JP6318709B2 - Roll hemming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a roll hemming apparatus that is frequently used for edge bending of a panel end, and more particularly to a roll hemming apparatus that performs edge bending on an arched end such as a wheel arch of an automobile.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a roll hemming apparatus intended for hemming at a wheel arch portion of an automobile has been proposed in Patent Document 1. In the conventional roll hemming processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the robot has a hemming processing unit having a hemming roller as a main element and also uses a moving mold, and the hemming processing unit is installed based on the autonomous operation of the robot. By moving it, hemming is applied to the wheel arch.

JP 2008-188862 A

  However, in the conventional roll hemming processing apparatus represented by Patent Document 1, since the apparatus is constructed by using a moving mold together with a teaching / playback type robot as a mother machine, productivity is improved. On the other hand, it is not preferable because the entire apparatus becomes complicated and large, which causes an increase in equipment costs and requires a large occupied space.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems. For example, in order to cope with small-quantity production of other varieties, a simple type that is considered to be capable of performing roll hemming with a simple and small equipment configuration. A device is provided.

The present invention relates to a roll hemming apparatus for performing edge bending on an arched end of a panel positioned on a die, the edge bending roller for performing edge bending on the panel, and a predetermined for the edge bending roller. A backup roller that forms a pair with the edge bending roller while being spaced apart, and sandwiches the panel with the edge bending roller during processing, and at least sandwiches the die from both sides in the direction along the rotation center axis of the backup roller. It has a pair of guide members, and that have the crimping rollers, are rotatably supported each of the backup roller and the guide member is a common support to form a machining head.
And a moving body that moves by being given a linear feed in a direction parallel to the string of the arch-shaped edge bending portion, and supports the processing head so as to be capable of swinging , and the moving body. It further includes an arm member that is guided and supported so as to be movable back and forth in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving body, and a feed applying means that applies feed to the moving body .
In addition, by applying the linear feed to the moving body , the machining head moves in accordance with the curvature of the die while swinging and swinging in parallel with the advance / retreat movement of the arm member to perform edge bending. It is characterized by that.

  Therefore, in the present invention, only by giving a linear feed to the processing head, the processing head autonomously moves following the curvature of the die while swinging and swinging to perform edge bending.

  According to the present invention, roll hemming can be performed with a very simple and small equipment configuration without requiring an expensive and multifunctional mother machine represented by a teaching / playback type robot, Equipment space can be reduced while keeping equipment costs down.

The perspective view which shows the frame | skeleton structure of the vehicle body of a motor vehicle. It is a figure which shows an example of the process site | part by the roll hemming processing apparatus which concerns on this invention, and is an expanded sectional view along the aa line of FIG. Plane explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the roll hemming processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. Explanatory sectional explanatory drawing along the bb line of FIG. Explanatory drawing of the hemming die shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the conventional process form corresponding to FIG. Sectional explanatory drawing which shows the modification of the processing head of FIG.

  1 to 4 are views showing a more specific first embodiment for carrying out the roll hemming processing apparatus according to the present invention. In particular, FIG. 1 shows a skeleton structure of an automobile body, and FIG. 2 shows a wheel of FIG. The expanded sectional view along the aa line of the arch part 2 is shown. 3 is a schematic plan view of an apparatus for performing roll hemming at the wheel arch portion 2, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line bb of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the rear fender portion of the body side panel 1 that forms the vehicle body of the automobile, a wheel arch portion 2 is formed outside the wheel house portion that receives the wheels (tires). As shown in FIG. 2, the wheel arch portion 2 is formed by superimposing the arch portions of the body side outer panel 1a and the wheel house outer panel 3, and then the hemming flange of the terminal of the arch portion on the body side outer panel 1a side. The portion 4 is folded back to the wheel house outer panel 3 side and hemmed and joined, and both are substantially clinched.

  In this case, since the hemming flange portion 4 formed upright in advance at the end of the arch portion on the body side outer panel 1a side is folded back, the hemming flange portion 4 becomes the shape of an elongated flange portion that receives a tensile force in the longitudinal direction. .

  Depending on the specifications of the vehicle body, hemming flange portions that overlap each other are formed at the ends of the arch portions of both the body side outer panel 1a and the wheel house outer panel 3, and both hemming flange portions are folded back together. Sometimes.

