Abstract:
The present invention discloses an online inflating valve insertion device. The online inflating valve insertion device has a frame, a chassis, a lift cylinder, a support A, bearing seats, linear bearings, a mounting plate, guide shafts, a lift shaft, a servomotor A, a synchronous pulley A, a connecting plate, a synchronous belt, a synchronous pulley B, a base, a connecting shaft A, a servomotor B, a shaft sleeve A, a lower end cover, a connecting shaft B, a shaft sleeve B and the like. The online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention can meet the requirement of automatically inserting an inflating valve into a wheel, also has the characteristics of simple structure, convenience in manufacturing, stable performance, and capability of meeting the precision machining requirement, and can fit to the requirement of automatic production.

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
       [0001]    The present invention relates to a machining device, and in particular to an online inflating valve insertion device applied to a wheel machining process. 
       BACKGROUND ART 
       [0002]    A wheel needs 100% air-leakage detection in order to ensure the quality of the wheel in an automobile wheel machining process, and in such detection process, an inflating valve needs to be added to a machined wheel in order to ensure the authenticity and the reliability of a detection result. Additionally, wheel manufacturing enterprises generally utilize an inflating valve manual installation method. However, as the automation degree of production is gradually increased, a manipulator gradually replaces a worker to install the inflating valve. The present invention provides an inflating valve automatic supply device, which matches with the manipulator to complete a function of installing the inflating valve on the wheel. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    An objective of the present invention is to provide an online inflating valve insertion device. 
         [0004]    To achieve the object described above, a technical solution of the present invention is as follows: an online inflating valve insertion device is composed of a frame, a chassis, a lift cylinder, a support A, bearing seats, linear bearings, a mounting plate, guide shafts, a lift shaft, a servomotor A, a synchronous pulley A, a connecting plate, a synchronous belt, a synchronous pulley B, a base, a connecting shaft A, a servomotor B, a shaft sleeve A, a lower end cover, a connecting shaft B, a shaft sleeve B, an oil cylinder, bearings A, end covers, a gland, a bearing B, a chassis, a flange, pins, springs, expanding flaps, a connecting shaft C, a protector, an expanding core, a servomotor C, a lead screw A, a linear guide rail A, a sliding support, a linear guide rail B, a lead screw B, a servomotor D, a support B, an inflating valve, a mechanical clamping jaw, a turning block, a servomotor E, a lead screw C, a turning seat, a mounting rack, a support C and a vision sensor. The chassis, the support C and the mounting rack are fixed on the frame, the vision sensor is mounted on the support C, the mounting plate is fixed above the chassis by the support A, the bearing seats are fixed on the mounting plate, the lift shaft is mounted on the bearing seats through the linear bearings, two ends of the lift shaft are respectively connected with the connecting plate and an output shaft of the lift cylinder, the servomotor A and the base are fixed on the connecting plate, the shaft sleeve A is mounted on the base through the bearings A and the end covers, the synchronous pulley A is connected with an output shaft of the servomotor A, the synchronous pulley B is connected with the connecting shaft A, and the synchronous belt is respectively connected with the synchronous pulley A and the synchronous pulley B. 
