CN102150944A - Flaky tobacco subarea feeding, boxing and packing equipment and method for packing by using same - Google Patents

Flaky tobacco subarea feeding, boxing and packing equipment and method for packing by using same Download PDF

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CN102150944A
CN102150944A CN2010101171095A CN201010117109A CN102150944A CN 102150944 A CN102150944 A CN 102150944A CN 2010101171095 A CN2010101171095 A CN 2010101171095A CN 201010117109 A CN201010117109 A CN 201010117109A CN 102150944 A CN102150944 A CN 102150944A
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戴永生
申玉军
武凯
李伯恒
郑国栋
林玉红
彭黎明
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王晓辉
刘强
卢杰
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The invention relates to flaky tobacco subarea feeding, boxing and packing equipment and a method for packing by using the same. The equipment comprises a feeding belt trolley, a feeding pipe, a flaky tobacco packing box and a packer pressure head device. The equipment is characterized in that: the feeding pipe and the flaky tobacco packing box are divided into at least two areas, and the number and the position of the subareas of the feeding pipe and the flaky tobacco packing box correspond to each other; and the packer pressure head device comprises a cylinder and at least two pressure heads, wherein the number of the pressure heads is consistent with that of the flaky tobacco packing box subareas, and the pressure heads are arranged at the positions corresponding to the flaky tobacco packing box subareas. More uniform distribution of materials in the flaky tobacco box is realized, the density of the flaky tobacco in the tobacco box is more consistent by pressing, and oil outlet and caking of the flaky tobacco are reduced; by using the matched tobacco box, feeding and packing of the flaky tobacco subareas in the tobacco box are realized; and a plurality of tobacco stacks are formed in each tobacco box after subarea feeding, and the packed tobacco stacks do not need a subsequent slicing process, so that the purposes of reducing energy consumption, reducing breakage and improving the work efficiency are fulfilled.

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Sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment and the method for using this equipment to pack
Technical field
The present invention relates to tobacco business, particularly a kind of sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment of loose blade behind the beating and double roasting being sent into the sky smoke box.
Background technology
The employed feeding equipment of beating and double roasting enterprise is the cuboid feed lines of upper and lower opening in the tobacco business at present, cross-section of pipeline is a rectangle, rectangle frame is long * wide be 1100mm * 700mm, adopt the method for FCL feeding for many years always, promptly make through loose cigarette behind the beating and double roasting and fall into smoke box by feed pipe, suppress by the baling press pressure head of feed pipe top after reaching predefined weight, pack then, the tobacco bale after the packing is a monoblock cigarette buttress.Packing back tobacco bale is transported to cigarette manufacturing enterprise, carries out the cigarette process through unpacking, metering, section.
Have the following problem that exists of feeding equipment now:
A. because of the smoke box cross section is bigger, matching used with it feed lines cross section is also bigger, causes feeding, packing even inadequately, is easy to generate phenomenons such as fuel-displaced, caking;
B. because monoblock cigarette buttress volume is bigger, cigarette manufacturing enterprise needs to set the operation that the cigarette buttress is cut into slices for ease of processing, so it is broken to cause the sheet cigarette to make easily, the loss of cigarette manufacture process is increased.
Along with people are more and more higher in the requirement of aspects such as energy-saving and environmental protection, consumption reduction, processes process, therefore press for and improve the feeding equipment structure to satisfy the demand in the industry.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment, this equipment has been realized beating and double roasting rear panel cigarette subregion feeding vanning packing.
Purpose of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions: a kind of cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment, comprise feeding belt dolly and feed pipe, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale and packing pressure head, it is characterized in that feed pipe, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale are divided into two districts at least, the quantity of the subregion of feed pipe, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale and position are corresponding mutually, the baling press indenter device comprises oil cylinder and at least two packing pressure heads, and the quantity of its packing pressure head quantity and sheet tobacco bale vanning subregion is consistent and be arranged on and described tobacco bale corresponding position of subregion of casing;
Described cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is being provided with partition panel along rectangle feed pipe length direction, and two urceolus walls that the dual-side of this partition panel is relative with feed pipe respectively engage; Sheet tobacco bale vanning comprises and in the smoke box body active clapboard is set by the smoke box body, is matched in clearance between active clapboard side and the smoke box body; The connecting rod of each baling press pressure head upper end is connected with oil cylinder piston respectively, and each pressure head is driven by oil cylinder piston by connecting rod.
