CN103920560B - A kind of hydraulic locking pad and locking method - Google Patents

A kind of hydraulic locking pad and locking method Download PDF

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CN103920560B
CN103920560B CN201410084957.9A CN201410084957A CN103920560B CN 103920560 B CN103920560 B CN 103920560B CN 201410084957 A CN201410084957 A CN 201410084957A CN 103920560 B CN103920560 B CN 103920560B
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Conical sand making adjustment swivel nut can be engaged to a kind of hydraulic locking pad and locking method of between cog progress strength friction locking without spanner with upper spider the present invention relates to a kind of, locking cylinder piston wall is coordinated by O-ring seal and the sealing of shape sealing ring, y-type seal ring and y-type seal ring and locking cylinder cylinder body in locking cylinder assembly, and clamping screw passes through locking cylinder piston and locking screw tightening latch is slidably matched with locking cylinder rod aperture.Advantage:One is hydraulic locking gasket design, has started the precedent locked between circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher hat stand assembly and adjustment swivel nut using hydraulic die cushion piece;Two be stone roller sand spacing between the anti-wear fixed sleeve and anti-wear fixed sleeve that adjust caused by swivel nut fixing bolt loosens for fundamentally solving background technology presence(Longkou)Change, it is to avoid sand granular size processed or the relative defect that can not ensure of broken stone size, it is ensured that sand quality processed or the quality of broken building stones.

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A kind of hydraulic locking pad and locking method
Technical field
The adjustment swivel nut of conical sand making or gyratory crusher can be nibbled with upper spider without spanner the present invention relates to a kind of A kind of hydraulic locking pad and locking method that between cog carries out strength friction locking are closed, category circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher are special Field is manufactured with pad.
Background technology
CN101816967B, title " cone sand making machine and sand method processed ", bevel gear wheel is enclosed on excentric sleeve, eccentric Axle sleeve is enclosed on by copper overcoat in the axis hole at lower casing center, and main shaft is located in excentric sleeve and by excentric sleeve by interior copper sheathing Spindle swing is promoted, spheric seating is located on the housing bracing ring of the positioning shaft hole in lower casing, and mantle is enclosed on by sphere brasses Mantle is promoted to swing on main shaft and by main shaft, movable sleeve bushing is enclosed on the conical surface of mantle, and anti-wear movable sleeve is enclosed on the cone of movable sleeve bushing On face, panelling device is enclosed on main shaft and is locked panelling device using locking nut, and upper casing coordinates with lower casing and outside upper casing Be provided with the adjustment oil cylinder of three or more than three between flange and lower casing flanging, upper casing inwall in a ring serrated helicoid shape and It is meshed with the toroidal helical sawtooth for adjusting swivel nut outer wall, adjustment swivel nut is in double horn shape structure, its lower loudspeaker wall passes through fixed set Bushing is connected with anti-wear fixed sleeve, upper loudspeaker wall is used to support hopper assembly.Need further perfect be:Due to adjustment swivel nut with Fastened, not only fastened arduously using bolt, elastomeric pad between upper casing, and sand making machine shaking produced by during sand processed Dynamic, opposition produced by huge sand grinding pressure processed is inevitably acted on adjustment swivel nut with anti-wear fixed sleeve thoroughly, is made The bolt and elastomeric pad for obtaining fixed adjustment swivel nut loosen, the stone roller sand for causing anti-wear fixed sleeve to be formed with the anti-wear fixed sleeve on mantle Spacing(Longkou)Change, cause sand granular size relativity processed can not ensure that sand quality processed can not ensure.
The content of the invention
Purpose of design:The weak point in background technology is avoided, design is a kind of can be by conical sand making or circle without spanner The adjustment swivel nut of conic crusher engages a kind of hydraulic locking pad and the locking side that between cog carries out strength friction locking with upper spider Method.
