Device for removing tool joint edge burrs of wheel

A device for removing tool joint edge burrs on a cap slot edge and an outer rim of a vehicle wheel includes a vehicle wheel positioning system and a cutter system. The vehicle wheel positioning system is used to make a rotating center of a cap seam allowance superposed with that of the cutter system. The cutter system includes a pyramid cutter and four blades, the pyramid cutter is used to remove burrs on the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel, and the four blades are used to remove burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201711476675.3 entitled DEVICE FOR REMOVING TOOL JOINT EDGE BURRS OF WHEEL filed Dec. 29, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the technology field of removing burr of a joint between a casting face and a machined face of a vehicle wheel, and specifically, to a device for removing tool joint burrs between a casting face and a machined face at an outer rim and a cap slot edge of a vehicle wheel.

BACKGROUND ART

As for a vehicle wheel having a front (i.e. a cast face) that is not machined and is directly coated, after a remaining face other than the front of the vehicle wheel is machined, both an outer rim of the vehicle wheel and a cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel have a circle of tool joint burrs in a position where the cast face and the machined face joint, and the burrs must be removed. With continuous improvement of customer's requirements for product quality, the burrs need to be removed. At present, machining of an aluminum alloy vehicle wheel is completed by adopting two lathes, i.e., first turning and second turning, and such machining process results in coaxiality deviations between an inner rim and a center hole machined in the first procedure and the outer rim and a cap seam allowance machined in the second procedure. The outer rim, the cap slot edge and the cap seam allowance are all formed by the second turning. Thus, if the burrs are desired to be removed, precision positioning should be implemented by using the cap seam allowance coaxial with the outer rim and the cap slot edge, so that the rotating center of a cutter is superposed with that of a burr part. In this way, after the burrs are removed, the outer rim and the cap slot corners are uniform, and the problems of deviation and burr residue are solved. Based on the current situation, this patent provides an automatic device for simultaneously removing tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim and the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the present invention is to provide a device for simultaneously removing tool joint edge burrs on an outer rim of a vehicle wheel and a cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel, which can be used for automatic continuous production and is novel in structure, accurate, efficient and high in automation degree.

In order to fulfill the above aim, the technical solution of the present invention is as follows:

A device for removing tool joint edge burrs of a vehicle wheel comprises a frame, a base, two first guide rails, a first movable plate, a first ball screw, a longitudinal motor, a transverse motor, two second guide rails, a second ball screw, a second movable plate, an electric cylinder, a mobile roller bed, a circle center measuring sensor, a clamping guide rail, a clamping cylinder, a first sliding plate, a second sliding plate, a gear rack, four upright posts, four clamping wheels, an inner cylinder, an inner mobile platform, an inner motor, a coupling, an inner bearing, a first shaft, a sleeve, four guide keys, a second hollow shaft, a pyramid cutter, two outer cylinders, guide posts, an outer motor, a small gear, a large gear, an outer bearing, a bearing seat, an outer movable plate, a hollow disc, a first blade, a second blade, a third blade and a fourth blade.

The base is fixed at the bottom of the frame, the two first guide rails are mounted on the base, the first movable plate is mounted on the first guide rails, the first ball screw is mounted at the bottom of the first movable plate, the longitudinal motor is fixed on the side of the frame, the output end of the longitudinal motor is connected with the first ball screw, and longitudinal movement of the first movable plate can be controlled via the longitudinal motor. The transverse motor and the two second guide rails are fixed on the first movable plate, the output end of the transverse motor is connected with the second ball screw, the second movable plate is mounted on the second guide rails, the bottom of the second movable plate is connected with the second ball screw, and transverse movement of the second movable plate can be controlled via the transverse motor. Both the mobile roller bed and the clamping guide rail are fixed on the second movable plate, the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate are symmetrically mounted on the clamping guide rail and connected with each other via the gear rack, the clamping cylinder is connected with the first sliding plate, the four upright posts are symmetrically mounted on the first sliding plate and the second sliding plate, and a clamping wheel is mounted on each upright post. The electric cylinder is mounted in the center of the second movable plate, the circle center measuring sensor is mounted at the output end of the electric cylinder, and the coordinate origin of the device is located on the center axis of the sensor in an initial state. When a vehicle wheel enters the mobile roller bed from a fixed transfer roller bed, the clamping cylinder is started to drive the four clamping wheels to preliminarily position and clamp the vehicle wheel. Next, the electric cylinder is started to drive a probe of the circle center measuring sensor to enter a cap seam allowance of the vehicle wheel, and coordinates of the circle center of the cap seam allowance are calculated via the coordinate origin of the device. Then, the transverse motor is started to drive the second movable plate to transversely compensate the coordinate difference, and the longitudinal motor is started to drive the first movable plate to longitudinally compensate the coordinate difference, so that the circle center of the cap seam allowance moves to the coordinate origin of the device, and so that the rotating center of the cutter system is coaxial with the coordinate origin. The rotating center of the cap seam allowance is superposed with that of the cutter system after compensation. Because the cap seam allowance is coaxial with the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel and an outer rim edge of the vehicle wheel, the rotating center of the cutter is superposed with that of the burr part by movement compensation of the clamped vehicle wheel driven by the transverse motor and the longitudinal motor. This is a vehicle wheel precision positioning system.