         [0005]    The lower end cover, the gland and the chassis are fixed on the shaft sleeve A, the servomotor B is mounted on the lower end cover, the shaft sleeve B is mounted on the base through the bearing B and the gland, the oil cylinder is fixed in the interior of the shaft sleeve B, an output end of the oil cylinder is connected with the connecting shaft C, the servomotor B is connected with the shaft sleeve B through the connecting shaft B, the expanding core is connected with the shaft sleeve B through the connecting shaft C, the expanding core, the connecting shaft C and the shaft sleeve B are circumferentially locked and cannot relatively rotate, and the connecting shaft C and the shaft sleeve B can relatively axially move; the flange is fixed on the chassis, eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes are formed in internal cavities of the flange and the chassis, the bottom surfaces of eight expanding flaps are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the eight T-shaped chutes, the expanding flaps can smoothly and highly precisely slide in the chutes, inner side walls of the expanding flaps are slopes of 15 degrees, and two ends of eight springs are respectively connected with the flange and the eight expanding flaps; side faces of the expanding core are two groups of slopes of 15 degrees in uniform and spaced distribution, the number of the slopes in each group is eight, every two slopes have height difference, and side walls of the upper ends of the two groups of slopes are jointed on a conical surface; under the combined action of the pulling force of the oil cylinder and the elastic force of the springs, when the expanding core is located at the lowest position, side walls of the expanding flaps contact with the conical surface of the expanding core, the servomotor B drives the expanding core to rotate for 22.5 degrees through the connecting shaft B, the shaft sleeve B and the connecting shaft C, and the expanding flaps macthing with the slopes can be switched between the slopes of the expanding core. The oil cylinder drives the connecting shaft C and the expanding core to move up and down; due to the slope matching of the expanding flaps and the expanding core, the eight expanding flaps synchronously perform centripetal motion and centrifugal motion in the eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes formed in the internal cavities of the flange and the chassis, so that the eight expanding flaps implement high-precision synchronous expansion and shrinkage functions; due to height difference between two groups of uniformly spaced slopes of side faces of the expanding core, the servomotor B drives the expanding core to rotate for 22.5 degrees, and the expanding flaps matching with the slopes can be switched between the two groups of uniformly spaced slopes of the expanding core, so that the expansion and shrinkage diameters of the expanding flaps change in two different ranges, and finally the expanding flaps implement large-stroke expansion and shrinkage. 
         [0006]    Corresponding pin holes are formed in the chassis and the flange, and the positioning pins are respectively connected with the pin holes in the chassis and the flange to ensure assembly precision of the chassis and the flange. 
         [0007]    The servomotor C and the linear guide rail A are fixed on the mounting rack, the lead screw A is connected with the sliding support and the servomotor C, and the servomotor C can drive the sliding support to move along the linear guide rail A up and down through the lead screw A; and the linear guide rail B and the servomotor D are fixed on the sliding support, the lead screw B is connected with the support B and the servomotor D, and the servomotor D can drive the support B to move along the linear guide rail B left and right through the lead screw B. 
         [0008]    The servomotor E and the turning seat are fixed on the support B, the servomotor E is connected with the lead screw C, the mechanical clamping jaw is fixed on the turning block, the mechanical clamping jaw clamps the inflating valve, an empty slot is formed in the middle of the bottom surface of the turning seat, the lead screw C passes through the empty slot, two symmetrical T-shaped annular grooves are formed in two sides of the interior of the turning seat, two symmetrical T-shaped annular columns are arranged on the lower end face of the turning block, and the T-shaped annular columns can be inserted into the T-shaped annular grooves; the structure of the middle position of the lower end face of the turning block is annual teeth, and the annular teeth and the lead screw C are meshed. The servomotor E drives the lead screw C to rotate, and due to the meshing matching between the annular teeth and the lead screw C, the turning block can turn along the centers of the T-shaped annular grooves in the turning seat. 
         [0009]    During actual use, a wheel is conveyed to a working position of the online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention through roller ways; compressed air is supplied, the lift cylinder drives a clamping mechanism to lift up, a flange face of the wheel is in contact with the flange, and next, the lift cylinder lifts up the wheel to an appointed position. An oil cylinder rod of the oil cylinder is in a shrinkage state, and under the action of the springs, the slopes of the expanding flaps are in contact with the upper conical surface of the expanding core. According to the size of the diameter of a center bore of the wheel, the servomotor A drives the expanding core to rotate for a specific angle, so that the slopes of the expanding flaps match with the corresponding slopes of the expanding core, and next, the oil cylinder starts working; the oil cylinder overcomes the elastic forces of the springs to drive the connecting shaft C and the expanding core to move upwards; due to the slope matching between the expanding flaps and the expanding core, each expanding flap synchronously moves outwards in the eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes formed in the internal cavities of the flange and the chassis, and finally the expanding flaps come into contact with the center bore of the wheel, so that a location expansion process of the wheel is completed; next, the servomotor A starts working and drives the wheel to rotate through the synchronous pulley A, the synchronous belt, the synchronous pulley B; the vision sensor detects the position of a valve hole of the wheel, the wheel continuously rotates for 180 degrees and then stops, and at this point, the valve hole of the wheel, the inflating valve and the expanding core are positioned on a same vertical plane. According to various machining parameters of the valve hole of the wheel, the servomotor E rotates for an appointed revolution and controls the inflating valve and the valve hole of the wheel to be at a same angle, then, the servomotor C and the servomotor D control horizontal and vertical positions of the inflating valve, and finally the inflating valve is inserted into the valve hole of the wheel. So far, an inflating valve insertion operation is completed. 
