CN105714651A - Waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device and construction method thereof - Google Patents

Waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device and construction method thereof Download PDF

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CN105714651A
CN105714651A CN201610091751.8A CN201610091751A CN105714651A CN 105714651 A CN105714651 A CN 105714651A CN 201610091751 A CN201610091751 A CN 201610091751A CN 105714651 A CN105714651 A CN 105714651A
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熊达煜
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    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01CCONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
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    • E01C19/10Apparatus or plants for premixing or precoating aggregate or fillers with non-hydraulic binders, e.g. with bitumen, with resins, i.e. producing mixtures or coating aggregates otherwise than by penetrating or surface dressing; Apparatus for premixing non-hydraulic mixtures prior to placing or for reconditioning salvaged non-hydraulic compositions
    • E01C19/1004Reconditioning or reprocessing bituminous mixtures, e.g. salvaged paving, fresh patching mixtures grown unserviceable; Recycling salvaged bituminous mixtures; Apparatus for the in-plant recycling thereof
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    • E01CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01CCONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
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The invention discloses a waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device and a construction method thereof. The waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device is characterized by comprising a vehicle body and a coil heating device installed in the front of a transport vehicle; a cutting device is installed behind the coil heating device and comprises a hydraulic cylinder fixed to a compartment, a track is installed on the side edge of the hydraulic cylinder, a moving block connected with the hydraulic cylinder is arranged on the track, a telescopic rod is connected below the moving block, and a rotary cutter penetrating into the ground is installed at the bottom end of the telescopic rod. Compared with the prior art, the waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device has the advantages that different from a disclosed comparison document where multiple devices are needed to work cooperatively in the construction process, a large site is occupied and cost is high, the waste highway asphalt removal and regeneration integrated construction device has the multiple functions of heating, cutting, pulverizing, mixing and new material discharging, so that the cost of the device is greatly reduced.

