CN113695736A - Laser welding car seat slide rail flexible tooling - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool which comprises a rotary platform, wherein a welding main body tool is installed on the rotary platform and comprises a base, a left side face quick dismounting tool and a right side face quick dismounting tool are respectively installed on two sides of the base, a supporting plate is installed at the top of the base, a plurality of front face welding tool supporting seats are installed at the top of the supporting plate, and the left side face quick dismounting tool comprises a positioning plate. In the laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool, through the technical improvement of the invention, the laser welding speed is higher than that of manual single welding, the quality is good, the production efficiency of products can be rapidly improved, the laser welding is matched with the positioning assembly of the tool, the consistency of the welding position at each time is realized, the quality of the products can be basically guaranteed, when the production capacity of a plurality of automobile types is small, the tool clamp can be rapidly replaced, the welding of the plurality of automobile types can be completed in a single station, and the welding of a plurality of products can be completed in the station.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automobile seat processing equipment, in particular to a laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool.
Background
When the automobile seat is machined, seat slide rails need to be welded and installed, and a tool is used during installation, and the invention patent with the application number of CN201820518178.9 discloses an automobile front seat clamping tool which is used for solving the problem that the automobile front seat in the prior art is inconvenient to assemble. The utility model provides a car front seat centre gripping frock for carry out the centre gripping before assembling to car front seat, the seat is equipped with the base in the bottom, car front seat centre gripping frock includes: the first clamping assembly comprises a first fixed piece, a first movable piece and a first driving piece, and the first driving piece drives the first movable piece to be close to the first fixed piece and clamps one side of the base; and the second clamping assembly is arranged on the supporting table and comprises a second fixed piece, a second movable piece and a second driving piece, and the second driving piece drives the second movable piece to be close to the second fixed piece and clamp the other side of the base. Make the equipment more convenient with the detection, this kind uses the independent anchor clamps frock of manual to weld alone, and the station is independent, and the car type is independent, and manual operation is single, and it is more to occupy the place, and is inefficient, and the quality can not be complete obtains the guarantee, can not carry out the multistation welding simultaneously, and is inconvenient to install fast the station and dismantle.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool, which comprises a rotary platform, wherein a welding main body tool is arranged on the rotary platform, the welding main body tool comprises a base, a left side surface quick dismounting tool and a right side surface quick dismounting tool are respectively arranged on two sides of the base, a support plate is arranged on the top of the base, a plurality of front welding tool supporting seats are arranged on the top of the support plate, the left side surface quick dismounting tool comprises a positioning plate, main body positioning mechanisms are arranged at two ends of the positioning plate, a plurality of welding part positioning blocks are arranged on the surface of the positioning plate, a plurality of middle positioning blocks are arranged between the two main body positioning mechanisms, main body positioning pins are arranged on the tops of the middle positioning blocks, each main body positioning mechanism comprises a fixing block, and a clamping groove is formed in the top of each fixing block, the clamping groove is internally and horizontally provided with a pressing rod, a pressing bolt is installed at the top of the clamping groove, a bottom positioning block is installed on one side of the fixing block, and an ejector rod is horizontally installed at the top of the bottom positioning block.
Preferably, the surface of the rotating platform is provided with a plurality of positioning holes, the bottom of the welding main body tool is provided with a positioning pin, and the positioning holes are in plug-in fit with the positioning pin.
Preferably, a bearing seat is installed at the center of the rotating platform, and a tool bin is installed in the middle of the top of the rotating platform.
Preferably, the left side quick dismounting and replacing tool and the right side quick dismounting and replacing tool are identical in structure.
Preferably, the positioning plate is fixed on the base through a locking bolt.
Preferably, handles are mounted on the surfaces of two ends of the positioning plate.
