CN106652743A - Analog wiring board - Google Patents

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CN106652743A
CN106652743A CN201610927433.0A CN201610927433A CN106652743A CN 106652743 A CN106652743 A CN 106652743A CN 201610927433 A CN201610927433 A CN 201610927433A CN 106652743 A CN106652743 A CN 106652743A
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苗兴旺
杨言余
牛洪波
赵建成
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Abstract

The invention provides an analog wiring board. The analog wiring board includes a substrate, a plurality of wire grooves and a plurality of wires. The wire grooves are movably adsorbed on the substrate. The wires are arranged in the wire grooves to form a different wiring structure. Since the wire grooves are movably adsorbed on the substrate, for different types of locomotive electrical cabinets, the staff only need to adjust the location of the wire grooves, without the need of making an analog wiring board for each type of locomotive electrical cabinets, thus saving manpower and material resources, and further improving the efficiency of locomotive maintenance.

Description

Analog wire laying plate
Technical field
The present embodiments relate to locomotive double heading technical field, more particularly to a kind of analog wire laying plate.
Background technology
It is link relatively common during locomotive inspection and repair to change locomotive wiring, to change and first want analog machine before locomotive wiring The wiring plate of car, is connected up on analog wire laying plate, then removes the wire for arranging from analog wire laying plate, to change Wiring before locomotive.
What is adopted at present is all fixed analog wire laying plate, that is to say, that the corresponding analog wire laying of locomotive of every kind of model Plate is all unique, therefore often overhauls a locomotive, and staff is required for making a corresponding analog wire laying plate, wherein should The substrate of analog wire laying plate is welded by steel plate and angle steel, and the analog wire laying plate includes:Substrate, line long bolt, line Short screw, fixed spring walk wireplint etc..
However, fixed analog wire laying plate of the prior art is only limited to a certain vehicle, staff often overhauls one Locomotive, it is necessary to make an analog wire laying plate, so as to cause the waste of human and material resources, and causes that overhaul efficiency is low to ask Topic.
The content of the invention
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of analog wire laying plate, to alleviate the waste to human and material resources, and improves locomotive inspection Repair efficiency.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of analog wire laying plate, including:Substrate, multiple metallic channels and a plurality of wire, it is described to lead Wire casing movably adsorbs on the substrate, and the wire is arranged in the metallic channel, to form different wire structures.
Because metallic channel movably adsorbs on substrate, therefore the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive for different model, work people Member only needs to adjust the position of metallic channel, and the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive that need not be directed to every kind of model all makes a simulation cloth Line plate, so as to save human and material resources, further improves locomotive inspection and repair efficiency.
Alternatively, the cell wall of each metallic channel is provided with multiple wire guides for passing through the wire, the wire guide Bearing of trend along the metallic channel is spaced.
The neat arrangement of wire can be caused by arranging wire guide on metallic channel, is unlikely to the possibility for coiling occur.
Alternatively, the cell wall of each metallic channel is constituted by multiple spaced cylinders, the end of the cylinder Size is all higher than the stage casing size of the cylinder, so that the space between adjacent columns forms the wire guide.
End of the adjacent columns apart from substrate farther out forms certain opening, and wire can take out from the opening, therefore this Planting wire pore structure contributes to adjusting the position of wire.
Alternatively, the substrate is iron plate, and the metallic channel is the magnetic metallic channel of tool so that metallic channel can be adsorbed on On substrate.
Alternatively, also include:Wire-clamping device, the wire-clamping device movably adsorbs on the substrate.
On the one hand the wire-clamping device can be used for fixing wire, prevent wire from the situation of coiling occur, on the other hand, wiring During may need adjust wire length, and wire-clamping device can play a part of adjust wire length.
Alternatively, the wire-clamping device is the magnetic spring clamp of tool.
Alternatively, also include;Wrapping post, the wrapping post movably adsorbs on the substrate, the wrapping post edge Stretch out in direction perpendicular to the substrate.Staff can adjust the length of wire by wrapping post.
Alternatively, the wrapping post is the magnetic wrapping post of tool, so as to prevent wrapping post from dropping.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of analog wire laying plate, and the analog wire laying plate includes:Substrate, multiple metallic channels and a plurality of Wire, metallic channel movably adsorbs on substrate, and wire is arranged in metallic channel, to form different wire structures, due to Metallic channel movably adsorbs on substrate, therefore the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive for different model, and staff only needs to adjustment The position of metallic channel, and the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive that need not be directed to every kind of model all makes an analog wire laying plate, so as to save Human-saving, material resources, further improve locomotive inspection and repair efficiency.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly that the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, below will be to embodiment or existing The accompanying drawing to be used needed for having technology description does one and simply introduces, it should be apparent that, drawings in the following description are these Some bright embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without having to pay creative labor, can be with Other accompanying drawings are obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
A kind of structural representation of analog wire laying plate that Fig. 1 is provided for one embodiment of the invention;
A kind of structural representation of metallic channel that Fig. 2 is provided for one embodiment of the invention;
A kind of partial enlarged drawing of metallic channel that Fig. 3 is provided for one embodiment of the invention.
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11- substrates;
12- metallic channels;
13- wires;
14- wire guides;
15- cell walls;
16- cylinders;
The end of 161- cylinders;
The middle part of 162- cylinders.
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To make purpose, technical scheme and the advantage of the embodiment of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention In accompanying drawing, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, it is clear that described embodiment is The a part of embodiment of the present invention, rather than the embodiment of whole.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art The every other embodiment obtained under the premise of creative work is not made, belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
In in order to solve prior art, because fixed analog wire laying plate is only limited to a certain vehicle, staff often examines Repair a locomotive, it is necessary to make an analog wire laying plate, so as to cause the waste of human and material resources, and cause overhaul efficiency Low problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of analog wire laying plate.
