CN219985985U - Automobile carriage accessory stamping die convenient to location - Google Patents

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CN219985985U
CN219985985U CN202321536269.2U CN202321536269U CN219985985U CN 219985985 U CN219985985 U CN 219985985U CN 202321536269 U CN202321536269 U CN 202321536269U CN 219985985 U CN219985985 U CN 219985985U
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任传江
尚从启
张扬扬
周敉
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The utility model provides a stamping die for an automobile carriage accessory convenient to position, relates to the technical field of stamping dies and aims to solve the problem that when a lower die holder in the existing stamping die is used for adjusting the position, four fixing bolts are required to be screwed by a tool, so that the lower die holder in the stamping die is not convenient enough to position; comprising the following steps: a punching machine; a -shaped support frame is fixedly arranged at the top of the stamping machine tool, a stamping mechanism is arranged at the top of the -shaped support frame, and an upper die holder is arranged at the lower end of the stamping mechanism; through the cooperation of adjusting part about adjusting part and, can be when adjusting the position of die holder, only need rotate first adjusting screw and second adjusting screw respectively can make the position of die holder obtain adjusting, and in the whole positioning process, owing to need not to twist fixing bolt through the instrument to the die holder in this stamping die is more convenient when the location.

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Automobile carriage accessory stamping die convenient to location
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of stamping dies, and particularly relates to an automobile carriage accessory stamping die convenient to position.
Background
At present, when car carriage annex is processing, stamping equipment can be used generally, and when stamping die on the present stamping equipment is in use, because die holder in the stamping die is in the adjustment position, need to unscrew four fixing bolts that are arranged in fixing the die holder through the instrument earlier, then adjust the position of die holder, and adjust the back, still need screw up four fixing bolts through the instrument, thereby the die holder in the stamping die is not convenient enough when the location, and the fixing bolt that is used for fixing the die holder takes place not hard up phenomenon easily, and then the steadiness when die holder in the stamping die uses has been reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides the automobile carriage accessory stamping die convenient to position, so that the problem that the lower die holder in the stamping die is not convenient enough in positioning due to the fact that four fixing bolts are required to be screwed by a tool when the lower die holder in the existing stamping die is used for adjusting the position is solved.
The utility model discloses a purpose and an effect of a stamping die for an automobile carriage accessory, which are convenient to position, and are achieved by the following specific technical means:
an automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient to location, comprising: a punching machine; a -shaped support frame is fixedly arranged at the top of the stamping machine tool, a stamping mechanism is arranged at the top of the -shaped support frame, and an upper die holder is arranged at the lower end of the stamping mechanism; the middle part of the top end surface of the punching machine is connected with a fixed seat through a bolt, the upper end surface of the fixed seat is provided with a front-back adjusting assembly, the top of the front-back adjusting assembly is provided with a left-right adjusting assembly, the top of the left-right adjusting assembly is provided with a lower die holder, and an automobile carriage accessory is placed on the upper part of the lower die holder; the fixing seat and the front-back adjusting component are provided with a locking mechanism, and the upper end face of the fixing seat is provided with two T-shaped sliding rails in a bilateral symmetry mode.
Further, stamping mechanism includes pneumatic cylinder, stamping plate and vertical guide arm, pneumatic cylinder fixed mounting is at font support frame top terminal surface, and the telescopic link of pneumatic cylinder runs through font support frame top, the telescopic link lower extreme fixedly connected with stamping plate of pneumatic cylinder, and four corners of stamping plate up end all are equipped with a vertical guide arm that runs through font support frame top terminal surface to four vertical guide arms and font support frame top sliding connection.
Further, the front-back adjusting assembly comprises a front-back sliding seat, a first adjusting screw, a dovetail-shaped sliding bar and a first driving nut, wherein two T-shaped sliding grooves are formed in the left-right symmetry mode on the bottom end surface of the front-back sliding seat, and the two T-shaped sliding grooves on the bottom end surface of the front-back sliding seat are respectively connected with the two T-shaped sliding rails on the fixing seat in a sliding manner; the middle part of the bottom end surface of the front sliding seat and the rear sliding seat is provided with a strip-shaped groove, a first driving nut is fixedly connected inside the strip-shaped groove, a first adjusting screw is connected inside the first driving nut through threads, and the first adjusting screw is rotationally connected to the upper end surface of the fixing seat; the upper end surfaces of the front sliding seat and the rear sliding seat are symmetrically provided with two dovetail sliding strips.
