CN113208819A

CN113208819A - Conduit type tampon production equipment and production process

Info

Publication number: CN113208819A
Application number: CN202110525960.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林笛
Original assignee: Quanzhou Hanwei Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Quanzhou Hanwei Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-14
Filing date: 2021-05-14
Publication date: 2021-08-06
Also published as: WO2022236999A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a conduit type tampon production device, which is used for producing a tampon, wherein the tampon comprises a push pipe and an absorber which is slidably arranged on the push pipe, the push pipe comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe which is sleeved on the outer wall of the inner pipe, the inner pipe is slidably arranged in the outer pipe, the absorber is slidably arranged in the outer pipe, the inner pipe pushes the absorber to slide, and the conduit type tampon production device comprises an absorber forming device, an absorber compressing device, an applying device and an outer pipe head forming device which are sequentially arranged on a rack. The invention relates to the field of production of disposable sanitary products, realizes full-automatic production of a tampon, improves the production efficiency, saves the labor cost, and solves the technical problems of low automation degree and low production efficiency of a catheter type tampon.

Description

Conduit type tampon production equipment and production process

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of production of disposable hygienic products, in particular to a production device and a production process of a catheter type tampon.

Background

The sanitary cotton strip, also called sanitary tampon, is a cotton cylinder, mainly made of cotton, artificial fiber or the mixture of the two materials, and has the size of 1 cm to 1.9 cm in diameter, and the tail end is attached with cotton thread (pull rope). The material of the tampon is mainly cotton, artificial fiber or the two, and the tampon can be put into the vagina to absorb menstrual blood when women have a tidal period. At present, domestic women gradually accept the use of the tampon, and compared with the traditional sanitary towel, the market share of the tampon is slowly rising. Most of domestic equipment for producing the sanitary cotton strip is processed by semi-finished products, the sanitary cotton absorption core body is imported from abroad, and the initial product is sold only by plastic film external packaging, so that the product falls behind and is low in sanitation and profit; later, some processing plants begin to produce the tampon of taking the pipe, structurally increased the pipe, the product is more sanitary, user experience is better, but present equipment stops on the production line kludge, the good cotton wool absorber of pre-processing, the pipe, the cotton thread, adopt the assembly of assembly line completion product through manual work or manipulator form, though this kind of product has had certain promotion, equipment still is not enough on degree of automation and productivity, product safety in utilization and experience can not guarantee, low in production efficiency, high in production cost.

Chinese patent application No.: 201610257113.9 discloses an automatic kludge of production pipe formula tampon, including base, assembly bench, controller, first manipulator, second manipulator, third manipulator, rotary manipulator, first feed cylinder, second feed cylinder and third feed cylinder, one side of base is equipped with the support, install the controller on the support, rotatable assembly bench is installed at the center of base upper surface, it has first manipulator, second manipulator and third manipulator to distribute around the assembly bench, first manipulator, second manipulator and third manipulator are respectively by first feed cylinder, second feed cylinder and third feed cylinder feed, one side of base is equipped with the rotary manipulator who is used for shifting out the body that assembles. Although the device can assemble the small tube, the middle tube and the large tube for producing the tampon into a whole in sequence, the partial automation of the assembly is realized, however, the partial procedures of the device need to adopt manual operation, the automation degree is not high, a plurality of mechanical arms are adopted for assembly, the structure is complex, the manufacturing cost of the device is high, and the maintenance cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, in order to solve the problems, the invention provides a catheter type tampon production device and a production process. It has solved the technical problem that pipe formula tampon degree of automation is low, and production efficiency is low.

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

a guide tube type tampon production device is used for producing a tampon, the tampon comprises a push tube and an absorber which is slidably arranged on the push tube, the push tube comprises an inner tube and an outer tube which is sleeved on the outer wall of the inner tube, the inner tube is slidably arranged in the outer tube, the absorber is slidably arranged in the outer tube, and the inner tube pushes the absorber to slide;

the absorber forming device comprises a blanking mechanism, a compression roller mechanism, a turnover mechanism, a hot pressing mechanism, a first driving mechanism and a cutting roller mechanism which are sequentially arranged on a rack, the first driving mechanism comprises a first clamping roller and a second clamping roller which are rotatably arranged on the rack, and two first driving motors which respectively drive and drive the first clamping roller and the second clamping roller to rotate;

