The invention relates to a chisel holder for a ground processing machine, in particular a road milling machine having a base portion which has a chisel receiving member, wherein the chisel receiving member has a chisel introduction region, and wherein the chisel receiving member merges indirectly or directly into a holder receiving member for receiving a nut or the like. The invention further relates to a combination with a chisel holder and a chisel. The invention consequently relates to the technical field of ground processing machines, in particular of road construction machines, mining machines or the like.
The cutting rollers of road milling machines, mining machines or the like are usually provided with chisel holder changing systems. In this instance, base portions of the chisel holder changing systems can be connected to the surface of a cutting roller pipe, in particular welded or screwed thereto. In this instance, the base portions are positioned relative to each other so that helical loading members are produced on the surface of the cutting roller. Chisel holders are connected to the base portions, wherein the chisel holders may be screwed, welded or otherwise retained with respect to the base portion, for example, clamped. In the simplest case, the chisel holders may also be directly connected to the surface of a cutting roller pipe. The chisel holders have a chisel receiving member. The chisels described above can be mounted therein so as to be able to be replaced. During use of the machine, the chisels strike with the chisel tips thereof the substrate which is intended to be removed and cut into it. In this instance, the ground material is broken up. The material which has been removed in this manner can be transported, for example, via the helical broaching and loading members toward the center of the cutting roller and conveyed out of the operating region of the cutting roller at that location by means of ejectors. The material can then be transported away using appropriate devices, for example, transport belts. The chisels are provided with chisel tips, which comprise hard material and which bring about the cutting engagement. They are consequently subjected to an abrasive attack and must therefore comprise a suitable hard material in order to achieve the longest possible service-life. From the prior art there are known chisels in which the chisel tip comprises hard metal. In order to be able to generate uniform wear at the periphery with such chisels, the chisels are generally rotatably arranged in chisel receiving members of the chisel holders.
There are also known chisels which are provided in the region of the chisel tips thereof with a “superhard material”. For example, the chisel tips have a coating of polycrystalline diamond or another material which has a hardness which is comparable with diamond. Such a chisel is known from US 2012/0080930 A1. Such chisel tips have an extraordinarily long service-life and exhibit hardly any wear during operational use. It is therefore not absolutely necessary to fix these chisels in a rotatable manner in the chisel holders. US 2012/0080930 A1 therefore proposes providing the chisel shaft of the chisel with a thread and clamping the chisel securely to the chisel holder by means of a nut. If after a specific operating time wear appears on the chisel, the nut can be released, the chisel can be rotated slightly and the nut can then be retightened.
In this instance, in the spatial distance between the outer periphery of the nut and the inner periphery of a holder receiving member in which the nut is inserted, a tool wrench is inserted. The rear region of the chisel holder which forms the holder receiving member can be accessed only with difficulty so that the chisel change is complex. In addition, ground material which is removed during operational use can be introduced in the spatial distance mentioned above and be compressed therein. The spatial distance then has to be scratched free. The clearance of the spatial distance is particularly complex in road milling machines since the bitumen material which has been removed sets hard as a sticky mass in the spatial distance. This results in long machine downtimes for the chisel change.
Another disadvantage is that no indexing is provided, that is to say, the chisel can be clamped in any position which is rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof. Once released it can hardly be clamped again any more in the same position, be clamped again in a position rotated through a specific angle or be clamped again at the same angle as an adjacent chisel.
An object of the invention is to provide a chisel holder or a combination with a chisel holder and a chisel which enable(s) simplified maintenance.
In order to provide simplified maintenance, another object of the invention is to provide a method for assembling a chisel in a chisel holder.
The object relating to the chisel holder is achieved in that the holder receiving member has at least one retention face for securing the nut at the peripheral side.
With such a chisel holder, it is not necessary to use a tool at the rear in order to tighten the nut. In the solution according to the invention, the nut is supported directly on the retention faces of the holder receiving member which secure the nut in a rotationally secure manner and the torque for tensioning the chisel is introduced via the chisel head. Therefore, in particular the screwing of the chisel can take place from the front side of the tool holder alone. This region is readily accessible for corresponding tools. Even if, with the solution according to the invention, waste material were to accumulate in the very narrow region between the retention faces and the nut, this is non-critical since, as a result of the support of the nut on the retention faces, a torsion-resistant securing action, which is required for the release of the chisel, is always ensured. In this manner, simple machine maintenance is possible. In particular using such a solution, the chisel can be rotated into the desired operating position in a rapid and uncomplicated manner or, in the event of complete wear, can also be readily replaced.