Preferably, a threaded hole is formed in the bottom of the clamping groove, the bottom end of the compression bolt penetrates through the compression rod and is in threaded connection with the threaded hole, and a compression end is arranged at the top end of the compression bolt.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
in the laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool, through the technical improvement of the invention, the laser welding speed is higher than that of manual single welding, the quality is good, the production efficiency of products can be rapidly improved, the laser welding is matched with the positioning assembly of the tool, the consistency of the welding position at each time is realized, the quality of the products can be basically guaranteed, when the production capacity of a plurality of automobile types is small, the tool clamp can be rapidly replaced, the welding of the plurality of automobile types can be completed in a single station, and the welding of a plurality of products can be completed in the station.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a main welding tool according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the quick-change tool on the left side of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the main body positioning mechanism of the present invention.
The various reference numbers in the figures mean:
1. rotating the platform; 11. positioning holes; 2. a tool magazine; 3. welding a main body tool; 31. a base; 32. the left side surface is quickly disassembled and replaced; 321. positioning a plate; 322. a handle; 323. locking the bolt; 324. a main body positioning mechanism; 3241. a fixed block; 32411. a card slot; 32412. a hold down bar; 32413. a hold-down bolt; 3242. a bottom positioning block; 3243. a top rod; 325. a welding part positioning block; 326. a middle positioning block; 3261. a main body positioning pin; 33. the tool is quickly disassembled and replaced on the right side surface; 34. a support plate; 35. and welding a tool supporting seat on the front side.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the equipment or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.
The invention provides a laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool, as shown in figures 1-4, comprising a rotary platform 1, a welding main body tool 3 is arranged on the rotary platform 1, the welding main body tool 3 comprises a base 31, a left side surface quick dismounting tool 32 and a right side surface quick dismounting tool 33 are respectively arranged on two sides of the base 31, a support plate 34 is arranged on the top of the base 31, a plurality of front welding tool supporting seats 35 are arranged on the top of the support plate 34, the welding operation of the side surface and the top can be simultaneously carried out, the left side surface quick dismounting tool 32 comprises a positioning plate 321, main body positioning mechanisms 324 are arranged at two ends of the positioning plate 321, the two ends of the welding main body are fixed, a plurality of welding piece positioning blocks 325 are arranged on the surface of the positioning plate 321, the welding pieces are fixed, a plurality of middle positioning blocks 326 are arranged between the two main body positioning mechanisms 324, main part locating pin 3261 is installed at the top of middle part locating piece 326, a middle part for with the welding subject is fixed, main part positioning mechanism 324 includes fixed block 3241, draw-in groove 32411 has been seted up at fixed block 3241's top, the level is provided with compressing bar 32412 in the draw-in groove 32411, clamp bolt 32413 is installed at draw-in groove 32411's top, bottom locating piece 3242 is installed to one side of fixed block 3241, bottom locating piece 3242's top horizontal installation has ejector pin 3243, press from both ends of pole 32412 with the welding subject through ejector pin 3243 and compressing bar 32412 and press from both sides the fastening.
In this embodiment, a plurality of locating holes 11 have been seted up on rotary platform 1's surface, and the locating pin is installed to the bottom of welding main part frock 3, and locating hole 11 is pegged graft with the locating pin and is cooperated.
Specifically, a bearing seat is installed at the center of the rotary platform 1, and a tool bin 2 is installed in the middle of the top of the rotary platform 1.
It is worth noting that the welding positioning main body tool 3 is made of 304 stainless steel materials, the whole structure is heavy and firm, and the welding positioning main body tool has certain durability and durability; a small part is made of SKD11/4Cr13 die steel materials, so that the wear resistance and the repeated use reliability of the die steel materials used at ordinary times can be ensured, the size of a positioning pin needs to be checked regularly, and the welding tolerance of parts is influenced by long-term wear and needs to be replaced; the base 31 adopts the mode of aluminum plate bushing, so that the weight can be reduced and the precision use requirement of the welding tool can be met
Further, the left side quick dismounting tool 32 and the right side quick dismounting tool 33 are identical in structure, and welding operation is guaranteed to be carried out simultaneously on the left side and the right side.
Further, the positioning plate 321 is fixed on the base 31 by the locking bolt 323, so that the positioning plate 321 is convenient to detach and mount.