         [0010]    The online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention can meet the requirement of automatically inserting the inflating valve into the wheel, also has the characteristics of simple structure, convenience in manufacturing, stable performance, and capability of meeting the precision machining requirement, and can fit to the requirement of automatic production. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         [0011]      FIG. 1  is a structural schematic diagram of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0012]      FIG. 2  is a front schematic view of an expanding core of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0013]      FIG. 3  is a top schematic view of an expanding core of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0014]      FIG. 4  is a structural schematic diagram of a turning seat of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0015]      FIG. 5  is an A-A structural schematic diagram of a turning seat of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0016]      FIG. 6  is a structural schematic diagram of a turning block of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0017]      FIG. 7  is an A-A structural schematic diagram of a turning block of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; 
           [0018]      FIG. 8  is a structural schematic diagram of a turning mechanism of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention; and 
           [0019]      FIG. 9  is an A-A structural schematic diagram of a turning mechanism of an online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention. 
       
    
    
       [0020]    In the figure, numeric symbols are as follows:  1 -frame,  2 -chassis,  3 -lift cylinder,  4 -support A,  5 -bearing base,  6 -linear bearing,  7 -mounting plate,  8 -guide shaft,  9 -lift shaft,  10 -servomotor A,  11 -synchronous pulley A,  12 -connecting plate,  13 -synchronous belt,  14 -synchronous pulley B,  15 -base,  16 -connecting shaft A,  17 -servomotor B,  18 -shaft sleeve A,  19 -lower end cover,  20 -connecting shaft B,  21 -shaft sleeve B,  22 -oil cylinder,  23 -bearing A,  24 -end cover,  25 -gland,  26 -bearing B,  27 -chassis,  28 -flange,  29 -pin,  30 -spring,  31 -expanding flap,  32 -connecting shaft C,  33 -protector,  34 -expanding core,  35 -servomotor C,  35 -lead screw A,  37 -linear guide rail A,  38 -sliding support,  39 -linear guide rail B,  40 -lead screw B,  41 -servomotor D,  42 -support B,  43 -inflating valve,  44 -mechanical clamping jaw,  45 -turning block,  46 -servomotor E,  47 -lead screw C,  48 -turning seat,  49 -mounting rack,  50 -support C, and  51 -vision sensor. 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0021]    In the following, the details and working conditions of a specific device provided by the present invention are described in combination with figures. 
         [0022]    The present invention provides an online inflating valve insertion device. The online inflating valve insertion device is composed of a frame  1 , a chassis  2 , a lift cylinder  3 , a support A  4 , bearing seats  5 , linear bearings  6 , a mounting plate  7 , guide shafts  8 , a lift shaft  9 , a servomotor A  10 , a synchronous pulley A  11 , a connecting plate  12 , a synchronous belt  13 , a synchronous pulley B  14 , a base  15 , a connecting shaft A  16 , a servomotor B  17 , a shaft sleeve A  18 , a lower end cover  19 , a connecting shaft B  20 , a shaft sleeve B  21 , an oil cylinder  22 , bearings A  23 , end covers  24 , a gland  25 , a bearing B  26 , a chassis  27 , a flange  28 , pins  29 , springs  30 , expanding flaps  31 , a connecting shaft C  32 , a protector  33 , an expanding core  34 , a servomotor C  35 , a lead screw A  36 , a linear guide rail A  37 , a sliding support  38 , a linear guide rail B  39 , a lead screw B  40 , a servomotor D  41 , a support B  42 , an inflating valve  43 , a mechanical clamping jaw  44 , a turning block  45 , a servomotor E  46 , a lead screw C  47 , a turning seat  48 , a mounting rack  49 , a support C  50  and a vision sensor  51 . The online inflating valve insertion device is characterized in that the chassis  2 , the support C  50  and the mounting rack  49  are fixed on the frame  1 , the vision sensor  51  is mounted on the support C  50 , the mounting plate  7  is fixed above the chassis  2  by the support A  4 , the bearing seats  5  are fixed on the mounting plate  7 , the lift shaft  9  is mounted on the bearing seats  5  through the linear bearings  6 , two ends of the lift shaft  9  are respectively connected with the connecting plate  12  and an output shaft of the lift cylinder  3 , the servomotor A  10  and the base  15  are fixed on connecting plate  12 , the shaft sleeve A  18  is mounted on the base  15  through the bearings A  23  and the end covers  24 , the synchronous pulley A  11  is connected with an output shaft of the servomotor A  10 , the synchronous pulley B  14  is connected with the connecting shaft A  16 , and the synchronous belt  13  is respectively connected with the synchronous pulley A  11  and the synchronous pulley B  14 . 