The structural representation of a kind of analog wire laying plate that Fig. 1 is provided for one embodiment of the invention, as shown in figure 1, the simulation Wiring plate includes:Substrate 11, multiple metallic channels 12 and a plurality of wire 13, metallic channel 12 movably on the substrate 11, lead by absorption Line 13 is arranged in metallic channel 12, to form different wire structures.
Alternatively, the substrate 11 is iron plate, and the metallic channel 12 is the magnetic metallic channel of tool, so that metallic channel 12 On the substrate 11, wherein staff determines metallic channel 12 in substrate 11 according to the model of locomotive to be detected for moveable absorption On particular location, for example:Staff can treat the position of each electrical part in the Electric Appliance Cabinet of locomotive under repairing carry out it is detailed Measure and record, for example:Staff draws Electric Appliance Cabinet wiring sketch with CAXA;By 1:10 print sketch checking of dimensions, core Figure is pressed into 1 after errorless to size:1 ratio is printed on white printing opacity coloured silk cloth;Then by printed white printing opacity coloured silk cloth laying On the substrate 11, metallic channel 12 is set according to the position of each electrical part.Complete when staff connects up on analog wire laying plate Afterwards, wire can be tied with nylon cable tie and is removed, then the wire removed is installed on the Electric Appliance Cabinet of locomotive.
When staff need change another model locomotive wiring when, then staff can be to the model machine The position of each electrical part carries out detailed measurement and records in the Electric Appliance Cabinet of car, and staff draws Electric Appliance Cabinet wiring grass with CAXA Figure;By 1:10 print sketch checking of dimensions, and figure is pressed into 1 after checking of dimensions is errorless:1 ratio is printed on white printing opacity coloured silk cloth; Then printed white printing opacity coloured silk cloth is laid on the substrate 11, according to the position adjustment of each electrical part of the model locomotive Metallic channel 12.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of analog wire laying plate, and the analog wire laying plate includes:Substrate, multiple metallic channels and a plurality of Wire, metallic channel movably adsorbs on substrate, and wire is arranged in metallic channel, to form different wire structures, due to Metallic channel movably adsorbs on substrate, therefore the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive for different model, and staff only needs to adjustment The position of metallic channel, and the Electric Appliance Cabinet of the locomotive that need not be directed to every kind of model all makes an analog wire laying plate, so as to save Human-saving, material resources, further improve locomotive inspection and repair efficiency.
The structural representation of a kind of metallic channel that Fig. 2 is provided for one embodiment of the invention, as shown in Fig. 2 each metallic channel 12 cell wall is provided with multiple wire guides 14 for passing through wire, bearing of trend interval row of the wire guide 14 along metallic channel 12 Row.
Wherein, wire can be extended in another metallic channel 12 through wire guide 14, by arranging on metallic channel 12 Wire guide 14 can cause the neat arrangement of wire, be unlikely to the possibility for coiling occur.
It should be noted that above-mentioned wire guide 14 can be circular wire guide, naturally it is also possible to be following shape.
The partial enlarged drawing of a kind of metallic channel that Fig. 3 is provided for one embodiment of the invention, as shown in figure 3, each wire The cell wall 15 of groove is constituted by multiple spaced cylinders 16, and the size of end 161 of the cylinder 16 is all higher than in cylinder 16 162 sizes of section, so that the space between adjacent columns forms wire guide 14.
That is, multiple spaced cylinders 16 are such as the comb on cell wall 15, adjacent columns 16 apart from substrate compared with Remote end forms certain opening, and wire can take out from the opening, therefore this wire pore structure contributes to adjusting wire Position.It should be noted that the cylinder 16 preferably has resilient cylinder, for example:Cylinder 16 can be flexible plastic material Matter so that the opening is unlikely to too big, because opening is too greatly, it is impossible to block wire, opening is also unlikely to too little, because If opening is too little, wire cannot take out from opening.
Alternatively, the analog wire laying plate also includes:Wire-clamping device, the wire-clamping device movably adsorbs in the substrate On, on the one hand the wire-clamping device can be used for fixing wire, prevent wire from the situation of coiling occur, on the other hand, wiring process The middle length that may need to adjust wire, and wire-clamping device can play a part of to adjust the length of wire, for example:As work people Member needs for the length of wire to adjust shorter, then then can be fixed by wire-clamping device by wire more around several circles, contrary, Need for the length of wire to adjust longer as personnel, then circular a few circle wires can according to actual needs be lengthened, then Fixed by wire-clamping device.
Because the wire-clamping device also movably adsorbs on substrate, therefore be not in asking of easily dropping of wire-clamping device Topic.Alternatively, wire-clamping device is the magnetic spring clamp of tool, because substrate is iron plate, so having magnetic spring clip Line plate can adsorb on substrate.
Alternatively, the analog wire laying plate also includes;Wrapping post, the wrapping post movably adsorbs on the substrate, Stretch out perpendicular to the direction of the substrate on the wrapping post edge.The length for adjusting wire may be needed in wiring process, except can To adjust the length of wire using above-mentioned wire-clamping device, the length of wire can also be adjusted by wrapping post, for example:As work people Member needs for the length of wire to adjust shorter, then can be many around several circles on wrapping post by wire, contrary, needs as personnel The length of wire is adjusted into longer, then circular a few circle wires can according to actual needs be lengthened.
Alternatively, the wrapping post is the magnetic wrapping post of tool, so as to prevent wrapping post from dropping.
To sum up, on the one hand the wire-clamping device that the present invention is provided can be used for fixing wire, prevent wire from the feelings of coiling occur Condition, on the other hand, may need the length for adjusting wire in wiring process, and wire-clamping device can play the length of adjustment wire Effect, and wire-clamping device also movably adsorbs on substrate, therefore is not in the problem that wire-clamping device easily drops; Meanwhile, the embodiment of the present invention can also adjust the length of wire, and wrapping post to have magnetic wrapping post by wrapping post, Such that it is able to prevent wrapping post from dropping.
Finally it should be noted that:Various embodiments above only to illustrate technical scheme, rather than a limitation;To the greatest extent Pipe has been described in detail with reference to foregoing embodiments to the present invention, it will be understood by those within the art that:Its according to So the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments can be modified, either which part or all technical characteristic are entered Row equivalent;And these modifications or replacement, do not make the essence disengaging various embodiments of the present invention technology of appropriate technical solution The scope of scheme.

