CN112253331B - Full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment and pouring curing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment and a pouring curing method thereof, wherein the full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment comprises a plurality of pouring cylinders which are sequentially arranged, a truss assembly is arranged above each pouring cylinder, and a feed conveying trolley and a hopper conveying trolley are arranged on two sides of each pouring cylinder; the casting cylinders are provided with openable cylinder covers, each casting cylinder is provided with a hollow cylinder wall and a base, and the outer sides of the cylinder walls are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of lifting assemblies; each cylinder cover is connected with a supporting plate, and the outer side of each cylinder wall is also respectively provided with a picking and placing assembly for controlling the forming die; the upper part of the cylinder cover is used for placing the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper; each pouring cylinder is also respectively connected with an external thermal circulation system, a vacuum system and a control system. The equipment can realize the automatic control of the pouring process, so that the whole pouring control process is convenient, efficient, quick and safe, the stable product quality is ensured, and the personal safety of operators is ensured.

Description

Full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment and pouring curing method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of solid fuel production, in particular to full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment and a pouring and solidifying method thereof.

Background

Solid fuel is a solid combustible substance capable of generating heat or power. Most of the materials contain carbon or hydrocarbon, and natural materials include wood, peat, lignite, bituminous coal, anthracite, oil shale and the like, and the materials are processed into charcoal, coke, coal bricks, coal balls and the like. Solid fuels are also of special variety, such as solid alcohol, solid rocket fuels. The solid rocket fuel is stable and reliable, can be stored for a long time for ready use and the like, but the solid rocket fuel is a dangerous flammable and explosive product in the production pouring process, so that special pouring equipment is required in the production of the solid rocket fuel.

For example, chinese patent application (publication No. CN 110118134A) discloses a solid fuel vacuum pouring device in 2019, which comprises a hopper, a plunger type flow regulating valve core, a pattern plate, a pouring cylinder cover, a pouring cylinder body, a water bath circulation heater, a water bath silica gel hose, a vacuum pressure gauge, a vacuum pipeline, a vacuum pump, a manual three-way ball valve, a forming die and the like; the forming die is placed in a pouring cylinder body for pouring forming. However, in the casting production process, the casting device needs a large amount of manual operation, the die is placed, the opening cylinder and the closing cylinder are operated close to the casting cylinder body, and the degree of automation is low.

In addition, the existing solid fuel pouring completely adopts a manual operation method, so that the manual factors in the pouring process are more, the process parameters are unstable, and the quality stability of the product is affected; because the pouring process is a dangerous flammable and explosive product, the manual operation is extremely easy to cause operation accidents, and production accidents and life accidents are caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment and a pouring and solidifying method thereof.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment comprises a plurality of pouring cylinders which are sequentially arranged, wherein truss assemblies are arranged above the pouring cylinders, and two sides of the truss assemblies in the main movement direction are respectively provided with a feed conveying trolley and a hopper conveying trolley; the feeding conveying trolley is provided with a feeding stirring container and a forming die, the hopper conveying trolley is used for transporting a circulating heating hopper and a metering valve, and the truss assembly is used for transporting the metering valve, the circulating heating hopper and the forming die among a plurality of pouring cylinders, the feeding conveying trolley and the hopper conveying trolley;

Each pouring cylinder is provided with an openable cylinder cover, each pouring cylinder is provided with a hollow cylinder wall and a base, the outer sides of the cylinder walls are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of lifting assemblies, and the lifting assemblies are respectively connected with the cylinder covers and control the cylinder covers to lift; the middle part of each cylinder cover is provided with a through hole, the periphery of each through hole is respectively provided with a plurality of hanging rods, the tail ends of the hanging rods are connected with supporting plates, the supporting plates are used for placing the forming dies, and the outer side of each cylinder wall is also respectively provided with a picking and placing assembly for controlling the forming dies; the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper are fixed on the corresponding cylinder cover through a plurality of rotary clamping assemblies; each pouring cylinder is also respectively connected with an external thermal circulation system, a vacuum system and a control system.

This full-automatic equipment of pouring passes through truss subassembly the setting of pouring jar and travelling bogie can realize the automated movement and the automatic clamp of forming die, cylinder cap, metering valve, circulation heating hopper to and the automated control of pouring the process, make whole pouring control process convenient, high-efficient, swift safety, ensure that product quality is stable, reduced manual handling and manual direct operation simultaneously, ensure operating personnel's personal safety.

The thermal circulation system can preheat and preserve heat for the pouring cylinder and the circulating heating hopper, regulate and control the temperature in the pouring cylinder according to the change of the pouring process, is beneficial to the downward flow and solidification forming of fuel, and improves the production efficiency; the vacuum system can maintain the vacuum degree in the pouring cylinder in the pouring stage, so that the forming die is in a vacuum condition, the quality control of the forming of the solid fuel is facilitated, the generation of defects of holes of the solid fuel is avoided, and the product quality is improved.

The incoming material conveying trolley and the hopper conveying trolley can form an automatic transfer effect, the non-poured parts (a forming die, a circulating heating hopper, a metering valve and the like) are conveyed to a pouring cylinder accessory, the poured parts are conveyed to a designated area for cleaning, and the cleaned parts or new parts are brought back to the vicinity of the pouring cylinder, so that the online cleaning time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved; the forming die, the circulating heating hopper, the metering valve and the like can be reused after cleaning, so that circulation is formed.

