CN110900970A - Injection mold for storage battery shell - Google Patents

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CN110900970A
CN110900970A CN201911212386.1A CN201911212386A CN110900970A CN 110900970 A CN110900970 A CN 110900970A CN 201911212386 A CN201911212386 A CN 201911212386A CN 110900970 A CN110900970 A CN 110900970A
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汤志豪
杨志远
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29C45/72Heating or cooling
    • B29C45/73Heating or cooling of the mould
    • B29C45/7312Construction of heating or cooling fluid flow channels
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/10Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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Abstract

The invention discloses an injection mold for a storage battery shell, which comprises a bottom plate, wherein a water tank is arranged at the edge position of the top end of the bottom plate, a motor box is arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the water tank, a rotating motor is arranged in the middle of the inner side of the motor box, an output shaft of the rotating motor is connected with a transmission shaft, impellers are arranged on the outer surface of the middle part of the transmission shaft at equal intervals, the injection mold has a scientific and reasonable structure and is safe and convenient to use, the injection mold can be cooled in the injection molding process through the rotating motor, the transmission shaft, the impellers, a water inlet pipeline, a filtering funnel, a conveying pipe, a first radial flow pipe, a second radial flow pipe, a first cooling groove and a second cooling groove, heat generated in the injection molding process can be subjected to heat exchange, can be mixed with water which does not absorb heat after the water returns to the water tank, the heat can be favorably dissipated, so that the recycled water increases the efficiency of heat absorption.

Description

Injection mold for storage battery shell
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of mold injection, in particular to an injection mold for a storage battery shell.
Background
When plastic products are injection molded, a method of pressing and molding a mold is mostly adopted, a completely molten plastic material is stirred by a screw at a certain temperature, the completely molten plastic material is injected into a mold cavity by high pressure, and a molded product is obtained after cooling and solidification. But this increases the production cycle time of the finished product.
CN201483572U discloses a simplified die for forming a bridging hole on a storage battery partition wall, wherein a fixing block of the die is fixed on a punch holder, a punch is fixed in the center of the fixing block, a guide sleeve and the punch lean against two sides of the storage battery partition wall to be punched, the punch holder is connected with a hydraulic oil cylinder, the dimensional precision of a storage battery shell is ensured, the deformation is effectively controlled, and the rejection rate is reduced
And current battery case injection mold, in the in-service use process, lacks the cooling function to the mould, consequently when moulding plastics man-hour, can lead to the mould to be in time distributed by the heat that produces of moulding plastics, can reduce the life-span that the mould used to the mould of high temperature occupies processing production place again easily, thereby has reduced the machining efficiency of the work piece of moulding plastics, and the high temperature of the work piece of moulding plastics still can lead to the staff not convenient for collect the work piece of moulding plastics fast.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an injection mold for a storage battery shell, which can effectively solve the problems that the cooling function of the mold is lacked in the background technology, so that the heat generated by injection molding of the mold can not be dissipated in time during injection molding, the service life of the mold can be shortened, and the high-temperature mold easily occupies a processing production area, so that the processing efficiency of an injection molding workpiece is reduced, and the high temperature of the injection molding workpiece can cause the inconvenience of quickly collecting the injection molding workpiece by workers.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an injection mold for a storage battery shell comprises a bottom plate, wherein a water tank is arranged at the edge position of the top end of the bottom plate, a motor box is arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the water tank, a rotating motor is arranged in the middle of the inner side of the motor box, an output shaft of the rotating motor is connected with a transmission shaft, and impellers are arranged on the outer surface of the middle of the transmission shaft at equal intervals;
a water inlet pipeline is arranged in the middle of one end of the motor box, a conveying pipe is connected in the middle of the other end of the water inlet pipeline, a first runoff pipe is connected in the middle of one end of the conveying pipe, a second runoff pipe is connected in the middle of one end of the conveying pipe, and clamping blocks are sleeved on the outer surfaces of the middle parts of the first runoff pipe and the second runoff pipe;
the middle part of the top end of the bottom plate is provided with a mounting plate, the middle part of one end of the mounting plate is provided with a chute, the inside of the chute is connected with a sliding block in a sliding manner, and the middle part of one end of the sliding block is welded on the inner side of the clamping block;
the welding of mounting panel one end top has the fixed plate, fixed plate top middle part has the support, the inboard fixed mounting of support has flexible motor, the input of rotating electrical machines and flexible motor all with the output electric connection of external power source.
