The disclosure relates to the field of machining, more specifically, to a forming machine without pattern casting.
To solve the problems of long manufacturing cycle, high production cost and large resource consumption in the conventional casting manufacturing process, the dieless casting numerical control machining and forming technology emerges as the times require, which is the systematic integration of the Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology, casting technology, numerical control technology, cutting technology and other technologies, and is also a brand new fast casting forming technology. The forming machine without pattern casting adopting such technologies can manufacture casting sand molds of various shapes without a die and provide a new carrier for the single and small-scale trial production of castings. Use of the equipment can shorten the production cycle and improve the productivity, and is particularly suitable for the machining of casting molds with large size, small scale and complex shape. The forming machine without pattern casting includes a main part which contains a multi-axis (three axes or more) motion system, a special use sand mold cutter and a sand discharging system, and a special use control software which is matched with a sand mold cutting process; and the technology and the equipment have been successfully applied to the trial production process of the sample casting molds of new products, such as an engine. However, the forming machine without pattern casting in the prior art needs a special lifting tool to move its workbench bearing a sand blank for placing the sand blank to be machined and removing the machined casting sand mold. However, when the lifting tool is used to move the workbench, the operation process is complex and the movement of the workbench is inconvenient. In addition, at present, there has been very little research on the casting mold obtained by directly machining the sand mold via the numerical control cutting equipment, and the casting mold numerical control cutting and forming machine for cutting the sand blank (patent number: CN200710010705.1) cannot machine the casting molds of large complex casting, which has large size structure, complex curved surface of casting mold cavity and a difficult process. Moreover, the equipment has the problems of sand cutting dispersion and difficult maintenance of the motion system, and further causes serious dust pollution in the workshop, so that workers work in a severe environment.
The purpose of disclosure is to provide a forming machine without pattern casting, to solve the problem that the moving process of the workbench is complex and inconvenient because the workbench in the forming machine without pattern casting in the prior art is moved by a special lifting tool. Furthermore, the forming machine without pattern casting provided by the disclosure can further solve the problem that the forming machine without pattern casting in the prior art cannot machine the casting mold of large complex casting, which has large size structure, complex curved surface of casting mold cavity and a difficult process.
In one aspect, the disclosure provides a forming machine without pattern casting including: a multi-axis motion system, which at least includes an X-axis motion system, a Y-axis motion system and a Z-axis motion system, and a workbench, which is below the multi-axis motion system, wherein the forming machine without pattern casting further includes: a moving platform system below the workbench, including a moving bracket which can reciprocate along the direction parallel to the X axis, a lifting device provided on the moving bracket, which is used for lifting and supporting the workbench to enable the linkage between the workbench and the moving bracket.
Furthermore, the X-axis motion system includes a first X-axis motion system and a second X-axis motion system which are parallel to each other; the first X-axis motion system is supported by a first bracket, the second X-axis motion system is supported by a second bracket, and there is a predetermined distance between the first bracket and the second bracket; both ends of the Y-axis motion system are slidably matched with the first X-axis motion system and the second X-axis motion system respectively; the Z-axis motion system is slidably matched with the Y-axis motion system; and the moving bracket is arranged between the first bracket and the second bracket.
Furthermore, a first supporting platform is provided on the side of the first bracket towards the second bracket, a second supporting platform is provided on the side of the second bracket towards the first bracket, and the first supporting platform and the second supporting platform are matched for supporting the workbench.
Furthermore, the first X-axis motion system includes: a first X-axis sliding rail mounted on the first bracket, a first X-axis sliding block arranged on the first X-axis sliding rail, and a first X-axis driving device for driving the first X-axis sliding block; the second X-axis motion system includes: a second X-axis sliding rail mounted on the second bracket, a second X-axis sliding block arranged on the second X-axis sliding rail, and a second X-axis driving device for driving the second X-axis sliding block, and the first X-axis driving device and the second X-axis driving device move synchronously; the Y-axis motion system includes: a Y-axis sliding rail, a Y-axis sliding block arranged on the Y-axis sliding rail, and a Y-axis driving device for driving the Y-axis sliding block, and both ends of the Y-axis sliding rail are connected with the first X-axis sliding block and the second X-axis sliding block respectively; and the Z-axis motion system includes: a Z-axis sliding rail, a Z-axis sliding block arranged on the Z-axis sliding rail, and a Z-axis driving device for driving the Z-axis sliding block, and the Z-axis sliding block is connected with the Y-axis sliding block.
Furthermore, the multi-axis motion system is a five-axis motion system, the five-axis motion system further includes: a C-axis motion system mounted on the lower part of the Z-axis sliding rail includes: a C-axis rotating element and a C-axis driving device for driving the C-axis rotating element to rotate, and an A-axis motion system mounted on the C-axis rotating element includes: an A-axis rotating shaft and an A-axis driving device for driving the A-axis rotating shaft to rotate; and the forming machine without pattern casting further includes a cutter system which is connected with the A-axis rotating shaft via a rotating flange.
Furthermore, each of the first X-axis sliding rail and the second X-axis sliding rail is provided with a pressing block, each of the first second bracket and the second bracket is provided with a backing board, and the pressing block is connected with the backing board via a fastening bolt.
