CN102784704B - Dismantling process for copper and aluminum composite radiator and dismantling machine thereof - Google Patents
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The invention provides a dismantling process for a copper and aluminum composite radiator and a dismantling machine of the copper and aluminum composite radiator, belonging to the technical field of dismantling and separation of metal materials. With the adoption of the dismantling process, the problems that the waste or old radiator is not completely recovered, and the recovery benefit is low due to backward equipment and the like are solved. The dismantling process comprises the steps of crushing the radiator, recrushing, removing iron from fragments, separating the fragments, and secondarily separating the fragments. In the dismantling machine, an outlet of the dismantling machine is communicated with an inlet of a hammer-milling machine through a delivery mechanism; an outlet of the hammer-milling machine is communicated with a three-outlet airflow winnowing chamber, and an inlet of a secondary separation output mechanism sequentially through the delivery mechanism, wherein the three-outlet airflow winnowing chamber can separate and output copper, aluminum and copper and aluminum combination; and the waste material output mechanism is respectively communicated with the hammer-milling machine, the three-outlet airflow winnowing chamber and the secondary separation output mechanism through pipelines. The dismantling process and the dismantling machine have the advantages of complete and full recovery and improved recovery efficiency and the like.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to metal material and disassemble separation technology field, refer in particular to disassembling treatment process and disassembling processor of a kind of copper, aluminum composite heating radiator.
Background technology
Its core of automobile radiators (also claiming radiator) is made up of cooling tube and fin, the material of manufacturing is generally copper and aluminium, wherein cooling tube often adopts copper, fin to adopt aluminum, this hybrid metal water tank is extremely low without separating its value that is recycled, and copper, aluminium are very huge as the use amount of industrial metal material, if therefore this kind of metal mixed water tank successfully to separate its economic worth considerable.
At present, Chinese patent literature discloses a kind of copper aluminum water tank millerator, and Granted publication number is (CN201644200U), and this copper aluminum water tank millerator, is characterized in that, described continuous separator for metal mixture comprises the input equipment setting gradually, pulverizer, vibrator, intermediate transport equipment, blower fan, and output equipment, also comprise corresponding electric-control system and stand arrangement, pulverizer is connected with input equipment, vibrator entrance is connected with pulverizer, the outlet of vibrator is connected with output equipment, the arrival end of vibrator is higher than the port of export of vibrator, on intermediate transport equipment, be provided with and inhale iron device, intermediate transport equipment connection is between the port of export of vibrator and the arrival end of output equipment, blower fan is arranged on the arrival end of output equipment, output equipment is interval with feed opening from arrival end successively to the port of export, the port of export at vibrator is provided with waste outlet.It is simple in structure, after water tank is pulverized by pulverizer, to enter vibrator vibration to separate, utilize wind-force to be isolated by blower fan again, the structure of its vibrator is screen cloth, the water tank separating via this structure, the one, the volume of copper, aluminium after separating is too little, and in pelletized form, the value of recovery reduces greatly; The 2nd, this vibrator, in the time of work, easily makes fine particles fly in air, has polluted working environment; The 3rd, if the pulverizing of pulverizer is not thorough, after vibrator and output equipment, still there is copper aluminum composition, if again do not process this copper aluminum composition, make waste disposal, cause the waste of raw material.
Summary of the invention
The object of this invention is to provide disassembling treatment process and disassembling processor of a kind of copper, aluminum composite heating radiator.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this:
1, copper, aluminum composite heating radiator disassemble treatment process, comprise the following steps:
(1) radiator fragmentation: the radiator that composite is made tears up through sending into disintegrating machine, and the chip length after tearing up is controlled in 200mm;
(2) radiator second-time breakage: the radiator fragment after tearing up is hammered into shape broken in conveyer is sent into beating crusher, is controlled at the radiator chip length after broken hammer in 60mm;
(3) radiator fragment deironing: remove irony by tramp iron separator through hammering broken radiator fragment into shape;
(4) radiator chip separation: hammer radiator fragment after broken into shape and send into air compartment eminence through conveyer and fall, dry by air blast in air compartment bottom, under the effect of wind-force, different materials is blown off in different positions because proportion is different, obtains copper, aluminium and fails broken apart copper aluminum composition;
(5) secondary separation of radiator fragment: failing broken apart copper aluminum composition shakes after separating and send into air compartment eminence and fall through having the conveyer of vibration function, separates again by the wind-force effect of air blast,
Or the secondary separation of described radiator fragment:
Fail broken apart copper aluminum composition and pulverize in conveyer is sent into fine crusher, particle volume after pulverizing is controlled in 10mm*10mm, particle is dried by air blast, be blown in air compartment via pipeline, the vibrating disc of the inclination by air compartment bottom separates shot copper with aluminum shot;
(6) hammer the lighter waste material such as plastics, dust producing in broken, separation, secondary separation process into shape and be evacuated to dust storage chamber by air exhauster via pipeline.
