CN109817440B - Ferrite magnetic core integrated into one piece machine - Google Patents

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CN109817440B
CN109817440B CN201711165391.2A CN201711165391A CN109817440B CN 109817440 B CN109817440 B CN 109817440B CN 201711165391 A CN201711165391 A CN 201711165391A CN 109817440 B CN109817440 B CN 109817440B
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The invention discloses an integrated ferrite core forming machine which comprises a base frame, an upper pressing mechanism, a hopper, a feeding mechanism, a lower pressing mechanism, a material conveying mechanism, a hollow material sucking rod, a material storage box, a cutting mechanism, a female template and a male template, wherein the base frame is provided with a plurality of grooves; the upper pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, the female die plate is fixed on the upper pressing mechanism, the upper pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, the male die plate is fixed on the upper pressing mechanism and covers the female die plate, the material storage box is transversely arranged on the female die plate in a sliding manner, and the hopper is fixed on the base frame and communicated with the material storage box; the feeding mechanism is fixed on the base frame and in threaded transmission connection with the storage box, the material conveying unit is fixed on the base frame, the hollow material suction rod is fixed on the moving end of the material conveying unit, and the cutting mechanism is fixed on the base frame. The ferrite core forming, transporting and cutting device achieves the purposes of forming, transporting and cutting ferrite cores through the feeding mechanism, the transporting mechanism and the cutting mechanism.

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Ferrite magnetic core integrated into one piece machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of ferrite core forming machinery, in particular to an integrated ferrite core forming machine.
Background
In the conventional ferrite core manufacturing process, powder is often required to be pressed or fused into a ferrite core semi-finished product, and then the ferrite core semi-finished product is manually conveyed to another device for cutting processing to obtain a ferrite core finished product; in the processing process from the ferrite core semi-finished product to the ferrite core finished product, a certain time, labor and material resources are required to convey the article from the forming machine to the cutting machine, and the production mode of manual conveying can lead to relatively low production efficiency of the ferrite core.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the invention provides an integrated ferrite core forming machine, which solves the defect that the ferrite core semi-finished product needs to be manually conveyed to a cutting machine for processing in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
a ferrite core integrated molding machine comprises a base frame, an upward pressing mechanism, a hopper, a feeding mechanism, a downward pressing mechanism, a first material conveying unit, a second material conveying unit, a third material conveying unit, a feeding pipeline, a hollow material suction rod, a material storage box, a cutting mechanism, a female template, a male template and a vacuum tube; the pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, the female die plate is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism, and the top of the female die plate is inwards concave to form a forming groove; the upper pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, and the male template is fixed on the moving end of the upper pressing mechanism and covers the female template; the material storage box is transversely arranged at the top of the mother template in a sliding manner, a feeding groove is formed in the material storage box, and a material storage outlet communicated with the forming groove is formed in the bottom of the material storage box; the hopper is vertically fixed on the base frame, and a discharge hole of the hopper is communicated with a feed chute of the storage box; the feeding mechanism is transversely fixed on the base frame, and the moving end of the feeding mechanism is connected with the storage box and drives the storage box to transversely slide on the mother template; the first material conveying unit is fixed on the base frame, the third material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the first material conveying unit, the second material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the third material conveying unit, the hollow material sucking rod is fixed on the moving end of the second material conveying unit, one end of the vacuum tube is communicated with the top of the hollow material sucking rod, and the other end of the vacuum tube is communicated with an external vacuum machine; the feeding pipeline is fixed on the base frame, and the feeding end of the feeding pipeline is positioned below the hollow suction rod; the cutting mechanism is fixed on the base frame, and the feeding port of the cutting mechanism is communicated with the discharging end of the feeding pipeline.
Preferably, the upper pressing mechanism comprises an upper pressing motor, an upper pressing screw rod and an upper pressing guide post; the upper pressing guide post is vertically fixed on the base frame; the upper piezoelectric motor is fixed on the base frame; the male template is vertically sleeved on the upper pressing guide post in a sliding manner; one end of the upper pressing screw rod is in transmission connection with the upper piezoelectric motor, and the other end of the upper pressing screw rod is in threaded connection with the male die plate.
Preferably, the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding motor, a feeding screw rod, a connecting block, a feeding guide rail and a feeding receiving plate; the feeding device comprises a base frame, a feeding guide rail, a feeding motor, a feeding screw rod, a connecting block, a feeding guide rail, a female die plate and a connecting block, wherein the feeding bearing plate is transversely fixed on the left side of the base frame, the feeding guide rail is fixed on the feeding bearing plate, the feeding motor is fixed on the base frame and located at one end of the feeding guide rail, one end of the feeding screw rod is fixedly connected with the feeding motor, the connecting block is slidably arranged on the feeding guide rail, one end of the connecting block is in threaded connection with one end of the feeding screw rod, and the other end of the connecting block is fixedly connected with the material storage box, so that the material storage box transversely slides along the female die plate under the driving of the feeding motor.
