Background
The open gear is widely applied to large-scale equipment in the industries of ocean engineering, electric power, mines, cement, steel, chemical engineering, paper making and the like. However, since the open gear has no dust cover or housing, the gear is exposed to the outside and is liable to fall into dust, chips, etc. during transmission, so that the gear is not in good working condition, and it is necessary to improve the lubrication condition of the gear to avoid the wear of the abrasive due to poor lubrication of the gear. The existing open gear lubrication modes comprise manual lubrication, oil cup filling lubrication, oil-gas lubrication and the like.
The manual lubrication is used for smearing the lubricating oil on the tooth surfaces of the open gear in a manual smearing mode, however, the diameter of the heavy open gear reaches several meters along with the continuous increase of the diameter of the open gear, and the traditional lubricating mode of manually smearing the lubricating oil has high labor intensity of operators and certain danger; in addition, in the middle-term maintenance process, because the open gear is in the meshing state, lubricating oil cannot be applied to the tooth surface of the gear at the meshing position in the current state, the application work cannot be completed on all the tooth surfaces at the meshing position and the tooth surfaces at the non-meshing position at one time, and the application work needs to be performed again after the gear is rotated for the tooth surfaces at the meshing position, so that the application process is complex, and the maintenance cost is high.
For example, patent document 1(CN204533469U) discloses a rolling type lubricator, which is a lubrication type of an oil cup filling type lubricator, in which an outer conical inner ball valve port 9 is provided at the lower end of an oil cup 1, and a guide ball 5 is provided on the inner spherical surface of the outer conical inner ball valve port 9. The oil cup is characterized in that a positioning movable piston 4 and a horizontal support plate 7 are sequentially arranged in the oil cup 1 from top to bottom, the positioning movable piston 4 is composed of a horizontal pressing plate 401 corresponding to the horizontal support plate 7 and a positioning column 402 arranged on the horizontal pressing plate 401, the positioning column 402 is sleeved with a spring 6, the top end of the positioning column 402 extends out of an upper cover plate 2 of the oil cup 1 through a longitudinal through hole, a limiting spring 8 is arranged between the horizontal support plate 7 and the flow guide ball body 5, and the horizontal support plate 7 is of a hollow structure or forms a gap with the inner wall of the. When the lubricating grease is used, grease is placed between the horizontal pressing plate 401 and the horizontal supporting plate 7, the grease penetrates through the horizontal supporting plate 7 under the pressure action of the horizontal pressing plate 401 to flow downwards and is gathered to the conical bottom surface flow guide ball body 5, and the flow guide ball body continuously rolls, so that lubricating grease continuously falls onto the surface of the open gear. However, for the lubricating mode, due to the lack of the oil quantity feedback unit, the external world cannot know the oil content in the oil cup, and when the oil is lack, an alarm cannot be sent to the external world to supplement the oil in time, so that the open gear is subjected to dry friction; and under the condition that the oil cup contains the oil, the oil cup can continuously fill the oil into the open gear, and the lubricating system cannot automatically control the oil filling time.
Patent document 2(CN204358071U) discloses an open gear oil-gas lubrication system, in which an air pressure-regulating filter device 2, a pneumatic barrel pump 7, an oil-gas mixing block 8, an oil-gas distributor 9, an oil-gas nozzle 10, etc. are provided, the air pressure-regulating filter device 2 has two gas outlet ends, the lubrication system has two compressed air passages, one passage leads to the pneumatic barrel pump 7 for providing power for the pneumatic barrel pump 7 to pump lubricating oil, the other passage directly leads to the oil-gas mixing block 8, the lubricating oil pumped by the pneumatic barrel pump 7 is mixed with the compressed air from the air pressure-regulating filter device 2 in the oil-gas mixing block 8 to form an oil-gas mixed flow, and the oil-gas mixed flow is distributed by the oil-gas distributor 9 and then is sprayed to the tooth surface of the open gear driving wheel by the oil-gas nozzle 10 to form an oil film. In the lubricating system, the electric control device controls the opening and closing of electromagnetic valves arranged in each oil and gas passage to realize automatic control. In the utility model, the lubricant forms an oil film on the open gear in the form of spraying oil mist, and is easy to be scattered to other spaces outside the gear surface in the spraying process, thereby being easy to cause waste and air pollution; moreover, when the electric control device fails, the lubricating system cannot work.
