The present invention relates to the complicated curved surface grinding technologies of difficult-to-machine materials, and in particular, proposes an automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface and a machining method thereof.
With the rapid development of science and technology, there are higher and higher requirements on the material performance in the fields of mechanical engineering, electronics, communication, optics, energy, aerospace, etc. A large number of novel difficult-to-machine materials (such as titanium alloy, high-temperature alloy, ultrahigh strength steel, engineering ceramics, etc.) with excellent performances constantly emerge. Meanwhile, new challenges are proposed to precision/ultra-precision machining of these materials. Grinding as the important technical means of the precision/ultra-precision machining accounts for 30%-40% of the total machining amount, and the application is very wide. In the grinding process, the difficult-to-machine material generally has the problems of low material removal rate, severe adhesion of the surface of a grinding wheel, large grinding force, high grinding temperature, grinding burn, frequent work hardening, poor surface integrity of the workpiece, etc. In view of these problems, domestic and foreign scholars develop a large number of researches on high-speed/ultrahigh-speed grinding, high-speed deep grinding, composite grinding, discontinuous grinding theories, methods, and advanced grinder technologies based on the bonded abrasives. However, these technical problems still cannot be completely solved, and it is a challenge to grind a complicated curved surface of the difficult-to-machine material. To analyze based on the grinding mechanism, the abrasive has a large negative rake and a large cutting-edge radius; so, the generated total grinding force is huge, wherein the normal grinding force is the maximum, the strength of the difficult-to-machine material is high, and the energy required by material grinding is large. The normal grinding force is dozens even hundreds of times of that of the conventional material. However, overlarge normal grinding force is a main cause of multiple problems in the difficult-to-machine material grinding process. Therefore, the present invention proposes an automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface, wherein an industrial robot and a triaxial precision displacement table are coordinated to move and match with a force control module and a developed grinder plate based on the shear thickening principle to achieve force-controlled and automatic high-shear low-pressure grinding of a complicated curved surface. The device has important theoretical significance and practical application value to high-efficiency and precise grinding of the complicated curved surface of the difficult-to-machine material.
The present invention proposes an automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface and a machining method thereof. An industrial robot, a triaxial precision displacement table, and a rotary table cooperatively move to achieve automatic grinding of the complicated curved surface. A force control module is utilized to achieve the constant-force grinding. A grinder plate is proposed, wherein abrasives generate the “cluster effect” under the shear-thickening effect; micro bulges of the surface of the workpiece are removed in a high-shear low-pressure grinding manner. Therefore, it is of important theoretical and practical significance to high-efficiency and precision grinding of the complicated curved surface of the difficult-to-machine material.
The present invention proposes an automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface and a machining method thereof. An industrial robot, a rotary table, and a triaxial precision displacement table cooperatively move to achieve automatic grinding of the complicated curved surface. A grinder plate is mounted on a six-dimensional force sensor and matches with a force-controlled floating tool holder to precisely control the grinding force by a force control module, so as to achieve a constant-force grinding effect. The grinder plate capable of generating the shear thickening effect is provided. According to the shapes of continuous and discontinuous grinding areas of the grinder plate, the grinder plate may be classified into a planar grinder plate, a fan-shaped grinder plate, an Archimedean spiral grinder plate, and a hyperbolic grinder plate. When an abrasive layer comes into contact with the surface of workpiece, the generated “cluster effect” of abrasives contributes to increase the ratio of the tangential grinding force to the normal grinding force; so, micro bulges of the surface of the workpiece are removed in a high-shear low-pressure grinding manner. Therefore, a series of problems such as low material removal rate, grinding burn, poor surface integrity, etc. in the complicated curved surface grinding process are effectively solved, and the machining efficiency and the machining quality are further improved.
The automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface and the machining method thereof of the present invention provide the following technical solution:
1. The automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface comprises an industrial robot base, an industrial robot, a safeguard hood, columns, an electrical spindle, a force-controlled floating tool holder, a workpiece chuck, a grinder plate, a six-dimensional force sensor, a rotary table, a triaxial precision displacement table, a safety door, and a pedestal. The grinder plate comprises inner hexagon bolts, a press plate, an abrasive layer, a lining layer, and a grinder plate substrate. The abrasive layer comprises longitude and latitude woven fiber fabric, abrasives, additives, dispersed phases, and dispersion mediums. One end of the rotary table is fixed to the triaxial precision displacement table, and the other end is connected with the six-dimensional force sensor. The triaxial precision displacement table is fastened to the pedestal. The grinder plate is mounted on the six-dimensional force sensor through a bolt group. A to-be-machined workpiece is mounted on the workpiece chuck. The workpiece chuck is mounted at one end of the force-controlled floating tool holder, and the other end is connected with the tail end of the industrial robot through the electrical spindle. The industrial robot and the industrial robot base are connected. All modules are coordinated with each other to achieve the motion with the complicated curved surface track. The lining layer is connected with the grinder plate substrate in a connection method. The press plate presses the abrasive layer on the lining layer and the grinder plate substrate through the inner hexagon bolts. The automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface is protected by the safeguard hood. The grinder plate and the to-be-machined workpiece are mounted or changed through the safety door.