According to a preferred construction variant of the invention, there is provision for the retention faces to be constructed so as to be curved in a convex or concave manner or at least to have convex or concave surface regions. A tension-optimized construction is thereby produced. Correspondingly curved counter-faces of the nut can be supported on the curved retention faces. With the curved construction, with respect to elongate surface portions a relatively large contact region is provided for the same structural space. Accordingly, the surface pressures can thereby be reduced.
When convex retention faces are used, there may be provision for these faces to merge into each other via concave transition portions. In order to tighten the chisels, a considerable torque is required for secure fixing. Accordingly, high tensions are also produced at the retention faces. The concave transition portions between the retention faces decrease tension peaks in these regions and enable a construction which is optimized in terms of loading.
A particularly preferred variant of the invention is such that the holder receiving member has five retention faces, which are arranged so as to be distributed in a substantially uniform manner over the periphery, preferably arranged offset with the same angular offset with respect to each other. As explained above, it is particularly necessary with chisels which are provided with superhard materials to rotate them with respect to the chisel holder after a specific period of operation so that the chisels do not become excessively worn at one side. To this end, the chisel is released by means of a suitable tool. Subsequently, the nut can be pulled out of the holder receiving member and can be inserted again therein in a rotated state. As a result of this rotation, the thread intake into the thread is also arranged in a rotated position with respect to the chisel holder. If the same chisel is now screwed again to the nut, wherein preferably the same tightening torque is intended to be selected again, the chisel head and consequently the chisel tip then moves into abutment with respect to the chisel holder in a correspondingly rotated position. The processing side of the chisel is then formed by a non-worn tool tip location. When five retention faces of the holder receiving member which are arranged so as to be distributed in a uniform manner with respect to each other are used, the chisel can also be secured to the chisel holder in five positions which are rotated with respect to each other. It has been found that such an arrangement is particularly advantageous when the chisel is used for the purpose of fine-milling of road surfaces. When rotated to the extent of a blocking face, the chisel can then be worn in an optimized manner, wherein at the same time a high surface quality of the milled road surface is maintained since all the chisels are always rotated further to the same extent.
The use of five retention faces, that is to say, therefore, an uneven number of retention faces, also enables the chisel to always be arranged in a state rotated to the extent of two retention faces until all five positions have been used. A continuous uniform wear of the chisel for the purpose of a high surface quality of the milled surface is then achieved in this instance.
A particularly preferred variant of the invention further involves the holder receiving member merging into a sealing portion. This sealing portion may, for example, be formed by a cylindrical bore region of the chisel receiving member. In cooperation, for example, with a sealing portion of the nut, a rear sealing of the region of the chisel shaft can be achieved.
If there is provision in this instance for a stop for the nut to be formed in the region of the sealing portion, the sealing portion of the nut can then be precisely orientated with respect to the sealing portion of the chisel holder and the longitudinal displacement of the nut is limited with the stop.
A chisel holder according to the invention may also be characterized in that the base portion has at the region thereof opposite the holder receiving member a curved, in particular concave, counter-face, in particular spherical counter-face. On this counter-face, a correspondingly curved support face of the chisel can be supported in a planar manner.
The spherical curvature enables with respect to a frustoconical construction an increased surface for the same structural space. This leads to smaller surface pressures and consequently to a construction which is optimized in terms of loading. Furthermore, in cooperation with a counter-face of the chisel holder, which counter-face is curved in accordance with the support face, a type of “ball-and-socket joint” can be constructed. Such a bearing can react particularly well to the changing force directions which occur during the cutting process and can discharge these forces uniformly and reliably into the chisel holder. Tension peaks which occur in particular with impact-like loads, are thereby minimized.
A possible variant of the invention makes provision for the base portion to be constructed to be at least partially cylindrical at the outer contour thereof. The base portion can then be placed with the cylindrical surface region thereof on a correspondingly constructed hollow-cylindrical face of a lower portion and precisely orientated with respect to the cutting roller. In this manner, simple assembly of the chisel holder is possible.