Preferably, the filtering funnel is installed in the middle of one end of the water inlet pipe, filtering holes are formed in the middle of one end of the filtering funnel at equal intervals, and the diameter of the water inlet end of the filtering funnel is larger than that of the water outlet end of the filtering funnel.
Preferably, the output shaft of flexible motor has the telescopic link, telescopic link bottom mid-mounting has the stripper plate, stripper plate bottom mid-mounting has the annular piece, the equal distance swing joint in stripper plate both ends four corners border position department has the stand, stand bottom middle part welding has the concave block, concave block top middle part is seted up flutedly, the inboard equal distance of concave block is founded and is had the connecting block.
Preferably, a first cooling groove is formed in the extrusion plate, and two ends of the first cooling groove are connected to the first radial flow pipe.
Preferably, the top of one end of each upright post is sleeved with an anti-slip sleeve, and the diameter of each anti-slip sleeve is the same as that of each upright post.
Preferably, a second cooling groove is formed in the concave block, and two ends of the second cooling groove are connected to the second radial flow pipe.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the utility model discloses a rotating electrical machines, the transmission shaft, the impeller, the inlet channel, filter funnel, the conveyer pipe, first footpath flow tube, second footpath flow tube, first cooling bath and second cooling bath, can cool off at the in-process of moulding plastics by the mould, can carry out the heat exchange with the heat that the in-process of moulding plastics produced, can also carry the heat at water and return the water tank after, mix with the water that does not absorb heat, be favorable to thermal giving off, and through the circulation that water formed water in first footpath flow tube and second footpath flow tube bad, make the water of bad use of circulation carry more heats in the process, the efficiency of absorption heat can improve.
2. This practicality is through flexible motor, telescopic link, stripper plate, annular piece, stand, concave piece and connecting block, and the combination of stripper plate and concave piece is used, can be to the in-process of moulding plastics to the work piece that moulds plastics produces pressure to the work piece that moulds plastics receives faster shaping behind the pressure, and closely laminate through annular piece and connecting block, deckle edge appears in the work piece that reduces to mould plastics, can improve the work piece processing effect of moulding plastics effectively.
3. This practicality can carry out different level's regulation to first runoff pipe and second runoff pipe through grip block, mounting panel, spout and slider, reduces the removal of stripper plate and leads to the possibility that the pipeline damaged, improves the life of pipeline, can also fix the centre gripping with first runoff pipe and second runoff pipe, has reduced the influence that receives because of external disturbance in the in-service use process.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the water tank of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the rotating electric machine of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the compression plate of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the installation structure of the first cooling bath of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the delivery tube of the present invention;
reference numbers in the figures: 1. a base plate; 2. a water tank; 3. a motor case; 4. a rotating electric machine; 5. a drive shaft; 6. an impeller; 7. a water inlet pipe; 8. filtering the mixture by a funnel; 9. a delivery pipe; 10. a first flow pipe; 11. a second flow pipe; 12. a clamping block; 13. mounting a plate; 14. a chute; 15. A slider; 16. a fixing plate; 17. a support; 18. a telescopic motor; 19. a telescopic rod; 20. a pressing plate; 21. a ring block; 22. a column; 23. a concave block; 24. a groove; 25. connecting blocks; 26. A first cooling tank; 27. a second cooling tank.
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The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that they are described herein for the purpose of illustration and explanation and not limitation.
