Automatic seam welding machine and automatic seam welding method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automatic welding equipment, in particular to automatic welding equipment for welding a metal corrugated oil conservator core and an automatic seam welding method thereof.
Background
At present, most of cores of metal corrugated oil conservators for oil-immersed transformers are welded by manual argon arc, so that the labor intensity is high, the efficiency is low, and great potential quality hazards exist.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: the automatic seam welding machine and the automatic seam welding method thereof solve the problems in the prior art, so that the welding efficiency of the corrugated metal core is high, the quality is good, the labor intensity is low, the welding quality is not influenced by human factors, the automatic operation is realized, and no hidden quality danger exists.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: an automatic seam welder comprises a seam welder and a platform, wherein a movable support is placed on the platform, a workpiece is fixed on the movable support, a profiling gear ring similar to the profile of the workpiece is installed at the lower part of the movable support, a linear guide rail and a driving device are arranged below the platform, an output shaft of the driving device is provided with a driving wheel, the driving wheel is meshed with the inner side of the profiling gear ring, an inner pushing cylinder is installed below the platform, and the driving device is connected with the inner pushing cylinder and is pushed by the inner pushing cylinder to perform linear reciprocating motion; two steering cylinders are arranged opposite to the inner pushing cylinder and outside the movable support, the head of each steering cylinder is a steering cylinder roller, and the steering cylinder rollers are in rolling contact with the periphery of the profiling gear ring; an edge searching mechanism is also arranged at the edge to be welded of the workpiece, and the inner pushing cylinder and the two steering cylinders are controlled and driven by an electric control system; the seam welder is connected and controlled by an electric control system.
In the technical scheme, the platform is a lifting platform, and the lifting platform comprises a lifting hinge and a lifting cylinder connected with the lifting hinge.
In the technical scheme, the seam welder comprises an electrode wheel, wherein the electrode wheel is controlled by a stepless speed regulating motor, and the stepless speed regulating motor is controlled by an electric control system.
In the technical scheme, the universal wheels are installed at the bottom of the movable support, and the workpiece on the movable support is positioned by the wire planting device.
In the technical scheme, the inner pushing cylinder is provided with a displacement sensor, and the steering cylinder is provided with a displacement sensor and a pressure sensor.
In the technical scheme, the wheel shaft of the roller of the steering cylinder is an axle pin type pressure sensor.
Among the above-mentioned technical scheme, seek limit mechanism include displacement sensor, displacement sensor support, gyro wheel support and displacement sensor gyro wheel, displacement sensor installs on the displacement sensor support, the displacement sensor support mounting is on the seam welder base, displacement sensor and gyro wheel leg joint, the displacement sensor gyro wheel is installed on the gyro wheel support, displacement sensor gyro wheel and work piece profile rolling contact.
In the above technical scheme, the automatic seam welder is further provided with a set of circulating cooling system, and the platform is provided with a water return tank for liquid cooling correspondingly.
An automatic seam welding method features that a copying mechanism is used to solve the problem of the trace being consistent with the contour of core body, three oil cylinders with displacement sensor or electric servo cylinder are used to realize automatic steering, an edge-finding mechanism is used to solve the problem of error between welding point and theoretical value, and an automatic seam welder is used instead of manual argon arc welder.
In the above technical solution, the automatic seam welding method specifically includes: firstly, selecting a seam welder according to the material and thickness of a product and the manufacturing requirements of the product, then manufacturing a platform with a lifting hinge, wherein the stroke of the platform meets the seam welding requirements of the uppermost and the lowermost welding seams of the product, a set of driving device of a movable bracket is arranged below the platform, the driving device is arranged on a linear guide rail, the linear guide rail is arranged on the bottom surface of the platform, the driving device is a set of motor reducer, an output shaft is provided with a driving wheel, a profiling gear ring is arranged at the lower part of the movable bracket, the profile gear ring is similar to the profile of the product, theoretically, the meshing point is always coincided with a welding point during movement, the driving device is driven by an inner pushing cylinder with a displacement sensor to realize linear reciprocating movement so as to meet the clamping requirements of a metal corrugated core body, a set of universal wheels is arranged below the movable bracket, so that the movable bracket can move on the platform with small friction force, and a 1# steering, the head of the steering cylinder is a steering cylinder roller, a mandrel of the steering cylinder roller is a shaft pin type pressure sensor, the two cylinders form a steering mechanism and are symmetrically arranged, and the metal corrugated core body is controlled by an electric control system to extend out of the inner pushing cylinder and the steering cylinder to a certain displacement at a specified time during steering so as to realize accurate steering. Before and after the tangent point of the straight line and the arc, the two steering cylinders and the displacement sensors of the rear edge searching mechanism correspond to a theoretical position value at each moment; an edge searching mechanism with a displacement sensor is further installed on the edge to be welded of the workpiece, the edge searching mechanism is composed of the displacement sensor, a displacement sensor roller, a roller wheel support and a displacement sensor support, the displacement sensor support is installed on a seam welder base and is in contact with the outline of the metal corrugated core, the edge searching mechanism is installed in front of a welding spot for a certain distance, the roller wheel is arranged at the front end of the edge searching mechanism, the size of the core outline is measured in real time, comparison is carried out through an electric control system, and an instruction for adjusting two steering cylinders and an inner pushing cylinder is sent out, so that the track is more consistent with the; the heat in the welding process is taken away by a cooling water system, and other cooling modes can be adopted; the two steering cylinders and the inner pushing cylinder adopt electric servo cylinders or hydraulic cylinders with displacement sensors and servo valves.