  In the roll hemming processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 3, a hemming die 6 corresponding to a lower mold is fixedly arranged on a horizontal pedestal 5, and this hemming die 6 has a curvature of the wheel arch portion 2 shown in FIG. It is formed as the thing of the shape corresponding to. As shown in FIG. 4, the hemming die 6 has a substantially angled cross section composed of an upper wall portion 6a and a vertical wall portion 6b. On the upper wall portion 6a, the body side outer panel shown in FIG. The portion corresponding to the wheel arch portion of 1a and the wheel house outer panel 3 is positioned and placed with the body side outer panel 1a facing downward. In addition, both the panels 1a and 3 are pressed against the hemming die 6 by a pad or a clamper corresponding to an upper mold (not shown) and restrained by pressure.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a hemming head 7 is provided in the vicinity of the hemming die 6. As will be described later, the hemming head 7 directly controls the roll hemming in cooperation with the hemming die 6 and is attached to the tip of the long arm member 8 so as to be swingable. The arm member 8 is slidably supported by a slider 9 as a moving body through a linear guide (not shown). Further, a ball screw 11 is constituted by a nut member (not shown) provided on the slider 9 and a screw shaft 10 screwed to the nut member. The screw shaft 10 is rotatably supported by a support bracket 12 erected from the base 5. Has been supported.

  Further, for example, a rotation shaft of a motor 13 is connected to one end of the screw shaft 10 as a rotation drive source. Thus, if the screw shaft 10 is driven forward or reverse, the slider 9 slides in the axial direction of the screw shaft 10 accordingly. Therefore, the ball screw 11 composed of the screw shaft 10 and a nut member (not shown) screwed to the screw shaft 10 forms a feed imparting means using the motor 13 as a rotational drive source.

  Here, as the motor 13, in addition to an electric motor, a hydraulic motor or a pneumatic motor can be used, and an impact wrench or a nut runner can be used instead of the motor 13. Further, when roll hemming is performed manually by an operator, a handle for manual operation is fitted to the end of the screw shaft 10, and the screw shaft 10 is rotated by a rotation operation by the handle. It is also possible.

  In order to explain the feed drive system having the ball screw 11 as a main element in more detail, if the hemming die 6 has the same curvature as the curvature of the wheel arch part 2 (see FIG. 1) to be processed, A screw shaft 10 is arranged substantially in parallel with an arc string having a predetermined curvature drawn by the hemming die 6. A nut member screwed to the screw shaft 10 is provided on the slider 9, and a long arm member 8 orthogonal to the screw shaft 10 in a plan view is slidable on the slider 9, that is, the hemming die 6. The bearing is supported so as to be movable forward and backward. In the example of FIG. 3, the arm member 8 is oriented in the normal direction at the longitudinal center of the hemming die 6.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hemming head 7 is supported at the tip of the arm member 8 via a ball joint 14 so as to be swingable. In the hemming head 7, an extension block 16 and a deformed channel-shaped guide yoke 17 are extended below the bearing block 15 as a support for rotatably supporting a pre-hemming roller 18 described later. Is. The extension block 16 serves as a coupling portion with the ball joint 14 described above, and the guide yoke portion 17 receives this in a form straddling the vertical wall portion 6b of the hemming die 6, and the hemming die 6 from three directions. The vertical wall 6b is held.

  A frustoconical pre-hemming roller 18 for pre-hemming processing is rotatably supported on the bearing block 15 via a shaft 19 as an edge bending roller, and the hemming die 6 in the guide yoke portion 17 is supported. A backup roller 20 is rotatably supported at a position facing the pre-hemming roller 18 in the vertical direction across the vertical wall portion 6b. As shown in FIG. 5, the backup roller 20 is disposed as a pair of front and rear in the longitudinal direction of the hemming die 6, and rolls with the lower end surface of the vertical wall portion 6 b of the hemming die 6 as a guide surface. Become. Further, the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20 are set so that their rotation centers are parallel to each other.

