CN102745241A - Frame structure of mining dumper and dumper comprising structure - Google Patents

Frame structure of mining dumper and dumper comprising structure Download PDF

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CN102745241A
CN102745241A CN2012102322960A CN201210232296A CN102745241A CN 102745241 A CN102745241 A CN 102745241A CN 2012102322960 A CN2012102322960 A CN 2012102322960A CN 201210232296 A CN201210232296 A CN 201210232296A CN 102745241 A CN102745241 A CN 102745241A
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唐春喜
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The embodiment of the invention discloses a frame structure of a mining dumper and a dumper comprising the structure, and belongs to the technical field of mining dumpers. The frame structure comprises a rear tail base, a left vertical beam, a right vertical beam, a ring beam, a front suspension cylinder hinged support and a fender-guard. The connecting part of the rear tail base and the vertical beam comprises a lower flange of the vertical beam, an inner web of the vertical beam, an upper flange of the vertical beam and an outer web of the vertical beam. The connecting part further comprises a reinforcing rib of the vertical beam arranged on the vertical beam. The connecting part is welded by adopting a double box type weld joint. The weld joints among the lower flange of the vertical beam, the inner web of the vertical beam, the upper flange of the vertical beam, the outer web of the vertical beam and the rear tail base are first box type weld joints. The weld joints among the reinforcing rib of the vertical beam, the rear tail base, the lower flange of the vertical beam, the inner web of the vertical beam and the upper flange of the vertical beam are second box type weld joints. According to the embodiment of the invention, the reinforcing rib is added on the vertical beam so that the connecting weld joint between the vertical beam and the rear tail base is in a double box type to form a sealed weld joint structure, and thereby, the weld joint connecting strength between the rear tail base and the vertical beam is ensured.

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A kind of quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive and comprise the dumping car of this structure
Technical field
The present invention relates to the quarry tipper technical field, particularly a kind of quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive and comprise the dumping car of this structure.
Background technology
Quarry tipper is mining transport trolley, belongs to mining equipment, is mainly used in the earthwork of the rock of mine completion in the open and peels off and the ore transportation burden, has characteristics such as length of run is short, turn radius is little, load is heavy, physical dimension is big.Wherein as the vehicle frame of car load matrix, not only connecting, support other parts, and bearing vehicle itself and various load, is the core component of quarry tipper.
The quarry tipper frame assembly that generally uses at present is to be made up of basic vehicle frame and annex thereof.The basis vehicle frame generally comprises bumper/spoiler assembly, left-right longeron assembly, collar tie beam assembly, torsion tube assembly and back tailstock assembly, and it is bearing weight of vehicle own and various load.Annex is to be formed by various thicknesss of slab, different sheet material and section bar assembly welding, mainly plays the effect of parts such as stationary engine, electric and hydraulic pressure.The back tailstock of quarry tipper vehicle frame mainly is connected with compartment, rear axle box, rear overhang cylinder, and the last strong point of the pivot point in compartment, outstanding cylinder wherein, the rear end point of connection of rear axle box are all on back tailstock; Make that back tailstock load is big, stressed concentrating, this just needs the weld seam between back tailstock and the longeron essential long and firm; Because the back tailstock of dumping car generally is that single case connects with being connected of longeron; Caused weld seam short, stressed concentrating, weld seam can ftracture.
The longeron of quarry tipper vehicle frame is the critical component of vehicle frame; The load of all carryings all on longeron, so the intensity of longeron is very crucial as far as car load, need increase the intensity that brace panel guarantees longeron in the inside of longeron; At present generally do reinforced rib with steel plate in the inside of longeron; When doing reinforced rib with steel plate and the weld seam of the last lower flange of longeron, inside and outside web can not form the osed top structure, caused welding stress to concentrate, longeron ruptures easily.
