阅读说明：本技术 格架卡环及其制造方法 (Grid snap ring and manufacturing method thereof ) 是由 孙效禹 叶远东 盛国福 余国严 王惠生 李俊颀 于 2019-10-14 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及燃料组件技术领域,尤其涉及一种格架卡环的制造方法及格架卡环。其中,格架卡环的制造方法用于制造具有第一卡持体和第二卡持体且第一卡持体侧部具有两个第一开口缝和两个定位窗口、第二卡持体侧部具有一个第二开口缝的格架卡环,其步骤包括,准备步骤,准备基材；第一开口缝冲制步骤,第一连接载体成型步骤,第二连接载体成型步骤,毛坯成型步骤卷环步骤,切断步骤。第一连接载体成型步骤形成的第一连接载体为特殊载体,该第一连接载体能够连接第一开口缝两侧的基材,固定格架卡环的上端开口。该第一连接载体的设计降低了格架卡环的成型难度,方便圈圆成型。(The invention relates to the technical field of fuel assemblies, in particular to a method for manufacturing a grid snap ring and the grid snap ring. The manufacturing method of the grid clamping ring is used for manufacturing the grid clamping ring with a first clamping body and a second clamping body, wherein the side part of the first clamping body is provided with two first opening seams and two positioning windows, and the side part of the second clamping body is provided with one second opening seam; the method comprises a first opening seam punching step, a first connecting carrier forming step, a second connecting carrier forming step, a blank forming step, a ring rolling step and a cutting step. The first connecting carrier formed in the first connecting carrier forming step is a special carrier, and the first connecting carrier can be connected with base materials on two sides of the first opening seam and fixes the upper end opening of the grid frame clamping ring. The design of the first connecting carrier reduces the forming difficulty of the grid frame snap ring and facilitates the circle forming.)

1. A method of manufacturing a grid clip ring for use in manufacturing a grid clip ring having a first clip body and a second clip body, the first clip body having two first open seams on a side thereof and the second clip body having one second open seam on a side thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

a preparation step of preparing a base material;

a first open seam punching step of punching a first open hole on the substrate to form the first open seam, wherein the first open hole is provided with a first end part and a second end part which are arranged oppositely;

a first connecting carrier forming step of punching two second holes which are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the first hole at a position close to the second end part on the base material, forming a first connecting carrier between the two second holes, wherein the second holes comprise first hole parts and second hole parts communicated with the first hole parts, the two first hole parts of the two second holes are respectively positioned at two sides of the second end part along the width direction of the first hole, and the two second hole parts of the two second holes respectively extend oppositely from the two first hole parts and are arranged at one side of the second end part far away from the first end part at intervals along the length direction of the first hole;

a second connecting carrier forming step of punching two third openings arranged at intervals in the width direction of the first opening at a position on the base material close to the first end, wherein a second connecting carrier is formed between the two third openings;

a blank forming step, namely punching two fourth openings which are positioned at two sides of the first opening along the width direction of the first opening on the base material so as to enable the base material to form two side bands which are arranged at intervals and a clamping ring blank of which two ends are respectively connected with the two side bands through the first connecting carrier and the second connecting carrier;

a rolling step, namely rolling the clamp ring blank into an open ring shape, and enabling two edges of the part of the clamp ring blank connected with the first connecting carrier to enclose to form another first open seam, and enabling two edges of the part of the clamp ring blank connected with the second connecting carrier to enclose to form a second open seam;

and a cutting step, cutting the first connecting carrier and the second connecting carrier to obtain the grid frame snap ring.

2. The method of manufacturing a grid snap ring as set forth in claim 1, further including between said preparing step and said first open seam punching step a positioning window punching step of: punching two fifth holes arranged at intervals on the base material to form two positioning windows, wherein the first hole formed in the first opening seam punching step is positioned between the two fifth holes, the length of the first hole is greater than that of the fifth holes, the first end part is flush with one ends of the two fifth holes, and the second end part is not flush with the other ends of the two fifth holes.

