CN106550561B

CN106550561B - Combined cabinet

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Publication number: CN106550561B
Application number: CN201510607259.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高德锁; 胡圣健; 陈占西
Original assignee: Hefei General Refrigeration Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Hefei General Refrigeration Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2015-09-22
Filing date: 2015-09-22
Publication date: 2020-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 2035-09-22
Also published as: CN106550561A

Abstract

The invention discloses a combined cabinet, which belongs to the technical field of data center cabinets and solves the technical problems of complex assembly and long construction period of the existing combined cabinet. The embodiment of the invention is applied to a large combined cabinet of a data center.

Description

Combined cabinet

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The invention relates to a combined cabinet, and belongs to the technical field of data center cabinets.

[ background of the invention ]

The data center is an organic combination of a site, tools, a process and the like for centralizing, integrating, sharing and analyzing business systems and data resources of an enterprise. In the factory of large-scale enterprise, because IT equipment quantity is comparatively huge, required server is also more, therefore data center need dispose a large amount of cabinets and place the server in classification, among the prior art, data center's cabinet sets up to multirow and places in the computer lab usually side by side, and the cabinet includes the cabinet body and backplate, and the backplate is connected through pivot or articulated mode with the cabinet body.

When the equipment cabinet of a large-scale data processing center is constructed and assembled, the back plate and the cabinet body are fixedly connected one by one, and the equipment workload is large and the construction period is long due to the fact that the number of the equipment cabinets is large.

[ summary of the invention ]

The invention aims to solve the problem of providing a combined cabinet which has the characteristics of simple installation and short construction period.

A combined cabinet comprises a plurality of cabinet units arranged in parallel, wherein each cabinet unit comprises a cabinet body and a back plate for opening and closing the cabinet body, the combined cabinet further comprises a push-pull mechanism, at least two back plates are connected to the push-pull mechanism, the push-pull mechanism comprises a fixed part connected to the cabinet body and a movable part connected to the back plates, and the movable part drives the two back plates to axially reciprocate along the fixed part to open and close the cabinet body.

The combined cabinet comprises a plurality of cabinet units arranged in parallel, each cabinet unit comprises a cabinet body and a back plate for opening and closing the cabinet body, in the prior art, when the combined cabinet is assembled, the back plates are connected with the cabinet bodies through rotating shafts or hinged modes, so that the back plates and the cabinet bodies need to be fixed one by one during assembly, and the installation workload is large and the construction period is long due to the fact that the number of the cabinet bodies is large. The combined cabinet further comprises a push-pull mechanism, the push-pull mechanism is at least connected with two back plates, the push-pull mechanism comprises a fixed part connected to the cabinet body and a movable part connected to the back plates, and the movable part drives the two back plates to axially reciprocate along the fixed part to open and close the cabinet body. When the combined cabinet push-pull mechanism is assembled, only the movable part and the fixed part need to be fixedly connected for one time, compared with the situation that the back plate and the cabinet body in the combined cabinet are installed and fixed for multiple times in the prior art, the combined cabinet push-pull mechanism is simpler and more convenient to assemble, shortens the construction period, and enables the data center to be quickly put into use.

The first embodiment: the fixed part comprises a guide rail, the movable part comprises a connecting rail, and the connecting rail reciprocates on the guide rail. So design, the guide rail can play the guide effect to the removal of backplate, makes the backplate can accurately close the cabinet body.

Second embodiment: the movable part also comprises a frame and a caster, the back plate and the connecting track are fixedly arranged on the frame, and the caster is arranged at the bottom of the frame. The frame can improve the reliability that the backplate is connected, and the truckle makes the removal of movable part light more smooth and easy.

The third embodiment: the guide rail is a sleeve, the connecting rail is a plug-in unit, one end of the plug-in unit is connected with the frame, and the other end of the plug-in unit is inserted into the sleeve. Due to the design, the push-pull mechanism is more convenient to install.