Example (b): as shown in fig. 1-6, the invention provides a technical scheme, which is an injection mold for a storage battery shell, and comprises a bottom plate 1, wherein a water tank 2 is arranged at the edge position of the top end of the bottom plate 1, a motor box 3 is arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the water tank 2, a rotating motor 4 is arranged in the middle of the inner side of the motor box 3, an output shaft of the rotating motor 4 is connected with a transmission shaft 5, impellers 6 are arranged on the outer surface of the middle part of the transmission shaft 5 at equal intervals, and the type of the rotating motor 4 is Y2M;
a water inlet pipeline 7 is installed in the middle of one end of the motor box 3, a conveying pipe 9 is connected in the middle of the other end of the water inlet pipeline 7, a first radial flow pipe 10 is connected in the middle of one end of the conveying pipe 9, a second radial flow pipe 11 is further connected in the middle of one end of the conveying pipe 9, and clamping blocks 12 are sleeved on the outer surfaces of the middle portions of the first radial flow pipe 10 and the second radial flow pipe 11;
the middle part of the top end of the bottom plate 1 is provided with an installation plate 13, the middle part of one end of the installation plate 13 is provided with a sliding chute 14, the inside of the sliding chute 14 is connected with a sliding block 15 in a sliding manner, and the middle part of one end of the sliding block 15 is welded on the inner side of the clamping block 12;
the top of one end of the mounting plate 13 is welded with a fixing plate 16, the middle of the top end of the fixing plate 16 is welded with a support 17, the inner side of the support 17 is fixedly provided with a telescopic motor 18, the input ends of the rotating motor 4 and the telescopic motor 18 are both electrically connected with the output end of an external power supply, and the model of the telescopic motor 18 is Y160M-4;
an output shaft of the telescopic motor 18 is connected with a telescopic rod 19, the middle part of the bottom end of the telescopic rod 19 is provided with an extrusion plate 20, the middle part of the bottom end of the extrusion plate 20 is provided with an annular block 21, the edges of the four corners of the two ends of the extrusion plate 20 are movably connected with upright columns 22 at equal intervals, the middle part of the bottom end of each upright column 22 is welded with a concave block 23, the middle part of the top end of each concave block 23 is provided with a groove 24, and the inner;
the middle part of one end of the water inlet pipeline 7 is provided with the filter funnel 8, the middle parts of the ends of the filter funnel 8 are provided with filter holes at equal intervals, the diameter of the water inlet end of the filter funnel 8 is larger than that of the water outlet end, so that water can be conveniently filtered when entering the water inlet pipeline and is driven by the impeller 6, the pressure effect is favorably generated inside and outside the water inlet pipeline, the extrusion plate 20 is internally provided with a first cooling groove 26, and the two ends of the first cooling groove 26 are both connected with the first radial flow pipe 10, so that the circulation use of the water is favorably realized, and;
the antiskid sleeve has all been cup jointed at stand 22 one end top, and the diameter of antiskid sleeve is the same with stand 22's diameter, is convenient for prevent that stripper plate 20 from droing when stand 22 surface slides, and concave piece 23 is inside to have seted up second cooling bath 27, and second cooling bath 27 both ends are all connected in second footpath flow tube 11, can be to the abundant cooling of the heat of device inside.
