CN216424785U - Rotor hub journal test system - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a rotor hub shaft neck test system, which comprises a tested piece test bench (1), wherein the tested piece test bench (1) is respectively connected with a hydraulic control module (2) and an operation control monitoring module (3); the test bench (1) of the tested piece comprises a test bench base (4), an upper limiting driving mechanism and a lower limiting driving mechanism (5) are arranged on the test bench base (4), a variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) is arranged on the side surface of the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism (5), a hydraulic loading oil cylinder (7) is arranged between the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) and the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism (5), a front-back swinging mechanism (8) is arranged below the side surface of the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6), and spring mechanisms (9) are further arranged at two ends of the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6); the tested piece (10) is positioned between the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) and the upper and lower limiting driving mechanisms (5). The utility model has the characteristics of can effectively reduce the testing cost and can simulate the aerial load condition completely.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a rotor hub axle journal, especially a rotor hub axle journal test system.
Background
The main function of the rotor hub shaft neck is to form an axial hinge assembly together with a main hub to hinge shaft sleeve, transmit aerodynamic force generated by rotor blades and allow the blades to realize variable-pitch motion of the main blades under the control of an operating system, the structure bears larger pulsating load, the maintenance process of the rotor hub shaft neck at the present stage mainly refers to relevant regulations abroad, the service life examination is also based on the experience abroad, and the service life examination and verification are carried out on the product after the whole maintenance is finished due to the unavailable corresponding test system, so that the maintenance cost of the whole machine is overhigh. At present, various evaluations of a rotor hub shaft neck can be carried out through ground test by being arranged on a host, but two major defects exist, namely, the starting cost of the host engine is high; secondly, the load situation in the air cannot be completely simulated. Therefore, the prior art has the problems of higher test cost and incapability of completely simulating the aerial load condition.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a rotor hub axle journal test system. The utility model has the characteristics of can effectively reduce experimental cost and can simulate the aerial load condition completely.
The technical scheme of the utility model: the rotor hub journal testing system comprises a tested piece testing bench, wherein the tested piece testing bench is respectively connected with a hydraulic control module and an operation control monitoring module; the tested piece test bench comprises a test bench base, wherein an upper limiting driving mechanism and a lower limiting driving mechanism are arranged on the test bench base, a variable-pitch driving mechanism is arranged on the side surface of the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism, a hydraulic loading oil cylinder is arranged between the variable-pitch driving mechanism and the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism, a front-back swinging mechanism is arranged below the side surface of the variable-pitch driving mechanism, and spring mechanisms are also arranged at two ends of the variable-pitch driving mechanism; the tested piece is positioned between the variable-pitch driving mechanism and the upper and lower limiting driving mechanisms.
In the rotor hub journal test system, the hydraulic loading cylinder is connected with the hydraulic control module; the hydraulic control module comprises an alternating current motor and a constant delivery pump which are connected in sequence, an outlet of the constant delivery pump is connected with the hydraulic loading oil cylinder, and a pressure regulating valve group and a control valve group are connected in parallel between the outlet of the constant delivery pump and the hydraulic loading oil cylinder;
the pressure regulating valve group comprises a proportional overflow valve and a direct-acting overflow valve which are connected in parallel; the control valve group comprises an energy accumulator, a pressure gauge, a pressure transmitter and two three-position four-way Y-shaped function electromagnetic directional valves.
In the rotor hub shaft neck testing system, the upper and lower limiting driving mechanism comprises an upper and lower limiting mechanism base, a bearing seat is arranged above the upper and lower limiting mechanism base, a driven rotating half shaft is arranged on one side of the bearing seat, a driving rotating half shaft is arranged on the other side of the bearing seat, the driving rotating half shaft is connected with an upper and lower driving servo motor through a first coupling and a first speed reducer, and the upper and lower driving servo motor is fixed on the L-shaped support; and oil cylinder fixing frames are also arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the middle part of the bearing seat.