the absorber compressing device comprises a carrier device and an extruding device, the carrier device comprises a chassis fixed on the rack, a first rotating disk rotatably arranged on the chassis, and a third driving motor for driving the first rotating disk to rotate, a plurality of hollow circular tubes are arranged on the first rotating disk, the extruding device comprises a telescopic mechanism arranged on the rack and an extruding part connected to the telescopic end of the telescopic mechanism, the extruding part can extrude the absorber in the hollow circular tubes, one end openings of the hollow circular tubes are sealed by the chassis, a discharge opening is arranged on the chassis, a propelling mechanism is arranged at the position, located at the discharge opening, on the rack, the end part of the propelling mechanism is provided with a propelling part, and the propelling part can push the absorber into the push tube through the hollow circular tubes and the discharge opening;

the applying device comprises a second rotating disk which is rotatably arranged on the rack, a fourth driving motor which drives the second rotating disk to rotate, and at least one clamping mechanism which is arranged on the second rotating disk and used for clamping the push pipe;

the outer pipe head forming device comprises a hot pressing device arranged on the rack and a cooling device arranged on the rack.

Further:

the extrusion part is made of heat conducting materials and is connected with a heating device.

The top of the hollow circular tube is provided with a trumpet-shaped insertion port.

The first rotating disk and the second rotating disk are horizontally arranged.

The head of the outer pipe is heated and formed into an arc-shaped structure.

The cooling device is a fan.

The invention also provides a production process based on the catheter type tampon production equipment, which comprises the following steps:

(1) molding of the absorbent body: the first driving mechanism drives and drives the spun-bonded non-woven fabric to transport, the blanking mechanism blanks the high polymer material on the spun-bonded non-woven fabric, and the absorber is formed on the spun-bonded non-woven fabric; the pressure roller mechanism flattens and compacts the absorption core on the spun-bonded non-woven fabric, and simultaneously, a pressure knife on the upper pressure roller cuts the absorber to form at least one diversion trench on the absorber, and the diversion trench is arranged along the length direction; the absorber is turned over by the turning-over mechanism, the absorber is turned over along the center line of the length direction, and after the absorber is turned over, the end part of the absorber is fixed by the hot pressing mechanism, so that the diversion trench of the absorber is positioned in the absorber; cutting the absorber into strips by a cutting roller mechanism;

(2) applying the absorber into the push tube: the third driving motor drives the hollow circular pipes to rotate, when the hollow circular pipes stop, one hollow circular pipe is positioned at the position corresponding to the cutting roller mechanism, the long-strip-shaped absorber can be directly fed into the hollow circular pipe after cutting, the other hollow circular pipe is positioned at the extruding device, the extruding part pushes the absorber of the hollow circular pipe into the hollow circular pipe for extrusion forming, so that the absorber is formed into a cylinder, the other hollow circular pipe is positioned at the discharge port, and the pushing part penetrates through the hollow circular pipe and the discharge port to push the absorber into the push pipe;

(3) and (3) forming the tampon: the thermal pressing device presses the head part of the outer tube into an arc surface shape, the cooling device cools the head part of the outer tube, and the tampon is molded.

Further:

and (4) after the step (3), rotating the clamping mechanism to a packaging machine, and releasing the formed tampon to the packaging machine for packaging.

The pressing cutter enables the depths of the guide grooves to be different, the depth of the guide grooves closer to the inner pipe is smaller, the guide grooves extend into the absorber from the end part far away from the inner pipe, and the length of the guide grooves is three to two times of the length of the absorber.

By adopting the technical scheme, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the absorbent body can realize the automatic production of the tampon through the absorbent body forming device, the absorbent body compressing device, the applying device and the outer tube head forming device, thereby saving the labor cost and improving the production efficiency; the pressing knife on the upper pressing roller cuts the absorber, at least one flow guide groove is formed in the absorber, the flow guide groove not only has the function of buffering liquid, but also is beneficial to flow guide of the liquid, and is beneficial to quickly guiding the liquid to each part of the absorber, the absorption speed of the absorber is accelerated, the service life of the sanitary napkin is reduced, each part of the absorber can fully absorb the liquid, the utilization rate of the absorber is improved, and the liquid is prevented from flowing out of the absorber and infecting other parts; furthermore, the extrusion part is connected with a heating device, the extrusion part can heat the absorber, the insertion port is horn-shaped, the absorber which is just cut is favorably clamped at the insertion port, and meanwhile, the extrusion part is favorably used for inserting the strip into the hollow circular tube; furthermore, the head of the outer tube is heated and formed into an arc-shaped structure, so that the vagina can be pushed conveniently for use, and pain is reduced; furthermore, the depth of the diversion trench is different, and the depth of the diversion trench closer to the inner pipe is smaller, so that the structure is not only beneficial to liquid diversion, and the amount of liquid absorbed by the absorber is improved, but also the length of the diversion trench is three to two times of the length of the absorber, and the liquid is prevented from flowing to the inner pipe through the diversion trench.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the construction of the roll mechanism;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a carrier device;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another state structure of the carrier device;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the applicator;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the tampon;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the tampon in use;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the absorbent body;

figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of an alternative angle of the absorbent body.

