CN108165905A - Ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out - Google Patents

Ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out Download PDF

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CN108165905A
CN108165905A CN201810247900.4A CN201810247900A CN108165905A CN 108165905 A CN108165905 A CN 108165905A CN 201810247900 A CN201810247900 A CN 201810247900A CN 108165905 A CN108165905 A CN 108165905A
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Abstract

The present invention provides ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out,Including groove,Screw,Ball nut mount,Door-plate,Opening,Carry bar,Cooling chamber,Fan-shaped platform,Through-hole,Wind turbine and mounting cylinder,Groove is opened in bottom plate upper surface,Screw is assemblied in inside grooves,Screw annular side is equipped with ball nut mount,Ball nut mount is fixed on door-plate lower face,Door-plate is arranged on opening right side,It is opened in furnace body right side,It carries bar and is fixed on door-plate left side,The movement of aluminium is convenient in the design,Furnace body left side and right side are respectively and fixedly provided with cooling chamber,Fan-shaped platform is fixed on cooling chamber upper surface,Cooling chamber upper surface on the upside of fan-shaped platform offers through-hole,Cooling chamber upper surface on the outside of through-hole is fixed with mounting cylinder,And mounting cylinder mounted inside has wind turbine,The cooling after aluminium section bar timeliness is convenient in the design,The present invention is rational in infrastructure,Aluminium easy to remove,It is safe,Reliability is high.