In the rotor hub journal test system, the front-back swinging mechanism comprises a variable frequency motor, a second coupler and a second speed reducer are arranged at the output end of the variable frequency motor, a rotary disk connecting rod is arranged above the second speed reducer, a heavy-load sliding block matched with a heavy-load sliding rail is arranged above the rotary disk connecting rod, and a front-back swinging rotating support is arranged above the heavy-load sliding block.
In the rotor hub journal testing system, the variable-pitch driving mechanism comprises a support fixed on a forward-backward swinging rotary support, a third speed reducer is arranged on one side of the support, the third speed reducer is connected with a variable-pitch driving servo motor, and a comb-shaped tool is arranged on the other side of the support; the upper end and the lower end of the side surface of the support are provided with oil cylinder support frames; spring mounting racks are arranged at two ends of the support.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses by test bench base, upper and lower limit actuating mechanism, displacement actuating mechanism, hydraulic pressure loading hydro-cylinder, swing mechanism and spring mechanism constitute, simulate rotor hub axle journal axial heavy load, upper and lower limit high frequency action, displacement drive high frequency action, the verification test demand of swing operating mode of high frequency around, thereby can simulate various aerial load condition completely, also need not testing through starting host engine in addition, effectively reduce the test cost. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:
1) the hydraulic control module of the utility model adopts the AC motor as a power source to drive the hydraulic constant delivery pump to rotate, the hydraulic constant delivery pump outputs hydraulic oil to supply to the hydraulic oil cylinder, and the hydraulic oil cylinder carries out axial static pressure loading on a tested piece; the loading force is adjusted through the proportional overflow valve so as to meet the loading requirement of the tested piece.
2) The upper and lower limiting driving mechanism heightens a precision speed reducer through a servo motor to drive a tested piece to enable the high-frequency positive and negative directions of the horizontal pin to rotate according to a certain angle, so that the test requirements of upper and lower limiting are met.
3) The variable-pitch driving mechanism drives the front supporting arm of the tested piece to rotate at a certain angle in a high-frequency positive direction and a high-negative direction through a servo motor and a high-precision speed reducer, and the test requirement of variable-pitch driving is met.
4) The front-back swing mechanism adopts a variable frequency motor to drive a heavy-load speed reducer to rotate through a coupler, the accelerator drives the rotary connecting disc to rotate, the rotation of the rotary connecting disc is finally converted into front-back high-frequency swing motion of a workpiece, and the front-back swing test requirement is met.
5) The spring system continuously converts the front-back swing kinetic energy into elastic potential energy by absorbing and releasing the inertial load generated by high-frequency swing, and simultaneously releases the elastic potential energy into the front-back swing kinetic energy, so that the driving power of the variable frequency motor can be greatly reduced.
To sum up, the utility model has the characteristics of can effectively reduce the test cost and can simulate the aerial load condition completely.
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Fig. 1 is a layout diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a hydraulic control module;
FIG. 3 is a structural view of a test bed of a test piece;
FIG. 4 is a structural view of the upper and lower motion limiting drive mechanism;
FIG. 5 is a structural view of a pitch drive mechanism;
fig. 6 is a structural view of the back-and-forth swing mechanism.
The labels in the figures are: 1-a tested piece test bench, 2-a hydraulic control module, 3-an operation control monitoring module, 4-a test bench base, 5-an upper and lower limiting driving mechanism, 6-a variable-pitch driving mechanism, 7-a hydraulic loading oil cylinder, 8-a front and back swinging mechanism, 9-a spring mechanism, 10-a tested piece, 201-an alternating current motor, 202-a fixed displacement pump, 203-a pressure regulating valve bank, 204-a control valve bank, 2031-a proportional overflow valve, 2032-a direct-acting overflow valve, 2041-an energy accumulator, 2042-a pressure gauge, 2043-a pressure transmitter, 2044-an electromagnetic reversing valve, 501-an upper and lower limiting mechanism base, 502-a bearing seat, 503-a driven rotating half shaft, 504-a driving rotating half shaft, 505-a first coupler and 506-a first speed reducer, 507, an up-and-down driving servo motor, 508, an L-shaped support, 509, an oil cylinder fixing frame, 801, a variable frequency motor, 802, a second coupler, 803, a second speed reducer, 804, a rotating disc connecting rod, 805, a heavy load sliding rail, 806, 807, a front-and-back swinging rotating support, 601, 602, a third speed reducer, 603, a variable-pitch driving servo motor, 604, a comb-shaped tool, 605, an oil cylinder supporting frame and 606, a spring mounting frame.