         [0023]    The lower end cover  19 , the gland  25  and the chassis  27  are fixed on the shaft sleeve A  18 , the servomotor B  17  is mounted on the lower end cover  19 , the shaft sleeve B  21  is mounted on the base  15  through the bearing B  26  and the gland  25 , the oil cylinder  22  is fixed in the interior of the shaft sleeve B  21 , an output end of the oil cylinder  22  is connected with the connecting shaft C  32 , the servomotor B  17  is connected with the shaft sleeve B  21  through the connecting shaft B  20 , the expanding core  34  is connected with the shaft sleeve B  21  through the connecting shaft C  32 , the expanding core  34 , the connecting shaft C  32  and the shaft sleeve B  21  are circumferentially locked and cannot relatively rotate, and the connecting shaft C  32  and the shaft sleeve B  21  can relatively axially move; the flange  28  is fixed on the chassis  27 , eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes are formed in internal cavities of the flange  28  and the chassis  27 , bottom surfaces of eight expanding flaps  31  are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the eight T-shaped chutes, the expanding flaps  31  can smoothly and highly precisely slide in the chutes, inner side walls of the expanding flaps  31  are slopes of 15 degrees, and two ends of eight springs  30  are respectively connected with the flange  28  and the eight expanding flaps  31 ; side faces of the expanding core  34  are two groups of slopes  34 - 1 ,  34 - 2  of 15 degrees in uniform and spaced distribution, the number of the slopes in each group is eight, every two slopes have height difference, and side walls of the upper ends of the two groups of slopes are jointed on a conical surface  34 - 3 ; under the combined action of the pulling force of the oil cylinder  22  and the elastic force of the springs  30 , when the expanding core  34  is located at the lowest position, side walls of the expanding flaps  31  contact with the conical surface  34 - 3  of the expanding core  34 , the servomotor B  17  drives the expanding core  34  to rotate for 22.5 degrees through the connecting shaft B  20 , the shaft sleeve B  21  and the connecting shaft C  32 , and the expanding flaps  31  matching with the slopes can be switched between the slopes  34 - 1  and the slopes  35 - 2  of the expanding core  34 . The oil cylinder  22  drives the connecting shaft C  32  and the expanding core  34  to move up and down; due to the slope matching of the expanding flaps  31  and the expanding core  34 , the eight expanding flaps  31  synchronously perform centripetal motion and centrifugal motion in the eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes formed in the internal cavities of the flange  28  and the chassis  27 , so that the eight expanding flaps  31  implement high-precision synchronous expansion and shrinkage functions; due to height difference between two groups of uniformly spaced slopes of the side faces of the expanding core  34 , the servomotor B  17  drives the expanding core  34  to rotate for 22.5 degrees, and the expanding flaps  31  matching with the slopes can be switched between the slopes  34 - 1  and the slopes  34 - 2  of the expanding core  34 , so that the expansion and shrinkage diameters of the expanding flaps  31  change in two different ranges, and finally the expanding flaps  31  implement large-stroke expansion and shrinkage. 