Preferably, the pressing mechanism comprises a push rod, a pressing motor, a fixing frame and a pressing screw rod; the lower motor is vertically fixed on the base frame, one end of the lower screw rod is fixedly connected with the rotation output end of the lower motor, the fixing frame is vertically sleeved on the upper guide post in a sliding manner and is in threaded connection with the other end of the lower screw rod, the female die plate is fixed at the upper end of the fixing frame, and the ejector rod is fixed on the base frame and is located below the hollow cavity of the female die plate.
Preferably, the first material conveying unit comprises a first material conveying motor, a first material conveying screw rod, a first material conveying plate and a first material conveying sliding rail; the first material conveying motor is fixed on the base frame, the first material conveying sliding rail is vertically fixed on the base frame, one end of the first material conveying screw rod is fixedly connected with the rotating output end of the first material conveying motor, and the first material conveying plate is arranged on the first material conveying sliding rail in a sliding manner, and the bottom of the first material conveying plate is in threaded connection with the other end of the first material conveying screw rod.
Preferably, the third material conveying unit comprises a third material conveying plate, a third material conveying screw rod and a third material conveying motor; the third material conveying plate is fixed on the first material conveying plate, the third material conveying motor is fixed on the third material conveying plate, one end of the third material conveying screw rod is in transmission connection with the third material conveying motor, and the other end of the third material conveying screw rod is in threaded connection with the fixed end of the second material conveying unit.
Preferably, the second material transporting unit comprises a second material transporting lower plate, a second material transporting screw rod, a second material transporting guide pillar, a second material transporting motor and a second material transporting upper plate, and the third material transporting unit further comprises a third material transporting guide rail; the third material conveying guide rail is fixed at the bottom of the third material conveying plate, the second material conveying upper plate is arranged on the third material conveying guide rail in a sliding mode and is in threaded connection with the third material conveying screw rod, one end of the second material conveying guide post is vertically fixed at the lower end of the second material conveying upper plate, the second material conveying lower plate is fixed at the other end of the second material conveying guide post, the second material conveying motor is fixed on the second material conveying lower plate, one end of the second material conveying screw rod is in transmission connection with the rotating output end of the second material conveying motor, and the hollow material suction rod is arranged on the second material conveying guide post in a sliding mode and is in threaded connection with the other end of the second material conveying screw rod in a sliding mode so that the hollow material suction rod vertically slides along the second material conveying guide post under the driving of the second material conveying motor.
Preferably, the cutting mechanism comprises a cutting motor, a cutting tool, a second cylinder, a rotating motor, a moving plate, a cutting bearing plate, a cutting moving screw rod, a thimble, a rotating clamping block and a cutting moving motor; the cutting bearing plate is transversely fixed on the base frame, the cutting moving motor is fixed on the cutting bearing plate, one end of the cutting moving screw rod is fixedly connected with the cutting moving motor, and the moving plate is in threaded connection with the other end of the cutting moving screw rod; the rotary motor is fixed on the moving plate, the rotary clamping block is fixed on a rotary output shaft of the rotary motor and positioned below a discharge end of the feeding pipeline, the second air cylinder is fixed on the moving plate, and the thimble is fixed on a telescopic shaft of the second air cylinder and positioned right in front of the rotary clamping block, so that the thimble pushes the material of the feeding pipeline to the rotary clamping block under the driving of the second air cylinder; the cutting motor is fixed on the base frame and is positioned at the rear of the moving plate, and the cutting tool is rotationally arranged on a rotating output shaft of the cutting motor, so that materials coming out of the feeding pipeline are tightly propped against the rotating clamping block by the ejector pin and are driven by the second motor to move to the cutting tool for cutting.
According to the technical scheme, the hopper is vertically fixed on the base frame and is positioned above the storage box, and the discharge hole of the hopper is communicated with the inlet of the storage box, so that powder is released into the storage box through the hopper; the material storage box is fixed on the moving end of the feeding mechanism, so that the material storage box is driven to transversely move by the feeding mechanism and powder is placed into a forming groove in the female die plate through a material storage outlet at the bottom of the material storage box, and the aim of automatic feeding is fulfilled; because the storage outlet of the storage box is arranged at the bottom, when the storage outlet of the storage box moves to the forming groove of the female die plate, powder can be released to the forming groove, and when the storage outlet of the storage box is not right above the forming groove of the female die plate, the powder can