Described cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is being provided with two partition panels along the feed pipe length direction, this partition panel is divided into three districts with feed pipe.
Described cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is being provided with two partition panels along the feed pipe length direction, two partition panels vertically are provided with, and this partition panel is divided into four districts with feed pipe.
The active clapboard of sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is made as 2, and an active clapboard side is provided with 1 buckling groove, and the relevant position of another piece active clapboard also is provided with buckling groove, and the mutual vertically fitting of two buckling grooves is put into the smoke box body; Active clapboard can also be made as 3, and the side of 1 active clapboard is provided with 2 buckling grooves, and the opposite position of 2 active clapboard sides is provided with 1 buckling groove respectively in addition, and 3 mutual vertically fittings of active clapboard are put into the smoke box body; The material of described active clapboard is a toughened plastic; Above active clapboard, be connected with handle.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of method of using the sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning packing of aforementioned device, to realize several piece cigarette buttress volume, the consistent in density through forming in each smoke box after the subregion feeding.
Method of the present invention comprises the steps:
A) earlier the vanning of sheet tobacco bale is opened, by manipulator active clapboard is put into the vanning of sheet tobacco bale, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale places the feed pipe below;
B) by the even feeding of belt dolly: the loose blade behind the beating and double roasting is transported to the feed pipe top by the belt dolly, enters the sheet tobacco bale vanning of subregion through the subregion feed pipe;
C) remove dolly;
D) divide pressure head under oil cylinder piston drives, the sheet cigarette of subregion to be suppressed synchronously, guarantee that each subregion forms the cigarette buttress of volume, consistent in density.
Advantage of the present invention is, it is more even to have realized that sheet smoke box material distributes, and the repressed back of smoked sheets in smokebox density is more consistent, because adopted dividing potential drop head mould formula, reduce the ram pressures of unit are, can reduce fuel-displaced, the caking phenomenon of sheet cigarette in the precompressed packing process; And by using supporting smoke box, realize the packing of smoked sheets in smokebox subregion feeding, through the several piece cigarette buttress that forms in each smoke box after the subregion feeding, packing back cigarette buttress need not the subsequent slice operation, thereby realizes cutting down the consumption of energy, reducing and make purpose broken, that increase work efficiency.
By feeding equipment of the present invention the special smoke box of subregion is carried out the subregion feeding, can realize that the smoke box feeding is more even, reduced the volume of each cigarette buttress, thereby in the following process process, the direct cigarette buttress that takes out in back of can unpacking carries out operation processing, walk around slicing process, thereby reduced energy consumption and material loss, improved working (machining) efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the D-D profile of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the B-B generalized section of Fig. 2 of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the A-A generalized section of Fig. 2 of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the smoke box structural representation.
Fig. 6 is the E-E profile of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is the F-F profile of Fig. 5.
Fig. 8 is the active clapboard structural representation.
Fig. 9 is the C-C cutaway view of Fig. 1, is baling press pressure head structure schematic top plan view.
Figure 10 looks schematic diagram for baling press pressure head structure master.
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1, baling press indenter device, 11, oil cylinder piston 12, connecting rod
13, pressure head
4, belt dolly,
5, feed pipe,
51, feed pipe outer tube wall 52,53,54, partition panel
6, sheet tobacco bale vanning
61,62,63 active clapboards 64, handle 65, buckling groove 66, smoke box body
7, Load-bearing rail.
The specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is done further in detail.