The boom and the supporting plate are arranged below the cylinder cover, so that the forming die can move up and down along with the cylinder cover without specially adding the step of placing the forming die in the pouring cylinder, the step of taking and placing the forming die is optimized, and the production efficiency is improved; meanwhile, the corresponding arrangement relation of the through hole on the cylinder cover, the circulating heating hopper and the forming die is guaranteed, and pouring forming can be more accurate and precise under the matching action of the metering valve.

In the pouring molding stage, the incoming material stirring container can stir incoming materials added into the circulating heating hopper, so that the flowing performance of the incoming materials is improved, and the molding effect of the incoming material stirring container is ensured.

Further, the lifting assembly comprises a lifting cylinder which is vertically arranged, the lifting cylinder is fixed on the outer side of the cylinder wall through a first connecting piece respectively, the output end of the lifting cylinder is connected with a lifting rod, the tail end of the lifting rod is connected with a second connecting piece, and the second connecting piece is fixedly arranged on the outer edge of the cylinder cover.

The lifting cylinder drives the lifting rod to move up and down, so that the cylinder cover can move up and down, and the supporting plate connected below the cylinder cover is driven to lift, so that a forming die outside the pouring cylinder is moved into the pouring cylinder; and the lifting cylinder can control the lifting rod to close the cylinder cover on the pouring cylinder, and when the cylinder cover is closed on the pouring cylinder, the lifting rod keeps downward pulling force to maintain a closed state.

Through the first connecting piece with the setting of second connecting piece, both be convenient for whole lifting unit's installation and dismantlement, also can not destroy and change pour jar's original structure.

Further, the rotary clamping assembly comprises a rotary clamping cylinder arranged on the cylinder cover, a horizontal compression bar is sleeved at the output end of the rotary clamping cylinder, and a vertical compression bar is sleeved at the end part of the horizontal compression bar.

When the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper are clamped in sequence, the rotary clamping cylinder controls the horizontal compression rod to rotate to a hopper flange of the circulating heating hopper, then controls the horizontal compression rod to descend, and the end part of the vertical compression rod is abutted against and presses the hopper flange; the arrangement of at least one pair of said rotary clamping assemblies provides a stable balanced clamping force.

Further, the picking and placing assembly comprises symmetrically arranged mounting plates fixedly arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall, a horizontal push-pull cylinder is arranged on one side of the mounting plates, the other side of the mounting plates is used for placing the forming die, and a push-pull rod of the horizontal push-pull cylinder is arranged towards the other side of the mounting plates and staggered with a plurality of hanging rods; the end part of the push-pull rod is provided with a controllable magnetic force absorption part or a pneumatic clamp.

When the lifting assembly lifts the cylinder cover, and the supporting plate connected below the cylinder cover is flush with the upper surface of the pouring cylinder, a push-pull rod of the horizontal push-pull cylinder stretches out to penetrate through a gap between the hanging rods to grab the forming die on the other side, the forming die is pulled onto the supporting plate by retracting the push-pull rod, then the forming die is loosened, the push-pull rod continues to retract into the horizontal push-pull cylinder, and the cylinder cover can be lowered to perform cylinder closing operation;

When pouring is completed, the cylinder cover is opened again, the supporting plate is lifted together with the forming die, and after the supporting plate reaches the end face position, the push-pull rod stretches out again to push the forming die to the mounting plate at the other side for waiting for transferring; and after the casting forming die is taken away, the next forming die is placed on the mounting plate again, and the push-pull rod repeats the actions to perform the operation of the next forming die.

The pair of mounting plates are L-shaped plates, and the horizontal part is basically leveled with the lifting height of the supporting plate, so that the transfer of the forming die is facilitated.

Further, a boss is further arranged in the middle of the inner side of the base, and the boss, the supporting plate and the through hole are coaxially arranged; the upper end face of the boss is provided with a weighing sensor, and the weighing sensor is electrically connected with the control system.

The boss not only plays a role in axial limiting, but also can prevent the support plate from overrunning when the support plate descends, and can support and support the support plate, so that the stability of the support plate is ensured; and the weight change of the forming die on the supporting plate can be obtained according to the weighing sensor, and the weight of the poured fuel can be obtained in the pouring process, so that whether the pouring is in place or not is judged.

Further, a plurality of observation windows, vacuum tube interfaces and thermal cycle interfaces are arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall; the observation windows respectively penetrate through the cylinder wall, the vacuum tube interfaces are connected with the vacuum system, and the thermal circulation interfaces are respectively communicated with the hollow inner cavity of the cylinder wall and are connected with the thermal circulation system.

Furthermore, the cylinder wall and the cylinder cover are respectively provided with a plurality of cameras, pressure sensors and temperature sensors which are communicated into the pouring cylinder, and the cameras are provided with illuminating lamps; displacement sensors are arranged on the lifting assembly and the picking and placing assembly; the camera, the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the displacement sensor are all respectively and electrically connected with the control system.

The camera is arranged to monitor the condition inside the pouring cylinder after closing the cover in real time, so that the quality control of the pouring process is facilitated, and the automatic detection function of the pouring cylinder can be realized by matching with the arrangement of sensors such as a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor and the like, so that the realization of the automatic control of the whole system is facilitated; the arrangement of a plurality of displacement sensors facilitates accurate positioning of the moving parts and feedback of position information, and also facilitates automated control.