not be released, so that the powder can not be excessively poured and scattered due to out-of-control, the blanking quantity of the powder can be controlled through the size of the storage outlet of the storage box, and the difficulty of blanking quantity of the powder is reduced; the movable feeding mode does not prevent the relative movement of the male template and the female template, so that the feeding efficiency of the ferrite core integrated forming machine is improved; because the pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, the female die plate is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism, and the top of the female die plate is inwards concave to form a forming groove; the upper pressing mechanism is fixed on the base frame, and the male template is fixed on the moving end of the upper pressing mechanism and covers the female template; the material storage box is transversely arranged at the top of the mother template in a sliding manner, a feeding groove is formed in the material storage box, and a material storage outlet communicated with the forming groove is formed in the bottom of the material storage box; therefore, the material storage box transversely moves to the forming groove along the master template to be filled with materials under the drive of the feeding mechanism, and then the powder in the forming groove is extruded to form a ferrite core through the mutual extrusion of the upper pressing mechanism and the lower pressing mechanism, so that the forming process of the ferrite core is completed; because the first material conveying unit is fixed on the base frame, the third material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the first material conveying unit, the second material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the third material conveying unit, the hollow material sucking rod is fixed on the moving end of the second material conveying unit, one end of the vacuum tube is communicated with the top of the hollow material sucking rod, and the other end of the vacuum tube is communicated with an external vacuum machine; the feeding pipeline is fixed on the base frame, and the feeding end of the feeding pipeline is positioned below the hollow suction rod; therefore, the hollow suction rod is conveyed to the forming groove of the master template under the movement of the first material conveying unit, the second material conveying unit and the third material conveying unit, then the ferrite magnetic core is sucked by utilizing the vacuum suction of the vacuum tube, and then conveyed to the feeding pipeline under the movement of the first material conveying unit, the second material conveying unit and the third material conveying unit, so that the conveying process of the ferrite magnetic core is completed; because the cutting mechanism is fixed on the base frame, the feeding port of the cutting mechanism is communicated with the discharging end of the feeding pipeline; therefore, the cutting mechanism performs cutting treatment on the ferrite core from the feeding pipeline, so that feeding, forming, conveying and cutting procedures of the ferrite core are completed, and the production efficiency of the ferrite core is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a feeding mechanism and a matching structure of a feeding mechanism of an integrated ferrite core forming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a matching structure of an upward pressing mechanism and a downward pressing mechanism of an integrated ferrite core forming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a matching structure of a cutting mechanism and a material conveying mechanism of a ferrite core integrated machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at a in fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at B in fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at C in fig. 3.
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a 10-base frame; 20-an upward pressing mechanism; 30-a hopper; 40-a jacking mechanism; 50-a feeding mechanism; 60-a pressing mechanism; 70-a control device; 80-a material conveying mechanism; 90-a hollow suction rod; 100-a storage box; 110-a cutting mechanism; 120-pushing mechanism;
21-an upward-pressing motor; 22-feeding a screw rod; 23-male template; 24-pressing the guide post; 41-a first cylinder; 42-extruding a block; 43-connecting strips; 51-a feeding motor; 52-feeding screw rods; 53-connecting blocks; 54-a feed rail; 55-feeding a receiving plate; 61-a master template; 62-ejector rod; 63-pressing down the motor; 64-fixing frame; 65-pressing down a screw rod; 71-a controller; 72-alarm; 73-a material shortage detector; 81-a first material conveying unit; 82-a second material transporting unit; 83-a third material conveying unit; 91-vacuum tube; 92-feeding pipeline;
101-a feed tank; 102-a storage outlet; 103-an empty-avoiding groove; 104-forming grooves; 111-a cutting motor; 112-cutting tool; 113-a second cylinder; 114-a rotating electric machine; 115-a moving plate; 116-cutting the receiving plate; 117-cutting the moving screw; 118-a cutting movement motor; 121-liftout bar; 122-rotating the bar; 123-an axle center column; 124-a fixed plate;
811-a first material conveying motor; 812-a first material conveying screw rod; 813-a first material conveying plate; 814-a first material transport slide rail; 821-second transporting lower plate; 822-a second material conveying screw rod; 823-a second material conveying guide post; 824-a second material handling motor; 825-second transporting upper plate; 831-a third material transporting guide rail; 832-third material conveying plate; 833-a third material conveying screw rod; 834-a third feed driven wheel; 835-third material handling conveyor; 836-a third carrier drive; 837-a third material conveying motor; 1131-thimble; 1121—a dust collection housing; 1141-rotating clamp block.
