CN112024858A

CN112024858A - Automatic casting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112024858A
Application number: CN202011001828.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘留; 李春生; 陈应红; 王效林; 邹权林; 黄猛; 龙群桦
Original assignee: Vital Materials Co Ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Pioneer Microelectronics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-22
Filing date: 2020-09-22
Publication date: 2020-12-04

Abstract

The invention provides automatic casting equipment which comprises a heating and conveying device, a hydraulic propelling device, a casting device, a clamping device and a die sinking device. The heating and conveying device is used for heating the mold and conveying the mold to the end of the heating and conveying device along the transverse direction. The hydraulic pushing device is used for pushing the mold on the end of the heating and conveying device into the clamping device along the longitudinal direction. The casting device is used for casting molten metal into the mold clamped by the clamping device, and the mold which is subjected to casting is moved into the mold opening device under the action of the hydraulic propelling device. The mold opening device receives the cast mold and performs mold opening processing on the cast mold to separate the mold and the workpiece. The automatic casting equipment has the advantages of simple structure and installation, convenience in operation, safety and effectiveness in production, product quality and production efficiency are improved, production cost is greatly reduced, labor intensity is reduced, production safety is improved, and production requirements are met.

Description

Automatic casting equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of metal casting, in particular to automatic casting equipment.

Background

Casting is a common production process for rare metal molding. With the more and more extensive application of rare metals, the requirements on the shapes of the rare metals are higher and higher, and the casting molding is an indispensable process link. However, most of the existing casting processes are that raw materials are put in a smelting furnace to be melted and then are manually cast into a mould, but the casting method has many defects: firstly, the transfer of molten metal is time-consuming and labor-consuming, a large amount of manual operation is needed, and the danger that the molten metal is scattered and splashed to scald workers easily occurs in the operation process; secondly, the molten metal mold is split, manual mold clamping is needed, time and labor are wasted, and the clamping fastener is easy to damage due to long-term disassembly and assembly for use, so that redundant waste is caused; moreover, due to different physical properties of rare metals, the appearance quality and cost of products are directly affected by the temperature in the casting process, and the appearance of the cast products is directly affected by over-high or over-low temperature, so that the casting quality is affected, and even casting failure is caused.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the problems in the background art, the invention aims to provide an automatic casting device, which adopts automatic production, is simple in operation, safe and effective in production, greatly reduces the labor intensity of workers, reduces the production cost, and improves the production efficiency and the product quality.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic casting apparatus, which includes a heating and conveying device, a hydraulic propelling device, a casting device, a clamping device, and a mold opening device. The heating and conveying device and the casting device are arranged transversely and oppositely, the hydraulic propelling device and the clamping device are arranged oppositely in the longitudinal direction, one end of the heating and conveying device is located between the hydraulic propelling device and the clamping device, one end of the clamping device is located below the casting device, and the mold opening device is located on one side of the other end of the clamping device in the longitudinal direction. The heating and conveying device is used for heating the mold and conveying the mold to the end of the heating and conveying device along the transverse direction. The hydraulic pushing device is used for pushing the mold on the end of the heating and conveying device into the clamping device along the longitudinal direction. The casting device is used for casting molten metal into the mold clamped by the clamping device, and the mold which is subjected to casting is moved into the mold opening device under the action of the hydraulic propelling device. The mold opening device receives the cast mold and performs mold opening processing on the cast mold to separate the mold and the workpiece.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, a heated transport device includes a first heating assembly, a thermally conductive block, and a transport mechanism. The first heating assembly is arranged on the heat conduction block and used for heating the heat conduction block. The heat conduction block is formed with a heating tunnel for the mold to pass through. The conveying mechanism is located below the heat conducting block and used for driving the mold to move in the heating tunnel.