Further, the cylinder cover is matched with the end opening of the pouring cylinder in a clamping manner, the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper are sequentially clamped on the cylinder cover, and sealing structures are respectively arranged between the cylinder cover and the pouring cylinder, between the cylinder cover and the metering valve, and between the metering valve and the matching surface of the circulating heating hopper. The structure is simple and practical, and the sealing effect is good.

Further, the truss assembly comprises a guide rail beam erected above the pouring cylinder, a middle supporting plate is connected below the guide rail beam in a sliding manner, a small supporting plate is connected below the middle supporting plate in a sliding manner, and the middle supporting plate is perpendicular to the guide rail beam; a telescopic boom is arranged below the small supporting plate, and the tail end of the telescopic boom is connected with a pneumatic manipulator; the pneumatic manipulator is in pour the jar the incoming material transport dolly with the back and forth movement between the hopper transport dolly, the incoming material transport dolly with the hopper transport dolly is the AGV dolly, can be connected with control system and carry out intelligent transportation.

The pouring solidification method of the full-automatic pouring equipment with the solid fuel comprises the following working steps:

Step (1), preparation work: the thermal circulation system is used for introducing hot water into the cylinder wall of one casting cylinder to preheat the casting cylinder; the material feeding conveying trolley conveys the molding die for pouring and the material feeding stirring container to one side of the truss assembly for standby, and the hopper conveying trolley conveys the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve to the other side of the truss assembly for standby;

step (2), opening a cylinder to place a forming die: the lifting assembly is controlled to lift the cylinder cover, so that the supporting plate is lifted to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder; controlling a pneumatic manipulator of the truss assembly to move the forming die on the feeding conveying trolley to the picking and placing assembly, and controlling the picking and placing assembly to pull the forming die to the supporting plate; then reversely controlling the lifting assembly to enable the cylinder cover to descend, retracting a push-pull rod of the picking and placing assembly in the descending process of the cylinder cover, enabling the cylinder cover to descend to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder and closing the cylinder, and enabling the bottom face of the supporting plate to be in contact with a weighing sensor on a boss in the pouring cylinder;

step (3), hopper setting: the pneumatic manipulator of the truss assembly sequentially places a metering valve and a circulating heating hopper on the hopper conveying trolley on the cylinder cover, and controls the rotary clamping assembly to fix the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve on the cylinder cover; hot water is introduced into the circulating heating hopper for preheating, and meanwhile, the pneumatic manipulator grabs the incoming material stirring container to the upper part of the circulating heating hopper;

Step (4), pouring and forming: starting the vacuum system, forming a vacuum negative pressure environment in the pouring cylinder, pouring the incoming materials into the forming die from the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve in sequence under the action of negative pressure and incoming material dead weight, and feeding back the movable weight change data of the weighing sensor to the control system, wherein the control system controls the closing of the metering valve; solidifying the incoming material into solid in the forming die;

step (5), die taking and die changing: the pneumatic manipulator sequentially grabs and returns the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve to the hopper conveying trolley; repeating the cylinder opening action in the step (2), pushing out the lifted forming die by the taking and placing assembly, and grabbing the forming die by the pneumatic manipulator to move to the feeding conveying trolley; namely, one-time pouring molding work is completed; and (3) after updating the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper, the metering valve and the forming die, repeating the steps (1) - (5) to perform pouring work of the residual pouring cylinders. The rest casting cylinders can be cast in sequence or inserted.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: 1. the full-automatic pouring equipment can realize automatic movement and automatic clamping of the forming die, the cylinder cover, the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper and automatic control of the pouring process through the arrangement of the truss assembly, the pouring cylinder and the conveying trolley, so that the whole pouring control process is convenient, efficient, quick and safe, the stable product quality is ensured, meanwhile, manual handling and manual direct operation are reduced, and the personal safety of operators is ensured; 2. the thermal circulation system can preheat and preserve heat for the pouring cylinder and the circulating heating hopper, regulate and control the temperature in the pouring cylinder according to the change of the pouring process, is beneficial to the downward flow and solidification forming of fuel, and improves the production efficiency; the vacuum system can maintain the vacuum degree in the pouring cylinder in the pouring stage, so that the forming die is in a vacuum condition, the quality control of the forming of the solid fuel is facilitated, the generation of defects such as holes of the solid fuel is avoided, and the product quality is improved; 3. the cleaning work of the forming die, the circulating heating hopper, the metering valve and the like is independently set, so that the time of online cleaning is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved; the forming die, the circulating heating hopper, the metering valve and the like can be reused after cleaning, so that circulation is formed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the overall arrangement of a full-automatic solid fuel casting apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the general arrangement of a fully automatic solid fuel casting apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a casting cylinder assembly (open state) according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the closed configuration of the casting cylinder assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view in section A-A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a casting cylinder according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a perspective structure of a cylinder cover according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a cylinder head in a three-dimensional structure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram III of a cylinder cover in a three-dimensional structure according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a metering valve according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view of a cyclic heating hopper according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of the casting cylinder and lifting assembly and pick-and-place assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view of a truss assembly of the present invention;