The inner cylinder is fixed directly above the frame, the output end of the inner cylinder is connected with the inner mobile platform, the inner motor is fixed on the inner mobile platform via a mounting rack, the output end of the inner motor is connected with the first shaft, and the tail end of the first shaft is connected with a 45-degree pyramid cutter for removing burrs on the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel. The first shaft is matched with the inner bearing, the sleeve is mounted outside the inner bearing, four key grooves are provided in an outer wall of the sleeve, and each of the key grooves is circumferentially spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent key grooves. Four guide key slots are provided in an inner wall of the second hollow shaft, each of the guide key slots are circumferentially spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent guide key slots, one end of each of the guide keys is mounted on the sleeve, and another end of each of the guide keys is matched with a guide key slot. An outer wall of the second hollow shaft is matched with the outer bearing, the outer bearing is mounted in the bearing seat, and the bearing seat is fixed on the outer movable plate. The two outer cylinders are fixed on two sides of the upper part of the frame, and the output ends of the outer cylinders are connected with the outer movable plate. The outer motor is fixed on the outer movable plate via a support, the small gear is mounted at the output end of the motor, the small gear is matched with the large gear, and the large gear is mounted at the upper end of the second hollow shaft. The hollow disc is mounted at the lower end of the second hollow shaft, four blades, which are respectively the first blade, the second blade, the third blade and the fourth blade, are arranged on the hollow disc, each of the blades are spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent blades, the interior of the blade is a serrated step cutting edge, and the four blades have an identical rotating center and are used for removing tool joint edge burrs of the outer rim of the vehicle wheel. After the vehicle wheel is precisely positioned, the inner cylinder is started to drive the inner mobile platform to move down, and the sleeve moves down under the guidance of the guide keys, i.e., the pyramid cutter moves down to an appropriate position according to the height of a cap slot. Next, the outer cylinders are started to drive the outer movable plate to move down under the guidance of the guide posts; since the bearing seat is fixed on the outer movable plate, the second hollow shaft also moves down; and in the down process, the guide keys stop, the guide key slots slide on the guide keys, and the cutting edges of the blades contact burrs at the outer rim of the vehicle wheel. Then, the inner motor is started, the first shaft can be driven to drive the pyramid cutter to rotate, and the tool joint edge burrs on the edge of the cap slot of the vehicle wheel are removed. The outer motor is started to drive the small gear to rotate, the small gear drives the large gear to rotate, the inner wall of the second hollow shaft is connected with the sleeve via the guide keys, the sleeve is matched with the inner bearing, and the outer wall of the second hollow shaft is matched with the outer bearing. Thus, when the large gear rotates, the combination formed by the second hollow shaft and the sleeve also rotates, and does not interfere with rotation of the first shaft. The blades are driven to rotate by rotation of the second hollow shaft, and the tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel are removed. This is a burr removing cutter system.

By adjusting the descending heights of the pyramid cutter and the blades, tool joint edge burrs of vehicle wheels having different cap slot diameters and different outer diameters can be removed, so a good universality can be achieved.

The working process of the device for removing tool joint edge burrs of the vehicle wheel is: when the vehicle wheel enters the mobile roller bed from the fixed transfer roller bed, the clamping cylinder is started to drive the four clamping wheels to preliminarily position and clamp the vehicle wheel. Next, the electric cylinder is started to drive the probe of the circle center measuring sensor to enter a cap seam allowance of the vehicle wheel, and coordinates of the circle center of the cap seam allowance are calculated via the coordinate origin of the device. Then the transverse motor is started to drive the second movable plate to transversely compensate the coordinate difference, and the longitudinal motor is started to drive the first movable plate to longitudinally compensate the coordinate difference, so that the rotating center of the cutter is superposed with that of the burr part after compensation. After the vehicle wheel is precisely positioned, the inner cylinder is started to drive the pyramid cutter to move down to an appropriate position. Next, the outer cylinders are started to drive the four blades to move down to appropriate positions. Then, the inner motor is started to drive the pyramid cutter to rotate to remove tool joint edge burrs on the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel, and the outer motor is started to drive the four blades to rotate to remove tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel.