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following description of the embodiments or the drawings described in the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
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The embodiment of the invention provides an integrated ferrite core forming machine.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, an integrated ferrite core forming machine comprises a base frame 10, an upward pressing mechanism 20, a hopper 30, a feeding mechanism 50, a downward pressing mechanism 60, a first feeding unit 81, a second feeding unit 82, a third feeding unit 83, a feeding pipeline 92, a hollow suction rod 90, a storage box 100, a cutting mechanism 110, a female mold plate 61, a male mold plate 23 and a vacuum tube 91; the pressing mechanism 60 is fixed on the base frame 10, the female die plate 61 is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism 60, and the top of the female die plate is inwards concave to form a forming groove 104; the upper pressing mechanism 20 is fixed on the base frame 10, and the male template 23 is fixed on the moving end of the upper pressing mechanism 20 and covers the female template 61; the material storage box 100 is arranged at the top of the female die plate 61 in a transversely sliding manner, a feeding groove 101 is formed in the material storage box, and a material storage outlet 102 communicated with the forming groove 104 is formed in the bottom of the material storage box; the hopper 30 is vertically fixed on the base frame 10, and a discharge hole of the hopper is communicated with a feed chute 101 of the storage box 100; the feeding mechanism 50 is transversely fixed on the base frame 10, and the moving end of the feeding mechanism is connected with the storage box 100 and drives the storage box 100 to transversely slide on the master template 61; the first material transporting unit 81 is fixed on the base frame 10, the third material transporting unit is fixed on the moving end of the first material transporting unit 81, the second material transporting unit is fixed on the moving end of the third material transporting unit, the hollow material sucking rod 90 is fixed on the moving end of the second material transporting unit, one end of the vacuum tube 91 is communicated with the top of the hollow material sucking rod 90, and the other end of the vacuum tube is communicated with an external vacuum machine; the feeding pipeline 92 is fixed on the base frame 10, and the feeding end of the feeding pipeline is positioned below the hollow suction rod 90; the cutting mechanism 110 is fixed on the base frame 10, and a feed inlet of the cutting mechanism is communicated with a discharge end of the feeding pipe 92. As can be seen from the above technical solution, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the hopper 30 is vertically fixed on the base frame 10 and located above the storage box 100, the discharge port thereof is communicated with the inlet of the storage box 100, so that the powder is released into the storage box 100 through the hopper 30; because the material storage box 100 is fixed on the moving end of the feeding mechanism 50, the feeding mechanism 50 drives the material storage box 100 to move transversely and place powder into the forming groove 104 in the female die plate 61 through the material storage outlet 102 at the bottom of the material storage box 100, thereby achieving the purpose of automatic feeding; because the storage outlet 102 at the bottom of the storage box 100 is arranged at the bottom, when the storage outlet 102 at the bottom of the storage box 100 moves to the forming groove 104 of the female die plate 61, powder can be released to the forming groove 104, and when the storage outlet 102 at the bottom of the storage box 100 is not right above the forming groove 104 of the female die plate 61, powder cannot be released, so that excessive powder filling and scattering caused by out-of-control of the powder can be avoided, and the blanking amount can be controlled by the size of the storage outlet 102 at the bottom of the storage box 100, so that the blanking amount difficulty is reduced; the movable feeding mode does not obstruct the relative movement of the male template 23 and the female template 61, so that the feeding efficiency of the ferrite core integrated molding machine is improved; since the pressing mechanism 60 is fixed on the base frame 10, the female die plate 61 is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism 60, and the top of the female die plate is concave inwards to form a forming groove 104; the upper pressing mechanism 20 is fixed on the base frame 10, and the male template 23 is fixed on the moving end of the upper pressing mechanism 20 and covers the female template 61; the material storage box 100 is arranged at the top of the female die plate 61 in a transversely sliding manner, a feeding groove 101 is formed in the material storage box, and a material storage outlet 102 communicated with the forming groove 104 is formed in the bottom of the material storage box; therefore, the material storage box 100 is driven by the feeding mechanism 50 to transversely move along the mother template 61 into the forming groove 104 for filling materials, and then the powder in the forming groove 104 is extruded and formed into a ferrite core by mutual extrusion of the upper pressing mechanism 20 and the lower pressing mechanism 60, so that the forming process of the ferrite core is completed; since the first material transporting unit 81 is fixed on the base frame 10, the third material transporting unit is fixed on the moving end of the first material transporting unit 81, the second material transporting unit is fixed on the moving end of the third material transporting unit, the hollow material sucking rod 90 is fixed on the moving end of the second material transporting unit, one end of the vacuum tube 91 is communicated with the top of the hollow material sucking rod 90, and the other end is communicated with an external vacuum machine; the feeding pipeline 92 is fixed on the base frame 10, and the feeding end of the feeding pipeline is positioned below the hollow suction rod 90; therefore, the hollow suction rod 90 will be conveyed to the molding groove 104 of the master mold plate 61 under the movement of the first, second and third material conveying units, then the ferrite core is sucked by the vacuum suction of the vacuum tube 91, and then conveyed to the feeding pipeline 92 under the movement of the first, second and third material conveying units, thereby completing the conveying process of the ferrite core; since the cutting mechanism 110 is fixed on the base frame 10, the feeding port of the cutting mechanism is communicated with the discharging end of the feeding pipeline 92; therefore, the cutting mechanism 110 will cut the ferrite core from the feeding pipe 92, thereby completing the feeding, forming, conveying and cutting processes of the ferrite core and improving the production efficiency of the ferrite core. In the embodiment of the invention, the top of the female mold plate 61 is concaved inwards to form the empty avoiding groove 103, powder can be filled into the empty avoiding groove 103 through the material storage outlet 102 of the material storage box 100, and in the process of transversely moving the material storage box 100, the powder in the empty avoiding groove 103 can buffer the friction between the material storage outlet 102 of the material storage box 100 and the female mold plate 61, so that the powder of the material storage outlet 102 of the material storage box 100 is prevented from changing the molecular structure of the powder due to the friction with the top of the female mold plate 61, and the production quality of products is ensured.
Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, a U-shaped slot with two communicating sides is formed in the inner middle part of the base frame 10, the pressing mechanism 60 is fixed at the bottom of the U-shaped slot of the base frame 10, the female die plate 61 is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism 60, the pressing mechanism 20 is fixed at the top of the U-shaped slot of the base frame 10, and the male die plate 23 is fixed on the moving end of the pressing mechanism 20 and covers the female die plate 61; the feeding mechanism 50 is fixed at the left opening of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, and the moving end of the feeding mechanism is connected with the storage box 100 and drives the storage box 100 to transversely slide on the master template 61; the material conveying mechanism 80 is fixed at the right opening of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, the moving end of the material conveying mechanism is connected with the hollow material sucking rod 90 and drives the hollow material sucking rod 90 to be conveyed to the master template 61 for vacuum material sucking; the feeding pipeline 92 is fixed on the middle position of the left opening of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10 and the material conveying mechanism 80, the hollow material sucking rod 90 conveys the ferrite core to the feeding pipeline 92 through the material conveying mechanism 80, the cutting mechanism 110 is fixed on one side of the base frame 10, and the feeding port of the cutting mechanism is communicated with the discharging port of the feeding pipeline 92, so that the ferrite core enters the cutting mechanism 110 from the feeding pipeline 92 to perform the cutting process, and therefore the forming, conveying and cutting processes of the ferrite core are completed, and the purpose of integrated production of the ferrite core is achieved.
More specifically, the pressing mechanism 20 includes a pressing motor 21, a pressing screw 22, and a pressing guide post 24; the upper pressing guide post 24 is vertically fixed in the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, the upper pressing motor 21 is fixed at the top of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, the rotation output shaft of the upper pressing motor 21 is vertically downward, and the male die plate 23 is vertically sleeved on the upper pressing guide post 24 in a sliding manner; one end of the upper pressing screw 22 is in transmission connection with the upper pressing motor 21, and the other end of the upper pressing screw is in threaded connection with the male die plate 23.
In addition, the feeding mechanism 50 comprises a feeding motor 51, a feeding screw 52, a connecting block 53, a feeding guide rail 54 and a feeding receiving plate 55; the feeding bearing plate 55 is transversely fixed at the left opening of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, the feeding guide rail 54 is fixed on the feeding bearing plate 55, the feeding motor 51 is fixed on the base frame 10 and is positioned at one end of the feeding guide rail 54, one end of the feeding screw rod 52 is fixedly connected with the feeding motor 51, the connecting block 53 is slidably arranged on the feeding guide rail 54, one end of the connecting block is in threaded connection with one end of the feeding screw rod 52, and the other end of the connecting block is fixedly connected with the storage box 100, so that the storage box 100 transversely slides along the female die plate 61 under the driving of the feeding motor 51.
The pushing mechanism 60 includes a push rod 62, a pushing motor 63, a fixing frame 64, and a pushing screw 65; the pressing motor 63 is vertically fixed at the bottom of the U-shaped groove of the base frame 10, the rotation output shaft of the pressing motor 63 is vertically upward, one end of the pressing screw rod 65 is fixedly connected with the rotation output end of the pressing motor 63, the fixing frame 64 is vertically sleeved on the upper pressing guide post 24 in a sliding manner and is in threaded connection with the other end of the pressing screw rod 65, the female die plate 61 is fixed at the upper end of the fixing frame 64, and the ejector rod 62 is fixed on the base frame 10 and is located below the hollow cavity of the female die plate 61.
The material transporting units comprise a first material transporting unit 81, a second material transporting unit 82 and a third material transporting unit 83; the first material conveying unit 81 comprises a first material conveying motor 811, a first material conveying screw 812, a first material conveying plate 813 and a first material conveying sliding rail 814; the first material conveying motor 811 is fixed on the base frame 10, the first material conveying sliding rail 814 is vertically fixed on the base frame 10, one end of the first material conveying screw rod 812 is fixedly connected with the rotating output end of the first material conveying motor 811, and the first material conveying plate 813 is slidably arranged on the first material conveying sliding rail 814 and the bottom of the first material conveying plate is in threaded connection with the other end of the first material conveying screw rod 812; the third material transporting unit 83 includes a third material transporting plate 832, a third material transporting screw 833 and a third material transporting motor 837; the third material conveying plate 832 is fixed on the first material conveying plate 813, the third material conveying motor 837 is fixed on the third material conveying plate 832, one end of the third material conveying screw rod 833 is in transmission connection with the third material conveying motor 837, and the other end of the third material conveying screw rod is in threaded connection with the fixed end of the second material conveying unit 82; the second material transporting unit 82 includes a second material transporting lower plate 821, a second material transporting screw 822, a second material transporting guide pillar 823, a second material transporting motor 824, and a second material transporting upper plate 825, and the third material transporting unit 83 further includes a third material transporting guide rail 831; the third material transporting guide rail 831 is fixed at the bottom of the third material transporting plate 832, the second material transporting upper plate 825 is slidably disposed on the third material transporting guide rail and is in threaded connection with the third material transporting screw rod 833, one end of the second material transporting guide post 823 is vertically fixed at the lower end of the second material transporting upper plate 825, the second material transporting lower plate 821 is fixed at the other end of the second material transporting guide post 823, the second material transporting motor 824 is fixed on the second material transporting lower plate 821, one end of the second material transporting screw rod 822 is in transmission connection with the rotation output end of the second material transporting motor 824, and the hollow material sucking rod 90 is slidably sleeved on the second material transporting guide post 823 and is in threaded connection with the other end of the second material transporting screw rod 822, so that the hollow material sucking rod 90 vertically slides along the second material transporting guide post 823 under the driving of the second material transporting motor 824; the third conveying unit 83 further includes a third conveying driven wheel 834, a third conveying belt 835 and a third conveying driving wheel 836; the third material conveying driving wheel 836 is fixed on a rotation output shaft of the third material conveying motor 837, the third material conveying driven wheel 834 is fixed at one end of the third transmission screw 73, and the third material conveying belt 835 is sleeved between the third material conveying driving wheel 836 and the third material conveying driven wheel 834, so that the third material conveying motor 837 drives the third material conveying screw 833 to operate through the third material conveying driving wheel 836, the third material conveying driven wheel 834 and the third material conveying belt 835.
