Press machine execution system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518131-B2
Application number	US-202117511442-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	Aug 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A press machine is provided. Two vertical hydraulic cylinders are arranged on an upper beam plate of a press machine body, and the two hydraulic cylinders correspond to workbenches at corresponding positions in a one-to-one correspondence, constituting left and right working units, and a common mechanical drive unit and a common hydraulic drive unit are set for the left and right working units. The mechanical driving unit is composed of a driving motor through an electromagnetic clutch, an electromagnetic brake and lead screw nut driving mechanism driven by a gear pair. According to the load profiles during the working process of hydraulic press machine, the mechanical driving unit or the hydraulic driving unit are selected to provide energy for the two working units. A control method for the press machine, a press machine execution system and a control method for the press machine execution system are further involved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mechanical-hydraulic hybrid double-station press machine execution system comprising:
two vertical hydraulic cylinders are arranged in one press machine body, and the two hydraulic cylinders correspond to workbenches at corresponding positions in a one-to-one correspondence, constituting left and right working units;
a mechanical drive unit and a hydraulic drive unit configured to drive the left and right working units; and
a gear rack transmission mechanism driven by an electric motor ( 1116 ) through an electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) and an electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ),
wherein the mechanical drive unit and moveable parts of two hydraulic cylinders form a linkage structure outside a cylinder body through a mechanical transmission structure, and using the mechanical drive unit, the two hydraulic cylinders are electrically driven and reversely move; the two hydraulic cylinders are a first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) and a second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) respectively, which are symmetrically fixed to the press machine body in a left-right direction and are in the same vertical plane,
wherein the gear rack transmission mechanism is positioned between the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) and the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ), the gear rack transmission mechanism has a sun gear ( 119 ) and a first rack ( 117 ) and a second rack ( 118 ) which are respectively arranged on right and left sides of the sun gear, the first rack ( 117 ) and the second rack ( 118 ) move synchronously in a vertical and reverse direction by rotating the sun gear ( 119 ); the first rack ( 117 ) and the moveable part outside a body of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) constitute a linkage structure through a first link rod, and the second rack ( 118 ) and the moveable part outside of a body of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) constitute a linkage structure through a second link rod, thereby the mechanical drive unit is formed, and
wherein in the gear rack transmission mechanism, a gear shaft ( 1110 ) is supported by a bearing ( 1111 ), the bearing ( 1111 ) is fixed to the press machine body by a bearing support bracket ( 1113 ); the electric motor ( 1116 ) and the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ) are respectively located at both ends of the gear shaft ( 1110 ).

2. The machine-hydraulic hybrid double-station press machine execution system according to claim 1 , wherein the gear shaft ( 1110 ) is driven to rotate by the electric motor ( 1116 ) and braked by the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ); the electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) is arranged on the gear shaft ( 1110 ) between the electric motor ( 1116 ) and the sun gear ( 119 ).

3. A control method for a mechanical-hydraulic hybrid double-station press machine execution system, the mechanical-hydraulic hybrid double-station press machine execution system comprising:
two vertical hydraulic cylinders are arranged in one press machine body, and the two hydraulic cylinders correspond to workbenches at corresponding positions in a one-to-one correspondence, constituting left and right working units;
a mechanical drive unit and a hydraulic drive unit configured to drive the left and right working units; and
a gear rack transmission mechanism driven by an electric motor ( 1116 ) through an electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) and an electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ),
wherein the mechanical drive unit and moveable parts of two hydraulic cylinders form a linkage structure outside a cylinder body through a mechanical transmission structure, and using the mechanical drive unit, the two hydraulic cylinders are electrically driven and reversely move; the two hydraulic cylinders are a first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) and a second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) respectively, which are symmetrically fixed to the press machine body in a left-right direction and are in the same vertical plane, wherein the gear rack transmission mechanism is positioned between the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) and the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ), the gear rack transmission mechanism has a sun gear ( 119 ) and a first rack ( 117 ) and a second rack ( 118 ) which are respectively arranged on right and left sides of the sun gear, the first rack ( 117 ) and the second rack ( 118 ) move synchronously in a vertical and reverse direction by rotating the sun gear ( 119 ); the first rack 20 ( 117 ) and the moveable part outside a body of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) constitute a linkage structure through a first link rod, and the second rack ( 118 ) and the moveable part outside of a body of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) constitute a linkage structure through a second link rod, thereby the mechanical drive unit is formed, and wherein in the gear rack transmission mechanism, a gear shaft ( 1110 ) is supported by a bearing ( 1111 ), the bearing ( 1111 ) is fixed to the press machine body by a bearing support bracket ( 1113 ); the electric motor ( 1116 ) and the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ) are respectively located at both ends of the gear shaft ( 1110 ); the gear shaft ( 1110 ) is driven to rotate by the electric motor ( 1116 ) and braked by the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ); the electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) is arranged on the gear shaft ( 1110 ) between the electric motor ( 1116 ) and the sun gear ( 119 );
the control method comprising:
fast falling and fast rising of the first and second hydraulic cylinders are implemented as follows:
for the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ): the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ) is kept in a disconnected state, the electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) is turned on, the electric motor ( 1116 ) is controlled to rotate counterclockwise, the first rack ( 117 ) move vertically downward to move the moveable part of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) downward, a low-pressure oil in a hydraulic system is controlled to enter an upper chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) from an upper chamber port of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ), thereby achieving fast falling of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ); meanwhile, the second rack ( 118 ) moves vertically upward to move the moveable part of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) upward, a hydraulic oil in an upper chamber of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) enters the hydraulic system from an upper chamber port of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ), thereby achieving fast rising of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 );
for the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ): the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ) is kept in a disconnected state, the electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) is turned on, the electric motor ( 1116 ) is controlled to rotate clockwise, and the second rack ( 118 ) moves vertically downward to move the moveable part of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) downward, the low-pressure oil in the hydraulic system is controlled to enter the upper chamber of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ) from the upper chamber port of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ), thereby achieving fast falling of the second hydraulic cylinder ( 112 ); meanwhile, the first rack ( 117 ) moves vertically upward to move the moveable part of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) upward, and the hydraulic oil in the upper chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) enters the hydraulic system from the upper chamber port ( 113 ) of the first hydraulic cylinder, thereby achieving fast rising of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ).

4. The control method according to claim 3 , wherein pressing of the first and second hydraulic cylinders are implemented as follows:
for the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ): when the fast falling of the first hydraulic cylinder ( 111 ) is completed, both the electromagnetic brake ( 1112 ) and the electromagnetic clutch ( 1114 ) are controlled to be disconnected, and a high-pressure oil in the hydraulic system is contr

Assignees

• Univ Hefei Technology

Inventors

• Huang Haihong
• Li Lei
• Cao Zhicheng
• Liu Zhifeng

Classifications

• B30B1/23

  operated by fluid-pressure means · CPC title

• B30B9/3067

  by rack-and-pinion means · CPC title

• B30B1/183

  Braking mechanisms for the return movement of the press ram · CPC title

• B30B7/00

  Presses characterised by a particular arrangement of the pressing members · CPC title

• B30B15/142

  controlling the brake or the clutch · CPC title