The fourth embodiment: the heat exchanger and the fan are arranged on the back plate, the heat exchanger is installed in the back plate, the fan is installed on the outer side face of the back plate, and a plurality of air return openings communicated with the inside of the back plate are formed in one side, close to the opening, of the frame. So design, hot-air accessible return air inlet in the rack is through discharging under the effect of fan to the computer lab environment with backplate heat exchanger heat transfer back, realizes the internal portion cooling heat dissipation of cabinet.

Fifth embodiment: and the air return openings on the frame are communicated with each other. When a single backboard breaks down, hot air of the cabinet is sucked by the return air inlets of the adjacent backboards and is exhausted to the machine room environment under the action of the fan after heat exchange of the heat exchanger, namely, backup is carried out among the backboards of one movable part, and the reliability of the system is higher.

Sixth embodiment: the combined cabinet is characterized in that a condenser is further arranged outside the combined cabinet, a main shunt pipe is hung above the cabinet body, the combined cabinet is connected with the condenser through the main shunt pipe, and a hose is connected between the main shunt pipe and the heat exchanger. By the design, the communication between the main shunt pipe and the heat exchanger can be enhanced, and the service life of the pipe is prolonged.

Seventh embodiment: and a control valve is arranged between the main shunt pipe and the hose. By the design, the circulation and the flow rate of the refrigerant between the main shunt pipe and the hose can be controlled.

These features and advantages of the present invention will be disclosed in more detail in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

[ description of the drawings ]

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a combined cabinet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the movable portion of the push-pull mechanism in the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a closed state of a combination cabinet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an open state of a combination cabinet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the movable portion of the push-pull mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a back plate in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 6.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are explained and illustrated below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, but the following embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the implementation, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1-2, for example, the combined cabinet includes 10 cabinet units 1 arranged in parallel, where the cabinet unit 1 includes a cabinet body 11 and a back panel 12, the cabinet body 11 is provided with an opening 111, and the back panel 12 is used to open and close the opening 111.

The combined cabinet in the preferred embodiment of the invention further comprises a push-pull mechanism 2, at least 2 back boards in the combined cabinet are connected to the push-pull mechanism 2, the push-pull mechanism 2 comprises a fixed part and a movable part, the fixed part is fixedly connected to the cabinet body 11, the movable part is fixedly connected to the back board 12, the movable part comprises a frame 23 and casters 24, in the embodiment, 5 back boards 12 are connected to the push-pull mechanism 2, the back boards 12 are fixedly connected with the frame 23 one by one so as to enhance the connection reliability of the back boards 12, in order to facilitate the replacement and maintenance of the back boards 12 at the later stage, the back boards 12 and the frame 23 adopt a detachable connection mode of screws or bolts and the like, the mounting positions of the back boards 12 on the frame 23 correspond to the openings 111 one by one, so that when the cabinet body 11 is closed, the back boards 12 can prevent external dust from entering the cabinet, the bottom and the ground sliding contact of truckle 24, the one-to-one is that the quantity of backplate 12 of connecting is unanimous with the quantity of truckle 24 on the push-and-pull institution 2, and so design, truckle 24 can be used to support backplate 12 and take place to warp under the action of gravity of backplate 12 and damage in order to prevent frame 23, makes the removal of movable part more light smooth and easy simultaneously, because the combination rack comprises 10 rack units 1 in this embodiment, consequently need set up 2 push-and-pull institutions 2.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of the back plates connected to the push-pull mechanism may be determined according to actual needs, so as to match the number of the racks in the installation site, and in order to enhance the supporting effect of the caster wheels on the back plates, a plurality of caster wheels may be further disposed below each back plate.

