CN106401488B - A kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device - Google Patents

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CN106401488B
CN106401488B CN201610470262.3A CN201610470262A CN106401488B CN 106401488 B CN106401488 B CN 106401488B CN 201610470262 A CN201610470262 A CN 201610470262A CN 106401488 B CN106401488 B CN 106401488B
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徐鸿祥
郑龙
陈晓明
周永祥
刘承刚
黄飞
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The present invention relates to drilling rig technique fields, disclose a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device, including pedestal, the pedestal is equipped with two parallel columns, crossbeam is equipped between the column, the crossbeam is equipped with rack, it is rotatablely connected between the rack and crossbeam, the pedestal is equipped with two support rods, the lower end of the support rod is connect by hinged seat with pedestal, anchor ear is equipped on two support rods, it is slidably connected between the anchor ear and support rod, it is connected between two anchor ears by connecting rod, the bottom of the rack is equipped with support base, it is rotatablely connected between the support base and connecting rod, hydraulic Lock mechanism is equipped between the anchor ear and support rod, angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped between the bottom surface and rotating seat of the rack.The beneficial effect that the present invention has convenient drill bit assembly angular adjustment, punching maneuverability, stability good.

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A kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device
Technical field
The present invention relates to drilling rig technique field more particularly to a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning devices.
Background technique
Coal mine gas content is higher, in order to ensure safety, needs to bore drawing-off gas hole in underground coal mine, thus handle watt This is emitted.There are many coal mine down-hole drilling machine class at present, have manually, automanual, however manual, automanual coal mine Drilling machine needs multiple people's cooperatings, and underground coal mine spatial complex, and punching angular range is wide, and manual adjustment punches angle Heavy workload, perforating efficiency are low.In order to adapt to the punching of underground coal mine multi-angle, now with a kind of automatic drilling rig of crawler type, Its drill bit assembly structure can automatically adjust the punching angle of drill bit assembly, and drill bit assembly is the core institution of drilling machine, and drill bit is total At generally including rack, drill bit assembly, frame angle regulating mechanism on the rack be fixedly mounted, however in actual borehole process In, after frame angle is adjusted in place, need manually to position rack, when needing to adjust angle, it is also necessary to artificial hand Work is just adjustable frame angle after the positioning in rack is unclamped, and when use needs multiple operator's work compounds that could adjust Angle of drill bit seriously affects coal mine down-hole drilling efficiency.
Summary of the invention
The present invention in order to overcome in drill bit assembly in the prior art frame angle to adjust inconvenient, the low deficiency of perforating efficiency, Provide the good borer frame angle regulation positioning device of a kind of frame angle easy to adjust, punching maneuverability, stability.
To achieve the goals above, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
A kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device, including pedestal, the pedestal are equipped with two parallel columns, Crossbeam is equipped between the column, the crossbeam is equipped with rack, is rotatablely connected between the rack and crossbeam, described Pedestal be equipped with two support rods, the lower end of the support rod is connect with pedestal by hinged seat, is all provided on two support rods There is anchor ear, be slidably connected between the anchor ear and support rod, is connected between two anchor ears by connecting rod, the bottom of the rack Portion is equipped with support base, is rotatablely connected between the support base and connecting rod, is equipped between the anchor ear and support rod hydraulic Lockable mechanism is equipped with angular adjustment oil cylinder between the bottom surface and rotating seat of the rack.Drill bit assembly is mounted on the rack, hydraulic Lockable mechanism unclamps, angular adjustment cylinder action, and rack is driven to rotate in a vertical plane, after rotating to suitable angle, liquid Lockable mechanism automatic locking is pressed, the angle of rack is supported bar at this time, crossbeam limits, and angular adjustment oil cylinder not will receive when drilling Pressure;After the completion of drilling, when needing to adjust frame angle, hydraulic Lock mechanism is unclamped, and anchor ear can be slided along support rod, thus It is capable of the adjusting frame angle of maneuverability.
