Device and method for laser cutting of aluminum alloy wheel blank burrs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279432-B2
Application number	US-201615337534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a device and method for laser cutting of aluminum alloy wheel blank burrs. The device includes a wheel hub lifting and locking mechanism and one or more groups of lasers mounted to a moving mechanism, and the moving mechanism comprises vertical guide columns (8) and horizontal guide columns (10) mounted to the vertical guide columns (8). During use, the device of the present invention can realize the function of online cutting of wheel burrs, thereby improving work efficiency and reducing manual labor, and the device has the characteristics of high cutting precision, rounded and burr-free cutting parts, stable performances, high degree of automation and the like.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for laser cutting of aluminum alloy wheel blank burrs, wherein the device consists of a frame ( 1 ), a bottom hydraulic cylinder ( 2 ), a support plate ( 3 ), a side locking slider ( 4 ), a wheel rim inner wall high-temperature-resistant resin gasket ( 5 ), rotating hydraulic motor-and-pinion units ( 6 ), a gear wheel ( 7 ), vertical guide columns ( 8 ), laser heads ( 9 ), horizontal guide columns ( 10 ), a top hydraulic cylinder ( 11 ), a discharge tray ( 13 ), a connection disc ( 14 ), a flange inner high-temperature-resistant resin gasket ( 15 ), a top locking slider ( 16 ), a middle ejection hydraulic cylinder ( 17 ), a roller way ( 18 ), side locking hydraulic cylinders ( 19 ), upright guide plates ( 20 ), a bottom guide column ( 21 ), and grating sensors ( 22 ),
wherein the bottom hydraulic cylinder ( 2 ) and the bottom guide column ( 21 ) are fixed above the frame ( 1 ); the hydraulic cylinder piston rod of the bottom hydraulic cylinder ( 2 ) is connected with the support plate ( 3 ), four side locking hydraulic cylinders ( 19 ) are uniformly and circumferentially distributed above the support plate ( 3 ), the pistons of the locking hydraulic cylinders ( 19 ) are connected with the side locking slider ( 4 ), and the upright guide plates ( 20 ) are mounted on the two sides of the side locking slider ( 4 ); the wheel rim inner wall high-temperature-resistant resin gasket ( 5 ) is mounted on the side locking slider ( 4 ) and arranged to be in contact with the inner cavity of a wheel rim when locking; the middle ejection hydraulic cylinder ( 17 ) is mounted on the middle position on the support plate ( 3 ), the top locking slider ( 16 ) is mounted on the piston rod of the middle ejection hydraulic cylinder ( 17 ), and the flange inner high-temperature-resistant resin gasket ( 15 ) is mounted above the top locking slider ( 16 ); the rotating hydraulic motor-and-pinion units ( 6 ) are mounted and connected on the two sides of the upper middle part of the frame, the pinions of the hydraulic motor-and-pinion units ( 6 ) are meshed with the gear wheel ( 7 ), the gear wheel ( 7 ) is mounted below the connection disc ( 14 ), the connection disc ( 14 ) is mounted on the piston of the top hydraulic cylinder ( 11 ), and the top hydraulic cylinder ( 11 ) is fixed on the frame ( 1 ); four vertical guide columns ( 8 ) on the inner side of the frame are mounted below the connection disc ( 14 ), the laser heads ( 9 ) are mounted on the horizontal guide columns ( 10 ), and the horizontal guide columns ( 10 ) are mounted on the vertical guide columns ( 8 ); and four vertical guide columns ( 8 ) on the outer side are mounted below the connection disc ( 14 ), the horizontal guide columns ( 10 ) are mounted on the vertical guide columns ( 8 ), and the grating sensors ( 22 ) are mounted on the two sides of the roller way ( 18 ).

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the laser heads of the device are configured at one or more of the following positions: a wheel center position of a wheel hub to be machined, an outer wheel lip position of the wheel hub to be machined and an inner wheel lip position of the wheel hub to be machined.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Fengbao
• Zhou Ruixiao
• Dai Chuan
• Li Dengyao
• Liu Xiao

Classifications

• B23K26/0838

  by using an endless conveyor belt · CPC title

• B21D53/264

  wheels out of a single piece (B21D53/261 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23K2103/10

  Aluminium or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K26/02

  Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam · CPC title

• B23K2101/06

  Tubes · CPC title