CN104934217B - A kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement - Google Patents

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CN104934217B
CN104934217B CN201510384776.2A CN201510384776A CN104934217B CN 104934217 B CN104934217 B CN 104934217B CN 201510384776 A CN201510384776 A CN 201510384776A CN 104934217 B CN104934217 B CN 104934217B
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孙慧刚
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A kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement of the invention, including:Left and right two groups of winding mechanisms side by side, every group of winding mechanism includes coiling main frame and tailstock, and the spool being connected with coiling host driven is provided between coiling main frame and tailstock;Support stand is arranged on two groups of winding mechanism sides and parallel just right with two groups of winding mechanisms, and support stand is higher than two groups of winding mechanisms, and support stand top is equipped with the left and right translation mechanism parallel with two groups of winding mechanisms;Wire barrow is arranged on support stand top by left and right translation mechanism, and wire barrow top is provided with payingoff mechanism, and wire barrow front end is provided with crossbeam, and beam-end lower section is vertically arranged with lifting arm, collection line mechanism is provided with crossbeam and lifting arm.The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:On the premise of unwrapping wire distance is ensured, space is saved;By collecting many places line concentration and cleaning treatment of line mechanism, make coiling more uniform, performance is more preferable, in hgher efficiency, and with certain reliability.

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A kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement.
Background technology
At present, the coiling of domestic medical MRI and CT image documentation equipments coil, also without special winding equipment, is a technology sky In vain, it is the coiling that completes MRI and CT image documentation equipment coils, it is necessary to work out that a performance is good, efficiency high, and with certain reliability The coil winding equipment of property.
The content of the invention
Be technical deficiency more than solving, it is good the invention provides a kind of performance, the medical equipment coil of efficiency high around Device processed.
The present invention is achieved by the following measures:
A kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement of the invention, including:
Left and right two groups of winding mechanisms side by side, every group of winding mechanism includes coiling main frame and tailstock, coiling main frame and tailstock Between be provided with the spool being connected with coiling host driven;
Support stand, is arranged on two groups of winding mechanism sides and parallel just right with two groups of winding mechanisms, and support stand is higher than Two groups of winding mechanisms, and support stand top is equipped with the left and right translation mechanism parallel with two groups of winding mechanisms;
Wire barrow, support stand top is arranged on by left and right translation mechanism, and wire barrow top is provided with payingoff mechanism, puts Line Chinese herbaceous peony end sets the crossbeam that oriented winding mechanism direction extends, and the beam-end lower section is vertically arranged with lifting arm, crossbeam With collection line mechanism is provided with lifting arm.
Above-mentioned collection line mechanism include big cross roller hub, small cross roller hub, guide wheel hub, swing arm tensioning wheel, Cantilever tensioning wheel and fair line component, the big cross roller hub, small cross roller hub, guide wheel hub are from back to front successively It is arranged on crossbeam, the swing arm tensioning wheel, cantilever tensioning wheel and fair line component are successively set on lifting arm from top to bottom, institute Stating guide wheel hub includes the directive wheel that is rotatably connected on vertically on crossbeam, be provided with the periphery of the guide roller it is some side by side Conductor trench, directive wheel side is provided with pinch roller, and the wheel face of the pinch roller is relative with the periphery of directive wheel and presses close to.
Above-mentioned swing arm tensioning wheel is rotatably connected on the swing arm on crossbeam including upper end, and swing arm lower end is provided with wobble wheel, pendulum Arm lower, transverse is connected with adjustment spring, and the adjustment spring end is provided with and is connected on lifting arm and tune moving up and down Whole bolt;The cantilever tensioning wheel includes the cantilever for extending obliquely, and the cantilever upper end is provided with the adjustment bolt hole of strip, The fastening bolt being connected on lifting arm is installed with the adjustment bolt hole, cantilever lower end is provided with rotating wheel.
Above-mentioned fair line component is rotatably connected on the returning face plate of lifting arm lower end, the returning face plate front-end and back-end including middle part The nylon block with through hole is provided with, copper cash wiper mechanism is provided between two nylon blocks.
Above-mentioned copper cash wiper mechanism includes support shaft, and opposing upper and lower two are connected with by wing nut in the support shaft Individual tension disc, two tension discs are provided with felt on relative surface.
Above-mentioned support stand side is hung with ladder.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:Wire barrow is set up aloft, on the premise of unwrapping wire distance is ensured, sky is saved Between;By collecting many places line concentration and cleaning treatment of line mechanism, make coiling more uniform, performance is more preferable, in hgher efficiency, and with one Fixed reliability.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is overlooking the structure diagram of the invention.