Further, the left and right adjusting assembly comprises a left and right sliding seat, a second adjusting screw and a second driving nut, two dovetail sliding grooves are formed in the front-back symmetrical mode at the bottom end surfaces of the left and right sliding seat, and the two dovetail sliding grooves are respectively connected with the two dovetail sliding strips in a sliding mode; a rectangular groove is formed in the bottom end surface of the left sliding seat and the right sliding seat, and a second driving nut is fixedly connected inside the rectangular groove; the second driving nut is internally connected with a second adjusting screw through threads, and the second adjusting screw is rotationally connected to the upper end face of the front sliding seat and the upper end face of the rear sliding seat.
Further, the locking mechanism comprises a frame body, rectangular sliding blocks, T-shaped pull rods, limiting gears and a jacking block, the frame body in one locking mechanism on the left side is fixedly arranged on the left side of the upper end faces of the front sliding seat and the rear sliding seat, and the frame body in the other locking mechanism on the right side is fixedly arranged on the front side of the upper end faces of the fixing seats; the inside of the frame body is connected with a rectangular sliding block in a sliding way, the head end of the rectangular sliding block is provided with a jacking block penetrating through the head of the frame body, and the head of the jacking block is provided with a limit strip; the tail end of the rectangular sliding block is provided with a T-shaped pull rod penetrating through the tail part of the frame body, and a spring is sleeved on the T-shaped pull rod and positioned in the frame body; and the limiting gear in one locking mechanism on the left side is fixedly arranged on the left side outside the second adjusting screw, and the limiting gear in one locking mechanism on the front side is fixedly arranged on the front side outside the first adjusting screw.
Further, when the locking mechanism is in a locking limit state, the limit bar at the head of the jacking block is in close contact with the peripheral surface of the limit gear.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. through the cooperation of the front-back adjusting component and the left-right adjusting component, when the position of the lower die holder is adjusted, the position of the lower die holder can be adjusted only by respectively rotating the first adjusting screw and the second adjusting screw, and in the whole positioning process, the fixing bolt is not required to be screwed by a tool, so that the lower die holder in the stamping die is more convenient and faster to position;
2. through the setting of locking mechanism, after the position adjustment of die holder is good, through loosen the back with T type pull rod, make the rectangle sliding block take tight piece in top and spacing head end direction removal to spacing under the outside spring force effect of T type pull rod to make spacing and spacing gear outer peripheral face in close contact, thereby make first adjusting screw and second adjusting screw obtain the spacing effect of locking, thereby avoid first adjusting screw and second adjusting screw to take place not hard up phenomenon, and then improved the steadiness when the die holder uses in this stamping die.
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Fig. 1 is an isometric view of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the present utility model in a disassembled state.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the front-rear adjusting assembly, the left-right adjusting assembly and the locking mechanism of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a split structure of a fixing seat, a front-rear adjusting assembly and a left-right adjusting assembly of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the locking mechanism of the present utility model.
In the figure, the correspondence between the component names and the drawing numbers is:
1. a punching machine; 2. support frame; 3. a punching mechanism; 301. a hydraulic cylinder; 302. a stamping plate; 303. a vertical guide rod; 4. a fixing seat; 5. a front-to-back adjustment assembly; 501. a front-rear sliding seat; 502. a first adjusting screw; 503. dovetail-shaped slide bar; 504. a first drive nut; 6. left and right adjusting components; 601. a left-right sliding seat; 602. a second adjusting screw; 603. a second drive nut; 7. a lower die holder; 8. an upper die holder; 9. automobile compartment accessories; 10. a locking mechanism; 1001. a frame; 1002. a rectangular sliding block; 1003. a T-shaped pull rod; 1004. a limit gear; 1005. and (5) tightly pushing the block.