Above-mentioned copper, the processor of disassembling of disassembling treatment process of aluminum composite heating radiator, the outlet of disintegrating machine is communicated with the entrance of beating crusher through transmission mechanism, the outlet of beating crusher is communicated with three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers of separable output copper, aluminium and copper aluminum composition and the entrance of secondary separation output mechanism successively through transmission mechanism, and waste material output mechanism is connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism respectively by pipeline.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned transmission mechanism is: be correspondingly provided with at the two ends of transmission frame and can pass through motor-driven running roller, on two running rollers, volume is provided with transport tape, wherein: be arranged on beating crusher and export the transport tape being connected with three exit flow selection by winnowing chamber inlets and be provided with the magnet of the iron substance in adsorbable radiator fragment, the copper aluminum composition that is arranged on three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers exports the transport tape being connected with secondary separation output mechanism entrance and is provided with vibration motor.
The two ends of three above-mentioned exit flow selection by winnowing chambers are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with the air blast towards the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing, be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively under copper aluminum composition under funnel, copper funnel under funnel and aluminium.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned secondary separation output mechanism is: the two ends in two exit flow selection by winnowing chamber are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with the air blast towards the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing, be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively under copper funnel under funnel and aluminium.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned secondary separation output mechanism is: under the copper aluminum composition of three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers, funnel is communicated with the entrance of fine crusher by transmission mechanism, the exit seal of fine crusher is connected with the carrier pipe to its inner blowing by air blast, carrier pipe is connected with upper end, selection by winnowing chamber, the other end of selection by winnowing chamber is communicated with waste material output mechanism, the bottom of selection by winnowing chamber is provided with the vibrating disc by driven by motor being inclined to set, and vibrating disc can along inclined direction slide copper, aluminium are separated to two ends output.
Above-mentioned waste material output mechanism is all connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism by the entrance point of pipeline, and the port of export of described pipeline is provided with air exhauster and Material collecting box for harvesting.
The present invention compared to existing technology outstanding and useful technique effect is:
The present invention passes through disintegrating machine, beating crusher retains the chip length of certain volume, it is carried out to first separation, utilize varying in weight of metal, it is setting point difference after wind, can obtain larger volume, metallic copper and aluminium that higher reclamation is worth, collect simultaneously and fail the metal mixture that thoroughly separates, now can manual observation select follow-up secondary separation technique, for the metal mixture of smaller size smaller, adopt pulverizer to be ground into granular, clipped wire is separated by vibrating disc, for the metal mixture of larger volume, the mode that can again separate by wind separates, the present invention takes full advantage of the characteristic of metal, keep as much as possible the recovery value of metal, be provided with waste material output mechanism simultaneously, avoid airborne dust, complete machine environmental protection.
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Fig. 1 is the processing technological flow figure that disassembles of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the processor structure schematic diagram of disassembling of the present invention.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, with specific embodiment, the invention will be further described, referring to Fig. 1-2:
1, copper, aluminum composite heating radiator disassemble treatment process, comprise the following steps:
(1) radiator fragmentation: the radiator that composite is made tears up through sending into disintegrating machine, and the chip length after tearing up is controlled in 200mm; Because the volume of waste and old radiator is larger, cannot directly hammer into shape brokenly, be shredded into for the first time and be applicable to the broken length of hammer, also can not have influence on the size of copper product simultaneously.
(2) radiator second-time breakage: the radiator fragment after tearing up is hammered into shape broken in conveyer is sent into beating crusher, is controlled at the radiator chip length after broken hammer in 60mm; In hammering the fragment after broken into shape, have copper, aluminium and composition thereof, through experiment, it is little that the copper fragment under this kind of length adheres to impurity, and recovery value is high.
(3) radiator fragment deironing: remove irony by tramp iron separator through hammering broken radiator fragment into shape; Various material purity after separation are high, without again removing impurity.
