CN107834787B - Modularized laminating core tire for laminating machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor stator iron core laminated tire, in particular to a modular laminated tire for a laminator, which solves the problems of fixed specification, high manufacturing cost, long period and easy damage to an iron core during tire removal of the existing laminated tire, and adopts the following scheme: the device comprises a cross-shaped columnar hollow tire body, a supporting plate is arranged at the lower end of the tire body, a quick-change fixing module is fixed at one end of a cross rib, a movable module is connected with the other end of the cross rib, a hydraulic cylinder is supported on the end faces of the movable module and the cross rib, a reset spring is sleeved on a connecting screw, and an upper pressing plate and a lower pressing plate are sleeved on the outer surfaces of the movable module and the fixing module. The advantages are that: 1. the structure is reasonable, the manufacturing cost is low, and the weight is light; 2. the carcass is universal, and lamination of punching sheets with various specifications can be completed; 3. the inner diameter of the iron core stamped steel cannot be damaged by pulling when the tire is removed, so that the product quality is ensured; 4. the fixed module and the movable module are matched and ground for use, the repairing is convenient, the utilization rate is high, the repairing cost is reduced, and the tooling processing and maintenance period is shortened.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a motor stator core laminated tire, in particular to a modular laminated tire for a laminating machine.
Background
With the rapid development of domestic and foreign railway construction and the continuous improvement of user requirements, the motor manufacturing period and the economy become the problems which must be paid attention by motor production enterprises. The iron core manufacturing in the whole motor development process is the key point for controlling the motor manufacturing period and the economy, and the iron core lamination is undoubtedly the key point for manufacturing the motor. The technical equipment for laminating the iron core is an important factor for restricting the laminating period and the economical efficiency of the iron core. At present, a motor for a railway mostly adopts a full-lamination stator core, and a lamination device of core lamination equipment is assembled, pressed and welded to form the motor. The traditional laminating tool for the laminating machine is a standard special tool, namely a product theoretically corresponds to a set of laminating tool for a stator core. Along with the variety of company's products, the tradition is folded and is pressed the frock more and more, and not only frock management pressure is bigger and bigger, and the tradition folds and presses frock manufacturing cycle long moreover, and manufacturing cost is high, can not satisfy company's product cycle short, the many kinds of needs. And the existing laminating tool for the laminating machine is a fixed core tire, so that the iron core is easily damaged by pulling in the process of taking off the tire from the iron core, and unnecessary quality and economic losses are caused. Therefore, it is necessary to design a laminated tire which can be applied to various specifications and does not damage the iron core when the tire is removed.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention solves the problems that the existing laminated tire has fixed specification, high manufacturing cost and long period, and an iron core is easy to be damaged by pulling when the tire is removed, and provides a modularized laminated tire for a laminating machine.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the modularized pressure-superposed tire for the pressure-superposed device comprises a columnar tire body with a cross-shaped cross section, wherein a pull rod hole is vertically formed in the cross-shaped center of the tire body, a supporting plate is fixed at the bottom of the tire body, a through hole opposite to the pull rod hole is formed in the supporting plate, a special quick-change fixing module is vertically fixed at one end of a cross rib of the tire body, a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly distributed in the outer side surface of the special quick-change fixing module along the vertical direction, adjusting blocks corresponding to the countersunk through holes are lined between the special quick-change fixing module and the end of the cross rib of the tire body, and fixing screws are screwed in the countersunk through holes to sequentially and fixedly connect the special quick-change fixing module, the adjusting blocks and the; the other end of one cross rib of the tire body is connected with a special quick-change movable module, the other end of the cross rib is provided with a groove arranged along the vertical direction, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders which are horizontally arranged and extend along the extension direction of the cross rib are uniformly distributed in the groove along the vertical direction, a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the special quick-change movable module along the vertical direction, compression screws penetrate through the countersunk through holes, reset springs are arranged between nuts and the countersunk through holes of the compression screws, the ends of the compression screws penetrate through the countersunk through holes and are screwed on the surface of the other end of the cross rib, and the ends of the hydraulic cylinders are supported on the surface of one side, facing the end of the cross rib, of the special quick-change movable module; the special quick-change movable module is