CN206215142U - A kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate - Google Patents

A kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate Download PDF

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CN206215142U
CN206215142U CN201621201367.0U CN201621201367U CN206215142U CN 206215142 U CN206215142 U CN 206215142U CN 201621201367 U CN201621201367 U CN 201621201367U CN 206215142 U CN206215142 U CN 206215142U
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The utility model discloses a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate, including mixing drum, the mixing drum is internally provided with rotating shaft, and the surface of rotating shaft is fixedly connected with mixing auger blade;The beneficial effects of the utility model are:Moving blade is rotated, raw material is sustainable whereabouts, the traditional quartzy mixing equipment of contrast uses metering device, prevent raw material from continuing to fall, the utility model can make raw material continuous uniform fall, and control No. two rotating speeds of servomotor, can adjust the falling speed of raw material, it is simple to operate, the utility model drives V-type plate to rotate using agitating shaft, due to V-type plate bending place movement locus by storing lower box part discharging opening, prevent raw material from blocking discharging opening, and when the starting material left in material storing box is few, the raw material in material storing box is set to use complete, by after a certain degree of mixing of mixing auger blade, decentralized network carries out vibration mixing again, good mixing effect.

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A kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate
Technical field
The utility model is related to a kind of quartzy board production equipment, specifically a kind of batch mixing dress for preparing artificial quartz plate Put.
Background technology
In quartzy sheet material manufactures enterprise, secondary color, artificial screen cloth are usually formed using artificial dispensing, spades batch mixing Dusting to form the mode of texture, so as to be manufactured into the artificial quartz plate with secondary color lines texture, but it is traditional mixed The secondary color veined prods that material mode is not only resulted under low production efficiency, lot stability is poor, formed are unnatural, and due to whole Process is all manual operation, is also easily polluted to raw material.
Disclose a kind of many for producing artificial quartz in lump in Authorization Notice No. is for the Chinese patent of CN202640561U The automatic material mixer of colour table, the device is controlled blanking velocity to raw material by component in title, but weigh assembly can not Make the uniform blanking of raw material, the mixed effect for thus resulting in raw material is undesirable.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate, to solve above-mentioned background The problem proposed in technology.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides following technical scheme:
A kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate, including mixing drum, the mixing drum are internally provided with rotating shaft, The surface of rotating shaft is fixedly connected with mixing auger blade, and the two ends of rotating shaft are connected with the side wall of mixing drum by bearing, rotating shaft Left end fixed cover be connected to driving pulley, be provided with a servomotor on the left of the mixing drum, servomotor it is defeated Go out end to be mutually fixedly connected with rotating shaft, the top of the mixing drum is evenly arranged with three barrels, and the inside of each barrel is respectively provided with There is rotation cylinder, the surface for rotating cylinder is uniformly fixedly connected with some moving blades, and the mounting hole for rotating cylinder is fixedly sleeved There is power transmission shaft, the two ends of power transmission shaft are rotated with the side wall of barrel and are connected, and No. two servomotors, No. two are provided with the right side of barrel The output end of servomotor is mutually fixedly connected with power transmission shaft, and the discharge end of the barrel leads to the interior thereof of mixing drum, barrel Top be fixedly connected with material storing box, the inside of material storing box is vertically provided with agitating shaft, and the upper end of agitating shaft is through material storing box Upside wall body is simultaneously connected with the upside wall body of material storing box by bearing, and the top fixed cover of agitating shaft is connected to belt wheel, described to stir The bottom both sides for mixing axle have been respectively fixedly connected with a pair of V-type plates, and the bottom both sides of the material storing box offer a pair of dischargings respectively Mouthful, discharging opening is led to by inclined tube road with the interior thereof of barrel;The bottom of the mixing drum is fixedly connected with dispersion roll-in case, point The bottom right side of the upper right and mixing drum that dissipate roll-in case mutually will turn on, and disperse the right side wall body top of roll-in case to be fixedly connected There is swash plate, swash plate is obliquely installed in a left side is low right high, disperse the two side of roll-in case to offer mounting hole, dispersion rolling case respectively Be internally provided with decentralized network, the end of decentralized network is located in mounting hole and decentralized network passes through bullet with the top and bottom sidewall of mounting hole Spring is connected, and the bottom of decentralized network is provided with a pair of pressure rollers, and the two ends of pressure roller rotate with the two side of dispersion roll-in case and are connected, Fixed cover is connected to the gear being meshed for a pair to the left end of pressure roller respectively, and the left end fixed cover of one of pressure roller is connected to driven belt Wheel, the driven pulley is connected with driving pulley by V bands.
