APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A KNUCKLE BRACKET

摘要

A knuckle bracket includes a bracket main body that has an inner peripheral shape along a tube of a shock absorber and a pair of attachment parts that are formed to protrude parallel to each other. The apparatus for manufacturing the knuckle bracket includes a width molding machine that molds a width of the pair of attachment parts in a state where the workpiece is supported on a support shaft, and a hole punching machine that machines attachment holes into the pair of attachment parts in a state where the workpiece is supported on the support shaft. The workpiece is transported from the width molding machine to the hole punching machine by moving the workpiece along the support shaft until the workpiece is above the die after the support shaft is raised and then lowering the support shaft until the support shaft abuts a top surface of the die.

主权项

1. An apparatus for manufacturing a knuckle bracket, the knuckle bracket comprising a bracket main body that has an inner peripheral shape along a tube of a shock absorber and is fixed to the tube and a pair of attachment parts that are formed to protrude parallel to each other from both ends of the bracket main body and are fastened to a steering knuckle;
wherein the apparatus comprises: a support shaft that has an outer peripheral shape along the inner peripheral shape of the bracket main body and supports a workpiece; a width molding machine that molds a width of the pair of attachment parts to a predetermined dimension in a state in which the workpiece is supported on the support shaft; and a hole punching machine that machines attachment holes into the pair of attachment parts in a state in which the workpiece is supported on the support shaft and the pair of attachment parts are facing both side surfaces of a die; wherein the workpiece is transported from the width molding machine to the hole punching machine by moving the workpiece along the support shaft until the workpiece is above the die after the support shaft is raised and then lowering the support shaft until the support shaft abuts a top surface of the die.