CN114142367B - Dustproof electric box of multifunctional crown block for electrolytic aluminum - Google Patents

Dustproof electric box of multifunctional crown block for electrolytic aluminum Download PDF

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CN114142367B
CN114142367B CN202111352879.2A CN202111352879A CN114142367B CN 114142367 B CN114142367 B CN 114142367B CN 202111352879 A CN202111352879 A CN 202111352879A CN 114142367 B CN114142367 B CN 114142367B
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李卫锋
于金星
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The invention discloses a dustproof electric box of an electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block, which comprises an electric box, a dustproof shell and a horizontal moving mechanism; the electric box and the horizontal moving mechanism are both arranged in the dustproof shell; the horizontal moving mechanism is connected with the lower part of the electric box and is used for driving the electric box to horizontally reciprocate in the dustproof shell; at least one of the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell is provided with a ventilating fan; the left and right side walls of the electric box are respectively fixedly provided with a first ventilation pipeline and a second ventilation pipeline which extend out; the two ventilating ducts are only provided with air vents with filter screens on the side walls of the two ventilating ducts, and are respectively inserted into a first jack and a second jack preset on the left side wall and the right side wall of the dustproof shell. The invention has an automatic regeneration filtering structure, and can filter dust in the air entering the air box for a long time, independently and reproducibly.

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Dustproof electric box of multifunctional crown block for electrolytic aluminum
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of carbon anode production in the electrolytic aluminum industry, and relates to a dustproof electric box of an electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block.
Background
A great deal of pollutants such as flue gas, dust particles and the like are generated in the electrolytic aluminum production process. The multifunctional crown block in the electrolytic aluminum workshop works above the electrolytic tank for a long time, has high environmental temperature and large dust, and a large number of switch devices, measuring instruments, protection electrical appliances and auxiliary devices are arranged in the multifunctional crown block electric box. In the use process, the temperature of the electric instruments can be gradually increased, and when the temperature in the box body is too high, the components cannot work normally, and even the components are burnt. Therefore, the electric box is usually provided with a ventilation cooling device, dust cannot be prevented from entering the box body by the traditional ventilation device, components full of dust are easy to short-circuit, the whole car is frequently powered off due to the multifunctional crown block, maintenance is difficult, and production is seriously affected.
In the prior art, a mode of adding a filter screen to an air inlet is generally adopted as a dustproof measure of a dustproof electric box, for example, chinese patent publication No. CN105514841B discloses a ventilating dustproof electric box, and the technical scheme comprises the steps of arranging multiple layers of filters in a ventilating pipeline of an electric box body so as to achieve the aim of filtering dust; however, this distribution box has the following drawbacks: 1. the multi-layer filtration can filter dust, but simultaneously can block the air flow to pass through, so that the heat dissipation capacity of the air flow is reduced; 2. the dustproof function of the filter has no long-term property, the filter screen needs to be replaced regularly, and the continuous operation of the equipment is affected by frequent replacement. The filtering mode of the distribution box is not suitable for the environment with high temperature and high dust of electrolytic aluminum.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the deficiencies in the background art, the aim is to design a renewable filtration system; on the premise of ensuring ventilation and heat dissipation, the dustproof function of the multifunctional overhead travelling crane has to be long-term, and the filter device can be prevented from being frequently replaced only if the long-term and autonomous dustproof function is met, so that the continuous working capacity of the multifunctional overhead travelling crane electric box is met.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
a multifunctional crown block dustproof electric box for electrolytic aluminum comprises an electric box, a dustproof shell and a horizontal moving mechanism;
the electric box and the horizontal moving mechanism are both arranged in the dustproof shell; the horizontal moving mechanism is connected with the lower part of the electric box and is used for driving the electric box to horizontally reciprocate in the dustproof shell;
at least one of the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell is provided with a ventilating fan; the ventilating fan is used for blowing air into the dustproof shell; the left side wall and the right side wall of the dustproof shell are respectively provided with a first jack and a second jack;
the electric box is used for accommodating electric equipment, and a first ventilating duct and a second ventilating duct which extend out of the electric box are respectively and fixedly arranged on the left side wall and the right side wall of the electric box; the first ventilation pipeline and the second ventilation pipeline are provided with ventilation ports with filter screens only on the side walls of the first ventilation pipeline and the second ventilation pipeline; the first ventilation pipeline and the second ventilation pipeline are respectively inserted into the first jack and the second jack and used for alternately extending out of the dustproof shell through air vents of the first ventilation pipeline and the second ventilation pipeline to serve as exhaust channels of the electric box when the electric box moves to the left limit position and the right limit position in a reciprocating mode.