As further program of the utility model:The quantity of the moving blade is at least four.
As the utility model further scheme:The bottom of No. two servomotors is fixedly connected with mounting seat, Mounting seat is mutually fixedly connected with the top of mixing drum.
As the utility model further scheme:The tapered shape in bottom of the barrel.
As the utility model further scheme:The top of Zhong Jian material storing box is provided with motor, motor Output end is mutually fixedly connected with the top of agitating shaft, and V bands and the belt wheel positioned at left side and position are passed through respectively positioned at middle belt wheel Belt wheel in right side is connected.
As the utility model further scheme:The top of the material storing box is connected feed pipe.
As the utility model further scheme:The bottom of the decentralized network is provided with vibrating motor.
As the utility model further scheme:The bottom of the dispersion roll-in case is fixedly connected with socle.
As the utility model further scheme:The downside wall body of the dispersion roll-in case is curved, disperses roll-in The downside wall body of case is connected discharge pipe.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:Moving blade is rotated, under raw material is sustainable Fall, contrast traditional quartzy mixing equipment and use metering device, prevent raw material from continuing to fall, the utility model can make raw material Continuous uniform falls, and controls No. two rotating speeds of servomotor, you can the falling speed of regulation raw material, simple to operate, this reality With new use agitating shaft drive V-type plate rotate, due to V-type plate bending place movement locus by storing lower box part discharging Mouthful, prevent raw material from blocking discharging opening, and when the starting material left in material storing box is few, the raw material in material storing box is made With complete, by after a certain degree of mixing of mixing auger blade, decentralized network carries out vibration mixing, good mixing effect again.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of structural representation of the mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate;
Fig. 2 is a kind of schematic cross-sectional view of A-A in mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate;
Fig. 3 is a kind of schematic cross-sectional view of B-B in mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate;
Fig. 4 is a kind of schematic cross-sectional view of C-C in mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate;
In figure:1- mixing drums, 2- rotating shafts, 3- mixing augers blade, 4- driving pulleys, number servomotor of 5-, 6- barrels, 7- rotates cylinder, 8- moving blades, 9- power transmission shafts, No. bis- servomotors of 10-, 11- vibrating motors, 12- mounting seats, 13- storings Case, 14- agitating shafts, 15-V templates, 16- discharging openings, 17- belt wheels, 18-V bands, 19- feed pipes, 20- motors, 21- dispersion roller Pressure case, 22- swash plates, 23- mounting holes, 24- springs, 25- decentralized networks, 26- pressure rollers, 27- gears, 28- driven pulleys, 29- dischargings Pipeline, 30- socles.
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The technical scheme of this patent is described in more detail with reference to specific embodiment.
Fig. 1-4, a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate, including mixing drum 1 are referred to, the mixing drum 1 Rotating shaft 2 is internally provided with, the surface of rotating shaft 2 is fixedly connected with mixing auger blade 3, the two ends of rotating shaft 2 and the side wall of mixing drum 1 It is connected by bearing, the left end fixed cover of rotating shaft 2 is connected to driving pulley 4, and the left side of the mixing drum 1 is provided with a servo Motor 5 a, output end for servomotor 5 is mutually fixedly connected with rotating shaft 2, and the top of the mixing drum 1 is evenly arranged with three Barrel 6, the inside of each barrel 6 is provided with rotation cylinder 7, and the surface for rotating cylinder 7 is uniformly fixedly connected with some rotations Blade 8, the mounting hole fixed cover for rotating cylinder 7 is connected to power transmission shaft 9, and the two ends of power transmission shaft 9 and the side wall of barrel 6 rotate company Connect, the right side of barrel 6 is provided with No. two servomotors 10, and No. two output ends of servomotor 10 are mutually fixedly connected with power transmission shaft 9, The discharge end of the barrel 6 leads to the interior thereof of mixing drum 1;
Three kinds of different raw materials are injected into mixing drum 1 by barrel 6 respectively, and moving blade 8 is rotated, raw material Lasting whereabouts, contrasts traditional quartzy mixing equipment and uses metering device, prevents raw material from continuing to fall, and the utility model can Raw material continuous uniform is fallen, and control No. two rotating speeds of servomotor 1, you can the falling speed of regulation raw material, operation letter It is single;
The top of barrel 6 is fixedly connected with material storing box 13, and the inside of material storing box 13 is vertically provided with agitating shaft 14, agitating shaft 14 upper end is passed through the upside wall body of material storing box 13 and is connected by bearing with the upside wall body of material storing box 13, agitating shaft 14 Top fixed cover is connected to belt wheel 17, and the bottom both sides of the agitating shaft 14 have been respectively fixedly connected with a pair of V-type plates 15, the storing The bottom both sides of case 13 offer a pair of discharging openings 16 respectively, and discharging opening 16 is led to by inclined tube road with the interior thereof of barrel 6;
