CN116878280A - Heating furnace body - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
The application discloses a heating furnace body, which comprises a shell, heating furnace wires spirally arranged by taking a central shaft of the shell as an axis, and a plurality of groups of supporting components which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the furnace body, wherein each supporting component comprises a supporting seat, a guide seat and a plurality of partition boards, the guide seat is provided with an axial guide groove, the plurality of partition boards are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the axial guide groove and are all arranged in the axial guide groove in a sliding manner, the heating furnace wires are positioned in radial open grooves formed between two adjacent partition boards, the supporting seats are fixedly arranged in the shell, and the guide seats are in sliding connection with the supporting seats. The application has the advantages of simple structure, strong reliability and difficult collapse of furnace wires.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of heating equipment, in particular to a heating furnace body.
Background
In the photovoltaic and semiconductor fields, a heating furnace body is a core component of high-temperature doping, alloy, oxidation annealing and other equipment. At present, the highest temperature resistance of the furnace wire is generally 1300-1400 ℃, when the furnace wire is heated, phenomena such as expansion softening and the like can be generated, if the expansion space of the furnace wire is small and is extruded, deformation can be generated, adjacent furnace wires are easy to lap and fuse, and the softening can bring weakening of the overall strength of the furnace wire and easy collapse.
The prior coarse wire high-temperature furnace body mainly forms a certain structural strength through the clamping of the furnace wire by the ceramic insulator due to the large pipe diameter and the strength of the furnace body, the furnace wire and the furnace body shell lack movable support, and the furnace wire cannot be expanded under the conditions of high temperature and frequent temperature rise and drop, so that the problems of easy deformation, bending, collapse and the like are solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to solve the technical problem of overcoming the defects of the prior art and providing a heating furnace body with a furnace wire with an extension space and high reliability.
In order to solve the technical problems, the application adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a heating furnace body, includes the casing and uses the heating furnace silk that the casing center pin was the axis spiral arranged, still includes the supporting component of multiunit along furnace body circumferencial direction interval arrangement, supporting component includes supporting seat, guide holder and a plurality of baffle, be equipped with axial guide slot on the guide holder, a plurality of the baffle is along axial guide slot length direction interval arrangement, and all slidingly locates in the axial guide slot, the heating furnace silk is located the radial open slot that forms between two adjacent baffles, the supporting seat sets firmly in the casing, guide holder and supporting seat sliding connection.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the guide seat comprises a guide plate and a connecting plate arranged on the guide plate, the axial guide groove is arranged on the guide plate, and the connecting plate is in sliding connection with the supporting seat.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the connecting plates are arranged in a plurality, the connecting plates are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the guide plate, the connecting plates are positioned between two adjacent partition plates, and the heating furnace wires are positioned in radial open grooves between the two adjacent partition plates or between the connecting plates and the partition plates.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the supporting seat comprises a plurality of supporting rods and connecting rods, the supporting rods are axially arranged at intervals along the shell, the connecting rods are used for connecting the supporting rods, and the connecting plates are in sliding connection with the connecting rods.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: and heat preservation cotton is arranged between the connecting rod and the heating furnace wire and between the connecting rod and the shell.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: at least one connecting plate is arranged between two adjacent support rods and is in sliding connection with the connecting rod.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the connecting plate is provided with a connecting hole, and the connecting hole is slidably arranged on the connecting rod.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the guide seat and the partition plate are made of ceramic plates.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: limiting blocks for preventing the partition plates from sliding out are arranged at two ends of the guide seat.
As a further improvement of the above technical scheme: the axial guide groove is a dovetail groove or a T-shaped groove.
Compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that: according to the heating furnace body disclosed by the application, the axial guide groove is formed in the guide seat, the partition plate is slidably arranged in the axial guide groove, and when the heating furnace wire is heated and expanded, the partition plate can be pushed to slide along the axial guide groove, so that an axial extension space is provided for the heating furnace wire; a radial open slot is formed between two adjacent partition plates, so that a radial extension space is provided for the heating furnace wire, and the heating furnace wire is prevented from being heated to deform and be lapped and fused, so that the whole heating furnace wire collapses. Guide holder and supporting seat sliding connection can drive heating furnace silk global motion when the guide holder slides, changes the heating position, satisfies the heating demand of different positions, in addition, through arranging multiunit supporting component around casing circumferencial direction interval, wholly provide movable support for heating furnace silk, improved the holistic intensity of this heating furnace body to a certain extent, the reliability is strong.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a heating furnace body according to the present application.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the support assembly of the present application.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at a of fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a guide holder according to the present application.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the separator of the present application.