characterized in that two side surfaces of the special quick-change movable module are vertically provided with limiting guide grooves, a plurality of limiting guide clamping jaws are uniformly distributed on two side surfaces of the other end head of the cross rib along the vertical direction, one end of each limiting guide clamping jaw is fixed on the side surface of the other end head of the cross rib through a screw, and the other end of each limiting guide clamping jaw is provided with a convex edge which faces the special quick-change movable module and is embedded and buckled in the limiting guide groove; one end of the other cross rib of the tire body is fixed with the special quick-change fixing module with the structure, and the other end of the other cross rib of the tire body is connected with the special quick-change movable module with the structure; the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module and the special quick-change movable module are ground into arc surfaces matched with the inner diameter of the iron core stamped sheet; a flange-shaped lower pressing plate sleeved on the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module and the special quick-change movable module is supported on the supporting plate, the flange disc surface of the lower pressing plate is supported on the supporting plate, the diameter of an inner hole of the lower pressing plate is larger than the inner diameter of the iron core punching sheet, and the outer diameter of a flange part of the lower pressing plate is matched with the inner diameter of the iron core lower pressing ring; the upper end of the carcass is supported with an inverted flange-shaped upper pressing plate sleeved on the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module and the special quick-change movable module, a first-stage stepped hole is processed in an inner hole of the upper pressing plate, the upper end surface of the carcass is supported on a stepped surface of the first-stage stepped hole, the inner diameter of the first-stage stepped hole is larger than the inner diameter of an iron core punching sheet, the outer diameter of a flange part of the upper pressing plate is matched with the inner diameter of an iron core upper pressing ring, a through hole corresponding to the pull rod hole in the carcass is formed in the upper pressing plate, and holes matched with the pull rod hole in the iron core punching sheet are uniformly distributed in the. The cross columnar matrix can greatly reduce the matrix mass, and the gaps of the cross ribs are convenient to arrange hydraulic pipelines, so that the contact surface with the iron core punching sheet is reduced. One end of each cross rib is fixed with the special quick-change fixing module, the other end of each cross rib is connected with the special quick-change movable module, and the movable module is driven by the hydraulic cylinder to stretch along the extending direction of the cross rib, so that the inner diameter of the punching sheet of the expanded iron core is expanded, and the functions of positioning and ensuring the coaxiality are achieved. The two side surfaces of the special quick-change movable module are provided with limiting guide grooves, and the expansion and contraction directions of the special quick-change movable module are not deflected and the inner diameter of the iron core punching sheet is not damaged by excessive expansion by utilizing the embedded buckle of the limiting guide clamping jaws. The reset spring is sleeved on the compression screw for connecting the special quick-change movable module and the tire body, so that the special quick-change movable module is ensured to be retracted after the hydraulic cylinder releases pressure, and the special quick-change movable module keeps intermittent with the inner diameter of the iron core stamped piece, and cannot be pulled when the iron core stamped piece is separated from the tire.
And a height adjusting cushion block is padded between the supporting plate and the lower pressing plate. The height adjusting block can heighten the lower pressing plate, the upper working surface of the pressure-superposed tire is fully utilized, the stroke of a hydraulic oil cylinder during pressure superposition and the hoisting height of the iron core punching sheet during tire release are reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
The invention has the following advantages: 1. the structure design is reasonable, the manufacturing cost of the tool is greatly reduced, and the weight is light; 2. the same matrix can be used universally, and can be matched with special quick-change fixed modules and movable modules with different specifications to complete the lamination of iron core punching sheets with various specifications by matching with a hydraulic cylinder; 3. the inner diameter of the iron core stamped steel cannot be damaged by pulling when the tire is removed, so that the product quality is ensured; 4. the special quick-change fixing module and the special quick-change movable module are matched and ground for use, the repairing is convenient, the utilization rate is high, the repairing cost is reduced, and the tooling processing and maintenance period is shortened.
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FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the portion I in FIG. 2;
in the figure: the device comprises a base body 1, a support plate 2, a special quick-change fixing module 3, an adjusting block 4, a fixing screw 5, a special quick-change movable module 6, a hydraulic cylinder 7, a compression screw 8, a return spring 9, a limiting guide jaw 10, an iron core punching sheet 11, a lower pressing plate 12, an iron core lower pressing ring 13, an upper pressing plate 14, an iron core upper pressing ring 15 and a height adjusting cushion block 16.