Therefore, it is an urgent technical problem in the art to provide a lubrication system for an open gear that is reliable in use and has high lubrication efficiency.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a lubrication system of an open gear, including: a compressed air supply assembly supplying compressed air by the control of the controller; the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly is connected to the compressed air supply assembly, and the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly pressurizes the lubricating medium stored in the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly by using the compressed air supplied by the compressed air supply assembly so as to feed the lubricating medium; the distributor is connected to the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly and distributes the lubricating medium fed by the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly; and a gear assembly connected to the distributor, the gear assembly including at least one lubricating medium transfer gear engaged with the open gear to transfer the lubricating medium distributed by the distributor to the open gear to lubricate the open gear.
Further, the compressed air supply assembly includes: a source of compressed air; an air filter assembly that filters compressed air from a compressed air source; and the electromagnetic valve is connected with the controller, when the controller controls the electromagnetic valve to be opened, the compressed air filtered by the air filtering assembly enters the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly through the electromagnetic valve, and when the controller controls the electromagnetic valve to be closed, the compressed air filtered by the air filtering assembly stops entering the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly.
Further, the pneumatic lubrication medium filling assembly comprises: a lubricating medium storage device for storing a lubricating medium; and a lubrication pump communicating with the solenoid valve, the lubrication pump pressurizing the lubrication medium stored in the lubrication medium storage device with the compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply assembly to feed the lubrication medium.
Furthermore, the gear assembly comprises a support shaft, the support shaft supports at least one lubricating medium transfer gear, an axle center oil hole is formed in the support shaft, and the axle center oil hole is communicated with the distributor through a pipeline; each lubricating medium transfer gear is provided with at least one radial oil hole along the radial direction, the radial oil holes are communicated with the axis oil hole, and the lubricating medium flows to the tooth surface of the lubricating medium transfer gear through the distributor, the axis oil hole and the radial oil holes.
Further, the lubricating system comprises a travel switch, the travel switch is arranged on the lubricating medium storage device and is connected with the controller;
the travel switch monitors the amount of the lubricating medium stored in the lubricating medium storage device and sends an oil amount signal for feeding back the amount of the lubricating medium to the controller, and when the amount of the lubricating medium in the lubricating medium storage device is monitored to be lower than a warning value, the controller sends out an alarm and controls the electromagnetic valve to be closed so as to lock the lubricating pump.
Further, the lubrication system comprises a proximity switch, wherein the proximity switch is arranged on the gear assembly and is connected with the controller; the proximity switch measures the rotation number or the rotation time of the lubricating medium transmission gear, and sends a rotation signal for feeding back the rotation number or the rotation time of the lubricating medium transmission gear to the controller, and the controller controls the opening or closing of the electromagnetic valve according to the rotation signal so as to realize the automatic control of the working time period of the lubricating system.
Further, the lubrication system includes a circulation indicator disposed on the dispenser and connected to the controller; the circulation indicator is used for monitoring whether the distributor breaks down or not and sending a distribution signal for feeding back whether the distributor breaks down or not to the controller, and when the distributor is detected to break down, the controller controls the electromagnetic valve to be closed so as to close the lubricating system.
Further, the lubrication system comprises: the silencer is connected to the electromagnetic valve and used for eliminating noise caused by the working of the lubricating pump.
Further, the lubrication system has an automatic mode or a manual mode.
Further, the pneumatic lubrication medium filling assembly comprises: and the stop valve is arranged between the compressed air source and the air filtering assembly, and is in a normally open state when the lubricating system normally works.
Further, the pneumatic lubrication medium filling assembly comprises: and the throttle valve is arranged between the compressed air source and the air filtering assembly and is used for regulating the flow of the compressed air from the compressed air source.
