CN108995211A - A kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling devices, including steam pipe, sealed cylindrical, water storage box and spray head, the bottom of the spray head is equipped with nozzle, top inside spray head is equipped with rotating disk by bearing, multiple through-holes are equidistantly provided tiltedly in rotating disk in a ring, sealed cylindrical is equipped with inside the spray head below the rotating disk.The present invention drives rotating disk rotation by the impact force of the raw material in thawing, rotary feeding is formed to make the raw material melted in spray head internal motion, the similar effect with stirring, keep the raw material melted more uniform, improve the quality of product, and rotating disk rotation drives the external spiral rotation of fixed link that the hydraulic pressure inside water storage box is entered multiple helical ducts, the water rapid evaporation inside helical duct is set to take away heat, it realizes and fast cooling is carried out to spray head, and it is rotated using Steam Actuation baffle belt turn axis, to make flabellum rotate, the material silk sprayed to nozzle cools down, vapor condenser heat is released simultaneously, moisture imports inside water storage box again.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to 3D printing spray head cooling device technical field, specially a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device.
Background technique
3D printing (3DP) i.e. one kind of rapid shaping technique, it is one kind based on digital model file, with powder
The adhesive materials such as shape metal or plastics construct the technology of object by layer-by-layer printing, and 3D printing is usually to use
Digital technology file printing machine is often used for modeling in fields such as mold manufacture, industrial designs come what is realized, after gradually use
In the direct manufacture of some products, have using components made of the printing of this technology, the technology is in jewelry, footwear, work
Industry design, building, engineering and construction (AEC), automobile, aerospace, dentistry and medical industries, education, GIS-Geographic Information System, soil
Wood engineering, gun and other field are all applied.
And core component one of of the spray head of 3D printer as 3D printer, it has been largely fixed molding matter
Amount, the smooth degree of nozzle outflow silk and the temperature of wire vent directly affect the precision of 3D printing, but if nozzle temperature
It is excessively high to will lead to other component dissolution and burn, it is therefore desirable to cooling device by the control of the temperature of spray head in a certain range, it is existing
Stage installs radiator fan usually at spray head, but the radiator fan of this method installation can only be to a position of spray head
It sets and radiates, heat dissipation effect is poor, and it is uneven to radiate, and influences product quality.
Summary of the invention
It is mentioned above in the background art to solve the purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device
Problem.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides the following technical scheme: a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device, including steam
Pipe, sealed cylindrical, water storage box and spray head, the bottom of the spray head are equipped with nozzle, and the top inside spray head is equipped with by bearing
Rotating disk is equidistantly provided tiltedly with multiple through-holes in rotating disk in a ring, and sealing is equipped with inside the spray head below the rotating disk
Cylinder, the middle position for rotating pan bottom is equipped with fixed link, and fixed link extends to sealed cylindrical far from one end of spray head
Inside, the fixed link inside the sealed cylindrical are equipped with external spiral, between spray head interior below the sealed cylindrical etc.
Away from being equipped with multiple helical ducts, and the two sides of sealed cylindrical bottom are equipped with connecting tube, and the one of the separate sealed cylindrical of connecting tube
End extends to be connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts, and the spray head lateral wall of the rotating disk two sides is all equipped with water storage box, stores
The bottom of water box is equipped with inlet tube, and inlet tube is connect far from one end extension of water storage box with one lateral roof of sealed cylindrical, institute
The head of the nozzle for stating nozzle two sides is all equipped with steam pipe, and one end of steam pipe is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts,
The other end of steam pipe extends to water storage box inner tip, is equipped with drive cavity, drive cavity inside the steam pipe of the nozzle two sides
The steam pipe side of lower section, which is equipped with, is equipped with fixed cylinder by connecting rod, and the inside of the drive cavity is equipped with shaft, shaft
One end extend to and be fixedly connected with flabellum inside shaft.
Preferably, baffle is uniformly installed on the outside of the shaft inside the drive cavity.
Preferably, multiple air inlets are equidistantly equipped on the outside of the fixed cylinder above the flabellum.
Preferably, the tilt angle of the through-hole is identical.
Preferably, the external spiral is mutually matched with sealed cylindrical.
Preferably, the top inside the water storage box is equipped with cold plate.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: the 3D printing spray head cooling device,
1, rotating disk is installed by bearing by the top inside spray head, is equidistantly obliquely installed in a ring in rotating disk
Multiple through-holes, and the tilt angle of through-hole is identical, when the raw material of thawing is squeezed into inside spray head, can pass through the logical of rotating disk
Hole enters the bottom of spray head and sprays from nozzle, because rotating disk is mounted on inside spray head by bearing, and in rotating disk
Through-hole be equidistantly in tilted layout in a ring, when the raw material of thawing passes through from through-hole, rotating disk can be made to be rotated, to make
The raw material of thawing is in spray head internal motion, and the similar effect with stirring, the raw material of thawing is more uniform, improves the quality of product.