The reference numerals in the drawings denote: 1. a housing; 2. heating furnace wires; 3. a support assembly; 31. a support base; 311. a support rod; 312. a connecting rod; 32. a guide seat; 321. an axial guide groove; 322. a guide plate; 323. a connecting plate; 33. a partition plate; 3231. a connection hole; 34. a radial open slot; 35. and a limiting block.
Detailed Description
The application is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and specific examples of the specification.
In the description of the present application, 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 application 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 application.
In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the heating furnace body of the embodiment comprises a housing 1 and heating furnace wires 2 spirally arranged by taking a central shaft of the housing 1 as an axis, and further comprises a plurality of groups of support assemblies 3 which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the furnace body, wherein each support assembly 3 comprises a support seat 31, a guide seat 32 and a plurality of partition plates 33, each guide seat 32 is provided with an axial guide groove 321, the plurality of partition plates 33 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the axial guide groove 321 and are all arranged in the axial guide groove 321 in a sliding manner, the heating furnace wires 2 are positioned in radial open grooves 34 formed between two adjacent partition plates 33, each support seat 31 is fixedly arranged in the housing 1, and each guide seat 32 is in sliding connection with each support seat 31.
The heating furnace body is provided with an axial guide groove 321 on a guide seat 32, a baffle plate 33 is slidably arranged in the axial guide groove 321, and when the heating furnace wire 2 is heated and expanded, the baffle plate 33 can be pushed to slide along the axial guide groove 321, so that an axial extension space is provided for the heating furnace wire 2; radial open grooves 34 are formed between two adjacent partition plates 33, so that a radial extension space is provided for the heating furnace wires 2, and the heating furnace wires 2 are prevented from being deformed by heating and overlap fusing, so that the whole heating furnace wires 2 collapse. Guide holder 32 and supporting seat 31 sliding connection can drive heating furnace silk 2 whole removal when the guide holder 32 slides, changes the heating position, satisfies the heating demand of different positions, in addition, through arranging multiunit supporting component 3 around casing 1 circumferencial direction interval, provides movable support for heating furnace silk 2 whole, has improved the holistic intensity of this heating furnace body to a certain extent, and the reliability is strong. The axial direction and the radial direction described above refer to the housing 1, and refer to the axial direction and the radial direction of the housing 1.
In this embodiment, the guide holder 32 includes a guide plate 322 and a connecting plate 323 disposed on the guide plate 322, the axial guide groove 321 is disposed on the guide plate 322, and the connecting plate 323 is slidably connected with the support holder 31. The guide plate 322 is slidably connected with the supporting seat 31 through the connecting plate 323, and can drive the partition plate 33 and the heating furnace wire 2 to integrally move so as to change the heating position.
In this embodiment, a plurality of connection plates 323 are provided, the plurality of connection plates 323 are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the guide plate 322, the connection plates 323 are positioned between two adjacent partition plates 33, and the heating wire 2 is positioned in the radial open groove 34 between the two adjacent partition plates 33 or between the connection plates 323 and the partition plates 33. The plurality of connecting plates 323 are arranged, the connection strength of the guide plates 323 and the supporting seat 31 is enhanced, the connecting plates 323 are arranged between the partition plates 33, the structure is compact, and the space is saved. In this embodiment, the supporting seat 31 includes a plurality of supporting rods 311 arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the housing 1, and a connecting rod 312 for connecting the supporting rods 311, and a connecting plate 323 is slidably connected with the connecting rod 312. A plurality of support rods 311 are arranged for supporting, so that a heat preservation cotton filling space is reserved among the support rods 311, and the heat preservation cotton is convenient to fill. Preferably, the connecting rod 312 is disposed on top of each supporting rod 311, so as to avoid interference between the supporting rods 311 and the movement of the partition 33.