In an automatic casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the hydraulic propulsion device includes a hydraulic control station, a first cylinder, and a first piston rod. A driving motor is arranged in the hydraulic control station, one end of a first piston rod extends out of the first cylinder body, the other end of the first piston rod is arranged in the first cylinder body and connected to the driving motor, and the first piston rod moves in a telescopic mode along the first cylinder body under the action of the driving motor, so that one end of the first piston rod pushes a mold on the heating and conveying device.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the casting device includes a furnace, a slide guide mechanism, and a drive mechanism. The melting furnace is positioned above the sliding guide mechanism and connected with the sliding guide mechanism, and the driving mechanism is connected with the melting furnace and drives the melting furnace to move along the sliding guide mechanism.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the clamping device includes a mounting frame, a first clamp roller assembly, and a second clamp roller assembly. The first clamping roller assembly is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame, the second clamping roller assembly is arranged on the mounting frame in a sliding mode, and the second clamping roller assembly and the first clamping roller assembly are oppositely arranged in the transverse direction and are matched together to clamp the die.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, a mold includes a first mold half and a second mold half that mate and snap together.

In an automatic casting apparatus according to some embodiments, a mold opening device includes: third mounting panel, fourth mounting panel, first compress tightly subassembly, second compress tightly subassembly and power component. The fourth mounting panel and the third mounting panel are arranged at intervals in the transverse direction to accommodate the mold, the first pressing assembly is arranged on the third mounting panel and presses the first half mold of the mold in the up-down direction, and the second pressing assembly is arranged on the fourth mounting panel and presses the second half mold of the mold in the up-down direction. The power assembly is fixed on the fourth mounting plate and used for driving the fourth mounting plate to move in the transverse direction so as to separate the second half die from the workpiece in the die.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the first compression assembly includes a first platen and a first compression nut. The first pressing plate is provided with a first threaded hole, and the first pressing nut is matched with the first threaded hole so that the first pressing plate presses the first half die of the die.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the second compression assembly includes a second platen and a second compression nut. The second pressing plate is provided with a second threaded hole, and a second pressing nut is matched with the second threaded hole so that the second pressing plate presses a second half die of the die.

In an automated casting apparatus according to some embodiments, the power assembly includes a long screw and a rotating handle. One end of the long screw is fixedly connected to the fourth mounting plate, and the other end of the long screw is matched with the rotating handle, so that the second half mold is separated from a workpiece in the mold under the action of the long screw.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

the utility model provides an automatic casting equipment's structure and installation are simple, convenient operation, production are safe effective, and it is based on heating conveyor, hydraulic pressure advancing device, casting device, clamping device and the die sinking device between the cooperative action, has realized automatic continuous production, has not only improved product quality and production efficiency from this, has still greatly reduced manufacturing cost, has reduced artifical intensity, has promoted the security of production simultaneously, more accords with the production requirement.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the automatic casting apparatus of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the heating and conveying apparatus in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mounting portion of the conveying mechanism in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hydraulic propulsion device of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the casting device of fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clamping device of fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a circled portion in fig. 6.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the second nip roller assembly of FIG. 6.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the mold opening device in fig. 1.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:

1 heating and conveying device 34 support

11 first heating element 4 clamping device

111 mounting rack for first heating jacket 41

112 first junction box 411 first mounting plate

12 second mounting plate of heat conducting block 412

121 heating tunnel 413 base

122 top wall 42 first nip roller assembly

123 side wall 421 first nip roller

13 conveying mechanism 422 first connecting column

131 conveyor belt 423 mounting bar

132 mount 43 second nip roller assembly

132A fixed part 431 second nip roller

132B mounting portion 432 second connecting post

1321B clamp wall 433 guide

14 support 433A main body part

15 installation beam 433B connecting part

2 hydraulic propulsion device 434 elastic element

21 hydraulic control station 435 guide sleeve

22 first cylinder 435A guide

23 first piston rod 435B projection

24 push plate 5 mold opening device

25 frame construction 51 third mounting plate

3 casting device 52 fourth mounting plate

31 furnace 53 first hold-down assembly

311 furnace body 531 first pressing plate

312 second heating assembly 532 first compression nut

312A second heating jacket 54 second compression assembly

312B second junction box 541 second pressure plate

313 third heater assembly 542 second compression nut

313A third heating jacket 55 power pack

313B third junction box 551 Long screw

314 baiting valve 552 rotating handle

315 upper cover 56 mounting base

31A discharge port 6 feeding table

31B feed inlet S mould

32 slide guide mechanism S1 first half die

321 guide S2 second half-mould

322 slider X lateral

33 driving mechanism Y longitudinal direction

331 up-down direction of second cylinder Z

332 second piston rod

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description of the application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application or in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different elements and not for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. The appearances of "a plurality" in this application are intended to mean more than two (including two).