As described above, the open gear lubrication system provided by the present invention has high lubrication efficiency due to the fact that the lubrication medium is transferred to the open gear tooth surface in the gear meshing manner. Meanwhile, due to the arrangement of the proximity switch, the travel switch and the like, the lubricating system can realize automatic control and is reliable to use. Further, since the system can be switched to the manual mode, the lubrication system can be normally operated even when the proximity switch or the like is out of order.
In order to make the aforementioned and other objects of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure. While the invention will be described in connection with the preferred embodiments, there is no intent to limit its features to those embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is described in connection with the embodiments for the purpose of covering alternatives or modifications that may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these particulars. Moreover, some of the specific details have been left out of the description in order to avoid obscuring or obscuring the focus of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
The terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top" and "bottom" used in the following description should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
1-5, a lubrication system for an open gear 106, comprising: a compressed air supply unit which supplies compressed air by the control of the controller 12; the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly 6 is connected to the compressed air supply assembly, and the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly 6 uses the compressed air supplied by the compressed air supply assembly to pressurize the lubricating medium stored in the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly 6 so as to feed the lubricating medium; a distributor 8, the distributor 8 being connected to the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly 6 and distributing the lubricating medium fed by the pneumatic lubricating medium filling assembly 6; and a gear assembly 10, the gear assembly 10 being connected to the distributor 8, the gear assembly 10 including at least one lubricating medium transfer gear 101, the at least one lubricating medium transfer gear 101 being meshed with the open gear 106 to transfer the lubricating medium distributed by the distributor 8 to the open gear 106, thereby lubricating the open gear 106.
Among them, the lubricating medium transmission gear 101 is preferably made of wear-resistant plastic, and more preferably, the lubricating medium transmission gear 101 is made of nylon. By providing the lubricating medium transmission gear 101 with a material having a certain elasticity, it is possible to avoid unnecessary noise when the lubricating medium transmission gear 101 meshes with the open gear 106.
Further, the compressed air supply assembly includes: a source of compressed air; an air filter assembly 3, wherein the air filter assembly 3 filters compressed air from a compressed air source; and the electromagnetic valve 5, the electromagnetic valve 5 is connected with the controller 12, when the controller 12 controls the electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened, the compressed air filtered by the air filtering component 3 enters the pneumatic lubricating medium filling component 6 through the electromagnetic valve 5, and when the controller 12 controls the electromagnetic valve 5 to be closed, the compressed air filtered by the air filtering component 3 stops entering the pneumatic lubricating medium filling component 6.
The air filter assembly 3 may be configured to include an air filter 31, a pressure reducing valve 32, and an oil mist sprayer 33, which are sequentially disposed along a flow direction of the compressed air. It should be understood that although fig. 1 shows only one sequencing of the air filter 31, the pressure reducing valve 32 and the oil mist device 33, the skilled person can combine the three sequencing modes, for example, the sequencing of the pressure reducing valve 32, the air filter 31 and the oil mist device 33 is arranged along the flow direction of the compressed air.
Further, the pneumatic lubricating medium charging assembly 6 includes: a lubricating medium storage device 62, the lubricating medium storage device 62 being used for storing a lubricating medium; and a lubrication pump 61, the lubrication pump 61 communicating with the electromagnetic valve 5, the lubrication pump 61 pressurizing the lubrication medium stored in the lubrication medium storage device 62 with the compressed air supplied from the compressed air supply assembly to feed the lubrication medium.
Further, the gear assembly 10 includes a support shaft 102, the support shaft 102 supports at least one lubricating medium transfer gear 101, an axial center oil hole 104 is formed in the support shaft 102, and the axial center oil hole 104 is communicated with the distributor 8 through a pipeline; each lubricating medium transfer gear 101 is provided with at least one radial oil hole 105 in the radial direction, the radial oil hole 105 is communicated with the axial center oil hole 104, and the lubricating medium flows to the tooth surface of the lubricating medium transfer gear 101 through the distributor 8, the axial center oil hole 104 and the radial oil hole 105. The support shaft 102 is fixed at both ends to the support base 103.