Furthermore, the moving platform system further includes a guide rail parallel to the X axis; and the moving bracket is provided with a plurality of roller wheels matched with the guide rail.
Furthermore, the lifting device is a cylinder arranged on the moving bracket.
Furthermore, the forming machine without pattern casting further includes a machine tool shield covered outside the multi-axis motion system, the first bracket and the second bracket, and the machine tool shield is provided with a front door and/or a rear door for the workbench to pass in and out of the machining range of the multi-axis motion system.
Furthermore, each of the first bracket and the second bracket is provided with a sand shakeout chute with contracting shape.
Furthermore, each of the first supporting platform and the second supporting platform is provided with a locating pin, and the workbench is provided with locating holes matched with the locating pins.
Furthermore, the first bracket and the second bracket are connected via a transverse connecting rod.
Furthermore, the Y-axis sliding rail is two parallel sliding rails; the Y-axis sliding block includes a sleeve part and two legs protruding from two sides of the sleeve part, and the two legs are slidably matched with the two parallel Y-axis sliding rails; and the Z-axis sliding rail is arranged inside the sleeve part and the Z-axis sliding block is connected with the sleeve part.
Furthermore, the forming machine without pattern casting further includes a sand discharge cart movably arranged below the sand shakeout chute.
According to the technical scheme of the disclosure, the moving platform system is arranged below the workbench and includes the moving bracket reciprocating along the direction parallel to the X axis, and the lifting device, which is used for lifting and supporting the workbench to enable the linkage between the workbench and the moving bracket, is provided on the moving bracket. Therefore, after the sand blank on the workbench has been machined, the moving platform system is operated, and the lifting device lifts the workbench up and then move the workbench along the X axis, for example, to move the workbench out of the cutting range of the multi-axis motion system so as to remove the machined sand blank or place the sand blank to be machined, and then to move the workbench into the cutting range of the multi-axis motion system along the X axis so as to resume the to-be-machined state or machine the sand blank, so that the moving process of workbench is convenient, simple and easy to be operated.
In addition, according to the technical scheme of the disclosure, the multi-axis motion system can adopt the five-axis motion system to add two freedoms of rotating and swinging for the cutter system, so that the forming machine without pattern casting can machine the casting mold of the casting with a large machining size and a complex cavity curved surface, and solves the problem that the forming machine without pattern casting in the prior art cannot machine the casting mold of the large complex casting, which has large size structure, complex curved surface of casting mold cavity and a difficult process.
The drawings here, which constitute one part of the disclosure, are to provide further understanding of the disclosure, and the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and the explanations thereof are intended to explain the disclosure, instead of improperly limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:
The embodiments of the disclosure are described below in detail in conjunction with the drawings, but the disclosure can be implemented by various different ways limited and covered by the claims.
The multi-axis motion system is used for mounting a machining cutter provided by the cutter system 200. By the operation of the multi-axis motion system, the cutting movement of the machining cutter is controlled, so the sand blank on the workbench 20 is manufactured into a sand mold. The multi-axis motion system may be a three-axis motion system or a five-axis motion system. As shown in the drawings, in the preferred embodiment, the multi-axis motion system takes the five-axis motion system for example, which includes an X-axis motion system 10, a Y-axis motion system 30, a Z-axis motion system 50, a C-axis motion system 71 and an A-axis motion system 72.
Preferably, the X-axis motion system 10 includes a first X-axis motion system 13 and a second X-axis motion system 15 which are parallel to each other. The first X-axis motion system 13 is supported by a first bracket 41, and the second X-axis motion system 15 is supported by a second bracket 42. There is a predetermined distance between the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42. The distance between the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 is determined by the width of the workbench 20. The distance between the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 may be set into a larger distance, correspondingly the workbench 20 should be enlarged so as to adapt for the machining space required by a large casting mold. Both ends of the Y-axis motion system 30 are slidably matched with the first motion system 13 and the second X-axis motion system 15 respectively. The Z-axis motion system 50 is slidably matched with the Y-axis motion system 30.
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In the same way, the Y-axis driving device 35 and the Z-axis driving device 55 can take a servo motor and a reducer, which are connected, as a power unit, and take a motor driven synchronous pulley or a motor driven lead screw as a transmission unit to achieve the effect of moving the Y-axis sliding block 33 along the Y-axis sliding rail 31, and moving the Z-axis sliding block 53 along the Z-axis sliding rail 51. Preferably, the Y-axis sliding rail 31 is two parallel sliding rails, and the Y-axis sliding block 33 includes a sleeve part and two legs protruding from two sides of the sleeve part. The Z-axis sliding rail 51 is arranged inside the sleeve part, and the Z-axis sliding block 53 is connected with the sleeve part; and the two legs are slidably matched with the two parallel Y-axis sliding rails respectively, therefore, the Z-axis sliding rail 51 can move more stably.
Preferably, each of the X-axis sliding rail (including the first X-axis sliding rail 131 and the second X-axis sliding rail 151), the Y-axis sliding rail 31 and the Z-axis sliding rail 51 is provided with a shield outside to prevent sand and dust from falling into each sliding rail and affecting the machining precision.