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

An automatic casting apparatus according to the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the automatic casting apparatus of the present application includes a heating and conveying device 1, a hydraulic pushing device 2, a casting device 3, a clamping device 4, and a mold opening device 5.

In this application, the structure and the installation of automatic casting equipment are simple, convenient operation, production are safe effective, and based on the cooperative fit effect between heating conveyor 1, hydraulic pressure advancing device 2, casting device 3, clamping device 4 and mold opening device 5, automatic continuous production has been realized, product quality and production efficiency have not only been improved from this, still greatly reduced manufacturing cost, reduced artifical intensity, improved the security of production simultaneously, more accord with the production requirement.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the heating and conveying device 1 is arranged opposite to the casting device 3 in the transverse direction X, and one end of the heating and conveying device 1 (i.e., the end close to the casting device 3) is located between the hydraulic pushing device 2 and the clamping device 4. The heating and conveying device 1 is used for heating the mold S and conveying the mold S to the end of the heating and conveying device 1 (i.e. in front of the mold hydraulic pushing device 2) in the transverse direction X.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the heated delivery device 1 may include a first heating assembly 11, a thermally conductive block 12, and a delivery mechanism 13. The first heating assembly 11 is disposed on the heat conduction block 12 and is used for heating the heat conduction block 12. The heat conduction block 12 is formed with a heating tunnel 121, and the heating tunnel 121 is used for passing the mold S. The conveying mechanism 13 is located below the heat conducting block 12 and is used for driving the mold S to move in the heating tunnel 121.

In the heating and conveying apparatus 1, since the first heating assembly 11 indirectly heats the mold S through the heating tunnel 121 of the heat-conducting block 12, the mold S is uniformly heated in the heating tunnel 121 while moving in the heating tunnel 121 via the conveying mechanism 13. This kind of indirect heating mode not only is convenient for control the temperature in the heating tunnel 121, and can guarantee that the temperature in each region is even in the heating tunnel 121, realizes the even heating to mould S from this to reduce the difference in temperature between mould S and the casted molten metal, and then guaranteed the smoothness of product surface, practiced thrift artifical process of polishing.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the first heating assembly 11 may include a first heating jacket 111 and a first junction box 112. The first heating jacket 111 is disposed on the heat conductive block 12, and the first junction box 112 is electrically connected to the first heating jacket 111 and an external power supply device (not shown).

In some embodiments, the first heating jacket 111 is made of a heat conductive material, and the first heating jacket 111 may be disposed outside or inside the heat conductive block 12.

In some embodiments, the first heating jacket 111 may be one in number. Wherein, the one first heating jacket 111 may correspond to only one first junction box 112. Of course, in order to improve the heating efficiency, the first heating jacket 111 may correspond to a plurality of first junction boxes 112 at the same time.

In some embodiments, the first heating jacket 111 may be plural in number, and the plural first heating jackets 111 are continuously arranged in the transverse direction X. Wherein each first heating jacket 111 can be individually heated by the corresponding first junction box 112, thereby ensuring heating efficiency.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the heat conducting block 12 has a top wall 122 and two side walls 123, the two side walls 123 forming a U-shaped heating tunnel 121 together with the top wall 122. The first heating jacket 111 is disposed at least on the top wall 122 of the heat conducting block 12. In order to ensure the heating efficiency and the heating uniformity, the first heating jacket 111 may be disposed on both the top wall 122 and the two side walls 123 of the heat conduction block 12.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the conveying mechanism 13 includes a conveyor belt 131, a plurality of mounts 132, and a drive motor (not shown). The plurality of mounting seats 132 are arranged at intervals along the transverse direction X, each mounting seat 132 can be fixed on the conveyor belt 131 through a bolt, and each mounting seat 132 is mounted on a corresponding mold S. The conveyor belt 131 moves the molds S in the heating tunnel 121 by the driving motor to heat and convey the heated molds S to a designated position (i.e., in front of the mold hydraulic-pushing device 2).

