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Méthode et dispositif pour le nettoyage des pièces à usiner Download PDF

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EP0289875B1
EP0289875B1 EP88106376A EP88106376A EP0289875B1 EP 0289875 B1 EP0289875 B1 EP 0289875B1 EP 88106376 A EP88106376 A EP 88106376A EP 88106376 A EP88106376 A EP 88106376A EP 0289875 B1 EP0289875 B1 EP 0289875B1
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Werner Koppelt
Paul Neumann
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with liquid
    • B08B3/10—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
    • B08B3/102—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration with means for agitating the liquid

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  • the invention relates to a method for cleaning workpieces that have externally accessible bores, channels or other depressions, foreign objects such as chips or the like. by washing with a washing liquid in a washing container, in which the workpieces in the washing container are rotated about an approximately horizontal axis.
  • washing liquid usually consists of water with cleaning additives, and the washing liquid in the washing container is pumped or the like to get to all surfaces, recesses, bores, etc. of the workpieces. kept moving.
  • foreign bodies such as chips are very difficult to remove from angled bores and blind holes, so that manual re-cleaning using suitable brushes or cleaning syringes and compressed air is usually used.
  • Such manual post-cleaning is, however, associated with great effort and still does not provide sufficient certainty that the machined parts are free of chips and other foreign bodies, which can have an extremely disadvantageous effect, in particular when parts later slide or move during operation.
  • Examples of such difficult-to-clean workpieces include engine blocks, cylinder heads, oil pump and water pump housings, intake manifolds and other parts from the automotive industry, which are particularly difficult to clean due to their complicated shape with a large number of tortuous channels, chambers, through and blind holes are, which has a particularly disadvantageous effect in series production.
  • a device known from DE-A-24 44 161 works similarly, i.e. the workpiece is also set in rotation, and during this rotation or swiveling operation the workpiece is hit from the sides by spray blasting.
  • the present invention has for its object a method and an apparatus for cleaning workpieces from foreign bodies such as chips or the like. to propose that, even in the case of complicated shapes of the workpieces, allow flawless, largely automatic cleaning without the need for manual subsequent cleaning.
  • This object is achieved by a method of the type mentioned, which is characterized in that compressed air or the like below the workpieces fully immersed in the washing liquid. is blown in such a way that it penetrates into the bores, channels or other depressions of the workpieces which are directed downwards in the course of the rotation of the workpieces and then or the like thereafter in the course of the further rotation upwards with entrainment of the chips. flows out again.
  • the invention evaluates the property of air or other gases to have a greater affinity for solids than for water or liquids, that is to say that the air (or the gas) has the property of blowing onto the foreign bodies in the washing liquid Bores, depressions and the like of the workpieces and to rise due to the buoyancy forces in the washing liquid.
  • cavities and chambers such as blind holes in the workpieces are directed downwards at a certain point in time, so that the blown-in air rises into the blind bores, binds to the foreign bodies and continues to rotate Workpiece rises by 180 ° from the then upward opening from the blind hole due to buoyancy.
  • This combination of measures achieves an extraordinarily high cleaning effect; this effect is of course also given with through holes and channels.
  • the invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • a device for carrying out the method according to the invention is characterized by at least one air nozzle for blowing compressed air or the like.
  • underneath the workpieces and by means of a gear head arranged in the washing container for holding and generating a movement of the workpieces at least about an approximately horizontal axis, in particular in the form of a wobble movement.
  • the gear head preferably has at least one gripping device for releasably holding a workpiece. By means of such a gripping device, the workpieces can be gripped manually or automatically in a series production, immersed in the washing container and moved in the manner indicated.
  • the movement of the workpiece or the workpieces must take place at least about an approximately horizontal axis, so that bores and chambers with only one access opening for entry of the blown-in air downwards and for releasing the air with foreign bodies bound to it are directed upwards by buoyancy.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized by a water inlet and an overflow with a separating device, in particular a sieve, in order to continuously remove the foreign bodies from the washing liquid circuit.
  • the air blown in can expediently be injected into the inlet.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention is characterized in that a water inlet in the form of a plurality of water nozzles is provided at the bottom of the washing container, and that compressed air or another gas is introduced via air nozzles arranged between the water nozzles, in such a way that a uniform one Water flow with finely divided air bubbles results essentially without swirling from bottom to top past the workpieces arranged in the washing container.
  • a particularly simple construction of this embodiment is characterized in that the washing container has an intermediate floor, in which the water nozzles are arranged at regular intervals and in which air holes are provided between the water nozzles at uniform, finer intervals, and in that the intermediate space under the intermediate floor connects to one Compressed air source can be connected.
  • a further advantageous embodiment is characterized in that a magnetic separator in the form of a magnetic conveyor belt is provided at the bottom of the washing container, through which the magnetically attracted foreign bodies are conveyed to the outside.
  • vibration generator act on the workpiece immersed in the washing container, which generator either vibrates the workpiece itself or the washing liquid.
  • this consists of an outer container and a basket suspended therein with walls designed as a sieve.