3. A method of manufacturing a grid snap ring as claimed in claim 2, further comprising between said preparing step and said alignment window punching step, a fiducial alignment hole punching step of punching a fiducial alignment hole in said base material.

4. A method of manufacturing a grid clip according to claim 3, wherein the datum locating holes are formed in each of the two said straps.

5. A method of manufacturing a grill snap ring as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the rolling step includes,

a step of preparing a circle, which is to stamp the clamp ring blank to enable the clamp ring blank to become a circle rolling part with a middle bulge and two downward sunken ends;

a rolling sub-step, namely, utilizing a rolling stamping workpiece to roll the rolled part for four times in sequence to respectively form a first circle of middle component, a second circle of middle component, a third circle of middle component and a fourth circle of middle component;

and a shaping substep of shaping the fourth round intermediate member formed by the rolling by shaping the press work.

6. A method of manufacturing a grid snap ring as claimed in claim 5, wherein in the step of crimping to form said fourth circle intermediate member, said crimped stamped workpiece is provided with a lower insert member supported for positioning within one of said first open slots and a first upper insert member supported for positioning within the other of said first open slots.

7. A method of manufacturing a grid-work clasp as claimed in claim 5, wherein in the step of reshaping, a second upper insert is provided on the reshaped stamped workpiece supported for positioning within the second open seam.

8. A method of manufacturing a grill snap ring as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein in the cutting step, a third upper insert member is provided which is supported and positioned in one of the first open seams, the side of the third upper insert member being able to conform to both sides of the first open seam.

9. A method of manufacturing a grid clip according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the substrate is a strip-like structure capable of being manufactured to form a plurality of said grid clips and capable of being transported for movement by a transport mechanism.

10. A grid clip comprising a first clip body and a second clip body, wherein a side portion of the first clip body has two first open slits, the two first open slits and the two positioning windows are alternately spaced in a circumferential direction of the first clip body, and a side portion of the second clip body has one second open slit communicating with one first open slit, the grid clip being manufactured by the method of manufacturing a grid clip according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of fuel assemblies, in particular to a manufacturing method of a grid snap ring and the grid snap ring manufactured by the manufacturing method.

Background

There is a grid snap ring in a fuel assembly, the grid snap ring including a first snap body and a second snap body, a side of the first snap body having two first open seams, and a side of the second snap body having one second open seam. In a specific application, the grid snap ring is sleeved on the guide pipe, so that the grid and the guide pipe can be positioned and connected. The arrangement of the grid clamping ring can reduce the welding process and time.

However, in the conventional manufacturing process of the grid snap ring, only one connecting carrier is used for connecting the lower end portion of the grid snap ring during the rolling process, which is inconvenient for the rolling forming of the grid snap ring and affects the roundness of the finally formed grid snap ring.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a manufacturing method of a grid snap ring, which aims to solve the technical problem that the rolling forming difficulty of the grid snap ring is high.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:

a method of manufacturing a grid clip ring having a first clip body and a second clip body, the first clip body having two first open seams on a side thereof and the second clip body having one second open seam on a side thereof, comprising the steps of:

a preparation step of preparing a base material;

a first open seam punching step of punching a first open hole on the substrate to form the first open seam, wherein the first open hole is provided with a first end part and a second end part which are arranged oppositely;

a first connecting carrier forming step of punching two second holes which are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the first hole at a position close to the second end part on the base material, forming a first connecting carrier between the two second holes, wherein the second holes comprise first hole parts and second hole parts communicated with the first hole parts, the two first hole parts of the two second holes are respectively positioned at two sides of the second end part along the width direction of the first hole, and the two second hole parts of the two second holes respectively extend oppositely from the two first hole parts and are arranged at one side of the second end part far away from the first end part at intervals along the length direction of the first hole;

a second connecting carrier forming step of punching two third openings arranged at intervals in the width direction of the first opening at a position on the base material close to the first end, wherein a second connecting carrier is formed between the two third openings;

a blank forming step, namely punching two fourth openings which are positioned at two sides of the first opening along the width direction of the first opening on the base material so as to enable the base material to form two side bands which are arranged at intervals and a clamping ring blank of which two ends are respectively connected with the two side bands through the first connecting carrier and the second connecting carrier;

a rolling step, namely rolling the clamp ring blank into an open ring shape, and enabling two edges of the part of the clamp ring blank connected with the first connecting carrier to enclose to form another first open seam, and enabling two edges of the part of the clamp ring blank connected with the second connecting carrier to enclose to form a second open seam;

and a cutting step, cutting the first connecting carrier and the second connecting carrier to obtain the grid frame snap ring.