The base portion may have a preferably cylindrical attachment which at least partially forms the counter-face. The cylindrical attachment may in this instance then be sized in such a manner that the high tension forces which are introduced by the chisel into the counter-face can be reliably dissipated.
During the cutting process, the forces acting on the chisel change with respect to the direction and the value. The spherically curved counter-face of the chisel holder can react particularly well to these changing force directions, as explained above. The chisel is retained with the chisel shaft thereof in the chisel receiving member of the chisel holder. If a particularly powerful pulse-like transverse force now acts on the chisel, the axial portion thereof is discharged via the support face of the chisel into the counter-face of the chisel holder. In contrast, the radial portion attempts to pivot the chisel head with respect to the tool holder; the chisel shaft is also thereby additionally stressed in terms of flexion. Finally, via the threaded connection, a tensile stress is also introduced into the chisel shaft. Consequently, in the region of the chisel shaft, an unfavorable multi-axis tension state may be produced in the region of the chisel shaft. In order to be able to achieve a load-optimized construction of the chisel holder in this instance, there is provision according to a variant of the invention for a projection and/or a recess to be arranged in the region of the counter-face which is preferably constructed in a peripheral manner. Accordingly, a corresponding projection or a corresponding recess may be arranged in the region of the support face of the chisel. If, for example, a recess is arranged on the chisel head, a projection of the chisel holder engages therein. This engagement results in a connection geometry which enables improved discharge of forces and which reduces the tensions in the chisel shaft.
Furthermore, such a construction affords the possibility of compensating for production tolerances between the spherically curved surface of the chisel and the chisel holder. If, for example, a recess is formed in the chisel head, there are formed at both sides of the recess defined abutment regions which always ensure a sufficiently reliable surface contact between the chisel and the chisel holder. For this functionality, there does not have to be provision, for example, for a projection of the chisel holder to engage in a recess of the chisel or, when a projection is arranged on the chisel, for this projection to engage in a recess of the chisel holder. In order to compensate for the surface tolerances, it is then instead simply necessary for a recess to be provided in the chisel and/or the chisel holder. It is, for example, also conceivable for the chisel holder and/or the chisel to be constructed with recesses in which a peripheral sealing element is introduced. This peripheral sealing element, for example, a copper ring, an O-ring or the like, then prevents the introduction of dirt into the region of the chisel shaft. The above-mentioned tooth arrangement, in which a projection and a recess of the chisel or the chisel holder engage in each other, can to some extent also perform such a sealing action in the form of a labyrinth-like seal.
In a particularly preferred manner, there is provision for the recess and/or the projection to extend concentrically about the longitudinal center axis of the chisel receiving member.
An object of the invention is also achieved with a combination of a chisel holder and a chisel which is retained in the chisel receiving member. In this instance, the combination may also be constructed in such a manner that the chisel has a chisel shaft which is arranged at least partially in the chisel receiving member and which has a thread portion with a thread, with which the chisel can be screwed onto a nut. The nut has a securing portion with blocking faces which are opposite the retention faces of the holder receiving member in order to secure the nut in terms of rotation. Using this construction, the chisel can be secured directly in the chisel receiving member so that it is possible to considerably reduce the component complexity.
The nut may have a sealing portion which is indirectly or directly adjacent to the securing portion and which is inserted in a sealing manner in the sealing portion of the chisel holder.
An object of the invention is also achieved with an assembly method, wherein the nut is guided on the holder receiving member, in particular introduced therein, until it is arranged at that location in a rotationally secure manner, that the chisel is then introduced into the chisel receiving member and screwed into the nut until the support face of the chisel is tensioned on the counter-face of the chisel holder.
In this instance, the assembly can be further simplified when there is provision for the nut to be retained in a non-releasable manner on the chisel holder by means of a securing element, for example, a seal, before the chisel is screwed in.
A uniform peripheral wear on the chisel is enabled in a simple manner in terms of assembly technology by the nut being able to be inserted into the holder receiving member in two or more positions which are offset relative to each other in the peripheral direction.
The invention is explained in greater detail below with reference to embodiments illustrated in the drawings, in which:
It is also conceivable for the entire chisel tip 20 to be constructed integrally. The chisel tip could then comprise, for example, hard metal. It is further conceivable for the chisel head 11 itself to be provided with a hard material coating which forms the chisel tip and which is preferably of superhard material. The component complexity can thereby be considerably reduced.