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and 3, each mount 132 may include a fixing portion 132A and a mounting portion 132B. The fixing portion 132A may be fixedly connected to the conveyor belt 131 by bolts. The mounting portion 132B protrudes from the fixing portion 132A in the vertical direction Z, and mounts the mold S.

In some embodiments, the mounting portion 132B is formed as a U-shaped structure having an opening. Wherein the mold S is pushed into the holding device 4 in the longitudinal direction Y by the hydraulic pushing device 2 through the opening side of the mounting portion 132B.

In some embodiments, the mounting portion 132B may be comprised of three clip walls 132B1 (shown in fig. 2 and 3). The three holding walls 132B1 are installed and hold the corresponding mold S during conveyance to ensure stability of the mold S during conveyance. Specifically, the three holding walls 132B1 may be connected as a whole, or may be disposed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the fixing portion 132A.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the heating and conveying device 1 further comprises a support frame 14 and two mounting beams 15. The support frame 14 supports the two mounting beams 15, the two mounting beams 15 are arranged opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction Y, and the two mounting beams 15 together support the heat-conducting block 12 and mount the conveying mechanism 13.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the hydraulic pushing device 2 is arranged opposite to the holding device 4 in the longitudinal direction Y, and the hydraulic pushing device 2 is located behind the one end of the heating and conveying device 1 in the longitudinal direction Y, and when the mold S is conveyed to the one end of the heating and conveying device 1 by the heating and conveying device 1, the hydraulic pushing device 2 pushes the mold S on the one end of the heating and conveying device 1 into the holding device 4 in the longitudinal direction Y. Here, under the effect of hydraulic pressure advancing device 2, the good mould S that heats can be directly, in being pushed to clamping device 4 fast to not only avoided artifical transport mould S to cause the risk of scald, still greatly improved mould transport efficiency.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, the hydraulic propulsion device 2 comprises a hydraulic control station 21, a first cylinder 22 and a first piston rod 23. Specifically, a driving motor (not shown) is arranged in the hydraulic control station 21, one end of the first piston rod 23 extends out of the first cylinder 22, the other end of the first piston rod is arranged in the first cylinder 22 and is connected to the driving motor, and the first piston rod 23 moves telescopically along the first cylinder 22 under the action of the driving motor, so that the one end of the first piston rod 23 pushes the mold S on the heating and conveying device 1.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, hydraulic propulsion device 2 further includes a push plate 24. The push plate 24 is fixed to the one end of the first piston rod 23 and pushes the mold S on the heating and conveying device 1 under the action of the first piston rod 23. The arrangement of the push plate 24 increases the contact area between the hydraulic propulsion device 2 and the die S, thereby increasing the stability of the die S in the pushing process of the hydraulic propulsion device 2.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3, hydraulic propulsion device 2 further includes a frame structure 25. The frame structure 25 encloses an intermediate cavity in which the hydraulic control station 21 is mounted to the frame structure 25, the first cylinder 22 being fixed above the frame structure 25.

Referring to fig. 1 and 5, the casting device 3 is arranged opposite to the heating and conveying device 1 in the transverse direction X, and the casting device 3 is positioned above one end of the clamping device 4 close to the hydraulic propulsion device 2. When the mold S is clamped by the clamping device 4, the casting device 3 casts molten metal into the clamped mold S; and when the mold S clamped by the clamping device 4 is cast, the mold S is moved into the mold opening device 5 by the hydraulic pushing device 2.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the casting device 3 includes a furnace 31, a slide guide mechanism 32, and a drive mechanism 33. The melting furnace 31 is provided with a discharge port 31A and a feed port 31B, and the melting furnace 31 is located above the slide guide mechanism 32 and connected to the slide guide mechanism 32. The driving mechanism 33 is connected to the melting furnace 31 and drives the melting furnace 31 to move along the slide guide mechanism 32.

