CN108940581A - A kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of concentration equipments with uniform spreading and feeding functions, including bottom plate, belt conveyor is equipped on the upside of the bottom plate, the belt conveyor is fixedly connected by more first fixed links with bottom plate, the feeding rail is fixedly connected by percussion mechanism with bottom plate upper surface, the rotating cylinder is fixedly connected by more second fixed links with pedestal upper surface, described rotating cylinder one end is fixedly connected with motor, it is horizontal in the rotating cylinder to be equipped with shaft, the switch block is equipped with groove far from one end of shaft, electromagnet is fixedly connected in the groove, the power supply is electrically connected with arc conducting block, described electromagnet one end is contacted with arc conducting block, the rotating cylinder lower end wall is equipped with magnetic separation mouth, the cylinder sidewall is equipped with discharge port, and discharge port is corresponding with arc conducting block position.Structure of the invention is reasonable, the feed that can uniformly make thinner, while the efficiency of magnetic separation is also very high, is suitble to flow line production.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to magnetic separation technology field more particularly to a kind of concentration equipments with uniform spreading and feeding functions.
Background technique
Magnetic separation belongs to the selected of ilmenite.It is the difference using various mineral magnetic conductivities, them is made to pass through a magnetic field,
Since reaction of the different minerals to magnetic field is different, the high mineral of magnetic conductivity are picked up by disk, then loss of excitation just falls down, by gathering materials
Funnel is collected, and magnetic conductivity is low not to be picked up, and is stayed in material or with the belt being rotating, is led out and obtain as tailing
With separation.The feed that existing concentration equipment cannot uniformly make thinner, while the production of assembly line is not adapted to.
For this purpose, it is proposed that a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions solves the above problems.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to solve disadvantage existing in the prior art, and the one kind proposed with uniformly make thinner to
Expect the concentration equipment of function.
To achieve the goals above, present invention employs following technical solutions:
A kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions, including bottom plate, the bottom plate upside are equipped with Belt Conveying
Machine, the belt conveyor are fixedly connected by more first fixed links with bottom plate, and the belt conveyor left side is equipped with
Feeding rail, is equipped with percussion mechanism between the feeding rail and bottom plate, the feeding rail is solid by percussion mechanism and bottom plate upper surface
Fixed connection, the downward one end of the feeding rail extend on the upside of belt conveyor, and rotating cylinder, institute are equipped on the upside of the belt conveyor
It states rotating cylinder two sides and is symmetrically arranged with more second fixed links, the rotating cylinder connects by the way that more second fixed links and pedestal upper surface are fixed
It connects, described rotating cylinder one end is fixedly connected with motor, and level is equipped with shaft in the rotating cylinder, and described shaft one end and rotating cylinder inwall turn
Dynamic connection, and the shaft other end is fixedly and coaxially connected through rotating cylinder and with motor output end, and switch block is equipped in the rotating cylinder, it is described
Switch block is fixedly connected with shaft, and the one end of switch block far from shaft is slidably and sealingly connected with rotating cylinder inwall, and the switch block is separate to be turned
One end of axis is equipped with groove, and electromagnet is fixedly connected in the groove, and the electromagnet runs through switch block far from one end of motor
Extend to outside, the rotating cylinder is far from being fixedly connected with arc conducting block in a planar inner wall of motor.
Preferably, the rotating cylinder is fixedly connected with power supply far from one end of motor, and the power supply is electrically connected with arc conducting block
It connects, described electromagnet one end is contacted with arc conducting block, and the rotating cylinder lower end wall is equipped with magnetic separation mouth, and the cylinder sidewall is equipped with
Discharge port, and discharge port is corresponding with arc conducting block position.
Preferably, the percussion mechanism includes the vibration motor being fixedly connected with pedestal upper surface, on the vibration motor
Side is equipped with third fixed link vertically, and third fixed link one end is fixedly connected with vibration motor, and the third fixed link other end
It is fixedly connected with feeding rail.
Preferably, horizontal in the track of the feeding rail to be equipped with baffle, the baffle both ends are fixedly connected with feeding rail.
Preferably, the belt conveyor is equipped with accommodating box far from the side of feeding rail, and belt conveyor is far from feeding
One end of rail extends on the upside of accommodating box.
Preferably, discharge nozzle is fixedly connected in the discharge port, described discharge nozzle one end extends to outside discharge port.