Traditional material storing box 13 often causes raw material to block the situation of discharging opening 16, and the utility model uses agitating shaft 14 Drive V-type plate 15 rotate, due to V-type plate 15 bending place movement locus by the bottom of material storing box 13 discharging opening 16, therefore The raw material inside material storing box 13 can be made ceaselessly to stir, so that raw material can not block discharging opening 16, and when material storing box 13 When interior starting material left is few, V-type plate 15 can make raw material concentrate on the bending place of V-type plate 15, make the raw material in material storing box 13 Can be using complete;
The bottom of the mixing drum 1 is fixedly connected with dispersion roll-in case 21, disperses the upper right of roll-in case 21 and mixes The bottom right side of cylinder 1 mutually will turn on, and the right side wall body top of dispersion roll-in case 21 is fixedly connected with swash plate 22, and swash plate 22 is in left low Right high is obliquely installed, and the two side of dispersion roll-in case 21 offers mounting hole 23 respectively, and the inside of dispersion rolling case 21 is set There is decentralized network 25, the end of decentralized network 25 is located in mounting hole 23 and decentralized network 25 passes through bullet with the top and bottom sidewall of mounting hole 23 Spring 24 is connected, and the bottom of decentralized network 25 is provided with a pair of pressure rollers 26, the two ends of pressure roller 26 and the two side of dispersion roll-in case 21 Rotate connection, and fixed cover is connected to the gear 27 being meshed for a pair, the left end of one of pressure roller 26 respectively for the left end of pressure roller 26 Fixed cover is connected to driven pulley 28, and the driven pulley 28 is connected with driving pulley 4 by V bands 18;
By after a certain degree of mixing of mixing auger blade 3, batch mixing is slided from swash plate 22, decentralized network 25 is dropped into Centre position, vibrating motor 11 starts, and makes the up-down vibration of decentralized network 25, so that batch mixing further mixes merga pass decentralized network 25 drop on pressure roller 26, finally defeated from discharge pipe 29 by after the roll-in of pressure roller 26, enabling batch mixing to keep certain density See off.
The quantity of the moving blade 8 is at least four, and the quantity of moving blade 8 is more, and it is more uniform that raw material falls.
The bottom of No. two servomotors 10 is fixedly connected with mounting seat 12, the top phase of mounting seat 12 and mixing drum 1 It is fixedly connected.
The tapered shape in bottom of the barrel 6, enables what raw material more concentrated to enter into mixing drum 1.
The top of Zhong Jian material storing box 13 is provided with motor 20, the output end of motor 20 and the top phase of agitating shaft 14 Be fixedly connected, positioned at middle belt wheel 17 respectively by V with 18 with the belt wheel 17 and the phase of belt wheel 17 positioned at right side for being located at left side Connection, motor 20 starts, you can for the agitating shaft 14 in three barrels 6 provides power.
The top of the material storing box 13 is connected feed pipe 19.
The bottom of the decentralized network 25 is provided with vibrating motor 11.
The bottom of the dispersion roll-in case 21 is fixedly connected with socle 30.
The downside wall body of the dispersion roll-in case 21 is curved, and the downside wall body of dispersion roll-in case 21 is connected discharge pipe 29。
Operation principle of the present utility model is:Three kinds of different raw materials are injected into mixing drum 1 by barrel 6 respectively, are turned Movable vane piece 8 is rotated, and raw material is sustainable whereabouts, is contrasted traditional quartzy mixing equipment and is used metering device, makes raw material not Can continue to fall, the utility model can make raw material continuous uniform fall, and control No. two rotating speeds of servomotor 1, you can The falling speed of raw material is adjusted, it is simple to operate;Traditional material storing box 13 often causes raw material to block the situation of discharging opening 16, this Utility model using agitating shaft 14 drive V-type plate 15 rotate, due to V-type plate 15 bending place movement locus by material storing box 13 The discharging opening 16 of bottom, therefore, it is possible to make the raw material inside material storing box 13 ceaselessly stir, so that raw material can not block discharging Mouth 16, and when the starting material left in material storing box 13 is few, V-type plate 15 can make raw material concentrate on the bending place of V-type plate 15, The raw material in material storing box 13 is set to use complete;By after a certain degree of mixing of mixing auger blade 3, batch mixing is from swash plate 22 slide, and drop into the centre position of decentralized network 25, and vibrating motor 11 starts, and make the up-down vibration of decentralized network 25, so that batch mixing Further mixed merga pass decentralized network 25 is dropped on pressure roller 26, by after the roll-in of pressure roller 26, enabling batch mixing to keep certain Density, be finally transported away from discharge pipe 29.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to the details of above-mentioned one exemplary embodiment, and And in the case of without departing substantially from spirit or essential attributes of the present utility model, can in other specific forms realize that this practicality is new Type.Therefore, no matter from the point of view of which point, embodiment all should be regarded as exemplary, and is nonrestrictive, this practicality is new The scope of type limits by appended claims rather than described above, it is intended that the equivalency fallen in claim is contained All changes in justice and scope are included in the utility model.Any reference in claim should not be considered as limitation Involved claim.
