CN109604852A - A kind of butt welder for strip - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of butt welders for strip, it is related to a kind of welding equipment, its drip irrigation device includes rack, for unreeling the unreeling structure of strip and for the welding mechanism of welding strip, rewinding platform is provided in the rack below the welding mechanism, the upper end of the rewinding platform is provided with welding slag rewinding case, the sliding rail parallel with strip feedstock direction is provided on the rewinding platform, the bottom of the welding slag rewinding case is provided with sliding in the sliding block in the sliding rail, the present invention can centralized collection welding when the welding slag that generates, reduce the labor intensity of staff.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of welding equipments, and more specifically it is related to a kind of butt welder for strip.
Background technique
In the continuous production of hot-dip galvanizing sheet steel, the strip obtained after uncoiling of steel plate is not continuous belt steel, is needed by right
Welder welds strip head and the tail, guarantees the continuity of hot-dip galvanizing sheet steel production, thus butt welder is Continuous Hot Dip Galvanizing
In one of most important equipment.
Currently, the Chinese patent that notification number is CN107052607A discloses a kind of butt welder for hot galvanizing, including
Rack, the unreeling structure for unreeling and the welding mechanism for welding strip, the unreeling structure include multiple rotation connections
It is relatively-stationary for clamping strip and strip in being slidably connected on the let off roll of rack, the rack along strip feedstock direction
Clamp system, at least provided with one group of clamp system, the welding mechanism is fixedly connected on clamping machine for the welding mechanism two sides
Structure and rack is slidably connected to along strip feedstock direction, the feedstock direction in the rack along strip is slidably connected for cutting
The cutting mechanism of strip, the cutting mechanism and welding mechanism are parallel along the vertical direction, and the cutting mechanism is fixed on clamping machine
Structure, the rack are equipped with for pushing away the pushing mechanism for falling waste material；When the cutting mechanism cuts off strip, between two strips
In overlapping setting.
It is similar to a kind of above-mentioned butt welder for hot galvanizing in the prior art, welding mechanism is completed to strip
Some welding slags can be generally generated when welding, if these welding slags are directly scattered in ground, not only influence the cleaning on ground, and be not easy to
Staff cleans, and to a certain extent, increases the labor intensity of staff.
Summary of the invention
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention intends to provide a kind of butt welder for strip,
Advantage be can centralized collection welding when the welding slag that generates, reduce the labor intensity of staff.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical scheme that a kind of butt welder for strip, including machine
Frame, the unreeling structure for unreeling strip and the welding mechanism for welding strip, in the welding mechanism in the rack
Lower section is provided with rewinding platform, and the upper end of the rewinding platform is provided with welding slag rewinding case, be provided on the rewinding platform with
The parallel sliding rail of strip feedstock direction, the bottom of the welding slag rewinding case are provided with sliding in the sliding block in the sliding rail.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, at work, welding slag rewinding case is pushed, move welding slag rewinding case along slide direction
It moves to the underface of welding mechanism, the welding slag generated in welding process can be made to fall in welding slag rewinding case.Therefore, pass through weldering
The welding slag that slag rewinding case centralized collection generates when welding, effectively can avoid welding slag from falling on ground, to reduce staff
Labor intensity.
The present invention is further arranged to: the suction disc that is magnetic is horizontally disposed in the welding slag rewinding case, the magnetism suction disc
Rectangular in cross-section.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the magnetic field that magnetic suction disc generates can attract the weldering on the outside of welding slag rewinding box opening
Slag, it is ensured that welding slag is fallen in welding slag rewinding case, to improve the collecting effect of welding slag rewinding case.
The present invention is further arranged to: the both ends of the magnetism suction disc, which are extended with to rotate with the welding slag rewinding chamber interior wall, to be connected
The rotating bar connect is provided with the driving motor with rotating bar transmission connection on the outer wall of the welding slag rewinding case.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, at work, magnetic suction disc is able to drive around rotating bar by driving motor
Circumferentially rotate, so that the two sides of magnetic suction disc is adsorbed welding slag repeatedly, to improve the using effect of magnetic suction disc.