The present invention can be used for simultaneously removing tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim and the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel and used for automatic continuous production. By integrating inner and outer burr removing cutters which are respectively a cutter for removing the burrs on the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel and cutters for removing the burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel, not only the space can be saved, but also independent feeding and independent rotation of inner and outer cutters can be realized. The inner and outer cutters have higher coaxiality, and the burr removing effect is better. The device is novel in structure, accurate, efficient and high in automation degree.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Specific details and working conditions of a device provided by the present invention will be described below in combination with the accompanying drawings.

A device for removing tool joint edge burrs of a vehicle wheel44comprises a frame1, a base2, two first guide rails3, a first movable plate4, a first ball screw5, a longitudinal motor6, a transverse motor7, two second guide rails8, a second ball screw9, a second movable plate10, an electric cylinder11, a mobile roller bed12, a circle center measuring sensor13, a clamping guide rail14, a clamping cylinder15, a first sliding plate16, a second sliding plate17, a gear rack18, four upright posts19, four clamping wheels20, an inner cylinder21, an inner mobile platform22, an inner motor23, a coupling24, an inner bearing25, a first shaft26, a sleeve27, four guide keys28, a second hollow shaft29, a pyramid cutter30, two outer cylinders31, guide posts32, an outer motor33, a small gear34, a large gear35, an outer bearing36, a bearing seat37, an outer movable plate38, a hollow disc39, a first blade40, a second blade41, a third blade42and a fourth blade43.

The base2is fixed at the bottom of the frame1, the two first guide rails3are mounted on the base2, the first movable plate4is mounted on the two first guide rails3, the first ball screw5is mounted at the bottom of the first movable plate4, the longitudinal motor6is fixed on the side of the frame1, the output end of the longitudinal motor6is connected with the first ball screw5, and longitudinal movement of the first movable plate4can be controlled via the longitudinal motor6. The transverse motor7and the two second guide rails8are fixed on the first movable plate4, the output end of the transverse motor7is connected with the second ball screw9, the second movable plate10is mounted on the two second guide rails8, the bottom of the second movable plate10is connected with the second ball screw9, and transverse movement of the second movable plate10can be controlled via the transverse motor7. Both the mobile roller bed12and the clamping guide rail14are fixed on the second movable plate10, the first sliding plate16and the second sliding plate17are symmetrically mounted on the clamping guide rail14and connected with each other via the gear rack18, the clamping cylinder15is connected with the first sliding plate16, the four upright posts19are symmetrically mounted on the first sliding plate16and the second sliding plate17, and a clamping wheel20is mounted on each upright post19. The electric cylinder11is mounted in the center of the second movable plate10, the circle center measuring sensor13is mounted at the output end of the electric cylinder11, and the coordinate origin of the device is located on the center axis of the sensor in an initial state. When a vehicle wheel enters the mobile roller bed12from a fixed transfer roller bed, the clamping cylinder15is started to drive the four clamping wheels20, to preliminarily position and clamp the vehicle wheel. Next, the electric cylinder11is started to drive a probe of the circle center measuring sensor13to enter a cap seam allowance47of the vehicle wheel44and coordinates of the circle center of the cap seam allowance47are calculated via the coordinate origin of the device. Then, the transverse motor7is started to drive the second movable plate10to transversely compensate the coordinate difference and the longitudinal motor6is started to drive the first movable plate4to longitudinally compensate the coordinate difference, so that the circle center of the cap seam allowance47moves to the coordinate origin of the device and the rotating center of the cutter system is coaxial with the coordinate origin. The rotating center of the cap seam allowance47is superposed with that of the cutter system after compensation. Because the cap seam allowance47is coaxial with the cap slot edge46of the vehicle wheel44and the outer rim edge45of the vehicle wheel, the rotating center of the cutter is superposed with that of the burr part by movement compensation of the clamped vehicle wheel driven by the transverse motor7and the longitudinal motor6. This is a vehicle wheel precision positioning system.