In order to make the installation of the fixed part and the movable part simpler, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the guide rail 21 is a sleeve, the connecting rail 22 is an insert, one end of the insert is fixedly connected to the frame 23, the other end of the insert is inserted into the sleeve, and the insert can reciprocate along the axial direction of the sleeve, so that the guide rail 21 can guide the movement of the back plate 12, so that the back plate 12 can accurately close the cabinet body 11, and prevent external dust from entering the cabinet body 11. Since the caster 24 supports the frame 23 and the back plate 12, the back plate 12 and the frame 23 will not be inclined, and at the same time, in order to avoid interference between two adjacent sets of push-pull mechanisms 2 when they are installed, the number of the sleeves and the inserts in each push-pull mechanism 2 is set to 3, wherein the sleeves are fixedly connected at two corner positions on the left side of the cabinet 11 and at a corner position above the right side, and the inserts are fixedly connected at two corner positions on the left side of the frame 23 and at a corner position above the right side to be matched with the sleeves.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the guide rail may also be a guide rail, the connecting rail is a slider, and the slider horizontally slides back and forth on the guide rail, or the guide rail and the connecting rail are telescopic rod structures, that is, the guide rail is an outer tube, the connecting rail is an inner tube, and one end of the inner tube is located in the outer tube and can slide back and forth inside the outer tube, so that the effects of the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be achieved.

When the push-pull mechanism 2 is assembled on the combined cabinet, firstly, 5 back plates 12 are fixedly connected to the frame 23 one by one, and then, the frame 23 is fixedly connected to the combined cabinet once.

As shown in fig. 3-4, after the assembly is completed, since the server is placed in the cabinet 11, in a normal state, the back plate 12 closes the opening 111 to prevent external dust from entering the cabinet 11, when a technician needs to maintain or operate the server, the technician only needs to pull the movable portion to drive the back plate 12 to move in a direction away from the opening 111, at this time, the 5 openings 111 of the cabinet 11 corresponding to the back plate 12 are simultaneously opened, a channel 6 is formed between the frame 23 and the cabinet 11, and the technician can maintain and operate the server in the cabinet 11 in the channel 6. After the maintenance or operation is completed, the technician pushes the movable portion to move in a direction close to the opening 111, and at this time, the 5 openings 111 of the cabinet 11 corresponding to the back plate 12 connected to the movable portion are simultaneously closed.

As shown in fig. 1, a condenser (the structure of which is not shown) is further provided outside the combination cabinet, a main branch flow pipe 3 is connected between the combination cabinet and the condenser, the main branch flow pipe 3 is suspended above the combination cabinet by a suspension rod, the main branch flow pipe 3 includes a main branch flow pipe 31 and a main branch flow pipe 32, the main branch flow pipe 31 is a flow passage for gaseous refrigerant to return to the condenser, the main branch flow pipe 32 is a flow passage for liquid refrigerant to discharge from the condenser, and the aperture of the main branch flow pipe 31 is larger than that of the main branch flow pipe 32 because the flow area of gas is larger than that of liquid.

As shown in fig. 5-7, an air return opening 231 corresponding to the back plate 12 is disposed on one side of the frame 23 close to the opening 111, the size of the air return opening 231 is approximately equal to that of the opening 111, the fan 121 communicating with the machine room environment is disposed on the outer side surface of the back plate 12, the heat exchanger 122 is disposed inside the back plate 12, the heat exchanger 122 is generally an evaporator, the air return opening 231 communicates with the inside of the back plate 12, the heat exchanger 122 is provided with an outlet and an inlet, the outlet communicates with the main branch air pipe 31 through a hose 4, the inlet communicates with the main branch liquid pipe 32 through a hose 4, because the hose 4 has high elasticity and high fatigue resistance, the hose 4 is not damaged when the back plate moves, the communication between the main branch air pipe 3 and the heat exchanger 122 is enhanced, and the service life of the pipe is prolonged.

As shown in fig. 1, control valves 5 are disposed between the main branch gas pipe 31 and the flexible pipe 4 and between the main branch liquid pipe 32 and the flexible pipe 4, and the control valves 5 may be ball valves or stop valves, and in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, ball valves are selected, which have small volume, light weight and rapid opening and closing, and can control the flow of gaseous or liquid refrigerant and the flow rate.

