Circular-shaping device for a rotating part, especially an exhaust housing of a turbo engine
View Patent ↗A circular-shaping device for a rotating part, especially an exhaust housing of a turbo engine is disclosed. The device includes a lower unit with two shaping rollers mounted movably along an axis X 1 and one shaping roller mounted movably along an axis Y 1 ; an upper unit with two shaping rollers mounted movably along an axis X 2 and one shaping roller mounted movably along an axis Y 2 ; a turntable disposed between the lower unit and the upper unit; and a blocking device for the rotating part on the turntable.
1. A circular-shaping device for an exhaust housing of a turbo engine, comprising:
a lower unit comprising two shaping rollers mounted movably along an axis X 1 and one shaping roller mounted movably along an axis Y 1 ;
an upper unit comprising two shaping rollers mounted movably along an axis X 2 and one shaping roller mounted movably along an axis Y 2 ;
a turntable disposed between the lower unit and the upper unit, the turntable rotating about a vertical axis; and
blocking means for the rotating part on the turntable,
wherein the axis X 1 is not parallel to the axis X 2 and not parallel to the vertical axis, and the axis Y 1 is not parallel to the axis Y 2 and not parallel to the vertical axis.
2. The shaping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the X 1 and Y 1 axes are coaxial, and the X 2 and Y 2 axes are coaxial.
3. The shaping device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, the two shaping rollers of the lower unit mounted movably along the axis X 1 are mounted on a first cylinder, the one shaping roller of the lower unit mounted movably along the axis Y 1 is mounted on a second cylinder, the two shaping rollers of the upper unit mounted movably along the axis X 2 is mounted on a third cylinder, and the one shaping roller of the upper unit mounted movably along the axis Y 2 is mounted on a fourth cylinder, such that the rollers exert a stress upon the exhaust housing.
4. The shaping device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first and second cylinders of the lower unit exert oppositely directed forces, and the third and fourth cylinders of the upper unit exert oppositely directed forces.
5. The shaping device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the lower unit and the upper unit additionally comprise measuring means for the circularity of the rotating part.
6. The shaping device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the measuring means for the circularity of the rotating part are constituted by a sensor and by a resistive or other type of linear displacement transducer.
7. The shaping device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the transducer is linked to an analog data acquisition board of a numerical control.
8. The shaping device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the rollers of the upper unit are mounted on a beam mounted such that the beam can pivot relative to a stand of the device between a first position, in which the rollers are disengaged from the rotating part, and a second position, in which the rollers are engaged on the rotating part.
9. The shaping device as claimed in one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the blocking means for the rotating part on the turntable are constituted by three quarter-turn clamps and by three blocking cylinders.