CN206201496U - Rubber core injecting glue attachment means - Google Patents
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The utility model proposes a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means, including workbench and the frame being arranged on the workbench, moulding post is provided with the frame;The gel-injection mould corresponding with the moulding post is provided with the table top of the workbench;Interior membrane cavity and the injecting glue groove for placing sizing material are provided with the gel-injection mould;The injecting glue groove is connected with interior membrane cavity by hole for injecting glue;The both sides of the gel-injection mould are provided with the clamp system for clamping rubber core.Two or more than two shorter rubber core injecting glues can be connected as the rubber core that can be used to produce sebific duct more long by the rubber core injecting glue attachment means that the utility model is provided.
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Technical field
The utility model belongs to the injecting glue connection area of rubber core, more particularly to a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means.
Background technology
At present, in the production of sebific duct, the shaping of sebific duct generally uses soft core method, and sebific duct is controlled with rubber core as inner core
Internal diameter size.On the one hand, because the sebific duct for producing needs to carry out severing according to specification, therefore, the rubber core in sebific duct
Also cannot avoid by severing, it is too short by the rubber core of severing, it is impossible to be continuing with, the substantial amounts of wasting of resources can be caused.The opposing party
Face, in the continuous production of rice glue pipe long, the length to rubber core has higher requirements, and commonly produces the rubber core of acquisition, nothing
Method meets the requirement of this length.Therefore, in sebific duct manufacturing enterprise, how two or more than two shorter rubber cores to be connected as
Rubber core more long is a urgent problem.
In the prior art, connected by injecting glue, two or more than two shorter rubber cores can be linked together.
But, used as the inner core of production sebific duct, the injecting glue connection to rubber core proposes requirement higher, it is desirable to outside injecting glue junction
Footpath must be basically identical with the external diameter of former rubber core, can otherwise influence the internal diameter of sebific duct produced as inner core with this rubber core.And
Glue-injection machine of the prior art and gel-injection mould, due to that cannot be controlled to the outside dimension of injecting glue junction, it is impossible to meet
Above-mentioned requirements, are not suitable for the injecting glue connection of rubber core.
Therefore, the outside dimension of injecting glue junction how is controlled, connects shorter by two or more than two by injecting glue
It is a technical barrier that rubber core is connected as the rubber core that can be used to produce sebific duct more long.
Utility model content
The utility model is directed to the uncontrollable technology of outside dimension to junction during above-mentioned rubber core injecting glue is connected
Problem, proposes a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means, can be connected as two or more than two shorter rubber core injecting glues more long
Can be used for produce sebific duct rubber core.
In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted in the utility model is:
The utility model provides a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means, including workbench and is arranged on the workbench
Frame, moulding post is provided with the frame;The note corresponding with the moulding post is provided with the table top of the workbench
Sealing rubber die;Interior membrane cavity and the injecting glue groove for placing sizing material are provided with the gel-injection mould;The injecting glue groove is logical with interior membrane cavity
Hole for injecting glue is crossed to be connected;The both sides of the gel-injection mould are provided with the clamp system for clamping rubber core.
Preferably, the internal diameter of the interior membrane cavity is engaged with the external diameter of rubber core to be connected.
Preferably, the internal diameter of the interior membrane cavity is consistent with the external diameter of rubber core to be connected.
Preferably, described interior membrane cavity includes injecting glue linkage section, the two ends of the injecting glue linkage section are sequentially connected with transition
Section and rubber core placement section, the diameter of the diameter slightly larger than rubber core placement section of the injecting glue linkage section.
Preferably, the quantity of the interior membrane cavity is multiple;The multiple interior membrane cavity is by being arranged at the gel-injection mould
In sizing material flow passage together, the sizing material runner is connected with hole for injecting glue.
Preferably, the gel-injection mould includes the first die body and the second die body for being arranged on the first die body, described the
One die body is correspondingly arranged with the second die body;The upper surface of first die body is provided with the first groove, under second die body
Surface is provided with second groove corresponding with the first groove, and first groove and the second groove constitute described interior membrane cavity.