The cutting mechanism 110 comprises a cutting motor 111, a cutting tool 112, a second cylinder 113, a rotary motor 114, a moving plate 115, a cutting receiving plate 116, a cutting moving screw 117, a thimble 1131, a rotary clamp 1141 and a cutting moving motor 118; the cutting bearing plate 116 is transversely fixed on the base frame 10, the cutting moving motor 118 is fixed on the cutting bearing plate 116, one end of the cutting moving screw rod 117 is fixedly connected with the cutting moving motor 118, and the moving plate 115 is in threaded connection with the other end of the cutting moving screw rod 117; the rotary motor 114 is fixed on the moving plate 115, the rotary clamping block 1141 is fixed on a rotary output shaft of the rotary motor 114 and positioned below a discharge end of the feeding pipe 92, the second cylinder 113 is fixed on the moving plate 115, and the ejector pin 1131 is fixed on a telescopic shaft of the second cylinder 113 and positioned right in front of the rotary clamping block 1141, so that the ejector pin 1131 pushes the material of the feeding pipe 92 onto the rotary clamping block 1141 under the driving of the second cylinder 113; the cutting motor 111 is fixed on the base frame 10 and is located at the rear of the moving plate 115, and the cutting tool 112 is rotatably disposed on a rotation output shaft of the cutting motor 111, so that the material coming out of the feeding pipeline 92 is abutted against the rotary clamping block 1141 by the ejector pin 1131 and is moved onto the cutting tool 112 to cut under the driving of the second motor. Also, for convenience in collecting cutting scraps, the apparatus further comprises a dust collecting shell 1121, the dust collecting shell 1121 is fixed on the base frame 10, and the cutting tool 112 is positioned in the dust collecting shell 1121; the dust collecting shell 1121 wraps the cutting tool 112, a cutting opening is formed in one side, close to the thimble 1131, of the dust collecting shell, the cutting motor 111 drives the moving plate 115 to send materials to the cutting opening for cutting, and scraps generated in the cutting process fall into the integrated shell, so that the defect that the scraps cannot be collected in the cutting process is overcome, the effect of sanitation is achieved, operators are facilitated to clean ferrite core scraps, and the cutting efficiency of the materials is improved. In addition, in the case of the optical fiber,
in the embodiment of the invention, the ferrite core integrated molding machine further comprises a pushing mechanism 120; the pushing mechanism 120 includes a pushing bar 121, a rotating bar 122, an axle center column 123, and a fixing plate 124; the fixing plate 124 is transversely fixed on the base frame 10, one end of the axle center post 123 is fixed on the fixing plate 124, the middle part of the rotating bar 122 is rotatably arranged on the other end of the axle center post 123, one end of the rotating bar 122 is fixedly connected with the moving plate 115, and the ejector bar 121 is fixed on the other end of the rotating bar 122 and is positioned below the feeding pipeline 92. In the embodiment of the present invention, the fixing plate 124 is directly and transversely fixed on the base frame 10 and is located above the cutting receiving plate 116, the spindle is fixed on the fixing plate 124, the middle part of the rotating bar 122 is rotatably disposed on the spindle, one end of the rotating bar 122 is fixed on the vertically extending column of the moving plate 115, the ejector bar 121 is directly fixed on the other end of the rotating bar 122, when the cutting moving motor 118 drives the moving plate 115 to move forward, one end of the rotating bar 122 moves forward along the moving plate 115, and since the middle part of the rotating bar 122 is rotatably disposed on the spindle, the ejector bar 121 fixed on the other end of the rotating bar 122 moves backward along the spindle; when the cutting movement motor 118 drives the movement plate 115 to move backward, one end of the rotating bar 122 will move backward along the movement plate 115, and since the middle part of the rotating bar 122 is rotatably disposed on the shaft stem, the ejector bar 121 fixed on the other end of the rotating bar 122 will move forward along the shaft stem, i.e. the movement direction of the ejector bar 121 is exactly opposite to the movement binding movement direction; when the ferrite core comes out from the discharging end of the feeding pipeline 92, the ejector strip 121 moves forward along with the backward movement of the cutting moving motor 118, so that the ferrite core can be quickly ejected to the middle between the ejector pin 1131 and the rotary clamping block 1141, and at the moment, the ejector pin 1131 quickly ejects the ferrite core to the rotary clamping block 1141 under the driving of the second air cylinder 113, so that the ejector pin 1131 is convenient to eject the ferrite core to the rotary clamping block 1141, and the ejection and transfer efficiency of the ferrite core is improved.