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Ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out
Technical field
The present invention is ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out, and belongs to aluminium product apparatus field.
Background technology
In the prior art, the movement of ageing treatment device aluminium is inconvenient after aluminium section bar squeezes out, time-consuming and laborious;The prior art In, when ageing treatment device carries out mobile aluminium overaging after aluminium section bar squeezes out, the aluminium temperature by processing is high, moving process In easily scald staff, so need a kind of aluminium section bar squeeze out after ageing treatment device to solve the above-mentioned problem.
Invention content
In view of the deficienciess of the prior art, ageing treatment device after being squeezed out it is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of aluminium section bar, To solve the problems mentioned in the above background technology, rational in infrastructure, aluminium easy to remove of the invention, safe, reliability is high.
To achieve these goals, the present invention is to realize by the following technical solutions:When after a kind of aluminium section bar extrusion Processing unit is imitated, it is described including bottom plate, furnace body, cooling component, heated by natural gas equipment, heating room and material moving assembly Furnace body is fixed on bottom plate upper surface, and the furnace body left end and right end are both provided with cooling component, the furnace interior left end with And right end is mounted on material moving assembly, the heating room is arranged on furnace body upper surface centre position, the heated by natural gas Equipment is mounted on the furnace body upper surface on the right side of heating room, and the material moving assembly includes groove, screw, ball nut mount, door Plate, opening, load bar and hanging piece, the groove are opened in bottom plate upper surface, and the screw is assemblied in inside grooves, the screw Annular side is equipped with ball nut mount, and the ball nut mount is fixed on door-plate lower face, and it is right that the door-plate is arranged on opening Side, described to be opened in furnace body right side, the load bar is fixed on door-plate left side, and the hanging piece, which is assemblied in, carries bar annular side Face, the cooling component include cooling chamber, fan-shaped platform, deflector hole, through-hole, wind turbine and mounting cylinder, the furnace body left side with And right side is respectively and fixedly provided with cooling chamber, the fan-shaped platform is fixed on cooling chamber upper surface, and the fan-shaped platform lower face, which offers, leads Discharge orifice, the cooling chamber upper surface on the upside of the fan-shaped platform offer through-hole, and the cooling chamber upper surface on the outside of the through-hole is fixed with Mounting cylinder, and mounting cylinder mounted inside has wind turbine.
Further, the bottom plate right end is equipped with motor, and the motor is connected by shaft coupling with screw right end, and Motor is connected by electric wire with external power supply.
Further, the ball nut mount is connected by ball nut pair with screw.
Further, the door-plate left side is equipped with beam, and beam is connected by screw with door-plate.
Further, the door-plate left side lower position on the upside of the groove is fixed with sealing block, and sealing block lower face It is fixed with gasket.
Further, the wind turbine is connected by electric wire with external power supply, and the mounting cylinder upper surface is equipped with dust filtering Net.
Beneficial effects of the present invention:Ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar of the present invention squeezes out, because the present invention is added to Groove, ball nut mount, door-plate, opening, carries bar and hanging piece, the design at screw, which is convenient for the movement of aluminium, improves The efficiency of aluminium conveying, it is safe, solve after aluminium section bar squeezes out in the prior art the movement of ageing treatment device aluminium not Conveniently, the problem of time-consuming and laborious.
Because the present invention is added to cooling chamber, fan-shaped platform, deflector hole, through-hole, wind turbine and mounting cylinder, which is convenient for aluminium profiles Cooling after material timeliness, accelerates cooling velocity, solves staff and moves the situation appearance being burned during aluminium section bar.
Because being added to motor, which is convenient for the rotation of screw, and because being added to ball nut pair, which is convenient for screw Rotary motion be converted to linear motion, because being added to beam, the design avoid in door-plate moving process with furnace body occur The situation of hard collision occurs, and because being added to sealing block, which improves the leakproofness of furnace interior, and structure of the present invention is closed Reason, aluminium easy to remove is safe, and reliability is high.
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Upon reading the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments with reference to the following drawings, other feature of the invention, Objects and advantages will become more apparent upon:
Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar of the present invention squeezes out;
Fig. 2 is the structure diagram of aluminium moving assembly in ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar of the present invention squeezes out;
Fig. 3 is the structure diagram of cooling component in ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar of the present invention squeezes out;
In figure:1- bottom plates, 2- furnace bodies, 3- cooling components, 4- heated by natural gas equipment, 5- heating room, 6- grooves, 7- Bar, 8- ball nut mounts, 9- door-plates, 10- opening, 11- carry bar, 12- hanging pieces, 31- cooling chambers, 32- fan-shaped platforms, 33- deflector holes, 34- through-holes, 35- wind turbines, 36- mounting cylinders.
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To be easy to understand the technical means, the creative features, the aims and the efficiencies achieved by the present invention, with reference to Specific embodiment, the present invention is further explained.
- Fig. 3 is please referred to Fig.1, the present invention provides a kind of technical solution:Ageing treatment device after a kind of aluminium section bar squeezes out, packet It includes bottom plate 1, furnace body 2, cooling component 3, heated by natural gas equipment 4, heating room 5 and material moving assembly, furnace body 2 and is fixed on bottom 1 upper surface of plate, 2 left end of furnace body and right end are both provided with cooling component 3, and 2 inside left end of furnace body and right end are mounted on material Expect moving assembly, heating room 5 is arranged on 2 upper surface centre position of furnace body, and heated by natural gas equipment 4 is mounted on 5 right side of heating room 2 upper surface of furnace body.
Material moving assembly includes groove 6, screw 7, ball nut mount 8, door-plate 9, opening 10, carries bar 11 and hanging piece 12, groove 6 is opened in 1 upper surface of bottom plate, and screw 7 is assemblied in inside groove 6, and 7 annular side of screw is equipped with ball nut mount 8, ball nut mount 8 is fixed on 9 lower face of door-plate, and door-plate 9 is arranged on 10 right side of opening, and opening 10 is opened in 2 right side of furnace body, It carries bar 11 and is fixed on 9 left side of door-plate, hanging piece 12, which is assemblied in, carries 11 annular side of bar, which solves aluminium profiles in the prior art The movement of ageing treatment device aluminium is inconvenient after material squeezes out, it is time-consuming and laborious the problem of.
Cooling component 3 includes cooling chamber 31, fan-shaped platform 32, deflector hole 33, through-hole 34, wind turbine 35 and mounting cylinder 36, stove 2 left side of body and right side are respectively and fixedly provided with cooling chamber 31, and fan-shaped platform 32 is fixed on 31 upper surface of cooling chamber, 32 lower end of fan-shaped platform Face offers deflector hole 33, and 31 upper surface of cooling chamber of 32 upside of fan-shaped platform offers through-hole 34, the cooling chamber in 34 outside of through-hole 31 upper surfaces are fixed with mounting cylinder 36, and 36 mounted inside of mounting cylinder has wind turbine 35, which solves staff and move aluminium Situation about being burned during section bar occurs.
1 right end of bottom plate is equipped with motor, and motor is connected by shaft coupling with 7 right end of screw, and motor by electric wire with External power supply is connected, and ball nut mount 8 is connected by ball nut pair with screw 7, and 9 left side of door-plate is equipped with damping Pad, and beam is connected by screw with door-plate 9, the 9 left side lower position of door-plate of 6 upside of groove is fixed with sealing block, And sealing block lower face is fixed with gasket, wind turbine 35 is connected by electric wire with external power supply, the installation of 36 upper surface of mounting cylinder There is dirt filtrating screen.
Specific embodiment:In progress in use, staff first checks the present invention, check for scarce It falls into, can not just carry out using if there is defect, need that maintenance personal is notified to repair at this time, if there is no asking It can be carried out using if topic, in use, aluminium section bar is connected by staff by pendant with carrying bar 11, then Connect the circuit between motor and external power supply, motor work drives screw 7 to rotate, the rotation of ball nut adjutant screw 7 Movement is converted to linear motion, and so as to which ball nut mount 8 drives door-plate 9 to move, the movement band dynamic load of door-plate 9 bar 11 moves, and carries bar 11, which are moved through hanging piece 12, drives aluminium section bar movement, when door-plate 9, which is moved to, to fit with 2 right side of furnace body, leaves the motor off The movement of aluminium section bar is convenient in operation, the design.
After completing the processing of aluminium section bar timeliness, staff makes motor operation again, so as to be moved door-plate 9 by screw 7 To cooling chamber 31, aluminium section bar is then made to be moved to inside cooling chamber 31, then staff runs wind turbine 35, wind turbine 35 Work generates air-flow, and air-flow is flowed to inside cooling chamber 31 by deflector hole 33, aluminium section bar is cooled down, which is convenient for aluminium The cooling operations of section bar.
The basic principles, main features and the advantages of the invention have been shown and described above, for this field skill For art personnel, it is clear that the present invention is not limited to the details of above-mentioned exemplary embodiment, and without departing substantially from the present invention spirit or In the case of essential characteristic, the present invention can be realized in other specific forms.Therefore, in all respects, should all incite somebody to action Embodiment regards exemplary as, and is non-limiting, the scope of the present invention by appended claims rather than on state Bright restriction, it is intended that including all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent requirements of the claims in the present invention It is interior.Any reference numeral in claim should not be considered as to the involved claim of limitation.
In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, but not each embodiment is only wrapped Containing an independent technical solution, this description of the specification is merely for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should It considers the specification as a whole, the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be properly combined, forms those skilled in the art The other embodiment being appreciated that.

