CN105965871B - The overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine - Google Patents

The overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine Download PDF

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CN105965871B
CN105965871B CN201610484041.1A CN201610484041A CN105965871B CN 105965871 B CN105965871 B CN 105965871B CN 201610484041 A CN201610484041 A CN 201610484041A CN 105965871 B CN105965871 B CN 105965871B
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    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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The present invention discloses a kind of overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine, including organic frame, a plurality of mould components, switching mechanism, rotation mechanism in vertical shaft and position-limit mechanism, the rack has a plurality of overturning spaces for the overturning of mould component, and is equipped with supporting beam in central rack;Mould component correspondence is installed in overturning space, and each mould component includes bottom plate, the fetal membrane being installed on bottom plate and for product to be welded to be pressed in the pressing device on fetal membrane, which is pivotally connected with rack;The switching mechanism is arranged in rack, and is connected with the bottom plate other end;The rotation mechanism in vertical shaft is vertically arranged at below supporting beam, and is connected with supporting beam;A plurality of position-limit mechanisms are arranged in rack, and toward bottom end.Thereby, by the way that workbench is arranged to turnable and Horizontal rotation type, so that mould component under switching mechanism and rotation mechanism in vertical shaft driving, realizes the rapid welding of multiple products to be welded, so as to improve welding efficiency.

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The overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine
Technical field
The present invention relates to ultrasonic bonding field technology, a kind of overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine is referred in particular to.
Background technology
At present, existing bumper generally use ultrasonic welding machine is welded, but existing applied to insurance The workbench of the ultrasonic welding machine of thick stick welding cannot generally be overturn and be horizontally rotated or simply low-angle shifts, necessary When, it is also necessary to it manually treats welding product and carries out angle adjustment, product to be welded is typically to be carried out successively in worktable upper surface Welding, has seriously affected welding efficiency.Therefore, should be changed for the existing ultrasonic welding machine applied to bumper Into to solve the above problems.
The content of the invention
In view of this, in view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention aims to provide a kind of ultrasonic bonding The overturning workbench of machine, by the way that workbench is arranged to turnable and Horizontal rotation type, so that mould component is in switching mechanism And under rotation mechanism in vertical shaft driving, the rapid welding of multiple products to be welded is realized, so as to improve welding efficiency.
To achieve the above object, the present invention is using following technical solution:
A kind of overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine including organic frame, is mounted side by side in a plurality of moulds in rack Component, for drive rotation mechanism in vertical shaft that the switching mechanism of each mould component overturning, driving rack horizontally rotate and point Safety pin carries out each mould component the position-limit mechanism of overturning /V, which has a plurality of overturnings for the overturning of mould component Space, and it is equipped with supporting beam in central rack;A plurality of mould components are corresponding respectively to be installed in overturning space, each mould Component includes bottom plate, is installed on the fetal membrane on the upper and lower surface of bottom plate and for product to be welded to be pressed in the compression on fetal membrane Device, the bottom plate one end are pivotally connected with rack;The switching mechanism is arranged in rack, and is connected with the bottom plate other end;The level turns Motivation structure is vertically arranged at below supporting beam, and is connected with supporting beam;A plurality of position-limit mechanisms are arranged in rack, and direction In bottom end.
As a preferred embodiment:The pressing device includes the support base being fixed on bottom plate and is installed on support base Driving cylinder, rack and pinion mechanism and elastic pressed piece, the rack and pinion mechanism be connected to driving cylinder shaft end and elasticity press Between tight part, driving cylinder promotes rack-and-pinion relative motion, makes elastic pressed piece that product to be welded is pressed on fetal membrane.
As a preferred embodiment:A clamping frame is articulated on the support base, said gear is coaxially solid with the clamping frame Company is articulated on support base, and elastic pressed piece is arranged on the clamping frame, and rack is connected vertically with driving cylinder shaft end.
As a preferred embodiment:The position-limit mechanism includes limiting cylinder, the limited block for being installed on limiting cylinder shaft end And the limiting slot of bottom plate corresponding end is arranged at, after the overturning in place of mould component, limiting cylinder promotes limited block insertion limiting slot In.
As a preferred embodiment:The bottom end is provided with to fix mould component with the cooperation of above-mentioned rack Fixed mechanism.
As a preferred embodiment:The fixed mechanism include outwards be arranged at bottom end L-shaped fixed block and downwards L-shaped fixed block and the fixed pin being arranged in rack, the two L-shaped fixed block are bonded each other, and fixed pin is detachable to be arranged in On two L-shaped fixed block binding faces.
As a preferred embodiment:The supporting beam horizontally rotates angle for 360 degree;The flip angle of mould component is Positive and negative 180 degree.
