Automatic wheel front burr removing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10569378-B2
Application number	US-201715839110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed is an automatic wheel front burr removing device, including a station rotating motor, a station I manipulator, a station II manipulator, a station III manipulator, a station IV manipulator, a rim burr cutter head, a feeding slide plate I, guide posts I, cylinders I, a servo motor I, a feeding slide plate II, guide posts II, cylinders II, a servo motor II and a vision sensor. The station I is a wheel positioning and clamping station; the station II is a wheel rim burr removing station; the station III is a wheel cap section burr removing station; and the station IV is a wheel loosening and transferring station.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic wheel front burr removing device, comprising a main frame, a secondary frame, a lifting cylinder, guide posts, a support plate, guide sleeves, guide rails, a left slide plate, positioning wheels, positioning posts, a gear rack structure, a lifting table, a right slide plate, a positioning cylinder, a support frame, a station rotating motor, a bearing seat, bearings, a shaft, a rotating platform, a station I manipulator, a station II manipulator, a station III manipulator, a station IV manipulator, clamping wheels, a rim burr cutter head, a feeding slide plate I, guide posts I, cylinders I, a servo motor I, a cap section burr cutter, a feeding slide plate II, guide posts II, cylinders II, a servo motor II and a vision sensor, wherein the device comprises four stations; station I is a wheel positioning and clamping station; station II is a wheel rim burr removing station; station III is a wheel cap section burr removing station; and station IV is a wheel loosening and transferring station,
the wheel positioning and clamping station is as follows: the support plate is mounted on the secondary frame, the two guide rails are symmetrically mounted on the support plate, and the left slide plate and the right slide plate are respectively mounted on the guide rails and connected with each other via the gear rack structure; two of the four positioning posts are fixedly mounted on the left slide plate, the other two of the four positioning posts are also symmetrically fixedly mounted on the right slide plate, and the four positioning wheels are respectively fixed onto the four positioning posts; the positioning cylinder is connected with the right slide plate and provides a positioning power source, and when the positioning cylinder drives the right slide plate to move, the left slide plate moves synchronously with the right slide plate under the engagement action of gears and racks, thus centering a wheel; the lifting cylinder is fixed on the main frame, an output end of the cylinder is connected with the lifting table, the guide sleeves are fixed on the support plate, the guide posts are fixed below the lifting table, and the guide sleeves are matched with the guide posts; after the wheel is centered, the positioning wheels are loosened and reset, the lifting cylinder is started to drive the lifting table to ascend, and the lifting table contacts a wheel flange to jack the wheel, so that the wheel leaves a roller bed; when the wheel ascends to a certain height, the station I manipulator clamps the inner rim of the wheel, so that the wheel is clamped;
the wheel rim burr removing station is as follows: a rim burr removing device is mounted on the main frame just above the station II manipulator; the four cylinders I moving synchronously are fixed above the main frame, the output ends of the cylinders I are connected with the feeding slide plate I, the servo motor I is mounted on the feeding slide plate I, the rim burr cutter head is mounted at an output end of the servo motor I, and the rim burr cutter head is provided with an internal cutting edge according to the outside diameter of the wheel; under the guiding effect of the guide posts I, the cylinders I drive the rim burr cutter head to be fed down, and when the rim burr cutter head rotates, the cutting edge can remove rim burrs;
the wheel cap section burr removing station is as follows: a cap section burr removing device is mounted on the main frame just above the station III manipulator, the four cylinders II moving synchronously are fixed above the main frame, the output ends of the cylinders II are connected with the feeding slide plate II, the servo motor II is mounted on the feeding slide plate II, and the cap section burr cutter is mounted at an output end of the servo motor II; under the guiding effect of the guide posts, the cylinders II drive the cap section burr cutter to be fed down, and when the cap section burr cutter rotates, the cutting edge may remove cap section burrs; and
the wheel loosening and transferring station is as follows: a roller bed is located just below the station IV manipulator, and the vision sensor is mounted on the roller bed; after rim and cap section burrs are removed from the wheel, the wheel arrives at the station IV via rotating handover of the manipulators, at the moment, the station IV manipulator is loosened, the wheel falls onto the roller bed, the vision sensor feeds back a signal when detecting the wheel, and the roller bed rotates and transfers the wheel having burrs removed to next procedure.

2. The automatic wheel front burr removing device of claim 1 , wherein four same manipulators are respectively the station I manipulator, the station II manipulator, the station III manipulator and the station IV manipulator, and are fixedly mounted on the rotating platform, and the spacing angles between the manipulators are 90 degrees; the station rotating motor drives the rotating platform to rotate 90 degrees every time, thus realizing cyclic switching of the four stations.

3. The automatic wheel front burr removing device of claim 1 , wherein a rim burr removing device is mounted on the main frame just above the station II manipulator; when the rim burr cutter head rotates, the cutting edge is configured to remove rim burrs; a cap section burr removing device is mounted on the main frame just above the station III manipulator; when the cap section burr cutter rotates, the cutting edge is configured to remove cap section burrs; a roller bed is located just below the station IV manipulator, and the vision sensor is mounted on the roller bed.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Huiying
• Lu Yuexin
• Bi Xinyu

Classifications

• B60B2360/104

  Aluminum · CPC title

• B24B9/002 Primary

  for travelling workpieces · CPC title

• B60B7/00

  Wheel cover discs, rings, or the like, for ornamenting, protecting {, venting,} or obscuring, wholly or in part, the wheel body, rim, hub, or tyre sidewall {, e.g. wheel cover discs, wheel cover discs with cooling fins (wheels with cooling fins not provided on the wheel cover disc B60B19/10; apparatus or tools for removing or attaching cover discs hub caps or the like B60B31/06)} · CPC title

• B60B2900/572

  Visual appearance · CPC title

• B23Q7/047

  the gripper supporting the workpiece during machining · CPC title