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The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, but not to be construed as limiting the invention.
Examples are given. The rotor hub journal testing system is shown in figures 1 to 6 and comprises a tested piece testing bench 1, wherein the tested piece testing bench 1 is respectively connected with a hydraulic control module 2 and an operation control monitoring module 3; the tested piece test bench 1 comprises a test bench base 4, an upper limiting driving mechanism 5 and a lower limiting driving mechanism 5 are arranged on the test bench base 4, a variable-pitch driving mechanism 6 is arranged on the side surface of the upper limiting driving mechanism 5 and the lower limiting driving mechanism 5, a hydraulic loading oil cylinder 7 is arranged between the variable-pitch driving mechanism 6 and the upper limiting driving mechanism 5, a front-back swinging mechanism 8 is arranged below the side surface of the variable-pitch driving mechanism 6, and spring mechanisms 9 are further arranged at two ends of the variable-pitch driving mechanism 6; the test piece 10 is positioned between the pitch drive mechanism 6 and the upper and lower motion limiting drive mechanisms 5.
The hydraulic loading oil cylinder 7 is connected with the hydraulic control module 2; the hydraulic control module 2 comprises an alternating current motor 201 and a fixed displacement pump 202 which are sequentially connected, an outlet of the fixed displacement pump 202 is connected with the hydraulic loading oil cylinder 7, and a pressure regulating valve group 203 and a control valve group 204 are connected in parallel between the outlet of the fixed displacement pump 202 and the hydraulic loading oil cylinder 7;
the pressure regulating valve group 203 comprises a proportional overflow valve 2031 and a direct-acting overflow valve 2032 which are connected in parallel; the control valve group 204 includes an accumulator 2041, a pressure gauge 2042, a pressure transmitter 2043 and two three-position four-way Y-function electromagnetic directional valves 2044.
The upper and lower limiting driving mechanism 5 comprises an upper and lower limiting mechanism base 501, a bearing seat 502 is arranged above the upper and lower limiting mechanism base 501, a driven rotating half shaft 503 is arranged on one side of the bearing seat 502, a driving rotating half shaft 504 is arranged on the other side of the bearing seat 502, the driving rotating half shaft 504 is connected with an upper and lower driving servo motor 507 through a first coupling 505 and a first speed reducer 506, and the upper and lower driving servo motor 507 is fixed on an L-shaped support 508; oil cylinder fixing frames 509 are further arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the middle of the bearing block 502.
The front-back swing mechanism 8 comprises a variable frequency motor 801, a second coupler 802 and a second speed reducer 803 are arranged at the output end of the variable frequency motor 801, a rotating disc connecting rod 804 is arranged above the second speed reducer 803, a heavy-load sliding block 806 matched with a heavy-load sliding rail 805 is arranged above the rotating disc connecting rod 804, and a front-back swing rotating support 807 is arranged above the heavy-load sliding block 806.
The variable-pitch driving mechanism 6 comprises a support 601 fixed on a front-back swinging rotary support 807, a third speed reducer 602 is arranged on one side of the support 601, the third speed reducer 602 is connected with a variable-pitch driving servo motor 603, and a comb-shaped tool 604 is arranged on the other side of the support 601; the upper end and the lower end of the side surface of the support 601 are provided with oil cylinder support frames 605; spring mounting brackets 606 are provided at both ends of the support 601.