Preferably, first die body is tightened together with the second die body by retaining mechanism;The retaining mechanism choosing
Any one from depression bar retaining mechanism, bolt or hasp lock.
Preferably, being provided with the overflow launder being connected with the interior membrane cavity in the gel-injection mould.
Preferably, being provided with many heating tubes in the gel-injection mould;It is provided with the gel-injection mould and heating tube
Connected thermocouple.
Compared with prior art, advantage of the present utility model and good effect are:
1st, the rubber core injecting glue attachment means that the utility model is provided, realize two or more than two shorter rubber
Core injecting glue is connected as rubber core more long, realizes the recycling of shorter rubber core, reduces the waste of resource, can meet rice long
The production of sebific duct needs.
2nd, by the gel-injection mould for designing in the utility model, the control to injecting glue junction external diameter is realized, injecting glue connects
The external diameter for meeting place is basically identical with the external diameter of former rubber core.
3rd, the rubber core injecting glue attachment means provided using the utility model, the rubber core of the injecting glue connection of acquisition, are had
Good connection effect, its injecting glue junction has good toughness, not easy to crack.
Brief description of the drawings
The front view of the rubber core injecting glue attachment means that Fig. 1 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
The left view of the rubber core injecting glue attachment means that Fig. 2 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
The front view of the gel-injection mould that Fig. 3 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
The left view of the gel-injection mould that Fig. 4 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
The top view of the gel-injection mould that Fig. 5 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
The structural representation of the interior membrane cavity of the gel-injection mould that Fig. 6 is provided by the utility model embodiment;
Above in each figure:1st, workbench;2nd, frame;3rd, moulding post;4th, gel-injection mould;41st, the first die body;42nd, the second mould
Body;43rd, injecting glue groove;44th, hole for injecting glue;45th, sizing material runner;46th, interior membrane cavity;461st, injecting glue linkage section;462nd, changeover portion;463rd, rubber
Glue core placement section;47th, overflow launder;48th, heating tube;49th, thermocouple;5th, clamp system;6th, retaining mechanism.
Specific embodiment
Below, the utility model is specifically described by exemplary implementation method.It should be appreciated, however, that not having
In the case of being further discussed below, element, structure and features in an implementation method can also be advantageously incorporated into other implementations
In mode.
, it is necessary to explanation in description of the present utility model, term " interior ", " outward ", " on ", D score, "front", "rear" etc.
The orientation or position relationship of instruction are, based on the position relationship shown in accompanying drawing 1, to be for only for ease of description the utility model and letter
Change description, rather than indicate imply signified device or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and
Operation, therefore it is not intended that to limitation of the present utility model.Additionally, term " first ", " second ", " the 3rd " are only used for description
Purpose, and it is not intended that indicating or implying relative importance.
Embodiment:
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the utility model provides a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means, including workbench 1 and sets
The frame 2 being placed on workbench 1, is provided with the moulding post 3 for being pressurizeed to sizing material in frame 2.Set on the table top of workbench 1
There is the gel-injection mould 4 corresponding with moulding post 3, as the mould that rubber core injecting glue is connected.
As shown in figure 3, being provided with interior membrane cavity 46 in gel-injection mould 4, injecting glue is carried out in being connected to interior membrane cavity 46, injecting glue connection
Interior membrane cavity 46 is sentenced for mould;The injecting glue groove 43 for placing sizing material is provided with gel-injection mould 4;Injecting glue groove 43 and interior membrane cavity 46
It is connected by hole for injecting glue 44.
As shown in figure 1, the both sides of gel-injection mould 4 are provided with the clamp system 5 for clamping rubber core, clamp system 5 is adopted
With conventional link-type clamp system.Due to there is certain injection pressure during injecting glue, rubber core to be connected may be caused
Movement, therefore, rubber core to be connected can be clamped by clamp system 5, prevent the movement of rubber core.It should be noted that
As long as rubber core can be played a part of to clamp, clamp system 5 can also be well known to those skilled in the art other are rational
Clamp system.
