Plastic faucet and production technology thereof and mould
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of water tap, relate in particular to the production technology of a kind of plastic faucet and this plastic faucet of manufacturing, and employed mould in this production technology.
Background technique
Body is to form by the metallic material casting processing in traditional water tap, with the coat of metal of the body blank surface of casting plated with nickel or chromium after polishing, is assembled into water tap thereby reinstall parts such as spool, valve rod, handle at last then.
As can be seen, can prevent the body corrosion by coat of metal and play the effect that increases its beautiful shape.But, adopt this manufacture method can consume a large amount of metallic material, make that the manufacture cost of water tap is higher.Simultaneously, the coat of metal color is single, can not satisfy the demand of people's personalization.
At the problems referred to above, people have designed by nonmetallic material and have made water tap, as ceramic tap, plastic faucet etc.But its intensity of the water tap that stupalith is made is lower, the damage of easily breaking.And plastic faucet exists the low problem of yield rate, provides a kind of " the improvement structure of faucet body " as Chinese patent 02263200.X, and it is to be made by body and the resin material that wraps on body.Though it has overcome above-mentioned defective and has made that prepared water tap weight is lighter.But, because making the employed mould of this water tap is monolithic construction, mould inside has the shape that is complementary with faucet body, in manufacture process in case after injecting raw material in the mould and solidifying mould pulled down and get final product, but because water tap has its global shape of extending part is abnormally-structured, make in the form removal process comparatively difficulty, thereby influence the yield rate of product.
Existing other water tap also all exists above-mentioned similar problem.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is provides a kind of plastic faucet at existing in prior technology the problems referred to above, makes it have good, the lower-cost characteristics of stability in use.
Another object of the present invention is: a kind of plastic faucet production technology easy, easy to implement of processing is provided.
The 3rd purpose of the present invention is: employed mould in a kind of above-mentioned plastic faucet production technology is provided.
First purpose of the present invention can realize by following technical proposal: a kind of plastic faucet, comprise a body, intake pipe and outlet pipe are installed on the body, be provided with valve core case cylindraceous in the body, it is characterized in that described body is made by plastic materials, also have some connecting tubes in the body, the inner of each root connecting tube all is communicated with valve core case, and the outer end of each connecting tube is communicated with above-mentioned intake pipe or outlet pipe respectively.
By said structure as can be seen, intake pipe and outlet pipe are communicated with valve core case by the connecting tube corresponding with it respectively.Like this, when using this plastic faucet, by the valve core rotation in the control valve core print seat, with regard to the whether water outlet of the outlet pipe of this plastic faucet of may command.Simultaneously, because the body that wraps outside valve core case, connecting tube is to be made by plastic materials, therefore, it is not fragile, and weight is lighter.
In above-mentioned plastic faucet, be provided with influent base between described connecting tube and the intake pipe, be provided with effluent seat between described connecting tube and the outlet pipe, influent base and effluent seat be embedded in the body and respectively and the connecting tube corresponding with it be communicated with, above-mentioned intake pipe is screwed onto on the influent base, and above-mentioned outlet pipe is screwed onto on the effluent seat.Because influent base and effluent seat are embedded in the body, and outlet pipe and intake pipe are screwed onto respectively on effluent seat and the influent base.Obviously, just can easily intake pipe and outlet pipe be installed on the body by such structure.
In above-mentioned plastic faucet, described connecting tube is a silica gel hose.Because silica gel hose is flexible, therefore helping adjusting silica gel hose according to the structure of mould in process of production makes its crooked certain limit, has simplified production technology greatly.
Second purpose of the present invention can realize by following technical proposal: a kind of production technology of plastic faucet comprises the steps:
A, part are made: make each part of plastic faucet, wherein connecting tube is that the pipeline section that meets length under the cutting of raw material tubing gets final product; Influent base and effluent seat are made by machined into; Other part such as valve core case, intake pipe, outlet pipe, spool, valve rod and handle adopt general processing technology to make;
B, part assembling: the inner of above-mentioned each connecting tube is connected on the valve core case, more above-mentioned influent base and effluent seat is connected in the connecting tube outer end corresponding with it, obtain mangetic core assembly;
C, dress mould: above-mentioned mangetic core assembly is loaded in the mould, has positioning hole and material entrance on the mould, and in each positioning hole positioning device is housed all, mould is made up of upper die body and lower mold body; Influent base, effluent seat and valve core case are fixed by positioning device at the positioning hole corresponding place;
D, matched moulds: upper die body is covered on lower mold body, on mould, be provided with and make upper and lower die body be pressed against together securing means tightly, upper die body and lower mold body are tightly lumped together by securing means;
E, injection moulding: after mould covers, the plastics that melt are injected mould inside through material entrance, plastics solidification after 3-20 minute is taken upper and lower die body apart again, promptly obtains the plastic faucet blank after the taking-up;
F, surface treatment: remove the plush copper and the burr on plastic faucet blank surface, and at its surface lacquer;
G, assembling finished product: spool is packed in the valve core case, the inner of valve rod is connected on the spool, handle is connected in the outer end of spool; At last intake pipe is connected on the influent base, outlet pipe is connected on the effluent seat;
In the production technology of above-mentioned plastic faucet, the plastics in the described step e are the liquid resin that is mixed with curing agent.Above-mentioned curing agent plays solidification, matches with resin, can directly buy from market.In use curing agent is poured in the liquid resin, mixed the back and inject in the mould.