in the figure: 1. pouring a cylinder; 101. a cylinder wall; 102. a base; 103. a first seal groove; 2. a cylinder cover; 201. a through hole; 202. a cylinder cover groove; 203. a cylinder cover bulge; 204. a second seal groove; 3. an observation window; 4. a vacuum tube interface; 5. a thermal cycling interface; 6. a first camera; 7. a lifting assembly; 701. a lifting cylinder; 702. a lifting rod; 703. a first connector; 704. a second connector; 8. a boom; 9. a supporting plate; 10. a forming die; 11. a pick-and-place assembly; 1101. a horizontal push-pull cylinder; 1102. a push-pull rod; 1103. a mounting plate; 12. a metering valve; 1201. a valve body; 1202. a valve stem; 1203. an upper connecting flange; 1204. a lower connecting flange; 1205. a third seal groove; 13. circularly heating the hopper; 1301. a hopper flange; 1302. a hopper thermal cycle interface; 1303. an inner counter bore; 14. a rotary clamping assembly; 1401. a rotary clamping cylinder; 1402. a horizontal compression bar; 1403. a vertical compression bar; 1404. a cylinder base; 15. a second camera; 16. a pressure sensor; 17. a boss; 18. a truss assembly; 1801. a rail cross beam; 1802. a middle supporting plate; 1803. a small supporting plate; 1804. a telescopic boom; 1805. a pneumatic manipulator; 19. feeding conveying trolley; 20. a hopper conveying trolley; 21. a thermal circulation system; 22. a vacuum system; 23. a control system; 24. and (5) feeding and stirring the materials in a container.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made more apparent and fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden on the person of ordinary skill in the art based on embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "middle", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, a full-automatic solid fuel pouring device comprises a plurality of pouring cylinders 1 which are sequentially arranged, wherein truss assemblies 18 are arranged above the plurality of pouring cylinders 1, and two sides of the truss assemblies 18 in the main movement direction are respectively provided with an incoming material conveying trolley 19 and a hopper conveying trolley 20; the incoming material conveying trolley 19 is provided with an incoming material stirring container 24 and a forming die 10, the hopper conveying trolley 20 is used for conveying the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12, and the truss assembly 18 is used for conveying the metering valve 12, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the forming die 10 among a plurality of pouring cylinders 1, the incoming material conveying trolley 19 and the hopper conveying trolley 20;

Each pouring cylinder 1 is provided with an openable cylinder cover 2, each pouring cylinder 1 is provided with a hollow cylinder wall 101 and a base 102, the outer sides of the cylinder walls 101 are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of lifting assemblies 7, and the lifting assemblies 7 are respectively connected with the cylinder covers 2 and control the cylinder covers 2 to lift; the middle part of each cylinder cover 2 is provided with a through hole 201 (see fig. 5), the periphery of each through hole 201 is respectively provided with a plurality of hanging rods 8, the tail ends of the hanging rods 8 are connected with supporting plates 9, the supporting plates 9 are used for placing the forming dies 10, and the outer side of each cylinder wall 101 is also respectively provided with a picking and placing assembly 11 for controlling the forming dies 10; the metering valve 12 and the circulating heating hopper 13 are arranged above the cylinder cover 2, and the metering valve 12 and the circulating heating hopper 13 are fixed on the corresponding cylinder cover 2 through a plurality of rotary clamping assemblies 14; each casting cylinder 1 is also connected to an external thermal circulation system 21, a vacuum system 22 and a control system 23, respectively.

This full-automatic equipment of pouring passes through truss subassembly 2 pour jar 1 and travelling bogie's setting can realize that forming die, cylinder cap, metering valve, circulation heating hopper's automated movement and automation clamp to and pour the automated control of process, make whole pouring control process convenient, high-efficient, swift safety, ensure that product quality is stable, reduced manual handling and manual direct operation simultaneously, ensure operating personnel's personal safety.

The thermal circulation system 21 can preheat and insulate the pouring cylinder 1 and the circulating heating hopper 13, regulate and control the temperature in the pouring cylinder according to the change of the pouring process, is beneficial to the downward flow and solidification forming of fuel, and improves the production efficiency; the vacuum system 22 can maintain the vacuum degree in the pouring cylinder 1 in the pouring stage, so that the forming die 10 is under the vacuum condition, which is beneficial to the quality control of the forming of the solid fuel, avoids the generation of defects such as holes of the solid fuel and improves the product quality.

The incoming material conveying trolley 19 and the hopper conveying trolley 20 can form an automatic transfer effect, the components which are not poured (a forming die, a circulating heating hopper, a metering valve and the like) are conveyed to a pouring cylinder accessory, the poured components are conveyed to a designated area to be cleaned, and the cleaned components or new components are brought back to the vicinity of the pouring cylinder, so that the online cleaning time is shortened, and the production efficiency is improved; the molding die 10, the circulation heating hopper 13, the metering valve 12, and the like can be reused after cleaning, and circulation is formed.

By arranging the hanging rod 8 and the supporting plate 9 below the cylinder cover 2, the forming die 10 can move up and down along with the cylinder cover 2 without specially adding the step of placing the forming die in the pouring cylinder, so that the step of taking and placing the forming die is optimized, and the production efficiency is improved; meanwhile, the corresponding arrangement relation of the through hole on the cylinder cover 2, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the forming die 10 is also facilitated to be ensured, and pouring forming can be more accurate and precise under the matching action of the metering valve 12.