Moreover, it will be appreciated that although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not each implementation method is only wrapped Containing an independent technical scheme, this narrating mode of specification is only that for clarity, those skilled in the art should Specification an as entirety, the technical scheme in each embodiment can also be formed into those skilled in the art through appropriately combined May be appreciated other embodiment.

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1. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate, including mixing drum, it is characterised in that the inside of the mixing drum sets Rotating shaft is equipped with, the surface of rotating shaft is fixedly connected with mixing auger blade, and the two ends of rotating shaft pass through bearing phase with the side wall of mixing drum Connection, the left end fixed cover of rotating shaft is connected to driving pulley, a servomotor, a servo is provided with the left of the mixing drum The output end of motor is mutually fixedly connected with rotating shaft, and the top of the mixing drum is evenly arranged with three barrels, each barrel it is interior Portion is provided with rotation cylinder, and the surface for rotating cylinder is uniformly fixedly connected with some moving blades, rotates the mounting hole of cylinder Fixed cover is connected to power transmission shaft, and the two ends of power transmission shaft are rotated with the side wall of barrel and are connected, and No. two servos are provided with the right side of barrel Motor, the output end of No. two servomotors is mutually fixedly connected with power transmission shaft, the discharge end of the barrel and the inside phase of mixing drum Connect, the top of barrel is fixedly connected with material storing box, and the inside of material storing box is vertically provided with agitating shaft, and the upper end of agitating shaft passes through The upside wall body of material storing box is simultaneously connected with the upside wall body of material storing box by bearing, and the top fixed cover of agitating shaft is connected to band Wheel, the bottom both sides of the agitating shaft have been respectively fixedly connected with a pair of V-type plates, and the bottom both sides of the material storing box offer respectively A pair of discharging openings, discharging opening is led to by inclined tube road with the interior thereof of barrel;The bottom of the mixing drum is fixedly connected with dispersion Roll-in case, disperses the upper right of roll-in case mutually to be will turn on the bottom right side of mixing drum, disperses on the right side wall body of roll-in case Portion is fixedly connected with swash plate, and swash plate is obliquely installed in a left side is low right high, disperses the two side of roll-in case to offer mounting hole respectively, Dispersion rolls the decentralized network that is internally provided with of case, and the end of decentralized network is located in mounting hole and decentralized network is upper and lower with mounting hole Side wall is connected by spring, and the bottom of decentralized network is provided with a pair of pressure rollers, the two ends of pressure roller and the two side of dispersion roll-in case Rotate connection, and fixed cover is connected to the gear being meshed for a pair, the left end fixed cover of one of pressure roller respectively for the left end of pressure roller Driven pulley is connected to, the driven pulley is connected with driving pulley by V bands.
2. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the rotation leaf The quantity of piece is at least four.
3. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described No. two are watched The bottom for taking motor is fixedly connected with mounting seat, and mounting seat is mutually fixedly connected with the top of mixing drum.
4. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterised in that the material The tapered shape in bottom of cylinder.
5. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that positioned at middle The top of material storing box is provided with motor, and the output end of motor is mutually fixedly connected with the top of agitating shaft, positioned at middle belt wheel point It is not connected with the belt wheel positioned at left side and the belt wheel positioned at right side by V bands.
6. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the material storing box Top connect have feed pipe.
7. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the decentralized network Bottom vibrating motor is installed.
8. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the dispersion roller The bottom of case is pressed to be fixedly connected with socle.
9. a kind of mixing device for preparing artificial quartz plate according to claim 1 or 8, it is characterised in that described point The downside wall body for dissipating roll-in case is curved, and disperseing the downside wall body of roll-in case to connect has discharge pipe.
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