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Embodiments of the present utility model are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
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as shown in fig. 1 to 5:
the utility model provides a stamping die for automobile carriage accessories, which is convenient to position, and comprises: a press machine 1; a -shaped support frame 2 is fixedly arranged at the top of the punching machine tool 1, a punching mechanism 3 is arranged at the top of the -shaped support frame 2, and an upper die holder 8 is arranged at the lower end of the punching mechanism 3; the middle part of the top end surface of the stamping machine tool 1 is connected with a fixed seat 4 through a bolt, the upper end surface of the fixed seat 4 is provided with a front-back adjusting component 5, the top of the front-back adjusting component 5 is provided with a left-right adjusting component 6, the top of the left-right adjusting component 6 is provided with a lower die holder 7, and an automobile carriage accessory 9 is placed on the upper part of the lower die holder 7; the fixed seat 4 and the front-rear adjusting component 5 are respectively provided with a locking mechanism 10, and the upper end surface of the fixed seat 4 is provided with two T-shaped sliding rails in a bilateral symmetry manner;
the stamping mechanism 3 comprises a hydraulic cylinder 301, a stamping plate 302 and vertical guide rods 303, wherein the hydraulic cylinder 301 is fixedly arranged on the top end face of the -shaped support frame 2, a telescopic rod of the hydraulic cylinder 301 penetrates through the top of the -shaped support frame 2, the stamping plate 302 is fixedly connected to the lower end of the telescopic rod of the hydraulic cylinder 301, one vertical guide rod 303 penetrating through the top end face of the -shaped support frame 2 is arranged at four corners of the upper end face of the stamping plate 302, and the four vertical guide rods 303 are slidably connected with the top of the -shaped support frame 2.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the front-rear adjusting assembly 5 includes a front-rear sliding seat 501, a first adjusting screw 502, a dovetail-shaped sliding bar 503 and a first driving nut 504, wherein two T-shaped sliding grooves are symmetrically formed on the bottom end surface of the front-rear sliding seat 501, and the two T-shaped sliding grooves on the bottom end surface of the front-rear sliding seat 501 are respectively connected with two T-shaped sliding rails on the fixing seat 4 in a sliding manner; a strip-shaped groove is formed in the middle of the bottom end surface of the front sliding seat 501, a first driving nut 504 is fixedly connected inside the strip-shaped groove, a first adjusting screw 502 is connected inside the first driving nut 504 through threads, and the first adjusting screw 502 is rotationally connected to the upper end surface of the fixed seat 4; the upper end surface of the front and rear sliding seat 501 is provided with two dovetail-shaped sliding strips 503 in a front-rear symmetrical shape, and the two dovetail-shaped sliding strips are used for adjusting the positions of the left and right adjusting assemblies 6 and the lower die holder 7 in the front-rear direction through the arrangement of the front and rear adjusting assemblies 5;
the left and right adjusting component 6 comprises a left and right sliding seat 601, a second adjusting screw 602 and a second driving nut 603, wherein two dovetail sliding grooves are formed in the front-back symmetrical shape on the bottom end surface of the left and right sliding seat 601, and the two dovetail sliding grooves are respectively connected with the two dovetail sliding strips 503 in a sliding manner; a rectangular groove is formed in the bottom end surface of the left and right sliding seat 601, and a second driving nut 603 is fixedly connected inside the rectangular groove; the second driving nut 603 is internally connected with a second adjusting screw 602 through threads, and the second adjusting screw 602 is rotationally connected to the upper end surface of the front-rear sliding seat 501, and is used for adjusting the left-right direction position of the lower die holder 7 through the arrangement of the left-right adjusting component 6.
Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the locking mechanism 10 includes a frame 1001, a rectangular slider 1002, a T-shaped tie rod 1003, a limit gear 1004, and a jack 1005, the frame 1001 in one locking mechanism 10 on the left side is fixedly mounted on the left side of the upper end face of the front and rear slide holder 501, and the frame 1001 in one locking mechanism 10 on the right side is fixedly mounted on the front side of the upper end face of the fixing base 4; a rectangular sliding block 1002 is connected inside the frame 1001 in a sliding way, a propping block 1005 penetrating through the head of the frame 1001 is arranged at the head end of the rectangular sliding block 1002, and a limit strip is arranged at the head of the propping block 1005; the tail end of the rectangular sliding block 1002 is provided with a T-shaped pull rod 1003 penetrating through the tail of the frame 1001, and a spring is sleeved on the T-shaped pull rod 1003 and positioned inside the frame 1001; the limiting gear 1004 in the left locking mechanism 10 is fixedly arranged on the left side outside the second adjusting screw 602, and the limiting gear 1004 in the front locking mechanism 10 is fixedly arranged on the front side outside the first adjusting screw 502;
when locking mechanism 10 is in the spacing state of locking, the spacing of top tight piece 1005 head and limiting gear 1004 outer peripheral face in close contact with, through the setting of locking mechanism 10 to avoid first adjusting screw 502 and second adjusting screw 602 to take place not hard up phenomenon, and then improved the steadiness when die holder 7 uses in this stamping die.
Specific use and action of the embodiment:
in the utility model, when in use, the fixed seat 4 is fixedly connected to the stamping machine tool 1 through bolts, then the lower die holder 7 is fixedly arranged on the upper end surfaces of the left and right sliding seats 601, then the upper die holder 8 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the stamping plate 302, and then the position of the lower die holder 7 is adjusted according to the position of the upper die holder 8;
when the position of the lower die holder 7 is adjusted, only one T-shaped pull rod 1003 at the front side is pulled leftwards manually, so that the rectangular sliding block 1002 at the front side drives the jacking block 1005 at the front side to move leftwards, the limiting gear 1004 at the front side loses the limiting effect, then the first adjusting screw 502 is rotated by the other hand, the first driving nut 504 drives the front and rear sliding seat 501, the left and right adjusting components 6 and the lower die holder 7 to move forwards and backwards under the threaded effect, the front and rear position of the lower die holder 7 is adjusted, then the T-shaped pull rod 1003 at the left side is pulled forwards manually, the rectangular sliding block 1002 at the left side drives the jacking block 1005 at the left side to move forwards, so that the limiting effect of the limiting gear 1004 at the left side is lost, then the second adjusting screw 602 is rotated by the other hand, the second driving nut 603 drives the left and right sliding seat 601 and the lower die holder 7 to move leftwards under the threaded effect, the left and right position of the lower die holder 7 is adjusted, and after the adjustment, the T-shaped pull rod 1003 is loosened, the lower die holder 7 can be positioned conveniently and quickly by screwing a tool in the die holder 7;
after the T-shaped pull rod 1003 is loosened, the rectangular sliding block 1002 moves towards the head end of the limiting bar along with the jacking block 1005 and the limiting bar under the action of the external spring force of the T-shaped pull rod 1003, so that the limiting bar is tightly contacted with the peripheral surface of the limiting gear 1004, the first adjusting screw 502 and the second adjusting screw 602 are locked and limited, the loosening phenomenon of the first adjusting screw 502 and the second adjusting screw 602 is avoided, and the stability of the lower die holder 7 in the stamping die in use is improved;
after the lower die holder 7 is positioned, the automobile compartment accessory 9 is punched, when the automobile compartment accessory 9 is punched, the automobile compartment accessory 9 is firstly placed on the upper portion of the lower die holder 7, then the telescopic rod of the hydraulic cylinder 301 is controlled to move downwards, so that the punching plate 302 and the upper die holder 8 are carried to move downwards, and then the automobile compartment accessory 9 is punched through the upper die holder 8.

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1. Automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient to location, its characterized in that includes: a press machine (1); a -shaped support frame (2) is fixedly arranged at the top of the stamping machine tool (1), a stamping mechanism (3) is arranged at the top of the -shaped support frame (2), and an upper die holder (8) is arranged at the lower end of the stamping mechanism (3); the middle part of the top end surface of the stamping machine tool (1) is connected with a fixing seat (4) through a bolt, the upper end surface of the fixing seat (4) is provided with a front-back adjusting assembly (5), the top of the front-back adjusting assembly (5) is provided with a left-right adjusting assembly (6), the top of the left-right adjusting assembly (6) is provided with a lower die holder (7), and an automobile carriage accessory (9) is placed on the upper part of the lower die holder (7); the fixing seat (4) and the front-back adjusting component (5) are respectively provided with a locking mechanism (10), and the upper end surface of the fixing seat (4) is provided with two T-shaped sliding rails in a bilateral symmetry mode.