Design:In order to realize above-mentioned purpose of design.1st, clamping screw is lived through locking cylinder in many locking cylinder assemblies The design that plug spins with adjustment swivel nut, is one of technical characteristic of the present invention.The purpose so done is:Due to locking cylinder piston Bolt hole is opened at center, and it is screw mandrel that the top of locking screw tightening latch, which is polished rod, bottom, when clamping screw passes through locking cylinder piston When, its clamping screw cap is stuck in locking cylinder piston centre through hole upper surface, and top polished rod and locking cylinder in locking screw tightening latch In piston bolt hole wall in being slidably matched, the screw mandrel of bottom spun with adjustment swivel nut, when many locking cylinder assemblies work, liquid Force feed drives locking cylinder piston to move up, and locking cylinder piston driving locking screw tightening latch is moved up, and clamping screw drives adjustment swivel nut to move up When, due to upper spider and adjustment swivel nut intermeshing, thus moving up for adjustment swivel nut forces adjustment swivel nut and upper spider engaging tooth Between formed strength friction combine, this strength friction combine in the presence of many locking cylinder assemblies of hydraulic pressure, force adjustment swivel nut with Loosening phenomenon will not occur for the combination between upper spider, ensure that the uniformity of sand making machine Longkou spacing size, so that it is guaranteed that The relative uniformity of sand quality processed.2nd, in many locking cylinder assemblies accumulator setting, be the present invention technical characteristic two. The purpose so done is:Because hydraulic accumulator not only has the effect for absorbing hydraulic shock, and control is set with hydraulic pressure Control function, it can either absorb sand making machine grind sand during to hydraulic pressure pad percussion, it is ensured that hydraulic pressure pad hydraulic permanent determine The reliability of locking, again can be according to the self-insurance of the practical hydraulic pressure pad of hydraulic pressure setting value, and by the self-insurance of hydraulic pressure pad, prevents from grinding Iron, non-pulverizing property foreign matter is crossed during sand to damage the destructive of adjustment swivel nut.3rd, in many locking cylinder assemblies on T-shaped cylinder Sealed under the Y types sealing notch in portion along cylinder diameter and Y types on notch along cylinder diameter difference equal to or less than y-type seal ring The design of middle U sealing rings wall thickness, is the three of the technical characteristic of the present invention.The purpose so done is:Both locking cylinder work had been increased Plug and the contact area of hydraulic oil, form hydraulic circuit again, make hydraulic oil conveniently enter y-type seal ring U-shaped it is recessed in and By U sealing ring wall spreadings, the outer wall and locking cylinder cylinder body formation on-line pressure sealant and the on-line pressure sealant pressure for making U sealing ring walls are equal to Oil pressure in oil pocket, accordingly ensure that oil pressure will not be revealed in oil pocket.4th, the screw rod top of clamping screw is that polished rod, bottom are silk The design of bar, is the four of the technical characteristic of the present invention.The purpose so done is:Because the top of locking screw tightening latch is polished rod, When locking cylinder piston bush is in polished rod, its polished rod had both met locking cylinder piston and moved up and down, again can be in many locking cylinder assemblies When generation hydraulic pressure is revealed, adjustment swivel nut and hat stand assembly are together locked with locking cylinder piston, locking cylinder piston when a little is just as pad Piece.
Technical scheme 1:Locking cylinder piston wall passes through O-ring seal in a kind of hydraulic locking pad, many locking cylinder assemblies Coordinate with sealing ring, y-type seal ring and y-type seal ring and the sealing of locking cylinder cylinder body, clamping screw passes through locking cylinder piston and lock Tight shank of bolt is slidably matched with locking cylinder rod aperture.
Technical scheme 2:A kind of hydraulic locking pad hydraulic locking method, when hydraulic locking pad be used for circular cone sand making machine or During gyratory crusher, when being locked between circular cone sand making machine hat stand assembly and adjustment swivel nut using many locking cylinder assemblies, positioned at adjustment When the sand processed mouthful spacing that the anti-wear movable sleeve on anti-wear fixed sleeve and mantle on swivel nut is constituted is set up, many locking cylinders of manual rotation Clamping screw in assembly, make clamping screw with adjustment swivel nut hand Screw after, now hydraulic station by high-pressure oil pipe to many Hydraulic oil in oil pocket injection hydraulic oil in locking cylinder assembly, oil pocket promotes locking cylinder piston to move up, locking cylinder piston While upper surface drive clamping screw is shifted up, clamping screw drive adjustment swivel nut moves up to force mutually to be nibbled with adjustment swivel nut The upper spider engagement between cog Powerful-grinder of conjunction wipes contact, so as to reach the purpose of locking adjustment swivel nut and hat stand assembly.
The present invention is compared with background technology, and one is hydraulic locking gasket design, has started circular cone sand making machine or cone crusher The precedent locked between machine hat stand assembly and adjustment swivel nut using hydraulic die cushion piece;Two be fundamentally to solve background technology presence Adjustment swivel nut fixing bolt loosen caused by anti-wear fixed sleeve and anti-wear fixed sleeve between grind sand spacing(Longkou)Change, it is to avoid The relative defect that can not ensure of sand granular size or broken stone size processed, it is ensured that sand quality processed or the quality of broken building stones.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of many locking cylinder assemblies.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of locking cylinder piston.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation for locking cylinder body.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of locking cylinder oil circuit arrangement.