It is embodiment that present embodiment is with three partition panels with feed pipe 5, is the structural representation of a kind of cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment as Fig. 1, as seen from the figure, the present invention includes packing indenter device 1, feeding belt dolly 4, feed pipe 5 and sheet tobacco bale vanning 6; As Fig. 2~shown in Figure 4, Fig. 2 is the D-D profile of Fig. 1, it is the sectional view of feed pipe, feed pipe of the present invention 5 cross sections are rectangle frame, in the present embodiment rectangle frame long * wide be 1100mm * 700mm, along rectangle feed pipe 5 length directions three partition panels 52 are set altogether, 53,54, wherein partition panel 52,53 dual-side respectively with this feed pipe urceolus wall 511,512 engage, partition panel 54 and partition panel 52,53 vertically are provided with, in the present embodiment dual-side of partition panel 54 respectively with this feed pipe urceolus wall 513,514 engage, the partition panel 52 in the feed pipe 1,53,54 are made by the metal solder of same material with feed pipe outer tube wall 51.Three partition panels 52,53,54 are divided into six districts with feed pipe 1, form 6 little feed pipes.
As Fig. 5~shown in Figure 8, it is the structural representation of the sheet tobacco bale vanning 6 of subregion setting, as shown in Figure 5, sheet tobacco bale vanning 6 comprises active clapboard 61,62,63 and smoke box body 66, wherein active clapboard 61,62 and active clapboard 63 vertical settings, smoke box body 66 is divided into six districts corresponding respectively with the position of above-mentioned feed pipe 5, have buckling groove on the active clapboard 61,62,63 and be convenient to dividing plate combination fractionation, also be welded with the handle 64 that is used to take out active clapboard on the dividing plate, the material of described active clapboard can be toughened plastic.Have one buckling groove 65 in the present embodiment on the active clapboard 61,62, have two road buckling grooves 65 on the active clapboard 63, the structure of buckling groove is a mature technology, repeats no more herein.Also be welded with the handle 64 that is used to take out active clapboard on the dividing plate 63, each side of active clapboard and the sidewall of smoke box body 66 are that matched in clearance is beneficial to after the subregion pressurization active clapboard be taken out.
The utility model also comprises a tobacco baling press indenter device 1 with the corresponding setting of sheet tobacco bale vanning subregion, tobacco baling press indenter device 1 is positioned at top of the present utility model, as Fig. 1, shown in Fig. 9-10, the structure of tobacco baling press indenter device 1 is such: tobacco baling press indenter device is positioned at feed pipe 5 tops, it is provided with oil cylinder, six connecting rods 12 are connected with oil cylinder piston 11, each pressure head 13 is driven by oil cylinder piston 11 by connecting rod 12, the position of pressure head 13 is corresponding respectively with the subregion of sheet tobacco bale vanning 6, reciprocating motion by oil cylinder piston 11, under connecting rod 12 drove, 13 pairs of loose cigarettes of 6 pressure heads carried out the subregion pressurization.
The present invention also provides a kind of method of using the sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning packing of aforementioned device, comprises the steps:
A) earlier the vanning of sheet tobacco bale is opened, active clapboard is put into the vanning of sheet tobacco bale, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale places the feed pipe below;
B) by the even feeding of belt dolly: the loose blade behind the beating and double roasting is transported to the feed pipe top by the belt dolly, enters the sheet tobacco bale vanning of subregion through the subregion feed pipe;
C) remove dolly;
D) divide pressure head under oil cylinder piston drives, the sheet cigarette of subregion to be suppressed synchronously, guarantee that each subregion forms the cigarette buttress of volume, consistent in density.
In the above-mentioned steps, the pressure of feeding capacity, rate of feeding, pressure head etc. are different because of blade, need repeat no more according to the actual conditions adjustment herein.
When the present invention uses as shown in Figure 1, loose blade pass behind the beating and double roasting is crossed belt and is delivered to belt dolly 4, belt dolly 4 carries out the equal and quantitative feeding by reciprocating motion, the sheet cigarette enters feed pipe 5 by feed pipe 5 upper ends of band partition panel 52,53,54, the sheet cigarette that enters feed pipe enters the empty sheet tobacco bale vanning 6 of subregion respectively, because of each little feed pipe volume equates that sectional area is identical, thereby the sheet cigarette quality that enters 6 little feed pipes after the assurance belt dolly 4 even feedings equates.When the smoked sheet that falls into sheet tobacco bale vanning 6 reaches predefined weight (the present invention is 200kg), belt dolly 4 stops feeding, and removes; After the subregion feeding, carry out the subregion compacting by tobacco baling press pressure head 3, six pressure heads 3 drive by oil cylinder piston 11, move back and forth by oil cylinder piston 11, under connecting rod 12 drives, 13 pairs of loose cigarettes of 6 pressure heads carry out the subregion pressurization, thereby realize the subregion compacting of 6 subregion sheet cigarettes, form the little cigarette buttress of 6 volumes, consistent in density under the effect of each minute pressure head in the subregion smoke box.