Here, based on the automation of the casting device 3, the molten metal in the melting furnace 31 can be automatically poured into the mold S through the discharge port 31A, thereby not only avoiding the danger that the molten metal is scattered and splashed to scald workers when the molten metal is manually poured into the mold S, but also greatly improving the mold casting efficiency. Also, since the melting furnace 31 can move along the slide guide 32 (i.e., the melting furnace 31 can move back and forth along the longitudinal direction Y) by the driving mechanism 33, it is ensured that the discharging port 31A of the melting furnace 31 can accurately correspond to the mold S in the holding device 4 to achieve accurate casting and the discharging port 31A performs continuous casting of different molds S in the longitudinal direction Y, thereby greatly improving the mold casting accuracy and the mold casting efficiency.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the furnace 31 includes a furnace body 311 and a second heating assembly 312, the furnace body 311 is connected to the discharge port 31A and the feed port 31B, and the second heating assembly 312 is sleeved on the furnace body 311 and heats the furnace body 311.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, second heating assembly 312 includes a second heating jacket 312A and a second junction box 312B. The second heating jacket 312A is sleeved on the furnace body 311, and the second junction box 312B is connected to the second heating jacket 312A and an external power supply device (not shown).

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the furnace 31 further includes a third heating assembly 313, and the third heating assembly 313 is disposed at the tapping hole 31A and heats the tapping hole 31A to control the temperature of the molten metal in the tapping hole 31A.

Because the furnace body 311 of the smelting furnace 31 is heated through the second heating component 312 and the discharge port 31A is heated through the third heating component 313, the temperatures of the furnace body 311 and the discharge port 31A are controlled conveniently, the temperature difference between the molten metal discharged through the discharge port 31A and the mold S is reduced, the smoothness of the surface of the product is guaranteed, and the manual polishing process is saved.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the third heating assembly 313 includes a third heating jacket 313A and a third junction box 313B. The third heating jacket 313A is sleeved on the discharge port 31A, and the third junction box 312B is connected to the third heating jacket 312A and an external power supply device (not shown).

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the slide guide mechanism 32 includes a guide rail 321 and a slider 322. The guide rail 321 extends along the longitudinal direction Y, and the slider 322 is slidably disposed on the guide rail 321, located below the melting furnace 31 and connected to the melting furnace 31.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the guide rails 321 and the sliders 322 are each provided in pairs, two of the guide rails 321 in the pair are spaced apart along the transverse direction X, and each guide rail 321 is slidably connected to a corresponding one of the sliders 322.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the driving mechanism 33 includes a second cylinder 331, a second piston rod 332, and a driving motor (not shown). One end of the second piston rod 332 extends out of the second cylinder 331, and the other end is located in the second cylinder 331 and connected to the melting furnace 31, and the second piston rod 332 is moved telescopically along the second cylinder 331 by the driving motor to slide the melting furnace 31 on the slide guide mechanism 32.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, furnace 31 further includes a discharge valve 314. The discharge valve 314 is provided at the discharge port 31A and adjusts the discharge amount of the discharge port 31A.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, furnace 31 further includes a top cover 315. After the metal raw material enters the furnace body 311 of the melting furnace 31 through the feed opening 31B, the upper cover 315 is fitted to the feed opening 31B to seal the feed opening 31B. The metal raw material is melted in the furnace body 311, and the molten metal is poured into the mold S through the discharge opening 31A.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, the casting device 3 further comprises a bracket 34. The bracket 34 supports and mounts the slide guide mechanism 32 and the drive mechanism 33. Specifically, the bracket 34 may be formed as a frame structure.

Referring to fig. 1 and 6 to 8, the clamping device 4 is disposed opposite to the hydraulic pushing device 2 in the longitudinal direction Y, and one end of the clamping device 4 is located below the casting device 3, and the other end is located on the side of the mold opening device 5 in the longitudinal direction Y (i.e., the other end of the clamping device 4 is located behind the mold opening device 5).

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, the gripping device 4 includes a mounting bracket 41, a first nip roller assembly 42, and a second nip roller assembly 43. The first clamping roller assembly 42 is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame 41, the second clamping roller assembly 43 is slidably arranged on the mounting frame 41, and the second clamping roller assembly 43 and the first clamping roller assembly 42 are oppositely arranged in the transverse direction X and cooperate together to clamp the mold S. Under the pushing action of the hydraulic pushing device 2, the mold S enters between the first pinch roller assembly 42 and the second pinch roller assembly 43 and extrudes the first pinch roller assembly 42 and the second pinch roller assembly 43 towards two sides, and meanwhile, the mold S is automatically clamped by the first pinch roller assembly 42 and the second pinch roller assembly 43, so that the mold S does not need to be manually clamped, the production efficiency is improved, and the manual labor intensity is reduced.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, when the first nip roller assembly 42 and the second nip roller assembly 43 are respectively provided in plurality, and one first nip roller assembly 42 corresponds to one second nip roller assembly 43.