Because the server is placed in the cabinet body 11, the server can generate a large amount of heat in the operation process, so that the temperature in the cabinet body 11 is increased, and the operation of the server is adversely affected, therefore, the temperature reduction and heat dissipation treatment needs to be performed on the inside of the cabinet body 11. Firstly, liquid refrigerant in the condenser flows into the heat exchanger 122 from an inlet of the heat exchanger 122 through the main branch liquid pipe 32, hot air in the cabinet body 11 enters the back plate 12 through the air return opening 231, the hot air flows through the heat exchanger 122 to be cooled and is discharged into the machine room environment through the fan 121, the liquid refrigerant absorbs heat in the hot air to be evaporated to form gaseous refrigerant, the gaseous refrigerant enters the main branch liquid pipe 31 through an outlet of the heat exchanger 122 and flows back to the condenser to form the liquid refrigerant through condensation of the condenser, the effect of cooling the inside of the cabinet body 11 is achieved through repeated circulation, and a maintenance person can control the circulation condition of the refrigerant in the back plate 12 through the control valve 5 so as to be convenient for maintenance.

In the invention, the air return openings 231 on the frame 23 are communicated with each other, when a single back plate 12 fails, hot air in the cabinet unit 1 is sucked by the air return openings 231 of the adjacent back plates 12, and is discharged to a machine room environment under the action of the fan 121 after heat exchange by the heat exchanger 122, namely, the back plates 12 of one movable part are mutually backed up, so that the system reliability is higher.

In other embodiments of the present invention, in order to simplify the structure of the movable portion, the back plates of the push-pull mechanism may be fixedly connected to each other, the connecting rail is connected to the back plates, and the caster is disposed at the bottom of the back plates, which may also achieve similar effects.

While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, and may be embodied in many different forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. Any modification which does not depart from the functional and structural principles of the present invention is intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a combination rack, includes a plurality of rack units that set up side by side, the rack unit includes the cabinet body and is used for the switching the backplate of the cabinet body, its characterized in that: the combined cabinet also comprises a push-pull mechanism, at least two back plates are connected to the push-pull mechanism, the push-pull mechanism comprises a fixed part connected to the cabinet body and a movable part connected to the back plates, and the movable part drives the at least two back plates to axially reciprocate along the fixed part to open and close the cabinet body;

the heat exchanger and the fan are arranged on the back plate, the heat exchanger is installed inside the back plate, and the fan is installed on the outer side face of the back plate.

2. The combination cabinet of claim 1, wherein: the fixed part comprises a guide rail, the movable part comprises a connecting rail, and the connecting rail reciprocates on the guide rail.

3. The combination cabinet of claim 2, wherein: the movable part also comprises a frame and a caster, the back plate and the connecting track are fixedly arranged on the frame, and the caster is arranged at the bottom of the frame.

4. The combination cabinet of claim 3, wherein: the guide rail is a sleeve, the connecting rail is a plug-in unit, one end of the plug-in unit is connected with the frame, and the other end of the plug-in unit is inserted into the sleeve.

5. The combination cabinet of claim 3, wherein: one side of the frame, which is close to the cabinet body, is provided with a plurality of air return openings communicated with the inside of the back plate.

6. The combination cabinet of claim 5, wherein: and the air return openings on the frame are communicated with each other.

7. The combination cabinet of claim 5, wherein: the combined cabinet is characterized in that a condenser is further arranged outside the combined cabinet, a main shunt pipe is hung above the cabinet body, the combined cabinet is connected with the condenser through the main shunt pipe, and a hose is connected between the main shunt pipe and the heat exchanger.

8. The combination cabinet of claim 7, wherein: and a control valve is arranged between the main shunt pipe and the hose.