Fig. 5 is that hydraulic locking pad is used for the partial structural diagram of circular cone sand making machine or disintegrating machine.
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Embodiment 1:Referring to the drawings 1-5.Locking cylinder piston in a kind of hydraulic locking pad, many many locking cylinder assemblies 1 16 walls pass through O-ring seal 11 and another sealing ring 14, the first y-type seal ring 12 and the second y-type seal ring 13 and locking cylinder cylinder The sealing of body 15 coordinates, and clamping screw 17 passes through locking cylinder piston 16 and the bar of clamping screw 17 is slided with the rod aperture of locking cylinder piston 16 and matched somebody with somebody Close.The upper end of locking cylinder cylinder body 15 is locked with lock nut 18 to be coordinated.The locking cylinder piston 16 is diametrically to be up big and down small T-shaped cylinder, T-shaped cylinder top is provided with O-shaped seal groove 111 and Y types seal groove 112, and the Y types on T-shaped cylinder top are close It is less than under sealing groove mouthful along the diameter of cylinder 114 on Y types sealing notch along the diameter of cylinder 113, O-ring seal 11, the first Y types are close Seal 12 is located in respective seal groove respectively.Along cylinder diameter and Y under the Y types sealing notch on the T-shaped cylinder top It is equal to or less than U sealing ring wall thickness in y-type seal ring along cylinder diameter difference on type sealing notch.In the locking cylinder cylinder body 15 Footpath is made up of large, medium and small three kinds of different cavity footpaths of stairstepping from top to bottom, and oil pocket is located at lumen 19, and oil inlet and outlet 20 is connected with lumen, Small cavity wall is provided with O-shaped seal groove 11 and Y types seal groove 116.It is intraoral along formation chamfering on the big chamber of the locking cylinder cylinder body 15.Institute State and be respectively provided with locking cylinder threeway 117 on many many locking cylinder assemblies 1(Three)Or locking cylinder four-way 118 and stand lock more than many Threeway 117, four-way 118 and high-pressure oil pipe 119 on tight cylinder assembly 1(6 circle high-pressure oil pipes)Connection, two locking cylinder four-ways 118 Petrol station and accumulator 120 are connect respectively.
When hydraulic locking pad is used for circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher, the circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher In hat stand assembly 2 and adjustment swivel nut 3 between locked using many many locking cylinder assemblies 1.The purpose so done is:In circular cone The stabilization of swivel nut fixed position can be kept adjusting during the sand processed of sand making machine, sand processed is directly connected to and rolls accent spacing (Longkou)It can keep stable, and can Longkou keep the stable size for being directly connected to sand particle processed keep relative one Can cause property, i.e., keep sand quality processed relatively uniform.Because adjustment swivel nut working face directly fixes anti-wear fixed sleeve, and with it is wear-resistant fixed Fixed on the relative mantle of set is anti-wear movable sleeve, and as Longkou, this Shen are constituted between chamber between anti-wear movable sleeve and anti-wear fixed sleeve Please be using many locking cylinder assemblies locking adjustment swivel nuts and hat stand assembly, hydraulic cylinder is equivalent to hydraulic pressure in its many locking cylinder assemblies Pad, when hydraulic pressure pad pressure release, can realize easily locking or unlatching manually between adjustment swivel nut and hat stand assembly, and work as hydraulic pressure After pad pressurization, the reliable fixation between whole swivel nut and hat stand assembly is successfully realized again through hydraulic die cushion piece, sand processed is solved Machine Longkou is during sand processed because the huge opposition produced by sand grinding pressure processed is to adjustment swivel nut and hat stand assembly Between fixing and bonding force influence, both ensure that adjustment swivel nut and hat stand assembly between reliable fixation, in turn ensure that Longkou sand The stability of spacing, it is ensured that the relative uniformity of sand quality processed.Using many locking cylinder assembly locking adjustment swivel nuts 3 and hat stand Assembly 2, is equivalent to total 1 one-tenth of locking cylinder as hydraulic pressure pad, the purpose of locking is reached by hydraulic pressure pad pressure, that is, works as liquid During pressure pad piece pressure release, easily locking or unlatching manually between adjustment swivel nut 3 and hat stand assembly 2 can be realized, and when hydraulic pressure pad adds After pressure, the reliable fixation between adjustment swivel nut 3 and hat stand assembly 2 is successfully realized again through hydraulic die cushion piece, it is to avoid sand processed is rolled Influence of the power opposition to fixing and bonding force between adjustment swivel nut 3 and hat stand assembly 2.Described many many locking cylinder assemblies Clamping screw 17 spins through locking cylinder piston 16 with adjustment swivel nut 3 in 1.