A method for testing the axle neck of rotor-wing hub includes such steps as loading the axial static pressure to the tested part by hydraulic control module, rotating the horizontal pin of the tested part by upper and lower limiting drive mechanisms, rotating the front supporting arm of the tested part by variable-pitch drive mechanism, and high-frequency swinging back and forth by front and back swinging mechanism to test the axial load, high-frequency up and down limiting, high-frequency variable-pitch drive and high-frequency front and back swinging of the tested part.
The inertia load generated by high-frequency swing is absorbed and released by the spring system, the front-back swing kinetic energy is converted into elastic potential energy, and the elastic potential energy is released into the front-back swing kinetic energy, so that the power of the front-back swing mechanism is reduced.
The heavy-load slide rail is independently arranged on the base of the test bed.
The hydraulic control module of the rotor hub journal testing system is characterized in that an alternating current motor drives a hydraulic constant delivery pump to be connected in parallel with an overflow valve serving as a safety valve through a one-way valve, and is connected in parallel with a proportional overflow valve serving as a loading valve; the constant delivery pump is directly connected with the alternating current motor through a coupler to provide a hydraulic oil source for the hydraulic loading oil cylinder, the two hydraulic oil cylinders are connected to a tested piece bearing tool, and the two hydraulic cylinders provide equal static pressure.
The moving parts of the test bed are made of high-strength steel, and the purpose of the high-strength steel is to reduce the mass and the movement inertia.
The quantitative pump outlet is connected with a pressure regulating valve group in parallel, the pressure regulating valve group comprises a proportional overflow valve and a direct-acting overflow valve, the proportional overflow valve and the direct-acting overflow valve are integrated on a pressure regulating valve block, the direct-acting overflow valve is used for limiting the highest pressure of the system, the pressure regulating of the whole system mainly comprises the proportional overflow valve, and the regulating pressure of the proportional overflow valve corresponds to the corresponding electric signal of the control system.
The control valve group integrates two three-position four-way Y-shaped function electromagnetic directional valves, an energy accumulator, a pressure gauge and a pressure transmitter, when loading is needed, the electromagnetic directional valves switch an oil path to a rodless cavity of the hydraulic oil cylinder for oil feeding, when a tested piece is replaced, the proportional overflow valve is unloaded firstly, the tested piece is not stressed through forward and reverse switching of the electromagnetic directional valves, and the tested piece can be easily disassembled from the test bench.
Two electromagnetic directional valves are respectively connected with two different hydraulic loading oil cylinders, so that when a tested piece bearing tool is installed, the extending length of the hydraulic loading oil cylinders is subjected to micro-motion adjustment, and the installation efficiency is improved.
The upper and lower limiting driving mechanism is supported by a small-inertia servo motor (an upper and lower driving servo motor) and a high-precision speed reducer (a first speed reducer) through an L-shaped support, a first coupling is connected with a rotary half shaft and the high-precision speed reducer, high-frequency positive and negative angle rotation is realized (the high-frequency positive and negative directions of a horizontal pin are rotated according to a certain angle), the realization difficulty is the influence of the inertia of the rotary half shaft on the small-inertia servo motor and the high-precision speed reducer, the rotary half shaft can bear dozens of tons of load, high-strength steel is selected for manufacturing under the condition of ensuring the strength, and a bearing of a bearing seat also needs to be selected for bearing large radial load.
A variable-pitch driving mechanism is characterized in that a small-inertia servo motor (a variable-pitch driving servo motor) and a high-precision speed reducer (a third speed reducer) are connected to a tested piece through a comb-shaped tool, a front support arm of the tested piece is driven to rotate in a positive and negative angle at a high frequency, and a rotating part of the comb-shaped tool is designed by high-strength steel so as to reduce weight and reduce rotational inertia.
A variable frequency motor of the front-back swing mechanism drives a heavy-duty speed reducer (a second speed reducer) to rotate at a certain rotating speed through a coupler (a second coupler), a rotary disc connecting rod is connected with an output shaft of the heavy-duty speed reducer, the rotary disc connecting rod rotates to enable a heavy-duty valve block to linearly move on a heavy-duty sliding rail, so that a front-back swing rotary support is driven to swing back and forth at a certain axis, the swing action has certain frequency requirements, and due to the fact that a swing piece needs to bear dozens of tons of axial loads, the front-back swing rotary support and the mass and inertia of tools such as a front support arm of a tested piece can bring large inertial loads.
