In-situ freezing machining method for integrated thin-walled array structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11969846-B2
Application number	US-202117785657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2021
Priority date	Jun 28, 2021
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

The present invention proposes an in-situ freezing machining method for an integrated thin-walled array structure. In the method, the area among cups is cut off first; then, the outer walls of a cup array are machined; and finally, water filling and freezing are carried out, and in-situ freezing machining of the inner walls of the cup array is carried out. Then, hoisting and turning over are carried out, and the area among cavities is cut off; then, the outer walls of a cavity array are machined; and finally, water filling and freezing are carried out, and in-situ freezing machining of the inner walls of the cavity array is carried out. The method realizes in-situ freezing clamping of workpieces, avoids error accumulation caused by repeated installation of a fixture, and can refrigerate efficiently, suppress ambient and cutting thermal interference, and ensure the stability of freezing fixture.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An in-situ freezing machining method for an integrated thin-walled array structure, wherein the method is realized based on an in-situ freezing fixturing system which is composed of a freezing device, an auxiliary device and a refrigeration system;
the freezing device comprises an in-situ freezing fixturing shell and an insulation lid; the in-situ freezing fixturing shell has the function of heat preservation and is provided with a refrigeration tube inside, and refrigeration is realized through flow of liquid nitrogen in the refrigeration tube; and the insulation lid is used for heat preservation in the freezing process;
the auxiliary device comprises clamps, a template and locators, wherein the template is arranged in the in-situ freezing fixturing shell, the locators and the template are used for locating a blank, and the clamps are used for clamping the edge of the blank;
the refrigeration system comprises a liquid nitrogen tank, a nozzle and refrigeration equipment, wherein the refrigeration equipment is connected with the refrigeration tube in the in-situ freezing fixturing shell to control the flow of liquid nitrogen into the in-situ freezing fixturing shell so as to realize the control of the refrigeration power; and the nozzle is connected with the liquid nitrogen tank to realize local spraying of liquid nitrogen for machining;
the in-situ freezing machining method comprises the following steps:
step 1: in-situ freezing machining of cup array
fixing the in-situ freezing fixturing shell on a machine tool platform, wherein the template, the clamps and the locators are fixedly connected in the in-situ freezing fixturing shell, and hoisting the blank onto the template, wherein the template is provided with a cup slot matched with the cup array, and the surface of the template is coated with a water layer; locating the side surface of the blank by the locators, and compressing the edge of the blank by the clamps; machining the cup array by a cutter:
first, cutting off the area among cups in the cup array, and reserving edge material for cup array to form a cup array groove; second, carrying out rough machining and finish machining of the outer walls of the cups; finally, carrying out rough machining of the inner walls of the cups; cleaning up chips, filling water in the cup array groove and the cup array, covering the in-situ freezing fixturing shell with the insulation lid, starting the refrigeration equipment, and controlling the in-situ freezing fixturing shell to refrigerate and freeze the water; after freezing, removing the insulation lid, carrying out in-situ freezing machining of the inner walls of the cups in the cup array by the cutter, and during machining, keeping the refrigerating effect of the refrigeration equipment and the in-situ freezing fixturing shell all the time to prevent melting of ice caused by ambient thermal interference; after completing in-situ freezing machining, melting the ice and draining waste water; and during the process of cutting off the edge material for cup array, to avoid dents on the surface of the substrate caused by the clamps, removing the clamps and the locators, freezing the water layer into an ice layer under the refrigeration conditions of the refrigeration equipment and the in-situ freezing fixturing shell, clamping a workpiece by using the freezing stickiness of the ice layer, and completing cutoff of the edge material for cup array;
step 2: in-situ freezing machining of cavity array
hoisting and turning over, and inserting the cup array into the cup slot of the template, wherein the surface of the template is coated with a water layer; locating the workpiece by the locators, and compressing the workpiece by the clamps; machining the cavity array by the cutter:
first, cutting off the area among cavities in the cavity array, and reserving edge material for cavity array to form a cavity array groove; second, carrying out rough machining and finish machining of the outer walls of the cavities; finally, carrying out rough machining of the inner walls of the cavities; cleaning up chips, filling water in the cavity array groove and the cavity array, covering the in-situ freezing fixturing shell with the insulation lid, starting the refrigeration equipment, and controlling the in-situ freezing fixturing shell to refrigerate and freeze the water; after freezing, removing the insulation lid, carrying out in-situ freezing machining of the inner walls of the cavities in the cavity array by the cutter, and during machining, keeping the refrigerating effect of the refrigeration equipment and the in-situ freezing fixturing shell all the time to prevent melting of the ice caused by ambient thermal interference; after completing in-situ freezing machining, melting the ice and draining waste water; and during the process of cutting off the edge material for cavity array, removing the clamps and the locators, freezing the water layer into an ice layer under the refrigeration conditions of the refrigeration equipment and the in-situ freezing fixturing shell, clamping the workpiece by using the freezing stickiness of the ice layer, and completing cutoff of the edge material for cavity array;
at this point, the machining of the integrated thin-walled array structure is completed.

2. The in-situ freezing machining method according to claim 1 , wherein during the freezing machining process of the inner walls of the cups in the cup array and the inner walls of the cavities in the cavity array, the nozzle is connected with the liquid nitrogen tank, and liquid nitrogen is locally sprayed for machining by following the machining track to avoid melting of the ice caused by cutting heat.

Assignees

• Univ Dalian Tech

Inventors

• Liu Haibo
• Wang Chengxin
• Wang Yongqing
• Li Xu
• Liu Kuo
• Ma Xiaofei
• Guo Dongming

Classifications

• B23Q3/086 Primary

  using a solidifying liquid, e.g. with freezing, setting or hardening means · CPC title

• B23Q3/065 Primary

  for holding workpieces being specially deformable, e.g. made from thin-walled or elastic material · CPC title

• B23Q2703/10

  Devices for clamping workpieces of a particular form or made from a particular material · CPC title