Fig. 2 is side structure schematic diagram of the invention.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of present invention collection line mechanism.
Wherein:1 winding mechanism, 2 support stands, 3 wire barrows, 4 guide rails, 5 collection line mechanisms, 6 ladders, 7 support columns, 5.1 is big Cross roller hub, 5.2 small cross roller hubs, 5.3 guide wheel hubs, 5.4 crossbeams, 5.5 lifting arms, 5.6 swing arms, 5.7 pendulum Driving wheel, 5.8 adjustment springs, 5.9 cantilevers, 5.10 rotating wheels, 5.11 returning face plates, 5.12 adjustment bolt holes, 5.13 fastening bolts, 5.14 copper cash wiper mechanisms, 5.15 nylon blocks, 5.16 adjustment bolts.
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Further detailed description is done to the present invention below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
A kind of as shown in Figure 1, 2, medical equipment coil winding arrangement of the invention, including winding mechanism 1,
Support stand 2 and wire barrow 3.Wire barrow 3 is arranged on the top of support stand 2, and the front and rear space pulled open is changed into The space pulled open up and down, on the premise of unwrapping wire distance is ensured, greatlys save space.Using left and right two groups of coil winding machines side by side Structure 1, i.e., using double, double can be used simultaneously, improve winding efficiency.Wire barrow 3 is used to place drum, reasonably will Wire separates, there is provided damping brake, and during for coil winding wire axial movement.The side of support stand 2 is hung with ladder Son 6, facilitates the upper and lower support stand 2 of operating personnel.
Left and right two groups of winding mechanisms 1 side by side, every group of winding mechanism 1 includes coiling main frame and tailstock, coiling main frame and tail The spool being connected with coiling host driven is provided between seat;Coiling main frame includes main spindle box, and main spindle box is by main shaft, flower Disk, casing, variable-frequency motor, transmission system and sensor etc. are constituted.Main spindle box body is constituted for steel plate weldment.It is provided with floral disc Protective case is housed in the middle of " rice " font T-slot, floral disc.Floral disc is driven to rotate by floor push or push-button station.The rotation of main shaft Turn to be, by alternating-current variable frequency motor, to drive floral disc rotation to realize through reductor.The sensor of main shaft tail end can be examined accurately The test coil number of turn and tap position, and show on the touchscreen.
Tailstock is made up of tailstock casing, support meanss, associated actuator mechanism etc..Tailstock casing is steel plate weldment.Branch Support arrangement is provided with four rolling support wheels, greatly reduces the friction between mould spindle nose and tailstock.Support meanss top can lift Open, facilitate clamping mould.When the coil of coiling different size and length, the T-shaped screw of tailstock bottom is unclamped, use ratchet spanner Pull the input shaft of tailstock casing side lower part, tailstock can be made along the forward and backward movement of base rail 4, reach lock behind precalculated position it is T-shaped Be integrally attached to tailstock on base by screw.Base is made up of base body, guide rail 4 and tooth bar etc..It is main spindle box, tailstock Basis.Tailstock can be along the forward and backward movement of base rail 4, the need for reaching adjustment coiling station spacing.
Support is realized in the lower section of support stand 2 by support column 7, and support stand 2 is arranged on two groups of sides of winding mechanism 1 and with two Group winding mechanism 1 is parallel just right, and support stand 2 is higher than to be equipped with and two groups at the top of two groups of winding mechanisms 1, and support stand 2 The parallel left and right translation mechanism of winding mechanism 1;Wire barrow 3 is arranged on the top of support stand 2, wire barrow by left and right translation mechanism 3 tops are provided with payingoff mechanism, and the front end of wire barrow 3 sets the crossbeam 5.4 that the oriented direction of winding mechanism 1 extends, the end of crossbeam 5.4 Lower section is vertically arranged with lifting arm 5.5, and collection line mechanism 5 is provided with crossbeam 5.4 and lifting arm 5.5.Collection line mechanism 5 is used for coil Wire is dredged during coiling, assembled and is tensioned, so as to improve the winding precision of MRI and CT coils.It is capable of achieving to enter wire Row is dredged, assembles, is tensioned and cleaned, and is realized to the uncoiling of glass fiber cloth, tensioning.The portions such as all guide wheels contacted with copper cash, pinch roller Part uses Teflon materials.