The invention has the following remarkable effects:
the invention thoroughly changes the original lagging state of manual argon arc welding of the core body of the existing metal corrugated oil conservator, realizes automatic welding, improves the production efficiency, lightens the labor intensity, avoids the quality hidden trouble that the welding quality is influenced by human factors and the operation is improper, and ensures the product quality of the metal corrugated core body.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial view of an edge finder mechanism;
FIG. 4 is a diagram of the positions of two steering cylinders and edge-finding mechanism displacement sensors near the tangent point at different times.
The labels in the figure are: 1-driving device, 2-seam welder, 3-axle pin type pressure sensor, 4-workpiece, 5-driving wheel, 6-linear guide rail, 7-universal wheel, 8-moving support, 9-profiling gear ring, 10-inner pushing cylinder, 11-platform, 12-lifting cylinder, 13-lifting hinge, 14-electric control system, 15-2 # steering cylinder, 16-cooling water system, 17-1 # steering cylinder, 18-steering cylinder roller, 19-displacement sensor, 20-displacement sensor roller, 21-roller support, 22-displacement sensor support, 24-water return tank, 25-core body profile, 26-gear ring profile, 27-seam welding edge profile, 28-to-be-seam welding edge, and 23-water pump.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the utility model discloses a seam welder 2 and platform 11, place movable support 8 on platform 11, fixed work piece 4 above movable support 8, movable support 8 installs the profile modeling ring gear 9 similar with the work piece profile in the lower part, be equipped with linear guide 6 on the platform, install drive arrangement 1 under the platform, drive arrangement's output shaft takes drive wheel 5, drive wheel 5 and profile modeling ring gear 9 inboard meshing, install interior thrust cylinder 10 under the platform, drive arrangement 1 is connected with interior thrust cylinder 10 and is pushed away the straight reciprocating motion of action by interior thrust cylinder; two steering cylinders 17 and 15 are arranged on the opposite side of the inner pushing cylinder 10 and outside the movable support 8, the head parts of the steering cylinders are steering cylinder rollers, and the steering cylinder rollers 18 are in rolling contact with the periphery of the profiling gear ring 9; an edge searching mechanism is also arranged on the edge to be welded of the workpiece 4, and the inner pushing cylinder 10 and the two steering cylinders are controlled and driven by an electric control system; the seam welder 2 is connected and controlled by an electric control system; the platform is a lifting platform 11, and the lifting platform 11 comprises a lifting hinge 13 and a lifting cylinder 12 connected with the lifting hinge; the seam welder comprises an electrode wheel, the electrode wheel is controlled by a stepless speed regulating motor, and the stepless speed regulating motor is controlled by an electric control system; the bottom of the movable support is provided with a universal wheel, and a workpiece on the movable support is positioned by the filament planting; the inner pushing cylinder is provided with a displacement sensor, and the steering cylinder is provided with a displacement sensor and a pressure sensor; the wheel shaft of the steering cylinder is an axle pin type pressure sensor; the edge searching mechanism comprises a displacement sensor 19, a displacement sensor support 22, a roller support 21 and a displacement sensor roller 20, wherein the displacement sensor 19 is arranged on the displacement sensor support 22, the displacement sensor support 22 is arranged on a base of the seam welding machine 2, the displacement sensor 19 is connected with the roller support 21, the displacement sensor roller 20 is arranged on the roller support 21, and the displacement sensor roller is in rolling contact with the outline of a workpiece; the automatic seam welder is also provided with a set of circulating cooling system, and a water return groove 24 is arranged on the platform correspondingly.
An automatic seam welding method features that a copying mechanism is used to solve the problem of the trace being consistent with the contour of core body, three oil cylinders with displacement sensor or electric servo cylinder are used to realize automatic steering, an edge-finding mechanism is used to solve the problem of error between welding point and theoretical value, and an automatic seam welder is used instead of manual argon arc welder.
