JP6142512B2 - Construction machine drive - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a construction apparatus such as a hydraulic excavator or a hybrid excavator, which decelerates the rotational force of a hydraulic or electric motor as a drive source with a planetary gear type reduction gear and transmits it to a driven part such as an upper swing body. It is about.

  The background art will be described by taking an excavator turning drive device as an example.

  The excavator is mounted on a crawler-type lower traveling body so that the upper swing body can swing around an axis perpendicular to the ground, and a front attachment for performing excavation, dismantling, and the like on the upper swing body. Installed and configured.

  In this excavator, a swing drive device that swings the upper swing body is a hydraulic or electric motor as a drive source, and the rotational force of the motor is reduced by a gear reduction mechanism and transmitted to the upper swing body that is a driven part. It consists of a reducer.

  The motor and the speed reducer are provided side by side in the apparatus axis direction in a state where their rotation axes coincide with each other, and are attached to the upper frame in a vertically installed posture with the motor on top.

  The speed reducer is composed of one to upper and lower planetary gear type speed reducers provided with a sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears, and a ring gear around a rotating shaft, and the output of the speed reducer is provided on the speed reducer output shaft. It is transmitted to the upper swing body via the pinion and the swing gear provided in the lower frame of the lower traveling body.

  As such a turning drive device, as shown in Patent Document 1, a brake mechanism provided in a speed reducer is known.

  This brake mechanism consists of a rotating brake plate that revolves around a rotating shaft (sun axis) integrally with the planetary gear, a fixed brake plate provided on the reducer casing, a brake piston, and a downward pressing against the brake piston. And a brake spring for applying a force, and the brake piston is pressed against each other by the pressing force of the brake piston so as to perform a braking action.

  Here, in the known technique, a ring-shaped hub is provided on the outer periphery of the second-stage sun gear below the first-stage planetary gear so as to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft, and both the rotating side and fixed-side brake plates are provided on the outer periphery of the hub. And a first-stage ring gear, a brake piston, and a brake spring are arranged above (on the outer peripheral side of the first-stage planetary gear).

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  However, according to the known technique, the first-stage ring gear is arranged on the outer circumference of the first-stage planetary gear as described above, and the brake piston and the brake spring are arranged on the outer side (the outer circumference side as viewed from the center of the speed reduction unit). Since the configuration, that is, the configuration in which the first-stage ring gear and the brake mechanism are arranged in the diametrical direction, the outer diameter of the speed reducer in this arranged portion, that is, the outer diameter of the entire drive device is increased. For this reason, it becomes difficult to incorporate a drive device, particularly a turning drive device having a sufficient installation space in the diameter direction.

  On the other hand, the first-stage ring gear must be provided as a thin cylinder with a small wall thickness within the limited size of the gap between the first-stage planetary gear and the brake mechanism. There is a risk of significant distortion.

  The first-stage ring gear is arranged so as to protrude downward from the spring receiving portion supporting the upper end of the brake spring and enter the gap portion, and is integrated with the spring receiving portion, so that heat treatment of the gear is performed. This can only be done with the spring support. For this reason, the efficiency of heat treatment is poor and the cost is increased.