The present invention also provides the mould of plastic faucet, it is made up of upper die body and lower mold body, upper die body and lower mold body inside all have recessed die cavity, upper die body is provided with the securing means that both can be abutted against between lower mold body, it is characterized in that, described mould is provided with the valve core case positioning hole, the influent base positioning hole, effluent seat positioning hole and material entrance, and at the valve core case positioning hole, influent base positioning hole and effluent seat positioning hole place are equipped with the positioning device that its corresponding part position is maintained fixed, the aperture of described valve core case positioning hole is slightly less than the external diameter of valve core case, the aperture of described effluent seat positioning hole is slightly less than the external diameter of effluent seat, and the aperture of described influent base positioning hole is slightly less than the external diameter of influent base.
The mould of this plastic faucet is used to make the blank of plastic faucet, will be by valve core case, influent base, the mangetic core assembly that effluent seat and connecting tube are formed is loaded on, in the die cavity between the lower mold body, wherein each positioning device passes the valve core case positioning hole on the mould, the influent base positioning hole, the effluent seat positioning hole is connected above-mentioned valve core case, on influent base and the effluent seat, because valve core case, influent base and effluent seat all can't pass the positioning hole corresponding with it, therefore under the effect of positioning device, make above-mentioned valve core case be close proximity to valve core case positioning hole the inner, make influent base be close proximity to influent base positioning hole the inner, make effluent seat be close proximity to effluent seat positioning hole the inner.Like this, above-mentioned influent base, effluent seat and valve core case just have been fixed on positioning hole the inner corresponding with it.
Then, upper die body and lower mold body are covered together.The material entrance of liquid resin on mould injected in the mould, treat to take upper die body and lower mold body apart promptly obtain plastic faucet blank behind the resin solidification.
In the mould of above-mentioned plastic faucet, described positioning device comprises a barred body, the positioning head that the front end of barred body is being connected and is being cylindric and has screw thread outside it, the rear end of barred body is provided with larger-size retaining head, the external diameter of positioning head is slightly less than the aperture of positioning hole, be with spring and location piece on the barred body between retaining head and the positioning head, the external diameter of location piece is greater than the aperture of positioning hole, and the two ends of spring act on respectively on retaining head and the location piece.
This positioning device passes the valve core case positioning hole and is connected in the process on the valve core case.At first, the valve core case positioning hole that positioning head passes on the mould is screwed onto on the valve core case, and barred body is being followed in mould and moved.Obviously, owing to the aperture of location piece diameter greater than the valve core case positioning hole, location piece just can't pass the valve core case positioning hole like this, and the distance between location piece and the retaining head has just shortened.Spring between location piece and retaining head just is compressed and since the valve core case external diameter greater than the aperture of valve core case positioning hole, under the elastic force effect of spring, just make valve core case tightly be resisted against valve core case positioning hole place.Obviously, just valve core case is fixed firmly, made it be in valve core case positioning hole place always by this positioning device.In like manner, above-mentioned influent base and effluent seat are fixed on influent base positioning hole in the mould and effluent seat positioning hole place so firmly.
In the mould of above-mentioned plastic faucet, all be fixed with metal sleeve in described valve core case positioning hole, influent base positioning hole and the effluent seat positioning hole.By such structure, make above-mentioned valve core case, influent base and effluent seat can directly not contact, but be resisted against on the metal sleeve with mould, avoid the mould damage or influence its Location accuracy.
In the mould of above-mentioned plastic faucet, described securing means is two sheet metals and several adjusting screw, and above-mentioned mould is between two sheet metals, and the two ends of each adjusting screw are screwed onto respectively on two sheet metals.The turn adjusting screw can make sheet metal be pressed on upper die body and the lower mold body, thus make upper die body with lower mold body closing tightly be in the same place, avoid upper and lower die body liquid resin loosening or that inject in the mould to reveal through the joint of upper and lower die body.