  • This basket can be removed and cleaned at greater intervals after moving the gear head away from the outer container in order to avoid plugging or swirling with foreign bodies.
  • the device for washing workpieces shown schematically in section in FIG. 1, consists of an outer container 1 and a basket 2 suspended in it, which has walls formed as a sieve.
  • the outer container 1 and the basket 2 form a washing container.
  • the washing container 1, 2 is filled with a washing liquid 20 which is fed to the bottom 19 of the outer container 1 via an inlet by means of a circulation pump 12 and is returned to the pump via an outlet 11 in the upper region of the outer container 1.
  • the drain 11 is arranged in the area of an overflow 8 on the basket 2 of the washing container.
  • a separator is in the form of the overflow 8 a sieve 9 is provided in order not to let rinsed foreign bodies into the outlet 11, and thus into the cycle of the washing water.
  • a gear head 5 is suspended on the outer container 1 by means of a cross member 22 and by means of a holder 21, which (in the present case) has two gripping devices 3 for holding a workpiece 4 each.
  • the gear head 5 is designed such that it exerts a wobbling movement on the workpieces 4, i.e. a multidimensional movement around several axes, of which the horizontal axis 6 and the vertical axis 7 are indicated in FIG. 1. It is important for such a wobble movement or other movement about several axes that each of the workpieces 4 executes such a movement in the washing container that each surface or opening of the workpieces successively one after the other essentially downwards and once essentially upwards shows.
  • An air line 13 is introduced into the inlet 10 for the washing liquid and compressed air is supplied via a blower 14.
  • This injected compressed air rises in the form of air bubbles in the washing liquid, that is, it passes through the bottom of the basket 2 into the area of the workpieces 4. Since the air or another gas is larger with respect to solids, such as the foreign bodies to be removed Has affinity for the washing liquid 20, the air bubbles adhere to the foreign bodies and tear them up due to the buoyancy. They also rise in downward openings in bores and channels or the like in the workpieces.
  • Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the device according to the invention in partial view.
  • a plurality of nozzles is arranged, to which compressed air is fed from the blower 14 via the air line 13.
  • compressed air is fed from the blower 14 via the air line 13.
  • a workpiece 4 is now shown in different positions in order to explain the effect of the method according to the invention.
  • the workpiece 4 has a multiplicity of bores, channels or other depressions 15a, 15b and 15c which are connected to the outer surfaces of the workpiece via openings 16. The like in these holes. 15 there are schematically indicated foreign substances 17 such as chips from a previous machining production process.
  • the blind bore 15a is now open at the top, so that the air bubbles with the foreign bodies bound to them can escape upwards through buoyancy.
  • the through hole 15b is concerned, any foreign bodies still hanging on the unevenness of the walls have the opportunity to rise from the through hole in the opposite direction. Practically nothing has changed with regard to the blind bore 15c lying on the side.
  • the air bubbles can move into the position shown in FIG. 3 and 4 ascend lateral blind hole 15c, bind foreign bodies and collect in the upper end of blind hole 15c.
  • the air bubbles with the foreign bodies can leave the blind bore 15c which is now pointing upwards.
  • each hole, in particular blind hole or each channel is positioned one after the other in such a way that air bubbles can get in and then get out again due to buoyancy.
  • the affinity of the air bubbles for the foreign bodies, in particular metal chips is so great that the bores, cavities or the like. of the workpieces 4 in a relatively short time, i.e. after a few revolutions of the gear head, are rinsed free, so that the workpieces can be used without further manual cleaning.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 The further device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has the following differences compared to the embodiments described above:
  • An inner container 30 with an overflow 8 is arranged in a closed outer container 1.
  • Washer fluid 20 is pumped in via an inlet 10 in the direction of the arrow by means of a pump 12 via water nozzles 31, and the washer fluid overflowing via the overflow 8 is pumped out again via an outlet 11.
  • the foreign bodies 17 overflowing with the overflow 8 are caught in a sieve 9 and removed from there in a suitable manner.
  • Compressed air 39 is supplied via an air line 13 and reaches the lower part of the inner container 30 via air nozzles 33 between the water nozzles 31.
  • the water nozzles 31 and the air nozzles 33 are arranged in the lower part of the inner container 30 in the following way: In the lower region of the inner container 30, an intermediate base 34 is drawn in, which creates an intermediate space 32 between itself and the base 19 of the inner container. A large number of water nozzles 31 are arranged in the intermediate floor 34 (see in particular FIG. 8) at regular intervals, and air nozzles 33, which are designed as fine bores in the intermediate floor 34, are provided evenly between them in a finer grid.
  • the water nozzles 31 are structurally in the form of nozzle tubes arranged in the intermediate floor 34, which are connected to the inlet 10.
  • the air nozzles 33 in the form of fine bores are supplied with compressed air from the air line 13 via the intermediate space 32.
  • the uniform and alternating arrangement of the water nozzles 31 and the air nozzles 33 results in a relatively uniform water flow with finely distributed air bubbles in the inner container 30 from bottom to top, with hardly any swirling. This uniform water-air flow sweeps past the workpiece 4 and tears up foreign matter such as chips from its surface.
