CN105108482A - Loading-riveting integrated rotary mechanism - Google Patents

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CN105108482A
CN105108482A CN201510371721.8A CN201510371721A CN105108482A CN 105108482 A CN105108482 A CN 105108482A CN 201510371721 A CN201510371721 A CN 201510371721A CN 105108482 A CN105108482 A CN 105108482A
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海国辉
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Abstract

The invention relates to a loading-riveting integrated rotary mechanism comprising a rotary platform with an axis connected with a rotary shaft, and two pressurization devices fixed on a same side of the rotary platform; the periphery of the rotary platform is provided with a plurality of rivet heads; the rivet head comprises a top plate and a bottom plate arranged on two sides of the rotary platform; the top plate and the bottom plate are connected through at least one cylinder sleeved with a spring; the cylinder penetrates the rotary platform; two ends of the spring respectively abuts against the bottom plate and the top plate; the bottom plate is provided with a rivet nozzle. The rotary platform is provided with the rivet heads so as to suck nuts for loading on one hand, and the nuts can be pressed in a housing on the other hand; when the rotary platform stops, the rivet head on one side sucks the nuts, and the rivet head on the other side rivets the nut in the same time; then a preset angle is rotated for the following suction and riveting.

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Material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of riveting device, particularly relate to a kind of material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism.
Background technology
Former and later two housings of usual electronic product snap together, and are then fixed together by screw and nut; Be generally that riveting enters to be with female nut on a housing, be then connected with nut by the upper through hole DRIVE SCREWS of another housing.It is modal connected mode in reality by the way that screw and nut thread link together; But how fast and accurately each nut riveting to be entered in housing, need to reform technically.
In the process of riveting nut, the problem that should be noted that mainly contain following some: 1) nut is navigated to position accurately, to ensure that through hole on another housing can position be corresponding with it; 2) screw and in through hole can be concentric be connected with nut thread.Particularly at demand fulfillment by the demand of the nut riveting of different model to diverse location.If above-mentioned multiple problem can not be solved, the demand of industrial production of present high efficiency, low cost just can not be met.
Summary of the invention
Instant invention overcomes the deficiencies in the prior art, the material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism of a kind of feed, material loading riveting one is provided.
For achieving the above object, the technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism, comprise: the rotation platform of axle center place connection rotating shaft, and be fixedly installed on two pressue devices of described rotation platform the same face, it is characterized in that, described rotation platform is circumferentially with several riveting heads, described riveting head comprises the top board and base plate that are each positioned at described rotation platform two sides, top board is connected with the cylinder of base plate by least one sheathed spring, described cylinder runs through described rotation platform, described both ends of the spring props up base plate and top board respectively, described base plate is provided with riveting mouth.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described riveting mouth is provided with pore, and described pore is communicated with pneumatic shuttle.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described rotating shaft is provided with tracheae, and described tracheae is communicated with the pore of each described riveting mouth.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the end face of described riveting mouth free end is provided with the step of a circle projection, and described step is arranged around the aperture of described pore.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, pressue device described in two is respectively cylinder and power multiplying cylinder.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described cylinder and described power multiplying cylinder are all arranged near described top board side.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described rotating shaft is driven by motor.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described rotation platform is provided with four groups of riveting heads of angularly arranging centered by the rotation platform center of circle.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, often group comprises at least one described riveting head.
in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, described pressue device is servo press, oil hydraulic cylinder, cylinder, electric cylinder or power multiplying cylinder.
The invention solves the defect existed in background technology, the present invention possesses following beneficial effect:
1) rotation platform being arranged arranging of multiple riveting head can realize while draw nut material loading, while nut riveting is entered in housing, when rotation platform pauses, while riveting head on one side draws nut, the riveting head of another side carries out riveting, then rotate a predetermined angular, draw and riveting next time;
2) between the top board that arranges of riveting head and base plate, cylinder with spring is installed, like this after power multiplying cylinder or cylinder press down riveting head, can automatically upsprings, to be pressed down next time;
3) gas circuit that riveting head is arranged can realize the work of automatic sucking nut, and can not have influence on riveting while drawing;
4) the outer diameter of step size of suction nozzle end setting is between the external diameter and internal diameter size of nut, so just can realize controlling the riveting degree of depth of nut, nut is pressed into below surface of shell, and the thickness of the degree of depth and step be basically identical.