Detailed Description

The invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the present embodiment provides a ducted tampon production apparatus, which is used for producing a tampon 1, the tampon 1 includes a push tube 11 and an absorber 12 slidably disposed on the push tube 11, the push tube 11 includes an inner tube 111 and an outer tube 112 sleeved on an outer wall of the inner tube 111, a head of the outer tube 112 is petal-shaped, the inner tube 111 is slidable on the outer tube 112, the absorber 12 is slidably disposed in the outer tube 112, the inner tube 111 pushes the absorber 12 to slide, and the apparatus includes an absorber forming device, an absorber compressing device, an applying device 6, and an outer tube head forming device sequentially disposed on a frame;

the absorber forming device comprises a blanking mechanism 21, a press roller mechanism 22, a turnover mechanism 23, a hot pressing mechanism 24, a first driving mechanism 25 and a cutting roller mechanism 26 which are sequentially arranged on a rack, the first driving mechanism 25 comprises a first clamping roller and a second clamping roller which are rotatably arranged on the rack, two first driving motors for driving the first clamping roller and the second clamping roller to rotate respectively, the press roller mechanism 22 comprises an upper press roller 221 and a lower press roller 222 which are rotatably arranged on the rack, and a second driving mechanism 223 for driving the upper press roller 221 and the lower press roller 222 to rotate, three press knives 224 are arranged on the upper press roller 221, the cutting roller mechanism 26 comprises two cutting rollers which are rotatably arranged on the rack, and a second driving motor for driving the cutting rollers to rotate, and cutters are arranged on the cutting rollers;

the absorber compression device comprises a carrier device 3 and an extrusion device 4, wherein the carrier device 3 comprises a chassis 31 fixed on a rack, a first rotating disc 32 horizontally and rotatably arranged on the chassis 31, and a third driving motor 33 for driving and driving the first rotating disc 32 to rotate, a plurality of hollow circular tubes 34 are arranged on the first rotating disc 32, and the top of each hollow circular tube 34 is provided with a horn-shaped insertion port 35; the extrusion device 4 comprises a telescopic mechanism arranged on the frame and an extrusion part connected with the telescopic end of the telescopic mechanism, the extrusion part can extrude the absorber 12 in the hollow circular tube 34, the extrusion part is made of heat conducting materials, and the extrusion part is connected with a heating device. The chassis 31 seals one end opening of the hollow circular tube 34, the chassis 31 is provided with a discharge opening 310, a propelling mechanism 5 is arranged on the machine frame at the discharge opening 310, the end part of the propelling mechanism 5 is provided with a propelling part, and the propelling part can push the absorber 12 into the pushing tube 11 through the hollow circular tube 34 and the discharge opening 310;

the applying device 6 comprises a second rotating disk 61 horizontally and rotatably arranged on the frame, a fourth driving motor 62 for driving the second rotating disk 61 to rotate, and a plurality of clamping mechanisms 63 arranged on the second rotating disk 61 and used for clamping the push pipe 11;

the outer pipe head forming device comprises a hot pressing device 7 arranged on the rack and a cooling device 8 arranged on the rack.

The thermal compression mechanism 24, the cutter roller mechanism 26, and the second driving mechanism 223 are well-known devices, and will not be described herein.

The blanking mechanism 21 can be used to blank polymer materials, and is a known device and will not be described herein.

After the absorber 12 is folded, the middle part of the absorber 12 is usually compacted, and the diversion trench 120 can divert liquid; a hollow cavity can also be formed in the middle of the absorber 12, the cavity is communicated with the diversion trench 120, the diversion effect of liquid can be enhanced, and the amount of the liquid absorbed by the absorber 12 is reduced, which is specifically set according to the situation.

The number of the pressing knives 224 may be one, two, three or more, and the number of the guiding grooves 120 is the same as the number of the pressing knives 224, which is set according to the situation.

The cooling device 8 is a fan or other cooling device, which is a well-known device and will not be described herein.