  • the workpiece 4 is shown in Fig. 7 only schematically hanging on a bracket 21.
  • a further improvement in the cleaning effect can be achieved in that (see FIG. 7) a vibration generator 46 is provided, which acts on the workpiece 4 immersed in the washing liquid 20.
  • This vibration generator 46 can either be coupled directly to the workpiece or is arranged at a suitable location in the washing container.
  • FIG. 9 is particularly suitable for removing steel and iron chips from the washing container. While, for example, aluminum chips are almost entirely removed via the overflow 8 by the rising water-air mixture, it can also be the case with steel or iron chips come that they fall to the bottom of the washing container 40 and must be removed from there from time to time.
  • a magnetic conveyor belt 42 is provided in the bottom region, which is guided over suitably arranged deflection rollers 41 and driven in a corresponding manner.
  • the foreign bodies present on the magnetic conveyor belt 42 are attracted to the magnetic conveyor belt 42 and are guided outwards over the edge of the washing container.
  • a wiping lip 45 wipes off the foreign bodies 17 so that they fall into a collecting container 44.
  • corresponding water nozzles 31 and air nozzles 33 are of course provided above the magnetic conveyor belt 42, as in the exemplary embodiments described above, or corresponding similar parts are arranged according to the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • these parts must be permeable to the falling foreign bodies 17, which in the case of the water nozzles 31 and air nozzles 33 shown in FIG. 7 can be designed in such a way that the air nozzles 33 are also designed in the form of interconnected air tubes with nozzles.

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1. Procédé pour nettoyer des pièces d'usinage qui présentent des trous, canaux ou autres évidements accessibles de l'extérieur, des corps étrangers tels que des copeaux ou éléments analogues, par lavage avec un liquide dans un récipient de lavage, procédé dans lequel les pièces à usiner sont tournées autour d'un axe approximativement horizontal dans le récipient de lavage, caractérisé en ce que, en dessous des pièces d'usinage (4) totalement immergées dans le liquide de lavage, de l'air comprimé ou une matière analogue est insufflé de telle façon que celui-ci pénètre dans les trous (15), canaux ou autres évidements des pièces d'usinage qui sont tournés vers le bas au cours de la rotation des pièces d'usinage (4) et qu'il s'écoule ensuite à nouveau en dehors de ces derniers au cours de la poursuite de la rotation vers le haut, avec entraînement des copeaux ou éléments analogues.
2. Dispositif de mise en oeuvre du procédé suivant la revendication 1, caractérisé par au moins un ajutage à air (13, 18) pour insuffler de l'air comprimé ou une matière analogue en dessous des pièces d'usinage (4) et par une tête de transmission (5) qui est agencée dans le récipient de lavage (1, 2; 1, 30) et est destinée à maintenir et à produire un mouvement des pièces d'usinage (4) au moins autour d'un axe approximativement horizontal (6), en particulier sous la forme d'une nutation.
3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la tête de transmission (5) présente au moins un dispositif de prise (3) pour retenir de manière détachable une pièce d'usinage (4).
4. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 2 et 3, caractérisé par une amenée d'eau (10, 31) et par un trop-plein (8) qui est pourvu d'un dispositif de séparation, en particulier d'un tamis (9), pour retenir les corps étrangers (17).
5. Dispositif suivant la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'un ajutage à air (13) est prévu pour injecter de l'air à l'intérieur de l'amenée d'eau (10, 31).
6. Dispositif suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisé par un grand nombre d'ajutages à air (18) pour insuffler de l'air au fond (19) du récipient de lavage (1, 2).
7. Dispositif suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'une amenée d'eau (10, 31) sous la forme de plusieurs ajutages à eau (31) est prévue au fond du récipient de lavage (1, 30) et en ce que, par l'intermédiaire d'ajutages à air (33) agencés entre les ajutages à eau (31), l'air comprimé (39) ou un autre gaz est introduit de façon à obtenir un courant d'eau uniforme à petites bulles d'air finement divisées, sensiblement sans tourbillonnement, allant de bas en haut en défilant sur les pièces d'usinage (4) agencées dans le récipient de lavage (1, 30).
8. Dispositif suivant la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le récipient de lavage (1, 30) présente un fond intermédiaire (34) dans lequel les ajutages à eau (31) sont disposés à des distances uniformes et dans lequel des trous à air (33) sont prévus entre les ajutages à eau (31) à des distances uniformes plus fines et en ce que le volume intermédiaire (32) situé en dessous du fond intermédiaire (34) peut être raccordé à une source d'air comprimé (39).
9. Dispositif suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications 2 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un séparateur magnétique sous la forme d'une bande transporteuse magnétique (41, 42) est prévu au fond (19) du récipient de lavage (40).
10. Dispositif suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications 2 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le récipient de lavage (1, 2) est constitué d'un récipient extérieur (1) et d'un panier (2) suspendu à l'intérieur et pourvu de parois réalisées en forme de tamis.
11. Dispositif suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications 2 à 10, caractérisé par un générateur d'oscillations (46) qui est agencé à l'intérieur du récipient de lavage (1, 2; 1, 30).
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