2. The machining method of a complicated curved surface by using the automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface can be achieved by the following steps:
(1), opening the safety door on one side of the safeguard hood, mounting the to-be-machined workpiece on the workpiece chuck, and completing the location and the clamping of the to-be-machined workpiece;
(2), attaching the abrasive layer to the lining layer closely, and fastening the press plate on the grinder plate substrate through the inner hexagon bolts;
(3), mounting the grinder plate on the six-dimensional force sensor, wherein the mounting of a grinding tool is completed at this time;
(4), adjusting the to-be-machined workpiece to the grinding area by the industrial robot and the triaxial precision displacement table, and adjusting the to-be-machined workpiece to be in contact with the abrasive layer;
(5), after preparations before machining are completed, closing the safety door;
(6), turning on the device, wherein the electrical spindle drives the to-be-machine workpiece to rotate at high speed, the rotary table drives the grinder plate to rotate at low speed, the triaxial precision displacement table drives the grinder plate to achieve three-dimensional movement, and the industrial robot coordinately moves to achieve the motion with the complicated curved surface track;
(7), in the grinding process, by the control system, analyzing and processing a force signal collected by the six-dimensional force sensor and transmitting adjustment commands to the force-controlled floating tool holder to achieve the constant-force grinding of the to-be-machined workpiece;
(8), achieving high-shear low-pressure grinding of the to-be-machined workpiece, wherein the abrasive layer of the grinder plate is the flexible abrasive layer, so, when it is in contact with the to-be-machined workpiece in the grinding process, it generates a shear thickening effect, and the generated “cluster effect” of abrasives contributes to increase the ratio of the tangential grinding force to the normal grinding force.
The present invention has the following remarkable effects: 1, According to the automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface of the present invention, the to-be-machined workpiece is clamped on the industrial robot, the grinder plate is mounted on the triaxial precision displacement table, and they are coordinated with each other to move to complete the automatic grinding of the complicated curved surfaces of the difficult-to-machine materials. 2, The grinder plate is mounted on the six-dimensional force sensor and matches with the force-controlled floating tool holder at the tail end of the industrial robot to achieve the constant-force grinding by utilizing the force control module, thereby improving the machining homogeneity. 3, According to the shapes of continuous and discontinuous grinding areas of the grinder plate, the grinder plate may be classified into the planar grinder plate, the fan-shaped grinder plate, the Archimedean spiral grinder plate, and the hyperbolic grinder plate. The abrasive layer is fixed and spreads out through the press plate and the inner hexagon bolts so that the grinding tool is simple and convenient to be detached. 4, When the abrasive layer in the grinder plate comes into contact with the surface of the workpiece, the abrasives generate the “cluster effect” to have a high ratio of the tangential grinding force to the normal grinding force to achieve the high-shear low-pressure grinding. 5, The automatic high-shear low-pressure force-controlled grinding device for a complicated curved surface is protected by the safeguard hood. The grinder plate and the to-be-machined workpiece are mounted or changed through the safety door.
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(1), opening the safety door 1-13 on one side of the safeguard hood 1-2, mounting the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8 on the workpiece chuck 1-7, and completing the location and the clamping of the to-be-machined workpiece;
(2), attaching the abrasive layer 2-3 to the lining layer 2-4 closely, and fastening the press plate 2-2 on the grinder plate substrate 2-5 through the inner hexagon bolts 2-1;
(3), mounting the grinder plate 1-9 on the six-dimensional force sensor 1-10, wherein the mounting of a grinding tool is completed at this time;
(4), adjusting the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8 to the grinding area by the industrial robot 1-4 and the triaxial precision displacement table 1-12, and adjusting the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8 to be in contact with the abrasive layer 2-3;
(5), after preparations before machining are completed, closing the safety door 1-13;
(6), turning on the device, wherein the electrical spindle 1-5 drives the to-be-machine workpiece 1-8 to rotate at high speed, the rotary table 1-11 drives the grinder plate 1-9 to rotate at low speed, the triaxial precision displacement table 1-12 drives the grinder plate 1-9 to achieve three-dimensional movement, and the industrial robot 1-4 coordinately moves to achieve the motion with the complicated curved surface track;
(7), in the grinding process, by the control system, analyzing and processing a force signal collected by the six-dimensional force sensor 1-10 and transmitting adjustment commands to the force-controlled floating tool holder 1-6 to achieve the constant-force grinding of the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8;
(8), achieving high-shear low-pressure grinding of the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8, wherein the abrasive layer of the grinder plate 1-9 is the flexible abrasive layer, so, when it is in contact with the to-be-machined workpiece 1-8 in the grinding process, it generates the shear thickening effect, and the generated “cluster effect” of abrasives contributes to increase the ratio of the tangential grinding force to the normal grinding force.
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201910787120.3 | Aug 2019 | CN | national |