2. An automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient for positioning as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the stamping mechanism (3) comprises a hydraulic cylinder (301), a stamping plate (302) and vertical guide rods (303), wherein the hydraulic cylinder (301) is fixedly installed on the top end face of a -shaped support frame (2), a telescopic rod of the hydraulic cylinder (301) penetrates through the top of the -shaped support frame (2), the stamping plate (302) is fixedly connected to the lower end of the telescopic rod of the hydraulic cylinder (301), one vertical guide rod (303) penetrating through the top end face of the -shaped support frame (2) is arranged at four corners of the upper end face of the stamping plate (302), and the four vertical guide rods (303) are in sliding connection with the top of the -shaped support frame (2).
3. An automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient for positioning as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the front-back adjusting assembly (5) comprises a front-back sliding seat (501), a first adjusting screw (502), a dovetail-shaped sliding bar (503) and a first driving nut (504), wherein two T-shaped sliding grooves are formed in the left-right symmetry mode at the bottom end of the front-back sliding seat (501), and the two T-shaped sliding grooves at the bottom end face of the front-back sliding seat (501) are respectively in sliding connection with the two T-shaped sliding rails on the fixed seat (4); the middle part of the bottom end surface of the front sliding seat (501) is provided with a strip-shaped groove, a first driving nut (504) is fixedly connected inside the strip-shaped groove, a first adjusting screw (502) is connected inside the first driving nut (504) through threads, and the first adjusting screw (502) is rotationally connected to the upper end surface of the fixed seat (4); the upper end face of the front and rear sliding seat (501) is provided with two dovetail-shaped sliding strips (503) in a front-rear symmetrical mode.
4. An automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient for positioning as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the left-right adjusting component (6) comprises a left-right sliding seat (601), a second adjusting screw (602) and a second driving nut (603), two dovetail sliding grooves are formed in the front-back symmetrical mode in the bottom end surface of the left-right sliding seat (601), and the two dovetail sliding grooves are respectively connected with the two dovetail sliding strips (503) in a sliding mode; a rectangular groove is formed in the bottom end surface of the left sliding seat (601), and a second driving nut (603) is fixedly connected inside the rectangular groove; the second driving nut (603) is internally connected with a second adjusting screw (602) through threads, and the second adjusting screw (602) is rotationally connected to the upper end face of the front and rear sliding seat (501).
5. An automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient for positioning as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the locking mechanism (10) comprises a frame body (1001), rectangular sliding blocks (1002), T-shaped pull rods (1003), limiting gears (1004) and a jacking block (1005), wherein the frame body (1001) in one locking mechanism (10) on the left side is fixedly arranged on the left side of the upper end face of the front and rear sliding seat (501), and the frame body (1001) in one locking mechanism (10) on the right side is fixedly arranged on the front side of the upper end face of the fixed seat (4); a rectangular sliding block (1002) is connected inside the frame body (1001) in a sliding manner, a propping block (1005) penetrating through the head of the frame body (1001) is arranged at the head end of the rectangular sliding block (1002), and a limit strip is arranged at the head of the propping block (1005); the tail end of the rectangular sliding block (1002) is provided with a T-shaped pull rod (1003) penetrating through the tail of the frame body (1001), and a spring is sleeved on the T-shaped pull rod (1003) and positioned in the frame body (1001); the limiting gear (1004) in one locking mechanism (10) on the left side is fixedly arranged on the left side outside the second adjusting screw (602), and the limiting gear (1004) in one locking mechanism (10) on the front side is fixedly arranged on the front side outside the first adjusting screw (502).
6. An automobile compartment accessory stamping die convenient for positioning as claimed in claim 5, wherein: when the locking mechanism (10) is in a locking limit state, limit strips at the head of the jacking block (1005) are in close contact with the peripheral surface of the limit gear (1004).
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