The inner cylinder21is fixed directly above the frame1, the output end of the inner cylinder21is connected with the inner mobile platform22, the inner motor23is fixed on the inner mobile platform22via a mounting rack, the output end of the inner motor23is connected with the first shaft26, and the tail end of the first shaft26is connected with the 45-degree pyramid cutter30for removing burrs of the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel. The first shaft26is matched with the inner bearing25, the sleeve27is mounted outside the inner bearing25, four key grooves are provided in an outer wall of the sleeve27, and each of the key grooves is circumferentially spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent key grooves. Four guide key slots are provided in an inner wall of the second hollow shaft29, each of the guide key slots is circumferentially spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent guide key slots, one end of each of the guide keys28is mounted on the sleeve27, and another end of each of the guide keys28is matched with a guide key slot. An outer wall of the second hollow shaft29is matched with the outer bearing36, the outer bearing36is mounted in the bearing seat37, and the bearing seat37is fixed on the outer movable plate38. The two outer cylinders31are fixed on two sides of the upper part of the frame1, and the output ends of the outer cylinders31are connected with the outer movable plate38. The outer motor33is fixed on the outer movable plate38via a support, the small gear34is mounted at the output end of the motor, the small gear34is matched with the large gear35, and the large gear35is mounted at the upper end of the second hollow shaft29. The hollow disc39is mounted at the lower end of the second hollow shaft29, four blades, which are respectively the first blade40, the second blade41, the third blade42and the fourth blade43, are arranged on the hollow disc39, each of the blades is spaced 90 degrees from the adjacent blades, the interior of each of the blades is a serrated step cutting edge, and the four blades have an identical rotating center and are used for removing tool joint edge burrs of the outer rim45of the vehicle wheel. After the vehicle wheel is precisely positioned, the inner cylinder21is started to drive the inner mobile platform22to move down, and the sleeve27moves down under the guidance of the guide keys28, i.e., the pyramid cutter30moves down to an appropriate position according to the height of a cap slot. Next, the outer cylinders31are started to drive the outer movable plate38to move down under the guidance of the guide posts32; since the bearing seat37is fixed on the outer movable plate38, the second hollow shaft29also moves down; and in the down process, the guide keys28stop, the guide key slots slide on the guide keys28, and the cutting edges of the blades contact burrs at the outer rim45of the vehicle wheel. Then, the inner motor23is started, the first shaft26can be driven to drive the pyramid cutter30to rotate, and the tool joint edge burrs on the edge of the cap slot of the vehicle wheel are removed. The outer motor33is started to drive the small gear34to rotate, the small gear34drives the large gear35to rotate. The inner wall of the second hollow shaft29is connected with the sleeve27via the guide keys28, the sleeve27is matched with the inner bearing25, and the outer wall of the second hollow shaft29is matched with the outer bearing36. Thus, when the large gear35rotates, the combination formed by the second hollow shaft29and the sleeve27also rotates, and does not interfere with rotation of the first shaft26. The blades are driven to rotate by rotation of the second hollow shaft29, and the tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim45of the vehicle wheel are removed. This is a burr removing cutter system.

By adjusting the descending heights of the pyramid cutter and the blades, tool joint edge burrs of vehicle wheels44having different cap slot diameters48and different outer diameters49can be removed, so a good universality can be achieved.

A working process of the device for removing tool joint edge burrs of the vehicle wheel is as follows: when the vehicle wheel enters the mobile roller bed12from the fixed transfer roller bed, the clamping cylinder15is started to drive the four clamping wheels20to preliminarily position and clamp the vehicle wheel. Next, the electric cylinder11is started to drive the probe of the circle center measuring sensor13to enter a cap seam allowance of the vehicle wheel, and coordinates of the circle center of the cap seam allowance are calculated via the coordinate origin of the device. Then, the transverse motor7is started to drive the second movable plate10to transversely compensate the coordinate difference, and the longitudinal motor6is started to drive the first movable plate4to longitudinally compensate the coordinate difference, so that the rotating center of the cutter is superposed with that of the burr part after compensation. After the vehicle wheel is precisely positioned, the inner cylinder21is started to drive the pyramid cutter30to move down to an appropriate position. Next, the outer cylinders31are started to drive the four blades to move down to appropriate positions. Then, the inner motor23is started to drive the pyramid cutter30to rotate to remove tool joint edge burrs on the cap slot edge46of the vehicle wheel, and the outer motor33is started to drive the four blades to rotate to remove tool joint edge burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel.

The present invention can be used for simultaneously removing tool joint edge burrs of the outer rim of the vehicle wheel and the cap slot edge46of the vehicle wheel and can be used for automatic continuous production; by integrating inner and outer burr removing cutters, which are respectively a cutter for removing the burrs on the cap slot edge of the vehicle wheel and cutters for removing the burrs on the outer rim of the vehicle wheel, not only the space can be saved, but also independent feeding and independent rotation of the inner and outer cutters can be realized; the inner and outer cutters have higher coaxiality, and the burr removing effect is better; and the device is novel in structure, accurate, efficient and high in automation degree.