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1. a kind of analog wire laying plate, it is characterised in that include:Substrate, multiple metallic channels and a plurality of wire, the metallic channel is removable On the substrate, the wire is arranged in the metallic channel for dynamic absorption, to form different wire structures.
2. analog wire laying plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the cell wall of each metallic channel is provided with multiple making The wire guide that the wire is passed through, the wire guide is spaced along the bearing of trend of the metallic channel.
3. analog wire laying plate according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the cell wall of each metallic channel is by multiple Constitute every the cylinder of arrangement, the end size of the cylinder is all higher than the stage casing size of the cylinder, so that between adjacent columns Space form the wire guide.
4. the analog wire laying plate according to any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the substrate is iron plate, described to lead Wire casing is the magnetic metallic channel of tool.
5. the analog wire laying plate according to any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that also include:Wire-clamping device, the folder Line apparatus movably adsorb on the substrate.
6. analog wire laying plate according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the wire-clamping device is the magnetic spring clip of tool Line plate.
7. the analog wire laying plate according to any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that also include;Wrapping post, the coiling Post movably adsorbs on the substrate, and the wrapping post edge is stretched out perpendicular to the direction of the substrate.
8. analog wire laying plate according to claim 7, it is characterised in that the wrapping post is the magnetic wrapping post of tool.
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