In the mould of above-mentioned plastic faucet, be provided with fastening mechanism between described upper die body and the lower mold body, fastening mechanism be arranged on several location plush coppers at upper die body edge and be arranged on the lower mold body edge and with location plush copper position corresponding several positioning recess.The location plush copper is embedded in and just makes the relative position of upper die body and lower mold body can not change in the positioning recess.
In the mould of above-mentioned plastic faucet, described upper die body and lower mold body are to be made and be covered with one deck plastic protective layer at its outer surface by silica gel material.Because silica gel material is soft, and the intensity that plastic protective layer just can increase mould is set.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
1, plastic faucet provided by the present invention is owing to be that body with plastic materials wraps on the mangetic core assembly of being made up of valve core case, connecting tube, influent base and effluent seat, and the price of plastic materials is lower for metallic material.Therefore, the cost of this plastic faucet is lower and weight is lighter.
2, also can spray various colors and distinct pattern in the body outside of plastic faucet, so this plastic faucet also have the characteristics that beautiful shape can satisfy people's individual demand.
3, influent base and effluent seat are embedded on the body in this plastic faucet, and intake pipe and outlet pipe are screwed onto on above-mentioned influent base and the effluent seat.Because influent base, effluent seat, intake pipe and outlet pipe are made by metallic material, plastic materials connects its connective stability height relatively, connects comparatively firm.
4, in the production technology of plastic faucet, to pack in the mould by the mangetic core assembly that influent base, effluent seat, connecting tube and valve core case are formed, and again mould is covered after by positioning device each above-mentioned part being fixed, inject liquid resin at last, treat behind the resin solidification mould taken apart and promptly obtain this plastic faucet.As can be seen, this production technology is simple, has implementation preferably.
5, the mould of this plastic faucet can be fixed on mangetic core assembly corresponding position before injection step, and is therefore unified by the prepared product specification of this mould, the yield rate height.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the plan structure schematic representation of plastic faucet provided by the invention.
Fig. 2 is the main TV structure schematic representation of plastic faucet provided by the invention.
Fig. 3 is the right TV structure schematic representation of plastic faucet provided by the invention.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of the mangetic core assembly be made up of valve core case, connecting tube, influent base and effluent seat in this plastic faucet.
Fig. 5 is the main TV structure schematic representation along Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the mould of this plastic faucet.
Fig. 7 is the plan structure schematic representation of lower mold body in the mould of this plastic faucet.
Fig. 8 be in the mould of this plastic faucet lower mold body look up structural representation.
Fig. 9 is the plan structure schematic representation of upper die body in the mould of this plastic faucet.
Figure 10 be in the mould of this plastic faucet upper die body look up structural representation.
Figure 11 is the A-A sectional structure schematic representation along Fig. 7.
Figure 12 is the B-B sectional structure schematic representation along Fig. 9.
Figure 13 be in the mould of plastic faucet upper and lower die body cover the back and by positioning device with the securing cross-sectional view of mangetic core assembly.
Figure 14 is the structural representation after the mould of the plastic faucet among Figure 13 is loaded onto securing means.
Figure 15 is the structural representation of positioning device in the mould of plastic faucet.
Among the figure, 1, body; 2, intake pipe; 3, outlet pipe; 4, valve core case; 5, connecting tube; 6, influent base; 7, effluent seat; 8, upper die body; 8a, valve core case positioning hole; 8b, last groove; 9, lower mold body; 9a, influent base positioning hole; 9b, effluent seat positioning hole; 9c, following groove; 10, die cavity; 11, location plush copper; 12, positioning recess; 13, positioning device; 13a, barred body; 13b, positioning head; 13c, retaining head; 14, location piece; 15, spring; 16, metal sleeve; 17, material entrance; 18, sheet metal; 19, adjusting screw.
Embodiment
As Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3, this plastic faucet comprises the body 1 that a plastic materials is made, and intake pipe 2 and outlet pipe 3 are installed on the body 1.Be wrapped in valve core case 4 cylindraceous and some connecting tubes 5 in the body 1 and be embedded in influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 on the body 1, the inner of connecting tube 5 is communicated with valve core case 4, and the outer end of connecting tube 5 is communicated with influent base 6 and effluent seat 7.
The inside of influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 has screw thread, and the outside of intake pipe 2 and outlet pipe 3 has screw thread, and intake pipe 2 is screwed onto on the influent base 6, and outlet pipe 3 is spirally connected on the effluent seat 7.