Summary of the invention
Be connected with longeron list case and cause weld cracking and longeron welding line structure not to seal in order to solve behind the quarry tipper tailstock, the problem of longeron easy fracture, the embodiment of the invention provide a kind of quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive.Said technical scheme is following:
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive; Said body frame structure for automotive comprises back tailstock, left longeron, right vertical beam, collar tie beam, front overhang cylinder free bearing and bumper/spoiler; Said back tailstock, said collar tie beam, said bumper/spoiler are connected with said left longeron, said right vertical beam respectively; Said front overhang cylinder free bearing is connected with said collar tie beam; Said back tailstock and said longeron connecting bridge comprise the outer web of longeron lower flange, longeron endosternum, longeron upper flange and longeron; Wherein, said connecting bridge also includes the longeron reinforced rib of being located on the longeron, and said connecting bridge adopts two box weld seam welding; The weld seam that welds between said longeron lower flange, said longeron endosternum, said longeron upper flange, the outer web of said longeron and the said back tailstock is the first box weld seam, and the weld seam that welds between said longeron reinforced rib and said back tailstock, said longeron lower flange, said longeron endosternum, the said longeron upper flange is the second box weld seam.
Preferably, said longeron inside is provided with brace panel, and said brace panel is welded on the said longeron.
Concrete, said brace panel is a pipe, has the circular hole that is complementary with said pipe on the said longeron, and said pipe end is provided with circular shrouding, and said pipe and said shrouding are welded on the said longeron.
Preferably, said welded seam is the closed circular annular, and a plurality of said pipes are arranged on said longeron, is welded with the fuel tank permanent seat on the said shrouding.
Preferably; Be welded with left socle and right support between said collar tie beam and the said longeron; Said left socle is connected through rod assembly with said right support; Said left socle and said collar tie beam, said left longeron welding form enclosed construction, and said right support and said collar tie beam, the welding of said right vertical beam form enclosed construction.
Concrete; Said support comprises support longeron, column and reinforced rib, and said support longeron is horizontal, and said support longeron vertically is connected with said column; Said reinforced rib is positioned at said vertical connecting portion; Said support longeron is welded on the said collar tie beam, and said column is welded on the said longeron, and said enclosed construction is shaped as square.
Preferably, said bumper/spoiler two ends are respectively equipped with left bumper/spoiler lengthening beam and right bumper/spoiler lengthening beam.
Preferably, said lengthening beam and said bumper/spoiler pass through bolted connection.
Preferably, said collar tie beam is connected with said front overhang cylinder free bearing with bearing pin through bolt.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses one and use dumping car, said dumping car comprises above-mentioned each described quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive.
Compared with prior art; The quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive that the embodiment of the invention provides and comprise that the dumping car of this structure has the following advantages: through on longeron, increasing reinforced rib; Make longeron and back tailstock attachment weld be two boxes; Form the osed top welding line structure, guaranteed the weld seam Joint strenght between back tailstock and longeron.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the invention or technical scheme of the prior art; To do to introduce simply to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment or the description of the Prior Art below; Obviously, the accompanying drawing in describing below only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills; Under the prerequisite of not paying creative work property, can also obtain other accompanying drawing according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive general illustration that the embodiment of the invention provides;
Fig. 2 is back tailstock and the longeron connection structure scheme drawing that provides in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the girder work scheme drawing that provides in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is that the front overhang cylinder free bearing that provides in the embodiment of the invention is connected scheme drawing with collar tie beam;
Fig. 5 is the bumper/spoiler lengthening beam scheme of installation that provides in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the framed structure scheme drawing that the collar tie beam that provides in the embodiment of the invention and longeron form.
In the accompanying drawing, the component list of each label representative is following:
1 back tailstock, 2 left longerons, 3 right vertical beams, 4 collar tie beams, 5 front overhang cylinder free bearings, 6 left socles, 7 rod assemblies; 8 right supports, 9 connection pipes, 10 left bumper/spoiler lengthening beams, 11 right bumper/spoiler lengthening beams, 12 bumper/spoilers, 13 longeron reinforced ribs, 14 longeron lower flanges; 15 longeron endosternums, 16 longeron upper flanges, the outer web of 17 longerons, 18 shroudings, 19 pipes, 20 fuel tank permanent seats; 21 bolts, 22 bearing pins, 23 bolts, 24 support longerons, 25 reinforced ribs, 26 columns.