  In addition, if the structure which couple | bonds both with the volt | bolt so that the same gear can be isolate | separated from a spring receiving part will increase the number of parts of a reduction gear this time, and an assembly man-hour will also increase a cost.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a drive device for a construction machine that can solve the above-mentioned problems, such as reducing the diameter of a reduction gear at a portion where a brake mechanism is provided.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problem, in the present invention, a drive device for driving the upper frame of the upper swing body in a construction machine, the drive device being disposed above the upper frame as a drive source for the upper frame A hydraulic or electric motor, a speed reducer disposed below the motor and above the upper frame to transmit the rotational force of the motor to the driven part at a reduced speed, and a braking force applied to the rotational shaft of the speed reducer A reduction mechanism having a plurality of planetary gear type reduction gears arranged in a vertical direction, and a reduction gear casing , wherein the reduction gear portion is integrated with the rotation shaft. A rotating sun gear and an upper side of the spider so as to revolve around the rotating shaft while rotating around the planetary shaft supported by the rotating shaft of the speed reducer at the rear stage through the spider. A plurality of planetary gears and a ring gear provided on the speed reducer casing, and the sun gear of the first stage speed reduction part closest to the motor among the speed reduction parts rotates integrally with the motor shaft of the motor. The hub is attached to the motor shaft, and the brake mechanism spans the plurality of planetary shafts in the first stage reduction unit and is integrated with the upper ends of the planetary shafts, and the first The hub is integrally rotated with the hub so as to rotate around the motor shaft integrally with the plurality of planetary shafts in the first-stage reduction gear unit, which is disposed above the plurality of planetary gears in the first-stage reduction gear unit. The upper part of the part provided with the ring gear of the first-stage reduction part of the reduction gear casing and the rotation-side brake plate attached to the outer periphery of the hub A fixed-side brake plate provided on the fixed-side brake plate, a brake piston disposed above the fixed-side brake plate, and a brake spring that applies a pressing force to the brake piston. The brake plate is configured to be brought into pressure contact with each other to perform a braking action, and the entire brake mechanism including the rotation-side brake plate is disposed above the plurality of planetary gears and the ring gear in the first-stage reduction portion. It is what.

  As described above, the rotation-side brake plate is provided on the upper side of the planetary gear of the speed reduction unit so as to rotate integrally with the planetary shaft, and the entire brake mechanism including the rotation-side brake plate is disposed above both the planetary and ring gears. By arranging the gear and the brake mechanism so as to overlap with each other, the diameter of the reduction gear can be reduced as compared with a known structure in which the gear and the brake mechanism are arranged in the diameter direction.

  For this reason, it becomes easy to incorporate the drive device, particularly the turning drive device.

  In addition, the ring gear is not subject to dimensional restrictions due to the planetary gear and the brake mechanism, and can be formed on the inner periphery of the casing having a sufficient thickness, so that there is no risk of distortion during heat treatment or processing.

  Furthermore, since the ring gear is not integral with the spring receiving portion which is originally a separate part as in the known art, it can be heat-treated alone, so that the heat treatment efficiency is good. Alternatively, there is no possibility of increasing the number of assembly steps and increasing the cost as in the case where the ring gear is bolted as a separate member from the spring receiving portion.

In the present invention, a ring-shaped hub is provided across the planetary shafts of the plurality of planetary gears and integrally with each planetary shaft, and the rotation-side brake plate is integrally rotated with the hub on the outer periphery of the hub. It is provided.

  As a planetary gear support structure, there are a cantilever structure in which only one of the upper and lower ends of the planetary shaft is supported by a spider and a both-end support structure in which both ends are supported by a spider.

The configuration of the present invention is suitable for a cantilever structure.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to solve various problems in the known technology at a stroke, such as reducing the diameter of the reduction gear at the portion where the brake mechanism is provided.

It is a partial cross section side view of the turning drive device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1.

  The embodiment is applied to an excavator turning drive device.

  However, according to the present invention, similarly to the turning drive device, the motor and the speed reducer are provided side by side in the vertical direction with the centers of their rotation axes being coincident, and another drive in which the brake mechanism is provided in the speed reducer. The present invention can be similarly applied to the apparatus and also to a driving apparatus having the above-described configuration in a construction machine other than an excavator.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this turning drive device includes a hydraulic or electric motor 1 as a drive source, and a speed reducer 2 that reduces the rotational force of the motor 1 and transmits it to the upper turning body that is a driven part. Composed.

  The motor 1 includes a motor housing 3, and the speed reducer 2 includes a cylindrical casing 4, and the motor housing 3 and the casing 4 are bolted in a vertical state in which the motors 1 are faced up and the centers of the rotation axes coincide with each other. Combined.

  The lower end of the speed reducer 2 is provided with a shaft support portion 6 provided therein with a bearing that rotatably supports the speed reduction output shaft 5 that is the output shaft of the speed reducer 2. It is attached to the upper frame 7 by a plurality of mounting bolts 8.