Description

Highway waste asphalt rejects regeneration integrated construction device and construction method thereof
Technical field
The invention belongs to road engineering technical field, be specifically related to a kind of highway waste asphalt and reject regeneration integrated construction device and construction method thereof.
Background technology
During the construction such as the reparation at asphalt pavement road, as the method peeling off asphalt pavement body, known employing manpower multitude cuts a hole technique and water spray craft.
The Chinese invention patent application method for removing asphalt pavement of publication number CN101415886A, removing asphalt pavement system, electromagnetic induction coil unit, such a method for removing asphalt pavement disclosed in the stripping means of removing asphalt pavement device and asphalt pavement body, it is peeled off from steel plate for the asphalt pavement body that will be laid on steel plate, and the method for removing asphalt pavement removed is carried out as the asphalt blocks with prescribed level, it is characterized in that, including: by described steel plate is carried out electromagnetic induction heating, the softening layer contacted by following and described steel plate is formed at the softening layer formation process of described asphalt pavement body;The described softening layer formed is peeled off from the described steel plate contacted with described softening layer, blocks described asphalt pavement body the removal process taken out as asphalt blocks;And by mobile process that the described asphalt blocks taken out by described removal process are moved.
The document and the application belong to same technical field, the problem solved is identical, but its construction is more complicated, and in work progress, the construction equipment used is a lot, each construction cell is all independent individual, not being integrated device, its construction and construction cost are higher, if there being a kind of equipment can reach the function of several distinct devices in file disclosed above, cost so can be made to be substantially reduced, also can reduce construction cost simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is directed to disadvantage mentioned above, the equipment executing man-hour requirement based on the existing removing asphalt pavement of solution is many, the problem that cost is high.Proposing a kind of highway waste asphalt and reject regeneration integrated construction device and construction method thereof, this equipment integrating is provided simultaneously with heating, excision, pulverizes batch mixing, discharges several function of virgin material, makes the cost of equipment significantly lower.
For realizing the purpose of the present invention, the technical solution used in the present invention is:
Highway waste asphalt rejects regeneration integrated construction device, it is characterized in that, including car body, is arranged on the coil heating apparatus in car body front;
Cutter sweep is arranged on coil heating apparatus rear, described cutter sweep includes the hydraulic cylinder being fixed on above railway carriage, track installation is at hydraulic cylinder side, described track is provided with and is connected movable block with hydraulic cylinder, expansion link is connected to below movable block, and its bottom is provided with the rotatable cutting knife passing into ground;
Transporter is arranged on cutter sweep rear, and described transporter includes being arranged on the lifting pulley unit above railway carriage and conveyer belt, and described conveyer belt feed end is provided with shovel board, is connected to spring-backed quill between shovel board and lifting pulley unit;
Regeneration constructing device, described regeneration constructing device includes virgin material adding set and adds hot tank, described virgin material adding set and add and be connected to feed pipe between hot tank, and heating bottom portion is provided with the opening receiving conveyer belt charging, agitator tank is arranged on and adds below hot tank, and its bottom is provided with discharging opening.
Preferentially, adding hot tank is coil heats case, is provided with filter screen bottom it, is arranged on above filter screen by the rod that pulverizes moved back and forth in passageway of driven by motor.
Preferentially, spring-backed quill is divided into outer tube and interior pipe, is provided with limited block in described outer tube, and interior pipe penetrates in outer tube and is provided with spring between its top and limited block;Wirerope-winding is on wheel unit, and penetrates outer tube and be connected with interior pipe.
Preferentially, conveyer belt discharge end is additionally provided with weighing device.
Preferentially, also including virgin material storage bin and electromotor, both are arranged on car body, are connected electric power system respectively between described electromotor with cutter sweep, transporter and regeneration constructing device.
Preferentially, described car body is electricity energy driven vehicle.
Based on said structure, the present invention also provides for a kind of highway waste asphalt and rejects regeneration integrated construction device construction method, it is characterised in that comprise the following steps,
(1) starter-generator, starts cutter sweep, transporter and regeneration constructing device are powered, and sets body movement program;
(2) car body begins at road and moves above, and coil heating apparatus drops to above roadbed, and it is heated softening so that it is roadbed temperature is between 60 DEG C-80 degrees Celsius;
(3) based on step (2), cutter sweep starts thermoplastic roadbed is cut, and controls car body by PLC program and advances and retreat, makes cutting knife anyhow cut, form rectangular block;
(4) based on step (3), rectangular block is scooped up feeding conveyer belt by shovel board, and rectangular block is sent into add in hot tank by the opening in heating bottom portion and is heated by conveyer belt;Before sending into, weighing device weighs rectangular block weight;
(5) based on step (4), adding hot tank and start rectangular block is heated, in the process, driven by motor is pulverized excellent moving in passageway and is pulverized by rectangular block, and rectangular block is grinded up being fallen in agitator tank by filter screen afterwards;
(6) based on step (5), virgin material adding set utilizes feed pipe to be sent into by virgin material in agitator tank to carry out virgin material and old material mix and blend by weighing the weight of rectangular block in advance in proportion, and pours road surface into by discharging opening;
(7) constantly repeat step (2)-step (6), constantly road is constructed;
(8) based on step (7), car body closelyed follow by road roller, and the material that discharging opening is poured into road surface flattens the new roadbed of formation.
Compared with prior art, the invention have the advantage that in disclosed documents, it needs plurality of devices collaborative work simultaneously in work progress, occupied ground is relatively big, and cost is high, and the present invention is provided simultaneously with heating, excision, pulverize batch mixing, discharge several function of virgin material, make the cost of equipment significantly lower.
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The present invention is carried out brief description by the following accompanying drawing by means of embodiment now.In accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 illustrates that highway waste asphalt rejects the structural representation of regeneration integrated construction device;
Fig. 2 illustrates the face upwarding assumption diagram of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 illustrates transporter and the structural plan of regeneration constructing device;
Fig. 4 illustrates the structure arrangement detail of regeneration constructing device;
Fig. 5 illustrates the structure arrangement detail of spring-backed quill;
Fig. 6 illustrates construction plan of the present invention;
Fig. 7 illustrates that the present invention constructs side view;
Fig. 8 illustrates that shovel board of the present invention scoops up the schematic diagram of rectangular block.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, the present invention is described in detail.Following example will assist in those skilled in the art and are further appreciated by the present invention, but do not limit the present invention in any form.It should be pointed out that, to those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, it is also possible to make some deformation and improvement.These broadly fall into protection scope of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
Highway waste asphalt rejects regeneration integrated construction device, including car body 1, is arranged on the coil heating apparatus 9 in car body 1 front;Coil heating apparatus 9 is generally circular in shape or square, and its heating surface (area) (HS is more than cutting area.Car body 1 is electricity energy driven vehicle, adopts
Can saving fuel with electrical energy drive, vehicle, in work progress, can pause for a long time, and as adopted fuel oil to drive, then car can not stop working again, causes waste, adopts electrical energy drive then not have the situation of the waste energy.
Cutter sweep 2 is arranged on coil heating apparatus 9 rear, and the road surface after thermoplastic is mainly cut by it.Cutter sweep 2 includes the hydraulic cylinder 202 being fixed on above railway carriage, track 203 is arranged on hydraulic cylinder 202 side, described track 203 is provided with the movable block 205 being connected with hydraulic cylinder 202, expansion link 204 is connected to below movable block 205, and its bottom is provided with the rotatable cutting knife 201 passing into ground.Cutting knife 201 does transverse cuts by the flexible of hydraulic cylinder 202, does vertical cutting by the advance of car body 1 and retrogressing.
Transporter 3 is arranged on cutter sweep 2 rear, and described transporter 3 includes being arranged on the lifting pulley unit 304 above railway carriage and conveyer belt 305, and described conveyer belt 305 feed end is provided with shovel board 301, shovel board 301 and lifting pulley unit
Spring-backed quill 303 it is connected between 304.Conveyer belt 305 discharge end is additionally provided with weighing device, so can weigh shovel and take the weight of rectangular block 10, provide data for follow-up auto feed.
Take in rectangular block 10 process at shovel board 301 shovel, in order to make shovel board 301 be close to road surface on rugged roadbed, spring-backed quill 303 is divided into outer tube 3032 and interior pipe 3035, being provided with limited block 3033 in described outer tube 3032, interior pipe 3035 penetrates in outer tube 3032 and is provided with spring 3034 between its top and limited block 3033;Steel wire rope 3031 is wrapped in above lifting pulley unit 304, and penetrates outer tube 3032 and be connected with interior pipe 3035.Spring 3034 is in and is constantly in the state of upspringing, and so can be close to road surface, and when shovel board 301 runs into rugged roadbed, spring 3034 is compressed and is always maintained at elastic force, it is ensured that it accurately scoops up rectangular block 10.
Regeneration constructing device 5, described regeneration constructing device 5 includes virgin material adding set 503 and adds hot tank 501, described virgin material adding set 503 and add and be connected to feed pipe 502 between hot tank 501, add and bottom hot tank 501, be provided with the opening receiving conveyer belt 305 charging, agitator tank is arranged on and adds below hot tank 501, and its bottom is provided with discharging opening 508.
The hot tank 501 that adds of regeneration constructing device 5 is coil heats case, is provided with filter screen 507 bottom it, and the rod 505 that pulverizes moved back and forth in passageway 506 driven by motor 504 is arranged on above filter screen 507.
Additionally, further comprises virgin material storage bin 8, both are arranged on car body 1, and virgin material storage bin 8, for storing for future use material, supplements material in time when virgin material adding set 503 materials inside is finished.Construction equipment on car body 1, electric power system is necessary, therefore further comprises electromotor 4, is connected electric power system respectively and makes each equipment work between electromotor 4 with cutter sweep 2, transporter 3 and regeneration constructing device 5, it addition, car body 1 supply of electric power can also use electromotor 4 to complete.
Based on said structure, when the present invention constructs, comprise the following steps,
(1) starter-generator 4, start cutter sweep 2, transporter 3 and regeneration constructing device 5 are powered, set car body 1 motor program;
(2) car body 1 begins at road and moves above, and coil heating apparatus 9 drops to above roadbed, and it is heated softening so that it is roadbed temperature is between 60 DEG C-80 degrees Celsius;
(3) based on step (2), cutter sweep 2 starts thermoplastic roadbed is cut, and controls car body 1 by PLC program and advances and retreat, makes cutting knife 201 anyhow cut, form rectangular block 10;
(4) based on step (3), rectangular block 10 is scooped up feeding conveyer belt 305 by shovel board 301, and rectangular block 10 is sent into add in hot tank 501 by the opening added bottom hot tank 501 and is heated by conveyer belt 305;Before sending into, weighing device weighs rectangular block 10 weight;
(5) based on step (4), adding hot tank 501 and start rectangular block 10 is heated, in the process, motor 504 drives and pulverizes rod 505 and move passageway 506 in and pulverized by rectangular block 10, and rectangular block 10 is grinded up passing through filter screen 507 afterwards and falls in agitator tank;
(6) based on step (5), virgin material adding set 503 utilizes feed pipe 502 to be sent into by virgin material in agitator tank to carry out virgin material and old material mix and blend by weighing the weight of rectangular block 10 in advance in proportion, and pours road surface into by discharging opening 508;
(7) constantly repeat step (2)-step (6), constantly road is constructed;
(8) based on step (7), car body 1 closelyed follow by road roller, and the material that discharging opening 508 is poured into road surface flattens the new roadbed 11 of formation.