As a further optimization, the horizontal moving mechanism comprises a slideway, a sliding block and a telescopic cylinder; the slideway is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the dustproof shell; the upper surface of the sliding block is fixedly connected to the bottom of the electric box, the lower part of the sliding block is located on the slideway, and the sliding block is used for sliding horizontally left and right on the slideway; one end of the telescopic cylinder is fixedly connected inside the dustproof shell, and the other end of the telescopic cylinder is connected to the sliding block and used for driving the sliding block to drive the electric box to horizontally reciprocate left and right through self-expansion.
As further optimization, the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell are respectively provided with a ventilating fan.
As further optimization, the number of the ventilating fans on the front side and the rear side of the dustproof shell is two, and the two ventilating fans on each side are arranged in parallel up and down.
As a further optimization, the tail ends of the first ventilating duct and the second ventilating duct are respectively provided with a first sealing plate and a second sealing plate, the areas of the first sealing plate and the second sealing plate are larger than the cross-sectional areas of the first ventilating duct and the second ventilating duct, and the first sealing plates and the second sealing plates are used for being attached to the outer sides of the left side wall and the right side wall of the dustproof shell to seal the first jack or the second jack when the electric box is respectively moved to the left limit position and the right limit position.
As a further optimization, the air inlet end face of the ventilating fan is detachably provided with a filter plug board, and the filter plug board is used for filtering dust particles in air entering the dustproof shell.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the filter screens of the first air vent and the second air vent of the electric box which reciprocate can alternately regenerate in turn, so that frequent replacement of the filter screens is avoided, the electric box has an automatic regeneration filter structure, can filter dust in air entering the air box for a long time, independently and reproducibly, is simple to manufacture, low in price and reliable in operation, and is suitable for working environments with high temperature and more dust of the electric box of the electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a front view of the left position of an electrical box according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the left position of the electric box of embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic top view of the right position of the electric box of embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In the figure: 1 electric box, 11 first air duct, 111 first air vent, 112 first shrouding, 12 second air duct, 121 second air vent, 122 second shrouding, 2 dustproof shell, 21 ventilating fan, 211 filter picture peg, 22 first jack, 23 second jack, 3 horizontal migration mechanism, 31 slide, 32 slider, 33 telescopic cylinder.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments thus described are only some, but not all, of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present invention and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, in the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
Example 1: please refer to fig. 1-3;
the invention provides the following technical scheme: a multifunctional crown block dustproof electric box for electrolytic aluminum comprises an electric box 1, a dustproof shell 2 and a horizontal moving mechanism 3;
the electric box 1 and the horizontal moving mechanism 3 are arranged in the dustproof shell 2; the electric box 1 is located on the horizontal moving mechanism 3, and the horizontal moving mechanism 3 is used for driving the electric box 1 to horizontally reciprocate in the dustproof shell 2;