Alternatively, it is also conceivable for the hard material coating 21 to be applied directly to the connection portion 23 with the carrier member 22 being omitted.
Alternatively, the connection portion 23 could also be constructed integrally with the carrier member 22, which would lead to a similar chisel tip, as in the preceding example, only the interface would be different.
The portion of the chisel head 11 forming the receiving member 12 has a discharge face 13 which expands from the chisel tip 20 in the direction toward the shaft 17. That discharge face 13 may in particular be constructed in a concave manner, as clearly shown in
The nut 30 shown in
The chisel holder 40 has at the end thereof facing away from the cylindrical attachment 42 a holder receiving member 47.
The convex/concave pairings selected prevent for the selected high tightening torques a plastic deformation of the blocking faces 34 or the retention faces 47.1 from being able to be produced. Consequently, in particular the holder receiving member 47 remains in the desired form and during the chisel change a new nut 30 can be inserted in a reproducible manner.
During the tool engagement, the chisel tip 20 strikes the substrate which is intended to be cut and cuts into it. In this instance, the material cut slides off the chisel tip 20. As a result of the large forces present in the region of the chisel tip 20, a great abrasive attack is brought about in this instance. This attack is taken into account by the structure of the chisel 10 with the connection portion 23, which comprises hard material, for example, hard metal. After the material removed has passed the connection portion 23, it reaches the region of the discharge face 13. It has then already lost a large proportion of its abrasive nature and can be safely guided further by the discharge face 13. In this instance, it is guided radially outward from the discharge face 13 and discharged from the tool receiving member 14 and the chisel holder 40 so that where possible it is not subjected to wear or is subjected only to slight wear.
Since the chisel 10 cannot rotate, it is first worn away at one side. This is permissible up to a specific wear limit. Then, the chisel 10 is released by means of the appropriate tool which engages on the tool receiving member 14. Subsequently, the nut 30 can be pulled from the holder receiving member 47 and inserted therein again in a rotated state. As a result of this rotation, the thread intake in the thread 36 is also arranged in a rotated position with respect to the chisel holder 40. When the chisel 10 is again screwed to the nut 30, wherein the same tightening torque is again preferably intended to be selected, then the chisel head 11, and consequently the chisel tip 20 opposite the chisel holder 40, moves into abutment in a correspondingly rotated position. The processing side of the chisel 10 is then formed by a non-worn chisel tip location.
In the present embodiment, 5 blocking faces 34 which are arranged in a state distributed in a uniform manner with respect to each other are provided on the nut 30. Accordingly, the chisel 10 may also be secured at five mutually rotated locations to the chisel holder 40. It has been found that such an arrangement is particularly advantageous when the chisel 10 is used for the purpose of fine-milling of road surfaces. When rotated by the extent of a blocking face 34, the chisel 10 can then be worn in a manner optimized in terms of wear, wherein at the same time a high surface quality of the milled road surface is retained. When six blocking faces are used, optimized use of the chisel tip 20 in terms of wear is not achieved, as is possible with 5 blocking faces. When four blocking faces are used, there is an excessively high variance in the surface quality when the chisel tip 20 is intended to be used completely. Furthermore, when 5 blocking faces are used, that is to say, an uneven number of blocking faces 34, it is also possible to operate in such a manner that the chisel 10 is always rotated to the extent of two blocking faces 34. In this manner, a continuous uniform wear of the chisel for the purpose of high surface qualities of the milled surface can be achieved.
The chisel shaft 17 of the chisel 10 according to
In place of the projection 44.1, it is also possible to use a ring, for example, a sealing ring, in particular a commercially available O-ring or a copper ring or a similar metal ring. This may be laid in a peripheral groove of the chisel holder 40 in the region of the counter-face 44. With the region thereof which protrudes over the counter-face 44, this sealing ring then engages in the recess 15.1.
As can further be seen in
The chisel holder 40 is inserted with the plug type attachment 48 thereof into a plug type receiving member of a lower portion 50. The chisel holder 40 is supported with respect to the lower portion 50 and is retained in the lower portion 50 with a pressure screw 56 which acts on the plug type attachment 48.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10 2013 110 680.3 | Sep 2013 | DE | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/EP2014/068497 | 9/1/2014 | WO | 00 |