(4) radiator chip separation: hammer radiator fragment after broken into shape and send into air compartment eminence through conveyer and fall, dry by air blast in air compartment bottom, under the effect of wind-force, different materials is blown off in different positions because proportion is different, obtains copper, aluminium and fails broken apart copper aluminum composition; Wherein, the quality maximum of copper aluminum composition, is secondly copper, is finally aluminium.
(5) secondary separation of radiator fragment: failing broken apart copper aluminum composition shakes after separating and send into air compartment eminence and fall through having the conveyer of vibration function, separates again by the wind-force effect of air blast,
Or the secondary separation of described radiator fragment:
Fail broken apart copper aluminum composition and pulverize in conveyer is sent into fine crusher, particle volume after pulverizing is controlled in 10mm*10mm, particle is dried by air blast, be blown in air compartment via pipeline, the vibrating disc of the inclination by air compartment bottom separates shot copper with aluminum shot; Secondary separation can be secondary selection by winnowing or second-time breakage separates, copper aluminum composition after the first separation of user's observable, if more difficult vibrations are broken up, adopt second-time breakage to separate, can effectively obtain copper billet and the aluminium block of larger volume by this method, and for the large copper aluminum composition of separating difficulty, carry out pulverization process, still can effectively isolate shot copper and aluminum shot, waste and old radiator is fully reclaimed.
(6) hammer the lighter waste material such as plastics, dust producing in broken, separation, secondary separation process into shape and be evacuated to dust storage chamber by air exhauster via pipeline.
The outlet of disintegrating machine 1 is communicated with the entrance of beating crusher 2 through transmission mechanism, the outlet of beating crusher 2 is communicated with three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers 3 of separable output copper, aluminium and copper aluminum composition and the entrance of secondary separation output mechanism 4 successively through transmission mechanism, and waste material output mechanism is connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism respectively by pipeline.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned transmission mechanism is: be correspondingly provided with at the two ends of transmission frame and can pass through motor-driven running roller, on two running rollers, volume is provided with transport tape, wherein: be arranged on beating crusher and export the transport tape being connected with three exit flow selection by winnowing chamber inlets and be provided with the magnet of the iron substance in adsorbable radiator fragment, the copper aluminum composition that is arranged on three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers exports the transport tape being connected with secondary separation output mechanism entrance and is provided with vibration motor 51.
The two ends of three above-mentioned exit flow selection by winnowing chambers 3 are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with the air blast 31 towards the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing, be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively under copper aluminum composition under funnel 30, copper funnel 33 under funnel 32 and aluminium.In conjunction with actual conditions, the quality of copper aluminum composition is the heaviest, and secondly metallic copper, is then metallic aluminium, therefore its linear pattern is arranged successively, can effectively collect different metals.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned secondary separation output mechanism is: the two ends in two exit flow selection by winnowing chamber 40 are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with the air blast 41 towards the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing, be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively under copper funnel 43 under funnel 42 and aluminium.While adopting the distinguished and admirable chamber 40 of two exit flows, the transport tape of its entrance is provided with vibration motor 51, this is because its mixing tautness of the copper aluminum metal composition after first separation is higher, therefore adopts vibration motor 51 it to be done on transport tape to vibrations and shakes loose, and is convenient to follow-up flow separation.
The concrete structure of above-mentioned secondary separation output mechanism is: under the copper aluminum composition of three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers, funnel 30 is communicated with the entrance of fine crusher 6 by transmission mechanism, the exit seal of fine crusher is connected with the carrier pipe 61 to its inner blowing by air blast 60, carrier pipe is connected with upper end, selection by winnowing chamber, the other end of selection by winnowing chamber is communicated with waste material output mechanism, the bottom of selection by winnowing chamber is provided with the vibrating disc 52 by driven by motor being inclined to set, and vibrating disc can along inclined direction slide copper, aluminium are separated to two ends output.
Vibrating disc is back and forth to determine stroke along its incline direction to slide, and the shot copper after fine crusher is pulverized and aluminum shot are blown into the top of selection by winnowing chamber by air blast 60, rely on gravity fall to vibrating disc, and wherein, the quality difference of copper, aluminium, makes it slide to respectively the two ends of vibrating disc.
Above-mentioned waste material output mechanism is all connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism by the entrance point of pipeline 7, and the port of export of described pipeline is provided with air exhauster 70 and Material collecting box for harvesting 71.