the electric box 1 is used for accommodating electric equipment, and a first ventilation pipeline 11 and a second ventilation pipeline 12 which extend out of the box body are respectively and fixedly arranged on the left side wall and the right side wall of the electric box; the outer ends of the first ventilation pipeline 11 and the second ventilation pipeline 12 are respectively provided with a sealing plate (a first sealing plate 112 and a second sealing plate 122), the areas of the sealing plates (the first sealing plate 112 and the second sealing plate 122) are larger than the cross-sectional areas of the ventilation pipelines, and the side walls of the sealing plates are respectively provided with a first ventilation opening 111 and a second ventilation opening 121; filter screens for filtering dust are arranged in the first air vent 111 and the second air vent 121; the first air vent 111 and the second air vent 121 are used for air flowing through the electric box 1 to enter and exit from the side walls of the first air vent pipeline 11 and the second air vent pipeline 12;
the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell 2 are respectively provided with a ventilation fan 21; two ventilation fans 21 are arranged on each side in parallel up and down, each fan 21 is used for blowing air into the dustproof shell 2, the outer end of each fan 21 is provided with a filtering plugboard 211, and the filtering plugboard 211 is used for filtering dust in the air entering the dustproof shell 2; the left and right side walls of the dustproof shell 2 are respectively provided with a first jack 22 and a second jack 23; the shape of the first insertion hole 22 and the second insertion hole 23 is the same as the cross-sectional shape of the first ventilation duct 11 and the second ventilation duct 12, and the first ventilation duct 11 and the second ventilation duct 12 can slide horizontally in the first insertion hole 22 and the second insertion hole 23 respectively;
the horizontal moving mechanism 3 comprises a slideway 31, a sliding block 32 and a telescopic cylinder 33; the slideway 31 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the dustproof shell 2; the upper surface of the sliding block 32 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the electric box 1, the lower part of the sliding block is located on the slideway 31, and the sliding block 32 is used for sliding horizontally left and right on the slideway 31; one end of the telescopic cylinder 33 is fixedly connected inside the dustproof shell 2, and the other end of the telescopic cylinder is connected to the sliding block 32 and used for driving the sliding block 32 to drive the electric box 1 to horizontally reciprocate left and right;
when the electrical box 1 moves to the left and right limits, the sealing plates (the first sealing plate 112 and the second sealing plate 122) can be abutted against the outer side of the dust-proof housing 2, so as to seal the first jack 22 and the second jack 23.
When the electric box 1 is driven by the telescopic cylinder 33 to move to the leftmost end (as shown in fig. 1 and 2), the first ventilation pipeline 11 extends out of the dustproof housing 2, so that the first ventilation port 111 is exposed out of the dustproof housing 2, and the second ventilation pipeline 12 retracts into the dustproof housing 2, so that the second ventilation port 121 is positioned in the dustproof housing 2; at this time, under the blowing of the ventilation fan 21, air is blown into the electric box 1 from the second ventilation opening 121 and is blown out of the dust-proof housing 2 from the first ventilation opening 111, dust entering the electric box 1 is filtered by the filter screen of the second ventilation opening 121 in the dust-proof housing 2, and dust adsorbed on the surface of the filter screen of the first ventilation opening 111 is blown out of the dust-proof housing 2 in the process of exhausting the dust outwards, and the filtering function of the filter screen is regenerated. When the electric box 1 is moved to the rightmost end by the driving of the telescopic cylinder 33 (as shown in fig. 3), the first air vent 111 is similarly used for air intake and filtering dust in the air entering the electric box 1, and the second air vent 121 is used for air exhaust and exhausting the adsorbed dust out of the dust-proof housing 2. Under the reciprocating driving of the telescopic cylinder 33, the first air vent 111 and the second air vent 121 alternately perform filtering and filter screen regeneration in turn, so that the first air vent 111 and the second air vent 121 of the embodiment have long-term, autonomous and renewable dustproof functions, and frequent replacement of the filtering device is avoided, thereby meeting the continuous working capacity of the multifunctional crown block electric box.