After the subregion pressurization is finished, grab button handle 12 with manipulator, active clapboard 61,62,63 is taken out, promptly form the little cigarette buttress of 6 volumes, consistent in density, these little cigarettes buttress treat to enter into after the tobacco fermentation alcoholization throwing production process that feeds intake, this little cigarette buttress can save slicing process, directly enters the throwing production process that feeds intake.
As mentioned above, only be specific embodiments of the invention, can not limit scope of the present invention with this, i.e. equivalent variations and the modification of being done according to patent application protection domain of the present invention all should still belong to the technology of the present invention covering scope.

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1. sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment, comprise feeding belt dolly and feed pipe, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale and baling press indenter device, it is characterized in that feed pipe, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale are divided into two districts at least, the quantity and the position of feed pipe, sheet tobacco bale vanning subregion are corresponding mutually, the baling press indenter device comprises oil cylinder and at least two packing pressure heads, and the quantity of its packing pressure head quantity and sheet tobacco bale vanning subregion is consistent and be arranged on and described tobacco bale corresponding position of subregion of casing.
2. according to claim 1 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is characterized in that along rectangle feed pipe length direction partition panel being set, and two urceolus walls that the dual-side of this partition panel is relative with feed pipe respectively engage; Sheet tobacco bale vanning comprises and in the smoke box body active clapboard is set by the smoke box body, is matched in clearance between active clapboard side and the smoke box body; The connecting rod of each baling press pressure head upper end is connected with oil cylinder piston respectively, and each pressure head is driven by oil cylinder piston by connecting rod.
3. according to claim 2 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is characterized in that along the feed pipe length direction two partition panels being set, and this partition panel is divided into three districts with feed pipe.
4. according to claim 2 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is characterized in that along the feed pipe length direction two partition panels being set, and two partition panels vertically are provided with, and this partition panel is divided into four districts with feed pipe.
5. according to claim 2 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment is characterized in that along the feed pipe length direction three partition panels being set, and individual two partition panels are vertical is provided with other for one of them partition panel, and partition panel is divided into six districts with feed pipe.
6. according to claim 2 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment, it is characterized in that active clapboard is 2, an active clapboard side is provided with 1 buckling groove, and the relevant position of another piece active clapboard also is provided with buckling groove, and the mutual vertically fitting of two buckling grooves is put into the smoke box body.
7. according to claim 2 cigarette subregion feeding vanning baling equipment, it is characterized in that active clapboard is 3, the side of 1 active clapboard is provided with 2 buckling grooves, the opposite position of 2 active clapboard sides is provided with 1 buckling groove respectively in addition, and 3 mutual vertically fittings of active clapboard are put into the smoke box body.
8. according to claim 2,6 or 7 described cigarette subregion feedings vanning baling equipments, the material that it is characterized in that active clapboard is a toughened plastic.
9. according to claim 2,6 or 7 described cigarette subregion feedings vanning baling equipments, it is characterized in that the active clapboard top is connected with handle.
10. a method of using the sheet cigarette subregion feeding vanning packing of the arbitrary equipment of claim 1-9 comprises the steps:
A) earlier the vanning of sheet tobacco bale is opened, active clapboard is put into the vanning of sheet tobacco bale, the vanning of sheet tobacco bale places the feed pipe below;
B) by the even feeding of belt dolly: the loose blade behind the beating and double roasting is transported to the feed pipe top by the belt dolly, enters the sheet tobacco bale vanning of subregion through the subregion feed pipe;
C) remove dolly;
D) divide pressure head under oil cylinder piston drives, the sheet cigarette of subregion to be suppressed synchronously, guarantee that each subregion forms the cigarette buttress of volume, consistent in density.
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