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1. highway waste asphalt rejects regeneration integrated construction device, it is characterized in that, including car body (1), be arranged on the coil heating apparatus (9) in car body (1) front, coil heating apparatus 9 is generally circular in shape, and cutter sweep (2) is arranged on coil heating apparatus (9) rear;Described cutter sweep (2) includes the hydraulic cylinder (202) being fixed on above railway carriage, track (203) is arranged on hydraulic cylinder (202) side, described track (203) is provided with the movable block (205) being connected with hydraulic cylinder (202), expansion link (204) is connected to movable block (205) lower section, and its bottom is provided with the rotatable cutting knife (201) passing into ground;Transporter (3) is arranged on cutter sweep (2) rear, described transporter (3) includes being arranged on the lifting pulley unit (304) above railway carriage and conveyer belt (305), described conveyer belt (305) feed end is provided with shovel board (301), is connected to spring-backed quill (303) between shovel board (301) and lifting pulley unit (304);
Regeneration constructing device (5), described regeneration constructing device (5) includes virgin material adding set (503) and adds hot tank (501), described virgin material adding set (503) and add and be connected to feed pipe (502) between hot tank (501), add hot tank (501) bottom and be provided with the opening receiving conveyer belt (305) charging, agitator tank is arranged on and adds hot tank (501) lower section, and its bottom is provided with discharging opening (508);
The described hot tank (501) that adds, for coil heats case, is provided with filter screen (507) bottom it, the rod (505) that pulverizes moved back and forth in passageway (506) driven by motor (504) is arranged on filter screen (507) top;
Described conveyer belt (305) discharge end is additionally provided with weighing device.
2. the highway waste asphalt according to claim 1 rejects regeneration integrated construction device, it is characterized in that, described car body (1) is electricity energy driven vehicle.
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