  The speed reducer 2 is configured such that one to a plurality of stages of planetary gear type speed reducers (three stages in the illustrated example, hereinafter described in this case) 9, 10, and 11 are coaxially arranged in the casing 4 in parallel. The

  Each of the first to third stage speed reducers 9 to 11 is provided with sun gears S1, S2, and S3 and a plurality (1 in the figure) provided around the sun gears S1, S2, and S3 via spiders 12, 13, and 14, respectively. Planet gears P1, P2, and P3, and ring gears R1, R2, and R3 provided on the inner periphery of the casing, and planetary gears P1, P2, and P3 perform a revolving motion while rotating, as is well known. The motor rotation is decelerated, and its output is driven by an upper frame 7 (upper revolving body) via a pinion 15 provided at the lower end of the decelerating output shaft 5 and a revolving gear (ring gear; not shown) engaged therewith. Is transmitted to.

  The casing 4 is configured by sequentially bolting the first to fourth divided casings 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d in the speed reducer axial direction, and the first stage speed reducing portion 9 is the second and third divided casings 4b and 4c. Inside, the 2nd stage and the 3rd stage both deceleration part 10 and 11 are each provided in the 4th division | segmentation casing 4d.

  The sun gear S1 of the first stage reduction unit 9 is connected to the rotation shaft (motor shaft) 16 of the motor 1, the sun gear S2 of the second stage reduction unit 10 is connected to the first rotation shaft 17 constituting the reduction gear 2, and the third stage. The sun gear S3 of the speed reduction unit 11 is attached to the second rotating shaft 18, respectively.

  Further, the ring gear R1 of the first stage reduction unit 9 is provided on the inner periphery of the second divided casing 4b, and the ring gears R2 and R3 of the second stage and third stage reduction units 10 and 11 are connected to the fourth division casing 4d. It is provided in series on the inner periphery.

  In this turning drive device, a disc-type and negative-type brake mechanism 19 is provided in the first divided casing 4 a of the speed reducer 2, that is, above the first-stage speed reduction unit 9.

  The configuration of the brake mechanism 19 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 in which a part of FIG. 1 is enlarged.

  The brake mechanism 19 includes a ring-shaped brake piston 21 pressed downward by a plurality of brake springs 20 arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, a pressure chamber 22 into which hydraulic pressure is introduced when the motor rotates, a brake It is comprised by the ring-shaped rotation side and fixed side both brake plates 23 and 24 arrange | positioned on the lower side of the piston 21 so that it may overlap up and down.

  In FIG. 1, 2, 4e is a spring receiving part which supports the upper end of brake spring 20 ....

  Here, as a mounting structure of the rotation-side brake plate 23, the hub 26 is integrated with the planetary shaft 25 at the upper end of the planetary shaft 25 of a plurality of planetary gears (first-stage planetary gear) P1 constituting the first-stage reduction gear unit 9. The rotation brake plate 23 is splined to the outer periphery of the hub 26 so that it can rotate integrally with the hub 26 (planetary shaft 25) and move up and down.

  The hub 26 is formed in a ring shape and is attached across the planetary shafts 25.

  On the other hand, the fixed-side brake plate 24 is attached to the inner periphery of the casing 4a at the lower end portion in the first divided casing 4a (above the first-stage speed reducing portion 9) so as not to rotate and to be movable up and down by spline coupling. ing.

  Thus, when the motor rotates, the hydraulic pressure is introduced into the pressure chamber 22 so that the brake piston 21 rises and the brake is released. On the other hand, when the motor stops rotating, the pressing side of the brake piston 21 presses and fixes the rotation side. The brake plates 23 and 24 on the side are pressed against each other to exert a braking force, and the braking force causes the first rotating shaft 17, and thus the second rotating shaft 18, and the deceleration output shaft 5 to be braked so that they cannot rotate. ing.

  According to this turning drive device, the following effects can be obtained.

  (I) The rotation-side brake plate 23 is provided on the upper side of the planetary gear P1 of the first-stage speed reduction unit 9 so as to rotate integrally with the planetary shaft 25, and the brake mechanism 19 including the rotation-side brake plate 23 is provided with the first-stage planetary gear. The ring gears P1 and R1 are arranged on the upper side of the ring gears P1 and R1. In other words, the gears P1 and R1 and the brake mechanism 19 are arranged separately in the vertical direction. Thus, compared with the case where both gears and the brake mechanism are arranged in the diameter direction, the diameter dimension of the reduction gear 2 can be reduced.