The clamping mechanism 63 can clamp the push tube 11, which is a well-known device and will not be described herein.

The heating device may be a heating rod, a heating tube or other heating devices, which are not shown in the drawings and are well known devices, and will not be described herein again.

The push tube 11 is a well-known device and will not be described in detail herein.

The telescopic mechanism may be a cylinder, and the propelling mechanism 5 may also be a cylinder that pushes the propelling part to move, which is a known structure and will not be described herein again.

The thermal press 7 for pressing the end of the outer tube 112 into the arc-shaped structure is a known device and will not be described herein.

The invention also provides a production process based on the production equipment of the conduit type tampon 1, which comprises the following steps:

(1) formation of the absorbent body 12: the first driving mechanism 25 drives and drives the spun-bonded non-woven fabric 20 to transport, the blanking mechanism 21 blanks the high polymer material on the spun-bonded non-woven fabric 20, and the absorber 12 is formed on the spun-bonded non-woven fabric 20; the compression roller mechanism 22 flattens and compacts the absorbent core on the spunbonded nonwoven 20, meanwhile, the compression knives 224 on the upper compression roller 221 cut the absorbent body 12, three diversion trenches 120 are formed on the absorbent body 12, the diversion trenches 120 are arranged along the length direction, the depth of the diversion trenches 120 is different due to the compression knives 224, the depth of the diversion trenches 120 close to the inner tube 111 is smaller, the diversion trenches 120 extend into the absorbent body 12 from the end part far away from the inner tube 111, and the length of the diversion trenches 120 is three to two times of the length of the absorbent body 12; the absorber 12 is folded by the folding mechanism 23, the absorber 12 is folded along the central line of the length direction, and after the folding, the end part of the absorber 12 is fixed by the hot pressing mechanism 24, so that the diversion trench 120 of the absorber 12 is positioned in the absorber 12; the absorbent body 12 is cut into long strips by the cutter roller mechanism 26;

(2) the absorbent body 12 is applied inside the push tube 11: the third driving motor 33 drives the hollow circular tubes 34 to rotate, when the hollow circular tubes 34 stop, one hollow circular tube 34 is positioned at the corresponding position of the cutting roller mechanism 26, the long strip-shaped absorption body 12 after cutting can be directly sent into the hollow circular tube 34, the other hollow circular tube 34 is positioned at the extruding device 4, the extruding part pushes the absorption body 12 of the hollow circular tube 34 into the hollow circular tube 34 for extrusion forming, so that the absorption body 12 is formed into a cylindrical shape, the other hollow circular tube 34 is positioned at the discharge hole 310, and the pushing part pushes the absorption body 12 into the pushing tube 11 through the hollow circular tube 34 and the discharge hole 310;

(3) molding of the tampon 1: the thermal pressing device 7 presses the head of the outer tube 112 into an arc shape, and the cooling device 8 cools the head of the outer tube 112, thereby molding the tampon 1.

(4) The clamping mechanism rotates to the packaging machine, and the formed tampon 1 is released to the packaging machine for packaging.

The packaging machine of the invention is a known device, and is not described in detail herein, and the packaging machine can be omitted, and is specifically set up according to the situation.

While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a pipe formula tampon production facility, its is used for producing the tampon, the tampon includes push tube, locates the absorber of push tube slidable, the push tube includes inner tube, the outer tube of locating the inner tube outer wall of cover, the inner tube slidable is in the outer tube, the absorber slidable is located in the outer tube, the inner tube promotes the absorber and slides, its characterized in that: comprises an absorber forming device, an absorber compressing device, an applying device and an outer pipe head forming device which are arranged on a frame in sequence;

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the extrusion part is made of heat conducting materials and is connected with a heating device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the top of the hollow circular tube is provided with a trumpet-shaped insertion port.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first rotating disk and the second rotating disk are horizontally arranged.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the head of the outer pipe is heated and formed into an arc-shaped structure.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cooling device is a fan.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the inner pipe and the outer pipe are both made of PP materials.

8. A process for manufacturing a catheter-type tampon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the method comprises the following steps:

9. The process of claim 8, wherein: and (4) after the step (3), rotating the clamping mechanism to a packaging machine, and releasing the formed tampon to the packaging machine for packaging.

10. The process of claim 8, wherein: the pressing cutter enables the depths of the guide grooves to be different, the depth of the guide grooves closer to the inner pipe is smaller, the guide grooves extend into the absorber from the end part far away from the inner pipe, and the length of the guide grooves is three to two times of the length of the absorber.