In this embodiment, insulation cotton (not shown) is disposed between the connecting rod 312 and the heating wire 2 and between the connecting rod 312 and the housing 1. Avoiding heat loss.
In this embodiment, at least one connecting plate 323 is slidably connected to the connecting rod 312 between two adjacent support rods 311. The stability of the connection between the support seat 31 and the guide seat 32 is improved.
In this embodiment, the connecting plate 323 is provided with a connecting hole 3231, and the connecting hole 3231 is slidably disposed on the connecting rod 312. The connection plate 323 is slidably coupled to the connection bar 312 by providing a connection hole 3231 on the connection plate 323. Of course, in other embodiments, the sliding connection may be achieved by providing a sliding slot and a sliding block on the connecting rod 312 and the connecting plate 323, respectively.
In this embodiment, the guide seat 32 and the partition 33 are made of ceramic plates, and have good heat resistance, good insulation performance and high stability.
In this embodiment, two ends of the guide seat 32 are provided with stoppers 35 for preventing the partition 33 from sliding out. The partition 33 is prevented from sliding out of the guide plate 322.
In this embodiment, the axial guide groove 321 is a dovetail groove. Of course, in other embodiments, the axial guiding groove 321 may be a T-shaped groove or other guiding structures, so that the dovetail groove and the T-shaped groove are convenient to process, and the separator 33 is prevented from falling off when sliding on the guiding seat 32, with high reliability.
While the application has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, it is not intended to be limiting. Many possible variations and modifications of the disclosed technology can be made by anyone skilled in the art, or equivalent embodiments with equivalent variations can be made, without departing from the scope of the application. Therefore, any simple modification, equivalent variation and modification of the above embodiments according to the technical substance of the present application shall fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present application.
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1. The utility model provides a heating furnace body, includes casing (1) and uses heating furnace silk (2) of casing (1) center pin as axis spiral arrangement, its characterized in that: the furnace body is characterized by further comprising a plurality of groups of supporting components (3) which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the furnace body, wherein each supporting component (3) comprises a supporting seat (31), a guide seat (32) and a plurality of partition boards (33), each guide seat (32) is provided with an axial guide groove (321), the partition boards (33) are arranged at intervals along the length direction of each axial guide groove (321) and are all slidingly arranged in each axial guide groove (321), a heating furnace wire (2) is positioned in a radial opening groove (34) formed between two adjacent partition boards (33), each supporting seat (31) is fixedly arranged in a shell (1), and each guide seat (32) is in sliding connection with each supporting seat (31).
2. A heating furnace according to claim 1, wherein: the guide seat (32) comprises a guide plate (322) and a connecting plate (323) arranged on the guide plate (322), the axial guide groove (321) is arranged on the guide plate (322), and the connecting plate (323) is in sliding connection with the supporting seat (31).
3. A heating furnace according to claim 2, wherein: the heating furnace wire (2) is positioned in radial open grooves (34) between two adjacent partition plates (33) or between the connecting plates (323) and the partition plates (33).
4. A heating furnace according to claim 2, wherein: the supporting seat (31) comprises a plurality of supporting rods (311) which are axially arranged at intervals along the shell (1) and connecting rods (312) which are used for connecting the supporting rods (311), and the connecting plates (323) are in sliding connection with the connecting rods (312).
5. The heating furnace body according to claim 4, wherein: and heat insulation cotton is arranged between the connecting rod (312) and the heating furnace wire (2) and between the connecting rod (312) and the shell (1).
6. The heating furnace body according to claim 4, wherein: at least one connecting plate (323) is slidably connected with the connecting rod (312) between two adjacent supporting rods (311).
7. The heating furnace body according to claim 4, wherein: the connecting plate (323) is provided with a connecting hole (3231), and the connecting hole (3231) is slidably arranged on the connecting rod (312).
8. The heating furnace body according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the guide seat (32) and the partition plate (33) are made of ceramic plates.
9. The heating furnace body according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: limiting blocks (35) for preventing the partition plate (33) from sliding out are arranged at two ends of the guide seat (32).
10. The heating furnace body according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the axial guide groove (321) is a dovetail groove or a T-shaped groove.
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