Further, a positioning window punching step is further included between the preparing step and the first open seam punching step: punching two fifth holes arranged at intervals on the base material to form two positioning windows, wherein the first hole formed in the first opening seam punching step is positioned between the two fifth holes, the length of the first hole is greater than that of the fifth holes, the first end part is flush with one ends of the two fifth holes, and the second end part is not flush with the other ends of the two fifth holes.

Still further, a reference positioning hole punching step of punching a reference positioning hole on the base material is further included between the preparation step and the positioning window punching step.

Specifically, the reference positioning holes are formed in the two side belts, respectively.

Further, the step of rolling the ring includes,

a step of preparing a circle, which is to stamp the clamp ring blank to enable the clamp ring blank to become a circle rolling part with a middle bulge and two downward sunken ends;

a rolling sub-step, namely, utilizing a rolling stamping workpiece to roll the rolled part for four times in sequence to respectively form a first circle of middle component, a second circle of middle component, a third circle of middle component and a fourth circle of middle component;

and a shaping substep of shaping the fourth round intermediate member formed by the rolling by shaping the press work.

Furthermore, in the step of forming the fourth circle of the middle member by rolling, a lower insert which is penetratingly supported and positioned in one of the first opening seams and a first upper insert which is penetratingly supported and positioned in the other of the first opening seams are arranged on the rolling stamping workpiece.

Specifically, in the shaping step, a second upper insert which is supported and positioned in the second opening seam in a penetrating manner is arranged on the shaping stamping workpiece.

In the cutting step, a third upper insert member is inserted into and supported by and positioned in one of the first open seams, and a side surface of the third upper insert member can be fitted to both side surfaces of the first open seam. Further, the base material is a strip-shaped structure which can be manufactured to form a plurality of the grid snap rings and can be conveyed and moved by a conveying mechanism.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a grid snap ring, including a first retainer and a second retainer, wherein a side portion of the first retainer has two first open slits, the two first open slits and the two positioning windows are alternately spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the first retainer, a side portion of the second retainer has one second open slit, the second open slit communicates with one of the first open slits, and the grid snap ring is manufactured and molded by any one of the above-mentioned methods.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: when the lattice frame clamping ring is manufactured, the part, close to the first end part, of the base material is punched with the two third open holes to form the second connecting carrier connected with one end of the clamping ring blank, the part, close to the second end part, of the base material is punched with the two second open holes to form the first connecting carrier connected with the other end of the clamping ring blank, and the first connecting carrier and the second connecting carrier are respectively connected with the two ends of the clamping ring blank, so that the two ends of the clamping ring blank are fixed during rolling, the rolling forming is facilitated, and the phenomenon of failure of the rolling forming caused by the fact that one end of the clamping ring blank cannot be connected with the carrier in the prior art is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a perspective of a process for fabricating a snap ring of a grid using a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial schematic view at A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a perspective of a process for fabricating a snap ring of a grid using a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a substrate and a manufacturing apparatus in a rolling step and a cutting step provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view at B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial schematic view at C of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial schematic view at D of FIG. 4;

figure 8 is a schematic diagram of a grid snap ring structure provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1. a grid snap ring; 11. a first holding body; 12. a second holding body; 111. positioning a window; 112. a first open seam; 121. a second open seam; 2. a substrate; 21. fifth opening; 22. a first opening; 23. a second opening; 24. a first linking carrier; 25. a third opening; 26. a second linking carrier; 27. a fourth opening; 28. a reference positioning hole; 29. a snap ring blank; 221. a second end portion; 222. a first end portion; 231. a first hole portion; 232. a second hole portion; 31. a first upper insert; 32. a lower insert; 33. a second upper insert; 34. a third upper insert; 41. an upper base plate; 42. a cavity plate; 411. a first upper mold; 412. a second upper mold; 413. a third upper mold; 414. a fourth upper mold; 421. a first lower mold; 422. a second lower mold; 423. a third lower mold; 424. a fourth lower mold; 51. a rolling part; 52. a first round intermediate member; 53. a second round intermediate member; 54. a third round intermediate member; 55. a fourth circle intermediate member.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