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The A-axis motion system 72 is mounted on the C-axis rotating element 711, and includes: an A-axis rotating shaft and an A-axis driving device 722 for driving the A-axis rotating shaft to rotate. The A-axis driving device may be a servo motor and a reducer, the output shaft of the reducer forms the A-axis rotating shaft, and the cutter system 200 of the forming machine without pattern casting is directly connected with the A-axis rotating shaft by a rotating flange 721. The cutter system 200 is fixed on the C-axis rotating element 711 by the rotating flange 721, so that the whole cutter system 200 can be driven by the A-axis servo motor and the A-axis reducer to swing around the A-axis rotating shaft, wherein the range of the swinging angle is generally set to be 115 degrees, but the range of the swinging angle is 90 degrees in the practical work. In the embodiment, the axial direction of the A-axis rotating shaft is parallel to the Y axis. Also as shown in the drawings, a shield 723 is arranged outside the A-axis driving device 722.
In the above-mentioned five-axis motion system, the X-axis motion system 10, Y-axis motion system 30 and Z-axis motion system 50 provide the cutter system 200 with the degree of movement freedom in the directions of X axis, Y axis and Z axis respectively, the C-axis motion system 71 allows the cutter system 200 to rotate 360 degrees around the Z axis, and the A-axis motion system 72 allows the cutter system to swing back and forth, so that the cutter system 200 can machine a complex casting mold cavity curved surface, is particularly suitable for the mold casting of the large complex casting, and can obtain a casting mold with a relatively precise cavity by directly cutting the sand mold and quickly obtain a large complex casting by metal casting without manufacturing a die in advance; therefore, the existing common problems in the casting mold machining process, such as the large complex casting has a large structure size, a complex casting mold cavity curved surface and a difficult process, are solved, and human and material resources for the subsequent machining are saved.
The workbench 20 is below the multi-axis motion system for supporting the sand blank to be machined. The size of the workbench 20 can be set to 5 m×3 m×1 m by adjusting the lengths of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42, and the distance between the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42, in order to provide a machining area large enough to meet the machining requirement of a large casting mold. The workbench 20 is stably supported below the multi-axis motion system in the machining process.
Preferably, a first supporting platform 410 is provided on the side of the first bracket 41 towards the second bracket 42, and a second supporting platform 420 is provided on the side of the second bracket 42 towards the first bracket 41. When the workbench 20 is in the machining state, the workbench 20 is supported by the cooperation of the first supporting platform 410 and the second supporting platform 420. In order to locate the workbench conveniently, each of the first supporting platform 410 and the second supporting platform 420 is provided with a locating pin 430, and the workbench is provided with locating holes matched with the locating pins 430.
Preferably, as shown, the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 are connected via a transverse connecting rod 45, and a stiffener board is welded between the main beam and the upright beam of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 to reinforce the structure strength of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42.
Because of the moving platform system 60, the workbench 20 can be moved out by the moving bracket 61 when the workbench 20 is not in the machining state, so that the workbench 20 can be moved to the required position conveniently without a lifting tool, and the sand blank can be placed on the workbench 20 or the machined sand mold can be removed conveniently.
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Furthermore, both the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 are provided with sand shakeout chutes 43 with contracting shape. In the embodiment, the number of the sand shakeout chutes 43 is four. A movable sand discharge cart 49 is further arranged below the sand shakeout chute 43, and used for accepting the cut waste sand and then conveying the waste sand away to clean the working environment.
The machining flow of the forming machine without pattern casting of the disclosure is briefly described below.
1. The workbench 20 is outside the multi-axis motion system and is supported by the cylinder, the sand blank to be machined is placed on the workbench 20, and then the moving bracket 61 is controlled to move along the X axis into the inside of the machine tool shield 90;
2. The cylinder retracts, the locating holes of the workbench 20 are matched with the locating pins 430 on the first supporting platform 410 and the second supporting platform 420 to ensure that the workbench 20 is positioned precisely. The cutter system mounted on the multi-axis motion system can cut the sand blank on the workbench 20, and the cut sand drops into the sand discharge cart 49 through the sand shakeout chute 43; and
3. After the sand blank is machined by the multi-axis motion system, the workbench 20 is lifted up by the cylinder, and then, the moving bracket 61 moves the workbench 20 to the outside of the machine tool shield 90, thus the machined casting mold could be removed.
To sum up, the disclosure has the following advantages: the workbench is convenient to be moved and dispenses with the lifting tool; the plane size of the workbench is large enough, and the effective stroke of each motion system is large enough, the precision is relatively higher, and human and material resources for the subsequent machining are saved; and the design of the five-axis motion system has a large machining space, and can machine a complex curved surface and obtain the casting mold of the large complex casting.
The above are only preferred embodiments of the disclosure and not intended to limit the disclosure. For those skilled in the art, the disclosure may have various modifications and changes. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements and the like within the spirit and principle of the disclosure shall fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.
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20110127809.9 | May 2011 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/CN11/74277 | 5/18/2011 | WO | 00 | 4/19/2013 |