Preferably, the side of the guide rod is equipped with guide groove, the guide groove is distributed along the axial direction of guide rod, It is equipped with the sliding slot vertical with guide groove direction on the inside of the anchor ear, sets that there are two symmetrical sliding block, sliding blocks in the sliding slot Outer end protrude into guide groove, between the inner end and sliding slot both ends of the sliding block be equipped with reset spring, the opposite side of two sliding blocks Face is inclined-plane, and briquetting is equipped between two sliding blocks, and the outside of the anchor ear is equipped with locking oil cylinder, the shaft end of locking oil cylinder and pressure Block is fixedly connected.After frame angle regulates, the axis of locking oil cylinder stretches out, and pushes briquetting, and briquetting pushes sliding block to slide in and out, The side that the outer end side surface of sliding block is pressed in guide groove generates huge stiction, so that anchor ear limits on the guide bar, When drilling, the stress of rack is shared by crossbeam, connecting rod, guide rod, and work when angular adjustment oil cylinder not will receive drilling then Firmly, impact force plays a protective role to angular adjustment oil cylinder;When needing to adjust the angle of rack after one hole punching, lock The only axis retraction of oil cylinder, briquetting is mobile, and sliding block resets under the action of reset spring, and anchor ear again can be along guide rod freedom at this time Sliding adjusts angle convenient for rack.
Preferably, the both ends of the sliding slot are equipped with guide rod, the sliding block is equipped with pilot hole, the guide rod It protrudes into pilot hole, the reset spring is set on guide rod;The inclined-plane of sliding block is equipped with the limiting slot being distributed along inclined-plane, The two sides of the briquetting are caught in limiting slot.Guide rod is used to limit the moving direction of sliding block, and limiting slot can limit briquetting Position, it is ensured that briquetting can be pressed in always on the inclined-plane of sliding block, and overall stability is good.
Preferably, two sides of the guide groove are serrated face, the outer end of the sliding block is towards guide groove side Side be equipped with limiting tooth.Limiting tooth and serrated face on sliding block cooperate, and axial limiting is more stable, reliable.
Preferably, the both ends of the support rod are equipped with limit sleeve.Limit sleeve can prevent anchor ear from separating with support rod.
Preferably, the end of the briquetting is equipped with shrinkage pool, pressure sensor, pressure sensor are equipped in the shrinkage pool Compression face on be fixed with spring.When briquetting pressed slider, the outer end of spring is pressed in guiding trench bottom, and pressure sensor, which is pressurized, to be produced Raw pressure value, under normal circumstances, when hydraulic Lock mechanism is in lockup state every time, theoretically the pressure value of pressure sensor is It is all that equal (in practice as the abrasion etc. between briquetting and sliding block, the value of pressure sensor is in a small range It is interior), that is to say, that briquetting will not generate displacement, if hydraulic Lock mechanism finds pressure sensing in certain lockup state Range of the pressure value of device beyond setting indicates that hydraulic Lock mechanism there is a problem (such as the damage of locking oil cylinder, briquetting and cunning The abrasion of block is excessively serious etc.), it will be sounded an alarm on console at this time, warning operator's hydraulic Lock mechanism has event Hinder, need to overhaul, to prevent the hydraulic Lock failure mechanisms in boring procedure and cause the accident.
Preferably, hinged between the shell lower end and rotating seat of the angular adjustment oil cylinder, the shell of angular adjustment oil cylinder External side is equipped with sliding sleeve, and slide bar is equipped in the sliding sleeve, and the outer end of the slide bar is equipped with attachment base, the attachment base and machine Frame is rotatablely connected between bottom surface, and the slide bar is fixedly connected with attachment base, and the shaft end of the angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped with lower branch Fagging, upper backup pad are fixedly connected between the lower supporting plate and upper backup pad by connecting column, are set on the upper backup pad There is T shape spill spin block, the attachment base is equipped with T shape card slot, and the lower supporting plate is equipped with for driving T shape spill spin block to turn Dynamic rotary oil cylinder.When needing to adjust frame angle, the shaft end of angular adjustment oil cylinder is stretched out, and T shape spill spin block protrudes into T shape card slot It is interior, be then rotated by 90 ° by rotary oil cylinder so that T shape spill spin block and T shape card slot coincide, at this time the axis of angular adjustment oil cylinder with Attachment base links together, by the flexible angle that can quickly adjust rack of angular adjustment oil cylinder, angular adjustment in place after, lead to Anchor ear and guide rod locking is crossed to limit, rotary oil cylinder is rotated by 90 ° at this time, the axis retraction of angular adjustment oil cylinder, T shape spill spin block with Attachment base separation, angular adjustment oil cylinder only passes through slide bar and connect with attachment base at this time, and when drill bit pierces and extracts, rack is in wink Between can generate biggish vibration, certain vibration can be also generated in boring procedure, due to the axis and rack of angular adjustment oil cylinder Separation, because the vibration is not transferred on the axis of angular adjustment oil cylinder, angular adjustment oil cylinder will not be because of being frequently shaken And damage, the service life of angular adjustment oil cylinder significantly extends.