When in use, rubber core to be connected is placed in interior membrane cavity 46, sizing material is placed in injecting glue groove 43, by moulding post
3 pressures, make sizing material pass through hole for injecting glue 44 and inject in the interior membrane cavity 46 being connected with injecting glue groove 43, until membrane cavity in sizing material filling is full
46, within injecting glue junction membrane cavity 46 be mould, further, it is heated vulcanization obtain injecting glue connection rubber core, realize compared with
The recycling of short rubber core, reduces the waste of resource, can meet the production needs of rice glue pipe long.
Preferably, the internal diameter of interior membrane cavity 46 is engaged with the external diameter of rubber core to be connected, membrane cavity within injecting glue junction
46 is mould.
As shown in figure 4, the external diameter in order to better control over injecting glue junction, the internal diameter of interior membrane cavity 46 is set to and the company for the treatment of
The external diameter for connecing rubber core is consistent.Because membrane cavity 46 is mould within injecting glue junction, it is set to by by the internal diameter of interior membrane cavity 46
External diameter with rubber core to be connected is consistent, can better control over the external diameter of injecting glue junction, make the external diameter of injecting glue junction with
The external diameter of former rubber core is basically identical.
As shown in fig. 6, described interior membrane cavity 46 includes injecting glue linkage section 461, the two ends of the injecting glue linkage section 461 are successively
It is connected with changeover portion 462 and rubber core placement section 463.There is the property expanded with heat and contract with cold in view of sizing material, by injecting glue linkage section 461
Diameter be set to it is more slightly larger than the diameter of rubber core placement section 463, during injecting glue, the full injecting glue linkage section 461 of sizing material filling, warp
The rubber core that heating vulcanization is obtained, the external diameter of its injecting glue junction is more slightly larger than the external diameter of rubber core to be connected, after cooling, rubber core
Injecting glue junction is shunk, and finally the external diameter with former rubber core is basically identical;Injecting glue linkage section 461 and rubber core placement section 463
The shrinkage factor of the sizing material that diameter difference can be selected according to injecting glue determines, can be 1.6-2.0mm.Changeover portion 462 connects positioned at injecting glue
Connect between section 461 and rubber core placement section 463, for seamlessly transitting, by seamlessly transitting for changeover portion 462, injecting glue can be made
Junction is more smooth, attractive in appearance.
In order to improve the operating efficiency of rubber core injecting glue connection, the quantity of interior membrane cavity 46 can be multiple, as shown in figure 4,
The quantitative example of interior membrane cavity 46 is 2, and 2 interior membrane cavities 46 are connected by the sizing material runner 45 being arranged in gel-injection mould 4
Together, sizing material runner 45 is connected with hole for injecting glue 44.Interior membrane cavity 46 is set to multiple, multigroup rubber core can be noted simultaneously
Gemel connection, improves the operating efficiency of rubber core injecting glue connection;Vulcanizing treatment is carried out to multigroup rubber core simultaneously, can be made full use of
Heat energy, reduces the waste of the energy.
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, for the ease of the placement and taking-up of rubber core, gel-injection mould 4 is set to separable first
Die body 41 and the second die body 42 being arranged on the first die body 41, the first die body 41 are correspondingly arranged with the second die body 42;First mould
The upper surface of body 41 is provided with the first groove, and it is recessed that the lower surface of the second die body 42 is provided with second corresponding with the first groove
Groove, first groove with described the and groove constitute in membrane cavity 46.When placing and taking out rubber core, by the first die body 41 with
Second die body 42 is separated, you can easily place and take out rubber core;Further, for the ease of the first die body 41 and the second die body
42 division, the first die body 41 and the second die body 42 can be by together with gemel connections.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 5, in order to prevent from having space between the first die body 41 and the second die body 42, the first die body 41
Tightened together by retaining mechanism 6 with the second die body 42, it is to avoid sizing material is flowed into the problem in space, it is to avoid sizing material
Waste.It is depression bar retaining mechanism that retaining mechanism 6 is exemplary in the present embodiment.It should be noted that locking effect can be only played,
Retaining mechanism 6 can also be bolt or hasp lock.It is understood that the present embodiment is not limited to above-mentioned cited locking
Mechanism, other the rational retaining mechanisms that can also be well known to those skilled in the art.