In the embodiment of the invention, the ferrite core integrated molding machine further comprises a control device 70, wherein the control device 70 comprises a controller 71, an alarm 72 and a material shortage detector 73; the shortage detector 73 is an infrared detector, and the alarm 72 is an audible and visual alarm. The material shortage detector 73 is an integrated component in the prior art, and any component that can perform a detection function can be used in the present invention; the alarm 72 is an integrated component in the prior art, and any component capable of playing an audible and visual alarm function can be used in the invention; the controller 71 is an integrated component in the prior art, and any component that can control the functions of the material shortage detector 73 and the alarm 72 can be used in the present invention; in the embodiment of the present invention, since the material shortage detector 73, the alarm 72 and the controller 71 are all integrated components in the prior art, the material shortage detector 73, the alarm 72 and the controller 71 are electrically connected by a conventional method, that is, only the control ends of the material shortage detector 73 and the alarm 72 need to be connected to the control pins in the controller 71, and then the working states of the material shortage detector 73 and the alarm 72 can be controlled by internal programming of the controller 71 in the prior art, thereby achieving the purpose of material shortage alarm.
In the embodiment of the invention, the ferrite core integrated molding machine further comprises a pressing mechanism 40, wherein the pressing mechanism 40 comprises a first cylinder 41, a pressing block 42 and a connecting strip 43; one end of the connecting bar 43 is fixed on the connecting block 53, the side end of the material box is fixed on the other end of the connecting bar 43, the bottom slider of the extrusion block 42 is arranged on the connecting bar 43, the first cylinder 41 is vertically fixed on the base frame 10, and the telescopic end of the first cylinder 41 is fixed on the top end of the extrusion block 42; the storage box 100 and the extrusion block 42 are fixedly connected with each other through a connecting strip 43, and the telescopic end of the first cylinder 41 is directly and fixedly connected to the upper end of the connecting strip 43; in the process of transversely moving the storage box 100, the telescopic end of the first cylinder 41 also can be telescopic due to the position of the storage box 100 at any time, so as to achieve the purpose of compressing the interconnection between the storage box 100 and the master template 61, and avoid loose connection between the storage box 100 and the master template 61 due to movement of the storage box 100; in addition, the first cylinder 41 may be installed at any place of the base frame 10 without changing the condition that the first cylinder 41 presses the cartridge 100 and the female die plate 61 to be connected with each other, as long as the telescopic end of the first cylinder 41 serves the purpose of pressing or tightening the cartridge 100 and the female die plate 61 to be connected with each other.
In the embodiment of the invention, the movement process of the ferrite core integrated molding machine is as follows: the hopper 30 conveys powder to the storage box 100, and then the storage box 100 is driven by the feeding motor 51 of the feeding mechanism 50 to transversely move along the female template 61 to the forming groove 104 of the female template 61 for filling the powder; then the male die plate 23 is covered on the female die plate 61 along the upper pressing guide post 24 under the drive of the upper pressing motor 21 of the upper pressing mechanism 20 for extrusion molding; then the ejector rod 62 is driven by the pressing motor 63 of the pressing mechanism 60 to fix the formed ferrite core from the forming groove 104 of the master template 61; then the material conveying unit sucks and conveys the formed ferrite cores to the material conveying pipeline 92, and then the material conveying pipeline 92 conveys the ferrite cores to the cutting mechanism 110; then the second cylinder 113 drives the thimble 1131 to push the ferrite core onto the rotary clamping block 1141, then the rotary motor 114 drives the rotary clamping block 1141 and the ferrite core to rotate, then the cutting motor 111 drives the cutting tool 112 to rotate when the cutting moving motor 118 is driven to move forward onto the cutting tool 112, and finally the ferrite core is cut by the rotating cutting tool 112.