As shown in fig. 3, the gear assembly 10 is provided with four lubricating medium transmission gears 101, and two axial center oil holes 104 are provided in a support shaft 102. Each axial center oil hole 104 is respectively communicated with the radial oil holes 105 of two lubricating medium transfer gears 101, and different axial center oil holes 104 are connected with the distributor 8 through different pipelines. Specifically, for example, as shown in fig. 2, the upper axial oil hole 104 communicates with the radial oil holes 105 of the two left lubricating medium transmission gears 101, and the lower axial oil hole 104 communicates with the radial oil holes 105 of the two right lubricating medium transmission gears 101, so that the distributor 8 can distribute the lubricating medium according to the force applied to the open gears 106 engaged with the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 at different positions during operation. The amount of the lubricating medium distributed to the upper axial center oil hole 104 may be the same as or different from the amount of the lubricating medium distributed to the lower axial center oil hole 104.
Although fig. 3 shows only one arrangement of the spindle oil hole 104 and the lubricating medium transmission gear 101, various other arrangements may be provided. Wherein, each lubricating medium transfer gear 101 is provided with at least 1 radial oil hole 105 along the radial direction, and the supporting shaft 102 is internally provided with at least one axial center oil hole 104, and the number of the lubricating medium transfer gears 101 is more than or equal to the number of the axial center oil holes 104.
When the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 and the number of the shaft center oil holes 104 are set to be the same, each shaft center oil hole 104 communicates with only one radial oil hole 105 of one lubricating medium transmission gear 101. When the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is set to one, the number of the axial center oil holes 104 is also set to one correspondingly. When the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is set to be two or more, the distributor 8 may set the same or different amount of the lubricating medium for each of the axis oil holes 104, so that the amount of the lubricating medium transmitted between the respective lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is the same or different. The number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 and the number of the axle center oil holes 104 can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4 or other numbers which can be set by those skilled in the art according to the needs.
When the number of the lubricating medium transfer gears 101 is set to be different from the number of the shaft center oil holes 104, each of the shaft center oil holes 104 communicates with one or more of the radial oil holes 105 of the lubricating medium transfer gear 101. The distributor 8 may set the same or different amounts of the lubricating medium for each axial center oil hole 104 so that the amounts of the lubricating medium transferred between the respective (or groups of) lubricating medium transfer gears 101 where the radial oil holes 105 communicating with the respective axial center oil holes 104 are located are the same or different. For example, if the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is three and the number of the axial center oil holes 104 is two, one of the axial center oil holes 104 communicates with the radial direction oil holes 105 of the two lubricating medium transmission gears 101. For another example, if the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is set to 4 and the number of the axial center oil holes 104 is set to 2, the two axial center oil holes 104 may be respectively provided to communicate with the radial oil holes 105 of the two lubricating medium transmission gears 101; or it may be arranged that one of the axial center oil holes 104 communicates with three radial oil holes 105 of the lubricating medium transfer gear 101, and the other axial center oil hole 104 communicates with only one radial oil hole 105 of the lubricating medium transfer gear 101. The number of the axle center oil holes 104 can be set to 2, 3, 4 or other numbers which can be set by those skilled in the art according to the needs. The number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 may be set to 2, 3, 4 or other numbers that can be set as needed by those skilled in the art. The axial oil hole 104 and the radial oil hole 105 may be provided in a communicating relationship as required.
Further, when the number of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 is set to two or more, at least two of the lubricating medium transmission gears 101 mesh with the open gear 106 in the tooth width direction of the open gear 106.
Further, the lubrication system includes a travel switch that is disposed on the lubrication medium storage device 62 and is connected to the controller 12; the stroke switch monitors the amount of the lubricating medium stored in the lubricating medium storage device 62 and sends an oil amount signal for feeding back the amount of the lubricating medium to the controller 12, and when it is monitored that the amount of the lubricating medium in the lubricating medium storage device 62 is lower than a warning value, the controller 12 gives an alarm and the controller 12 controls the solenoid valve 5 to close to lock the lubricating pump 61.