The present invention is further arranged to: being provided with guide funnel-shaped on the outside of the upper end opening of the welding slag rewinding case
Plate.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the setting of stock guide can expand the upper end opening size of welding slag rewinding case, have
Effect avoids welding slag from falling the outside in welding slag rewinding case.
The present invention is further arranged to: several extend on the welding slag rewinding case is provided on the inner wall of the stock guide
The deflector chute on edge.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the setting of deflector chute can make the welding slag fallen on stock guide concentrate on leading
In hopper, is conducive to welding slag and rapidly enters in welding slag rewinding case.
The present invention is further arranged to: the welding mechanism includes being arranged on the rack and perpendicular to strip feedstock direction
Welding support, the welded body being arranged on the welding support and for driving the welded body along welding support length
The mobile driving cylinder in direction.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, at work, by driving cylinder that welded body can be made along the width of strip
Direction sliding, to realize the welding to strip.
The present invention is further arranged to: the welded body is provided with barrier on the outer wall far from the unreeling structure side
Plate.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the setting of baffler can prevent welding slag splashes in the welding process, have
Conducive to the collection of welding slag.
The present invention is further arranged to: the section of the baffler is L-shaped, and the side of the baffler is perpendicular to the receipts
Expect the surface of platform.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the baffler of L-type can make welding slag be not easy to splash top to welded body and
Side far from unreeling structure is conducive to the Intercepting effect for improving welding slag, falls into welding slag rewinding case so that welding is concentrated.
The present invention is further arranged to: suction device is provided in the rack, be connected on the suction device across
The baffler and suction pipeline towards strip section.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, when welded body completes the welding to strip, can be incited somebody to action by dust exhaust apparatus
In the remaining welding slag sucking suction pipeline in commissure, to improve welding quality.
The present invention is further arranged to: one end that the suction pipeline is connect with the suction device is provided with filter screen.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the setting of filter screen can be avoided the biggish impurity of particle and pass through suction pipeline
Into in suction device, be conducive to the failure rate for reducing suction device.
In conclusion the invention has the following advantages that
1, by the setting of welding slag rewinding case, can centralized collection welding when the welding slag that generates, avoid welding slag from falling on ground, from
And reduce the labor intensity of staff；
2, by the setting of stock guide, the upper end opening size of welding slag rewinding case can be expanded, effectively avoid welding slag from falling and welding
The outside of slag rewinding case；
3, by the setting of baffler, welding slag splashes in the welding process can be prevented, are conducive to the collection of welding slag.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the present embodiment；
Fig. 2 is the partial structural diagram that the present embodiment highlights cutting mechanism and welding mechanism；
Fig. 3 is confined explosion's schematic diagram that the present embodiment highlights welding rewinding tank mounting structure；
Fig. 4 is confined explosion's schematic diagram that the present embodiment highlights filter screen.
Description of symbols: 1, rack；2, unreeling structure；21, mounting rack；22, let off roll；23, charging motor；3, it cuts
Mechanism；31, mounting plate；32, cutter；33, hydraulic cylinder；4, welding mechanism；41, welding support；42, welded body；422, it obstructs
Plate；43, cylinder is driven；5, rewinding platform；51, sliding rail；52, rewinding cylinder；6, welding slag rewinding case；62, sliding block；63, magnetic to inhale
Plate；631, rotating bar；64, driving motor；65, stock guide；651, deflector chute；7, suction device；71, batch can；72, axis stream wind
Machine；73, suction pipeline；731, filter screen.
Specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with attached drawing, invention is further described in detail.