As a preferred embodiment:The rack includes two side plates being arranged in parallel, above-mentioned supporting beam be arranged at this two In the middle part of side plate, which is divided into two overturning spaces by both side plate, and two mould components are turnably installed on this and two turn over respectively Turn in space, and a plurality of legs are respectively provided in both side plate bottom.
As a preferred embodiment:It is provided on the bottom plate a plurality of for treating what welding product fixed Positioning mould.
As a preferred embodiment:The rotation mechanism in vertical shaft includes motor and is connected to the reducing gear of motor shaft end, The reducing gear output shaft is connected with above-mentioned supporting beam.
The present invention has clear advantage and advantageous effect compared with prior art, specifically, by above-mentioned technical proposal It understands, by the way that workbench is arranged to may be reversed and Horizontal rotation type, so that mould component is under the driving of switching mechanism, Upper and lower surface can converted products, rotation mechanism in vertical shaft driving under, multiple mould components turn to bonding machine machining position successively It puts, is welded, save the time of repeatedly installation processed product, reduce the displacement distance of product to be welded, realize more The rapid welding of a product to be welded, so as to improve welding efficiency.
For more clearly illustrate the present invention structure feature and effect, come below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings with specific embodiment to its into Row is described in detail.
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Fig. 1 is the workbench stereoscopic schematic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the work too bottom substance schematic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the workbench schematic top plan view of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is enlarged diagram at the M of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is enlarged diagram at the N of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is enlarged diagram at the O of Fig. 1.
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10th, rack 11, side plate
12nd, leg 13, supporting beam
14th, space 20, mould component are overturn
21st, bottom plate 211, positioning mould
22nd, fetal membrane 23, pressing device
231st, support base 232, driving cylinder
233rd, rack and pinion mechanism 234, clamping frame
235th, elastic pressed piece 30, switching mechanism
31st, motor 32, reducing gear
40th, rotation mechanism in vertical shaft 41, motor
42nd, reducing gear 50, position-limit mechanism
51st, limiting cylinder 52, limited block
53rd, limiting slot 60, fixed mechanism
61st, L-shaped fixed block 62, fixed pin.
Specific embodiment
The present invention as shown in Figures 1 to 6, including organic frame 10, pacify side by side by a kind of overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine Loaded in rack 10 two mould components 20, for driving the switching mechanism 30 that each mould component 20 overturns, driving rack 10 rotation mechanism in vertical shaft 40 horizontally rotated and the position-limit mechanism 50 for carrying out overturning /V for each mould component 20 respectively, Wherein:
The rack 10 includes two side plates 11 being arranged in parallel, and a plurality of are respectively provided in 11 bottom of both side plate Foot 12 is connected with a supporting beam 13 in 11 middle part of both side plate, which is divided into two for mould by both side plate 11 The overturning space 14 that component 20 is overturn.
The two moulds component 20 is turnably installed on respectively in two overturning spaces 14, and each mould component 20 includes bottom Plate 21, the fetal membrane 22 for being installed on 21 upper and lower surface of bottom plate and for product to be welded to be pressed in the pressing device on fetal membrane 22 23, it is provided on the bottom plate 21 a plurality of for treating the positioning mould 211 that welding product fixes;The pressing device 23 Including the support base 231 being fixed on bottom plate 21 and the driving cylinder 232, the rack and pinion mechanism that are installed on support base 231 233rd, clamping frame 234 and elastic pressed piece 235, the gear are articulated in coaxial be connected of clamping frame 234 on support base 231, elasticity Compressing member 235 is arranged on clamping frame 234, and rack is connected vertically with 232 shaft end of driving cylinder, and driving cylinder 232 promotes gear Rack relative motion rotates clamping frame 234, promotes elastic pressed piece 235 that product to be welded is pressed on fetal membrane 22, the bottom 21 one end of plate is pivotally connected with rack 10.
The switching mechanism 30 is arranged in rack 10, and is connected with 21 other end of bottom plate, which includes motor 31 and the reducing gear 32 of 31 shaft end of motor is connected to, switching mechanism 30 drives mould component 20 to overturn, and flip angle is just Anti- 180 degree.
The rotation mechanism in vertical shaft 40 is vertically arranged at 13 lower section of supporting beam, and is connected with supporting beam 13, this horizontally rotates machine Structure 40 includes motor 41 and the reducing gear 42 for being connected to 41 shaft end of motor, 42 output shaft of reducing gear and above-mentioned supporting beam 13 It is connected, supporting beam 13 horizontally rotates angle for 360 degree.
A plurality of position-limit mechanisms 50 are arranged in rack 10, and toward 21 end of bottom plate, which includes Limiting cylinder 51, the limited block 52 for being installed on 51 shaft end of limiting cylinder and the limiting slot 53 for being arranged at 21 corresponding end of bottom plate, tire After tool component 20 is overturn in place, limiting cylinder 51 promotes limited block 52 to be embedded in limiting slot 53.In addition, in 21 end set of bottom plate It is useful for coordinating so as to 20 fixed fixed mechanism 60 of mould component, which includes outwards setting with above-mentioned rack 10 In the L-shaped fixed block 61 of 21 end of bottom plate and down-set in L-shaped fixed block 61 and fixed pin 62 in rack 10, two L Shape fixed block 61 is bonded each other, and fixed pin 62 is detachable to be arranged on two L-shaped fixed blocks, 61 binding face.