Preferably, the switch block uses insulating materials.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the benefit that the present invention is consolidated feeding rail and bottom plate by percussion mechanism
It is fixed to connect, on the arrival belt conveyor that the material on feeding rail can be made uniformly to make thinner, for making magnetic separation effect more preferable, lead to
Cross setting rotating cylinder, be equipped with motor-driven shaft in rotating cylinder, shaft is fixedly connected with switch block, the one end of switch block far from shaft with turn
Cylinder inner wall is slidably and sealingly connected with, and switch block is equipped with groove far from one end of shaft, electromagnet is fixedly connected in groove, by setting
Magnetic separation mouth and discharge port are set, electromagnet carries out magnetic separation by magnetic separation mouth, and electromagnet loses magnetic force when switch block passes through discharge port, from
And it can be rapidly performed by magnetic separation process, this magnetic separation mode is high-efficient, adapts to the production of assembly line.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of the concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions proposed by the present invention；
Fig. 2 is a kind of side structure schematic view of the concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions proposed by the present invention；
Fig. 3 is that the internal structure of rotating cylinder in a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions proposed by the present invention is shown
It is intended to；
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of feeding rail in a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions proposed by the present invention
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In figure: 1 bottom plate, 2 belt conveyors, 3 feeding rails, 4 percussion mechanisms, 5 rotating cylinders, 6 motors, 7 shafts, 8 switch blocks, 9 electricity
Magnet, 10 arc conducting blocks, 11 power supplys, 12 magnetic separation mouths, 13 discharge ports, 14 first fixed links, 15 second fixed links, 16 vibration electricity
Machine, 17 third fixed links, 18 baffles, 19 accommodating box, 20 discharge nozzles.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete
Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.
Referring to Fig.1-4, a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions, including bottom plate 1 are equipped on the upside of bottom plate 1
Belt conveyor 2, belt conveyor 2 is equipped with accommodating box 19 far from the side of feeding rail 3, and belt conveyor 2 is far from feeding rail 3
One end extend to the upside of accommodating box 19, the ore that can be completed to magnetic separation be held, and belt conveyor 2 passes through more first
Fixed link 14 is fixedly connected with bottom plate 1, and 2 left side of belt conveyor is equipped with feeding rail 3, and feeding rail 3 is obliquely installed, and is guaranteed former
Material inclines and falls, horizontal in the track of feeding rail 3 to be equipped with baffle 18, increases uniformly making thinner for feed, and 18 both ends of baffle are and feeding
Rail 3 is fixedly connected, and percussion mechanism 4 is equipped between feeding rail 3 and bottom plate 1, and feeding rail 3 passes through percussion mechanism 4 and 1 upper surface of bottom plate
It is fixedly connected, percussion mechanism 4 includes the vibration motor 16 being fixedly connected with 1 upper surface of pedestal, and vibration motor 16 drives feeding rail 3
Vibration guarantees uniformly making thinner for feed.
16 upside of vibration motor is equipped with third fixed link 17 vertically, and 17 one end of third fixed link and vibration motor 16, which are fixed, to be connected
It connects, and 17 other end of third fixed link is fixedly connected with feeding rail 3, the downward one end of feeding rail 3 extends on belt conveyor 2
Side, is equipped with rotating cylinder 5 on the upside of belt conveyor 2, and 5 two sides of rotating cylinder are symmetrically arranged with more second fixed links 15, and rotating cylinder 5 passes through more the
Two fixed links 15 are fixedly connected with 1 upper surface of pedestal, and 5 one end of rotating cylinder is fixedly connected with motor 6, and level is equipped with shaft in rotating cylinder 5
7,7 one end of shaft and 5 inner wall of rotating cylinder are rotatablely connected, and 7 other end of shaft is coaxially fixed through rotating cylinder 5 and with 6 output end of motor
Connection, rotating cylinder 5 is interior to be equipped with switch block 8, and switch block 8 uses insulating materials, avoids generating magnetizing effect magnetic separation process, switch block 8 and shaft 7
It is fixedly connected, and the one end of switch block 8 far from shaft 7 is slidably and sealingly connected with 5 inner wall of rotating cylinder.
Switch block 8 is equipped with groove far from one end of shaft 7, is fixedly connected with electromagnet 9 in groove, electromagnet 9 is far from motor 6
One end extend to outside through switch block 8, rotating cylinder 5 far from being fixedly connected with arc conducting block 10 in a planar inner wall of motor 6,
Rotating cylinder 5 is fixedly connected with power supply 11 far from one end of motor 6, and power supply 11 is electrically connected with arc conducting block 10,9 one end of electromagnet with
Arc conducting block 10 contact, 5 lower end wall of rotating cylinder be equipped with magnetic separation mouth 12,5 side wall of rotating cylinder be equipped with discharge port 13, and discharge port 13 with
10 position of arc conducting block is corresponding, and discharge nozzle 20 is fixedly connected in discharge port 13, and 20 one end of discharge nozzle extends to discharge port
Outside 13, facilitate and discharge, the ore magneticly elected is avoided to be scattered.