A kind of butt welder for strip is equipped in rack 1 for unreeling strip as shown in Figure 1, including rack 1
Unreeling structure 2, the cutting mechanism 3 for cutting strip and be used for welding strip welding mechanism 4, cutting mechanism 3 and cutting
The parallel setting in the vertical direction of mechanism 3.Wherein, the side of rack 1 and be located at welding mechanism 4 lower section be provided with rewinding platform
5, welding slag rewinding case 6 is placed on rewinding platform 5, and the solder generated when welding can be collected by welding slag rewinding case 6, effectively kept away
Exempt from welding slag directly to fall on the ground.
As shown in Figure 1, unreeling structure 2 includes two mounting racks 21 arranged side by side and is rotatably connected on two mounting racks 21
Between let off roll 22, let off roll 22 has two and parallel in the horizontal direction, is equipped on mounting rack 21 for driving let off roll
The charging motor 23 of 22 rotations drives let off roll 22 to rotate the charging, it can be achieved that strip by charging motor 23.
As shown in Figure 1, 2, cutting mechanism 3 include be fixed in rack 1 and extend along strip feedstock direction mounting plate 31,
Along the setting of strip width direction cutter 32 and be mounted on mounting plate 31 and piston rod and the fixed hydraulic cylinder 33 of cutter 32,
Cutter 32 is driven to move downward the cutting, it can be achieved that strip by hydraulic cylinder 33.
As shown in Figure 1, 2, welding mechanism 4 includes the welding branch being fixed on mounting plate 31 and perpendicular to strip feedstock direction
Frame 41, the welded body 42 being mounted on welding support 41 and for driving welded body 42 along 41 length direction of welding support
Mobile driving cylinder 43 drives welded body 42 to slide along the width direction of strip, it can be achieved that band by driving cylinder 43
The welding of steel.
Further, as shown in Figure 2,3, it is fixed on outer wall of the welded body 42 far from 2 side of unreeling structure L-shaped
Baffler 422, the side of baffler 422 can prevent from welding perpendicular to the surface of rewinding platform 5 by baffler 422
Welding slag splashes in journey are concentrated welding and are fallen into welding slag rewinding case 6.
As shown in Figure 2,3, suction device 7, suction device 7 are provided on mounting plate 31 and positioned at the side of welded body 42
Including batch can 71 and axial flow blower 72, axial flow blower 72 is mounted on the side of batch can 71, is communicated on batch can 71 across baffler
422 and towards the suction pipeline 73 of strip section.Therefore, when welded body 42 completes the welding to strip, pass through axis stream
Blower 72 and suction pipeline 73 can improve the welding quality of strip in the remaining welding slag sucking batch can 71 in commissure.In addition,
As shown in connection with fig. 4, it in order to avoid the biggish impurity of particle is entered in axial flow blower 72 by suction pipeline 73, is inhaled in the present embodiment
One end that pipe material 73 is connect with batch can 71 is equipped with filter screen 731.
As shown in Figure 2,3, the sliding rail 51 parallel with strip feedstock direction, welding slag rewinding case 6 are fixed on rewinding platform 5
Bottom be fixed with and slide sliding block 62 in sliding rail 51, piston rod is installed on rewinding platform 5 and 6 outer wall of welding slag rewinding case is solid
Fixed rewinding cylinder 52 drives welding slag rewinding case 6 to be moved to the lower section of welded body 41, can make to weld by rewinding cylinder 52
The welding slag generated in journey is accurately fallen into welding slag rewinding case 6.
As shown in figure 3, being horizontally disposed with the suction disc 63 that is magnetic in welding slag rewinding case 6, the section of magnetic suction disc 63 is in square type, is led to
The welding slag of 6 open outer side of welding slag rewinding case can be attracted by crossing the magnetic field that magnetic suction disc 63 generates, it is ensured that welding slag is fallen to be received in welding slag
In hopper 6.Specifically, the both ends of magnetic suction disc 63 are extended with the rotating bar 631 with the rotation connection of 6 inner wall of welding slag rewinding case, weldering
The driving motor 64 of output shaft and the transmission connection of rotating bar 631 is installed on the outer wall of slag rewinding case 6.At work, pass through drive
Dynamic motor 64 drives magnetic the circumferentially rotating around rotating bar 631 of suction disc 63, and the two sides of magnetic suction disc 63 can be made to inhale repeatedly
Attached welding slag is conducive to the using effect for improving magnetic suction disc 63.