The embodiment has the advantages that the reciprocating electric box 1 enables the filter screens of the first air vent 111 and the second air vent to alternately regenerate in turn, so that frequent replacement of the filter screens is avoided; the filtering plugboard 211 has larger filtering gap, filters larger particle dust, plays a role in primarily filtering dust particles, forms a secondary filtering system with the first air vent 111 and the second air vent 121, is arranged outside the dustproof shell 2, and is convenient to replace; four high-power ventilating fans 21 provide strong airflow for the electric box 1 to meet the cooling requirement; the first and second sealing plates 112, 122 have an area larger than the cross-sectional areas of the first and second ventilation ducts (11, 12) so that the second and first insertion holes 23, 22 are sealed more reliably.
In a word, the invention has an automatic regeneration filtering structure, can filter dust in the air entering the air tank 1 for a long time, independently and reproducibly, has simple manufacture, low price and reliable operation, and is suitable for the working environment with high temperature and more dust of the electric tank of the electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block.
The invention has not been described in detail in the prior art; it should be understood by those skilled in the art that any combination of the features of the foregoing embodiments may be adopted, and that all possible combinations of the features of the foregoing embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, such combinations are not to be considered as a contradiction between the features. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. A dustproof electric box of multifunctional crown block of electrolytic aluminum is characterized in that: comprises an electric box (1), a dustproof shell (2) and a horizontal moving mechanism (3);
the electric box (1) and the horizontal moving mechanism (3) are both arranged in the dustproof shell (2); the horizontal moving mechanism (3) is connected with the lower part of the electric box (1) and is used for driving the electric box (1) to horizontally reciprocate;
at least one of the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell (2) is provided with a ventilating fan (21); the ventilation fan (21) is used for blowing air into the dustproof shell (2); the left side wall and the right side wall of the dustproof shell (2) are respectively provided with a first jack (22) and a second jack (23);
the electric box (1) is used for bearing electric equipment, and a first ventilation pipeline (11) and a second ventilation pipeline (12) which extend out of the electric box (1) are respectively and fixedly arranged on the left side wall and the right side wall of the electric box; the first ventilation pipeline (11) and the second ventilation pipeline (12) are provided with ventilation openings with filter screens only on the side walls of the first ventilation pipeline and the second ventilation pipeline; the first ventilation pipeline (11) and the second ventilation pipeline (12) are respectively inserted into the first insertion hole (22) and the second insertion hole (23), and are used for alternately extending the air vents of the first ventilation pipeline (11) and the second ventilation pipeline (12) out of the dustproof shell (2) in turn when the electric box (1) horizontally reciprocates;
the horizontal moving mechanism (3) comprises a slideway (31), a sliding block (32) and a telescopic cylinder (33); the slideway (31) is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the inner side of the dustproof shell (2); the upper surface of the sliding block (32) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the electric box (1), the lower part of the sliding block is located on the sliding way (31), and the sliding block (32) is used for sliding horizontally left and right on the sliding way (31); one end of the telescopic cylinder (33) is fixedly connected inside the dustproof shell (2), the other end of the telescopic cylinder is connected to the sliding block (32), and the telescopic cylinder (33) is used for driving the sliding block (32) to drive the electric box (1) to horizontally reciprocate left and right;
the tail ends of the first ventilating duct (11) and the second ventilating duct (12) are respectively provided with a first sealing plate (112) and a second sealing plate (122), and the first sealing plate (112) and the second sealing plate (122) are respectively used for sealing the first jack (22) or the second jack (23) by being attached to the outer side of the side wall of the dustproof shell (2) when the electric box (1) moves to the left and right limit positions respectively.
2. The electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block dust-proof electric box of claim 1, wherein: the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell (2) are respectively provided with a ventilating fan (21).
3. The electrolytic aluminum multifunctional crown block dust-proof electric box of claim 2, wherein: the number of the ventilating fans (21) on the front side wall and the rear side wall of the dustproof shell (2) is two, and the two ventilating fans (21) on each side are vertically arranged.
4. A multi-functional overhead traveling crane dust-proof electrical box for electrolytic aluminum according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: the air inlet end face of the ventilating fan (21) is detachably provided with a filtering inserting plate (211), and the filtering inserting plate (211) is used for filtering dust particles in air entering the dustproof shell (2).
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