It will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, in an embodiment of the present invention, a method for manufacturing a grid snap ring 1, the grid snap ring 1 having a first clamping body 11 and a second clamping body 12, the first clamping body 11 having two first open slits 112 on a side thereof and the second clamping body 12 having one second open slit 121 on a side thereof, includes the steps of:

a preparation step of preparing a base material 2;

a first slit punching step of punching a first opening 22 on the substrate 2 to form a first slit 112, the first opening 22 having a first end 222 and a second end 221 opposite to each other;

a first connecting carrier forming step, punching two second holes 23 arranged at intervals along the width direction of the first hole 22 at a position close to the second end part 221 on the base material 2, forming a first connecting carrier 24 between the two second holes 23, wherein the second holes 23 comprise first hole parts 231 and second hole parts 232 communicated with the first hole parts 231, the two first hole parts 231 of the two second holes 23 are respectively positioned at two sides of the second end part 221 along the width direction of the first hole 22, and the two second hole parts 232 of the two second holes 23 respectively extend from the two first hole parts 231 towards each other and are arranged at one side of the second end part 221 far away from the first end part 222 at intervals along the length direction of the first hole 22;

a second connection carrier forming step of punching two third openings 25 spaced apart in the width direction of the first opening 22 at a portion of the base material 2 near the first end 222, and forming a second connection carrier 26 between the two third openings 25;

a blank forming step, namely punching two fourth holes 27 which are positioned at two sides of the first opening 22 along the width direction of the first opening 22 on the base material 2 so as to enable the base material 2 to form two side bands which are arranged at intervals and a clamping ring blank 29 of which two ends are respectively connected with the two side bands through a first connecting carrier 24 and a second connecting carrier 26;

a rolling step of rolling the snap ring blank 29 into an open ring shape, and enclosing two edges of the portion of the snap ring blank 29 connected with the first connection carrier 24 to form another first open seam 112, and enclosing two edges of the portion of the snap ring blank 29 connected with the second connection carrier 26 to form a second open seam 121;

and a cutting step of blanking and cutting the first connecting carrier 24 and the second connecting carrier 26 to obtain the grid snap ring 1.

The first connection carrier 24 manufactured in the above-mentioned first connection carrier 24 forming step is a special carrier, and the carrier can connect the base materials 2 at both sides of the first opening seam 112, and fix the upper end opening of the grid snap ring 1. And is rolled with the snap ring blank 29 in the ring rolling step. The design of the first connecting carrier 24 reduces the forming difficulty of the grid frame snap ring 1, and facilitates the circle forming.

The second linking carrier obtained in the above-described second linking carrier 26 forming step is a normal carrier, and is used for connecting the lower end of the snap ring blank 29.

Further, between the preparation step and the first open seam 112 punching step, a positioning window 111 punching step is further included: two fifth holes 21 are punched on the substrate 2 at intervals to form two positioning windows 111, the first hole 22 formed in the punching step of the first opening slit 112 is located between the two fifth holes 21, the length of the first hole 22 is greater than that of the fifth holes 21, the first end 222 is flush with one end of the two fifth holes 21, and the second end 221 is not flush with the other end of the two fifth holes 21.

Further, the winding step includes,

a pre-rounding step, namely stamping the clamp ring blank 29 to enable the clamp ring blank 29 to become a rounding part 51 with a middle bulge and two downward sunken ends;

a rounding substep of sequentially rounding the rounded part 51 four times by using a rounding press work to form a first round intermediate member 52, a second round intermediate member 53, a third round intermediate member and a fourth round intermediate member 55, respectively;

and a shaping substep of shaping the fourth round intermediate member 55 formed by the rounding by shaping the press work.