The operation principle of the present invention is as follows:It will be consolidated in the fetal membrane 22 up and down of each mould component 20 by pressing device 23 Fixed product to be welded, can be real by switching mechanism 30 after the completion of bonding machine is to the Product jointing to be welded on mould component 20 The overturning of existing mould component 20, makes the product to be welded on the lower surface of bottom plate 21 overturn upward, continues to weld, when After product to be welded on 21 upper and lower surface of bottom plate completes welding, rotation mechanism in vertical shaft 40 drives rack 10 to rotate certain angle Degree, makes the mould not welded component 20 turn at the welding unit of bonding machine, is welded, cycled successively.It needs It is bright, overturning space 14 can be arranged side by side as needed it is multiple, mould component 20 be also correspondingly arranged it is multiple, so as to, realize The welding successively of multiple products to be welded.
The design focal point of the present invention is, by the way that workbench is arranged to turnable and Horizontal rotation type, so that mould Component under the driving of switching mechanism, upper and lower surface can converted products, rotation mechanism in vertical shaft driving under, multiple mould groups Part turns to welding machining position successively, is welded, and saves the time of repeatedly installation processed product, reduces to be welded It practices midwifery the displacement distances of product, the rapid welding of multiple products to be welded is realized, so as to improve welding efficiency.
The above described is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, be not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, Therefore every technical spirit according to the invention is to any subtle modifications, equivalent variations and modifications made for any of the above embodiments, still Belong in the range of technical solution of the present invention.

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1. a kind of overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine, it is characterised in that:Including organic frame, it is mounted side by side in answering in rack Several mould components, for driving what the switching mechanism of each mould component overturning, driving rack horizontally rotated to horizontally rotate machine Structure and the position-limit mechanism for carrying out overturning /V for each mould component respectively, the rack are turned over a plurality of for mould component The overturning space turned, and it is equipped with supporting beam in central rack;A plurality of mould components are corresponding respectively to be installed in overturning space, Each mould component includes bottom plate, is installed on the fetal membrane on the upper and lower surface of bottom plate and for product to be welded to be pressed in fetal membrane On pressing device, the bottom plate one end and rack are pivotally connected;The switching mechanism is arranged in rack, and is connected with the bottom plate other end; The rotation mechanism in vertical shaft is vertically arranged at below supporting beam, and is connected with supporting beam;A plurality of position-limit mechanisms are arranged at rack On, and toward bottom end.
2. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The pressing device includes The support base being fixed on bottom plate and the driving cylinder, rack and pinion mechanism and the elastic pressed piece that are installed on support base, the tooth Wheel rackwork is connected between driving cylinder shaft end and elastic pressed piece, and driving cylinder promotes rack-and-pinion relative motion, makes Product to be welded is pressed on fetal membrane by elastic pressed piece.
3. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:It is pivotally connected on the support base There is a clamping frame, said gear is articulated in coaxial be connected of the clamping frame on support base, and elastic pressed piece is arranged at the clamping frame On, rack is connected vertically with driving cylinder shaft end.
4. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The position-limit mechanism includes Limiting cylinder, the limited block for being installed on limiting cylinder shaft end and the limiting slot for being arranged at bottom plate corresponding end, the overturning of mould component After in place, limiting cylinder is promoted in limited block insertion limiting slot.
5. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The bottom end is set It is useful for coordinating with to the fixed fixed mechanism of mould component with above-mentioned rack.
6. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:The fixed mechanism includes The L-shaped fixed block of bottom end and down-set in L-shaped fixed block and fixed pin in rack is outwards arranged at, is arranged at bottom The L-shaped fixed block of plate end and the L-shaped fixed block being arranged in rack are bonded each other, and fixed pin is detachable to be arranged in two L On shape fixed block binding face.
7. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The level of the supporting beam Rotational angle is 360 degree;The flip angle of mould component is positive and negative 180 degree.
8. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The rack includes two The side plate being arranged in parallel, above-mentioned supporting beam are arranged in the middle part of the both side plate, which is divided into two overturning spaces by both side plate, Two mould components are turnably installed on respectively in the two overturnings space, and are respectively provided in both side plate bottom a plurality of Leg.
9. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:It is provided on the bottom plate It is a plurality of to be used to treat the positioning mould that welding product fixes.
10. the overturning workbench of ultrasonic welding machine according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:It is described to horizontally rotate machine Structure includes motor and is connected to the reducing gear of motor shaft end, which is connected with above-mentioned supporting beam.
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