In the pouring molding stage, the incoming material stirring container 24 can stir the incoming material added into the circulating heating hopper 13, so that the flowing property of the incoming material is improved, and the molding effect of the incoming material is ensured.

Embodiment one:

the concrete structure of the pouring cylinder (component) is as follows: as shown in fig. 3 to 6, a plurality of observation windows 3, vacuum tube interfaces 4, a thermal cycle interface 5 and a first camera 6 are arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall 101; the observation window 3 and the first camera 6 respectively penetrate through the cylinder wall 101, the vacuum tube interface 4 is communicated with the interior of the pouring cylinder 1, and the thermal cycle interface 5 is respectively communicated with the hollow inner cavity of the cylinder wall 101; a pair of lifting assemblies 7 are arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall 101, and the lifting assemblies 7 are connected with the cylinder cover 2 and control the cylinder cover 2 to lift;

a detachable metering valve 12 and a circulating heating hopper 13 are arranged above the cylinder cover 2, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the through hole 201 are coaxially arranged, the metering valve 12 is arranged between the circulating heating hopper 13 and the through hole 201, and the metering valve 12 and the circulating heating hopper 13 are fixed on the cylinder cover 2 through a pair of rotary clamping assemblies 14; the cylinder cover 2 is also provided with a second camera 15 and a pressure sensor 16 (see fig. 9) extending into the direction of the pouring cylinder 1 and a temperature sensor (not shown in the figure); the outer side of the cylinder wall 101 is also provided with a picking and placing component 11 for controlling the forming die 10.

The setting of first camera 6 with the setting of second camera 15 can real-time supervision closes behind the lid the inside condition of pouring jar 1 is favorable to pouring the quality control of process, and cooperation temperature sensor and pressure sensor 16 etc. sensor's setting can be realized pouring jar 1's automated inspection function is favorable to the realization of whole system automation control.

The arrangement of the observation window 3 facilitates visual observation of personnel, is complementary with the cameras, and further improves the collection and control capacity of the internal conditions of the pouring cylinder 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, the cylinder cover 2 is a hollow cover body, two axial sides of the cylinder cover 2 are respectively provided with a cylinder cover protrusion 203 and a cylinder cover groove 202 coaxial with the through hole 201, the cylinder cover protrusion 203 is matched with an end opening of the pouring cylinder 1, and the end of the pouring cylinder 1 is provided with a first sealing groove 103; the cylinder cover groove 202 is matched with the metering valve 12, and a second sealing groove 204 is arranged in the cylinder cover groove 202.

The cylinder cover 2 with the structure is convenient to be clamped and fixed with the pouring cylinder 1 and the metering valve 12, and forms a sealing structure; the cylinder cover protrusion 203 and the cylinder cover groove 202 can also play roles in radial positioning and limiting, and radial displacement between the upper and lower matched structures is avoided.

Further, as shown in fig. 5 and 10, the metering valve 12 has a valve body 1201, and a valve rod 1202 is disposed in the valve body 1201; an upper connecting flange 1203 and a lower connecting flange 1204 are respectively arranged on two axial sides of the valve body 1201, the lower connecting flange 1204 is clamped in the cylinder cover groove 202 of the cylinder cover 2, the upper connecting flange 1203 is connected with the circulating heating hopper 13, and a third sealing groove 1205 is arranged in the upper connecting flange 1203.

The metering valve 12 is also fastened and fixed on the cylinder cover 2, and a sealing structure is also arranged between the upper and lower connecting matching surfaces, so as to ensure good sealing performance.

Further, as shown in fig. 9 and 11, the circulating heating hopper 13 is a hollow hopper, and a pair of hopper thermal circulation interfaces 1302 are respectively arranged on the outer wall of the circulating heating hopper 13; the one end that is close to the cylinder cap 2 of circulation heating hopper 13 is the size is the truncated cone that reduces gradually and is equipped with the hopper flange 1301 in the tip, the hopper flange 1301 is connected metering valve 12, the hopper flange 1301 with metering valve 12 complex face is equipped with interior counter bore 1303, go up flange 1203 block in interior counter bore 1303.

Circulating hot water can be introduced into the circulating heating hopper 13 through the pair of hopper thermal circulation interfaces 1302, so that the circulating heating hopper 13 is preheated and insulated, the downward flow of fluid fuel is facilitated, and scaling of the fuel in the circulating heating hopper 13 due to pre-cooling solidification is avoided.

The metering valve 12 and the circulation heating hopper 13 can be taken out and replaced after each pouring is completed, and the taken-down metering valve 12 and circulation heating hopper 13 are cleaned and reused.

Further, as shown in fig. 4 and 12, the lifting assembly 7 includes a lifting cylinder 701, the lifting cylinder 701 is fixed on the outer side of the cylinder wall 101 by a first connecting piece 703, an output end of the lifting cylinder 701 is connected with a lifting rod 702, a second connecting piece 704 is connected to an end of the lifting rod 702, and the second connecting piece 704 is fixedly arranged on the outer edge of the cylinder cover 2.

The lifting cylinder 701 drives the lifting rod 702 to move up and down, so that the cylinder cover 2 can move up and down, thereby driving the supporting plate 9 connected below the cylinder cover 2 to lift and move the forming die 10 outside the pouring cylinder 1 to the inside of the pouring cylinder 1; and the lifting cylinder 701 can control the lifting rod 702 to close the cylinder cover 2 on the pouring cylinder 1, and after the cylinder cover 2 is closed on the pouring cylinder 1, the lifting rod 702 keeps downward pulling force, and the closed state is maintained.