5) grain-clamping table is provided with fixture or sucker, can housing is accurately positioned on grain-clamping table;
6) grain-clamping table is arranged on X-axis and moves module and Y-axis moves on module, housing on such grain-clamping table just can move module and Y-axis by X-axis and move the coefficient movement of module and accurately can move to precalculated position, needs the riveting hole of riveting all can accurately move to immediately below riveting head so that each;
7) sucker that sucker is arranged on hand can be connected by same connecting plate, winning in succession like this can moving up and down in air cylinder driven, to draw housing, arrange screw rod between the upper plate that sucker hand highest and lowest end is arranged and lower plate, the entirety that can realize sucker like this moves up and down;
8) sucker hand is arranged on identical track, when such sucker hand shifts mobile between different riveting station, just can realize the transfer of the position one by one of housing;
9) feeding machanism is provided with vibrating disk, and it can carry out nut material loading to rotating disc one by one;
10) same riveting station can arrange two vibrating disks, provides the nut of different model respectively to the different riveting heads in same group of riveting head;
11) same groupit is set by the riveting distance between borehole of riveting at a riveting station as required that spacing between different riveting mouths on riveting head is arranged simultaneously simultaneously;
12) power multiplying cylinder and cylinder corresponding to feeding machanism are all arranged on fixed head, and its moved end is all towards riveting head.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the present invention is further described.
Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional structure diagram at a riveting station;
Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the rotation platform of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the rotation platform of another kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the riveting head of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the profile after the riveting mouth end absorption nut of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the grain-clamping table of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the three-dimensional structure diagram of the sucker hand of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;
In figure: 13, rotation platform, 14, riveting head, 15, top board, 16, base plate, 17, cylinder, 18, spring, 19, guide pin bushing, 20, riveting mouth, 21, step, 22, pore, 23, vibrating disk, 24, cylinder, 25, power multiplying cylinder, 26, grain-clamping table, 29, housing, 30, nut, 33, track, 34, fixed head, 35, motor.
Detailed description of the invention
The present invention is further detailed explanation in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments now, and these accompanying drawings are the schematic diagram of simplification, only basic structure of the present invention are described in a schematic way, and therefore it only shows the formation relevant with the present invention.
As shown in figs. 1-7, a kind of material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism, comprise: the rotation platform 13 of axle center place connection rotating shaft, and be fixedly installed on two pressue devices of described rotation platform 13 the same face, it is characterized in that, described rotation platform 13 is circumferentially with several riveting heads 14, described riveting head 14 comprises the top board 15 and base plate 16 that are each positioned at described rotation platform 13 two sides, top board 15 is connected with the cylinder 17 of base plate 16 by least one sheathed spring 18, described cylinder 17 runs through described rotation platform 13, described spring 18 two ends prop up base plate 16 and top board 15 respectively, described base plate 16 is provided with riveting mouth 20.
Riveting mouth 20 is provided with pore 22, described pore 22 is communicated with pneumatic shuttle, and rotating shaft is provided with tracheae, and described tracheae is communicated with the pore 22 of each described riveting mouth 20, the end face of riveting mouth 20 free end is provided with the step 21 of a circle projection, and step 21 is arranged around the aperture of pore 22.
Pressue device described in two is respectively cylinder 24 and power multiplying cylinder 25, cylinder 24 and described power multiplying cylinder 25 are all arranged near described top board 15 side, rotation platform 13 is provided with four groups of riveting heads 14 of angularly arranging centered by rotation platform 13 center of circle, and often group comprises at least one described riveting head 14.