The specific manufacturing process of the preparation rounding step is that a groove is arranged on the concave template, the groove is a first lower die 421 with a middle convex and two concave ends, the snap ring blank 29 is placed on the first lower die 421, meanwhile, the upper padding plate 41 is also connected with a first upper die 411, the shape of the first upper die 411 is matched with that of the first lower die 421, and the first upper die 411 can be matched with the first lower die 421 for punching a blank material to form the rounding part 51. The groove may be a slot for placing a mold having the same shape as the first lower mold 421.

The rolling sub-step is specifically performed by providing a second lower mold 422 including an arc-shaped groove on the cavity plate 42, and providing a second upper mold 412 connected to the upper backing plate 41, wherein the second upper mold 412 and the second lower mold 422 are matched to form the first round middle member 52 by stamping. The upper backing plate 41 is further provided with a third upper die 413 and a fourth upper die 414, the die widths of which are sequentially reduced, the concave die plate 42 is further provided with a third lower die 423 and a fourth lower die 424, the radian of the arc-shaped groove of the third upper die 413 and the radian of the arc-shaped groove of the fourth lower die are sequentially increased, the third upper die 413 and the third lower die 423 can be matched and stamped to form a second circle of circle intermediate members 53, and the fourth upper die 414 and the fourth lower die 424 can be matched and stamped to form a third circle of circle intermediate members 54.

Furthermore, the upper and lower dies that stamp the fourth round intermediate member 55 are each provided with an arc-shaped slot, and the two arc-shaped slots can be attached to the outer side surface of the fourth round intermediate member 55 during the stamping process. The upper and lower dies for stamping the fourth circle middle member 55 are further provided with a lower insert 32 which is inserted and supported and positioned at one first opening seam 112 and a first upper insert 31 which is inserted and supported and positioned at the other first opening seam 112, and the first upper insert 31 and the lower insert 32 are both columnar. The design of the first upper insert 31 and the lower insert 32 avoids the closing of the first open seam 112 in the interference forming of the grid snap ring 1.

Further, in the shaping substep, a second upper insert 33 is inserted into the shaping punch upper die and supported and positioned at the second opening seam 121, and the second upper insert 33 is in a strip shape. The second upper insert 33 is designed to prevent the grid snap ring 1 from closing the second open seam 121 during interference forming.

Further, in the cutting step, the upper mold coupled to the upper pad 41 is further provided with a third upper insert 34 supporting one first open seam 112, the third upper insert 34 has an inverted triangular shape, and both side surfaces of the third upper insert 34 may be attached to both side surfaces of one first open seam 112. The third upper insert 34 is used to support and fix the first open seam 112, and avoid deformation caused by excessive blanking force during the process of cutting the first carrier and the second connection carrier 26.

Further, a reference positioning hole 28 punching step is further included between the preparation step and the positioning window 111 punching step. And a reference positioning hole 28 is punched on the base material 2, and the positioning hole 28 is used for providing a reference for the distance and the position of punching, so that the deviation of the punching position is avoided, and the consistency of the product forming quality is not influenced.

Further, reference positioning holes 28 are formed in the two side belts, respectively.

Further, the base material 2 is a band-like structure that can be formed into a plurality of grid snap rings 1 and can be transported and moved by the transport mechanism. The strip-shaped structure is beneficial to conveying and moving the base material 2 by the conveying mechanism, and simultaneously can ensure that the base material 2 can simultaneously act at multiple stations when manufacturing the grid structure, thereby improving the manufacturing speed of the grid snap ring 1.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a grid clamping ring 1, which comprises a first clamping body 11 and a second clamping body 12, wherein the side part of the first clamping body 11 is provided with two first opening seams 112 and two positioning windows 111, the two first opening seams 112 and the two positioning windows 111 are alternately arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the first clamping body 11, the side part of the second clamping body 12 is provided with a second opening seam 121, and the second opening seam 121 is communicated with the first opening seam 112.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.