By the arrangement of the first connecting piece 703 and the second connecting piece 704, the whole lifting assembly 7 is convenient to mount and dismount, and the original structure of the pouring cylinder 1 is not damaged or changed.

Further, as shown in fig. 4 and 9, the rotary clamping assembly 14 is symmetrically arranged, the rotary clamping assembly 14 includes a rotary clamping cylinder 1401, the rotary clamping cylinder 1401 is mounted on the cylinder cover 2 through a cylinder base 1404, a horizontal compression bar 1402 is sleeved at an output end of the rotary clamping cylinder 1401, a vertical compression bar 1403 is sleeved at an end of the horizontal compression bar 1402, and the rotary clamping cylinder 1401 is made of MKB63-10RNZ.

When the metering valve 12 and the circulation heating hopper 13 are sequentially clamped, the rotary clamping cylinder 1401 controls the horizontal press rod 1402 to rotate onto the hopper flange 1301 of the circulation heating hopper 13, then controls the horizontal press rod 1402 to descend, and the end part of the vertical press rod 1403 is abutted against and presses the hopper flange 1301; the provision of at least one pair of said rotary clamping assemblies 14 provides a stable balanced clamping force.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, 5 and 12, the pick-and-place assembly 11 includes a pair of symmetrically disposed mounting plates 1103 fixedly disposed on the outer side of the cylinder wall 101, a horizontal push-and-pull cylinder 1101 is mounted on one side of the mounting plates 1103, the other side of the mounting plates 1103 is used for placing the forming mold 10, and a push-and-pull rod 1102 of the horizontal push-and-pull cylinder 1101 is disposed toward the other side of the mounting plates 1103 and is staggered by a plurality of suspension rods 8.

When the lifting assembly 7 lifts the cylinder cover 2 to enable the supporting plate 9 connected below the cylinder cover 2 to be flush with the upper surface of the pouring cylinder 1, the push-pull rod 1102 of the horizontal push-pull cylinder 1101 stretches out to penetrate through a gap between the hanging rods 8 to grab the forming die 10 on the other side, the push-pull rod 1102 retracts to pull the forming die 10 onto the supporting plate 9, then the forming die 10 is loosened, the push-pull rod 1102 continues to retract into the horizontal push-pull cylinder 1101, and the cylinder cover 2 can be lowered to perform cylinder closing operation;

when pouring is completed, the cylinder cover 2 is opened again, the supporting plate 9 is lifted together with the forming die 10, and after reaching the end face position, the push-pull rod 1102 stretches out again to push the forming die 10 to the mounting plate 1103 at the other side to wait for transferring; after the casting mold is taken away, the next mold is placed on the mounting plate 1103 again, and the push-pull rod 1102 repeats the above actions to perform the operation of the next mold.

The pair of mounting plates 1103 are each an "L" shaped plate, and the horizontal portion is substantially level with the raised height of the pallet 9, facilitating the transfer of the forming die 10.

The positions of the radial lines of the mounting plates 1103 are perpendicular to the positions of the radial lines of the lifting assemblies 7, so that movement interference is avoided; the suspender 8 is connected around the supporting plate 9, and a space in the middle is reserved.

Further, a controllable pneumatic clamp is arranged at the end part of the push-pull rod 1102; the telescopic travel of the push-pull rod 1102 is larger than the transverse dimension of the casting cylinder 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, a boss 17 is further disposed in the middle of the inner side of the base 102, the boss 17, the supporting plate 9 and the through hole 201 are coaxially disposed, and a weighing sensor is disposed on an upper end surface of the boss 17.

The boss 17 not only plays a role in axial limiting, but also can prevent the support plate 9 from overrunning when the support plate 9 descends, and can support and hold the support plate 9, so that the stability of the support plate 9 is ensured; and the weight change of the forming die 10 on the supporting plate 9 can be obtained according to the weighing sensor, and the weight of the poured fuel can be obtained in the pouring process, so that whether the pouring is in place or not is judged.

Further, displacement sensors are arranged on the lifting assembly 7 and the picking and placing assembly 11; the first camera 6 and the second camera 15 are provided with illumination lamps; the observation windows 3 are axially and uniformly distributed, the vacuum tube interfaces 4 are connected with the vacuum system, and the thermal circulation interface 5 is connected with the thermal circulation system. The arrangement of a plurality of sensors facilitates accurate positioning of the moving parts and feedback of position information, and facilitates automated control.

Embodiment two:

the present embodiment provides a truss assembly structure.

Referring to fig. 2 and 13, the truss assembly 18 includes a rail beam 1801 mounted above the casting cylinder 1, a middle pallet 1802 is slidingly connected below the rail beam 1801, a small pallet 1803 is slidingly connected below the middle pallet 1802, and the middle pallet 1802 is perpendicular to the rail beam 1801; a telescopic boom 1804 is arranged below the small supporting plate 1803, and the tail end of the telescopic boom 1804 is connected with a pneumatic manipulator 1805; the pneumatic manipulator 1805 moves back and forth between the pouring cylinder 1, the feeding conveying trolley 19 and the hopper conveying trolley 20, and the feeding conveying trolley 19 and the hopper conveying trolley 20 are all AGV trolleys, and can be connected with the control system 23 for intelligent transportation. The pneumatic manipulator 1805 is provided with a MHL2-25D2Z series finger cylinder.

