Positioning system with adjustable clamping force and milling equipment for rail transit honeycomb workpiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11628530-B2
Application number	US-202117549439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2021
Priority date	May 20, 2021
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

The present invention discloses a positioning system with an adjustable clamping force and a milling equipment for a rail transit honeycomb workpiece. The positioning system includes: a positioning apparatus, including a positioning table to support a workpiece; and a clamping apparatus, including a turntable, where the turntable is fixedly disposed on a periphery of the positioning table, a top of the turntable is connected to a mechanical arm, a pressure plate is disposed at an end of the mechanical arm, and the pressure plate is capable of cooperating with the positioning table to clamp the workpiece, where there are a plurality of clamping apparatuses, working regions of adjacent clamping apparatuses have an intersection, and working regions of all the clamping apparatuses are capable of covering a machining surface of the workpiece; and when machining is performed in an intersection region, a clamping apparatus corresponding to the region clamps the workpiece, and when machining is performed in a non-intersection region, a clamping apparatus corresponding to the region dodges, and an adjacent clamping apparatus clamps the workpiece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positioning system with an adjustable clamping force for clamping a rail transit honeycomb workpiece, comprising:
a positioning apparatus, comprising a positioning table to support the workpiece; and
a plurality of clamping apparatuses, each clamping apparatus of the plurality of clamping apparatuses comprising a respective turntable, wherein each of the turntables is fixedly disposed on a periphery of the positioning table, a respective top of each of the turntables is connected to a respective mechanical arm, a respective pressure plate is disposed at an end of each of the mechanical arms, and each of the pressure plates is capable of cooperating with the positioning table to clamp the workpiece, wherein
each of the clamping apparatuses comprises a respective working region having a respective boundary defined by a maximum working range of movement of the corresponding mechanical arm, and wherein the working regions of adjacent ones of the clamping apparatuses have an intersection, the working regions each include a respective non-intersecting region which does not intersect with any other of the working regions, and the working regions of all the clamping apparatuses are capable of covering a machining surface of the workpiece; and when machining is performed on the workpiece in one of the intersections, one of the clamping apparatuses that corresponds to the intersection clamps the workpiece, and when machining is performed on the workpiece in one of the non-intersection regions, one of the clamping apparatuses corresponding to the one of the non-intersecting regions moves away from the workpiece, and an adjacent one of the clamping apparatuses adjacent to the one of the non-intersecting regions clamps the workpiece.

2. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 1 , wherein each of the mechanical arms comprises a respective main arm connected to the corresponding turntable, wherein each of the main arms is hinged with a respective side portion of a respective middle arm, wherein each of the middle arms is connected to the corresponding pressure plate by a respective end joint, wherein each of the main arms and each of the middle arms are capable of swinging up and down, and wherein each of the end joints is capable of driving the corresponding pressure plate to rotate in a direction of a corresponding plate surface of the corresponding pressing plate, so that the corresponding pressure plate is always parallel to a workpiece surface.

3. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 2 , wherein each of the middle arms comprises a respective end portion that is further hinged with a respective connecting rod, wherein each of the connecting rods is hinged with a respective rocker that swings up and down, wherein each of the rockers is connected to a respective one of the main arms, and wherein the swinging of the rockers is independent from the swinging of the main arms.

4. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 3 , wherein each of the connecting rods is disposed in parallel to a respective one of the main arms, and wherein a respective connection point between each of the connecting rods and the corresponding middle arm, a respective connection point between each of the connecting rods and the corresponding rocker, a respective connection point between each of the main arms and the corresponding middle arm, and a respective connection point between each of the main arms and the corresponding rocker are connected to form a respective parallelogram.

5. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 2 , wherein each of the turntables comprises a respective main rotating body that is rotatable horizontally, and each of the main rotating bodies is connected to a respective one of the main arms.

6. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 5 , wherein each of the main rotating bodies and the corresponding pressure plate rotate synchronously, and have a same rotation angle and opposite rotation directions.

7. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 1 , wherein a respective pressure sensor is inserted into each of the pressure plates, and a respective end surface of each of the pressure sensors is flush with a respective end surface of the corresponding pressure plate.

8. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning apparatus comprises a plurality of positioning adjustment apparatuses that are fixedly disposed on a peripheral side of the positioning table, to implement six-point positioning of the workpiece; and each of the positioning adjustment apparatuses comprises a respective positioning element and a respective up-and-down reciprocating apparatus, wherein a respective bottom of each of the positioning elements is connected to a respective one of the up-and-down reciprocating apparatuses in order to enable an adjustment of a height of the corresponding positioning element.

9. The positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 8 , wherein each of the positioning elements is higher than the positioning table to position a side portion of the workpiece.

10. A milling equipment, comprising the positioning system with an adjustable clamping force according to claim 1 , wherein the milling equipment is configured for milling the rail transit honeycomb workpiece.

11. The milling equipment according to claim 10 , further comprising a milling machine, wherein the milling machine is connected to a minimum quantity lubrication spray angle control apparatus by a machine tool spindle, the minimum quantity lubrication spray angle control apparatus is connected to a nozzle, and the minimum quantity lubrication spray angle control apparatus is disposed above the positioning table.

12. The milling equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the minimum quantity lubrication spray angle control apparatus comprises a higher elevation rod, the higher elevation rod is connected to a lower elevation mechanism, the lower elevation mechanism, located at a lower elevation than is the higher elevation rod, is connected to the nozzle to adjust an elevation of the nozzle, and the nozzle is connected to an atomizer by a universal joint cooling pipe.

13. The milling equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the higher elevation rod is hinged with a spindle connecting member to adjust the elevation of the nozzle, the spindle connecting member is connected to the machine tool spindle, and the nozzle extends to a milling cutter at a bottom of the machine tool spindle.

14. The milling equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the spindle connecting member is of an arc-shaped plate-type structure, and the arc-shaped plate-type structure is engaged with an outside of the machine tool spindle.

15. The milling equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the lower elevation mechanism comprises a lower elevation rotating member that is rotatable in a vertical direction, the lower elevation rotating member has a groove to accommodate and fix a horizontal swing angle mechanism, the horizontal swing angle mechanism comprises a ball joint rotating member, the ball joint rotating member is connected to the nozzle, and the ball joint rotating member is rotatable in a horizontal direction to drive the nozzle to adjust a horizontal swing angle.

16. The milling equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the nozzle can swing over a horizontal swing angle range of thirty de

Assignees

• Univ Qingdao Technology
• Qingdao Kaws Intelligent Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Changhe
• Shi Zhuang
• Qin Aiguo
• Liu Bo
• Chen Yun
• Cao Huajun
• Zhou Zongming
• Zhang Naiqing
• Wu Qidong
• Lu Bingheng
• Gao Teng
• Zhang Yanbin
• Yang Min
• Liu Mingzheng
• Wang Xiaoming

Classifications

• B25J11/005

  Manipulators for mechanical processing tasks · CPC title

• B23Q3/069

  for pressing workpieces against a work-table · CPC title

• Y10T409/309016

  with work holder or guide · CPC title

• B23Q11/10

  Arrangements for cooling or lubricating tools or work · CPC title

• B23Q3/08 Primary

  other than mechanically-actuated {(B23Q3/061, B23Q3/066, and B23Q3/067 take precedence)} · CPC title