As shown in figure 4, being provided with the overflow launder 47 being connected with interior membrane cavity 46 in gel-injection mould 4.It is interior during injecting glue
Unnecessary sizing material is in the presence of injection pressure in membrane cavity 46, in can flowing into the overflow launder 47 of setting.
For the ease of carrying out vulcanizing treatment to sizing material, many heating tubes 48 are provided with gel-injection mould 4, for adding for sizing material
Heat cure, it is not necessary to peripheral hardware heating source, makes vulcanizing treatment more convenient, meanwhile, using the heating tube 48 being arranged in gel-injection mould 4
Heated, injecting glue junction is heated evenly, vulcanization effect is more preferable.It is provided with gel-injection mould 4 and is connected with heating tube 48
Thermocouple 49, the temperature for monitoring gel-injection mould 4, with reference to the heating power of regulation heating tube 48, can control curing temperature.
The connection that rubber core injecting glue is connected is realized using the rubber core injecting glue attachment means described in any of the above-described embodiment
Method, comprises the following steps:
The end of two rubber cores to be connected is cut out neat, cleaning cuts surface, is positioned over the interior membrane cavity 46 of gel-injection mould 4
In, rubber core is fixedly clamped by clamp system 5.Cleaning to cutting surface includes:Use 300CWSand paper surface is beaten
Polish whole, make surface without overlap, particle and breakpoint for causing etc. is cut, clean surface using cleaning fluid and dry.
The volume of length and inside cavity 46 according to injecting glue junction, calculates sizing material usage amount;In order to prevent sizing material not enough,
When sizing material is weighed, 5g or so is further added by the basis of the sizing material usage amount for calculating, load weighted sizing material is positioned over injecting glue
In groove 43, it is preheated to sizing material and is changed into flowing shape;The material of sizing material is consistent with the material of rubber core.It should be noted that in sizing material
Selection on, it is desirable to crosslinking material is consistent with the material of rubber core, and otherwise sizing material is inconsistent with rubber core material, can exist bonding
Insecure or unconnected problem;And, if the sizing material hardness of selection is low, junction is partially soft, easily there are problems that discounting;If selection
Sizing material excessive high hardness, junction is partially hard, there are problems that inflexible.
The pressure of 5MPa ± 0.5MPa is imposed to the sizing material in injecting glue groove 43 by moulding post 3, sizing material is flowed into inner membrance
In chamber 46, and full of interior membrane cavity 46.It should be noted that in the selection of pressure, pressure is too small to make the glue of injecting glue junction
Material density is small, connection is lax;Pressure is excessive, and rubber core movement to be connected can be made even to deform;Suitable pressure limit is 5MPa
± 0.5MPa, suitable pressure can be 4.5MPa, 5MPa, 5.5MPa.
Heating gel-injection mould 4 makes the rubber vulcanization in interior membrane cavity 46, and curing temperature is 162 DEG C ± 3 DEG C, and cure time is 15
±2min.It should be noted that in the selection of curing temperature and time, curing temperature is too low, the time is short, can connect injecting glue
Place is partially soft or is bonded insecure;Curing temperature is too high, the time is long, then injecting glue junction can be made partially hard or not flexible;Suitable
Sulfurizing temperature range is 162 DEG C ± 3 DEG C, and suitable curing temperature can also be 159 DEG C, 162 DEG C, 165 DEG C;During suitable vulcanization
Between scope be 15 ± 2min, suitable cure time can also be 13min, 15min, 17min.