As shown in figure 3, collection line mechanism 5 includes big cross roller hub 5.1, small cross roller hub 5.2, guide wheel hub 5.3rd, the tensioning wheel of swing arm 5.6, the tensioning wheel of cantilever 5.9 and fair line component, big cross roller hub 5.1, small cross roller hub 5.2nd, guide wheel hub 5.3 is successively set on crossbeam 5.4 from back to front, the tensioning wheel of swing arm 5.6, the tensioning wheel of cantilever 5.9 and suitable Line component is successively set on lifting arm 5.5 from top to bottom, and guide wheel hub 5.3 includes being rotatably connected on crossbeam 5.4 vertically Directive wheel, some conductor trench side by side are provided with the periphery of guide roller, directive wheel side is provided with pinch roller, the wheel of pinch roller Face is relative with the periphery of directive wheel and presses close to.Because the biasing of center of gravity has certain tension to wire, pinch roller is arranged on The top of directive wheel, prevents the wire during coiling from jumping out conductor trench.
The tensioning wheel of swing arm 5.6 is rotatably connected on the swing arm 5.6 on crossbeam 5.4 including upper end, and the lower end of swing arm 5.6 is provided with pendulum Driving wheel 5.7, the lower, transverse of swing arm 5.6 is connected with adjustment spring 5.8, and adjustment spring 5.8 end is provided with and is connected to lifting arm 5.5 Adjustment bolt 5.16 upper and moving up and down;The tensioning wheel of cantilever 5.9 includes the cantilever 5.9 for extending obliquely, the upper end of cantilever 5.9 Be provided with the hole 5.12 of adjustment bolt 5.16 of strip, be installed with the hole 5.12 of adjustment bolt 5.16 be connected to it is tight on lifting arm 5.5 Fixing bolt 5.13, the lower end of cantilever 5.9 is provided with rotating wheel 5.10.Swing arm 5.6 arbitrarily angled can swing, the adjustment spring at its rear portion 5.8, there is tension to wire.Fair line component is rotatably connected on the returning face plate 5.11 of the lower end of lifting arm 5.5 including middle part, upset The front-end and back-end of plate 5.11 are provided with the nylon block 5.15 with through hole, and copper cash cleaning machine is provided between two nylon blocks 5.15 Structure 5.14.
Copper cash wiper mechanism 5.14 is mainly made up of support shaft, tension disc and felt.Upper and lower line ball plate surface installs hair Felt, tension disc, felt order are arranged in support shaft, and the close contact of felt and copper cash is realized by wing nut.Whole point On the swing arm of comb line concentrator, convenient disassembly is conveniently replaceable felt.Glass fiber cloth winding mechanism ties up cloth beam by glass Constituted with Sha Jin mechanisms.Glass dimension cloth beam is arranged on side of the lifting arm 5.5 without guide wheel, and glass fiber cloth is through into glass dimension cloth beam On, by tightening star-like handle, make to be enclosed within the rubber sleeve deformation on axle, so that swelling glass fiber cloth;Sha Jin mechanisms are arranged on cloth Axle rear side, tight arm of stopping is hinge arrangement, and clamp force of stopping is adjusted by rotary star handle, realizes adjustment glass fiber cloth Tensity size.
Wire barrow 3 is mainly high-quality material and constitutes, and integral rigidity is good, easy to use.Drum totally 12, point up and down four Row arrangement, heart shaft tail end installs brake disc, and damping brake is produced by cylinder, damps big I and individually adjusts;On the touchscreen Control every group of tight and release of stopping of cylinder.First wire drum is attached on the heart axle when using, then pulls locking handle locking line Disk.The upper front end of wire barrow 3 installs comb line device, needs to dredge in wire by technique and separates.Servomotor drive gear rotates, band Motor-car body is moved left and right along the guide rail 4 on framework top.The surrounding of wire barrow 3 installs guardrail, meets national relevant regulations;Guardrail bottom Protection network is installed, specification is performed according to demander's unit relevant criterion.The rear side of wire barrow 3 sets enabling, and staircase branch is set at enabling Frame, for hanging staircase, facilitates staff upper and lower.Pneumatic box is arranged on main frame main spindle box near the side of framework, each line Disk brake cylinder is provided with pressure regulator valve and the vertical table of pressure, facilitates staff to adjust on the ground.