Embodiment III:

the pouring and curing method of the full-automatic pouring equipment with the solid fuel in the first embodiment comprises the following working steps: as shown in connection with figures 1 to 3,

step (1), preparation work: the thermal circulation system 21 is used for introducing hot water into the cylinder wall 101 of one casting cylinder 1 to preheat the casting cylinder 1; the material feeding conveying trolley 19 conveys the molding die 10 for pouring and the material feeding stirring container 24 to one side of the truss assembly 18 for standby, and the hopper conveying trolley 20 conveys the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12 to the other side of the truss assembly 18 for standby;

Step (2), opening a cylinder to place a forming die: the lifting assembly 7 is controlled to lift the cylinder cover 2, so that the supporting plate 9 is lifted to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder 1; the pneumatic manipulator 1805 of the truss assembly 18 is controlled to move the forming die 10 on the incoming material conveying trolley 19 to the picking and placing assembly 11, and the picking and placing assembly 11 is controlled to pull the forming die 10 to the supporting plate 9; then reversely controlling the lifting assembly 7 to enable the cylinder cover 2 to descend, retracting a push-pull rod of the picking and placing assembly 11 in the descending process of the cylinder cover 2, enabling the cylinder cover 2 to descend to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder 1 and closing the cylinder, and enabling the bottom face of the supporting plate 9 to be in contact with a weighing sensor on a boss inside the pouring cylinder 1;

step (3), hopper setting: the pneumatic manipulator 1805 of the truss assembly 18 sequentially places the metering valve 12 and the circulating heating hopper 13 on the hopper conveying trolley 20 on the cylinder cover 2, and controls the rotary clamping assembly 14 to fix the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12 on the cylinder cover 2; hot water is introduced into the circulation heating hopper 13 for preheating, and meanwhile, the pneumatic manipulator 1805 grabs the incoming material stirring container 24 above the circulation heating hopper 13;

Step (4), pouring and forming: starting the vacuum system 22, forming a vacuum negative pressure environment in the pouring cylinder 1, pouring the materials into the forming die 10 from the material stirring container 24, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12 in sequence under the action of negative pressure and the weight of the materials, and feeding back the movable weight change data of the weighing sensor to the control system 23, wherein the control system 23 controls the closing of the metering valve 12; solidifying the incoming material into solid in the forming die 10;

specifically, the metering valve 12 controls the pouring speed, after pouring to a certain quality, a weighing sensor signals the control system 23, and the control system 23 controls the pouring process to stop; under the monitoring of the control system 23, the internal temperature of the pouring cylinder 1 is kept unchanged within a certain range, and after a certain temperature and time, the pouring object (fuel) is solidified into solid in the poured forming die 10;

step (5), die taking and die changing: the pneumatic manipulator 1805 sequentially grabs the incoming material stirring container 24, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12 back to the hopper conveying trolley 20; repeating the cylinder opening action in the step (2), wherein the picking and placing assembly 11 pushes out the lifted forming die 10, and the pneumatic manipulator 1805 grabs the forming die 10 and moves the forming die onto the feeding conveying trolley 19; and finishing one-time pouring molding work.

The material feeding conveying trolley 19 and the material conveying hopper conveying trolley 20 respectively convey the forming die 10, the material feeding stirring container 24, the circulating heating hopper 13 and the metering valve 12 to a designated cleaning area for cleaning; and (3) when the feeding conveying trolley 19 and the conveying hopper conveying trolley 20 return, bringing the new forming die, the feeding stirring container, the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve back to the working site, and repeating the steps (1) - (5) to perform pouring work of the residual pouring cylinders.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment is characterized by comprising a plurality of pouring cylinders which are sequentially arranged, wherein truss assemblies are arranged above the pouring cylinders, and two sides of the truss assemblies in the main movement direction are respectively provided with a feed conveying trolley and a hopper conveying trolley; the feeding conveying trolley is provided with a feeding stirring container and a forming die, the hopper conveying trolley is used for transporting a circulating heating hopper and a metering valve, and the truss assembly is used for transporting the metering valve, the circulating heating hopper and the forming die among a plurality of pouring cylinders, the feeding conveying trolley and the hopper conveying trolley;

Each pouring cylinder is provided with an openable cylinder cover, each pouring cylinder is provided with a hollow cylinder wall and a base, the outer sides of the cylinder walls are respectively provided with a plurality of groups of lifting assemblies, and the lifting assemblies are respectively connected with the cylinder covers and control the cylinder covers to lift; the middle part of each cylinder cover is provided with a through hole, the periphery of each through hole is respectively provided with a plurality of hanging rods, the tail ends of the hanging rods are connected with supporting plates, the supporting plates are used for placing the forming dies, and the outer side of each cylinder wall is also respectively provided with a picking and placing assembly for controlling the forming dies; the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper are fixed on the corresponding cylinder cover through a plurality of rotary clamping assemblies; each pouring cylinder is also respectively connected with an external thermal circulation system, a vacuum system and a control system.

2. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring device according to claim 1, wherein the lifting assembly comprises lifting cylinders which are vertically arranged, the lifting cylinders are respectively fixed on the outer sides of the cylinder walls through first connecting pieces, the output ends of the lifting cylinders are connected with lifting rods, the tail ends of the lifting rods are connected with second connecting pieces, and the second connecting pieces are fixedly arranged on the outer edges of the cylinder covers.

3. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring device according to claim 1, wherein the rotary clamping assembly comprises a rotary clamping cylinder installed on the cylinder cover, a horizontal compression rod is sleeved at an output end of the rotary clamping cylinder, and a vertical compression rod is sleeved at an end part of the horizontal compression rod.

4. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment according to claim 1, wherein the picking and placing assembly comprises a pair of symmetrically arranged mounting plates fixedly arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall, a horizontal push-pull cylinder is arranged on one mounting plate, the mounting plate on the other side is used for placing the forming die, and a push-pull rod of the horizontal push-pull cylinder is arranged towards the mounting plate on the other side and staggered by a plurality of hanging rods; the end part of the push-pull rod is provided with a controllable magnetic force absorption part or a pneumatic clamp.

5. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment according to claim 1, wherein a boss is further arranged in the middle of the inner side of the base, and the boss is coaxially arranged with the supporting plate and the through hole; the upper end face of the boss is provided with a weighing sensor, and the weighing sensor is electrically connected with the control system.

6. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of observation windows, vacuum tube interfaces and thermal cycle interfaces are arranged on the outer side of the cylinder wall; the observation windows respectively penetrate through the cylinder wall, the vacuum tube interfaces are connected with the vacuum system, and the thermal circulation interfaces are respectively communicated with the hollow inner cavity of the cylinder wall and are connected with the thermal circulation system.

7. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of cameras, pressure sensors and temperature sensors which are communicated into the pouring cylinder are respectively arranged on the cylinder wall and the cylinder cover, and the cameras are provided with illuminating lamps; displacement sensors are arranged on the lifting assembly and the picking and placing assembly; the camera, the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the displacement sensor are all respectively and electrically connected with the control system.

8. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring device according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder cover is arranged in a clamping and matching manner with an end opening of the pouring cylinder, the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper are sequentially clamped on the cylinder cover, and sealing structures are respectively arranged between the cylinder cover and the pouring cylinder, between the cylinder cover and the metering valve, and between the metering valve and the circulating heating hopper.

9. The full-automatic solid fuel pouring equipment according to claim 1, wherein the truss assembly comprises a guide rail beam erected above the pouring cylinder, a middle supporting plate is connected below the guide rail beam in a sliding manner, a small supporting plate is connected below the middle supporting plate in a sliding manner, and the middle supporting plate is perpendicular to the guide rail beam; a telescopic boom is arranged below the small supporting plate, and the tail end of the telescopic boom is connected with a pneumatic manipulator; the pneumatic manipulator moves back and forth between the pouring cylinder, the incoming material conveying trolley and the hopper conveying trolley, and the incoming material conveying trolley and the hopper conveying trolley are AGV trolleys.

10. A casting curing method of a fully automatic casting apparatus with solid fuel according to claim 1, characterized by comprising the following working steps:

step (1), preparation work: the thermal circulation system is used for introducing hot water into the cylinder wall of one casting cylinder to preheat the casting cylinder; the material feeding conveying trolley conveys the molding die for pouring and the material feeding stirring container to one side of the truss assembly for standby, and the hopper conveying trolley conveys the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve to the other side of the truss assembly for standby;

Step (2), opening a cylinder to place a forming die: the lifting assembly is controlled to lift the cylinder cover, so that the supporting plate is lifted to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder; controlling a pneumatic manipulator of the truss assembly to move the forming die on the feeding conveying trolley to the picking and placing assembly, and controlling the picking and placing assembly to pull the forming die to the supporting plate; then reversely controlling the lifting assembly to enable the cylinder cover to descend, retracting a push-pull rod of the picking and placing assembly in the descending process of the cylinder cover, enabling the cylinder cover to descend to the upper end face of the pouring cylinder and closing the cylinder, and enabling the bottom face of the supporting plate to be in contact with a weighing sensor on a boss in the pouring cylinder;

step (3), hopper setting: the pneumatic manipulator of the truss assembly sequentially places a metering valve and a circulating heating hopper on the hopper conveying trolley on the cylinder cover, and controls the rotary clamping assembly to fix the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve on the cylinder cover; hot water is introduced into the circulating heating hopper for preheating, and meanwhile, the pneumatic manipulator grabs the incoming material stirring container to the upper part of the circulating heating hopper;

Step (4), pouring and forming: starting the vacuum system, forming a vacuum negative pressure environment in the pouring cylinder, pouring the incoming materials into the forming die from the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve in sequence under the action of negative pressure and incoming material dead weight, acquiring weight change data by the weighing sensor and feeding back to the control system, and controlling the closing of the metering valve by the control system; solidifying the incoming material into solid in the forming die;

step (5), die taking and die changing: the pneumatic manipulator sequentially grabs and returns the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper and the metering valve to the hopper conveying trolley; repeating the cylinder opening action in the step (2), pushing out the lifted forming die by the taking and placing assembly, and grabbing the forming die by the pneumatic manipulator to move to the feeding conveying trolley; namely, one-time pouring molding work is completed; and (3) after updating the incoming material stirring container, the circulating heating hopper, the metering valve and the forming die, repeating the steps (1) - (5) to perform pouring work of the residual pouring cylinders.

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