In the present specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment is mainly described in a different point from other embodiments, and identical and similar parts between the embodiments are all mutually referred.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

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1. A ferrite core integrated into one piece machine, its characterized in that: the device comprises a base frame, an upper pressing mechanism, a hopper, a feeding mechanism, a lower pressing mechanism, a first material conveying unit, a second material conveying unit, a third material conveying unit, a feeding pipeline, a hollow material suction rod, a material storage box, a cutting mechanism, a female template, a male template and a vacuum tube; the upper pressing mechanism comprises an upper pressing motor, an upper pressing screw rod and an upper pressing guide post; the upper pressing guide post is vertically fixed on the base frame; the upper piezoelectric motor is fixed on the base frame; the male template is vertically sleeved on the upper pressing guide post in a sliding manner and covered on the female template; one end of the upper pressing screw rod is in transmission connection with the upper piezoelectric motor, and the other end of the upper pressing screw rod is in threaded connection with the male die plate; the pushing mechanism comprises a push rod, a pushing motor, a fixing frame and a pushing screw rod; the lower piezoelectric motor is vertically fixed on the base frame, one end of the lower pressing screw rod is fixedly connected with the rotation output end of the lower pressing motor, the fixing frame is vertically sleeved on the upper pressing guide post in a sliding manner and is in threaded connection with the other end of the lower pressing screw rod, the female die plate is fixed at the upper end of the fixing frame, the top of the female die plate is inwards concave to form a forming groove, and the ejector rod is fixed on the base frame and is positioned below the hollow cavity of the female die plate; the material storage box is transversely arranged at the top of the mother template in a sliding manner, a feeding groove is formed in the material storage box, and a material storage outlet communicated with the forming groove is formed in the bottom of the material storage box; the hopper is vertically fixed on the base frame, and a discharge hole of the hopper is communicated with a feed chute of the storage box; the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding motor, a feeding screw rod, a connecting block, a feeding guide rail and a feeding receiving plate; the feeding bearing plate is transversely fixed on the left side of the base frame, the feeding guide rail is fixed on the feeding bearing plate, the feeding motor is fixed on the base frame and is positioned at one end of the feeding guide rail, one end of the feeding screw rod is fixedly connected with the feeding motor, the connecting block is slidably arranged on the feeding guide rail, one end of the connecting block is in threaded connection with one end of the feeding screw rod, and the other end of the connecting block is fixedly connected with the storage box, so that the storage box transversely slides along the master die plate under the driving of the feeding motor; the first material conveying unit is fixed on the base frame, the third material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the first material conveying unit, the second material conveying unit is fixed on the moving end of the third material conveying unit, the hollow material sucking rod is fixed on the moving end of the second material conveying unit, one end of the vacuum tube is communicated with the top of the hollow material sucking rod, and the other end of the vacuum tube is communicated with an external vacuum machine; the feeding pipeline is fixed on the base frame, and the feeding end of the feeding pipeline is positioned below the hollow suction rod; the cutting mechanism comprises a cutting motor, a cutting tool, a second cylinder, a rotating motor, a moving plate, a cutting bearing plate, a cutting moving screw rod, a thimble, a rotating clamping block and a cutting moving motor; the cutting bearing plate is transversely fixed on the base frame, the cutting moving motor is fixed on the cutting bearing plate, one end of the cutting moving screw rod is fixedly connected with the cutting moving motor, and the moving plate is in threaded connection with the other end of the cutting moving screw rod; the rotary motor is fixed on the moving plate, the rotary clamping block is fixed on a rotary output shaft of the rotary motor and positioned below a discharge end of the feeding pipeline, the second air cylinder is fixed on the moving plate, and the thimble is fixed on a telescopic shaft of the second air cylinder and positioned right in front of the rotary clamping block, so that the thimble pushes the material of the feeding pipeline to the rotary clamping block under the driving of the second air cylinder; the cutting motor is fixed on the base frame and is positioned at the rear of the moving plate, and the cutting tool is rotationally arranged on a rotating output shaft of the cutting motor, so that materials coming out of the feeding pipeline are tightly propped against the rotating clamping block by the ejector pin and are driven by the second motor to move to the cutting tool for cutting.
2. The ferrite core integrated machine of claim 1, wherein: the first material conveying unit comprises a first material conveying motor, a first material conveying screw rod, a first material conveying plate and a first material conveying sliding rail; the first material conveying motor is fixed on the base frame, the first material conveying sliding rail is vertically fixed on the base frame, one end of the first material conveying screw rod is fixedly connected with the rotating output end of the first material conveying motor, and the first material conveying plate is arranged on the first material conveying sliding rail in a sliding manner, and the bottom of the first material conveying plate is in threaded connection with the other end of the first material conveying screw rod.
3. The ferrite core integrated machine of claim 2, wherein: the third material conveying unit comprises a third material conveying plate, a third material conveying screw rod and a third material conveying motor; the third material conveying plate is fixed on the first material conveying plate, the third material conveying motor is fixed on the third material conveying plate, one end of the third material conveying screw rod is in transmission connection with the third material conveying motor, and the other end of the third material conveying screw rod is in threaded connection with the fixed end of the second material conveying unit.
4. A ferrite core integrated machine as defined in claim 3, wherein: the second material conveying unit comprises a second material conveying lower plate, a second material conveying screw rod, a second material conveying guide pillar, a second material conveying motor and a second material conveying upper plate, and the third material conveying unit further comprises a third material conveying guide rail; the third material conveying guide rail is fixed at the bottom of the third material conveying plate, the second material conveying upper plate is arranged on the third material conveying guide rail in a sliding mode and is in threaded connection with the third material conveying screw rod, one end of the second material conveying guide post is vertically fixed at the lower end of the second material conveying upper plate, the second material conveying lower plate is fixed at the other end of the second material conveying guide post, the second material conveying motor is fixed on the second material conveying lower plate, one end of the second material conveying screw rod is in transmission connection with the rotating output end of the second material conveying motor, and the hollow material suction rod is arranged on the second material conveying guide post in a sliding mode and is in threaded connection with the other end of the second material conveying screw rod in a sliding mode so that the hollow material suction rod vertically slides along the second material conveying guide post under the driving of the second material conveying motor.
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