  A panel 1a in which a hemming flange portion 4 (see FIG. 2) is formed upright between the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20 is sandwiched together with the hemming die 6 so that the pre-hemming roller 18 can Since the hemming process (roll hemming process) is performed, the relative distance between the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20, that is, the distance between the rotation centers of the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20 is determined by the processing. It is set in advance according to the bending degree of the pre-hemming flange portion 4 at the time of completion. In FIG. 4, the panel 3 of FIG. 2 is not shown.

  In addition, a plurality of guide rollers 21 and 22 serving as guide members that sandwich the vertical wall portion 6b of the hemming die 6 from both sides in the thickness direction (both sides in the rotation center direction of the backup roller 20) are rotatable on the guide yoke portion 17. Is provided. Here, a single guide roller 21 is disposed on the back side of the vertical wall 6b, and a pair of upper and lower guide rollers 22 is disposed on the front side of the vertical wall 6b. As a result, the hemming head 7 supporting the pre-hemming roller 18 is constrained in the vertical position by the backup roller 20 with respect to the hemming die 6, and left and right in FIG. 4 by the plurality of guide rollers 21 and 22. The position in the direction is constrained. Instead of the guide rollers 21 and 22 as guide members, a sliding member having a small friction coefficient may be used in addition to other rolling elements such as needles and balls.

  Thus, since the backup roller 20 and the plurality of guide rollers 21 and 22 on the hemming head 7 side substantially hold the vertical wall portion 6b of the hemming die 6, the screw shaft of the ball screw 11 in FIG. If the linear feed is applied along the axial direction of the axis 10, for example, a linear feed is applied from the left end portion to the right end portion of the screw shaft 10 in FIG. 3, the hemming head 7 autonomously swings and swings. However, the hemming die 6 moves in the longitudinal direction following the curvature of the hemming die 6. As the hemming processing head 7 moves, the pre-hemming roller 18 rolls along the hemming flange portion 4 on the panel 1a side, and cooperates with the hemming die 6 to cause the hemming flange portion on the panel 1a side. 4 is subjected to pre-hemming as an edge bend.

  Here, FIG. 5 shows a development view near one end of the hemming die 6. The hemming die 6 occupies most of the longitudinal direction by the general portion L1 having a constant width dimension of the vertical wall portion 6b. It is between the narrow part L3 smaller than the width dimension, the general part L1 and the narrow part L3, and the width dimension of the vertical wall part 6b gradually increases from the narrow part L3 side toward the general part L1 side. A gradually changing portion L2 that converges with a width dimension on the portion L1 side is provided. That is, in the gradual change part L2, the lower end surface of the vertical wall part 6b used as the guide surface for the backup roller 20 is formed as the inclined surface 6c which becomes a downward slope from the narrow part L3 side toward the general part L1 side. ing. Reference sign Q indicates the locus of the center position of the pre-hemming roller 18.

  Such a structure is the same on the other end side opposite to the one end portion of the hemming die 6, and the structure includes a hemming portion including any outer plate surface of the vehicle body, as will be described later. Therefore, it is employed to prevent the occurrence of secondary defects such as distortion and unevenness on the outer surface of the panel due to hemming.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, as described above, for example, if a linear feed is applied from the left end portion of the screw shaft 10 of FIG. 3 toward the right end portion side, the hemming head 7 is autonomous. The hemming die 6 moves in the longitudinal direction following the curvature of the hemming die 6 while swinging, and accordingly, the pre-hemming roller 18 rolls along the hemming flange portion 4 on the panel 1a side. The hemming flange 4 on the panel 1a side is pre-hemmed in cooperation with the above. Since the hemming head 7 moves in accordance with the curvature of the hemming die 6, it is sufficient to apply a thrust force that can move the hemming head 7 as a linear feed by the ball screw 11. As the linear feed by the ball screw 11, a very small feed force is sufficient.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, the relative distance between the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20 is constant, whereas on the one end side of the hemming die 6, it is on the front side of the general portion L1. A narrow portion L3 having a small width dimension of the vertical wall portion 6b and a gradually changing portion L2 in which the width dimension of the vertical wall portion 6b gradually changes from the narrow portion L3 side toward the general portion L1 side are provided. .