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For making the object of the invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer, will combine accompanying drawing that embodiment of the present invention is done to describe in detail further below.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive, and this body frame structure for automotive is mainly by back tailstock 1, left longeron 2; Right vertical beam 3, collar tie beam 4, front overhang cylinder free bearing 5; Left socle 6, rod assembly 7, right support 8; Connection pipe 9, left bumper/spoiler lengthening beam 10, right bumper/spoiler lengthening beam 11; Bumper/spoiler 12 is formed, and back tailstock 1, collar tie beam 4, bumper/spoiler 12 are connected with left longeron 2, right vertical beam 3 respectively, and front overhang cylinder free bearing 5 is connected with collar tie beam 4; Back tailstock and longeron connecting bridge comprise the outer web 17 of longeron lower flange 14, longeron endosternum 15, longeron upper flange 16 and longeron, when the vehicle frame rivet welding, at first rivet back tailstock 1 and left longeron 2, right vertical beam 3 welding longeron lower flange 14;, the weld seam between the outer web 14 of longeron endosternum 15, longeron upper flange 16, longeron and the back tailstock 1, guaranteed the completion of first box weld seam, last rivet welding longeron reinforced rib 13 arrives correct position; Welded reinforced rib 13 and welding longeron lower flange 14 on request,, the second box weld seam between the longeron endosternum 15, longeron upper flange 16, back tailstock 1, accomplished two box structures of left longeron 2 and back tailstock 1 and right vertical beam 3 and back tailstock 1.
As shown in Figure 3, longeron inside is provided with brace panel 19, and brace panel 19 is welded on the longeron.On the endosternum 15 of left longeron of vehicle frame 2 and right vertical beam 3 and outer web 17, need the position of increase brace panel to open circular hole; Shrouding 18 rivet weldings at pipe 19 and place, pipe end on web; Weld seam is an annular arrangement osed top weld seam, and welding stress is uniformly distributed with, and has guaranteed the intensity of longeron; Fuel tank permanent seat 20 is welded on the shrouding, has avoided increasing brace panel in addition at longeron same position place.Wherein on longeron, be distributed with a plurality of identical pipes 19 and shrouding 18.
As shown in Figure 6; Be welded with left socle 6 and right support 8 between collar tie beam 4 and the longeron, left socle 6 is connected through rod assembly 7 with right support 8, and left socle 6 forms square enclosed construction with collar tie beam 4,2 welding of left longeron; Right support 8 forms the square enclosed construction of another one with collar tie beam 4, right vertical beam 3 welding; The whole framed structure that forms makes the platform permanent seat that very strong rigidity and intensity arranged, and guarantees the service life of platform permanent seat.Wherein, support comprises support longeron 24, column 26 and reinforced rib 25, and support longeron 24 is horizontal; Support longeron 24 vertically is connected with column 26; Reinforced rib 25 is positioned at said vertical connecting portion, and support longeron 24 is welded on the collar tie beam 4, and column 26 is welded on the longeron.
For the beam overall that guarantees vehicle frame is no more than 3400mm; It is special that this part makes three parts bumper/spoiler; Like Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, two ends respectively increase left bumper/spoiler lengthening beam 10 and right bumper/spoiler lengthening beam 11, are connected through bolt 23 between bumper/spoiler lengthening beam and the bumper/spoiler 12.Front overhang cylinder free bearing 5 is connected with bearing pin 22 with collar tie beam 4 usefulness bolts 21, makes the vehicle frame overall dimensions within 3400mm, guarantees the vehicle frame convenient transportation.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of dumping car, this dumping car has above-mentioned described quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive.Other part of dumping car can be with reference to prior art, does not do at this and gives unnecessary details.