Further, the lubrication system includes a proximity switch 9, the proximity switch 9 is disposed on the gear assembly 10 and connected with the controller 12; the proximity switch 9 measures the number of rotation turns or the rotation time of the lubricating medium transmission gear 101, and sends a rotation signal for feeding back the number of rotation turns or the rotation time of the lubricating medium transmission gear 101 to the controller 12, and the controller 12 controls the electromagnetic valve 5 to be opened or closed according to the rotation signal, so that the automatic control of the working time period of the lubricating system is realized.
Further, the lubrication system comprises a circulation indicator 7, the circulation indicator 7 being arranged on the distributor 8 and being connected to the controller 12; the circulation indicator 7 is used for monitoring whether the distributor 8 is out of order and sending a distribution signal for feeding back whether the distributor 8 is out of order to the controller 12, and when the distributor 8 is detected to be out of order, the controller 12 controls the electromagnetic valve 5 to be closed so as to close the lubricating system.
Further, the lubrication system comprises: a silencer 4, the silencer 4 is connected to the electromagnetic valve 5, and the silencer 4 is used for eliminating noise caused by the operation of the lubricating pump 61.
Further, lubricating system has control panel, and control panel has lubricated pilot lamp, oil drum pilot lamp, oil pump trouble lamp and control knob. Wherein, the lubrication indicator is used for indicating whether the distributor 8 works normally; the oil drum indicator light is used to indicate whether the amount of lubricating medium in the lubricating medium storage device 62 is below a warning value; the oil pump failure lamp is used to indicate whether the lubrication pump 61 is malfunctioning. The lubrication system can be set to manual or automatic mode by means of a control knob. Wherein when the device is operated in an automatic mode, the controller 12 controls whether the lubrication is performed or not by controlling the opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve 5, and when the number of turns or the time of rotation measured by the proximity switch 9 reaches a target value set by the controller 12, the electromagnetic valve 5 is closed; otherwise, the electromagnetic valve 5 is opened; when the device runs in a manual mode, the electromagnetic valve 5 is opened when the lubricating system is opened, and the lubricating system performs lubrication; when the lubrication system is closed, the electromagnetic valve 5 is closed, and the lubrication system stops lubricating.
Further, the pneumatic lubricating medium charging assembly 6 includes: stop valve 1, stop valve 1 set up between compressed air source and air filter component 3, and when lubricating system normally worked, stop valve 1 was in normally open state.
Further, the pneumatic lubricating medium charging assembly 6 includes: and a throttle valve 2, the throttle valve 2 being disposed between the compressed air source and the air filter assembly 3, the throttle valve 2 being used for regulating the flow rate of the compressed air from the compressed air source.
Further, the air filter assembly 3 further includes a pressure gauge 34, and the pressure gauge 34 is used for detecting the compressed air, although fig. 1 only shows an embodiment in which the pressure gauge 34 is disposed between the oil atomizer 33 and the pressure reducing valve 32, a person skilled in the art may dispose the pressure gauge 34 at any position between the solenoid valve 5 and the compressed air source as required.
Further, the controller 12 may be provided as a PLC electric control box.
Further, the solenoid valve 5 may be provided as a pneumatic solenoid valve.
Further, the solenoid valve 5 may be replaced with an electric ball valve.
Further, the solenoid valve 5 may be set to be normally open, and in case of a circuit failure and the controller 12 cannot adjust the opening and closing of the solenoid valve 5, the compressed air passage is still in a communicated state, and the operator may set the lubrication system to be in the manual mode to lubricate the split gear 106 or stop lubricating the split gear in the manual mode. At the moment, when the knob is turned to the manual position to set the lubricating system to a manual mode operation mode, the lubricating system is lubricated because the compressed air passage is in a normally open state; when the knob is turned to the "off" position, the compressed air passage is closed and the lubrication system stops lubricating.
Further, the lubricating medium may be provided as lubricating oil or grease.
In summary, the open gear lubrication system disclosed by the invention can realize automatic control, and the lubrication medium is transferred to the open gear in a gear meshing manner, and the lubrication medium cannot be scattered elsewhere, so that the open gear lubrication system has high lubrication efficiency. In addition, under the condition that the electromagnetic valve is set to be a normally open type, the lubricating system of the open gear disclosed by the invention can still work even if power failure occurs. The above-described embodiments are provided merely as illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.