  Therefore, even if the panel 1a is sandwiched between the pre-hemming roller 18 and the backup roller 20 together with the hemming die 6, and even if the hemming head 7 moves in the longitudinal direction of the hemming die 6, the pre-hemming roller 18 Until the end of passing through the narrow portion L3, the pre-hemming roller 18 slightly contacts the edge of the hemming flange portion 4 on the panel 1a side. This means that until the pre-hemming roller 18 finishes passing through the narrow portion L3, the pre-hemming roller 18 does not exert sufficient pressure on the hemming flange portion 4 and pre-hemming processing is not performed. I mean.

  Thereafter, when the pre-hemming roller 18 reaches the gradual change portion L2 as the hemming head 7 further moves, the lower end surface of the gradual change portion L2 becomes the inclined surface 6c. Is gradually lowered with respect to the hemming die 6. Therefore, the pressure applied to the hemming flange portion 4 on the panel 1a side by the pre-hemming roller 18 is gradually increased, and the hemming flange portion 4 is pre-hemmed in such a manner that the bending degree gradually changes while being incomplete. . That is, the gradually changing portion 4 a is also formed in the hemming flange portion 4.

  Further, when the hemming head 7 reaches the general portion L1 of the hemming die 6, the width dimension of the vertical wall portion 6b becomes constant in the general portion L1, so that the hemming flange portion 4 on the panel 1a side is set in advance. The pre-hemming process is performed uniformly in the longitudinal direction under a certain degree of bending. Such a state is the same at the other end portion side of the hemming die 6, and the wheel arch portion 2 of the panel 1a subjected to the pre-hemming process corresponds to the narrow portion L3 at both longitudinal ends thereof. The pre-hemming unprocessed part to be processed and the gradually changing part 4a which is the incomplete pre-hemming processed part corresponding to the gradually changing part L2 remain attached to each other.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, roll hemming can be performed with a very simple and small equipment configuration, and the equipment occupation space can be reduced while restraining the equipment cost. This is preferable.

  When the entire wheel arch portion 2 subjected to the pre-hemming process is viewed, the pre-hemming unprocessed portion corresponding to the narrow portion L3 and the incomplete pre-processing portion between the processing start end and the general portion L1. Since the gradual change portion 4a which is a hemming processing portion is interposed, a sudden change in pressure for pre-hemming processing between the processing start and end and the general portion L11 is reduced or avoided, It is possible to prevent the occurrence of secondary problems such as distortion and unevenness on the outer surface of the panel 1a.

  In the wheel arch portion 2, the presence of the unprocessed pre-hemming portion and the gradual change portion 4 a as described above is functionally allowed, and a gap between the panels 1 a and 3 caused thereby is input into the painting process of the vehicle body. In the sealing process up to this point, it is filled with, for example, a sealant.

  Here, in the conventional general roll hemming method, for example, as disclosed in JP-A-6-344037 and JP-A-2000-246351, the pressurizing force required for the hemming process, that is, the hemming roller and the backup roller, Since a constant pressure in a direction approaching each other is obtained by an actuator such as a pneumatic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, the pressure required for hemming cannot be actively variably controlled.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, particularly at the starting end of hemming, a large pressure is applied suddenly by the hemming roller 28 using the actuator as a pressure source in the region R without passing through the gradual change section as described above. Therefore, quality defects such as unevenness and distortion may occur on the outer surface of the panel, which is the base material. This tendency is particularly noticeable in the wheel arch portion in which the panel itself is pre-formed into a predetermined three-dimensional shape and the hemming flange portion becomes an elongated flange portion. On the other hand, in this embodiment, as described above, it is possible to reliably prevent such secondary problems, and without using an actuator such as a pneumatic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. Aim can be achieved.

  Here, if it is assumed that the gradually changing portion L2 and the narrow portion L3 having different inclination directions shown in FIG. 5 are used in combination, depending on the modeling of the panel to be processed, these gradually changing portions L2 It is also possible to set the narrow portion L3 at the central portion in the longitudinal direction instead of the end portion of the hemming die 6 as necessary.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the pre-hemming process can be performed only by replacing the roller in the hemming head 7 with the hemming roller 18a for the hemming (main hemming) process shown in FIG. The hemming process following can be handled very easily.