Disclosed quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive of the embodiment of the invention and the dumping car that comprises this structure are provided with two box-structures through the attachment weld between tailstock behind the vehicle frame and longeron, strong assurance the intensity of back tailstock and longeron connecting portion; Secondly, as brace panel, make the longeron welding stress be evenly distributed, guaranteed longeron intensity at chassis side rail inner utilization pipe; In addition, the platform permanent seat in the vehicle frame is set to framed structure, makes framed structure simple, firm, has guaranteed the rigidity and the intensity of platform permanent seat; At last, front overhang cylinder free bearing and collar tie beam are fixed with bolt and bearing pin, and bumper/spoiler becomes three parts, and bumper/spoiler two ends lengthening beam and bumper/spoiler make the vehicle frame beam overall be no more than 3400mm through bolted connection, guarantee the vehicle frame convenient transportation.
More than specific embodiment of the present invention is described in detail, but the present invention is not restricted to the specific embodiment of above description, it is just as example.To those skilled in the art, any being equal to
Revise and substitute also all among category of the present invention.Therefore, not breaking away from impartial conversion and the modification of having done under the spirit and scope of the present invention, all should contain within the scope of the invention.

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1. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive; Comprise back tailstock (1), left longeron (2), right vertical beam (3), collar tie beam (4), front overhang cylinder free bearing (5) and bumper/spoiler (12); Said back tailstock (1), said collar tie beam (4), said bumper/spoiler (12) are connected with said left longeron (2), said right vertical beam (3) respectively; Said front overhang cylinder free bearing (5) is connected with said collar tie beam (4); Said back tailstock (1) and said longeron connecting bridge comprise the outer web (17) of longeron lower flange (14), longeron endosternum (15), longeron upper flange (16) and longeron; It is characterized in that; Said connecting bridge also includes the longeron reinforced rib of being located on the longeron (13); Said connecting bridge adopts two box weld seam welding; The weld seam of welding is the first box weld seam between said longeron lower flange (14), said longeron endosternum (15), said longeron upper flange (16), the outer web (17) of said longeron and the said back tailstock (1), and the weld seam of welding is the second box weld seam between said longeron reinforced rib (13) and said back tailstock (1), said longeron lower flange (14), said longeron endosternum (15), the said longeron upper flange (16).
2. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said longeron inside is provided with brace panel (19), and said brace panel (19) is welded on the said longeron.
3. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 2; It is characterized in that; Said brace panel (19) is a pipe; Have the circular hole that is complementary with said pipe on the said longeron, said pipe (19) end is provided with circular shrouding (18), and said pipe (19) and said shrouding (18) are welded on the said longeron.
4. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 3 is characterized in that, said welded seam is the closed circular annular, and a plurality of said pipes (19) are arranged on said longeron, is welded with fuel tank permanent seat (20) on the said shrouding (18).
5. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; Be welded with left socle (6) and right support (8) between said collar tie beam (4) and the said longeron; Said left socle (6) is connected through rod assembly (7) with said right support (8), and said left socle (6) forms enclosed construction with said collar tie beam (4), said left longeron (2) welding, and said right support (8) forms enclosed construction with said collar tie beam (4), said right vertical beam (3) welding.
6. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 5; It is characterized in that; Said support comprises support longeron (24), column (26) and reinforced rib (25), and said support longeron (24) is horizontal, and said support longeron (24) vertically is connected with said column (26); Said reinforced rib (25) is positioned at said vertical connecting portion; Said support longeron (24) is welded on the said collar tie beam (4), and said column (26) is welded on the said longeron, and said enclosed construction is shaped as square.
7. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said bumper/spoiler (12) two ends are respectively equipped with left bumper/spoiler lengthening beam (10) and right bumper/spoiler lengthening beam (11).
8. quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive according to claim 7 is characterized in that, said lengthening beam (10,11) is connected through bolt (23) with said bumper/spoiler (12).
9. according to claim 7 or 8 described quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive, it is characterized in that said collar tie beam (4) is connected with said front overhang cylinder free bearing (5) with bearing pin (22) through bolt (21).
10. a dumping car is characterized in that, said dumping car comprises each described quarry tipper body frame structure for automotive of claim 1 to 9.
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