Power multiplying cylinder 25 and cylinder 24 corresponding to feeding machanism are all arranged on fixed head 34, and its moved end is all towards riveting head 14.Rotation platform 13 being arranged arranging of multiple riveting head 14 can realize while draw nut 30 material loading, while nut 30 riveting is entered in housing 29, when rotation platform 13 pauses, while riveting head 14 on one side draws nut 30, the riveting head 14 of another side carries out riveting, then rotate a predetermined angular, draw and riveting next time.
Grain-clamping table 26 is provided with fixture or sucker 7, can housing 29 is accurately positioned on grain-clamping table 26; The X-axis that is arranged on grain-clamping table 26 moves module 27 and Y-axis moves on module 28, housing 29 on such grain-clamping table 26 just can move module 27 and Y-axis by X-axis and move the coefficient movement of module 28 and accurately can move to precalculated position, needs the riveting hole of riveting all can accurately move to immediately below riveting head 14 so that each.
The sucker that sucker is arranged on hand can be connected by same connecting plate, that wins in succession like this and can drive at cylinder 24 moves up and down, to draw housing 29, arrange screw rod between the upper plate that sucker hand highest and lowest end is arranged and lower plate, the entirety that can realize sucker like this moves up and down; Sucker hand is arranged on identical track 33, when such sucker hand shifts mobile between different riveting station, just can realize the transfer of the position one by one of housing 29.
Power multiplying cylinder 25 and cylinder 24 corresponding to feeding machanism are all arranged on fixed head 34, and its moved end is all towards riveting head 14.
Same riveting station can arrange two vibrating disks 23, provides the nut 30 of different model respectively to the different riveting heads 14 in same group of riveting head 14; Disk is provided with four groups of riveting heads 14 of angularly arranging centered by circle disk center, and often group comprises at least one riveting head 14.It is set by the riveting distance between borehole of riveting at a riveting station as required that spacing between different riveting mouths 20 on same group of riveting head 14 is arranged simultaneously simultaneously;
Riveting head 14 comprises the top board 15 and base plate 16 that are each positioned at rotation platform 13 two sides, top board 15 is connected with the cylinder 17 of base plate 16 by least one sheathed spring 18, cylinder 17 runs through rotation platform 13, spring 18 two ends prop up base plate 16 and top board 15 respectively, and base plate 16 is provided with the riveting mouth 20 connecting gas circuit.Cylinder 17 with spring 18 is installed between the top board 15 that riveting head 14 is arranged and base plate 16, like this after power multiplying cylinder 25 or cylinder 24 press down riveting head 14, can automatically upsprings, to be pressed down next time; The gas circuit that riveting head 14 is arranged can realize the work of automatic sucking nut 30, and can not have influence on riveting while drawing.
The pressue device of feeding machanism and grain-clamping table 26 correspondence position is respectively cylinder 24 and power multiplying cylinder 25.
Riveting mouth 20 is provided with pore 22, and the end face of riveting mouth 20 free end is provided with the step 21 of a circle projection, and step 21 is arranged around the aperture of pore 22.Step 21 outside dimension that suction nozzle end is arranged, between the external diameter and internal diameter size of nut 30, so just can realize controlling the riveting degree of depth of nut 30, nut 30 is pressed into below housing 29 surface, and the thickness of the degree of depth and step 21 be basically identical.
When riveting head 14 is positioned at feeding machanism place, corresponding riveting mouth 20 is towards feeding machanism; When pressure head is positioned at grain-clamping table 26 place, corresponding riveting mouth 20 is towards grain-clamping table 26.
Riveting station is also provided with a sucker hand, and sucker hand is arranged on, sucker on hand be provided with at least one sucker, sucker is by cylinder 24 drive displacement.