After vulcanization completely, pressure is laid down, unclamp clamp system 5, the smooth rubber core taken out after connection, it is to avoid curved under high temperature
Qu Zaocheng junctions are ftractureed, and are placed in and are cooled down at room temperature, and the redundant rubber stock of injecting glue junction is cleared up after cooling, and are polished flat, and are obtained
To the rubber core of injecting glue connection.
The injecting glue obtained using the connection method of the present embodiment connects rubber core, the external diameter of its injecting glue junction and former rubber
Core external diameter difference is only 0.12mm, within the internal diameter error range of sebific duct production, can be used to produce sebific duct;To the rubber core for obtaining
Toughness detected that its injecting glue junction is under the pulling force of 2000N without cracking;By rubber chip bending in 5 times of nominal outside diameter
On mandrel, it is placed in 150 DEG C of ageing oven, after parking 168h, injecting glue junction is without cracking.
In addition, when the injecting glue linkage section 461 of interior membrane cavity 46 is with diameter greater than rubber core 463 diameter of placement section, rubber to be connected
Placement location of the glue core end in interior membrane cavity 46, the external diameter to injecting glue junction has an impact, is described as follows:
When the position for adjusting rubber core end to be connected is alignd with the small end for seamlessly transitting section 462, the injecting glue for obtaining connects
Rubber core is connect, its injecting glue junction is basically identical with former rubber core, it is the depression of 0.12mm to only exist depth at two, in sebific duct life
Within the internal diameter error range of product;When the position for adjusting rubber core end to be connected is alignd with the big end for seamlessly transitting section 462,
The rubber core for obtaining, the external diameter of its injecting glue junction is completely the same with former rubber core external diameter.
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1. a kind of rubber core injecting glue attachment means, it is characterised in that:The rubber core injecting glue attachment means include workbench (1) and
The frame (2) on the workbench (1) is arranged at, moulding post (3) is provided with the frame (2);
The gel-injection mould (4) corresponding with the moulding post (3) is provided with the table top of the workbench (1);The injecting glue mould
Interior membrane cavity (46) and the injecting glue groove (43) for placing sizing material are provided with tool (4);The injecting glue groove (43) and interior membrane cavity (46)
It is connected by hole for injecting glue (44);
The both sides of the gel-injection mould (4) are provided with the clamp system (5) for clamping rubber core.
2. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The internal diameter of the interior membrane cavity (46) with
The external diameter of rubber core to be connected is engaged.
3. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The internal diameter of the interior membrane cavity (46) with
The external diameter of rubber core to be connected is consistent.
4. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:Described interior membrane cavity (46) includes note
Gemel connection section (461), the two ends of the injecting glue linkage section (461) are sequentially connected with changeover portion (462) and rubber core placement section
(463), diameter of the diameter of the injecting glue linkage section (461) slightly larger than rubber core placement section (463).
5. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 1 or 3 or 4, it is characterised in that:The interior membrane cavity (46)
Quantity is multiple;The multiple interior membrane cavity (46) is connected by the sizing material runner (45) being arranged in the gel-injection mould (4)
Together, the sizing material runner (45) is connected with hole for injecting glue (44).
6. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The gel-injection mould (4) includes
One die body (41) and the second die body (42) being arranged on the first die body (41), first die body (41) and the second die body (42)
It is correspondingly arranged;The upper surface of first die body (41) is provided with the first groove, and the lower surface of second die body (42) is set
There is second groove corresponding with the first groove, first groove and the second groove constitute described interior membrane cavity (46).
7. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 6, it is characterised in that:First die body (41) and second
Die body (42) is tightened together by retaining mechanism (6);The retaining mechanism (6) is selected from depression bar retaining mechanism, bolt or hasp
Any one in lock.
8. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 1 or 6, it is characterised in that:Set in the gel-injection mould (4)
It is equipped with the overflow launder (47) being connected with the interior membrane cavity (46).
9. rubber core injecting glue attachment means according to claim 8, it is characterised in that:Set in the gel-injection mould (4)
There are many heating tubes (48);The thermocouple (49) being connected with heating tube (48) is provided with the gel-injection mould (4).
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