As shown in figure 3, being fixed with stock guide 65 funnel-shaped on the outside of the upper end opening of welding slag rewinding case 6, pass through guide
Plate 65 can expand the upper end opening size of welding slag rewinding case 6, and welding slag is effectively avoided to fall the outside in welding slag rewinding case 6.
Further, in order to avoid welding slag is trapped on deflector inner sidewall, the inner sidewall of stock guide 65 in the present embodiment
On be provided with several deflector chutes 651 for extending to edge on welding slag rewinding case 6.
It the course of work of the invention and has the beneficial effect that:
1, start rewinding cylinder 52, welding slag rewinding case 6 is driven to slide along 51 direction of sliding rail, until welding slag rewinding case 6 is in welding
The underface of body 42, so that the welding slag generated when welding is fallen in welding slag rewinding case 6；
2, when body 42 to be welded welds the section of strip, start axial flow blower 72, by the remaining welding slag in commissure
It sucks in batch can 71, improves the welding quality of strip；
3, simultaneously, start driving motor 64, make magnetic the circumferentially rotating around rotating bar 631 of suction disc 63, attract welding slag to receive with this
The welding slag of 6 open outer side of hopper, it is ensured that welding slag is fallen in welding slag rewinding case 6.
To sum up, the welding slag generated when being welded by 6 centralized collection of welding slag rewinding case, effectively can avoid welding slag from falling on ground
Face reduces the labor intensity of staff.
The foregoing is merely presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, all in design structure of the invention
Within think of, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and so on be should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims (10)
1. a kind of butt welder for strip, unreeling structure (2) including rack (1), for unreeling strip and for welding
The welding mechanism (4) of strip, it is characterised in that: it is flat to be provided with rewinding on the rack (1) below the welding mechanism (4)
Platform (5), the upper end of the rewinding platform (5) are provided with welding slag rewinding case (6), are provided on the rewinding platform (5) and strip
The parallel sliding rail of feedstock direction (51), the bottom of the welding slag rewinding case (6) are provided with sliding in the sliding rail (51)
Sliding block (62).
2. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the welding slag rewinding case (6)
Interior be horizontally disposed with is magnetic suction disc (63), the rectangular in cross-section of the magnetism suction disc (63).
3. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: the magnetism suction disc (63)
Both ends are extended with the rotating bar (631) with welding slag rewinding case (6) inner wall rotation connection, the welding slag rewinding case (6) it is outer
The driving motor (64) with rotating bar (631) transmission connection is provided on wall.
4. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the welding slag rewinding case (6)
Upper end opening on the outside of be provided with stock guide funnel-shaped (65).
5. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 4, it is characterised in that: the stock guide (65) it is interior
Several deflector chutes (651) for extending to edge on the welding slag rewinding case (6) are provided on wall.
6. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: welding mechanism (4) packet
It includes and is arranged on rack (1) and perpendicular to the welding support of strip feedstock direction (41), setting on the welding support (41)
Welded body (42) and driving gas for driving the welded body (42) mobile along welding support (41) length direction
Cylinder (43).
7. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 6, it is characterised in that: the welded body (42) is remote
Baffler (422) are provided on outer wall from the unreeling structure (2) side.
8. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 7, it is characterised in that: the baffler (422)
Section is L-shaped, the surface of the side of the baffler (422) perpendicular to the rewinding platform (5).
9. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: be arranged on the rack (1)
Have suction device (7), is connected on the suction device (7) across the baffler (422) and towards the suction of strip section
In pipe material (73).
10. a kind of butt welder for strip according to claim 9, it is characterised in that: the suction pipeline (73)
The one end connecting with the suction device (7) is provided with filter screen (731).
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