  Furthermore, the roll hemming processing apparatus of the above-mentioned embodiment can cope with not only the wheel arch portion 2 but also the edge bending of the straight portion as well as the curved portion. Is possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Body side panel 1a ... Body side outer panel 2 ... Wheel arch part 6 ... Hemming die 6a ... Inclined surface 7 ... Hemming processing head 8 ... Arm member 9 ... Slider (moving body)
10 ... Screw shaft 11 ... Ball screw (feeding means)
13. Motor (rotation drive means)
15 ... Bearing block (support)
18 ... Pre-hemming roller (bending roller)
20 ... Backup roller 21 ... Guide roller (guide member)
22 ... Guide roller (guide member)
L1 ... General part L2 ... Gradual change part

Claims (10)

A roll hemming device that performs edge bending on an arched end of a panel positioned on a die,
An edge bending roller that controls edge bending to the panel;
A backup roller that forms a pair with the edge bending roller while being spaced apart from the edge bending roller by a predetermined distance, and sandwiches the panel together with the edge bending roller at the time of processing,
At least a pair of guide members that sandwich the die from both sides in the direction along the rotation center axis of the backup roller;
Have
Each of the edge bending roller, the backup roller, and the guide member is rotatably supported on a common support body to form a processing head, and
A moving body that moves by being given a linear feed in a direction parallel to the string of the arched edge bending portion;
With supporting the machining head swing pivotally, the arm member being retractable movably guided and supported in the direction of movement perpendicular direction of the movable body in the moving body,
Feed giving means for giving feed to the moving body;
Further comprising
By applying the linear feed to the moving body , the processing head moves in accordance with the curvature of the die while swinging and swinging in parallel with the advance / retreat movement of the arm member, thereby performing edge bending. A roll hemming apparatus characterized by comprising: The feed giving means is
A ball screw comprising a nut member provided on the moving body and a screw shaft screwed to the nut member;
Rotational drive means for rotationally driving the screw shaft;
To be composed of a roll hemming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the. The roll hemming processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the edge bending is performed by bending an edge arch portion of a side panel of an automobile to become an extended flange portion . A die on which a panel to be processed is positioned;
An edge bending roller for controlling edge bending to the panel;
A backup roller that is paired with the edge bending roller while being spaced apart from the edge bending roller by a predetermined distance;
With
After sandwiching the panel with the die between the edge bending roller and the backup roller, the both ends of the panel are moved along the die while keeping the relative distance between the two rollers constant. In the roll hemming processing device that is designed to bend the edges,
The die is formed such that the width dimension sandwiched between the edge bending roller and the backup roller is a constant width dimension according to the degree of edge bending completion,
Some of the die features and to Carlo Ruhemingu processing device that the width of the constant width dimension as the maximum width is provided a gradually changing portion for gradually change. Of the above-mentioned die, the width dimension sandwiched between the edge bending roller and the backup roller is a width dimension closer to the edge bending start end side than the general part formed as a constant width dimension corresponding to the degree of edge bending completion. The roll hemming processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a gradually changing portion is provided that converges with a constant width dimension of the general portion while gradually increasing toward the general portion side . A crimp termination portion than the general portion of the die roll hemming apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that is provided with a gradually changing portion in which the width is gradually reduced. The panel is positioned on one surface of the die, and the backup roller rolls on the backup roller guide surface opposite to the one surface.
The roll hemming processing apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , wherein a backup roller guide surface is inclined in the gradual change portion . It has at least a pair of guide rollers that sandwich the die from both sides in the direction along the rotation center axis of the backup roller, and
Each of the edge bending roller, the backup roller, and the guide roller is rotatably supported on a common support member to form a processing head,
The roll hemming processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processing head is supported so as to be movable in an edge bending movement direction . The edge of the arch-shaped end of the panel is subjected to edge bending to become a flange portion,
An arm member that is directed in a direction perpendicular to the string of the arch-shaped edge bending portion;
A movable body that guides and supports the arm member so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction;
A feed imparting means for imparting a linear feed to the moving body in a direction parallel to the string of the arched edge bending portion;
With
A machining head is supported at the tip of the arm member so as to be swingable,
9. The roll hemming processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the linear feeding is applied to the moving body so that the processing head moves following the curvature of the die while swinging. . The roll hemming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the edge bending is performed by bending an edge of a wheel arch of a side panel of an automobile to become an extended flange .

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