The spring mechanism absorbs and releases the inertial load generated by the high-frequency swing of the front-back swing mechanism, continuously converts the front-back swing kinetic energy into elastic potential energy, and simultaneously releases the elastic potential energy into the front-back swing kinetic energy, so that the input power of the variable frequency motor can be greatly reduced, and the reduced power is about 80% of the input power without the spring mechanism.
The operation control monitoring module controls the whole system and monitors test parameters.
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1. Rotor hub axle journal test system, its characterized in that: the test device comprises a tested piece test bench (1), wherein the tested piece test bench (1) is respectively connected with a hydraulic control module (2) and an operation control monitoring module (3); the test bench (1) of the tested piece comprises a test bench base (4), an upper limiting driving mechanism and a lower limiting driving mechanism (5) are arranged on the test bench base (4), a variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) is arranged on the side surface of the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism (5), a hydraulic loading oil cylinder (7) is arranged between the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) and the upper limiting driving mechanism and the lower limiting driving mechanism (5), a front-back swinging mechanism (8) is arranged below the side surface of the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6), and spring mechanisms (9) are further arranged at two ends of the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6); the tested piece (10) is positioned between the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) and the upper and lower limiting driving mechanisms (5).
2. The rotor hub journal testing system of claim 1, wherein: the hydraulic loading oil cylinder (7) is connected with the hydraulic control module (2); the hydraulic control module (2) comprises an alternating current motor (201) and a fixed displacement pump (202) which are sequentially connected, an outlet of the fixed displacement pump (202) is connected with the hydraulic loading oil cylinder (7), and a pressure regulating valve group (203) and a control valve group (204) are connected in parallel between the outlet of the fixed displacement pump (202) and the hydraulic loading oil cylinder (7);
the pressure regulating valve group (203) comprises a proportional overflow valve (2031) and a direct-acting overflow valve (2032) which are connected in parallel; the control valve group (204) comprises an energy accumulator (2041), a pressure gauge (2042), a pressure transmitter (2043) and two three-position four-way Y-shaped function electromagnetic directional valves (2044).
3. The rotor hub journal testing system of claim 1, wherein: the upper and lower limiting driving mechanism (5) comprises an upper and lower limiting mechanism base (501), a bearing seat (502) is arranged above the upper and lower limiting mechanism base (501), a driven rotating half shaft (503) is arranged on one side of the bearing seat (502), a driving rotating half shaft (504) is arranged on the other side of the bearing seat (502), the driving rotating half shaft (504) is connected with an upper and lower driving servo motor (507) through a first coupler (505) and a first speed reducer (506), and the upper and lower driving servo motor (507) is fixed on an L-shaped support (508); and oil cylinder fixing frames (509) are further arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the middle part of the bearing seat (502).
4. The rotor hub journal testing system of claim 1, wherein: the front-back swing mechanism (8) comprises a variable frequency motor (801), a second coupler (802) and a second speed reducer (803) are arranged at the output end of the variable frequency motor (801), a rotating disc connecting rod (804) is arranged above the second speed reducer (803), a heavy-load sliding block (806) matched with a heavy-load sliding rail (805) is arranged above the rotating disc connecting rod (804), and a front-back swing rotary support (807) is arranged above the heavy-load sliding block (806).
5. The rotor hub journal testing system of claim 4, wherein: the variable-pitch driving mechanism (6) comprises a support (601) fixed on a front-back swinging rotary support (807), a third speed reducer (602) is arranged on one side of the support (601), the third speed reducer (602) is connected with a variable-pitch driving servo motor (603), and a comb-shaped tool (604) is arranged on the other side of the support (601); the upper end and the lower end of the side surface of the support (601) are provided with oil cylinder support frames (605); spring mounting racks (606) are arranged at two ends of the support (601).
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