Further, the both ends surface mounting of locating plate 321 has handle 322, conveniently takes off it and carries or accomodates.
Further, threaded hole is seted up to the bottom of draw-in groove 32411, and the bottom of clamp bolt 32413 run through compress tightly pole 32412 and with threaded hole threaded connection, the top of clamp bolt 32413 is provided with the pressure head for will compress tightly the fixed and compress tightly of pole 32412, thereby will need welded main part both ends to compress tightly fixedly.
When the laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool is used, firstly, all mechanisms on the tool are assembled, so that the rotary platform 1 is stably placed, then, a product to be welded is placed on the left side surface quick dismounting tool 32 and the right side surface quick dismounting tool 33, the main body piece is placed firstly, two ends of the main body piece are fixed through the main body positioning mechanism 324, the push rod 3243 and the push rod 32412 clamp and fix two ends of the main body piece through rotating the press bolt 32413, the main body positioning pin 3261 of the middle positioning block 326 penetrates through the limiting hole in the middle of the main body piece, the middle of the main body piece is fixed, then, the welding piece is fixed on the welding piece positioning block 325, so that the main body piece and the welding piece can be attached, then, the whole rotary platform 1 is rotated, so that the welding main body tool 3 is moved into the welding platform, welding can be started, after the laser welding is finished, the product is used and detected by the detection tool, after the product is qualified, the work flow above the product can be continuously repeated, if the problem is detected, the problem needs to be analyzed in time, the device can be continuously used after the problem is solved, the device is stably placed at last, the collision and the water spraying are avoided, the regular maintenance is well done, when the device is used, the left side surface quick dismounting tool 32 and the right side surface quick dismounting tool 33 can be dismounted, according to the sizes of different welding main body parts, the left side surface quick dismounting tool 32 and the right side surface quick dismounting tool 33 which are different in size are arranged, and the tool welding of various products is realized.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in the above embodiments and the description, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a laser welding car seat slide rail flexible frock, includes rotary platform (1), its characterized in that: install welding main part frock (3) on rotary platform (1), welding main part frock (3) includes base (31), left surface quick tear open trade frock (32) and right surface quick tear open trade frock (33) are installed respectively to the both sides of base (31), backup pad (34) are installed at the top of base (31), a plurality of front welding frock supporting seats (35) are installed at the top of backup pad (34), left surface quick tear open trade frock (32) includes locating plate (321), main part positioning mechanism (324) are installed at the both ends of locating plate (321), the surface mounting of locating plate (321) has a plurality of welding pieces (325), two install a plurality of middle part locating pieces (326) between main part positioning mechanism (324), main part locating pin (3261) is installed at the top of middle part locating piece (326), main part positioning mechanism (324) include fixed block (3241), draw-in groove (32411) have been seted up at the top of fixed block (3241), the level is provided with compressing tightly pole (32412) in draw-in groove (32411), housing bolt (32413) is installed at the top of draw-in groove (32411), bottom locating piece (3242) is installed to one side of fixed block (3241), ejector pin (3243) is installed to the top level of bottom locating piece (3242).
2. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: a plurality of locating holes (11) are formed in the surface of the rotating platform (1), locating pins are installed at the bottom of the welding main body tool (3), and the locating holes (11) are in plug-in fit with the locating pins.
3. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the center department of rotary platform (1) installs the bearing frame, department installs instrument storehouse (2) in the middle of rotary platform's (1) top.
4. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the left side surface quick dismounting tool (32) and the right side surface quick dismounting tool (33) are identical in structure.
5. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the positioning plate (321) is fixed on the base (31) through a locking bolt (323).
6. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: handles (322) are arranged on the surfaces of the two ends of the positioning plate (321).
7. The laser welding automobile seat slide rail flexible tool according to claim 1, characterized in that: the bottom of the clamping groove (32411) is provided with a threaded hole, the bottom end of the pressing bolt (32413) penetrates through the pressing rod (32412) and is in threaded connection with the threaded hole, and the top end of the pressing bolt (32413) is provided with a pressing end head.
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