2, fixed link is installed by the middle position in rotation pan bottom, and fixed link is extended to far from one end of spray head
Inside sealed cylindrical, external spiral is set, between spray head interior below sealed cylindrical etc. in the fixed link inside sealed cylindrical
Away from the multiple helical ducts of setting, and connecting tube, one end of the separate sealed cylindrical of connecting tube are installed in the two sides of sealed cylindrical bottom
Extension is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts, and the spray head lateral wall in rotating disk two sides all installs water storage box, water storage box
Bottom inlet tube is installed, and inlet tube extends far from one end of water storage box and connect with one lateral roof of sealed cylindrical, nozzle two sides
Head of the nozzle steam pipe is all installed, and one end of steam pipe is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts, and rotating disk rotates band
Dynamic fixed link rotation, fixed link rotation drive the external spiral rotation of sealed cylindrical, to water storage box be imported by inlet tube close
The hydraulic pressure of envelope cylinder interior enters inside multiple helical ducts, and multiple helical duct internal waters cool down to spray head, due to spray head
Temperature is high, and helical duct diameter is smaller, so that the water rapid evaporation inside helical duct be made to take away heat, realizes and carries out to spray head
Fast cooling.
3, water storage box inner tip is extended to by the other end in steam pipe, setting passes inside the steam pipe of nozzle two sides
Chamber is moved, the steam pipe side below drive cavity, which is equipped with, installs fixed cylinder by connecting rod, and the inside of drive cavity is equipped with shaft,
One end of shaft extends to and is fixedly connected with flabellum inside shaft, and cold plate, the vapor of evaporation are installed in the top inside water storage box
It is imported inside water storage box by steam pipe, vapor floating encounters cold plate and is condensed into droplet and heat release, and droplet is along water storage box
Inner sidewall flows into inside water storage box, and temperature is exported from cold plate, while steam pushes shaft when by the drive cavity of steam pipe
Outer side baffle drives shaft rotation, so that flabellum be made to rotate, the material silk sprayed to nozzle is cooled down, and makes to expect silk rapid shaping.
In conclusion driving rotating disk rotation by the impact force of the raw material in thawing, rotary feeding is formed to make to melt
The raw material of change keeps the raw material melted more uniform, improves the quality of product in spray head internal motion, the similar effect with stirring,
And rotating disk rotation drives the external spiral rotation of fixed link that the hydraulic pressure inside water storage box is entered multiple helical ducts, makes helical duct
Internal water rapid evaporation takes away heat, realizes and carries out fast cooling to spray head, and is rotated using steam zone turn axis, thus
Rotate flabellum, the material silk sprayed to nozzle cools down, while vapor condenser heat being released, and moisture imports water storage again
Inside box.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is overall structure diagram of the invention；
Fig. 2 is schematic diagram of rotating disk structure of the present invention；
Fig. 3 is the overlooking structure diagram of steam pipe drive cavity of the present invention.
In figure: 1, fixed cylinder；2, shaft；3, baffle；4, helical duct；5, steam pipe；6, sealed cylindrical；7, fixed link；
8, water storage box；9, cold plate；10, rotating disk；11, through-hole；12, spray head；13, bearing；14, external spiral；15, inlet tube；16, even
Adapter tube；17, drive cavity；18, connecting rod；19, air inlet；20, flabellum；21, nozzle.
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.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1-3 is please referred to, a kind of embodiment provided by the invention: a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device, including steam pipe
5, sealed cylindrical 6, water storage box 8 and spray head 12, the bottom of spray head 12 are equipped with nozzle 21, and the top inside spray head 12 passes through bearing 13
Rotating disk 10 is installed, is equidistantly provided tiltedly with multiple through-holes 11 in a ring in rotating disk 10, the tilt angle of through-hole 11 is identical,
It is equipped with sealed cylindrical 6 inside the spray head 12 of 10 lower section of rotating disk, the middle position of 10 bottom of rotating disk is equipped with fixed link 7,
And fixed link 7 extends to inside sealed cylindrical 6 far from one end of spray head 12, the fixed link 7 inside sealed cylindrical 6 is equipped with outer
Spiral 14, external spiral 14 are mutually matched with sealed cylindrical 6, and 12 interior of spray head of 6 lower section of sealed cylindrical is equidistantly equipped with more
A helical duct 4, and the two sides of 6 bottom of sealed cylindrical are equipped with connecting tube 16, the one of the separate sealed cylindrical 6 of connecting tube 16
End extends to be connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts 4, and 12 lateral wall of spray head of 10 two sides of rotating disk is all equipped with water storage box 8,
Top inside water storage box 8 is equipped with cold plate 9, and the bottom of water storage box 8 is equipped with inlet tube 15, and inlet tube 15 is far from water storage
One end of box 8 extends to be connect with 6 one lateral roof of sealed cylindrical, and 12 bottom of spray head of 21 two sides of nozzle is all equipped with steam pipe 5, and
One end of steam pipe 5 is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts 4, and the other end of steam pipe 5 is extended to inside water storage box 8 and pushed up
It holds, drive cavity 17 is equipped with inside the steam pipe 5 of 21 two sides of nozzle, 5 side of steam pipe of 17 lower section of drive cavity, which is equipped with, passes through company
Extension bar 18 is equipped with fixed cylinder 1, and the inside of drive cavity 17 is equipped with shaft 2,2 outside of the shaft uniformly installation inside drive cavity 17
There is baffle 3, one end of shaft 2, which extends to inside shaft 2, is fixedly connected with flabellum 20,1 outside of fixed cylinder of 20 top of flabellum
Equidistantly it is equipped with multiple air inlets 19.