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The modularized pressure-superposed tyre for the pressure-superposed device comprises a columnar tyre body 1 with a cross-shaped cross section, wherein a pull rod hole is vertically formed in the cross center of the tyre body 1, a supporting plate 2 is fixed at the bottom of the tyre body 1, a through hole opposite to the pull rod hole is formed in the supporting plate 2, a special quick-change fixing module 3 is vertically fixed at one end of a cross rib of the tyre body 1, a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the special quick-change fixing module 3 along the vertical direction, an adjusting block 4 corresponding to the countersunk through hole is lined between the special quick-change fixing module 3 and the end of the cross rib of the tyre body 1, and a fixing screw 5 is screwed in the countersunk through hole to sequentially and fixedly connect the special quick-change fixing module 3, the adjusting block 4 and the tyre body; the other end of one cross rib of the tire body 1 is connected with a special quick-change movable module 6, the other end of the cross rib is provided with a groove arranged along the vertical direction, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders 7 which are horizontally arranged and extend along the extension direction of the cross rib are uniformly distributed in the groove along the vertical direction, a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the special quick-change movable module 6 along the vertical direction, compression screws 8 penetrate through the countersunk through holes, a reset spring 9 is arranged between the nuts and the countersunk holes of the compression screws 8, the end of each compression screw 8 penetrates through the countersunk through hole and is screwed on the surface of the other end of the cross rib, and the end of each hydraulic cylinder 7 is supported on the surface of one side, facing the end of the cross rib, of the special quick-change movable module 6; the special quick-change movable module 6 is characterized in that limit guide grooves are vertically formed in two side faces of the special quick-change movable module 6, a plurality of limit guide clamping jaws 10 are uniformly distributed on two side faces of the other end of the cross rib along the vertical direction, one end of each limit guide clamping jaw 10 is fixed to the side face of the other end of the cross rib through a screw, and a convex edge facing the special quick-change movable module 6 and embedded and buckled in each limit guide groove is arranged at the other end of each limit guide clamping jaw 10; one end of the other cross rib of the tire body 1 is fixed with the special quick-change fixing module with the structure, and the other end of the other cross rib of the tire body 1 is connected with the special quick-change movable module with the structure; the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module 3 and the special quick-change movable module 6 are ground into arc surfaces matched with the inner diameter of the iron core stamped sheet 11; a flange-shaped lower pressing plate 12 sleeved on the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module 3 and the special quick-change movable module 6 is supported on the supporting plate 2, the flange disc surface of the lower pressing plate 12 is supported on the supporting plate 2, the diameter of an inner hole of the lower pressing plate 12 is larger than that of an inner channel of the iron core stamped steel 11, and the outer diameter of a flange part of the lower pressing plate 12 is matched with the inner diameter of an iron core lower pressing ring 13; the matrix 1 upper end supports has the top board 14 of the flange shape of the flange of the inversion of cover on special quick change fixed module 3 and special quick change movable module 6 surface, the hole processing of top board 14 has one-level shoulder hole, matrix 1 up end supports on the ladder face of one-level shoulder hole, the internal diameter of one-level shoulder hole is greater than 11 internal diameters of iron core punching sheet, the flange part external diameter of top board 14 cooperatees with 15 internal diameters of clamping ring on the iron core, it has the draw bar hole that corresponds complex through-hole with matrix 1 to open on the top board 14, the equipartition has the hole with draw bar hole matched with on 11 iron core punching sheet on the flange quotation of top board 14 and lower clamp plate 12.
In specific implementation, a height adjusting cushion block 16 is padded between the supporting plate 2 and the lower pressing plate 12.
When the device is installed and used, a padding high seat is padded at the bottom of the supporting plate 2, a pull rod driven by a hydraulic oil cylinder penetrates through a through hole in the center of the matrix 1, the iron core lower pressing ring 13, the iron core punching sheet 11 and the iron core upper pressing ring 15 are sequentially sleeved on the lower pressing plate 12, the special quick-change fixing module 3, the special quick-change movable module 6 and the upper pressing plate 14 respectively, the hydraulic oil cylinder 7 is started to tension the special quick-change movable module 6 to adjust and position the coaxiality of the iron core lower pressing ring 13, the iron core punching sheet 13 and the iron core upper pressing ring 15, the limit guide clamping jaws 10 and the limit guide grooves guide and limit the special quick-change movable module 6 in the process to prevent the special quick-change movable module from deflecting or excessively tensioning to damage the inner diameter of the iron core punching sheet 11, then the upper end head of the pull rod driven by the oil cylinder is connected with a pressing block to press the flange disc surface of the upper pressing plate 14, and then, a tensioning screw rod penetrates through holes which are matched with the pull rod holes of the iron core stamped steel 11 on the upper pressing plate 14 and the lower pressing plate 12 to be tensioned and fixed. After the fastening work is finished, the load of