The working principle and the using process of the invention are as follows: in the practical use process of the utility model, firstly, the injection molding raw material is injected into the groove 24 at the top end of the concave block 23, then the telescopic motor 18 is started, the telescopic rod 19 is driven to drive the extrusion plate 20 to drive downwards, the extrusion plate 20 can slide downwards by taking the upright column 22 as a fulcrum, so that the extrusion plate 20 can generate pressure on the injection molding raw material, the rapid forming of the injection molding workpiece can be facilitated, the annular block 21 and the connecting block 25 can be tightly attached, the sealing property in the injection molding process can be improved, the phenomenon of burrs on the injection molding workpiece can be reduced, and the processing effect of the injection molding workpiece can be effectively improved;
a large amount of heat is generated in the injection molding process, the rotating motor 4 is started again, the rotating motor 4 drives the transmission shaft 5 to rotate, the transmission shaft 5 drives the impeller 6 to rotate at a high speed, the impeller 6 generates centrifugal force to drive water in the water tank 2 to enter the water tank 2, the water enters the conveying pipe 9 again, so that the water flows into the first and second radial flow tubes 10 and 11 respectively at the end of the conveying pipe 9, and finally reaches the first and second cooling grooves 26 and 27 respectively, and the heat generated in the injection molding process is carried by the water, thereby realizing the cooling of each element by water, the water after absorbing heat carries heat to return to the water tank 2, and can be mixed with the water which does not absorb heat and exchange heat, thus being beneficial to the heat dissipation, the water circulation is carried out in the first flow-through pipe 10, the second flow-through pipe 11 and other pipelines, so that the efficiency of the water for absorbing heat is improved;
through the fixed centre gripping of grip block 12 to first footpath flow pipe 10 and second footpath flow pipe 11 again, can, reduced the influence that receives because of external disturbance in the in-service use process to can also carry out different level's regulation to first footpath flow pipe 10 and second footpath flow pipe 11, reduce the removal of stripper plate 20 and lead to the possibility of pipeline damage, improve the life of pipeline.
Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the embodiments and/or equivalents thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a battery case injection mold, includes bottom plate (1), its characterized in that: a water tank (2) is mounted at the edge position of the top end of the bottom plate (1), a motor box (3) is mounted at the bottom of the inner side of the water tank (2), a rotating motor (4) is mounted in the middle of the inner side of the motor box (3), an output shaft of the rotating motor (4) is connected with a transmission shaft (5), and impellers (6) are mounted on the outer surface of the middle of the transmission shaft (5) at equal intervals;
a water inlet pipeline (7) is installed in the middle of one end of the motor box (3), a conveying pipe (9) is connected to the middle of the other end of the water inlet pipeline (7), a first radial flow pipe (10) is connected to the middle of one end of the conveying pipe (9), a second radial flow pipe (11) is connected to the middle of one end of the conveying pipe (9), and clamping blocks (12) are sleeved on the outer surfaces of the middle portions of the first radial flow pipe (10) and the second radial flow pipe (11);
the middle part of the top end of the bottom plate (1) is provided with an installation plate (13), the middle part of one end of the installation plate (13) is provided with a sliding chute (14), the inside of the sliding chute (14) is connected with a sliding block (15) in a sliding manner, and the middle part of one end of the sliding block (15) is welded on the inner side of the clamping block (12);
the welding of mounting panel (13) one end top has fixed plate (16), the welding of fixed plate (16) top middle part has support (17), support (17) inboard fixed mounting has flexible motor (18), the input of rotating electrical machines (4) and flexible motor (18) all with the output electric connection of external power.
2. The battery case injection mold according to claim 1, characterized in that: the utility model discloses a filter, including inlet channel (7), inlet channel (8), filter funnel (8) one end middle part has filter funnel (8), filter funnel (8) one end middle part equal equidistance has seted up the filtration pore, filter funnel (8) are intake and are held the diameter and be greater than out water end diameter.
3. The battery case injection mold according to claim 1, characterized in that: the output shaft of flexible motor (18) has telescopic link (19), telescopic link (19) bottom mid-mounting has stripper plate (20), stripper plate (20) bottom mid-mounting has annular piece (21), stripper plate (20) both ends four corners border position department is impartial apart from swing joint has stand (22), the welding of stand (22) bottom middle part has concave block (23), concave block (23) top middle part is seted up flutedly (24), concave block (23) inboard is impartial apart from the melt-casting have connecting block (25).
4. The battery case injection mold according to claim 1, characterized in that: a first cooling groove (26) is formed in the extrusion plate (20), and two ends of the first cooling groove (26) are connected to the first radial flow pipe (10).
5. The battery case injection mold according to claim 1, characterized in that: the top of one end of the upright post (22) is sleeved with an anti-slip sleeve, and the diameter of the anti-slip sleeve is the same as that of the upright post (22).
6. The battery case injection mold according to claim 1, characterized in that: a second cooling groove (27) is formed in the concave block (23), and two ends of the second cooling groove (27) are connected to the second radial flow pipe (11).
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