In the present invention, the mineral for needing magnetic separation are poured into inclined feeding rail 3, feeding rail 3 gives mineral to Belt Conveying
Machine 2 is entered on belt conveyor 2 by what the guarantee mineral of percussion mechanism 4 were uniformly made thinner, and belt conveyor 2 carries out mineral defeated
It send, rotating cylinder 5 is equipped on the upside of belt conveyor 2, level is equipped with shaft 7 in rotating cylinder 5, and shaft 7 passes through the driving rotation of motor 6, shaft 7
It is fixedly connected with switch block 8, and the one end of switch block 8 far from shaft 7 is slidably and sealingly connected with 5 inner wall of rotating cylinder, switch block 8 is far from shaft 7
One end be equipped with groove, be fixedly connected with electromagnet 9 in groove, rotating cylinder 5 in a planar inner wall of motor 6 far from being fixedly connected with
Arc conducting block 10, rotating cylinder 5 are fixedly connected with power supply 11 far from one end of motor 6, and power supply 11 is electrically connected with arc conducting block 10,
9 one end of electromagnet is contacted through switch block 8 and with arc conducting block 10, and 5 lower end wall of rotating cylinder is equipped with magnetic separation mouth 12, when switch block 8 rotates
When at magnetic separation mouth 12, electromagnet 9 and arc conducting block 10 are contacted, and are had magnetic force, the high mineral of magnetic conductivity are picked up, 5 side of rotating cylinder
Wall is equipped with discharge port 13, and when switch block 8 turns at discharge port 13, electromagnet 9 is not contacted with arc conducting block 10, loses magnetic
Power, the high mineral of magnetic conductivity are dropped out from discharge port 13, complete magnetic separation operation.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto,
Anyone skilled in the art in the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, according to the technique and scheme of the present invention and its
Inventive concept is subject to equivalent substitution or change, should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions, including bottom plate (1), it is characterised in that: on the bottom plate (1)
Side is equipped with belt conveyor (2), and the belt conveyor (2) is fixedly connected by more first fixed links (14) with bottom plate (1),
Belt conveyor (2) left side is equipped with feeding rail (3), and percussion mechanism is equipped between the feeding rail (3) and bottom plate (1)
(4), the feeding rail (3) is fixedly connected by percussion mechanism (4) with bottom plate (1) upper surface, the feeding rail (3) it is downward one
End extends on the upside of belt conveyor (2), is equipped with rotating cylinder (5) on the upside of the belt conveyor (2), rotating cylinder (5) two sides pair
Claim to be equipped with more second fixed links (15), the rotating cylinder (5) is fixed by more second fixed links (15) and pedestal (1) upper surface
Connection, described rotating cylinder (5) one end are fixedly connected with motor (6), horizontal in the rotating cylinder (5) to be equipped with shaft (7), the shaft
(7) one end and rotating cylinder (5) inner wall are rotatablely connected, and shaft (7) other end is through rotating cylinder (5) and coaxial with motor (6) output end
It is fixedly connected, is equipped with switch block (8) in the rotating cylinder (5), the switch block (8) is fixedly connected with shaft (7), and switch block (8) is separate
One end of shaft (7) is slidably and sealingly connected with rotating cylinder (5) inner wall, and the switch block (8) is equipped with groove far from the one end of shaft (7),
It is fixedly connected in the groove electromagnet (9), the one end of the electromagnet (9) far from motor (6) is extended to through switch block (8)
Outside, the rotating cylinder (5) far from motor (6) a planar inner wall on be fixedly connected with arc conducting block (10).
2. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 1, which is characterized in that described turn
Cylinder (5) is fixedly connected with power supply (11) far from the one end of motor (6), and the power supply (11) is electrically connected with arc conducting block (10),
Described electromagnet (9) one end is contacted with arc conducting block (10), and rotating cylinder (5) lower end wall is equipped with magnetic separation mouth (12), and described turn
Cylinder (5) side wall is equipped with discharge port (13), and discharge port (13) is corresponding with arc conducting block (10) position.
3. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the shake
Motivation structure (4) includes the vibration motor (16) being fixedly connected with pedestal (1) upper surface, is set vertically on the upside of the vibration motor (16)
Have third fixed link (17), described third fixed link (17) one end is fixedly connected with vibration motor (16), and third fixed link
(17) other end is fixedly connected with feeding rail (3).
4. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 1, which is characterized in that described to send
Expect that level is equipped with baffle (18) in the track of rail (3), baffle (18) both ends are fixedly connected with feeding rail (3).
5. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the skin
Accommodating box (19) are equipped with far from the side of feeding rail (3) with conveyer (2), and the one of belt conveyor (2) separate feeding rail (3)
End extends on the upside of accommodating box (19).
6. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 2, which is characterized in that it is described go out
It is fixedly connected with discharge nozzle (20) in material mouth (13), described discharge nozzle (20) one end extends to discharge port (13) outside.
7. a kind of concentration equipment with uniform spreading and feeding functions according to claim 1, which is characterized in that described turn
Block (8) uses insulating materials.
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