the hydraulic oil cylinder and the load of the hydraulic cylinder 7 are unloaded, the special quick-change movable module 6 contracts inwards under the action of the reset spring 9, a tire removing gap is formed between the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixed module 3 and the special quick-change movable module 6 and the inner diameter of the iron core stamped sheet 11, the upper pressing plate 14 is removed, and the laminated iron core stamped sheet 11 can be lifted to remove tires. When iron core punching sheets 11 with different specifications are laminated, the special quick-change fixed module 3 and the special quick-change movable module 6 are replaced. In addition, a height adjusting cushion block 16 is arranged between the supporting plate 2 and the lower pressing plate 12 in a cushioning mode, the lower pressing plate 12 can be heightened, the working surface on the upper portion of the overlying tire is fully utilized, the stroke of a hydraulic oil cylinder during overlying is shortened, the hoisting height of the iron core punching sheet 11 during demolding is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
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1. The utility model provides a pressure-superposed heart child of modularization for pressure-superposed device which characterized in that: the quick-change tire comprises a columnar tire body (1) with a cross-shaped cross section, wherein a pull rod hole is vertically formed in the cross center of the tire body (1), a supporting plate (2) is fixed at the bottom of the tire body (1), a through hole opposite to the pull rod hole is formed in the supporting plate (2), a special quick-change fixing module (3) is vertically fixed at one end of one rib of the tire body (1), a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly formed in the outer side surface of the special quick-change fixing module (3) in the vertical direction, an adjusting block (4) corresponding to the countersunk through hole is lined between the special quick-change fixing module (3) and the end of the cross rib of the tire body (1), and a fixing screw (5) is screwed in the countersunk through hole to sequentially and fixedly connect the special quick-change fixing module (3), the adjusting block (4) and the tire body; the other end of one rib of the tire body (1) is connected with a special quick-change movable module (6), the other end of the one rib is provided with a groove arranged along the vertical direction, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (7) which are horizontally arranged and extend along the extending direction of the one rib are uniformly distributed in the groove along the vertical direction, a plurality of countersunk through holes are uniformly distributed on the outer side surface of the special quick-change movable module (6) along the vertical direction, compression screws (8) penetrate through the countersunk through holes, reset springs (9) are arranged between nuts and the countersunk holes of the compression screws (8), the ends of the compression screws (8) penetrate through the countersunk through holes and are screwed on the surface of the other end of the one rib, and the ends of the hydraulic cylinders (7) are supported on the surface of one side, facing the other end of the one rib, of the special quick-change movable module (6); the special quick-change movable module (6) is characterized in that limit guide grooves are vertically formed in two side faces of the special quick-change movable module (6), a plurality of limit guide clamping jaws (10) are uniformly distributed on two side faces of the other end head of one rib along the vertical direction, one end of each limit guide clamping jaw (10) is fixed to the side face of the other end head of one rib through a screw, and a convex edge facing the special quick-change movable module (6) and embedded and buckled in each limit guide groove is arranged at the other end of each limit guide clamping jaw (10); one end of the other rib of the tire body (1) is fixed with the special quick-change fixing module with the structure, and the other end of the other rib of the tire body (1) is connected with the special quick-change movable module with the structure; the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module (3) and the special quick-change movable module (6) are ground into arc surfaces matched with the inner diameter of the iron core punching sheet (11); a flange-shaped lower pressing plate (12) sleeved on the outer surfaces of the special quick-change fixing module (3) and the special quick-change movable module (6) is supported on the supporting plate (2), the flange disc surface of the lower pressing plate (12) is supported on the supporting plate (2), the diameter of an inner hole of the lower pressing plate (12) is larger than the inner diameter of an iron core punching sheet (11), and the outer diameter of a flange part of the lower pressing plate (12) is matched with the inner diameter of an iron core lower pressing ring (13); matrix (1) upper end supports has top board (14) of the flange shape of the flange of the inversion of cover on special quick change fixed module (3) and special quick change movable mould piece (6) surface, the hole processing of top board (14) has one-level shoulder hole, matrix (1) up end supports on the ladder face of one-level shoulder hole, the internal diameter of one-level shoulder hole is greater than iron core towards piece (11) internal diameter, the flange part external diameter and the iron core of top board (14) go up clamping ring (15) internal diameter and cooperate, it has the draw bar hole with matrix (1) and corresponds complex through-hole to open on top board (14), equipartition has the hole with iron core towards piece (11) upper draw bar hole matched with on the flange quotation of top board (14) and holding down plate (12).
2. A modular press-stack tire for a press according to claim 1, wherein: and a height adjusting cushion block (16) is padded between the supporting plate (2) and the lower pressing plate (12).
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