It should be noted that the mold S to be cast and the cast mold S are both located in the clamping device 4 and are clamped by the corresponding first and second

clamping roller assemblies

42 and 43, respectively. Wherein the mould S to be cast is located in a portion of the holding device 4 close to the hydraulic pushing device 2 and the cast mould S is located in a portion of the holding device 4 remote from the hydraulic pushing device 2. Under the pushing action of the hydraulic pushing device 2, the mold S of the heating and conveying device 1 is pushed into the first and second nip

roller assemblies

42 and 43 of the clamping device 4, which are closest to the hydraulic pushing device 2, and at the same time, the cast mold S clamped by the first and second nip

roller assemblies

42 and 43, which are farthest from the hydraulic pushing device 2, is moved into the mold opening device 5 (i.e., the clamping device 4 releases the cast mold S). Therefore, the clamping device 4 of the application can be matched with the hydraulic propelling device 2 to further realize automatic loosening of the die S, so that automatic control is realized, the production efficiency is improved, and the manual labor intensity is reduced.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, mounting bracket 41 includes a first mounting plate 411 and a second mounting plate 412. The first mounting plate 411 and the second mounting plate 412 are oppositely disposed in the transverse direction X, and the first mounting plate 411 mounts the first nip roller assembly 42 and the second mounting plate 412 mounts the second nip roller assembly 43.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6, mounting bracket 41 further includes a base 413. The base 413 is positioned below the first and second mounting

plates

411 and 412 to support and mount the first and second mounting

plates

411 and 412.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the first nip roller assembly 42 includes a first nip roller 421 and a first connecting column 422. The first connecting column 422 is disposed through the first clamping roller 421, and two ends of the first connecting column 422 are fixed to the mounting frame 41. The first nip roller 421 is sleeved on the first connecting column 422 and can rotate along the first connecting column 422.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the mounting bracket 41 is provided with a first mounting hole. The first nip roller assembly 42 also includes a mounting bar 423. One end of the mounting bar 423 is inserted into the first mounting hole and fixed to the mounting bracket 41, and the other end of the mounting bar 423 is fixedly mounted with the first coupling post 422.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 8, the second nip roller assembly 43 comprises a second nip roller 431, a second connecting column 432, a guide 433, and a resilient member 434.

The second clamping roller 431 is sleeved on the second connecting post 432 and can rotate along the second connecting post 432. The guide members 433 are arranged in pairs, the second connecting column 432 penetrates through the second clamping roller 431, and two ends of the second connecting column 432 are respectively and fixedly connected with the corresponding guide members 433. Each guide 433 is disposed through the mounting frame 41, and the elastic member 434 is sleeved on a portion of the guide 433 between the mounting frame 41 and the second nip roller 431, and the guide 433 can drive the second nip roller 431 to move relative to the mounting frame 41 in the transverse direction X and press the elastic member 434, so that the second nip roller assembly 43 can move in the transverse direction X. Then, the first nip roller assembly 42 and the second nip roller assembly 43 nip the mold S based on the elastic force of the elastic member 434 itself.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 8, the mounting bracket 41 is further provided with a second mounting hole. The second nip roller assembly 43 also includes a guide sleeve 435. The guide sleeve 435 is disposed in the second mounting hole and fixed to the mounting frame 41, and the guide member 433 is disposed through the guide sleeve 435 and movable along the guide sleeve 435. Here, the guide sleeve 435 is provided to prevent the guide member 433 from moving back and forth in the lateral direction X to wear the second mounting hole.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 8, the guide sleeve 435 has a guide portion 435A and a projection 435B. The guide portion 435A is inserted into the second mounting hole of the mounting bracket 41, the protruding portion 435B protrudes from the guide portion 435A in the circumferential direction, and the protruding portion 435B is located at the side of the second mounting hole close to the second nip roller 431 and fixed to the mounting bracket 41.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 8, guide 433 has a body portion 433A and a connecting portion 433B. The connecting portion 433B is located at one end of the body portion 433A in the lateral direction X and protrudes from the body portion 433A in the circumferential direction. The elastic member 434 is sleeved on the portion of the main body portion 433A between the mounting frame 41 and the connecting portion 433B, and the second connecting column 432 is fixedly connected to the connecting portion 433B.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the mold S includes a first mold half S1 and a second mold half S2, the first mold half S1 and the second mold half S2 mated and snapped together.