Spool is installed in the valve core case 4 and spool links to each other with the inner of valve rod, and the outer end of valve rod links to each other with handle.When needing to open and close this plastic faucet, pull handle and drive valve core rotation, after the valve core rotation aperture that communicates with intake pipe 2 or outlet pipe 3 places on the valve core case 4 is blocked or opened, so just controlled water tap and opened and closed and water-outlet quantity by valve rod.
Certainly, intake pipe 2 can be provided with two, and it is respectively hot water inlet pipe and cold water inlet.Like this, just can make water tap reach the purpose of its water outlet water temperature of control.
The embodiment of the preparation process of this plastic faucet is as follows:
Embodiment one
This plastic faucet is to make according to following technology:
A, part are made: make the part of plastic faucet, part comprises connecting tube 5, influent base 6, effluent seat 7, valve core case 4, intake pipe 2, outlet pipe 3, spool, valve rod and handle.Wherein valve core case 4, intake pipe 2, outlet pipe 3, spool, valve rod and handle are common parts, can adopt common processing technology to make, and also can directly buy in the market.
By casting or influent base 6 blanks and effluent seat 6 blanks that directly adopt machining to make to have basic shape, adopt Vehicle Processing that above-mentioned blank is processed again, wherein adopt threading tool on influent base 6 and effluent seat 7, to process internal thread, thereby produce influent base 6 and effluent seat 7.Select the suitable tubing of caliber, cutting meets the plurality of sections pipeline section of length down, thereby produces some connecting tubes 5.Connecting tube 5 can select for use silica gel hose also can select copper pipe for use.
B, part assembling: the inner of each above-mentioned connecting tube 5 is connected on the valve core case 4, more above-mentioned influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 is connected in the connecting tube corresponding with it 5 outer ends, obtain mangetic core assembly, see Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5.
C, dress mould: above-mentioned mangetic core assembly is loaded in the mould, has positioning hole and material entrance 17 on the mould, and positioning device 13 all is housed in each positioning hole, mould is made up of upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9; Influent base 6, effluent seat 7 and valve core case 4 are fixed on the positioning hole corresponding place by positioning device 13, see that Fig. 6 is to shown in Figure 12.
D, matched moulds: on mould, also be provided with the securing means that upper and lower die body 8,9 is pressed against together tightly; Upper die body 8 is covered on lower mold body 9, again by securing means make upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9 tightly closing see Figure 13 and shown in Figure 14 together.
E, injection moulding: after mould covers, the plastics that melt are injected mould insides through material entrance 17, be 3 minutes the curing time of plastics, after the curing upper and lower die body 8,9 taken apart, promptly obtains the plastic faucet blank after the taking-up, sees Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3.
What plastics were selected for use in this step is the resin that is mixed with curing agent, and such material can not make connecting tube 5 temperature distortions, thereby can improve yield rate.
F, surface treatment: remove the plush copper and the burr on plastic faucet blank surface, and at its surface lacquer.
The joint of the water tap blank that obtains between upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9 can form the burr of ring-type, can form and the identical plush copper of material entrance 17 shapes at material entrance 17 places simultaneously.In this processing procedure, they to be got rid of exactly.
G, assembling finished product: spool is packed in the valve core case 4, the inner of valve rod is connected on the spool, handle is connected in the outer end of spool; At last intake pipe 2 is screwed onto on the influent base 6, outlet pipe 3 is screwed onto on the effluent seat 7.
Embodiment two
In the present embodiment, be 11 minutes the curing time of plastics in the step e, other identical with embodiment one.
Embodiment three
In the present embodiment, be 20 minutes the curing time of plastics in the step e, other identical with embodiment one.
The present invention also provides employed mould in the manufacturing plastic faucet process, and this mould is made up of upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9, and the inside of upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9 all has recessed die cavity 10, also has material entrance 17 on the mould.In the present embodiment, material entrance 17 is made up of the following groove 9c that is positioned at the last groove 8b on the upper die body 8 and be positioned on the lower mold body 9, upper and lower die body 8,9 covers the back mutually and goes up material entrance 17 that is diminished gradually by outside to Inner Dimension of groove 8b and following groove 9c formation, sees that Fig. 6 is to shown in Figure 12.
Upper die body 8 is provided with the positioning hole that is through to die cavity 10 with lower mold body 9, and positioning hole comprises the valve core case positioning hole 8a that is located on the upper die body 8 and the influent base positioning hole 9a, the effluent seat positioning hole 9b that are located on the lower mold body 9.In the present embodiment, upper die body 8 all is to be made by silica gel material with lower mold body 9, and silica gel material is soft, in order to increase the intensity of mould, is covered with one deck plastic protective layer at upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9 outer surfaces.