Feeding machanism is vibrating disk 23.Feeding device 1 is provided with vibrating disk 23, and it can carry out nut 30 material loading to rotating disc one by one;
The rotating shaft of rotation platform 13 circle centre position connects motor 35.Rotating shaft is provided with tracheae, and tracheae is communicated with the pore 22 of each riveting mouth 20.
spring 18 periphery fixed cover is provided with guide pin bushing 19,the flange decometer that guide pin bushing 19 is provided with on rotation platform 13, guide pin bushing 19 length is less than spring 18 natural length, and riveting head 14 is provided with four angles place that four cylinders, 17, four cylinders 17 are separately positioned on top board 15 and base plate 16.
The present invention in use, as shown in Figure 1, housing 29 is moved along track 33 by sucker hands movement, being drawn by housing 29 enters in riveting station, grain-clamping table 26 is by mobile, and just move to immediately below sucker hand, then sucker 7 moves down and is placed on grain-clamping table 26 by housing 29, grain-clamping table 26 clamps housing 29, then moves to immediately below rotation platform 13 riveting head 14;
At the same time, a riveting head 14 is all rotated the inlet to vibrating disk 23 by each rotation platform 13, riveting head 14 is pressed down near inlet by cylinder 24, at this moment riveting mouth 20 draws a nut 30, cylinder 24 return, riveting mouth 20 also return, rotating disc, through over-rotation, is transferred to below power multiplying cylinder 25;
Now power multiplying cylinder 25, draw the riveting hole sight alignment that housing 29 on the riveting head 14 of nut 30 and grain-clamping table 26 is predetermined, riveting head 14 presses down rapidly once, nut 30 is accurately pressed in riveting hole, housing 29 moves by grain-clamping table 26 under X-axis moves module 27 and Y-axis moves the effect of module 28, and another riveting head 14 is moved to sight alignment place, riveting again, until this housing 29 needs at this riveting station by the equal pressed-in nut 30 in the riveting hole of riveting.
Be provided with 9 riveting stations be connected continuously, a housing 29 need by riveting four kinds of nuts 30, and some nuts 30, housing 29 only needs riveting one, some nuts 30, housing 29 needs riveting tens, therefore, need nuts 30 multiple for riveting to be divided into many groups, adopt different riveting station riveting simultaneously, by the riveting work of this kind of nut 30 and time devided modulation to different riveting stations; And the principle that same riveting station is followed is, the riveting hole of nut 30 correspondence of its riveting nearby.
Above according to desirable embodiment of the present invention for enlightenment, by above-mentioned description, related personnel in the scope not departing from this invention technological thought, can carry out various change and amendment completely.The technical scope of this invention is not limited to the content on description, must determine technical scope according to right.

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1. a material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism, comprise: the rotation platform of axle center place connection rotating shaft, and be fixedly installed on two pressue devices of described rotation platform the same face, it is characterized in that, described rotation platform is circumferentially with several riveting heads, described riveting head comprises the top board and base plate that are each positioned at described rotation platform two sides, top board is connected with the cylinder of base plate by least one sheathed spring, described cylinder runs through described rotation platform, described both ends of the spring props up base plate and top board respectively, and described base plate is provided with riveting mouth.
2. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described riveting mouth is provided with pore, and described pore is communicated with pneumatic shuttle.
3. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 2, is characterized in that: described rotating shaft is provided with tracheae, and described tracheae is communicated with the pore of each described riveting mouth.
4. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 2, is characterized in that: the end face of described riveting mouth free end is provided with the step of a circle projection, and described step is arranged around the aperture of described pore.
5. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that: pressue device described in two is respectively cylinder and power multiplying cylinder.
6. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 5, is characterized in that: described cylinder and described power multiplying cylinder are all arranged near described top board side.
7. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described rotating shaft is driven by motor.
8. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described rotation platform is provided with four groups of riveting heads of angularly arranging centered by the rotation platform center of circle.
9. material loading riveting integrated rotating mechanism according to claim 8, is characterized in that: often group comprises at least one described riveting head.
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