Referring to fig. 1 and 9, the mold opening device 5 is located in front of the clamping device 4 in the longitudinal direction Y (i.e., outside an end of the clamping device 4 away from the casting device 3), and the mold opening device 5 is configured to receive the cast mold S and perform a mold opening process on the cast mold S to separate the mold S and the workpiece.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the mold opening device 5 includes: a third mounting plate 51, a fourth mounting plate 52, a first hold-down assembly 53, a second hold-down assembly 54, and a power assembly 55.

The fourth mounting plate 52 is spaced apart from the third mounting plate 51 in the transverse direction X to accommodate the cast mold S, the first pressing assembly 53 is disposed on the third mounting plate 51 and presses the first mold half S1 of the mold S in the up-down direction Z, and the second pressing assembly 54 is disposed on the fourth mounting plate 52 and presses the second mold half S2 of the mold S in the up-down direction Z. The power assembly 55 is secured to the fourth mounting plate 52 and is adapted to move the fourth mounting plate 52 in the transverse direction X to separate the second mold half S2 from the workpiece in the mold S.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the first compression assembly 53 includes a first compression plate 531 and a first compression nut 532. The first presser plate 531 is provided with first threaded holes, and the first pressing nuts 532 are fitted with the first threaded holes to press the first presser plate 531 against the first half S1 of the die S.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 8, the second compression assembly 54 includes a second compression plate 541 and a second compression nut 542. The second pressing plate 541 is provided with second threaded holes, and the second pressing nuts 542 are matched with the second threaded holes to press the second pressing plate 541 against the second half S2 of the mold S.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the power assembly 55 includes a long screw 551 and a rotating handle 552. One end of the long screw 551 is fixedly connected to the fourth mounting plate 52, and the other end is provided with a threaded hole and cooperates with the rotating handle 552 to separate the second mold half S2 from the workpiece in the mold S under the action of the long screw 551.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the mold opening device 5 further includes a mounting base 56. The mounting base 56 mounts the third mounting plate 51, the fourth mounting plate 52 and the power assembly 55.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the automated casting apparatus further comprises a feed table 6. The feeding table 6 is located at one side of the heating and conveying device 1 and is used for placing the mold S separated from the mold opening device 5 for recycling.

In some embodiments, the automated casting apparatus further comprises an inductor (not shown). The sensor is positioned in front of the hydraulic propulsion device 2 and between the clamping device 4 and the hydraulic propulsion device 2 and is used for sensing whether the mold S exists at the end of the heating and conveying device 1. The sensor is in communication connection with the heating and conveying device 1 and the hydraulic propelling device 2, when the sensor senses that the mold S reaches the position of the sensor, the heating and conveying device 1 stops moving, and the hydraulic propelling device 2 pushes the mold S forwards at the moment, so that automatic control of automatic casting equipment is achieved.

Claims

1. The automatic casting equipment is characterized by comprising a heating and conveying device (1), a hydraulic propelling device (2), a casting device (3), a clamping device (4) and a die sinking device (5);

the heating and conveying device (1) and the casting device (3) are arranged oppositely in the transverse direction (X), the hydraulic propelling device (2) and the clamping device (4) are arranged oppositely in the longitudinal direction (Y), one end of the heating and conveying device (1) is located between the hydraulic propelling device (2) and the clamping device (4), one end of the clamping device (4) is located below the casting device (3), and the die opening device (5) is located on one side of the other end of the clamping device (4) in the longitudinal direction (Y);

the heating and conveying device (1) is used for heating the mold (S) and conveying the mold (S) to the end of the heating and conveying device (1) along the transverse direction (X), and the hydraulic pushing device (2) is used for pushing the mold (S) on the end of the heating and conveying device (1) into the clamping device (4) along the longitudinal direction (Y);

the casting device (3) is used for casting molten metal into the mold (S) clamped by the clamping device (4), and the mold which is subjected to casting is moved into the mold opening device (5) under the action of the hydraulic propelling device (2);

the mold opening device (5) receives the cast mold and performs mold opening processing on the cast mold to separate the mold (S) and the workpiece.

2. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1,

the heating and conveying device (1) comprises a first heating assembly (11), a heat conducting block (12) and a conveying mechanism (13);

the first heating assembly (11) is arranged on the heat conduction block (12) and is used for heating the heat conduction block (12);

the heat conduction block (12) is provided with a heating tunnel (121), and the heating tunnel (121) is used for allowing the mold (S) to pass through;

the conveying mechanism (13) is located below the heat conducting block (12) and used for driving the mold (S) to move in the heating tunnel (121).

3. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1,

the hydraulic propulsion device (2) comprises a hydraulic control station (21), a first cylinder (22) and a first piston rod (23);

a driving motor is arranged in the hydraulic control station (21), one end of a first piston rod (23) extends out of the first cylinder body (22), the other end of the first piston rod is arranged in the first cylinder body (22) and connected to the driving motor, and the first piston rod (23) moves in a telescopic mode along the first cylinder body (22) under the action of the driving motor, so that one end of the first piston rod (23) pushes a mold (S) on the heating and conveying device (1).

4. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1,

the casting device (3) comprises a smelting furnace (31), a sliding guide mechanism (32) and a driving mechanism (33);

the melting furnace (31) is positioned above the sliding guide mechanism (32) and is connected with the sliding guide mechanism (32), and the driving mechanism (33) is connected with the melting furnace (31) and drives the melting furnace (31) to move along the sliding guide mechanism (32).

5. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1,

the clamping device (4) comprises a mounting frame (41), a first clamping roller assembly (42) and a second clamping roller assembly (43);

the first clamping roller assembly (42) is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame (41), the second clamping roller assembly (43) is arranged on the mounting frame (41) in a sliding mode, and the second clamping roller assembly (43) and the first clamping roller assembly (42) are oppositely arranged in the transverse direction (X) and are matched together to clamp the mold (S).

6. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mold (S) comprises a first mold half (S1) and a second mold half (S2), the first mold half (S1) and the second mold half (S2) being mated and snapped together.

7. The automated casting apparatus of claim 1,

the mold opening device (5) comprises: a third mounting plate (51), a fourth mounting plate (52), a first pressing component (53), a second pressing component (54) and a power component (55);

the fourth mounting plate (52) and the third mounting plate (51) are arranged at intervals in the transverse direction (X) to accommodate the mold (S), the first pressing assembly (53) is arranged on the third mounting plate (51) and presses the first half mold (S1) of the mold (S) in the vertical direction (Z), and the second pressing assembly (54) is arranged on the fourth mounting plate (52) and presses the second half mold (S2) of the mold (S) in the vertical direction (Z);

a power assembly (55) is secured to the fourth mounting plate (52) and is adapted to move the fourth mounting plate (52) in the transverse direction (X) to separate the second mold half (S2) from the workpiece in the mold (S).

8. The automated casting apparatus of claim 7,

the first compression assembly (53) comprises a first compression plate (531) and a first compression nut (532);

the first pressure plate (531) is provided with a first threaded hole, and a first compression nut (532) is matched with the first threaded hole so that the first pressure plate (531) compresses a first half die (S1) of the die (S).

9. The automated casting apparatus of claim 7,

the second compression assembly (54) comprises a second compression plate (541) and a second compression nut (542);

the second pressing plate (541) is provided with a second threaded hole, and the second pressing nut (542) is matched with the second threaded hole so that the second pressing plate (541) presses the second half die (S2) of the die (S).

10. The automated casting apparatus of claim 7,

the power assembly (55) comprises a long screw (551) and a rotary handle (552);

one end of the long screw rod (551) is fixedly connected to the fourth mounting plate (52), and the other end of the long screw rod is matched with the rotating handle (552), so that the second half die (S2) is separated from the workpiece in the die (S) under the action of the long screw rod (551).