The aperture of valve core case positioning hole 8a is less than the external diameter of valve core case 4, and the aperture of effluent seat positioning hole 9b is less than the external diameter of effluent seat 7, and the aperture of influent base positioning hole 9a is less than the external diameter of influent base 6.And being provided with at each above-mentioned positioning hole place can be with valve core case 4, influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 positioning means for positioning 13.
As shown in figure 15, positioning device 13 comprises a barred body 13a, the front end of the barred body 13 cylindrical positioning head 13b that is being connected, and the outside of positioning head 13b has screw thread, and the diameter of positioning head 13b is greater than the aperture of positioning hole.The rear end of barred body 13a is provided with a larger-size retaining 13c, and in the present embodiment, a retaining 13c is the nut that is screwed onto on the barred body 13a.The diameter of positioning head 13b is greater than the aperture of positioning hole, on the barred body 13a between a retaining 13c and the positioning head 13b, be with spring 15 and location piece 14, the diameter of location piece 14 is greater than the aperture of positioning hole, and the two ends of spring 15 act on respectively on a retaining 13c and the location piece 14.
Certainly, the external diameter of positioning head 13a of positioning device 13 that is contained in valve core case positioning hole 8a place is less than the aperture of valve core case positioning hole 8a, and location piece 14 external diameters on it are greater than the aperture of valve core case positioning hole 8a.The above-mentioned positioning device that is contained in influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 also is same structure, has not just enumerated one by one in the present embodiment.
As shown in figure 13, the mangetic core assembly that assembles is loaded in the die cavity 10 of mould, positioning head 13b in the positioning device 13 passes valve core case positioning hole 8a and is screwed onto on the valve core case 4, positioning head 13b on another positioning device 13 passes influent base positioning hole 9a and is screwed onto on the influent base 6, and the positioning head 13b on the 3rd positioning device 13 passes effluent seat positioning hole 9b and is screwed onto on the effluent seat 7.Because the diameter of location piece 14 can't pass pairing positioning hole more greatly, distance between a location piece 14 and the retaining 13c has just shortened like this, thereby make the spring 15 between location piece 13c and retaining 14 be compressed, under the elastic force effect of spring 15, make valve core case 4 be tight against the inner at valve core case positioning hole 8a, influent base 6 is tight against in the inner of influent base positioning hole 9a, makes effluent seat 7 be tight against the inner at effluent seat positioning hole 9b.Just valve core case 4, influent base 6 and effluent seat 7 are fixed on firmly each positioning hole place of mould inside by three positioning devices.
Then, the liquid resin that is mixed with curing agent in mould is injected at material entrance 17 places, is treated behind the resin solidification upper die body 8 to be separated body 1 blank that promptly obtains this plastic faucet with lower mold body 9 in 3 minutes, promptly obtain this plastic faucet after removing plush copper and burr.Because material entrance 17 is made up of the last groove 8b at upper die body 8 places and the following groove 9c at lower mold body 9 places, therefore with in upper and lower die body 8,9 separation processes, the resin that solidifies at the material entrance place can not stop mold separation.
Because mould is made by silica gel material, damage and accurate positioning for fear of mould, therefore metal sleeve 16 all is housed in each positioning hole, after each positioning device 13 passes metal sleeve 16 in its corresponding positioning hole and is connected valve core case 4, influent base 6 and effluent seat 7, just can directly not contact at elastic force effect lower valve core seat 4, influent base 6 and the effluent seat 7 of spring 15 but be resisted against on the metal sleeve 16 with mould.
In order to guarantee that upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9 cover both position relations of back and can not change, between upper die body 8 and lower mold body 9, be provided with fastening mechanism, fastening mechanism be arranged on several location plush coppers 11 at upper die body 8 edges and be arranged on lower mold body 9 edges if a positioning recess 12, and location plush copper 11 is corresponding with the position of positioning recess 22.Like this, upper and lower die body 8,9 covers together that both positions, back just can not change.Simultaneously for prevent from that liquid resin from revealing through the joint of upper and lower die body 8,9, on mould, also be provided with to make upper and lower die body 8,9 tightly be pressed against together securing means.Securing means is two sheet metals 18 and several adjusting screw 19, and above-mentioned mould is between two sheet metals 18, and the two ends of each adjusting screw 19 are screwed onto respectively on two sheet metals 18.Thereby just can make the distance shortening between two sheet metals 18 that sheet metal 18 is pressed on the upper and lower die body 8,9 by turn adjusting screw 19, make the closing tightly of upper and lower die body 8,9 together, see shown in Figure 14.