Above-described embodiment is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not limits the scope of the invention according to this, therefore: all equivalences of doing according to structure of the present invention, shape, principle change, within all should being covered by protection scope of the present invention.
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- Copper, aluminum composite heating radiator disassemble treatment process, comprise the following steps:(1) radiator fragmentation: the radiator that composite is made tears up through sending into disintegrating machine, and the chip length after tearing up is controlled in 200mm;(2) radiator second-time breakage: the radiator fragment after tearing up is hammered into shape broken in conveyer is sent into beating crusher, is controlled at the radiator chip length after broken hammer in 60mm;(3) radiator fragment deironing: remove irony by tramp iron separator through hammering broken radiator fragment into shape;(4) radiator chip separation: hammer radiator fragment after broken into shape and send into air compartment eminence through conveyer and fall, dry by air blast in air compartment bottom, under the effect of wind-force, different materials is blown off in different positions because proportion is different, obtains copper, aluminium and fails broken apart copper aluminum composition;(5) secondary separation of radiator fragment: failing broken apart copper aluminum composition shakes after separating and send into air compartment eminence and fall through having the conveyer of vibration function, separates again by the wind-force effect of air blast,Or the secondary separation of described radiator fragment:Fail broken apart copper aluminum composition and pulverize in conveyer is sent into fine crusher, particle volume after pulverizing is controlled in 10mm*10mm, particle is dried by air blast, be blown in air compartment via pipeline, the vibrating disc of the inclination by air compartment bottom separates shot copper with aluminum shot;(6) hammer the plastics, dust, the waste material that in broken, separation, secondary separation process, produce into shape and be evacuated to dust storage chamber by air exhauster via pipeline.
- 2. the processor of disassembling of disassembling treatment process of copper as claimed in claim 1, aluminum composite heating radiator, it is characterized in that: the outlet of disintegrating machine (1) is communicated with the entrance of beating crusher (2) through transmission mechanism, the outlet of beating crusher (2) is communicated with three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers (3) of separable output copper, aluminium and copper aluminum composition and the entrance of secondary separation output mechanism (4) successively through transmission mechanism, and waste material output mechanism is connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism respectively by pipeline.
- 3. the processor of disassembling according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the concrete structure of described transmission mechanism is: be correspondingly provided with at the two ends of transmission frame and can pass through motor-driven running roller, on two running rollers, volume is provided with transport tape, wherein: be arranged on beating crusher and export the transport tape being connected with three exit flow selection by winnowing chamber inlets and be provided with the magnet of the iron substance in adsorbable radiator fragment, the copper aluminum composition that is arranged on three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers exports the transport tape being connected with secondary separation output mechanism entrance and is provided with vibration motor (51).
- 4. the processor of disassembling according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the two ends of three described exit flow selection by winnowing chambers (3) are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with towards the air blast of the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing (31), be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively under funnel under copper aluminum composition (30), copper funnel (33) under funnel (32) and aluminium.
- 5. the processor of disassembling according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the concrete structure of described secondary separation output mechanism is: the two ends in two exit flow selection by winnowing chambers (40) are respectively equipped with the opening being connected with transmission mechanism and waste material output mechanism, the one end being connected with transmission mechanism is provided with towards the air blast of the indoor blowing of selection by winnowing (41), be positioned at selection by winnowing chamber bottom linearly type be interval with successively funnel (43) under funnel under copper (42) and aluminium.
- 6. the processor of disassembling according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the concrete structure of described secondary separation output mechanism is: under the copper aluminum composition of three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers, funnel (30) is communicated with the entrance of fine crusher (6) by transmission mechanism, the exit seal of fine crusher is connected with the carrier pipe (61) to its inner blowing by air blast (60), carrier pipe is connected with upper end, selection by winnowing chamber, the other end of selection by winnowing chamber is communicated with waste material output mechanism, the bottom of selection by winnowing chamber is provided with the vibrating disc by driven by motor (52) being inclined to set, vibrating disc can along inclined direction slide copper, aluminium is separated to two ends output.
- 7. according to the processor of disassembling described in claim 2-6 any one, it is characterized in that: described waste material output mechanism is all connected with beating crusher, three exit flow selection by winnowing chambers and secondary separation output mechanism by the entrance point of pipeline (7), and the port of export of described pipeline is provided with air exhauster (70) and Material collecting box for harvesting (71).
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