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1. a kind of ageing treatment device after aluminium section bar squeezes out, including bottom plate (1), furnace body (2), cooling component (3), heated by natural gas Equipment (4), heating room (5) and material moving assembly, it is characterised in that:The furnace body (2) is fixed on bottom plate (1) upper surface, Furnace body (2) left end and right end are both provided with cooling component (3), and the internal left end of the furnace body (2) and right end are respectively mounted There is material moving assembly, heating room (5) is arranged on furnace body (2) upper surface centre position, the heated by natural gas equipment (4) Furnace body (2) upper surface on the right side of heating room (5);
The material moving assembly includes groove (6), screw (7), ball nut mount (8), door-plate (9), opening (10), carries bar (11) and hanging piece (12), the groove (6) are opened in bottom plate (1) upper surface, and the screw (7) is assemblied in groove (6) inside, Screw (7) annular side is equipped with ball nut mount (8), and the ball nut mount (8) is fixed on door-plate (9) lower face, The door-plate (9) is arranged on the right side of opening (10), and the opening (10) is opened in furnace body (2) right side, and the load bar (11) is solid Door-plate (9) left side is scheduled on, the hanging piece (12), which is assemblied in, carries bar (11) annular side;
The cooling component (3) including cooling chamber (31), fan-shaped platform (32), deflector hole (33), through-hole (34), wind turbine (35) and Mounting cylinder (36), furnace body (2) left side and right side are respectively and fixedly provided with cooling chamber (31), and the fan-shaped platform (32) is fixed on Cooling chamber (31) upper surface, fan-shaped platform (32) lower face offer deflector hole (33), cold on the upside of the fan-shaped platform (32) But room (31) upper surface offers through-hole (34), and cooling chamber (31) upper surface on the outside of the through-hole (34) is fixed with mounting cylinder (36), and mounting cylinder (36) mounted inside has wind turbine (35).
Ageing treatment device after 2. a kind of aluminium section bar according to claim 1 squeezes out, it is characterised in that:The bottom plate (1) Right end is equipped with motor, and the motor is connected, and motor passes through electric wire and external power supply by shaft coupling with screw (7) right end It is connected.
Ageing treatment device after 3. a kind of aluminium section bar according to claim 1 squeezes out, it is characterised in that:The ball nut Seat (8) is connected by ball nut pair with screw (7).
Ageing treatment device after 4. a kind of aluminium section bar according to claim 1 squeezes out, it is characterised in that:The door-plate (9) Left side is equipped with beam, and beam is connected by screw with door-plate (9).
Ageing treatment device after 5. a kind of aluminium section bar according to claim 1 squeezes out, it is characterised in that:The groove (6) Door-plate (9) left side lower position of upside is fixed with sealing block, and sealing block lower face is fixed with gasket.
Ageing treatment device after 6. a kind of aluminium section bar according to claim 1 squeezes out, it is characterised in that:The wind turbine (35) It is connected by electric wire with external power supply, mounting cylinder (36) upper surface is equipped with dirt filtrating screen.
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