  For this reason, it becomes easy to incorporate the swivel drive device having a sufficient installation space in the diameter direction.

  Further, unlike the known technique, the first stage ring gear R1 is not subject to dimensional restrictions by the first stage planetary gear P1 and the brake mechanism 19, and has a sufficient thickness as shown in the figure (second divided casing 4b). Since it can be formed on the inner periphery, there is no risk of distortion during heat treatment or processing.

  Furthermore, since the first stage ring gear R1 is not integral with the spring receiving portion which is originally a separate part as in the known art, it can be heat-treated alone, so that the heat treatment efficiency is good. Alternatively, there is no possibility of increasing the number of assembly steps and increasing the cost as in the case where the gear R1 is bolted as a separate member from the spring receiving portion.

Other embodiments
(1) In the above embodiment, the case where the first stage planetary shaft 25 is cantilevered only by the lower spider 12 is illustrated. However, in the present invention, the planetary shaft 25 is both supported by the spider on both the upper and lower sides. The present invention can also be applied when a supporting structure is adopted.

  In this case, the rotation-side brake plate 23 can be configured to be splined to the upper spider.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the brake mechanism 19 is disposed above the first-stage reduction unit 9 having the highest brake efficiency in the reduction gear 2 including the three-stage reduction units 9 to 11 has been described. It may be provided above the second-stage reduction part 10 or the third-stage reduction part.

  Further, the present invention can also be applied to a reduction gear provided with a two-stage reduction portion, a reduction device provided with four or more reduction portions, or a reduction device having only one reduction portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Motor 2 Reduction gear 3 Motor housing 4 Casing 4a 1st division | segmentation casing 4b which comprises a casing 4b Same, 2nd division casing 4c Same, 3rd division casing 4d Same, 4th division casing 5 Deceleration output shaft 9 1st stage reduction part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 2nd stage reduction part 11 3rd stage reduction part S1, S2, S3 Sun gear P1, P2, P3 Planetary gear R1, R2, R3 Ring gear 12-14 Spider 16 Motor rotating shaft 17, 18 Rotary shaft of reduction gear 19 Brake mechanism DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Brake spring 21 Brake piston 22 Pressure chamber 23 Rotation side brake plate 24 Fixed side brake plate 25 Planetary shaft 26 of 1st stage reduction part 26 Hub

Claims (1)

A drive device for driving an upper frame of an upper swing body in a construction machine,
A hydraulic or electric motor as a drive source of the upper frame, disposed above the upper frame;
A speed reducer which is disposed below the motor and above the upper frame and transmits the rotational force of the motor to the driven part at a reduced speed;
A brake mechanism for applying a braking force to the rotation shaft of the speed reducer,
The speed reducer includes a plurality of planetary gear type speed reducers arranged in the vertical direction, and a speed reducer casing . The speed reducer includes a sun gear that rotates integrally with the rotating shaft, and a speed reducer at a subsequent stage. A plurality of planetary gears arranged on the upper side of the spider so as to revolve around the rotation shaft while rotating around the planetary shaft supported by the rotation shaft via the spider, and a ring gear provided on the speed reducer casing The sun gear of the first stage speed reduction part closest to the motor among the speed reduction parts is attached to the motor shaft so as to rotate integrally with the motor shaft of the motor,
The brake mechanism includes a hub provided across the plurality of planetary shafts in the first-stage reduction unit and integrated with an upper end of each planetary shaft, and the plurality of the plurality of planetary shafts in the first-stage reduction unit. It is arranged on the upper side of the planetary gear, and is attached to the outer periphery of the hub in a state of rotating integrally with the hub so as to revolve around the motor shaft integrally with the plurality of planetary shafts in the first stage reduction portion. A rotation-side brake plate, a fixed-side brake plate provided in an upper portion of a portion of the reduction gear casing provided with a ring gear of the first-stage reduction portion, and an upper side of the fixed-side brake plate. A brake piston that is disposed and a brake spring that applies a pressing force to the brake piston, and presses the brake plates against each other by the pressing force of the brake piston. And the entire brake mechanism including the rotation-side brake plate is disposed above the plurality of planetary gears and the ring gear in the first-stage reduction unit. Drive device for construction machinery.

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