Preferably, the column is double head oil cylinder, the lower shaft end of double head oil cylinder is fixedly connected with pedestal, double head oil cylinder Upper shaft end be equipped with support leg, the end face of the support leg is equipped with taper convex block.The upper axis of double head oil cylinder rises, support leg with Mine top surface contact support, so that drill bit assembly is more stable when drilling.
Therefore, the beneficial effect that the present invention has convenient drill bit assembly angular adjustment, punching maneuverability, stability good.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the connection schematic diagram of rack and angular adjustment cylinder, guide rod.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram that is slidably connected of anchor ear and guide rod.
Fig. 4 is anchor ear and guide rod lockup state schematic diagram.
Fig. 5 is enlarged diagram at A in Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is the connection schematic diagram of angular adjustment cylinder and attachment base.
Fig. 7 is the separate state diagram of angular adjustment cylinder and attachment base.
In figure: pedestal 1, column 2, support leg 3, taper convex block 30, crossbeam 4, rack 5, drill bit assembly 6, angular adjustment oil Cylinder 7, sliding sleeve 70, slide bar 71, attachment base 72, lower supporting plate 73, upper backup pad 74, connecting column 75, T shape spill spin block 76, T shape card slot 77, rotary oil cylinder 78, support rod 8, guide groove 80, serrated face 81, anchor ear 9, sliding slot 90, sliding block 91, guide rod 92, pilot hole 93, reset spring 94, briquetting 95, limiting slot 96, limiting tooth 97, pressure sensor 98, spring 99, connecting rod 10, support base 11, Locking oil cylinder 12, protective shell 13.
Specific embodiment
Present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments:
A kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, including pedestal 1, pedestal are equipped with two Parallel column 2, column is vertical with pedestal, and crossbeam 4 is equipped between column, and crossbeam is equipped with rack 5, turns between rack and crossbeam Dynamic connection, rack are equipped with drill bit assembly 6, and pedestal is equipped with two support rods 8, and the both ends of support rod are equipped with limit sleeve, prop up The lower end of strut is connect by hinged seat with pedestal, is equipped with anchor ear 9 on two support rods, the company of sliding between anchor ear and support rod It connects, is connected between two anchor ears by connecting rod 10, the bottom of rack is equipped with support base 11, rotates between support base and connecting rod Connection is equipped with hydraulic Lock mechanism between anchor ear and support rod, angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped between the bottom surface and rotating seat of rack 7;Column 2 in the present embodiment is double head oil cylinder, and the lower shaft end of double head oil cylinder is fixedly connected with pedestal, the upper shaft end of double head oil cylinder Equipped with support leg 3, the end face of support leg is equipped with taper convex block 30.
As shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the side of support rod 8 is equipped with guide groove 80, and guide groove divides along the axial direction of guide rod Cloth is equipped with the sliding slot 90 vertical with guide groove direction on the inside of anchor ear 9, is set in sliding slot there are two symmetrical sliding block 91, sliding block it is outer End is protruded into guide groove, and the both ends of sliding slot are equipped with guide rod 92, and sliding block is equipped with pilot hole 93, and guide rod protrudes into pilot hole, Reset spring 94 is arranged on the guide bar, and two opposite sides of sliding block 91 are inclined-plane, is equipped with briquetting 95 between two sliding blocks, The inclined-plane of sliding block is equipped with the limiting slot 96 being distributed along inclined-plane, and the two sides of briquetting are caught in limiting slot, and the outside of anchor ear is equipped with lock The shaft end of only oil cylinder 12, locking oil cylinder is fixedly connected with briquetting, and the outside of locking oil cylinder is equipped with protective shell 13;The two of guide groove 80 A side is serrated face 81, and the side of outer end towards the guide groove side of sliding block is equipped with limiting tooth 97, and the end of briquetting is equipped with Shrinkage pool is equipped with pressure sensor 98 in shrinkage pool, is fixed with spring 99 on the compression face of pressure sensor, when briquetting push sliding block with When support rod locking, there are gaps between the end face of briquetting and the bottom surface of guide groove.
As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, hinged between the shell lower end and rotating seat of angular adjustment oil cylinder 7, angular adjustment oil cylinder Hull outside is equipped with sliding sleeve 70, is equipped with slide bar 71 in sliding sleeve, and the outer end of slide bar is equipped with attachment base 72, attachment base and rack bottom surface it Between be rotatablely connected, slide bar is fixedly connected with attachment base, and the shaft end of angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped with lower supporting plate 73, upper backup pad 74, It is fixedly connected between lower supporting plate and upper backup pad by connecting column 75, upper backup pad is equipped with T shape spill spin block 76, on attachment base Equipped with T shape card slot 77, lower supporting plate is equipped with the rotary oil cylinder 78 for driving T shape spill spin block to rotate.