The automatic seam welding method specifically comprises the following steps: firstly, selecting a seam welder according to the material and thickness of a product and the manufacturing requirements of the product, then manufacturing a platform with a lifting hinge, wherein the stroke of the platform meets the seam welding requirements of the uppermost and the lowermost welding seams of the product, a set of driving device of a movable bracket is arranged below the platform, the driving device is arranged on a linear guide rail, the linear guide rail is arranged on the bottom surface of the platform, the driving device is a set of motor reducer, an output shaft is provided with a driving wheel, a profiling gear ring is arranged at the lower part of the movable bracket, the profile gear ring is similar to the profile of the product, theoretically, the meshing point is always coincided with a welding point during movement, the driving device is driven by an inner pushing cylinder with a displacement sensor to realize linear reciprocating movement so as to meet the clamping requirements of a metal corrugated core body, a set of universal wheels is arranged below the movable bracket, so that the movable bracket can move on the platform with small friction force, and a 1# steering, the head of the steering cylinder is a steering cylinder roller, a mandrel of the steering cylinder roller is a shaft pin type pressure sensor, the two cylinders form a steering mechanism and are symmetrically arranged, and the metal corrugated core body is controlled by an electric control system to extend out of the inner pushing cylinder and the steering cylinder to a certain displacement at a specified time during steering so as to realize accurate steering. Before and after the tangent point of the straight line and the arc, the displacement sensors of the two steering cylinders and the edge searching mechanism correspond to a theoretical position value at each moment; an edge searching mechanism with a displacement sensor is further installed on the edge to be welded of the workpiece, the edge searching mechanism is composed of the displacement sensor, a displacement sensor roller, a roller wheel support and a displacement sensor support, the displacement sensor support is installed on a seam welder base and is in contact with the outline of the metal corrugated core, the edge searching mechanism is installed in front of a welding spot for a certain distance, the roller wheel is arranged at the front end of the edge searching mechanism, the size of the core outline is measured in real time, comparison is carried out through an electric control system, and an instruction for adjusting two steering cylinders and an inner pushing cylinder is sent out, so that the track is more consistent with the; the heat in the welding process is taken away by a cooling water system; the two steering cylinders and the inner pushing cylinder adopt electric servo cylinders or hydraulic cylinders with displacement sensors and servo valves.
Firstly, selecting a seam welder 2 according to the material and thickness of a product and the manufacturing requirements of the product, then manufacturing a platform 11 with a lifting hinge 13, wherein the stroke of the platform meets the seam welding requirements of the uppermost and the lowermost welding seams of the product, a set of driving device 1 of a movable bracket 8 is arranged below the platform, the driving device is arranged on a linear guide rail 6, the driving device 6 is arranged on the bottom surface of the platform 11, the driving device is a set of motor speed reducer, an output shaft is provided with a driving wheel 5, the lower part of the movable bracket is provided with a profiling gear ring which is similar to the profile of the product, the meshing point is coincided with the welding point all the time theoretically during movement, the driving device is driven by an inner pushing cylinder 10 with a displacement sensor to realize linear reciprocating movement so as to meet the clamping requirements of a metal corrugated core 4, a set of universal wheels 7 is arranged below the movable bracket 8, so that the movable bracket can move on the platform with small friction force, and, the head part of the steering cylinder is a steering cylinder roller 18, a roller mandrel is a shaft pin type pressure sensor 3, the two cylinders form a steering mechanism, as shown in figure 2, the two cylinders are symmetrically arranged, and an electric control system 14 controls an inner pushing cylinder and a steering cylinder to extend out for certain displacement at a specified time when the metal corrugated core body turns, so that accurate steering is realized. The action track is shown in figure 4, and before and after the tangent point of the straight line and the arc, the displacement sensors of the two steering cylinders and the edge searching mechanism correspond to a theoretical position value at each moment. The edge searching mechanism with the displacement sensor (see figure 3) mainly comprises a displacement sensor 19, a displacement sensor roller 20, a roller bracket 21 and a displacement sensor bracket 22, wherein the displacement sensor roller 22 is arranged on a seam welder base, and the displacement sensor roller 20 is in contact with the outline of the metal corrugated core. The edge searching mechanism is arranged in front of the welding point at a certain distance, the front end of the edge searching mechanism is provided with a roller, the outline size of the core body is measured in real time, the comparison is carried out through an electric control system 14, and an instruction for adjusting the two steering cylinders and the inner pushing cylinder is sent out, so that the track is more consistent with the actual outline of the core body. The heat during welding is removed by the cooling water system 16. The two steering cylinders and the inner pushing cylinder can be electric servo cylinders or hydraulic cylinders with displacement sensors and servo valves.