Push-button station is arranged on coil winding machine main spindle box, and swingable appropriate angle is operated.There is one on operation button station The various functions of the colour display screen touch panel device of big specification, working condition etc. can be shown by the touch-screen on operation button station, Can set simultaneously, technological parameter that is preset and revising various coil windings, make coil winding craft flexibility.Systems soft ware can Requirement design, editor's man-machine dialog interface according to client, make operating personnel's using and operating more directly perceived, square to equipment Just.The work safe and reliable in order to ensure mechanism, is equipped with emergency stop switch on guidance panel, presses all behaviour of emergency stop switch mechanism Make ineffective.In addition, two stations are equipped with the floor push that can arbitrarily drag, operating personnel can easily control floral disc just Reversion.System both can individually control each moving component, and linkage can be set again, be automatically performed wire winding;There is system speed to fold Plus function, in linkage process, there is error in such as position of wire barrow 3, can adjust the position of wire barrow 3 by this function.
In order to ensure the safe and reliable and convenient operation of mechanism, mechanism electrical control employs advanced Numeric Control Technology.Machine Structure function control uses Programmable Logic Controller so that control circuit is reliable, stabilization.Programmable Logic Controller, frequency converter, servo-drive Device, transformer, A.C. contactor and auxiliary reclay etc. are all in electric cabinet.Electrical control uses Mitsubishi PLC Control, have the advantages that reliable, reaction is quick, strong, voltage of shouldering interference performance and range of temperature it is big.Independently developed control Processing procedure sequence, it is simple and reliable, it is easy to editor and modification program;CCP, related drawing needed for editable program are matched CCP;And man-machine interface is equipped with so that more convenient operation.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of this patent, it is noted that for the ordinary skill people of the art For member, on the premise of the art of this patent principle is not departed from, some improvement and replacement can also be made, these improve and replace Also should be regarded as the protection domain of this patent.

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1. a kind of medical equipment coil winding arrangement, it is characterised in that including:
Left and right two groups of winding mechanisms side by side, every group of winding mechanism includes coiling main frame and tailstock, between coiling main frame and tailstock
It is provided with the spool being connected with coiling host driven;
Support stand, is arranged on two groups of winding mechanism sides and parallel just right with two groups of winding mechanisms, and support stand is higher than two groups
Winding mechanism, and support stand top is equipped with the left and right translation mechanism parallel with two groups of winding mechanisms;
Wire barrow, support stand top is arranged on by left and right translation mechanism, and wire barrow top is provided with payingoff mechanism, wire barrow
Front end sets the crossbeam that oriented winding mechanism direction extends, and the beam-end lower section is vertically arranged with lifting arm, crossbeam And liter
Collection line mechanism is provided with drop arm.
2. the medical equipment coil winding arrangement according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The collection line mechanism includes big friendship
Fork roller hub, small cross roller hub, guide wheel hub, swing arm tensioning wheel, cantilever tensioning wheel and fair line component, it is described Big cross roller hub, small cross roller hub, guide wheel hub are successively set on crossbeam from back to front, the swing arm tensioning Wheel,
Cantilever tensioning wheel and fair line component are successively set on lifting arm from top to bottom, and the guide wheel hub includes rotation vertically Connection
Directive wheel on crossbeam, is provided with some conductor trench side by side on the periphery of the directive wheel, directive wheel side sets It is equipped with
Pinch roller, the wheel face of the pinch roller is relative with the periphery of directive wheel and presses close to.
3. the medical equipment coil winding arrangement according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The swing arm tensioning wheel includes upper
End is rotatably connected on the swing arm on crossbeam, and swing arm lower end is provided with wobble wheel, and swing arm lower, transverse is connected with adjustment spring, It is described
Adjustment spring end is provided with and is connected on lifting arm and adjustment bolt moving up and down;The cantilever tensioning wheel includes It is oblique
The cantilever of lower extension, the cantilever upper end is provided with the adjustment bolt hole of strip, and connection is installed with the adjustment bolt hole Rising
Fastening bolt on drop arm, cantilever lower end is provided with rotating wheel.
4. the medical equipment coil winding arrangement according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The fair line component includes middle part
The returning face plate of lifting arm lower end is rotatably connected on, the returning face plate front-end and back-end are provided with the nylon block with through hole, Two
Copper cash wiper mechanism is provided between nylon block.
5. the medical equipment coil winding arrangement according to claim 4, it is characterised in that:The copper cash wiper mechanism includes
Support shaft, two tension discs opposing upper and lower are connected with the support shaft by wing nut, and two tension discs are relative Table
Felt is provided with face.
6. the medical equipment coil winding arrangement according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The side mounting of the support stand one
There is ladder.
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