Embodiment 2:On the basis of embodiment 1, a kind of hydraulic locking pad hydraulic locking method, when hydraulic locking pad During for circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher, between the hat stand assembly 2 and adjustment swivel nut 3 in circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher During using many many locking cylinder assemblies 1 locking, the anti-wear fixed sleeve 4 on adjustment swivel nut 3 and the anti-wear movable sleeve 6 on mantle 5 When the sand processed mouthful spacing constituted is set up, the clamping screw 17 in many many locking cylinder assemblies 1 of manual rotation makes clamping screw 17 with being adjusted after the hand Screw of swivel nut 3, and now hydraulic station is noted by oil pocket of the high-pressure oil pipe into many many locking cylinder assemblies 1 Entering the hydraulic oil in hydraulic oil, oil pocket promotes locking cylinder piston 16 to move up, and the upper surface of locking cylinder piston 16 drives locking screw While bolt 17 is shifted up, clamping screw 17 drives adjustment swivel nut 3 to move up and forced and the adjustment intermeshing upper spider of swivel nut 3 7 engagement between cog Powerful-grinders wipe contact, so as to reach the purpose of locking adjustment swivel nut 3 and hat stand assembly 2.Lock nut 18 is screwed in On locking cylinder cylinder body 15 and make between the cap inwall of lock nut 18 and the cap of clamping screw 17 in gap coordinate.
It is to be understood that:Although above-described embodiment is contrasted to the mentality of designing of the present invention, detailed word is retouched State, but these word descriptions, simply to the simple text description of mentality of designing of the present invention, rather than to mentality of designing of the present invention Limitation, any combination without departing from mentality of designing of the present invention, increase or change, each fall within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a kind of hydraulic locking pad, it is characterized in that:Locking cylinder assembly(1)Middle locking cylinder piston(16)Wall passes through O-ring seal (11)With another sealing ring(14), the first y-type seal ring(12)With the second y-type seal ring(13)With locking cylinder cylinder body(15)Sealing Coordinate, clamping screw(17)Through locking cylinder piston(16)And clamping screw(17)Bar and locking cylinder piston(16)Rod aperture, which is slided, matches somebody with somebody Close, the top of locking screw tightening latch is that polished rod, bottom are screw mandrel, and clamping screw spins through locking cylinder piston with adjusting swivel nut, liquid Press lock washer to be used for circular cone sand making machine or gyratory crusher, many stand locks are used between circular cone sand making machine hat stand assembly and adjustment swivel nut Tight cylinder assembly locking.
2. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 1, it is characterized in that:The locking cylinder cylinder body(15)Upper end and locking screw Cap(18)Locking coordinates.
3. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 1, it is characterized in that:The locking cylinder piston(16)Diametrically to be upper big Under small T-shaped cylinder, T-shaped cylinder top is provided with O-shaped seal groove(111)With Y type seal grooves(112), T-shaped cylinder top Y types sealing notch under along cylinder(114)Diameter is less than on Y types sealing notch along cylinder(113)Diameter, O-ring seal (11), the first y-type seal ring(12)It is located at respectively in respective seal groove.
4. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 3, it is characterized in that:The Y types sealing notch on the T-shaped cylinder top It is lower to be sealed along cylinder diameter and Y types on notch along cylinder diameter difference equal to or less than U sealing ring wall thickness in y-type seal ring.
5. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 1, it is characterized in that:The locking cylinder cylinder body(15)Internal diameter is from top to bottom It is made up of large, medium and small three kinds of different cavity footpaths of stairstepping, oil pocket is located at lumen(19), oil inlet and outlet(20)Connected with lumen, small intracavitary Wall is provided with O-shaped seal groove(115)With Y type seal grooves(116).
6. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 5, it is characterized in that:The locking cylinder cylinder body(15)Intraoral edge on big chamber Form chamfering.
7. hydraulic locking pad according to claim 1, it is characterized in that:The many locking cylinder assemblies(1)It is upper to fill respectively There is locking cylinder threeway(117)Or locking cylinder four-way(118)And many locking cylinder assemblies(1)On threeway(117), four-way(118) With high-pressure oil pipe(119)Connection, two locking cylinder four-ways(118)Petrol station and accumulator are connect respectively(120).
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