝27,28および側壁部29.30を
容易に成形することができる。
In this method of forming the multi-thread V pulley P2, after the cup body 7 is formed by press working, everything including the slotting is done by rolling rollers, so efficiency can be improved through an integrated process. In addition, multi-line V groove 26
The variation in wall thickness was also extremely small. Also,
According to this forming method, a multi-stage multi-strip V as shown in FIG.
By sequentially performing the above-described forming method step by step for the pulley P3, the multi-strip V grooves 27, 28 and side wall portions 29, 30 of each step can be easily formed.

〔効果〕〔effect〕

以上説明したように本発明に係る多条Vプーリの成形方
法によれば、側壁部をすり割り成形により形成したから
、この側壁部に亀裂等が生ずる懸念はなくなり、その分
多条Vプーリの耐久性を確保することができた。また従
来のように折り曲げ部を有しないことから、発錆の機会
も少なくなった他、軽賃化を図ることも可能となった。
As explained above, according to the method for forming a multi-thread V pulley according to the present invention, since the side wall portion is formed by slot molding, there is no concern that cracks will occur in this side wall portion, and accordingly, the multi-thread V pulley is We were able to ensure durability. In addition, since there are no bent parts like in the past, there is less chance of rusting, and it is also possible to reduce costs.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図はカップ体をクランプした時の状態を示す半裁断
面図、第2図はすり割り成形時の半裁断面図、第3図は
予備成形時の半裁断面図、第4図は本成形時の半裁断面
図、第5図は本発明に係る成形手段による多条Vプーリ
の半裁断面図、第6図は多条Vブーりの他の例を示す半
裁断面図、第7図は従来の多条Vプーリの一例を示す半
裁断面図である。 7・・・カップ体 8・・・周壁部 9・・・すり割りローラ to、ti・・・側壁部 15・・・底壁部 26・・・多条V IP# 第6図 第7図
Figure 1 is a half-cut sectional view showing the state when the cup body is clamped, Figure 2 is a half-cut sectional view during slot molding, Figure 3 is a half-cut sectional view during preforming, and Figure 4 is during main molding. FIG. 5 is a half-cut sectional view of a multi-thread V pulley formed by the forming means according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a half-cut sectional view showing another example of a multi-thread V pulley, and FIG. It is a half-cut sectional view showing an example of a multi-thread V pulley. 7...Cup body 8...Surrounding wall part 9...Slit rollers to, ti...Side wall part 15...Bottom wall part 26...Multiple V IP# Fig. 6 Fig. 7

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 一枚の板状素材をプレス加工して略カップ状に成形し、
このカップ体の底壁部の外周面にすり割りローラによっ
て径方向のすり割りを形成し、この底壁部のすり割り部
分を多条Vプーリの一方の側壁部に形成すると共に、次
の工程でカップ体の周壁部に多条V溝を形成したことを
特徴とする多条Vプーリの成形方法。
A piece of plate-shaped material is pressed into a roughly cup shape,
A slot in the radial direction is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom wall of this cup body using a slotted roller, and the slot in the bottom wall is formed on one side wall of the multi-thread V pulley, and the next step is performed. A method for forming a multi-strip V pulley, characterized in that multi-strip V grooves are formed on the peripheral wall of the cup body.
JP60224850A 1985-10-11 1985-10-11 Molding method for multi-threaded V-ply Expired - Fee Related JPH07213B2 (en)

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