In conjunction with attached drawing, application method of the invention is as follows: after frame angle regulates, the axis of locking oil cylinder stretches out, and pushes away Dynamic pressure block, briquetting push sliding block slide in and out, the limiting tooth of the outer end side surface of sliding block is caught on serrated face so that anchor ear with Guide rod is linked together, between the two can not relative motion, then rotary oil cylinder is rotated by 90 °, and T shape spill spin block and T shape card slot are wrong Position, the axis retraction of angular adjustment oil cylinder, T shape spill spin block are separated with attachment base, and angular adjustment oil cylinder only passes through slide bar and company at this time Joint chair connection, when drill bit pierces and extracts, rack can generate biggish vibration in moment, and one can be also generated in boring procedure Fixed vibration, since the axis of angular adjustment oil cylinder is separated with rack, because the vibration is not transferred to the axis of angular adjustment oil cylinder On, angular adjustment oil cylinder will not be damaged because of being frequently shaken, and the service life of angular adjustment oil cylinder significantly extends;It is hydraulic It, at this time will on console if the pressure value that pressure sensor detects exceeds outside range of set value when lockable mechanism locking It sounds an alarm, warns operator's hydraulic Lock mechanism there are failure, needs to overhaul, to prevent the hydraulic lock in boring procedure Locking mechanism fails and causes the accident.

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1. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device, including pedestal, characterized in that the pedestal is equipped with two in parallel Column, crossbeam is equipped between the column, the crossbeam is equipped with rack, the company of rotation between the rack and crossbeam It connects, the pedestal is equipped with two support rods, and the lower end of the support rod is connect by hinged seat with pedestal, two support rods On be equipped with anchor ear, be slidably connected between the anchor ear and support rod, between two anchor ears pass through connecting rod connect, the machine The bottom of frame is equipped with support base, is rotatablely connected between the support base and connecting rod, sets between the anchor ear and support rod There is hydraulic Lock mechanism, angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped between the bottom surface and pedestal of the rack, the side of the support rod is equipped with Guide groove, the guide groove are distributed along the axial direction of support rod, are equipped on the inside of the anchor ear vertical with guide groove direction Sliding slot is set in the sliding slot there are two symmetrical sliding block, and the outer end of sliding block is protruded into guide groove, the inner end of the sliding block and cunning Reset spring is equipped between slot both ends, two opposite sides of sliding block are inclined-plane, it is equipped with briquetting between two sliding blocks, described armful The outside of hoop is equipped with locking oil cylinder, and the shaft end of locking oil cylinder is fixedly connected with briquetting;The guide groove, sliding block, briquetting, locking Oil cylinder constitutes the hydraulic Lock mechanism.
2. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the both ends of the sliding slot Equipped with guide rod, the sliding block is equipped with pilot hole, and the guide rod protrudes into pilot hole, and the reset spring is arranged On the guide bar;The inclined-plane of sliding block is equipped with the limiting slot being distributed along inclined-plane, and the two sides of the briquetting are caught in limiting slot.
3. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the two of the guide groove A side is serrated face, and the side of outer end towards the guide groove side of the sliding block is equipped with limiting tooth.
4. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the two of the support rod End is equipped with limit sleeve.
5. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the briquetting End is equipped with shrinkage pool, and pressure sensor is equipped in the shrinkage pool, is fixed with spring on the compression face of pressure sensor.
6. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the angular adjustment oil Hinged between the shell lower end of cylinder and pedestal, the hull outside of angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped with sliding sleeve, is equipped with and slides in the sliding sleeve The outer end of bar, the slide bar is equipped with attachment base, is rotatablely connected between the attachment base and rack bottom surface, the slide bar and company Joint chair is fixedly connected, and the shaft end of the angular adjustment oil cylinder is equipped with lower supporting plate, upper backup pad, the lower supporting plate and upper support It is fixedly connected between plate by connecting column, the upper backup pad is equipped with T shape spill spin block, and the attachment base is equipped with T shape Card slot, the lower supporting plate are equipped with the rotary oil cylinder for driving T shape spill spin block to rotate.
7. a kind of borer frame angle regulation positioning device according to claim 1, characterized in that the column is double The lower shaft end of hair oil cylinder, double head oil cylinder is fixedly connected with pedestal, and the upper shaft end of double head oil cylinder is equipped with support leg, the support leg End face is equipped with taper convex block.
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