         [0024]    Corresponding pin holes are formed in the chassis  27  and the flange  28 , and the positioning pins  29  are respectively connected with the pin holes in the chassis  27  and the flange  28  to ensure assembly precision of the chassis  27  and the flange  28 . 
         [0025]    The servomotor C  35  and the linear guide rail A  37  are fixed on the mounting rack  49 , the lead screw A  36  is connected with the sliding support  38  and the servomotor C  35 , and the servomotor C  35  can drive the sliding support  38  to move along the linear guide rail A  37  up and down through the lead screw A  36 ; and the linear guide rail B  39  and the servomotor D  41  are fixed on the sliding support  38 , the lead screw B  40  is connected with the support B  42  and the servomotor D  41 , and the servomotor D  41  can drive the support B  42  to move along the linear guide rail B  39  left and right through the lead screw B  40 . 
         [0026]    The servomotor E  46  and the turning seat  48  are fixed on the support B  42 , the servomotor E  46  is connected with the lead screw C  47 , the mechanical clamping jaw  44  is fixed on the turning block  45 , the mechanical clamping jaw  44  clamps the inflating valve  43 , the servomotor E  46  is connected with the lead screw C  47 , an empty slot  48 - 2  is formed in the middle of the bottom surface of the turning seat  48 , the lead screw C  47  passes through the empty slot  48 - 2 , two symmetrical T-shaped annular grooves  48 - 1  are formed in two sides of the interior of the turning seat  48 , two symmetrical T-shaped annular columns  45 - 1  are arranged on the lower end face of the turning block  45 , and the T-shaped annular columns  45 - 1  can be inserted into the T-shaped annular grooves  48 - 1 ; the structure of the middle position of the lower end face of the turning block  45  is annual teeth  45 - 2 , and the annular teeth  45 - 2  and the lead screw C  47  are meshed. The servomotor E  46  drives the lead screw C  47  to rotate, and due to the meshing matching between the annular teeth  45 - 2  and the lead screw C  47 , the turning block  45  can turn along the centers of the T-shaped annular grooves  48 - 1  in the turning seat  48 . 
         [0027]    During actual use, a wheel is conveyed to a working position of the online inflating valve insertion device provided by the present invention through roller ways; compressed air is supplied, the lift cylinder  3  drives a clamping mechanism to lift up, a flange face of the wheel is in contact with the flange  28 , and next, the lift cylinder  3  lifts up the wheel to an appointed position. An oil cylinder rod of the oil cylinder  22  is in a shrinkage state, and under the action of the springs  30 , the slopes of the expanding flaps  31  are in contact with the upper conical surface of the expanding core  34 . According to the size of the diameter of a center bore of the wheel, the servomotor A  10  drives the expanding core  34  to rotate for a specific angle, so that the slopes of the expanding flaps  31  match with the corresponding slopes of the expanding core  34 , and next, the oil cylinder  22  starts working; the oil cylinder  22  overcomes the elastic forces of the springs  30  to drive the connecting shaft C  32  and the expanding core  34  to move upwards; due to the slope matching between the expanding flaps  31  and the expanding core  33 , each expanding flap  31  synchronously moves outwards in the eight uniformly distributed T-shaped chutes formed in the internal cavities of the flange  28  and the chassis  27 , and finally the expanding flaps  31  come into contact with the center bore of the wheel, so that a location expansion process of the wheel is completed; next, the servomotor A  10  starts working and drives the wheel to rotate through the synchronous pulley A  11 , the synchronous belt  13 , the synchronous pulley B  14 ; the vision sensor  51  detects the position of a valve hole of the wheel, the wheel continuously rotates for 180 degrees and then stops, and at this point, the valve hole of the wheel, the inflating valve and the expanding core  34  are positioned on a same vertical plane. According to various machining parameters of the valve hole of the wheel, the servomotor E  46  rotates for an appointed revolution and controls the inflating valve  43  and the valve hole of the wheel to be a same angle, then, the servomotor C  35  and the servomotor D  41  control horizontal and vertical positions of the inflating valve, and finally the inflating valve is inserted into the valve hole of the wheel. So far, an inflating valve insertion operation is completed.