Working principle: in use, when the raw material of thawing is squeezed into 12 inside of spray head, the through-hole of rotating disk 10 can be passed through
11 enter spray heads 12 bottom simultaneously from nozzle 21 spray because rotating disk 10 be mounted on inside spray head by bearing 13, and
The equidistant inclination arrangement in a ring of through-hole 11 in rotating disk 10 can make rotating disk when the raw material of thawing passes through from through-hole 11
10 are rotated, and the rotation of rotating disk 10 drives fixed link 7 to rotate, and the rotation of fixed link 7 drives 14 turns of external spiral of sealed cylindrical 6
It is dynamic, so that water storage box 8 be entered inside multiple helical ducts 4 by the hydraulic pressure that inlet tube 15 imports inside sealed cylindrical 6, make spiral
Water rapid evaporation inside channel 4 takes away heat, and as the raw material of thawing constantly enters inside spray head 12, the water of evaporation steams
Gas is imported inside water storage box 8 by steam pipe 5, and vapor floating encounters cold plate 9 and is condensed into droplet and heat release, and droplet is along storage
8 inner sidewall of water box flows into inside water storage box 8, and temperature is exported from cold plate 9, while steam is in the drive cavity 17 by steam pipe 5
When, the outer side baffle 3 of shaft 2 is pushed, shaft 2 is driven to rotate, so that flabellum 20 be made to rotate.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that invention is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, Er Qie
In the case where without departing substantially from spirit or essential attributes of the invention, the present invention can be realized in other specific forms.Therefore, no matter
From the point of view of which point, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the present invention is by appended power
Benefit requires rather than above description limits, it is intended that all by what is fallen within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims
Variation is included within the present invention.Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the involved claims.
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1. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device, including steam pipe (5), sealed cylindrical (6), water storage box (8) and spray head (12),
Be characterized in that: the bottom of the spray head (12) is equipped with nozzle (21), and the internal top of spray head (12) is equipped with by bearing (13)
Rotating disk (10) is equidistantly provided tiltedly with multiple through-holes (11) in rotating disk (10), in a ring below the rotating disk (10)
Sealed cylindrical (6) are equipped with inside spray head (12), the middle position of rotating disk (10) bottom is equipped with fixed link (7), and fixed
Bar (7) extends to inside sealed cylindrical (6) far from the one end of spray head (12), in the internal fixed link (7) of the sealed cylindrical (6)
Equipped with external spiral (14), spray head (12) interior below the sealed cylindrical (6) is equidistantly equipped with multiple helical ducts
(4), and the two sides of sealed cylindrical (6) bottom are equipped with connecting tube (16), one end of the separate sealed cylindrical (6) of connecting tube (16)
Extension is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts (4), and spray head (12) lateral wall of rotating disk (10) two sides is all equipped with
Water storage box (8), the bottom of water storage box (8) are equipped with inlet tube (15), and inlet tube (15) extends far from the one end of water storage box (8)
It being connect with (6) one lateral roof of sealed cylindrical, spray head (12) bottom of nozzle (21) two sides is all equipped with steam pipe (5), and
One end of steam pipe (5) is connect with the output end of multiple helical ducts (4), and the other end of steam pipe (5) extends to water storage box (8)
Inner tip, the steam pipe (5) of nozzle (21) two sides is internal to be equipped with drive cavity (17), the steam pipe below drive cavity (17)
(5) side is equipped with is equipped with fixed cylinder (1) by connecting rod (18), and the inside of the drive cavity (17) is equipped with shaft (2),
One end of shaft (2) extends to inside shaft (2) and is fixedly connected with flabellum (20).
2. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the drive cavity (17) is internal
Shaft (2) on the outside of baffle (3) uniformly are installed.
3. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: above the flabellum (20)
Equidistantly multiple air inlets (19) are equipped on the outside of fixed cylinder (1).
4. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the inclination of the through-hole (11)
Angle is identical.
5. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the external spiral (14) with it is close
Envelope cylinder (6) is mutually matched.
6. a kind of 3D printing spray head cooling device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the water storage box (8) is internal
Top cold plate (9) are installed.
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